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Jay Sekulow: UPDATE – Death Warrant May Have Been Issued for Pastor Youcef
By Jay Sekulow
Just hours after posting the latest update concerning the fate of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, comes word from our sources in Iran that officials in Iran may have issued an execution order for the Christian pastor, whose been held for more than two years in an Iranian jail cell because of his Christian faith.
We can't confirm whether Pastor Youcef is still alive. What we do know is that the news out of Iran is not encouraging. Here's our news release issued on the latest developments and the most recent information posted by Jordan in this blog update.
It is still unclear at the present time whether Pastor Youcef would have a right of appeal from the execution order. The head of Iran's Judiciary Chief, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, must approve publicly held executions, but only a small percentage of executions are carried out in public. Most executions in Iran are conducted in secret.
This disturbing news comes as more than 35,000 Americans have signed on to an ACLJ petition urging members of Congress to support a resolution condemning Iran for its actions and calling for the immediate release of the Christian pastor.
We are continuing to get the word out concerning Pastor Youcef's persecution. Our global social media campaign continues to grow as we generate support for Pastor Youcef. In just the last 24 hours, our Twitter campaign has expanded to include nearly 1,600 individuals who are sending one Tweet a day on behalf of Pastor Nadarkhani. That campaign is now reaching more than 345,000 Twitter accounts in nearly 180 countries and territories. The goal is to reach one million people a day on behalf of Pastor Nadarkhani.
Please keep Pastor Youcef in your prayers.
Jay Sekulow: New Concern for the Fate of Christian Pastor Youcef
Jay Sekulow: Will the State Department finally speak out for Pastor Saeed Abedini?
Last Friday's standing-room only hearing before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission was among the most dramatic I've witnessed. There was outrage – outrage not just from me as I declared the State Department "AWOL" in our quest to free an American Pastor, Saeed Abedini — a U.S. citizen — captured by Iran's Revolutionary Guard […]
Jay Sekulow: Help Us Tell the Story of American Pastor Saeed, Imprisoned in Iran
One of the most important things we can do is keep the story of Pastor Saeed Abedini in the spotlight. This U.S. citizen is facing eight years in a deadly Iranian prison, convicted for his Christian faith. We know that the situation he faces gets worse day by day. He remains cut-off from speaking with […]
Jay Sekulow: American Pastor Saeed Barred From His Trial in Iran
It's unlike any judicial system in the world. On Monday, American Pastor Saeed Abedini went to court in Iran with his attorney to address charges of attempting to undermine the Iranian government. The real problem: he converted from Islam to Christianity 13 years ago and started working with house-churches in Iran. Pastor Saeed and his […]
Jay Sekulow: American Pastor to Face Trial in Iranian Prison
An American Pastor is being held in Iran's most notorious prison – Pastor Saeed, a U.S. citizen, has been told that he "will hang" because of his Christian faith. And, now the Iranian government has put this case on the fast track – and scheduled a trial that's just days away. After sustaining painful beatings […]


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Commissioners urge voters to approve local referendum
Kelsey Davis
As it stands, the Montgomery County Commission doesn't have the authority to regulate litter violations, animal control or overgrown weeds in some rural parts of the county.
"We've been getting some phone calls in the past about things we can't do anything about in unincorporated areas. People dumping trash, people leaving dead animals, people building junk yards, dilapidated houses," said Elton Dean, commission chairman. "We couldn't do anything about those things back in the past, but this referendum would assist us in doing that."
2016 Incorporated Unincorporated Map
The referendum Dean refers to will appear on ballots Tuesday, but only for citizens living in unincorporated areas. People living within city limits won't have the option to vote on the referendum.
"Cities already have the ability to establish such programs, so it is only fair that the voters only be from the unincorporated areas of the county," a release from the commission stated.
It will be labeled simply as Local Referendum, as no referendum number was assigned to it. Commissioners say the referendum won't allow them to levy taxes or regulate planning and zoning.
A guide to the amendments on the Alabama ballot
The referendum stems from a piece of state legislation passed in 2005 known as the Alabama Limited Self-Governance Act, which "gives those citizens living in the unincorporated area of Montgomery County the opportunity to allow their county commissions to make decisions locally regarding basic health and safety issues," the release states.
Twenty counties in the state have voted to invoke the Limited Self-Governance Act since it passed in 2005.
Dean said that without the referendum, the sheriff's office doesn't have the authority to police pollution and noise violations in rural areas because of current zoning laws. The referendum, however, would not alter those laws.
"It's a referendum that would give the sheriff some teeth and give us some teeth to protect people from others coming in, invading their properties, throwing rubbish, burning trash, etcetera," Dean said.
During their meeting, the commission approved all agenda items, including:
Giving $20,000 to Valiant Cross Academy for computer equipment and a smart board system
Giving $10,000 to Dannelly Elementary School for a Capital improvement Project
Authorizing the County's Thanksgiving Holiday Observance on Nov. 25

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PCMag Australia Software & Services Mobile Apps
Official COP27 Climate Summit Android App Poses Serious Security Risk
Security experts warn COP27 attendees not to download the app for fear of being spied on.
Security experts have discovered that the Egyptian government's official smartphone app for the COP27 climate summit doubles as a tool for spying on attendees. What's unclear is whether this was done on purpose.
As Politico reports, four cyber security experts have independently confirmed that the Android app can be used to read users' emails and messages (even on encrypted services such as WhatsApp), listen to conversations, track a device's location, carry out a full device scan, and change the way it operates without first seeking a user's permission. The iOS version of the app has not been reviewed by security experts.
Thousands of COP27 attendees have downloaded the app, with policymakers from Canada, France, and Germany already using it. Officials from other governments are being strongly advised not to download and use the app due to the potential security risk it poses.
One security expert went so far as to state "the application is a cyber weapon," where as others have found no evidence the permissions the app asks for are being used to access sensitive information. Google also reviewed the app and did not find any policy violations, but Android apps secretly harvesting data isn't exactly a new phenomenon.
Marwa Fatafta, digital rights lead for the Middle East and North Africa for Access Now, believes the app is "a surveillance tool that could be weaponized by the Egyptian authorities to track activists, government delegates and anyone attending COP27." Fataft goes on to say, "The Egyptian government cannot be entrusted with managing people's personal data given its dismal human rights record and blatant disregard for privacy."
The app's privacy notice does little to quell fears this app is safe to download. By installing it, the Egyptian government gains the right to "access customer accounts for technical and administrative purposes and for security reasons."
COP27 runs from Nov. 6-18 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Attendees will hopefully now be cautious and avoid the official app unless it's required for certain features and can be placed on a burner phone. Anyone who does install it also needs to remember to unistall it once the climate conference is over.
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Compared to the crowds jamming the past two Madison County Commissioners' Court meetings, Monday morning was a rather thinly attended affair, with no contentious items on the agenda.
When the time came for public comment and county judge Tony Leago was informed nobody had signed up to speak, Leago whispered a quiet "thank the Lord," creating a wave of giggles from the rest of the room.
The past two meetings of the County Court were rife with debate and public comment, focused on a proposed proclamation – later passed – naming April Confederate Heritage and History month.
Commissioners on Monday were able to plow through the agenda, gathering information on roof repairs at the County Courthouse Annex and putting up for bid a property at the intersection of FM1428 and Little Rock Lane, seized for back taxes in the 1990s.
Lynn Jeffries, the county's Designated Representative reported to the court that the various leaks in the roof of the Courthouse Annex were likely caused by faulty pipe fittings on the roof, leaking and pooling in a few places and soaking through the ceiling of the Annex.
Jeffries is working to gather three bids for the needed repairs.
Commissioners approved spending $20,000 from contingency funds to secure a new industrial washer and dryer set for the county jail, replacing what Lynne Standley of the Sheriff's Office described as "household" machines.
Prisoners at the county jail get three changes of clothing per week. With the industrial machines, Standley said, it would only take two loads to do the jail's entire run of laundry.
Earlier in the meeting, Lane reported that the city has collected $305,522.25 in sales taxes for the year to date, running ahead of last year's totals.


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Celtic take on city rivals Rangers on Saturday in the 409th renewal of the world-famous Old Firm Derby in Glasgow. This article contains our Celtic vs Rangers betting preview with predictions, betting tips, starting lineups, team news, best odds, bookie promotions and no deposit free bets on the Old Firm Derby!
Celtic are still storming clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League table with a 8 points commanding lead over 2nd placed Aberdeen. They saw their domestic record-breaking 69-match unbeaten run ended with a surprising 4-0 defeat at the hands of Hearts earlier this month. Anyway, the Bhoys remain unbeaten in 39 home league games. Brendan Rodgers' men enter the Old Firm Derby on the back of an impressive showing in the 3-0 drubbing of Aberdeen last weekend. Celtic have won six of their last seven matches against Rangers and have scored seven goals in their last three direct encounters without reply.
Scott Sinclair has been passed fit after missing the last match with minor knee and ankle problems. After suffering a broken leg during the midweek win over Dundee, Johnny Hayes has joined Patrick Roberts and Tom Rogic in the treatment room. Anthony Ralston also remain on the sidelines due to knee injury. France U21 international Moussa Dembele will be probably rested with reports suggesting an £18 million fee has been agreed for him to move to Brighton. As a result, Leigh Griffiths is expected to sperhead the attack in a 4-5-1 starting system.
Rangers come here in some inconsistent form. Losses to Kilmarnock and St Johnstone in recent weeks have seen the team dropping in third position, 3 points below Aberdeen and 11 points from the summit. They did manage to bounce back and boost up the confidence on Wednesday evening when they saw off Motherwell 2-0 at homeGraeme Murty was appointed as interim boss of Rangers following Pedro Caixinha's dismissal back in October but ha has very few hopes of landing the job permanently. The Gers have failed to win any of their last 10 matches against the Hoops inside 90 minutes.
Having Ryan Jack stretchered off is a big concern for Rangers, who are already without midfielder Graham Dorrans and striker Kenny Miller through injury. Josh Windass is expected return to the team after serving a suspension. Eduardo Herrera was also injured in the midweek game but it is expected he will have recovered from a facial injury and will likely feature from the off upfront, alongsideAlfredo Morelos.
"Rangers vs Celtic predictions, betting tips, lineups and live stream (Old Firm Derby - 30.12.2017)"


In an earlier article we laid out the only eCommerce KPI metrics glossary you'll ever need. We've also covered twelve key eCommerce KPIs you should care about.
And we announced via our press release, a partnership with Glew, so that every customer can leverage their amazing reporting solution when they purchase a Managed WooCommerce Hosting plan.
Click on Reports and then My Reports, in the left-hand navigation column. Click the Create a Report button in the upper right-hand corner. Name the report and give it a quick explanation and then click the blue Save Report button. Now click the blue + Add Metrics button. Click the Highlights link and then scroll down to Visits and click the blue arrow pointing up. The blue Add Metrics to Report button at the bottom of that area will no longer be grayed out, click it to add the metric. Then click the three dots piled on top of each other in the upper right corner of the visits section and click the Apply Filters option. Now select a filter: Device is mobile and hit the blue save button.
Click on Reports and then My Reports, in the left-hand navigation column. Click the Create a Report button in the upper right-hand corner. Name the report and give it a quick explanation and then click the blue Save Report button. Now click the blue + Add Metrics button. Click the Highlights link and then scroll down to Visits and click the blue arrow pointing up. The blue Add Metrics to Report button at the bottom of that area will no longer be grayed out, click it to add the metric. Then click the three dots piled on top of each other in the upper right corner of the visits section and click the Apply Filters option. Now select a filter: Device is tablet and hit the blue save button.
Click on Reports and then My Reports, in the left-hand navigation column. Click the Create a Report button in the upper right-hand corner. Name the report and give it a quick explanation and then click the blue Save Report button. Now click the blue + Add Metrics button. Click the Highlights link and then scroll down to Visits and click the blue arrow pointing up. The blue Add Metrics to Report button at the bottom of that area will no longer be grayed out, click it to add the metric. Then click the three dots piled on top of each other in the upper right corner of the visits section and click the Apply Filters option. Now select a filter: Source is Instagram and then hit the blue save button.
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column, then scroll down six sections in the main column until you see the Visits section.
In the left-hand navigation column, click on Reports and then My Reports. Then click the Create a Report button in the upper right-hand corner. Name the report and give it a quick description, then click the blue Save Report button. Now click the blue + Add Metrics button. Click the Highlights link and then scroll down to Visits and click the blue arrow pointing up. The blue Add Metrics to Report button at the bottom of that area will no longer be grayed out, click it to add the metric. Then click the three dots piled on top of each other in the upper right corner of the visits section and click the Apply Filters option. Now select a filter: Source is organic and then hit the blue save button.
Click on Customers and then Segments in the left-hand navigation column. Click the blue Create Segment button in the upper right of the right-hand column. Click the Select a filter button and then click the Select button that appeared and set it to "is". Click the third select button that appears and then scroll down to find and select cpc – google. Name the segment: Traffic From Google CPC and then click the blue Create Segment button.
Click on Customers and then Segments in the left-hand navigation column. Click the blue Create Segment button in the upper right of the right-hand column. Click the Select a filter button and then click the Select button that appeared and set it to "is". Click the third select and scroll down to find and select email. Name the segment: Traffic From Email and click the blue Create Segment button.
Click on Customers and then Segments in the left-hand navigation column. Click the blue Create Segment button in the upper right of the right-hand column. Click the Select a filter button and set it to Source. Then click the new button, titled Select, that appeared and set it to "is". Now click the third select button that appears and then scroll down to find and select Facebook. Name the segment: Facebook Organic Traffic and click the blue Create Segment button.
Click on Customers, then Segments in the left-hand navigation column. Then in the Segments section, scroll down and click on the Abandoned Cart segment.
Click on Customers in the left-hand navigation column, then click on Lifetime Value. In the middle column, scroll down to the section titled: LTV-Based Customer Profitability to find your New Customer Acquisition cost. The new customer acquisition cost is expressed in the text across the top of the table showing channel performance.
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column, then scroll down one section in the main column until you see the Gross Profit section.
Select Performance in the left-hand navigation column, then click the Net Profit tab for the Net Profit section.
Click on Customers in the left-hand navigation column, then click on Segments in the submenu. Then click the Repeat Customers link in the left-hand column of the segments section.
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column. In the middle column, the top section is titled Revenue. On the left-hand side of the section, click the tab titled: This Year. This displays your revenue growth versus the same period of the prior year.
Click on Performance, then Overview in the left-hand navigation column. Then scroll down the middle column to the Revenue by Channel section.
Click Customers in the left-hand navigation column. Then click on Lifetime Value. Now scroll down the middle column to the section titled: LTV-Based Customer Profitability. Now hover your mouse over the table and scroll left for the column titled: ROAS (Return on ad spend).
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column, then scroll down two sections in the main column until you see the Orders section.
Click on Customers in the left-hand navigation column, then click on Lifetime Value in the left-hand navigation column. Then, in the middle column, click on the tab titled: Lifetime Value.
Click on Customers in the left-hand navigation column, then click on Lifetime Value in the left-hand navigation column. Then, in the middle column, click on the tab titled: Relationship Length.
Click on Customers in the left-hand navigation column, then click on Lifetime Value in the left-hand navigation column. Then, in the middle column, click on the tab titled: Repeat Customer Rate.
Select Performance in the left-hand navigation column, then click Overview. In the middle column, in the Performance KPIs section, click the Gross Margin tab.
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column, then scroll down one section to the Average Order Value section.
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column, then scroll down seven sections in the main column until you see the Conversion Rate section.
Click on Customers and then Segments in the left-hand navigation column. Click the blue Create Segment button in the upper right of the right-hand column. Click the Select a filter button and set it to Number of Orders. Then click the new button, titled Select, that appeared and set it to "greater than or equal to". Now click the third select button that appears and enter the number 1. Name the segment: Unique Online Buyers and click the blue Create Segment button.
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column, then scroll down seven sections in the main column until you see the Conversion Rate section. Then click the three dots piled on top of each other in the upper right corner of the conversion rate section and click the Apply Filters option. Now select a filter: Device is mobile and then hit the blue save button.
When you're ready to view the conversion rate for other devices, just click the Device is "mobile" button, next select the tablet or desktop and then click the blue save button.
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column, then scroll down five sections in the main column until you see the Refunded section.
Select Highlights in the left-hand navigation column, then scroll down six sections in the main column until you see the Visits section. Then click the tab along the left named: This Month.
As we mentioned at the start of the article, these metrics are easy to find in Glew for every WooCommerce store on our platform, because we've partnered to make this solution be part of every plan. Check out more on Glew in our article on How to Get The Most Out of Glew's Segmentation for Your WooCommerce Store.
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The Prophets Mosque is one of the largest mosques in the world and the second holiest site in Islam after the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Located in Madinah, it was built by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the year 1 AH (622 AD) near his home after building Quba Mosque (the first mosque in Islam). The mosque was expanded many times over the years, in the reign of the Caliphs and the Umayyad, Abbasid and Ottoman states, and then finally in the span of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1994 when the largest expansion operation took place. The Prophets Mosque is considered to be the first place in the Arabian Peninsula to be lit electrically using lightbulbs in 1327 AH (1909). The original mosque was an open-air building, and served as a community center, a court and a religious school. The mosque is also home to the tomb of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), and the mosque is a significant Islamic site to pilgrims for its strong affiliation and connection to the life of the Prophet.


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Boston Bruins Development Camp 2019 Wrapup
by Puck Sage
Overall the 2019 Bruins dev camp was an exercise in confirmation bias.
The Don Sweeney and company trotted out several of this years picks, and most of the recent picks not playing in the NHL or AHL for the full year last season and compared them nose to nose and tail to tail. I can tell you the overall assessment they arrived at of the group of properties and invitees as a whole.
There's a couple axis of examination they'll have applied to the group the important ones are:
The returning draftees performance and testing results versus prior years.
This years draftees versus players drafted in a similar place in previous years.
Returning invitees versus their own previous results.
This years draftees versus their performance at the combine and the aggregate
Coachability
I suspect the conclusion they came to is that there's no one who participated in this years on ice events who is so far behind the pack they don't belong on the same ice surface. Most of the players they expected to progress did. Aside from the (mostly older) standouts I mentioned in my last post there are a couple players of note.
Josh Maniscalco (defenseman) is heading back to Arizona State for a second year, and he's got reasonable wheels, and a nice set of hands.
Casey Dornbach (right wing) is a Harvard man, and as he'll be 22 on July 7th, one of the older guys in camp. He drew the eye nearly every time he was on the ice. Agile, good speed and a solid shot.
Samuel Asselin is interesting in two regards, he's shown the last two season in the Q to be a playoff performer, and his overage season saw him more than double his previous years points. He looked comfortably among the top third of forwards at camp and Providence fans will see him up close.
Justin Richards another invitee was intriguing. You just sort of blinked a few times and he had the puck, and was taking a shot or making a pass and then boom his cloaking device activated again. Just plain gone.
John Beecher looked like he had good fundamentals, but is likely to be at college two years, and maybe a year in the AHL after that.
As always you can find the podcast I co-host Two Man ForeCheck anytime you need a hockey fix. This week we'll be looking at free agency, the 2013 draft class, and more. Or possibly none of that, most of it is made up as we go along.
Developent Camp 2019 – Thursday
This is one of the odder years at camp. There's no clear star among the prospects. Most of the upper 20% of the roster are headed to college next year. I don't see anyone with enough bouyancy that I can say "I can't wait to see them at main camp in the fall." It was also the most lightly attended by fans camp I've been to.
Of this year's draft picks I got the most eyeball time on Quinn Olson, and Matias Mantykivi. Neither will be cracking the lineup anytime soon. Both are late birthdays with Olson turning eighteen on May 9th, and Mantykivi on June 21st. The latter played in Finland last year, and is listed at 143lbs, and five foot ten. If he were at his current size to block a shot in the NHL he might well miss time. Both are good skaters and receive passes well, make solid passes. Mantikivi needs to work on his shooting angles, Olson I didn't see as much.
Of the 2018 draft picks I saw two standout. One positively, the other Dustyn McFaul. Early in the on ice session I saw him cutting corners on drills, and what appeared to be giving up. By the mid-point it was clear he was having some sort of conditioning or injury issue as he was clearly, visibly gassed. Fortunately for him, he'll have at least a year or two in upstate New York to work out his issues while at Clarkson. Curtis Hall looked even better than last year. When I left camp at the end of 2018 I said he had an outside chance at squeaking into the 4th line. Today did nothing to detract from that and he showed better than the majority of the prospects in the drills shooting, passing, and above all timing both well.
If there is a threat among the forward crop to take a Boston job this fall, it is Oskar Steen. I've always liked his attitude, positioning, and skating. Over last year and this his shot and passing have elevated. You can tell just from watching him move that he's put on more muscle, and learned to use it efficiently with and without contact with other players. He's still far from the biggest guy on the ice but no one got an extra inch of room from him.
Marek Zachar is an undrafted invitee who had two seasons in the Q with the Sherbrook Phoenix and has since returned to Europe. His resume shouldn't convince anyone he's the next Martin St Louis, even if they are of like size, but there does appear to be something there. Matt Brown was likewise undrafted, and if the scoring leader for the Des Moines Buccaneers, and in the top 20 in the USHL for points, not to mention top 10 in goals wasn't on people's draft list, I'm curious to know why. The talk today was that he was sneaky good. If he can crack an NHL lineup in the future he might be the whiff of this years draft. Smooth, assertive, and clearly there for more than just to be seen.
Nick Wolff is fascinating to watch. Similar dimensions to Brandon Carlo, an attitude more like Connor Clifton, and very sound positioning. If he hasn't already peaked in his development guys need to start getting nervous now. He could well be that rare four year college defenseman who makes the jump straight to the NHL without a year adjusting to the pro-life in the AHL. In addition to the defensive positioning that will buy him dinner, he showed off some hands with a nice pass and a couple stuffs that'll spring for dessert.
NHL Conference Finals Preview
Four teams remain. In the West the San Jose Sharks were the last team to advance after going to the wire against the Colorado Avalanche in a series that was tighter than a four man knife fight in a commuter flight bathroom. The east saw the first team advance with a first year coach behind the bench of the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Saint Louis Blues advanced on the back of their rookie goaltender and their across the board depth. Jordan Binnington won't get a chance to struggle early in the Western Conference Finals like he did at times against the Dallas Stars. The Boston Bruins had a barn fight with the Columbus Blue Jackets who like the Avalanche are on the rise. In that round, the Boston Bruins smothered Cam Atkinson, and managed to score enough when Seth Jones was on the ice to possibly get in the head of Bobrovsky and exhaust the BlueJackets.
We'll have to wait unil Thursday evening for the Western Conference Finals to open, but waiting is nothing new for these teams and their fanbases. Joe Thornton and the San Jose Sharks have never won a Stanley Cup. Jumbo has skated in the 1566 regular season and 173 playoff games. We might have seen the best of 1st overall pick in 1997 just this year. His playoff assault this year has been his most complete, and his most controlled and the whole team has rise with him. Martin Jones who was looking way up at mediocre in the regular season for individual statistics improved from a deplorable .896 sv% over the year, to a still subpar but at least reliable .908 through two rounds. Hertl, LaBanc, and more contributed to a greatly entertaining series.
Facing them on Thursday night will be a team with a more than five decade existence that has yet to win the only thing that matters. The Saint Louis Blues will return to the conference finals against the team that eliminated them the last time they were there. Jordan Binnington will get the easy headlines, and deserves them. But the roster is a stud stable. Alex Pietrangelo is one of the best blueliners in the league, and no one ever talks about him. Ryan O'Reilly is a Selke award finalist, but defense is far from the only component of his game. ROR can dish the puck, throw the body, and score as well. He's a complete player. Taresenko is arguably the best know player on the roster, fantasy hockey players, and highlight reel afficianodos know this gifted goal scorer well.
Jordan Staal and Justin Williams are well known to long time NHL observers. Both have won the Stanley Cup before, and each would like to take it home one more time. The rest of the Bunch of Jerks, occasionally known as the Carolina Hurricanes, are not yet fully into the limelight. Dougie Hamilton was embattled in the first round after footage of him leaping out of the path of Alex Ovechkin propped up sports shows for a week, and has had stops in Calgary and Boston in his career. Sebastian Aho is a slick, superbly skilled forward who can dish, deke, or stash with equal adroitness. Justin Faulk though is the hidden gem of this roster. He's the centerpiece of the team's blueline and it is a defense that within another year or two will likely be on equal footing with defenses like Minnesota, Winnipeg, and Columbus.
For the Boston Bruins, they have most recently won the Stanley Cup, but only four players to take part in that series remain. Zdeno Chara, Brad Marchand, the resurgent two time playoff scoring leader David Krejci, and of course Patrice Bergeron, again a Selke finalist, and again performing when most needed. The most interesting part of this team isn't the top of the roster, it's the bottom. Sean "Second Season" Kuraly has been a special terror to the Toronto Maple Leafs two years in a row. Matt Grzelcyk and Brandon Carlo have both enjoyed very successful playoff runs in the quiet way defensive defensemen do.
Who is winning these series?
Out west the San Jose Sharks seem to have all the statistical advantages; the better powerplay, penalty kill, and goals for. But they are also more reliant on the powerplay for offense, and dead even in 5 on 5 goals for with the Saint Louis Blues who have had the better goaltending, and I think have a bit more speed at center.
The Carolina Hurricanes will enter round three better at 5 on 5, and with a slightly hotter goaltender, assuming McElhinney stays in the crease. The Boston Bruins have better special teams, are better at center and faceoffs, and have overall better goaltending. If the Bruins play physically, and on the line taking Aho, Hamilton, and some of the first time in the post season players out of their game it could be a short season.
Picks: Blues in the West, Boston in the East.
The team with the better goaltending overall generally wins in the post season and that's who I picked as much as for the intangibles.
Clusterfu-sion in Columbus
The Columbus BlueJackets are uncertainty, nestled in the arms inconsistency, fitfully supping on the milk of ambiguity. It's likely going to cost John Torterella his job.
And it's not his fault. We knew what this team was when the All-Star Break arrived. They were talented, which they remain. They were inconsistent, which they have doubled down on. What we didn't know then, and will never know is what, beyond an enigma this team could be.
There are three viable ways to make changes at the deadline. The first is simply to add a player or two for depth so that no one on the roster has any doubt of management's confidence level. The second is to boost a team by addressing a weakness. The last, is addition by subtraction. In any case your goal as a general manager, as a front office is to do one thing; Inspire the team to be better down the stretch, and ideally straight through to June.
Jarmo Kekalainen did none of these things. His deadline moves only added to the biggest problem the Columbus BlueJackets have. In all the moves made, the talent acquired, and the headlines made the Columbus BlueJackets still didn't achieve the one thing every successful team in any sport has; an identity.
These BlueJackets are Jody Shelly's puissant pugilists, they aren't the no name collection of discards, low value prospects, and overpaid aging stars in the final days of Sergei Federov's day. Ron Tuggnut is not going to be taking the crease the rest of this season nor at any point next. Which is the other thing Kekalainen failed at. Certainty.
With two premium pending UFAs one would hope that for the sake of eliminating distraction, a general manager who is tuned in would either extend or trade one of them. Nope, not here. Instead of delivering a new face or two Kekalainen went grocery shopping while hungry and left with one of everything. Adam McQuaid could be excused; He's got a ring, he's good in his own zone. Matt Duchene should be lauded, even with his limited playoff success; he's dynamic. Keith Kincaid, nothing wrong with this pickup; you don't win without goaltending. Ryan Dzingel savvy pickup; he plays all three forward positions, he's paid his dues, and is still improving.
Individually any one of these moves is good. Any two of them is likely the right result. But together? They say something now general manager should ever admit to the their team. In unambiguous terms Jarmo Kekalainen said to his team, and to the world; I don't know who you are, and I don't know how to fix you.
This week's podcast can be found here: Episode 110 of Two Man ForeCheck.
This week's Twitter poll is right here: Who would you vote for in the Jack Adams race?
Summer League for NHL Officials: A Skills Bootcamp
The other night on social media I quipped that the NHL Officials need a summer league. Like half a dozen other off the cuff mutterings, the more I think of it, the more sense it makes. This was in reaction to the utterly putrid nature of calls in the Winnipeg Jets versus Boston Bruins game. The general state of officiating in the NHL has been bad for two or three years. This year it's been so bad it's ceased to be funny or excusable in anyway.
The primary functions of the bootcamp would be:
Evaluating and grading all officials.
Correcting failures of positioning, and practice
Evaluating potential additions to the officiating roster.
The question is of course how to do this. For me, a combination of players who are AHL and NHL free agents, players from other professional leagues wanting to be scouted by NHL teams and players recovering from injuries would make up the bulk of the players. College and major junior free agents could be added as well. A case can even be made for having a division of NAHL, USHL and similar age players present who would have a slightly slower pace and allow the officials the most time to evaluate plays. For maximum similarity to the NHL and AHL season, when the next CBA is negotiated, some players might be required to appear after certain levels of discipline.
With two to three games being played a day, and a given official working all the games, one day, they could then be critiqued with extensive video coverage of what they did right and wrong by trainers the very next day, and given a full day of recovery before being tasked with putting changes into play. Sounds exhausting? That's part of the point. Like the players, officials work a long season. Sometimes the density of games is high or the travel is wretched. Any linesman or referee who can go through four days in six of three games a day and be better at the end than the beginning should be able to thrive in the regular season.
When to do it? Starting it the second week of April is one approach, or the second week of July when players are officially out of contract. Make it a six or so week training session. You can double duty by field testing proposed rule changes in the latter stages once the officials are having more clean games that putrid. Will the NHL adopt a fix like this? Unlikely. Whatever they do, they need to bring more accountability to the position, and cease covering for officials who just plain screw up by the numbers.
Ottawa Senator's For Sale
The Ottawa Senators are for sale.
No, not the organization just the roster. And man do they need help. It isn't just the NHL roster that is lacking in depth, talent, and winning drive. Their AHL affiliate the Bellville Senators are near the bottom of that league as well. Without a first or second round pick this year, and a third round pick next year, this team can not afford to move players and not get solid returns.
Given the questionable ability of the organization to draft and develop players, a case can be made for the team to trade exclusively for roster players and prospects who would be in the NHL if it weren't for their current rights holder having salary cap issues. I don't know that this is a good idea, but with the number of NHL players on teams well outside the playoffs who might be able to help the organization going forward it isn't an idea that can be dismissed entirely.
While everyone else is analyzing if the organization should move on from Erik Karlsson, and what they can get for him, I'll stick to some of the players who have value as depth players, or to fill in for a top six/top four player who is expected to be out for an extended period.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau is a sneaky good depth forward. Last year he produced 19 goals in the regular season and then eight more in the Senator's playoff appearance. He produces at even strength, and on the penalty kill. Any team needing either a 3rd center or first pairing penalty kill forward will get a good value. Value: 2nd round pick plus, likely a 2nd and a lesser pick or prospect.
Mark Borowiecki overshadowed by both Karlsson and Phanuef on this roster. His raw physicality will lead some to overlook his skating ability, a good comparison is Boston's Kevan Miller. Value: This one is tricky, he's got a team friendly contract, two more years on it, but is never going to be even a middling points producer. A 3rd or 4th round pick would seam fair but I could see him going for more.
Mike Hoffman. I think the Ottawa Senator's organization would be fools to trade him, but he is undoubtedly a quality goal scorer able to produce his own offense in a system with limited assistance. He's under contract for next season as well. Value: 1st round pick plus additional return.
Johnny Oduya: May end up as a throw in with a bigger name, might go somewhere looking for a veteran who has been there and done that. He's not going to come in a play top pairing minutes, but veteran defensemen are valued above the purely on ice contribution, particularly ones who have been as far into the playoffs as he has. Value: will likely fetch a 2nd or a lesser prospect.
Mark Stone is quietly having a good season for the Senators, and will like getting a significant raise on July 1. With 18 goals already on a team that's subpar and coached defense first, he's going to generate some interest. Value: This will depend entirely on if he is just traded as a rental or if there is a signing involved in the move. A pair of second round picks say 2018 and 2020 would be a nice return.
Derick Brassard on the plus side has already matched last year's goal total, on the minus side he's not young any more and a $2,500,000 signing bonus just for living until bonus day might slow down the clamor the talents of the soon to be 31 year old Quebec native. Value: Roster player (either expiring contract or need for need) and a pick.
Rask or Krejci: Which player is more important?
David Krejci is out with another injury. This time it appears to be his back. Tuukka Rask is in the middle of his fourth down trending season in a row. Krejci is 31 and has as storied an injury history as he has a playoff pedigree. Rask has suffered abdominal and hip injuries and then this year a concussion. Additionally Rask has suffered "illnesses" in remarkable proximity to big games for the last several years.
So which of them is more important?
Ordinarily this isn't a question. The goalie is about 40% of any teams success. A number one goalie is a huge part of the fortunes of team. The counter argument to the value of a goalie is that a top center is a makes a goalie better by helping keep the puck out of the defensive zone and limiting the shots on net by creating offense. A number one center can create a lot of offense, and a lot of sustained puck possession.
Here's the problems. Yes, plural. Rask is no longer a legitimate number one goaltender. Krejci is not a number one center. While Krejci has gone from leading the NHL in playoff scoring two out of three seasons, Rask was once upon a time a Vezina winner.
Today, Tuukka Rask has turned in two league average at best seasons. David Krejci has been pretty consistent in his scoring over the years. The drop last year was both remarkable, and worrisome. But it brought Krejci from above average to about average for a #2 center in the NHL. There is no way to damn the decline of Rask with faint praise. While Krejci was elite six to ten weeks a spring a few years ago, at about the same time Rask was a Vezina quality goaltender in about the same span.
The drop off is more extreme in Rask's case than anything seen in Boston in a very, very long time from any position. Rask is currently displaying numbers that wouldn't have kept a goalie in the NHL fifteen years ago. With an .899sv% Rask is 42nd in the NHL among all goalies with 7 or more games played. That's in the bottom 20% of the NHL. Of the 74 goaltenders to start games in the NHL so far this year, Rask ranks 62nd. That QS% is .308. That's a 7 million dollar a year giving you worse play than career AHL guys getting called up because the first two goalies are unavailable.
Replacing Krejci's numbers isn't as easy being 98th out of the 194 centers to play seven games might suggest. With the number of games he's missed Krejci's standings in points per game are much more relevant. Among those same 194 centers he is 31st in PPG, which puts him slightly ahead of Bergeron.
The production isn't the only factor to consider. Whatever other issues he may have had, there's never been an issue with David Krejci scapegoating team mates. No one has ever questioned Krejci's willingness to play through injuries. Krejci has played with a remarkable, and not always talented assortment of wingers and been able to concoct points both on the powerplay, and at even strength. He's even been strong penalty killer when called upon.
Right now, today, barring further serious injury to David Krejci, even as he sits on the shelf nursing his ailing back, he's the more valuable of the two players.
If I Told You In September…
This is a feature that will run about every two weeks with improbable stats and situations in the National Hockey League.
that the Vegas Golden Knights would lead their division with games in hand after Thanksgiving…
the Detroit Red Wings would hold a playoff spot and the Montreal Canadien's who won the division last year would not…
at the quarter pole the best record in the NHL would belong to a healthy Tampa Bay Lightning would lead the NHL in points, wins, home wins, and goal differential…
the Pittsburgh Penguins would have the fifth lowest goals per game in the NHL..
the New York Islander's would have the 2nd highest goals for per game and be barely 8th in the overall NHL standings after all their off season forward turnover.
the Saint Louis Blues would have lost the third most man games to injury and still be the best team in the west after Thanksgiving
after going to the second round in the spring the Edmonton Oilers would be back to their seemingly traditional position in the bottom five in the NHL.
the goalie controversy in Boston wouldn't be who was going to be backing up Tuukka Rask this year, but when he would be allowed to take the net again
we would have two players over 1.5 goals per game (Steven Stamkos & Nikita Kucherov) who are not named Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin, or even McDavid.
none of the last five Norris Trophy awardees (Brent Burns, Drew Doughty, Erik Karlsson, Duncan Keith, P.K. Subban) would be in the top 3 in scoring among defensemen.
that Mike Green who has only passed the 40 point mark once since the 2009-10 season would be among the top 10 defensemen in scoring.
the NHL's highest scoring rookie would be Brock Boeser of Vancouver Canucks and he'd have a line of 11-10-21 through 19 games with three game winning goals
at the quarter point of the season 553 players would have scored at least one goal versus 774 total last year to do the same
Has Rask Lost The Room Or Lost His Way?
Tuukka Rask is awful this year. There's no denying it. He has zero shutouts. He's got no really good stretches of hockey to show for himself. He's allowed three or more goals in 9 of his 12 starts. That's not a winning formula. There are a couple questions that have to be asked, in context.
Since Rask arrived in a Boston uniform he has routinely thrown young players and particularly defensemen under the bus. He's called out Torey Krug, and Adam McQuaid, and others as well. These are only the cases we've noted. Given the 2/3rds of a goal disparity between his and Khudobin's GAA, question number one has to be; Has he alienated enough other players in the lockerroom both by direct action and his reputation that they just don't want to play in front of him? If the team were older and more mature, this wouldn't be a question. But let's look at the players in question, Pastrnak, DeBrusk, Heinen, Cehlárik, McAvoy, and Carlo are all 22 and under. Postma, O'Gara, Vatrano, Kuraly, Swarz, Vatrano, and Agastino have all seen very limited action in the NHL either with Boston or previous teams. That is a very high percentage of the locker room. That is a huge number of minutes a night. Hockey players talk to each other. Many of these guys have played in college against each other, or in Providence together and it's not possible that any two have had or heard of similar negative experiences with Rask would not have talked about it. I'd bet good money that they talked about it in front of at least one other player who has yet to earn Tuukka Rask's ire.
The other half of the question is how likely is Rask to recover from this utterly ignoble start? October is normally a mixed bag for him. That's fine, he's seen a lot of turnover in front of him in his career and communication is important. For his career he has a .914% in October, this year he was at .896%. For those who came out of time machine and looked at that save percentage no it isn't 1986, hop back in your hot tub and accept the fact that the .896% that would have been reasonable to good in 1991 is shameful today. November is the month Rask has racked up the most wins in his career. In 68 games he's a 41-20-7 with a .926%. Putting up those numbers over the course of whole season year in and year out would make someone a first ballot hall of famer. December is also a strong month. January and February, well, not so much. With all the historical data that says he start the year off well, and then dips noticeably what does the season hold for Rask and the Boston Bruins?
Also to be asked about Tuukka Rask is how much of his difficulty playing at a professional level this season is physical, and how much is mental? His win percentage and save percentage are both better after the All Star break each season, a time when the bulk of the games and long distance travel is done. Is he just unable to play eight of ten games in a three week period because he's not durable? Is he failing to stay hydrated and rested when in the air? Does he over think plays when he's got time off? If it's mental did he perhaps come into the season knowing he had no challenger for the number one slot and under prepare? With the season Subban, McIntyre, and Khudobin had int he NHL that wouldn't be too much of a surprise.
If you've ruled out his contract going from full no-movement to an 8 team can be traded list, you may want to rethink that. We all saw the chaos of the final years of Schneider and Luongo in Vancouver, Rask even got to watch the whole playoff run (and several weeks before) from the bench. He has to know as bad as he's played, as steadily as his numbers have declined year after year that any general manager would be a fool not part with him and his enormous salary at the earliest opportunity. Of the 53 goaltenders to play at least 5 games this season, Rask's save percentage is 43rd playing on the same team, with the same players and the same coach Khudobin is 2nd in the NHL. With all the young players who will need a new contract and raise over the next two off season on the Bruins roster, and it being unlikely the cap will rise more than 2-3 million in that time, Sweeney has to be looking for cap space anywhere he can find it. The biggest reservoir of room to sign players wheres number 40.
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Strategic Procurement: Including managing the supply chain and procurement audit - Dubai
Inspiring Leadership: Engaging and motivating individuals and teams - Dubai
Inspiring Leadership: Unlocking high performance from individuals and teams - Dubai
Results-Oriented Management: All about people - Dubai
Justice, Fairness and the Rule of Law: Better justice systems, better governance
Gender Matters: Integrating gender into development policy and programming
Effective Records and Information Management: Practical approaches for sustainable document, records and knowledge systems
Tools and Techniques to Transform Your Organisation's Information Assets
Fraud and Corruption: Investigation, prosecution and sanctions
Protecting Your Organisation from Cybercrime and Enhancing Your Information Security
Emotional Intelligence: A critical element of organisational success
Translating Strategy Into Policies That Work
Public Financial Management: Aiming for excellence
Public Financial Management - Dubai
Strategic Public Financial Management
Developing Best Practice Financial Management
Impact Assessment and Evaluation - Dubai
Policy Analysis and the Use of Evidence - Dubai
Making Policy More Effective - Dubai
Corporate Governance and Board Effectiveness - Dubai
Better Regulation: Regulating essential services
How to Assess an Organisation's Effectiveness
Internal Audit and Risk Management: Effective, accountable and inclusive organisations, navigating change in a tumultuous time
Managing the Performance of your Organisation
Leading and Managing for Results in the 'New Normal'
High Impact Leadership: Creating real value in public services
Effective Case Management: Reducing delays and clearing backlogs
Advanced People Engagement Skills: Getting the best out of your people
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning - Dubai
Practical Project Planning and Control - Dubai
Training of Trainers: Developing talent and transferring skills
Shape of Procurement in a Changing World
Shape of Procurement in a Changing World: Understanding Procurement Principles
Shape of Procurement in a Changing World: Contracting strategy, practice and management
Making Policy More Effective
Policy Analysis and Use of Evidence
Impact Assessment and Evaluation
Re-Energising the Public Sector: Motivation, productivity and getting results from leaders, managers and frontline staff
Judicial Administration
Improving People's Experience of the Delivery of Justice
Corporate Governance and Board Effectiveness
The Changing Media Landscape: Key issues for dealing with social media and fake news
Fraud and Corruption: Prevention and detection - Dubai
Providing Public and Private Pensions in a Time of Crisis
Next Generation Human Resources: Transforming people management in the public sector
When Citizens Complain: For Ombudsman, Commissioners and complaint handling organisations
Leaders as Change Agents
Planning and Implementing your Change Strategy
Leading Agile and Responsive Change
Understanding Legal Issues in Decision-Making: The judge over your shoulder
International Accounting Standards: IPSAS, IFRS and implementation
Putting People First: Improving and prioritising customer care
International Accounting Standards: Understanding the requirements
International Accounting Standards: Towards excellence in practice
Better Policies; Better Lives: Using behavioural insights to evaluate and improve policy making
Monitoring and Evaluation: Learning the lessons
Negotiation and Mediation Skills
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Legislative Drafting: A workshop on the essentials
Transforming Criminal Justice: Partnership working and multi-agency approaches
Transforming Criminal Justice: Preventing, investigating and prosecuting Crime
Transforming Criminal Justice: Resolving cases, redressing miscarriages of justice and reducing reoffending
Managing the Performance of Your Organisation - Dubai
Successful Law Reform: Practical issues today
Putting People First: Practical ways of improving customer service - Dubai
Communicating in Unprecedented Times: Lessons for governments
Parliamentary Administration: Structures and procedures in Westminster
Combating Fraud and Corruption in the Wake of a Global Pandemic
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Lesotho 2017
Assisting the Department of Policy and Strategic Planning within the Ministry of Development Planning to formulate a National Human Resources/ Manpower Development Policy. Services included consultations/stakeholder meetings/workshops, conducting a skills...
West Bank and Gaza 2015 - 2016
Assignment to identify social protection needs and formulate new projects to support social protection, in line with national and sector strategies, during the period 2016 to 2018. EC funded...
Palestine 2012 - 2015
Independent external evaluation of programme on Improving Food Security for People in Gaza. Programme implemented by the World Food Programme and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Implemented...
Project to design and deliver a series of pilot training modules for the Uongozi Institute (the Institute of African Leadership for Sustainable Development), Tanzania. Modules included Joined-Up Government, Effective...
Southern Sudan 2013 - 2014
Core Skills Training (Phase II) Project to provide capacity development for the civil service in human resource management, English language, business English and gender awareness. Based in Juba and...
Sudan 2012 - 2014
Technical Assistance for the International Partners' Forum for Human Rights. The project was aimed at enhancing and protecting human rights in Sudan through increasing the effectiveness of the International...
Restructuring of the pay and grading system of the Gambian Civil Service, including determining job categories, developing a salary structure, providing guidelines on job analysis procedures and training key...
Namibia 2013
Development of a public relations strategy and training in public relations and communications for Members of Parliament and staff of the Namibian Parliament. Funded by the European Commission's European...
Liberia 2012 - 2013
Assistance to the Government Commission in developing an integrated three-year organisational strategic plan that links programme support and outputs for the mandate areas to guide policy development and implementation...
Africa 2009 - 2012
DFID funded project of support to leadership and mentoring for leaders in five African countries – Ethiopia, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Zambia - as part of the Africa...
Eritrea 2011 - 2013
European Commission funded project to provide long-term support to the Eritrean Centre for Organisational Excellence (ERCOE), Government of the State of Eritrea. Involved enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability...
Iraq 2011
Provided advice to the EU and the Iraqi Government on the design of the Higher Legal Education Programme.
Job Evaluation, Grading and Career Progression project for the Civil Service, Government of Rwanda. Project based in the Ministry of Labour and Public Service. Funded by the World Bank.
Afghanistan 2008 -2011
A three-year project in support of the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) to implement the Government's new pay and grading policy. Our team of consultants re-graded junior...
Ethiopia 2010
Advice to the Ethiopian Institution of the Ombudsman on Freedom of Information legislation and its implementation and on records management principles and practice. Funded by the Ethiopian Institution of...
Design and delivery of two-day seminar on developing a code of conduct and guidelines on conflict of interest for public officials for Ministers, Members of Parliament, members of the...
Yemen 2009 - 2010
Evaluation of outgoing and identification of incoming support to public administration modernisation in Yemen by drawing lessons from previous donor interventions; investigating innovative approaches to link public administration modernisation...
Conducted a Project Evaluation Review of a World Bank funded Human Resources Development Project (HRDP) for the Ministry of Education. Assessed the design, quality, flexibility and implementation of the...
Ethiopia 2008 - 2009
Advice to the Government on the introduction of a Senior Executive Service as the most senior cadre of the Ethiopian civil service (at both federal and local levels). Prepared...
Sierra Leone 2008
Project to develop a seven-year strategic plan for re-launching the tourism sector, including a review of legislation and regulations and of the draft tourism policy and action plan, an...
Assessment of the capacity of the Prime Minister's Office, Local Government Reform Programme (PMO-RALG), to implement the Government of Tanzania's decentralisation by devolution policy. Examined the capacity of the...
United Arab Emirates 2008
Policy and regulation advice, including on long-term strategy, quality and inspection of schools, options for school fees, licensing tariffs and data and knowledge management for the Knowledge and Human...
Advice on assessment and selection methods for recruiting the Senior Executive Service, Government of Liberia. Aim was to develop a cadre of senior public servants to help transform the...
Assistance provided to the National Authorisation Office and the European Commission with developing a strategy for support to the Government of Lesotho in the area of governance, primarily focused...
Nigeria 2007
Mid-Term Review to assess the performance of the EC programme of support to the Nigerian Electoral Cycle 2006 – 2011 in terms of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability. Funded...
Afghanistan 2007
Programme of assistance to the Government of Afghanistan in drawing up and implementing a reform programme in the key justice institutions, the Supreme Court, the Attorney's General Office and...
Syria 2007
Conducted an end-of-project evaluation of the Cultural Tourism Development Programme aimed at supporting the Syrian Government to promote Syria as a cultural tourist destination. Objective was to help decision-makers...
Provided consultancy advice for the EC funded Stocktaking Study of EU-South Africa Governance Programme 2000 – 2006 by developing a comprehensive overview, considering resources allocated, partners and results achieved.
Nigeria 2000 - 2007
Part of a consortium for a major State and Local Government Project in Nigeria. Four pilot states, Benue, Enugu, Ekiti and Jigawa, were selected with the aim of extending...
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Parliamentary Scoping Mission to assess the needs of the new Federal Parliament and make recommendations about areas of support. Funded by the United Nations Development Programme.
Malawi 2005
Freedom of Information workshop for representatives from the civil service, parliament, the judiciary, parastatal organisations, academic institutions, political parties and non-government organisations. Funded by the British Council, Malawi.
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Casket Dimensions: What You Should Know
Standard caskets weigh approximately 200 pounds and are 79 inches long, 24 inches wide and 23 inches tall. Casket dimensions should be expected to differ depending on make and model so be sure to ask for specific measurements when making a purchase.
This article discusses all the options available pertaining to casket dimensions including standard-sized caskets, extra-large caskets, and custom-built caskets. The casket size selected may also have an impact on the required size of your casket's burial vault.
What are standard casket dimensions?
Most adults will fit within a standard-sized casket. Standard-sized casket dimensions are as follows:
Width — 24 inches (approximately 2 feet).
Length — 79 inches(around 6.5 feet).
Height — 23 inches (just under 2 feet).
Weight — 200 pounds.
These dimensions are more than adequate for most, since much of the population is no more than 5'10" (70 inches) in height and the average weight for humans is still less than 200 pounds.
Even if the deceased is larger than either of these dimensions, they may still be able to fit within a standard-sized casket. Standard caskets are designed to hold up to 350 pounds and funeral directors are often able to fit an adult as tall as 6'10" within a standard-sized casket by bending the knees of the deceased.
Caskets and Cemetery Burial Vaults
Most cemeteries require that caskets be placed inside another container before burial. This container is known as a burial vault. Depending on the size of the casket, it may have an impact on the required size of the burial vault. The dimensions for a standard-sized burial vault are as follows:
Length — 90 inches (7.5 feet).
Width — 34 inches (almost 3 feet).
It is possible to purchase a burial vault that will fit either a plus-sized or custom-sized casket as well.
Plus-Sized or Extra-Large Caskets
Plus-sized or extra-large caskets are available for those individuals who are either very tall and/or plus-sized in weight. The key point to consider when selecting a plus-sized casket is whether it will still fit within a standard-sized vault.
Option 1 — Some casket manufacturers offer extra-large caskets that are 28 inches wide. Since they are still a standard size in length (79 inches), they will fit within a standard-sized vault.
Option 2 — It's also possible to purchase a casket that is 31 inches in width. The lengths for these types of caskets are available to up to 85 inches. The main caveat to selecting this option is that a casket that is at least 31 inches in width will not fit inside a standard-sized vault.
Are Plus-Sized Caskets More Expensive?
It's reasonable to assume that an extra-large casket is more expensive than a standard-sized casket; however, that is not necessarily the case. Over the years, the higher rate of obesity throughout the general population has led casket manufacturers to produce more plus-sized caskets than ever before.
Many manufacturers offer larger caskets at similar cost to their standard-sized caskets. For those who need budget-friendly options, it may be beneficial to compare the price of an extra-large casket to the cost associated with a standard-sized casket.
Custom-Sized Caskets
Caskets can also be custom-made to fit a desired height, length, and/or width. Key points to consider when requesting a custom-sized casket is whether it will fit within a standard vault or if an extra-large or custom vault will also be required.
Another point to consider is whether the custom casket will fit within the deceased's designated burial plot. According to the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association, the standard burial plot size is 8 feet in length and 2.5 feet in width. If the deceased's remaining loved ones decide to purchase a custom-sized casket and/or vault, to ensure a proper fit, they may need to contact the cemetery where their loved one will be buried.
Are Child-Sized Caskets Available?
Child-sized caskets are available in a variety of different sizes ranging from preemie, infant, toddler, to youth-sized caskets. Vaults and burial plots can be purchased to fit a child's smaller casket as well.
The director of the funeral home you select to handle all the arrangements associated with the burial of your loved one is an invaluable resource when you have additional questions.
You may also want to contact the cemetery where you plan to bury your loved one if you have additional questions about the burial site or a graveside service. Don't be afraid to reach out for help when you and your family are most in need of comfort and assistance.
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Douglas Murray is is a bestselling author and award-winning political commentator, He is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute. He previously founded the Centre for Social Cohesion, a think tank studying extremism and terrorism in the UK. Murray has spoken at the British and European Parliaments and the White House and appears often on the UK's top political debate programs such as BBC's Newsnight Question Time. He has written books on neoconservatism, terrorism and national security, and freedom of speech. His latest book, The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam, was released in May 2017. He is also the author of Neoconservatism: Why We Need It and Bloody Sunday: Truths, Lies and the Saville Inquiry.


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Today I just noticed that this answer is still downvoted by me, as if I hadn't corrected it in the first place. I tried upvoting it again, and after refreshing the page, it shows no effect.
The strangest thing is that when I try to unvote, a box appears saying "You last voted on this answer 11 minutes ago".
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Three hours later, the numbers are still out of sync. My downvote is registered from 19 hours ago in my profile, but the dialog box always reports the frozen amount of "11 minutes ago".

Update
Today (13/01) I was able to unvote the answer, so the glitch is gone. I'm not sure if it's been fixed or if the system just eventually unlocked my vote.

On a side note
What does the -1 mean in my reputation box? Does that mean for every downvote I cast, I lose reputation myself?

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Why TikTok's Algorithm Is Changing and What It Means for Users
By Ruchi Gupta
A viral TikTok post caused schools across the U.S. to shut down or cancel classes on Dec. 17 over shooting threats, leading to calls by parents and others for the Chinese-owned app to remove the disturbing videos. TikTok posts go viral quickly because of the platform's powerful algorithm. Now, a TikTok algorithm change is coming, and many are hoping it will address the app's shortcomings.
Facebook came close to acquiring the app that would become TikTok, and before long, TikTok became a huge threat to Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire. Facebook, Google, and other competitors have come up with their own versions of TikTok to challenge the rapidly growing Chinese rival, which now has more than 1 billion users. But with that success has come headaches.
TikTok school-shooting threat
A rapidly spreading TikTok post warned about possible shootings and bombings at U.S. schools. When officials learned about the threat, they acted quickly, stopping classes and closing down schools. However, it turned out the threat wasn't real.
Still, TikTok has faced criticism that its stunningly accurate algorithm has a damaging effect on the lives of its users. Although TikTok has become good at figuring out what its users want and can recommend content that fits their interest, this can also overload users with potentially distressing videos.
(1/3) ALERT: BCPS has been made aware of an anonymous threat posted on TikTok targeting all schools in the United States. The post alleges that there are planned school shootings that will take place on Friday, December 17.
— Baltimore County Public Schools (@BaltCoPS) December 16, 2021
We handle even rumored threats with utmost seriousness, which is why we're working with law enforcement to look into warnings about potential violence at schools even though we have not found evidence of such threats originating or spreading via TikTok.
— TikTokComms (@TikTokComms) December 16, 2021
TikTok algorithm change
TikTok has decided to tweak its content recommendation system with the hope that it will lead to a better experience for its users. The algorithm adjustment could also help reduce complaints about the app.
The company has learned that too much of anything doesn't work well for people and wants to offer a more diverse and safe video feed for its users. That means avoiding showing more than two videos from the same source back-to-back or pushing a series videos on distressing topics such as breakups, extreme diets, and sadness.
The coming TikTok algorithm change is also intended to give users more control over content recommendations. For example, users will have the option to ban certain hashtags or words from appearing on their feed.
Who owns TikTok?
China's ByteDance owns TikTok. It operates a similar app in China under the Douyin brand. ByteDance, currently expanding into e-commerce, is currently a private company. A ByteDance IPO may come in 2022.
ByteDance was caught up in the U.S.-China trade war under the Trump administration. Trump worried that TikTok may be a national security threat and considered banning it from operating in the U.S. To avoid a ban, ByteDance agreed to sell TikTok to Oracle, but the deal hasn't been concluded yet. Microsoft and Walmart also expressed interest in acquiring TikTok.


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Q: How can range partitioning be created in AWS Athena? Suppose there is an external table in AWS Athena containing a column 'Id' which is an integer along with numerous other columns.
Is there a way for partitioning this table on 'Id' column by range?
For example, create partition in the following manner:
0 >= Id < 10
10 >= Id < 20
20 >= Id < 30
30 >= Id < 40

and so on..
This could be useful when the amount of data for one value of Id is not large enough. We could then keep the data corresponding to a range in one bucket and reduce the partitioning overhead.

A: Yes, it is, however, you won't be able to use it as a normal partition. Partitioning is usually used to reduce the amount of data being read for each query and therefore improving the query performance. This is why most of the time people chose partition keys like dt=2019-11-05. What is your actual goal here?  You can achieve the same with bucketing. and just create as many buckets as many ranges you want to have.


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Judge makes key order in case against Congressman Collins
by: Dave Greber
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Pretrial motions in Rep. Chris Collins' insider trading case came back against the Western New York congressman.
Collins is charged with insider trading and lying to the FBI. His trial is scheduled to begin in February, but a status conference for him and two other defendants, including his son, is set for Thursday in Manhattan.
U.S. Southern District Judge Vernon Broderick sent down the order on Friday last week, which covered what has so far been the lynchpin question in the case, posed by Collins' attorneys – whether the information used to charge Collins is protected under federal law. The speech or debate clause is intended to shield lawmakers from other branches of government, like the judicial branch.
Broderick ruled the searches didn't involve official accounts or congressional offices, so that was denied.
Collins' attorneys also requested federal prosecutors turn over additional evidence through discovery that would allow them to better argue whether the information they have is protected under that clause. Broderick ruled that the government met this Brady obligation.
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East Hampton manslaughter suspect may get offered plea deal
LAUREN SIEVERT
Aug. 15, 2012 Updated: Aug. 17, 2017 5:05 a.m.
MIDDLETOWN -- An East Hampton man charged with first-degree manslaughter may be offered a plea deal.
Jason Nedobity, 33, 62 Haddam Neck Road, is also charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, sale of illegal drugs, distribution of controlled substance to a person under 18 and possession of a hallucinogen.
Attorney James McKay represents Nedobity and informed the court on Tuesday that Dr. Bernard Barile, a licensed psychologist, has completed an evaluation of Nedobity. McKay said Barile is now preparing a report about the evaluation. The case was continued until Sept. 18, and McKay said if the report is ready before that date, he will share it with the prosecution. State's Attorney Peter McShane said he would like to see the report before he makes a plea deal offer on the case. Nedobity has been a fugitive for the past decade, according to the state's attorney. He was featured on "America's Most Wanted" in 2005 and 2008. Nedobity returned to Connecticut in January and has been in custody since.
Nedobity is charged in the 2002 death of 17-year-old Makayla Korpinen. According to court records, the underlying incident took place on May 18, 2002, at Singer's home in East Hampton.
Nedobity and his brother, Joseph, along with Korpinen, ingested a drug similar to, but stronger than, ecstasy, police said. Korpinen started having medical problems. Police arrived and found Korpinen in a second-floor bathtub having convulsions. According to police, Singer and Joseph Nedobity were standing over the girl.
Korpinen was taken to Middlesex Hospital, then transferred to Connecticut Children's Medical Center, where she reportedly received "aggressive medical care." Her condition did not improve, and she died on May 21, 2002.
The manner of death was ruled accidental due to "multiple organ system failure," according to police records. Following interviews with the parties present at the scene, officers noted a marked inconsistency about times, places and people involved. At least three witnesses gave sworn statements that Jason Nedobity was the provider of the drugs, police said.
Jason's brother, Joseph Nedobity, faced charges and was convicted of criminally negligent homicide in 2006 and was sentenced to one year in jail.


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alaTest has collected and analyzed 443 reviews of Bosch TAS1202GB coffee maker. The average rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.4/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Views about the design and maintenance are overall positive. The performance and size also get good feedback, whereas there are some less positive opinions about the durability and noise. The reliability and price get mixed comments.
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Bosch TAS1202GB coffee maker is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 86/100 = Very good quality.
Love this machine, it is ideal for me as I like small drinks, but if you want a large hot choc (my daughter does)you need to use 2 pods. I have a tiny kitchen so the machine size is also ideal for me.
I bought this in the January sales at a much reduced price. Definitely value for money as a sale bargain.
I wouldn't have bought this product at its regular price, much too expensive for a gizmo. Coffee capsules are expensive too so I just use the machine for a weekend coffee treat.
None. Its just that good.
It splutters over everything near by.


Camp Bijar is located near the historic town of Osor and has won a second place award for ecology and appeal, an award presented by the camping Association of Italy. Both the camping association and the camp's guests have recognized the efforts and investment this little campsite has put into ecological and environmental care. Camp Bijar is a small camp intended for families with children where you will enjoy the peace and quiet of the island of Cres.
You can find accommodation in the parcelled or the non-parcelled part of the camp. Choose between 4 plot types available in Camp Bijar. Select a superior pitch if you would like to enjoy a beautiful sea view and have all facilities connections available to you during your stay or a premium pitch a little farther from the sea. Comfort and standard pitches are arranged in cascades in the shade of a thick pine forest, with electricity and/or water connections depending on the plot type.
If you do not have your own tent or caravan, Camp Bijar offers you the option of renting a caravan or mobile homes during your stay in the camp. this type of accommodation is fully equipped to provide a pleasant stay and relaxation in natural surroundings.
Guests in transit or those who simply choose not to reserve a space in the camp can find an available camping space in the non-parcelled part of the campsite. In such cases, they can look for the right camping space themselves or with the help of camp Bijar's staff.
Lovers of the Cres and Lošinj islands and the town of Osor, who are numerous thanks to the wonderful landscapes to be found here, have the option of an annual camping space lease in Camp Bijar.


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France – Stereo 3D Project – 2013
Pablo Agüero (writer-director)
Pablo Agüero was raised in Argentinian Patagonia, where he shot his short films Primera Nieve(Jury Prize, Cannes 2006) and Lejos del Sol(Best Short Film, Buenos Aires and Cork 2007), then his feature films Salamandra (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2008) and 77 Doronship (Best Director, Buenos Aires 2009). His projects have been hosted by residences such as the Cinéfondation, the Centre d'Écritures Cinématographiques and the Torino Film Lab.
Nicolas R. de la Mothe (producer)
Born in Paris, Nicolas R. de la Mothe worked for Sony Pictures and Gaumont before creating his own production company, Gladys Glover Films, in 2009. His filmography includes Alain Guiraudie's feature Le Roi de l'Évasion (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2009), documentaries such as Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (Best Documentary, Venice 2013) and several short films.
1609. A village deserted by men. A young girl inducted into nocturnal dances in the forest. A judge called in for a witch trial. An irresistible fascination with evil.
At the beginning of the seventeenth century in the kingdom of France, in a wild placebetween the mountains, the forest and the sea, there are no men, only women. The men spend several months each year away fishing. Alone, the women have their own rituals and dance around a bonfire all night long in the forest.
Today is the last day of 14 year-old Amaïa's childhood. After she joins the women for the first time, she gets lost in the forest and at dawn she is arrested and accused of witchcraft. The judge, Pierre de Lancre, a charming 50 year-old man, has been sent by Henri IV to exterminate all the witches of the locality. But his own obsession is to learn everything about the Sabbath, the legendary celebration where witches are supposed to meet Satan.
Little by little, de Lancre forces Amaïa to say exactly what he wants to hear. Little by little, he pushes her to become a real woman, a real witch. She realises that the only way to survive is to play the judge's game, but little by little, the game becomes real until the only one who can save Amaïa is Satan himself.
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