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RG's vision is to develop a Christ-centered, model community that will foster God's heart for physical and spiritual restoration among the people of war-torn Uganda. Strategically located on a 700 acre plot overlooking the Nile River in Northern Uganda, RG has plans to provide: loving homes, education, and health-care for 300 orphans; biblical training for church planters, missionaries and local pastors; a health-care training facility to care for and provide ministry to the sick and serve as an equipping center for medical personnel; a children's camp and pastoral retreat center for Ugandan pastors; agricultural and fishery demonstration projects; a multi-purpose center for worship and biblical teaching; a school for job training and professional skill development; first-class resort.
Orphan Care
- 2,500,000 orphans struggle to survive in Uganda
- 20% of children aged 6-17 are orphans
- Half of these lost parents to HIV/AIDS
- No other nation has a higher percent orphaned by AIDS
- The LRA left many others parentless
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1 in 7 children in Uganda die by age five. Together, we can change that. This sobering statistic reveals a tremendous need for health care in Uganda.more
Restoration Gateway's vision for empowerment includes the development of skills training programs so that Ugandans can learn vocational and other skills that will enable them to get good jobs.more
The ministry of Restoration Gateway was birthed in 2004 when seven Ugandan men began meeting to pray under a tree on the land presently held by the project. Their prayer was that God would send someone to help restore all that the enemy had stolen in their land. God answered those prayers and issued a call to Dr. Tim and Janice McCall in early 2005 to move to Uganda. The first trip by the McCalls took place in May of 2005, and the land for the project was selected. Over the next 18 months, legal title to the land was obtained, a Ugandan Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) and U.S. nonprofit were established, and the McCalls received extra missionary training and made preparations to launch the new ministry.
Tim McCall, M.D., moved onto the raw land in 2007, built a road to the project, and began developing infrastructure. His wife Janice and another missionary, Ms. Peggy Stratton, joined him that summer. There are now 100+ orphans, twelve house moms, a primary school staff, seven senior Ugandan employees and more than 70 employees – mostly unskilled and uneducated Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs). Learn more about our staff.
The U.S. office is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization called Restoration Development Foundation, Inc. (RDFI) dba Restoration Gateway. The U.S. office is located in Waco, Texas. Tax deductible donations are received by RDFI to support the NGO, Restoration Gateway, Uganda.
The project site is located approximately 1 hour south of Gulu near Karuma Falls. This is a little more than ¾ of the drive from Kampala to Gulu. The GPS coordinates for the project are: +2° 13' 31.62", +32° 17' 20.40" and a Google map can be found by clicking here.


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Many companies have management risk committees (MRCs) as part of their risk infrastructure. While not a part of the board, such committees nonetheless can contribute to the board's risk oversight. The question arises as how to maximize their effectiveness.
Whether organized in the form of a designated MRC or a de facto risk committee,1 the use of MRCs has increased over the years.2 That increase is likely due to the growing complexity of the risks inherent in the organization's strategy and business model and increasing sophistication of risk management infrastructure. The agenda of the chief executive's executive committee may be too crowded to cover these matters sufficiently. Extenuating circumstances may also be a contributing factor (e.g., a history of surprises, substantive improvements required in the company's risk management capabilities, a critical risk meriting special attention or a need to strengthen risk culture). Worse, there may be a lack of confidence in certain risk management areas.
There are several merits to consider when evaluating whether to organize an MRC — for example, ensuring successful implementation of the organization's approach to enterprise risk management (ERM), focusing management attention on specific risk areas (e.g., technology, litigation and environmental issues), identifying emerging risks, and helping the company anticipate and react to disruptive events and trends. The committee's deliberations can enhance the risk dialogue in the C-suite and boardroom by sharpening the focus on critical enterprise risks and emerging risks.
Key Considerations
MRCs come in all sizes and shapes and with different objectives. The old cliché of no one-size-fits-all applies. For example, in financial institutions, commodity-based businesses or operations with hazardous activities, the MRC may focus on managing specific risks inherent in the business model that either are not managed by the business units or are more effectively managed enterprisewide, consistent with a portfolio view. Often, the objective is to make the management of its "in scope" risks — such as interest rate risk, currency risk, commodity price risk, credit risk, catastrophic risk, and health, safety and environmental risk — an organizational core competency.
Other MRCs may be focused on the risk management process and assume no overall or day-to-day responsibility for mitigating risks. Functioning under the auspices of the chief executive and/or executive committee, they assess and monitor the organization's internal and external environment and provide insights and recommendations to executive, operating and functional leaders for improving the company's risk management capabilities continuously in a changing business environment.
As both the board and executive team can benefit from an effective MRC, we offer six suggestions for forming and operating such committees below:
Clarify MRC responsibilities through the charter — The charter should specify the committee's mission or purpose, membership, duties and responsibilities, authorities (if any) and, if necessary, specific activities it is to perform. As directed by the executive team, the MRC's responsibilities vary from company to company and may include identifying and prioritizing risks; monitoring changes in the external environment for strategic risk implications; periodically assessing the entity's risk culture, and benchmarking peers and best-of-class organizations; and ensuring the executive team and the board are considering critical enterprise risks.
The committee may provide guidance regarding ERM infrastructure, including enhancements to policies, processes, organizational structure, reporting, methodologies and systems. The charter should be approved by the executive team and reviewed with the appropriate board committee, giving directors an opportunity to ensure it addresses issues germane to the board's risk oversight.
Include the right people — The committee, depending on its scope, should combine a diverse range of strategic, operational and functional perspectives. The selection criteria might include experience, knowledge of the business, specialized expertise and fit. At least one senior executive should be a member, e.g., an executive sponsor, who may also serve as committee chair. It may make sense for the general counsel and a representative from the disclosure committee to be present. Some companies rotate MRC members to bring a fresh perspective and create risk awareness across the entity. Size is also a factor; too large of a group can inhibit dialogue.
Conduct effective meetings — Considerations for meeting frequency include the nature and volatility of the organization's strategy, operations and risks as well as the scope of responsibilities outlined in the committee charter. MRCs can meet quarterly, monthly or more frequently as necessary. Meeting agendas should be developed by the committee chair with suggestions from committee members. They might include specific risk issues (e.g., drill-downs on risks or evaluations of risk appetite) as well as open discussions of new internal and external developments and other activities. MRCs should also gain input periodically from the chief audit executive as well as second line function executives, e.g., risk management and compliance. Briefing materials should be provided in advance of each meeting.
A key point: When meeting attendance declines or senior personnel who are supposed to attend start sending delegates instead, that's a sure sign something is wrong with the substance of the meeting agendas or how the meetings are conducted. In such instances, MRC sponsors need to get to the root of the issue and make the necessary adjustments to refresh the committee's focus.
Focus group dialogue on what executives and directors may not know — The MRC's real value comes from focused dialogue around what's new, what's changing, and the implications regarding emerging opportunities and risks. Heads turn when the committee escalates insights that aren't on the radar of the organization's leaders.
Meetings should be inclusive so that everyone is engaged. Cluttering meetings with presentations is a mistake. If the right group is assembled, it makes sense to hear what they have to say. While presentations by different risk owners explaining how they are addressing risks for which they are responsible are acceptable, sufficient time should be allowed for discussion and input.
Don't let the committee get stale — Taking too broad of a focus and repeating the same activities can sap the committee's energy over time. Consider mixing things up and refocusing MRC activities depending on the organization's needs. For example, if the economy is in a recession, the committee's focus might be on liquidity and monitoring the impact of cost-cutting and terminations on the risk management process and internal control structure. If the company is growing rapidly, the committee may want to focus on changes to the overall risk profile and emergence of potential risks. It is a good idea to revisit the committee's emphasis periodically — at least annually — given the company's circumstances and the current business environment.
Spot the warning signs of a deteriorating risk culture — The committee should watch for signs of a dysfunctional culture and be sensitive to operating units taking risks recklessly or foregoing attractive market opportunities through risk-averse behavior. A pattern of limits violations, near misses, noncompliance incidents, internal control deficiencies and foot-dragging on issue remediation are other signs of potential cultural issues that may warrant escalation.
The above points are illustrative and are neither intended to be exhaustive nor prescriptive. The chief executive and executive committee dictate the scope of the MRC, delegating responsibilities consistent with the priorities of the business. The board can provide input on this direction.
Questions for Boards
The board of directors may want to consider the following questions in the context of the nature of the entity's risks inherent in its operations:
- If the company doesn't have an MRC, why not? Is it because of the nature of the business, the ability of the executive team to deal with significant risk matters, or other factors?
- If the company has an MRC:
- Does the committee have access to the people, resources and information it needs to carry out its responsibilities?
- Does the board have sufficient transparency into the committee's charter and activities? Is the committee's scope responsive to the board's risk oversight needs?
- Does the board receive periodic updates from the committee? Is the board satisfied the committee is fulfilling its chartered responsibilities?
How Protiviti Can Help
We assist boards and executive management in identifying and assessing the enterprise's risks and implementing strategies and tactics for managing risk. We also help public and private companies with the integration of their risk assessment process and core business processes, including strategy-setting and execution, business planning, and performance management. We provide an experienced, unbiased perspective on issues separate from those of company insiders to help organizations improve the functioning of and the value contributed by management risk committees.
1 A de facto risk committee may exist through allocating executive committee agenda time to risk matters, a subcommittee of the executive committee or an equivalent group with a name other than "management risk committee."
2 According to The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices by Mark Beasley, Bruce Branson and Bonnie Hancock, March 2017: In the United States, 80 percent of the largest organizations (greater than US$1 billion in revenue) and 83 percent of public companies had a management risk committee in 2016. Furthermore, use of these committees since 2014 increased across all types of organizations and specifically for the largest organizations and public companies by 17.6 percent and 18.6 percent, respectively. Since 2009, use of these committees increased dramatically (by 164 percent) for all organizations.
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If you've spent any amount of time drinking coffee at artisan shops, you know that brewing is an art form.
Using some basic principles, you can make a perfect brew at home too. Here are some things to keep in mind as you create your own artisan coffee to compete with the local barista:
>> The most important aspect to your coffee's taste is the type of coffee you choose.
Brewing methods can greatly enhance the flavor of your brew; in fact, it's brewing methods that tend to be the hallmark of a great artisan coffee.
Having said that, it's still the beans that make the most difference. In this regard, you're facing a highly-specialized choice. Beans from different regions have different tastes.
Not only that, some coffees are a blend of beans from several regions, or of several types. You need to determine whether you like a dark roast, a light blend or something that falls between the two.
>> The best artisan coffee fits the occasion.
Good coffee is good coffee, to be sure. Yet, there are different coffees that are better for certain occasions. A full mug to wake you up in the morning will taste very different from a relaxing cappuccino in the afternoon. Espresso is especially appropriate with dessert, but you'd rarely start your day with it.
>> Choose the right equipment.
You're going to need a quality grinder and a quality coffee pot. Watch out for all-in-one solutions that grind the beans, brew the coffee, and froth the milk for your cappuccino. These products tend to excel in one area or another. But, for artisan-quality coffee you need to buy the best-of-breed for each.
>> Use only fresh roasted coffee.
Whenever possible, you want to create your coffee work of art within two to three weeks of it being roasted. Depending on where you live, that can be a challenge. The fresher the roast, the more pronounced the coffee's natural flavors will be.
>> Know when to grind.
If you want true artisan coffee shop quality coffee, you need to grind your own beans. You need to grind them as close to the time of brewing as possible. Ideally, you'll choose a burr grinder or a mill grinder rather than a blade grinder.
A blade grinder leaves some of the coffee ground not as finely as the rest. If you've never used a burr grinder, you should consider having some ground at the store and bring it home for immediate brewing. You'll be surprised just how different the taste is.
>> Ground size matters, too.
If your coffee is too fine, it will be overextracted and bitter. If your coffee is too coarse, it will be underextracted and flat. The grind should match the preparation method. You need a different grind for a gold mesh filter than you do for a cone drip filter, for example. Talk to your coffee provider about what grind is best with your equipment, or check your equipment's manual.
>> Water is important.
The water you use to make your coffee should be filtered or bottled for your artisan coffee. Tap water should be run for several seconds before you brew. Always brew with cold water.
During the brewing process, your water should stay between 195 and 205 degrees. This results in the best possible extraction. Too cold, and the coffee will be flat, hotter and you'll lose some taste quality.
>> Pay attention to brewing time.
A plunger pot will take between two and four minutes, while a drip system will be about five minutes. Espresso should have contact with the water for only about 30 seconds. Miss these times and you'll wind up over or underextracting.
>> Don't forget the add ins.
The creamer and sweeteners you choose (if any) to add to your coffee make a huge difference. Make sure to choose brands you absolutely love, and to add them to your cup in the right amounts.
This will get you started toward making your own favorite artisan coffee at home. With a little bit of trial and error, you may even surpass the expertise of your favorite barista.
Dawn Gilbert is a coffee connoisseur and Social Media Coordinator at NJoy. When Dawn isn't tweaking her coffee roasting tactics, she enjoys traveling with her husband.
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We get what we pay for.
The product or service with the cheapest price is not necessarily the best buy.
The most expensive one is not necessarily the best buy either.
Do not buy a product or service based on price alone.
Know the product that you're buying. What it's made of, where and how it was made, the company behind the brand and the company that manufactured the product.
Sometimes we're too focused on just getting the cheapest price that we forget to ask why the product is cheap. Or maybe we just don't care as long as we think we got the best bargain.
We won't care until something terrible happens, like the collapse of a factory in Bangladesh where some western clothing brands are made.
No wonder those are cheap. Those companies subcontract manufacturing to third world countries where there's no strict enforcement of safety regulations to protect their poor workers.
What about airline service? Until when can we tolerate the poor services of budget carriers? Just because they charge relatively lower fares, it doesn't mean we accept as standard the constant flight delays and cancellations without valid reason.
Remember, quality has its price. We must be willing to pay more to get quality goods and services. This isn't to say that we should only buy name brands.With some product prices, you know just you're buying into the brand lifestyle. If you're not into that, I'm sure there are a lot of other alternatives to expensive name brands.
Now that it's October, some of us are starting on our Christmas gift shopping list.
While it's true that it's the thought that counts when it comes to gift giving, you wouldn't want to be known as the one who gives generic, uninspired items like mugs and picture frames.
Think of what a gift would mean to the intended recipient. Will it be something that the recipient will like and find useful, or will it be just another item occupying space and gathering dust in the cabinet or drawer?
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A Mount Pleasant High School graduate, James attended the University of Delaware on a full football scholarship. He earned a Bachelor of Science in earth science education. He later earned a Master of Education in curriculum and instruction from Delaware State University.
Before joining DDOE, James served as the executive director of secondary education at Brandywine School District. He also served as the district's climate and culture leader as well as Brandywine High School's principal. Prior to his time at Brandywine High, James assisted the principal at PS duPont Intermediate and Concord and Mt. Pleasant high schools before becoming Mt. Pleasant's principal in 2008. Additionally, he has been a teacher, football coach and boys' and girls' basketball coach at St. Mark's, Milford, Delcastle and Mt. Pleasant high schools. He has also coached football at Widener and West Chester universities.
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"Like any fun-loving, creative child, I happen to love mixing pigment, water and paper. As the years have passed, I think I've become a bit more sophisticated in my technique, but I try to channel the spirit of that fun-loving child as I paint.
"Painting is magic, pure and simple.
"Watercolor's unique properties -- the capriciousness of the medium, the glow of the colors -- enable me to explore meditative spaces within my watercolor paintings. I also find the play of sunlight and shade within landscapes and around architectural elements especially attractive."
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- New take-off and landing slots will support airline's biggest ever year in the UK in 2018
Norwegian today confirmed it has acquired an additional 28 weekly slots at London Gatwick Airport from summer 2018. The take-off and landing slots, purchased from Small Planet Airlines, will allow Norwegian to plan for continued growth at Gatwick as the airline heads into its busiest ever year in the UK in 2018.
London Gatwick is at the heart of Norwegian's fast-growing UK operation, where the airline already flies more than 4.6 million passengers each year to over 30 global destinations. Norwegian's route network at Gatwick includes affordable long-haul flights to 9 US cities and Singapore, with further long-haul routes to Argentina, Chicago and Austin launching early next year.
Planning work is now underway to allocate the newly acquired 28 weekly slots which cover the busy summer 2018 period at London Gatwick.
Norwegian Chief Commercial Officer Thomas Ramdahl said: "London Gatwick is at the heart of our global growth ambitions so securing these crucial new slots will allow us to offer our passengers even more new routes, additional flights and affordable fares. Together with the launch of new routes to Argentina, Chicago and Austin in 2018, gaining extra capacity at London Gatwick is another huge boost as we get ready for our biggest ever year in the UK."


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Sectarian monster reawakened in Iraq
Iraqi Shiite fighters chanted "Labeiki ya Zaynab," as they swayed, dancing with their rifles before TV news cameras in Baghdad on June 13. They were apparently getting ready for a difficult fight ahead.
That chant alone is enough to demonstrate the ugly sectarian nature of the war in Iraq, which has reached an unprecedented highpoint in recent days. Fewer than 1,000 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) advanced against Iraq's largest city of Mosul on June 10, sending two Iraqi army divisions (nearly 30,000 soldiers) to a chaotic retreat.
Shiite cleric Ali Al-Sistani made the call to fight in a statement read on his behalf during a Friday prayer's sermon in Kerbala.
The terrorists of whom Sistani speaks are those of ISIL, whose numbers throughout the region is estimated to be at only 7,000 fighters. They are well organized, fairly well equipped and absolutely ruthless in their conduct.
To secure their remarkable territorial gains, they quickly moved south, closing in on other Iraqi towns: They attacked and took over Baiji on June 11. On the same day, they conquered Tikrit, where ex-Baathist fighters joined them. For two days, they tried to take over Samarra, but couldn't, only to move against Jalawala and Saaddiyah, to the east of Baghdad. It is impossible to verify reports of what is taking place in towns that fall under the control of ISIL, but considering their bloody legacy in Syria, and ISIL's own online reporting on their own activities, one can expect the worse.
Within days, ISIL was in control of a large swathe of land which lumped together offers a new map fully altering the political boundaries of the Middle East that were largely envisioned by colonial powers France and Britain nearly a century ago.
What the future holds is difficult to predict. The US administration is petrified by the notion of getting involved in Iraq once more. It was its orginal meddling, at the behest of the neoconservatives who largely determined US foreign policy during George W. Bush's administration that ignited this ongoing strife in the first place. They admitted failure and withdrew in Dec 2011, hoping to sustain a level of influence over the Iraqi government under Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki. They failed miserably as well and it is now Iran that is an influential foreign power in Baghdad.
In fact, Iran's influence and interests are so strong that despite much saber rattling by US President Barack Obama, the US cannot possibly modify the massively changing reality in Iraq without Iranian help. Reports in the US and British media are pointing to possible US-Iranian involvement to counter ISIL, not just in Iraq, but also in Syria.
History is accelerating at a frantic speed. Seemingly impossible alliances are being hastily formed. Maps are being redrawn in directions that are determined by masked fighters with automatic weapons mounted on the back of pickup trucks. True, no one could have predicted such events, but when some warned that the Iraq war would "destabilize" the region for many years to come, this is precisely what they meant.
When Bush led his war on Iraq in order to fight Al-Qaeda, the group simply didn't exist in that country; the war however, brought Al-Qaeda to Iraq. A mix of hubris and ignorance of the facts — and lack of understanding of Iraq's history — allowed the Bush administration to sustain that horrible war.
The Americans toyed with Iraq in numerous ways. They dissolved the army, dismissed all government institutions, attempted to restructure a new society based on the recommendations of Pentagon and CIA analysts in Washington D.C. and Virginia. They oppressed the Sunni Muslims, empowered Shiites and fed the flame of sectarianism with no regard to the consequences. When things didn't go as planned, they tried to empower some Shiite groups over others, and armed some Sunni groups to fight the Iraqi resistance to the war, which was mostly made of Sunni fighters.
And the consequences were most bloody. Iraq's civil war of 2006-07 claimed tens of thousands to be added to the ever-growing toll caused by the war adventure. No sham elections were enough to remedy the situation, no torture technique was enough to suppress the rebellion, and no fiddling with the sectarian or ethnic demographics of the country was enough to create the coveted "stability."
In December 2011, the Americans ran away from the Iraq inferno, leaving behind a fight that was not yet settled. What is going on in Iraq right now is an integral part of the US-infused mayhem. It should be telling enough that the leader of ISIL, Abu Baker Al-Baghdadi is an Iraqi from Samarra, who fought against the Americans and was himself held and tortured in the largest US prison in Iraq, Camp Bucca for five years.
It would not be precise to make the claim that ISIL started in the dungeon of a US prison in Iraq. The ISIL story would need to be examined in greater depth since it is as stretched as the current geography of the conflict, and as mysterious as the masked characters who are blowing people up with no mercy and beheading with no regard to the upright values of the religion they purport to represent. But there can be no denial that the US ignorant orchestration of the mass oppression of Iraqis, and Sunnis in particular during the 2003 war until their much-touted withdrawal was a major factor in ISIL formation, and the horrendous levels of violence the extremist group utilizes.
It is unclear whether ISIL will be able to hold onto the territories it gained or sustain itself in a battle that involves Baghdad, Iran and the US. But a few things should be clear:
The systematic political marginalization of Iraq's Sunni communities is both senseless and unsustainable. A new political and social contract is needed to re-order the mess created by the US invasion and other foreign intervention in Iraq, including that of Iran.
The nature of the conflict has become so convoluted that a political settlement in Iraq would have to tackle a similar settlement in Syria, which is serving as a breeding ground for brutality, by the Syrian regime and opposition forces, especially ISIL. That factory of radicalization must close down as soon as possible in a way that would allow Syria's wounds, and by extension Iraq's, to heal.
— Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) is an internationally-syndicated columnist and the editor of PalestineChronicle.com.


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Tourism British Columbia has tapped the services of T4G Ltd. to update its tourism management information technology platform and provide better links among the province's 18,000 tourism operators.
Toronto-based T4G, an IT consulting firm awarded the four-year contract valued at $7 million, was asked for a technology solution to run Tourism BC's marketing aspects for travellers and suppliers like owners of bed and breakfasts or kayaking operations, said Dave Hyndman, director of tourism solutions at T4G. Its answer was a Web services enabled-product called MyTravelHost.
The reason behind implementing this new technology is to give the responsibility of providing and maintaining content to the people who are closest to the information, Hyndman said. So regional destination marketing organizations or suppliers will have access to an industry extranet that they can use to alert Tourism BC about changes to their community or business, he said. Tourism BC staff, however, will likely review the information before it is put online.
It's a timely announcement as the province gears up to host the 2010 Olympics, an event that is considered ""a fantasic opportunity for tourism before, during and after the actual games,"" said Ray LeBlond, director of corporate communications for Tourism BC. LeBlond said he couldn't estimate the increased traffic that will occur on the organization's Web site as a result of the Olympics.
Tourism BC spent two years trying to finetune its site by travelling the world and learning from the winning practices of other tourism authorities, said LeBlond.
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He said Tourism BC then weighed these competitive models against the need for a solution unique to B.C., which is marked by an extensive, geographically diverse geography. Moreover, ""There are easily 50, 60, 70 different sub-sectors of the tourism industry in British Columbia. Everything from spa to outdoor adventure to urban resorts"" like Whistler. ""So we needed something that could capture different kinds of content information,"" he said.
Changes to B.C.'s official travel Web site underscore a trend that T4G, which also has a contract with Tourism New Brunswick, is observing throughout the tourism sector. He said in large part, the whole exercise of gathering content for most of these tourism operations has been driven by the production of the annual printed visitors' guide.
But this method has flaws, he explained, since a B&B that decides to add a swimming pool following the deadline for visitors guide materials cannot tell travellers about the new amenity via one of the most popular tourism communications tools.
Now the industry is searching for what Hyndman calls ""second-generation tourism solutions,"" or a comprehensive system of information, compared to a first version which includes a site, an online reservations system, a call centre and a fulfillment application to deliver visitors guides and other information.
First-generation tools put suppliers' information about product sales and travellers' transaction history into ""siloed, single-purpose"" applications, meaning hotels and other tourism operators have no broad view of their dealings with prospective visitors, he explained.
Hyndman said centralizing travel information has two big advantages. For instance, after a few years, tourism organizations should know when repeat travellers first inquired about the destination, when they made a reservation and when they visited. From a reporting and analytical perspective, the system gives ""an enterprise-wide view of activity"" including interactions with suppliers and consumers.
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AmeriCommerce Store owners have the capability to allow their customers to pay with Amazon.
- A Seller Central Account - Click Here to Sign Up
- Your MWS Merchant ID, Access Key, and Secret Key if setting up Pay With Amazon
The Setup
In your store's admin panel go to "Tools" > "Apps & Addons" then click on "Login and Pay With Amazon" on the resulting screen.
In another tab go to the application screen in your Seller Central account, click on Web Settings. Then click on the "Edit" button. You should see this:
In your admin panel, you should see the following text box.
Copy the URL in that text box and paste it into "Allowed Return URLs" in your Seller Central Web Settings.
Paste your store's URL in to the "Allowed Javascript Origins." Example: https://www.yourstore.com
Copy your Client ID and Client Secret from Seller Central in to the "Client ID" and "Client Secret" text boxes in your admin panel.
Setting Up Pay with Amazon:
- In your store's admin panel go to "Tools" > "Apps & Addons" then click on "Login and Pay with Amazon" on the resulting screen.
- You will need to copy your MWS Access Key, MWS Secret Key, and Merchant ID in to the corresponding boxes in your store's admin panel.
- In another tab go to your Seller Central account's, click on Integration Settings or go to https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/pyop/seller/mwsaccess
- Copy and paste MWS Access Key, MWS Secret Key, and Merchant ID to your store admin corresponding boxes.
- Copy the URL in the "Amazon Payments IPN URL" text box on your store's admin panel.
- In Amazon Seller Central, IPN Setting, click on Merchant and Integrator IPN settings.
- update Merchant URL with the URL you copied.
Lastly, you'll need to paste in the following amazon button code into Themes > Edit Theme > One Page Checkout > HTML Editor:
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If you're no sure where to place it, a good place is just below the ExistingCustomersArea visibility area like so:
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Are you an existing Customer? Log In
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Ashley is a content writer and brand developer. After graduating with a degree in print-journalism, Ashley's storytelling skills took her from the bizarre world of on-camera acting to the practice courts of NBA basketball players to the virtual meetings of inbound marketers. Today she specializes in building memorable brand voices online, with a focus on the travel & tourism, e-commerce and tech industries.
Search engine optimization (SEO) has changed dramatically in recent years. And user behavior and preferences are changing rapidly as well.
Video content now accounts for more than 74 percent of all Internet traffic and YouTube is the 2nd-largest search engine. Yes, Google owns the top-2 search engines in the world.
More than 3 billion search queries go through YouTube every month.
Why is this important? Because consumers (and businesses) are turning to video to get the answers they need about products and services. And the shift from copy to video is happening fast.
As Brian Halligan, founder and CEO of HubSpot, said during his keynote presentation during Inbound 2016:
"Fifty percent of your content in 2017 should be video. Stop looking for that blogger, start looking for that videographer."
Can you still get website traffic without video? Absolutely.
We've increased organic search traffic tenfold for several clients without publishing a single video. But companies investing in video have an opportunity to be miles ahead of their competitors within the next 5-to-10 years.
Though video is a different platform and medium than Google, the principles are the same: if you want someone to consume your content, you have to help them find it.
5 Easy Ways to Optimize YouTube Videos for SEO
On Google, we call this SEO. On YouTube, we call it SEO because we have nothing else to call it. But, optimizing your videos to be found is key to getting views, which drives the ROI of video.
1. Familiarize Yourself with YouTube's Ranking Signals
Considering Google boasts around 200 ranking signals, YouTube's signals can be seen as refreshingly straightforward.
Here are the most important ones:
- Number of subscribers after watching
- Keywords in description tag
- Title tag information
- Audience retention
- Likes and dislikes
- Watch time
- Session starters
- Descriptions
- Comments
- Favorites
- Tags
As you can see, some of these ranking signals are immediately within your control, and others are not. Commit to checking off the ones you can control (i.e. keywords, title tags and video length) with each video you publish.
2. Target Video Keywords
Similar to publishing blog articles, your YouTube video process should begin with keyword research. However, in this case, you want to target keywords that have a decent search volume and appear as video results on Google's first page, like this:
Skip this step, and you'll be missing out on potential Google search traffic in addition to the obvious YouTube traffic.
Here's a look at the types of keywords that generate video results on Google's first page:
- How-to keywords ("how to wash your dog")
- Reviews ("HubSpot review")
- Tutorials ("editing with Photoshop")
- Fitness ("basketball layups")
- Funny videos ("cute cats")
Begin your video keyword search the same way you would your typical keyword research. Using a tool like Google's keyword planner to help identify the words and phrases your target audience is typing into search. Once you have your list, determine which keywords deliver page one results, as shown in the screenshot above.
Once you've found some decent video keywords, go back to your keyword planner and evaluate the search volume for each keyword. Target the keywords with 300 or more average searches per month, and let those keywords inform the video content you produce moving forward.
3. Prioritize Quality
This one isn't exactly an optimization hack, but it's critically important.
As previously mentioned, many of YouTube's ranking signals aren't directly within your control--they are based on viewer engagement.
YouTube puts significant weight on two particular user experience signals: Watching, Subscribing and Liking.
While reminding viewers to "like it, if they liked it" at the end of every video is a great idea, you won't get anywhere without providing a good experience.
While you don't have to invest in a professional videographer for every video, you should at least have:
- An HD camera (your phone at the least)
- Some lighting
- A decent microphone
- An interesting background
The bottom line: If your video isn't enjoyable, it won't get watched, and it won't get ranked!
3. Optimize Video Elements
Once you have edited your high-quality video content, it's time to optimize it for YouTube.
The good news? There really aren't that many things to optimize.
Video Title
- Make it at least 5-words long.
- Include the keyword without blatant keyword "stuffing."
- Experiment with placing the keyword at the beginning of the title for better results.
- Don't put your name or "episode number" in the title.
- Place your website link at the very top of the video subscription to maximize click-throughs.
- Include your keyword phrase within the first 25 or so words.
- Sprinkle your keyword phrase throughout 3-4 times.
- Make the description detailed, longer than 250 words.
- Create tags that tell viewers what your video is about.
- Create more tags that include common keywords and search phrases.
- These tags allow your video to pop-up in the sidebar as suggested content.
Pretty simple, right?
4. Create Playlists
Another simple way to get more SEO power is to organize your channel's videos into playlists. A playlist helps YouTube better understand what your content is about. The more context YouTube's algorithm has, the better it can help you get in front of people.
For example, check out how NASA has organized their Youtube videos into subject-specific playlists.
Not only does this create a better user experience, it also helps to drive more views.
5. Promote Your Videos
Finally, you'll want to promote your optimized YouTube channel and videos. Unless you have a huge social media following to begin with, your best bet is turning to social question-answer sites.
Quora, Reddit, and Yahoo!
Answers are some of the Internet's most popular sites for obtaining person-to-person advice and suggestions. The key here is sincerity: Unabashedly promote your videos in irrelevant places, and people will see right through it.
Here's a quick primer on how to drive traffic using Quora (one of the most underrated methods):
Simply, search for a question related to your video's topic and share.
Another quick tip? Link to your most recent video in your email signature. If you send and receive a lot of emails, this will surely boost traffic.
Optimizing YouTube Videos Is Easy
If you follow the advice in this article, it won't be long until optimizing videos on YouTube becomes second nature. You'll know what works best, and how to quickly upgrade the SEO of each video you post.
Beyond the tweaks you can make around finding the video, remember that the quality of the video you publish is more important than SEO. Regardless of how perfectly you optimize the video, if people don't like watching it, or if it doesn't bring more customers, what's the point?
One of the top problems we have seen companies struggle with is brand voice. They make videos with no consistent experience - which makes the brand feel disjointed and scattered. Think about it, what would you do if you went to Apple's website and saw sloppy, cluttered design - you would probably have to double-check to make sure you were in the right spot.
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Super Bowl Movie Trailers!
If there's one thing I look forward to the most during the Super Bowl, it's gotta be the awesome Super Bowl movie trailers of our most anticipated upcoming films.
Today was no exception.
And just in case you were busy doing something else when these teasers and trailers were shown earlier (how could you?!), here they are!
Below are the Super Bowl teasers and trailers of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", "Transformers – Age of Extinction" & "Captain America: The Winter Soldier".
Enjoy the videos below:
Transformers: Age of Extinction (Super Bowl Teaser)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (30sec Super Bowl Teaser)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Extended Preview)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Super Bowl Trailer)
How was it? Did it get you more excited? Which of these trailers did you enjoy the most?
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I've never been asked to wear a rental tux, of course, but I know plenty of groomsmen who have, and they're generally not happy about it!
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Let them wear a dark suit they already own. We asked our guys to wear black or dark gray, and everyone managed to scrape together a suitable getup.
Find an inexpensive suit and ask them all to buy it. You can often find a nice on-sale suit in the $200 to $300 range, and lots of stores offer buy one suit, get the second half-off deals. If you shop around, your groomsmen will likely still be paying less than you 'maids.
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Starting out, a pre-defined list is offered up but it's easy enough to customize so that users immediately see the units they most frequently use. Each category is colored accordingly, so fastidious types (like myself) can revel in color co-ordinating everything.
In each case, users can opt to include a number of different units or currencies within one conversion, which can be pretty handy when dealing with multiple conversions at once or simply when wanting to keep everything clearly laid out. Again, everything is dealt with via a series of swipes or drags, so Fancy Units is immediately very intuitive. There's a built-in calculator too, ensuring there's no need to switch between apps to figure things out.
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I am not what my parents wanted me to be.
To be fair, only one of them had an ideal. The daughter of a schizophrenic born in the early 1900s, she was only beginning to grasp the rudimentary pieces of feminism when she chose to go in a direction modern feminists have since foresworn. To her, men were tools to be exploited. To her, all of humanity was to be exploited. Thwarted in her beauty and her ambition, she tried, and failed, to seize the power of a new generation whose future lies now on what has become the Internet.
Confused? So was I. Her daughter, expected to be brighter, faster, and her duplicate made perfect, I grew up stretched between a son of the Cold War, military-bred, and the daughter of the 60's-era hippie culture who believed she could change the world.
My mother believed in power, and tried to reach it through exploitation, through bargaining, through influence, through thievery. She married my father and attempted to exploit his more reliable friends, and had two children she expected to help resolve her own issues.
I was to be the channel for her ambition. I cannot know now what she intended for my brother: my brilliant, violent, obviously autistic brother who loves to break apart systems. My brother, still incredibly angry, not least of all, at me.
And who am I? I am what happens to the children of the Internet.
I don't think my mother meant for this to happen. Or if she did, she didn't understand what this would become. How could she? She didn't grow up understanding that on the other side of the dial-tone were other people, many of them just as confused as I. She understood that my father could make money from his friends in the Internet business - that, I think, was the end of understanding for her.
But for me, a 10 year old given unsupervised access to a network ever-growing, I was given access to other minds - other people - other perspectives. And this did not fail, and it did not go away.
I wrote hundreds of thousands of words between when I first logged on, and today. I found Slashdot, Everything2. I found Usenet, found fandom, found fanfic, found a thousand doors leading into how this beautiful world had come to be. I found the Jargon File before I even understood what it was to run a server.
No one could, no one can, cut me loose from this endless stream of perspectives, this insight into other lives.
My mother tried, and failed, to exploit, the new generation. She tried to exploit my father's friends, and was predicted, known. They saw my father. They tried to make him successful. They failed, and moved on.
And me? Alone but for the dial-tone? I persevered.
There was nothing else to do. Keep writing. Keep reading. Keep reaching out.
And yet, my father's friends have promised him: if your children ever have need, if they are lost, if they need help: have them call us.
And one day, I had need.
2006, I was alone with my RSIs, jobless, broke, degree-less, driven by the hunger of another exploiter who lacked understanding of why I spent my time staring into the screen. He chose to ignore that I wrote: when I told him I'd written as much as I had, he was slack-jawed. He had no context: he denied it.
But having reached out, I found out for the first time that I was not alone. That others knew of me, of my father, of my mother, and they cared.
And for the first time, I began to understand what I'd grown up with, the legacy that I had, the direction that I had been walking, running, climbing towards from a pre-teen given dial-up to an adult with DSL, to a girl already organizing nerds and engineers to achieve something more.
I was not yet there. I could not yet understand what was coming, or who I would become. But I had my own language, my own tribe, my own future waiting for me: my people who were ready to rescue and instruct.
My tribe is the tribe of the Internet, of the world that will be as it becomes increasingly more connected and aware of what that power of perspective and limitless information is.
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Today's topic in my 15 Day Blog Challenge in "What ONE thing will you do each day to get more you time this year?"
I have already started working on that thing about a month ago. I re-designed my calendar to schedule "me time" in there and simply stick to it no matter what. At first it felt kind of weird to have to do that. After one week of sticking up to it I saw the importance of having it. Seriously.
If you're a stay-at-home or working mom, it doesn't matter, if you don't have "you time" in your day, please sit down right now, and schedule it. 30 minutes of yoga, writing, drinking tea in peace, or simply meditating. Schedule the time to do something you enjoy tremendously but haven't had the chance to do it because of, well, busy life. Even scheduling a short "mommy and me" session would be a great gift to yourself.
Put this sign on your office or bedroom door and thank me later 😉
It felt pretty weird to having to schedule time for things I like to do for myself in the calendar. But I see the point of doing it now, and I see the great results of sticking to the plan.
In my calendar "me time" includes reading to kids and getting them ready to bed, which takes about an hour all together. The rest of the time is away from the computer or phone. The part with no phone is harder but I've been working on it. Sometimes it does include computer or phone for listening to my favorite podcasts while I write my diary. So it's a mix of things but what this time is not for is WORK. When the husband is gone this time simple means bingeing on "Grey's Anatomy", "Salem" or "Orange is the New Black".
I have scheduled time to read books and to go to the gym during the day which I also consider "me time". There is time to do blogging, editing, as well as 30 minutes for my green smoothie. Yes, I had to put the smoothie there as well, otherwise I would end up eating pretzels washed down with cold tea.
In the last 3 weeks I have already finished 3 books. I've gone to the gym at least 3 times a week as well as haven't touched the pretzels once.
This "me time" has also brought me to an idea of doing something special for myself. Something I have been wishing to do for a long time. I actually have two things on my bucket list and one has been taken care of. The other needs to wait.
Jen Sincero says
"When you constantly deny yourself the people, food, things, and experiences that makes you feel the most alive, that sends a pretty lousy message home. Look at your life and see where you're letting yourself down. If you hear yourself saying things like " I love going out to see live music! I can't remember the last time I did it," make time"
I have already done it.
Have you? What's "me time" for you? Mind to share?
~ Ewa
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Kaffa Kafe Straits Quay has ceased operations until further notice.
November 2012
This is one of the many eateries on the ground floor of Straits Quay mall that faces the marina. At a glance, their menu looks good enough and seems able to rival the myriad of cafes offering almost the same things such as a range of coffees, cakes, sandwiches and the like.
Their coffee, namely Kaffa Vienna at RM8.50++ is satisfying enough with a generous dollop of whipped cream. While their American style food brinks on alright and average, the RM9.90++ basket of Texas Cheesy Fries is helped along by stringy spray cheese that gives it a sweet flavour, unfortunately. However, their sparkling lemonade at RM10.90++ is made fresh from soda water and lime juice is rather refreshing.
What Kaffa may not have in terms of flavour, they make up in terms of wifi service and comfort. A small warning though, their service staff may not be terribly friendly but they're efficient enough.There is an outdoor sitting area that gives a lovely view of the water and parked boats and it's especially nice during dusk or dinner time. Su Aziz


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Moisture Curing Adhesives Market size is forecast to reach $17.02 billion by 2026, after growing at a CAGR of 7.2% during 2021-2026. Construction activities and the need in the automotive industry are the main factors that are expected to drive demand. The segment is expected to report major additions due to the expanded supply base, primarily in Mexico. The rise in the portion of the building is likely to substantially improve demand.
Moisture Curing Adhesives Market Segment Analysis – By Type
Polyurethane held the largest share in the Moisture Curing Adhesives market in 2020. Polyurethane under heavy load experiences a shift in shape, then returns to its usual shape when the load is removed. Polyurethane load-bearing glulam technology is used in the building industry. The silicone family includes siloxanes and silane, and the moisture-curing silicones are based on chemical reactions with water. These materials crosslink at room temperature by interacting with ambient moisture and are absorbed on the surface. On account of this it comes with the benefit of resistance to weathering. Polyurethane also has a high load-bearing capacity. The compound faces a change of form under heavy processing. However, it returns to its original shape after the load has been removed.
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Moisture Curing Adhesives Market Segment Analysis – By Application
Insulation Panels has been the primary market for Moisture Curing Adhesives in 2020. Moisture Curing Adhesives in insulation panels offers exceptional strength. The insulation material allows the rapid increase of temperature in heated rooms. At the same time, it prevents the building from cooling down and helps to keep the constant temperature. This will minimize the amount of heating and cooling equipment required to keep the house comfortable. Because of this, home insulation would minimize energy bills and cooling costs, and heating. Isolation provides a sound barrier, keeping intrusive sounds out and preserving privacy by keeping the sounds inside from being audible outside. Isolating the home also creates a moisture barrier, keeps unwanted moisture away and offers a very comfortable living environment inside.
Moisture Curing Adhesives Market Segment Analysis – By End Use Industry
Building & construction industry has been the primary market for Moisture Curing Adhesives in 2020 growing at a CAGR of 10%. Over the period 2013 to 2018, M&A activity in the construction sector steadily increased up to 484 deals recorded in 2018, up from 273 deals recorded in 2013. North America, Europe and Asia are the regions with the most dominance in terms of the number of deals entered. Both are based on Europe and Asia show decline in construction deals over 2018 compared to 2017, while North America shows a sharp growth in total deals recorded. Currently, the global economy is in severe slowdown mode amidst deepening credit crunch, upsetting developmental targets of economies and COVID-19 pandemic across the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced investment in construction related projects in the range of 13 to 30% which will have significant impact on Gross Value Added (GVA) and employment in this sector. Since the construction sector is primarily dominated by infrastructure projects, the current levels of uncertainty are expected to seriously hit the sector.
Moisture Curing Adhesives Market Segment Analysis – By Geography
APAC dominated the moisture curing adhesives market with a share of more than 42% in 2020, followed by North America and Europe. The growth is anticipated due to expanding construction sector and rising automotive sales in the region. These developments are expected to have a big effect on the overall size of the industry in the coming years. On the other hand, Europe also registers itself as one of the fast growth markets due to the presence of large end-user industries. For example, the recovery of the construction sector in order to achieve energy-efficient buildings and a strong automotive sector in the area is likely to drive the market size of moisture curing adhesives in the coming years.
Moisture Curing Adhesives Market Drivers
R&D and demand from end use industry
Manufacturers of moisture-curing adhesive systems have been actively focusing on revolutionary product technologies to create and launch new, solid, moisture-curing adhesive systems that provide proper moisture curing. It should be noted that the demand for new cars is driven by an ever-growing number of foreign and domestic travelers, along with increasing speed of transport. This rise in demand for new vehicles would, in turn, boost global demand for moisture-curing adhesive systems in the future. In developed economies, customers are searching for advanced diagnostic and automation products. Via process R&D and product innovation in advanced telematics systems, manufacturers have greatly improved their response time to these personalized customer requirements. This trend is expected to gain momentum across the global market and generate enormous opportunities in the near future.
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Moisture Curing Adhesives Market Challenges
Environmental and Safety Issue can restrict the market growth
Environmental and safety concerns, along with increasing government regulations, are expected to lead to the production of goods with less volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed standards for the use of clean air in the furniture surface coating industry. Government regulations, such as the Major New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) applied by EPA and REACH on the use of environmentally friendly goods in the manufacture of curing adhesives, are expected to pose challenges for industry participants.
Moisture Curing Adhesives Market Landscape
Technology launches, acquisitions and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the Moisture Curing Adhesives market. Major players in the Moisture Curing Adhesives market are Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, H.B. Fuller, The 3M Company, Sika AG, The Dow Chemical Company, Bostik SA and Others.
Acquisitions/Technology Launches/ Product Launches
n April 2020, Dow Chemical Company launched DOWSIL EA-3838 fast curing silicone adhesive that cures rapidly without oven heat for improved productivity and reduced energy usage in the manufacture of appliances, automotive electronics, lighting and avionics. This innovative new adhesive cures at room temperature and provides fast adhesion for shorter cycle times. Additionally, DOWSIL™ EA-3838 Fast Adhesive creates strong, reliable bonds between a variety of dissimilar materials, including glass to metal, glass to painted metal and glass to plastic.
In January 2015, Bostik launched a new, one-component, moisture cured, and urethane adhesive SG1578-164. The SG1578-164 adhesive from Bostik has a unique balance of good green strength with a long open time making it an excellent choice for processing of assembly fixtures. The SG1578-164 is the latest innovation in hot melt technology from Bostik.
Key Takeaways
Asia-Pacific dominates the moisture curing adhesives market owing to expanding construction sector and rising automotive sales in the region.
On the other hand, Europe also registers itself as one of the fast growth markets due to the presence of large end-user industries.
Moreover, the ongoing M&A activities among suppliers would further cater to the growth in Global Moisture Curing Adhesives Market.
Surging R&D activities are some of the opportunities which are expected to fuel the market.
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"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity."
"We must wake up to the insane reality of our time. We are all irresponsible, unless we demand from the responsible decision makers that modern armaments must no longer be made available to people whose former battle axes and swords our ancestors condemned."
"For every minute, the future is becoming the past."
"Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II."
"Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication – particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials."
"Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war."
"In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds."
"In fighting nature, man can win every battle except the last. If he should win that too, he will perish, like an embryo cutting its own umbilical cord."
"One learns more from listening than speaking. And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls."
"I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don't believe it exists. I've felt this again and again, when alone and out in nature. On such occasions, time does not exist. Nor does the future exist."
"I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea."
"It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch."
"Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be."
"A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other."
"I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that proves that time does not exist."
"I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any."
"Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of security, to land anywhere, but in the tiny, and still neutral, Republic of Djibouti."
"But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are sitting here alive today, while all the others are dead or have never been born."
"We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so."


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It turns out my kids are experts at determining expected value: the size, weight and number of presents under the tree have now been precisely determined and weighed against each other to determine fairness, which, it also turns out, is an extremely complex concept and one into whose waters I highly recommend parents do not wade.
In any case, here was this week's puzzle:
Imagine a row of seven presents. Their values are $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6 and $40. You don't know what's inside and so don't know which present matches each value. It costs $7 to pick a present at random. Is it a good bet? Now imagine you remove a present at random from the line-up. Is it now a good deal to spend $7 on the blind bet?
There are a couple correct-ish answers, depending on how you define "good bet". First, there's a 6-in-7 chance that you will lose money — so if you can only play once, you could make a semi-reasonable case that it's not a good bet to play at all. But the more widely held definition of "good bet" is a situation in which you expect to win more than you lose. In our first case, the value of the presents added together is $61 and 61/7 = $8.71. So your $7 buys an expected $8.71 and it's a good bet (really, that's the answer).
Now the second part gets trickier. What happens when you pull a present at random? Is it still a good bet? There are two ways to think of it, and here are both:
1. By pulling a present at random, you remove an expected $8.71 from the system. So now the value remaining is $61-$8.71=$52.29 with six presents left. 52.29/6=$8.71. Dang! You still get $8.71 for your $7 bet!
2. Imagine there's a 1/7 chance you pulled the $1 present (yay!) and a 1/7 chance you pulled the $40 present (d'oh!) and, in fact, a 1/7 chance you pulled any of the others, as well. In the best case, you get 60/6 and in the worst case you get 21/6 and all cases are equally likely, so (60/6 + 59/6 + 58/6 + 57/6 + 56/6 + 55/6 + 21/6) / 7 = 61/7 = $8.71. Still a good bet!
The winner, drawn from the many correct entrants, is frequent entrant Andy! Congrats and thanks for all your correct answers over many, many weeks! Andy is the proud winner of a ThinkGeek $50 gift certificate. Sorry, the discount code we had for ThinkGeek has expired; we'll have a new one soon! And remember: only 126 days until Arbor Day!


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On the road we call life, we pass many people. Some only briefly share the road with us. But all will leave their mark on us in some way.
I think most would agree that leaving primary school and starting high school at the age of eleven is frankly terrifying! When other students are friendly and help to put you at your ease you are so grateful.
One of the most super-friendly students in our high school was Carl Sanderson. He was a handsome young man. But what everyone would remember him for, was his smile. When I was eleven, and beginning high school as a Year Seven student, Carl was fourteen starting Year Ten of high school. He was friendly with everyone, not just me. Yet it made such a difference to know there was a friendly face and a cheerful smile, belonging to a fellow student who was going to look out for me.
On my first morning of high school, while I stood nervously at the bus-stop waiting for the bus to arrive, he was one of the few that said hello. At the end of the day he saw me again and asked me how was my first day of school. How many of the older students care to ask a younger kid how they got on during their first day of school?
I quickly realized that Carl was one of those boys who was everyone's friend. Everyone adored him. He was soooo cute (too old for me to worry about how cute he was). The teachers clearly were very fond of Carl too.
I don't have many memories of Carl in all honesty. Just that he was super friendly and always had a smile and a greeting for you. I wish I had more to tell you about him. It kind of makes me angry that I know so little about this lovely young man. After I had been at school for a few weeks something happened that shocked me and the whole school.
Carl Sanderson was killed when a motor cycle hit him. The driver was speeding of course. I was told he was travelling at around 80 miles per hour when he hit Carl. Apparently Carl died at the scene. He had been crossing that road on the way to collect a younger sibling from school.
Carl made an impression on me in the short time that I knew him. I realized how much it means when you are nervous or alone, to be greeted by a warm friendly smile. I realized how much it means when another human takes the time to show interest in you. During the brief acquaintance I enjoyed with him, it struck me how warming and encouraging another person can be just by their friendliness. I decided I wanted to be like Carl.
When I look back at the brief time Carl and I were at the same point along the road of life together, I still draw inspiration from that lovely boy and remember how it feels when a warm and friendly face shows a little personal interest in you.
I would love to meet Carl again one day and to be able to tell him that despite our brief acquaintance, I had never forgotten him and had actually tried to be more like him.


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Jan. 10 boys' basketball roundup: Chester rolls over Roscoe
Brandon Sadlier had 22 points and Lawrence Young added 18 to lead Chester to a non-league win at Roscoe.
Rob Taurino had 21 points and Collin Tallman added 16 for Roscoe (1-5). Teammate Brad Dreher had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Chester is 5-2.
Kenny Mikell's 37 points sparked John A. Flannery (2-1) to a non-league win.
The Family School is 0-6.
Rodney Brown had 16 points and seven assists to help New York Military Academy win a Hudson Valley Athletic League game in Cornwall.
Fabio Massa had 12 points and 18 rebounds for NYMA (7-0, 4-0 HVAL). Marvelwood is 2-3, 2-1 HVAL.
Connor Plvan had 17 points and Vincenzo Morrone added 16 in Harmony Christian's Metro Christian Athletic Association game in Middletown.
Jacob Hufcut had 17 rebounds for Harmony Christian (3-4, 2-2 MCAA).


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Thursday Night Live: Mike Archer Band, Cheapside Pavilion
October 6, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thursday Night Live: Mike Archer Band play at the Cheapside Pavilion at 5 pm on Thursday, October 6.
"Join thousands for live music, local food and beverage vendors, and the hottest party in town. The event takes place each week at the Cheapside Pavilion (251 W. Main St)."


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Protesters clash with riot police wielding batons as an anti-austerity demonstration continues into the night in Madrid. Sarah Charlton reports.
SPAIN-PROTEST/CLASHES - Riot police charge in the Spanish capital, dispersing protesters angry at the government's austerity measures.
Clashes broke out on Saturday (September 29) night as demonstrators vented anger at politicians they accuse of cutting welfare to bail out banks.
It's the third time in a week thousands have gathered in central Madrid.
Spain is at the centre of the euro zone debt crisis on concerns it cannot control its finances amid a deepening recession.
But efforts to save billions of dollars have led to unpopular cuts that have fuelled protests.
Saturday's demo ended in a sit-in as a group of protesters stayed into the night.
Many vowed there would be more demonstrations to come.
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