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Lalamove's customizable solutions: a game changer for delivery
Due to the huge increase in online orders in recent years, the logistics to enable last mile delivery has become a very important differentiator for e-commerce retailers. Defined as the movement of goods from a transportation hub to the ultimate delivery point (usually a personal home or office), the focus on getting items to the end user as quickly as possible has led to a significant evolution in the way retailers deal with cargo – Mile delivery.
Consumers today expect affordable and fast delivery, which is forcing companies to improve logistic efficiencies to enable the fastest last-mile delivery at the most competitive price. Last mile delivery costs account for 53% of total delivery costs and play an important role in customer satisfaction and loyalty. But it is not always easy to fulfill customer wishes. Standard last mile deliveries for wholesalers usually take around three days. Conversely, most last-mile delivery services that offer same-day delivery are unable to accommodate large volumes of deliveries or offer a fast turnaround time.
Today's e-commerce businesses need a service that can offer on-demand, same-day delivery in a customizable model that supports large volumes of packages while accommodating changing business needs and traffic fluctuations. This is where a service like Lalamove's new custom solutions can help dealers: by leveraging solutions tailored to their operational needs, vendors can now deliver quantities on demand with reduced turnaround time.
A game changer in logistics
Known for its specialization in on-demand same-day delivery service, Lalamove is a logistics platform that enables users to conveniently source drivers and vehicles to meet their delivery needs in minutes.
The company has 61,000 driver partners across Singapore ready for activation, made possible through technical innovations such as API integrations and e-commerce plugins that allow Lalamove to offer business owners services that can help them automate delivery flows and ordering processes to simplify. Although Lalamove is a leader in on-demand delivery services, Lalamove recognizes that this is not always suitable for businesses that need to deliver large volumes on a daily basis.
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Ms. Zarifah Zulkifli, Business Development Manager at Lalamove Singapore, spoke about their new offering, Customized Solutions, which allows merchants to design and customize them according to their business delivery needs. "We have always been known for our on-demand delivery service. To stay relevant and thrive in the post-pandemic market, we dared to adapt our product to the needs of our merchants," she explained.
The advantages of the new offer from Lalamove
"Lalamove's new custom solutions offer merchants the added benefit of fixed contract pricing, a trained fleet of drivers, flexible delivery procedures and dedicated operational and account management support," explained Zulkifli.
Lalamove's custom solutions also provide a seamless user experience that starts at the onboarding stage. After qualifying for the service, the Lalamove team proposes a tailor-made pricing and operating model and grants access to the portal for customized solutions.
Creating orders is even easier. After submitting an order via the Customized Solutions Portal, Lalamove's operations team creates planned routes and tasks for drivers, as well as a routing list that is made available to the customer. From there, the drivers collect the orders at the customer's assigned pick-up location and deliver directly to the recipients, who follow the operational procedure. Delivery statuses can also be accessed through the same portal, where users can generate an EOD report at any time.
This new offering allows business owners to focus on more lucrative tasks, such as: B. customer retention and new product development, while Lalamove oversees their last mile delivery processes as an affordable personalized service.
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Lalamove's new solution is best suited for companies with high order density and delivery volumes that also require flexible same-day or scheduled deliveries. "This is particularly beneficial for e-commerce businesses without warehousing capabilities that require same-day deliveries to reduce costs and increase productivity," explained Zulkifli. "Also, if you have specific needs and processes, this solution is best suited for you because it is based on the core concept of adaptability to your own business needs," added Zulkifli.
Compared to the average 3PL logistics provider, same-day delivery is a game changer for the logistics industry, as traditional 3PL models typically take around one to three business days for items to be sorted and delivered. "With Lalamove's custom solutions, your customers can rest assured that items will be delivered the same day after the order is placed," said Zulkifli.
Lalamove's customized offering enables a faster and more personalized delivery solution for businesses while handling large shipments. The new solution ensures package-level tracking alongside several other personalized services such as flexible payment plans that enable both large and small players to compete in the new digital retail environment.
Meeting the demands of the e-commerce age
Alex Lin, Managing Director of Lalamove Singapore, explained how the new service reflects a new trend in the logistics industry. "The last mile delivery process helps retailers improve the overall customer experience. With the ability to aggregate demand with flexible and personalized same-day delivery at a fixed contract price, we can expect a shorter turnaround time for consumers in terms of delivery," Lin explained
"We expect higher sales revenue from customers as they can now close the gap when it comes to expectation between what the customer wants in terms of delivery and what they can provide," she noted. "With the new launch, we will better understand the pain points of both our merchants and their end customers. This will allow us to further improve our product, which in turn will improve the customer experience," he continued.
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Lalamove recognizes that most retailers have specific requirements and processes that are unique to their business. By combining Lalamove's technology-driven logistics service with the added flexibility of custom pricing, package-level tracking and account management assistance, Lalamove hopes its new service will set a new standard for the entire last-mile delivery industry.
If you want to explore this new offering further, visit Lalamove.
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By now, you've bought the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new record, It's Blitz! You've listened to it 100 times, indoors, outdoors, in the car, sun on your face, praying for Spring. You caught them on SNL last week, when they not only performed the album's first single, "Zero," but also dusted off their alt-anthem "Maps," aka The Song You Put on Repeat Whenever You're Really Down in the Dumps and Need a Good Motherfucking Cathartic Cry. Perhaps you'll watch them perform tonight on Jimmy Fallon, provided you can actually sit through Jimmy Fallon's awkward, wooden joke-telling.


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U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR
Wu Medalist At U.S. Women's Amateur August 4, 2014 By Christina Lance, USGA
Bethany Wu carded a 2-under 68 on Tuesday to earn stroke-play medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Amateur. (USGA/Darren Carroll)
GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Bethany Wu, 17, of Diamond Bar, Calif., returned a 36-hole total of 3-under 137 to earn medalist honors at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, being conducted at the 6,297-yard, par-70 Nassau Country Club.
Wu started Tuesday's second round of stroke-play qualifying with a bang, sticking her 8-iron tee shot at the par-3 10th to 5 inches. She bogeyed the ensuing hole, but proceeded to birdie three of her next four holes. At one point, Wu had reached 5 under and held a three-shot lead. Wu, who has committed to UCLA for the fall of 2015, finished with a 2-under 68 to finish one stroke ahead of first-round leader Su-Hyun Oh, of Australia, and Andrea Lee,15, of Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Going to the back nine, I was thinking, 'Don't make any mistakes,' said Wu, the runner-up at last week's Junior PGA Championship and a quarterfinalist two weeks ago at the U.S. Girls' Junior in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Wu did make a few mistakes, as consecutive bogeys at Nos. 7 and 8 saw her lead trimmed. But Wu closed out with a par at the ninth to earn the top seed for the 64-player match-play draw.
(Earning medalist honors is) good for me because I've beat really top players here through stroke play, said Wu.
Lee and Oh tied for second at 2-under 138. Lee double-bogeyed the par-4 11th (her second hole), but more than made up the deficit with three birdies on her second nine, finishing at 69. Oh, 19, carded three bogeys and a birdie for a 72.
Four players tied for fourth at 140: Dylan Kim, 17, of Plano, Texas; Celine Boutier, 20, of France; Alison Lee, 19, of Valencia, Calif.; and Megan Khang, 16, of Rockland, Mass.
Defending champion Emma Talley needed a major second-round comeback to ensure her title defense would continue. After a 6-over 76 on Monday, Talley, 20, of Princeton, Ky., returned an even-par 70 to easily advance.
I knew that today was a big day, said Talley, who converted the winning putt for the USA at June's Curtis Cup Match at St. Louis (Mo.) Country Club. I got 1 over at one point, and I knew I just needed to stick with my game.
Talley admitted to losing some control of her driver during the round, saying she was blowing out on occasion. She opted to leave the club in the bag on her inward nine, relying on her 3-wood instead.
Local favorite Annie Park wasn't so fortunate. The 19-year-old from Levittown, N.Y., missed the cut after shooting a 7-over 79 to finish at 9-over 149, one stroke off the match-play cut. Admitting to putting struggles, Park, the 2013 NCAA Division I champion and a 2014 USA Curtis Cup player, made five bogeys as well as a double-bogey-6 at the 14th.
I couldn't make any putts, so then I had more pressure into my shots to get it closer, said Park. But obviously that's not going to work.
Toward the back, I was trying to get it back together, but nothing was falling in. It was just that day.
Karah Sanford, 12, of Escondito, Calif., birdied her final two holes to earn a berth in the match-play bracket. Sanford, the youngest player in the Women's Amateur field, becomes the fourth 12-year-old to advance to match play, joining Pearl Jin (2007), Lexi Thompson (2007) and Hannah O'Sullivan (2011). Thompson advanced the furthest, reaching the quarterfinals.
Notables to miss the cut include four-time U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion Meghan Stasi (149), 2013 U.S. Girls' Junior champion Gabriella Then (155), six-time USGA champion and 2014 USA Curtis Cup Captain Ellen Port (156), 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links champion Fumie (Alice) Jo (157) and 2011 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur champion Martha Leach (158).
The cut came at 8-over 148, leaving an 8-for-3 playoff to determine the final match-play qualifiers. Two holes were completed before play was suspended due to darkness, with three players eliminated. Michelle Piyapattra, Mariana Sims, Haylee Harford, Lakareber Abe and Mary Chandler Bryan will resume the playoff Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. EDT.
The 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship consists of 36 holes of stroke play followed by six rounds of match play. The championship is scheduled to conclude with a 36-hole final at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Sunday.
The U.S. Women's Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
Christina Lance is the assistant manager of championship communications for the USGA. Email her at clance@usga.org.
GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Results from the second round of stroke-play qualifying at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, being conducted at the 6,297-yard, par-70 Nassau Country Club (* = in a playoff with hole results in parenthesis):
Bethany Wu, Diamond Bar, Calif. 69-68—137
Su-Hyun Oh, Australia 66-72—138
Andrea Lee, Hermosa Beach, Calf. 69-69—138
Dylan Kim, Plano, Texas 72-68—140
Alison Lee, Valencia, Calif. 69-71—140
Megan Khang, Rockland, Mass. 68-72—140
Celine Boutier, France 70-70—140
Grace Na, Alameda, Calif. 70-71—141
Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale, Ga. 71-70—141
Casey Danielson, Osceola, Wis. 71-70—141
Eunjeong Seong, Republic of Korea 74-67—141
Bronte Law, England 74-68—142
Brooke Mackenzie Henderson, Canada 71-71—142
Jessica Porvasnik, Hinckley, Ohio 74-68—142
Princess Mary Superal, Philippines 70-73—143
Sarah Burnham, Maple Grove, Minn. 74-69—143
Ashley Burke, Boynton Beach, Fla. 71-72—143
Jiyoon Jang, Rancho Mirage, Calif. 72-71—143
Portland Rosen, Sugar Land, Texas 71-72—143
Ember Schuldt, Sterling, Ill. 72-71—143
Alejandra Cangrejo, Colombia 73-71—144
Carly Ray Goldstein, Coral Springs, Fla. 73-71—144
Angel Yin, Arcadia, Calif. 70-74—144
Lauren Kim, Los Altos, Calif. 73-71—144
Erynne Lee, Silverdale, Wash. 76-68—144
Taylor Totland, Tinton Falls, N.J. 72-72—144
Amy Lee, Brea, Calif. 76-68—144
Taylor Tomlinson, Gainesville, Fla. 72-72—144
Brittany Marchand, Canada 71-73—144
Alexandra Rossi, Austin, Texas 71-73—144
Bailey Tardy, Norcross, Ga. 69-75—144
Gaby Lopez, Mexico 73-71—144
Hannah O'Sullivan, Paradise Valley, Ariz. 67-78—145
Liz Breed, Waynesboro, Pa. 75-70—145
Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C. 72-73—145
Yunjie Zhang, People's Republic of China 74-71—145
Jennifer Coleman, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. 74-71—145
Marijosse Navarro, Mexico 72-73—145
Kristen Gillman, Austin, Texas 74-71—145
Simin Feng, People's Republic of China 72-73—145
Saki Iida, Gilbert, Ariz. 73-72—145
Angella Then, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 76-69—145
Ally McDonald, Fulton, Miss. 74-71—145
Eimi Koga, Honolulu, Hawaii 71-74—145
Jordy Labarbera, Allen, Texas 75-70—145
Anne-Catherine Tanguay, Canada 73-73—146
Emma Talley, Princeton, Ky. 76-70—146
Elizabeth Tong, Canada 74-72—146
Augusta James, Canada 72-74—146
Raegan Bremer, Anaheim, Calif. 75-71—146
Paige Lee, Folsom, Calif. 71-75—146
Mika Liu, Beverly Hills, Calif. 74-72—146
Jing Yan, People's Republic of China 73-73—146
Elizabeth Doty, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. 75-71—146
Seshia-Lei Telles, Tualatin, Ore. 77-69—146
Chakansim (Fai) Khamborn, Thailand 72-74—146
Karah Sanford, Escondido, Calif. 73-74—147
Ashley Holder, Orlando, Fla. 74-73—147
Liv Cheng, New Zealand 72-75—147
August Kim, St. Augustine, Fla. 73-74—147
Jennifer Peng, Highland Park, N.J. 75-72—147
*Lakareber Abe, Angleton, Texas 75-73—148 (3,4,4)
*Haylee Harford, Leavittsburg, Ohio 75-73—148 (3,4,4)
*Mariana Sims, Austin, Texas 76-72—148 (3,4,4)
Failed to Qualify
*Michelle Piyapattra, Corona, Calif. 75-73—148 (3,4,5)
*Mary Chandler Bryan, Chapin, S.C. 75-73—148 (3,4,5)
*Malia Nam, Kailua, Hawaii 72-76—148 (3,5)
*Elyse Smidinger, Crofton, Md. 76-72—148 (3,5)
*Jackie Rogowicz, Yardley, Pa. 71-77—148 (4)
Margaret Shirley, Roswell, Ga. 75-74—149
Stephanie Lau, Fullerton, Calif. 76-73—149
Meghan Stasi, Oakland Park, Fla. 72-77—149
Binny Lee, Frisco, Texas 73-76—149
Chelsea Buford, San Antonio, Texas 78-71—149
Clara Teixeira, Brazil 74-75—149
Lexie Toth, Dubln, Ohio 75-74—149
Katie Kirk, Davidson, N.C. 75-74—149
Annie Park, Levittown, N.Y. 72-77—149
Lindsey Weaver, Minster, Ohio 74-75—149
Cyd Okino, Honolulu, Hawaii 76-73—149
Janie Jackson, Huntsville, Ala. 74-76—150
Regina De Guzman, Philippines 72-78—150
Maia Schechter, Takoma Park, Md. 75-75—150
Karen Chung, Livingston, N.J. 74-76—150
Marika Liu, Beverly Hills, Calif. 75-75—150
Rebecca Klongland, Stoughton, Wis. 75-75—150
Jordan Lippetz, Oakland, Calif. 75-75—150
Avery George, Macon, Ga. 72-78—150
Kaho Monica Matsubara, San Diego, Calif. 75-75—150
Latanna Stone, Ruskin, Fla. 77-73—150
Allie Knight, Knoxville, Tenn. 76-74—150
Katie Mitchell, Atlantic Beach, Fla. 78-73—151
Regina Plasencia, Mexico 74-77—151
Chisato Hashimoto, Japan 73-78—151
Natalie Srinivasan, Spartanburg, S.C. 76-75—151
Kristin Dahee Chung, Republic of Korea 76-75—151
Alina Rogers, Canada 75-76—151
Jennifer Yang, Republic of Korea 81-70—151
Vivian Tsui, Canada 75-76—151
Emily Brooks, Chapel Hill, N.C. 81-70—151
Sierra Sims, Austin, Texas 76-75—151
Brynn Walker, St. Davids, Pa. 76-76—152
Kristin Coleman, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. 75-77—152
Courtney Zeng, Orlando, Fla. 81-71—152
Molly Skapik, Miamisburg, Ohio 79-73—152
Lindsey Lammers, Milan, Mich. 78-74—152
Mallory Viera, Howey in the Hills, Fla. 76-76—152
Cassandra Deeg, Hugo, Minn. 79-73—152
Kaew Preamchuen, Thailand 78-74—152
Anna Laorr, Eden Prairie, Minn. 77-76—153
Calli Ringsby, Denver, Colo. 79-74—153
Mathilda Cappeliez, France 76-77—153
Kelly Grassel, Chesterton, Ind. 77-76—153
Sung Eun Park, San Diego, Calif. 79-74—153
Gabrielle Shipley, Hastings, Mich. 80-74—154
Taylor Kim, Canada 78-76—154
Jennifer Park, Carrollton, Texas 77-77—154
Krista Fenniak, Canada 77-78—155
Kassidy Teare, Vista, Calif. 77-78—155
Jayde Panos, Australia 76-79—155
Janet Mao, Johns Creek, Ga. 78-77—155
Ellen Kehoe, Campbellsville, Ky. 73-82—155
Ellen Takada, Irvine, Calif. 78-77—155
Hana Lee, Republic of Korea 79-76—155
Gabriella Then, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. 79-76—155
Maggie Beth Byers, San Antonio, Texas 79-77—156
Carlton Kuhlo, Tallahassee, Fla. 80-76—156
Mary Mulcahy, Scituate, Mass. 78-78—156
Ellen Port, St. Louis, Mo. 82-74—156
Rinko Mitsunaga, Roswell, Ga. 82-74—156
Julia Beck, Austin, Texas 80-76—156
Fumie (Alice) Jo, People's Republic of China 79-78—157
Taylor Babcock, Westport, Conn. 79-78—157
Annie Swords, Newnan, Ga. 78-79—157
Mercedes Huarte, Argentina 79-78—157
Dree Fausnaugh, Maitland, Fla. 80-78—158
Audra Kepler, Pleasant Hill, Calif. 81-77—158
Brianna Cooper, Canada 79-79—158
Ale (Alessandra) Walker, Paintsville, Ky. 76-82—158
Brooke Riley, Manteca, Calif. 80-78—158
Martha Leach, Hebron, Ky. 85-73—158
Kennedie Montoya, Thatcher, Ariz. 79-80—159
Jayshree Sarathy, Palo Alto, Calif. 80-79—159
Morgan Ransom, Blacklick, Ohio 82-78—160
Jaylee Tait, Littleton, Colo. 79-81—160
Dorsey Addicks, Gallatin Gateway, Mont. 81-79—160
Rylee Pedigo, Fort Worth, Texas 82-78—160
Kaley In, Bakersfield, Calif. 81-80—161
Hannah Pierce, King George, Va. 78-85—163
Shena Yang, Tampa, Fla. 82-81—163
Charlotte Thomas, England 81-83—164
Noelle Maertz, Clark, N.J. 79-86—165
Gabrielle Yurik, Oakland, Mich. 84-81—165
Lauren Diaz-Yi, Thousand Oaks, Calif. 79-WD--WD
GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Pairings for Wednesday's first round of match play at the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, being conducted at the 6,297-yard, par-70 Nassau Country Club (all times EDT):
Upper Bracket
11 a.m. - Bethany Wu, Diamond Bar, Calif. (137) vs. Lakareber Abe, Angleton, Texas (148)
8:30 a.m. - Gaby Lopez, Mexico (144) vs. Hannah O'Sullivan, Paradise Valley, Ariz. (145)
8:40 a.m. - Sarah Burnham, Maple Grove, Minn. (143) vs. Augusta James, Canada (146)
8:50 a.m. - Ashley Burke, Boynton Beach, Fla. (143) vs. Elizabeth Tong, Canada (146)
9 a.m. - Grace Na, Alameda, Calif. (141) vs. Karah Sanford, Escondido, Calif. (147)
9:10 a.m. - Erynne Lee, Silverdale, Wash. (144) vs. Simin Feng, People's Republic of China (145)
9:20 a.m. - Mariah Stackhouse, Riverdale, Ga. (141) vs. Chakansim (Fai) Khamborn, Thailand (146)
9:30 a.m. - Lauren Kim, Los Altos, Calif. (144) vs. Saki Iida, Gilbert, Ariz. (145)
9:40 a.m. - Dylan Kim, Plano, Texas (140) vs. Jennifer Peng, Highland Park, N.J. (147)
9:50 a.m. - Brittany Marchand, Canada (144) vs. Yunjie Zhang, People's Republic of China (145)
10 a.m. - Brooke Mackenzie Henderson, Canada (142) vs. Mika Liu, Beverly Hills, Calif. (146)
10:10 a.m. - Ember Schuldt, Sterling, Ill. (143) vs. Jordy Labarbera, Allen, Texas (145)
10:20 a.m. - Alison Lee, Valencia, Calif. (140) vs. August Kim, St. Augustine, Fla. (147)
10:30 a.m. - Taylor Tomlinson, Gainesville, Fla. (144) vs. Jennifer Coleman, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. (145)
10:40 a.m. - Bronte Law, England (142) vs. Jing Yan, People's Republic of China (146)
10:50 a.m. - Alejandra Cangrejo, Colombia (144) vs. Eimi Koga, Honolulu, Hawaii (145)
Lower Bracket
11:10 a.m. - Su-Hyun Oh, Australia (138) vs. Haylee Harford, Leavittsburg, Ohio (148)
11:20 a.m. - Bailey Tardy, Norcross, Ga. (144) vs. Liz Breed, Waynesboro, Pa. (145)
11:30 a.m. - Princess Mary Superal, Philippines (143) vs. Raegan Bremer, Anaheim, Calif. (146)
11:40 a.m. - Jiyoon Jang, Rancho Mirage, Calif. (143) vs. Emma Talley, Princeton, Ky. (146)
11:50 a.m. - Celine Boutier, France (140) vs. Ashley Holder, Orlando, Fla. (147)
12 p.m. - Taylor Totland, Tinton Falls, N.J. (144) vs. Kristen Gillman, Austin, Texas (145)
12:10 p.m. - Casey Danielson, Osceola, Wis. (141) vs. Seshia-Lei Telles, Tualatin, Ore. (146)
12:20 p.m. - Angel Yin, Arcadia, Calif. (144) vs. Angella Then, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (145)
12:30 p.m. - Andrea Lee, Hermosa Beach, Calif. (138) vs. Mariana Sims, Austin, Texas (148)
12:40 p.m. - Alexandra Rossi, Austin, Texas (144) vs. Lauren Stephenson, Lexington, S.C. (145)
12:50 p.m. - Jessica Porvasnik, Hinckley, Ohio (142) vs. Paige Lee, Folsom, Calif. (146)
1 p.m. - Portland Rosen, Sugar Land, Texas (143) vs. Anne-Catherine Tanguay, Canada (146)
1:10 p.m. - Megan Khang, Rockland, Mass. (140) vs. Liv Cheng, New Zealand (147)
1:20 p.m. - Amy Lee, Brea, Calif. (144) vs. Marijosse Navarro, Mexico (145)
1:30 p.m. - Eunjeong Seong, Republic of Korea (141) vs. Elizabeth Doty, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. (146)
1:40 p.m. - Carly Ray Goldstein, Coral Springs, Fla. (144) vs. Ally McDonald, Fulton, Miss. (145)

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Should You Hire a Professional Mover?
It's time to explain to our potential customers and anyone who ever decides to move anywhere in the country what you may encounter along the way. There are several ways to move your household belongings around town or around the country. In this article we will attempt to educate you about the different options of moving and try to help you in making the right choice.
Should You Hire a Freight Company?
One way to move is to hire a freight company to drop a container in front of your house for an agreed price per container. This is a self-service -- you will be loading your own belongings and unloading if you choose, or you can hire someone to do it for you. The container is then picked up and either stored at their location for a monthly fee, or it goes on a flat bed truck and is shipped to your destination. These containers will endure all kinds of bad roads, weather, wind, rain, etc. You will need pads to wrap your furniture boxes, tape, hand trucks and often times you will need a ramp to get your furniture up to the height of the container -- typically there is no rope available.
These extras all are available at a price through the container company.
This can result in thousands of dollars of damage in the end. The only thing that is covered is if the truck is involved in an accident. There is no guarantee of how that driver is going to pay attention to pot holes in the road, truck stop parking lots, unattended containers, etc. Sometimes these drivers can be all over the map, depending on how many containers are going to an area.
How Big of a Container Do You Need?
There are all kinds of sizes of containers out there, 12ft, 15ft, and 20ft.
The way to calculate how much stuff fits on to a container is to multiply the length times the width times the height, and then multiply by 7lbs per cubic foot. For example if you have a container that is 7ft tall and 7ft wide and 20ft long, you have 980 cubic feet, multiplied by 7 lbs per cubic foot, is a total of 6860 lbs of furniture and boxes. Typically each room of a house is roughly 1000-1500 lbs. So if you have a living room, dining room, bedroom #1, bedroom #2, kitchen, and some miscellaneous items from around the house then you have reached a 20ft container.
If you have a full 3+bdr house, your chances of getting everything into a 20ft container is dramatically decreased. You will now have to factor in another container and probably double your costs. Keep in mind that you will be also loading and unloading these containers yourself. Or, if you choose to hire someone to do it professionally, it will cost you approximately $75 per hour for a two man moving crew to pack these containers for you. Containers do make sense in some situations.
If you have a 2 bedroom house and you need to store your items for a period of time, the upside is that you only need to handle the items one time (moving into the container)and one time (later) when you move these items into the house. However the cost to do this your self is often times just as much as hiring a professional mover to do it. Also, if there is any damage done to your belongings due to you loading it, it probably is not covered, but with a professional mover, your items are **usually** covered for damage.
Another way you can move is by hiring a broker, or a relocation expert. Usually these companies do not actually move you -- they are very good on the phone and make you feel like you are getting everything you require when moving, like pick-up days, delivery days, price, service, etc.
However without having an actual in-home estimate from these companies, what ends up happening is you usually pay more for your move. The reason is because these companies always sub-contract an owner/operator of a moving truck, and are at the mercy of that truck and crew. You are never guaranteed that you will have a professional mover show up. A lot of times you may end up with a rental truck that someone has rented to try to make a buck.
Make sure you read your contract thoroughly before signing and giving a deposit to these companies. Usually your deposit is non-refundable and there is also fine print that leaves you paying more in the end.
The way to tell if the company you are thinking about hiring is a broker is to go to www.safersys.org and perform a company search. If the company you are looking at has a (B) next to their USDOT number, then they are a BROKER. If there is no (B) next to the USDOT number then they are a Carrier, which means they own trucks.
Also, when you search out a company check out their profile. If they are an actual carrier that owns trucks, find out how many trucks they own. If they only own one truck, then they are without a doubt sub-contracting out 90% of their jobs, especially if the sales person has indicated to you over the phone that they do in excess of $500,000 a year in interstate moves.
Most of these companies will brag about how big of a booking agent they are for over 300 trucks in there fleet, however what really ends up happening is your job is booked and then gets put onto a load board for anyone with a DOT number with household goods authority to accept.
Often times your household goods load ends up sitting on that load board with no one assigned to your move, and when you call to find out when and who is your moving crew, you are answered with "the truck broke down" or "we ran into weather" leaving the move off to a bad start from the beginning, especially when the truck shows up and the stories don't match.
Do your research -- this system does work if you get a quality mover that takes pride in their work, trucks, maintenance, etc.
Brokers will not tell you over the phone that they do not intend to move you, only if you ask if they are a broker, then they will tell you that they are. A lot of times you (the shipper) really liked the sales person over the phone and have instantly trusted that person to handle your moving needs, but after your deposit has been collected, it is nearly impossible to now reach the sales person.
A lot of people can feel betrayed at this point, and left to deal with a customer service department being paid to calm you down and tell you everything is going to be ok when your truck doesn't show up on time.
The only successful moves that come from this system are when you get lucky with a quality carrier that has their act together. The biggest downfall of hiring a broker is they don't come over to your house and fully inspect how much stuff you actually have. They only take your phone call and your deposit, which often times they tell you that the deposit goes to the mover, but actually they keep off the top of your move, with little to no effort.
This is the definition of a middle man. If you were given a price of $1000 for 2000 lbs of furniture you are shipping from Chicago to Los Angeles, and the mover shows up and tells you that you have 4000 lbs instead, there is always a cents per lb attached to your move.
Always check to see how much this is -- in this case if it was .55 cents per lb, then you just spent an extra $1100 that you didn't budget for.
So now your move is costing you $2100 plus any extra fuel charge attached to the move. Also, sales people over the phone are usually not movers, they haven't a clue about what it takes to get a full sized truck in front of your house/apt/condo in many cities around the country, therefore resulting in shuttle expenses to get your furniture out of a congested area and safely onto the truck. These services are often necessary, but it sure is nice to know this ahead of time for financial reasons.
It's always nice to be pro-active and pre-plan your move to avoid all variables that could happen from not doing an on site visual. There is a lot of negative information online about brokers -- please do your research and look up the company you plan to use, and don't get attached to the sales person over the phone, it could cost you hundreds, or even thousands more in the end.
Should You Rent a Moving Truck and Tackle the Entire Move On Your Own?
One way to move is to rent a truck and do it yourself. What this involves is reserving a truck with a local truck rental service, for an agreed price. People think that this is the cheapest way to move, but in fact there are many other costs involved. Take into consideration that you will need to put fuel into the truck, and that those trucks get 7-8 miles to the gallon. If you are traveling 3000 miles, as an example, it will take 375 gallons of gas -- at an average of $3.50 per gallon -- which will cost $1312.50 out of your pocket.
There's also insurance cost for the truck, which is typically around $15 a day. Now it will take you approximately 6 days of travel to get there, with 6 days of motel stays at an average of $60 per night. So that's another $360. On top of that you will have food and other travel expenses while on the road.
If you're a good driver, then you'll probably be ok. But if you're not familiar with the interstate system, then it can be a little scary out there, semi-trucks flying by you at 80 miles an hour, icy roads, 50 mile an hour winds hitting the side of your truck, snow, fog, tornadoes etc. There are mechanical breakdowns, fatigue, other drivers' fatigue to factor in.
We haven't even covered the loading of the truck yet. Loading and unloading is one of the toughest and complicated aspects of moving. You will need to rent pads from the rental company (more $) and you will need straps, tape, boxes (40% mark up) at your rental dealer, hand trucks, dollies, appliance dolly, and of course some muscle to lift all those heavy things.
If you have muscle/labor to help for free, then that's wonderful, however if you don't then it will cost you approximately $20 per hour per guy to load your rental truck, sometimes even $30 per hour.
The people behind the rental desk are not movers, they are not relocation experts, they may have never moved professionally, and they can't be relied on to give you accurate advice on how much stuff will fit in your truck, how many boxes you will need, etc. It takes years of moving experience to be able to figure out exactly how much and how long things will take. The end result is your move is only as good as the person that loaded the truck. You only get one chance to load the truck properly -- if you or your labor is unfamiliar with loading moving trucks, then at best you will be able to load approx 6500-7000 lbs of furniture and boxes.
This is equivalent to a 2-3 bedroom house. If you have an experienced professional mover loading your truck, then you will probably get 8000-8500 lbs (3-4 bedroom house) of furniture/boxes onto the truck. However usually experienced/professional movers are already employed and aren't usually available to load rental trucks. It's kind of like a brain surgeon putting a band aid on a knee for a patient.
If you have a full 4 bedroom house that you have lived in for the past 10 plus years and you have all the outdoor items like wheel barrows, garage items, bicycles, work benches, an attic full of boxes -- then there is a 99% chance you will not get all of your stuff on a large rental truck. With that in mind you would need to plan on renting two trucks and doubling your expenses.
Most people only move a couple times in their life and figure they will just go through the experience without doing any research or homework about what they are really getting into, which usually ends up costing more and making their lives 10 times more stressful than it needs to be.
If this is the route that you choose to take, then it would be a good idea to take all of these variables and expenses into consideration.
This may seem like the cheaper way at first, but usually ends up being a lot more in the long run.
The experience is definitely fun and exciting if you have never done it before. You just need to weigh the pros and cons of what may work best for you. Be sure to check out the other options of moving too.
Finally, one of the last ways to move is to hire a professional mover, that takes care of your move from start to finish. There are a few different types of movers out there, from major van lines all the way down to single truck operations.
If you are hiring a mover for an interstate move, or a local move, you need to look at whether or not they own the proper truck to do your move. Which means again, go to www.safersys.org (see link above) and search that company to see how many trucks they have registered, and whether or not they have tractor units.
Also make sure you have someone come out to your house if you live within range of their office. This will eliminate any variables during the move that result in costing you more money. With van lines you will usually have to deal with many different people within that organization, like the sales person, the dispatcher, the secretary, the operations, the driver, the helper -- it can be a bit overwhelming explaining yourself over and over again.
Usually with van lines the prices tend to be a bit high. The reason for this is they need to pay for all those people to be employed, leaving very little profit in the end.
With a smaller company you may experience a more personable experience. You usually only deal with a couple people, such as the sales person who is also the dispatcher, or even the owner, who has hand chosen a few drivers to work for him/her. The driver is under direct control of the sales person/owner at all times.
A good way to check out a smaller independent company is to go to www.bbb.org and search that company for its rating. Also, you can go to www.wutc.org where you can make sure they are a registered agent to perform interstate moves.
Sometimes if the company is too small, they will end up renting a one-way truck and flying their driver back after performing the move, however these trucks again only hold a certain amount of furniture, and it's just not professional to do it this way. It works if the customer is fully aware that this is the way you will be moved, or if it's an extremely hot load and needs to be somewhere on a certain date and none of the other trucks in the fleet are available to do so.
One of the best ways to avoid issues during your move is to hire a company within 0-30 miles of your pick-up. What this does is help avoid your truck being late -- now your move has gotten off to a good start. Often times we hire out of state movers because they can compete better. If you go this route, make sure you give them a large window for pick-up (like 3-5 days) to allow them to get there.
Are You Choosing a Dependable Mover?
Make sure your mover is accountable -- do they call you when they say they will, do they respond to your emails, do they genuinely sound interested in your move? Look into your sales persons eyes, so to speak, and see if you can trust that person.
Are they knowledgeable about moving? Ask questions. There are a lot of shady ones out there; it's usually easy to spot one if you follow some of these suggestions.
Use the internet as a good tool to research a company. The positive thing about hiring a mover is you don't have to do any of the work, just sit back and enjoy the luxury of someone else working for you.
Many times moving rates are very competitive with all of the previous ways we talked about, therefore giving you a hands on personalized service at an affordable price. Movers have had to drop their rates a little to keep up with all the new competition. So, if you do your shopping, and remember to hire someone close to home and who owns trucks, you will without a doubt be off to a great moving experience.


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Historic Pan African Reparations Summit Planned for New York
Institute of the Black World to host April 2015 Reparations Summit
African, Caribbean, South, Central American and African American Reparations Leaders to attend
New York, Jan. 3, 2015…The New York-based Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) today announced that the organization will host the CARICOM Reparations Commission's next meeting April 9-12 in New York. The CARICOM Commission is chaired by Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor Designate of the University of the West Indies. Inspired by the creation of the CARICOM Commission, a National African American Reparations Commission is being established as part of an effort to intensify the Reparations movement in the U.S.The Commission will be dedicated to the memory of Queen Mother Audley Moore, one of the foremost proponents of Reparations in the history of Africans in America and a mentor to generations of Reparations activists. In addition to the CARICOM and African American Commissions, representatives of Reparations movements from Central and South America, Canada and Europe are expected to participate in what is emerging as a Pan African Reparations Summit.
The program/schedule for the Summit will include formal business sessions, a dialogue between leaders of the Caribbean Diaspora in the USA and the CARICOM Commission, meetings between the newly formed African American Commission and the Caribbean Commission, Rallies in Harlem (the symbolic Capital of Black America), Brooklyn (home to the largest Caribbean community in the U.S.) and a Tribute to Congressman John Conyers, Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus and Sponsor of HR-40, the Reparations Study Bill — which he has faithfully introduced in the Congress since 1989.
At the most recent Reparations Braintrust at the Congressional Black Caucus's Annual Legislative Conference, Sir Hilary Beckles called upon participants to declare a "Conyers Decade of Reparatory Justice." The tribute to Congressman Conyers will begin that process. There will also be special recognition of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA) for decades of ground-breaking work on the issue.
Dr. Ron Daniels, President of IBW, said that the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) will develop a Reparations Program similar to the Ten Point Program that has been adopted by the CARICOM Commission. "The first step will be to devise an Interim Program that NAARC will take to the people in a series of town hall meetings to receive input before adopting the final program. The process of engaging people of African descent across the country, including young people, is incredibly important to strengthening the Reparations movement."
Dr. Daniels reported that to date Dr. Conrad Worrill, Director of the Carruthers Center for Inner-City Studies, Northeastern University; Dr. Ray Winbush, Director of the Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University; Dr. Iva Carruthers, General Secretary, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference; Professor Charles Ogletree, Executive Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard University; Rev. Dr. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Pastor Emeritus, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago; Atty. Roger Wareham, December 12th Movement; JoAnn Watson, Former Detroit City Councilwoman; Atty, Nkechi Taifa, Criminal Justice Reform and Reparations activist; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Political Economist and President Emeritus, Bennett College for Women and N'COBRA have already agreed to be members of NAARC. The Commission will ultimately have fifteen members. Under the leadership of Dr. V. P. Franklin, the Journal of African American History will serve as a resource to NAARC.
Sir Hilary Beckles has been eager to have Reparations Commissions form in various countries to build a global movement for Reparatory Justice. Commenting on the significance of the Reparations Summit in New York, he stated, "I am extremely excited that our sisters and brothers in the U.S. are moving forward with the creation of a Reparations Commission. We are reaching out to Reparations activists throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America to encourage them to attend the Reparations Summit in the U.S. It has the potential to be a milestone event."
The activities for the CARICOM Reparations visit to the U.S. will conclude with Sir Hilary Beckles traveling to Detroit for a Reparations Rally — which will be the climax to the Tribute to Congressman John Conyers.
Hosting the Reparations Summit and the formation of NAARC will mark the launch of what Dr. Daniels describes as an initiative to broaden and deepen support for reparations among people of African descent and people of good will in the U.S. – including support for H-R 40.
"This is a modest effort which is intended to complement the sustained work that activists and organizations have been doing for years. But, it will not be without cost. In the spirit of the Honorable Marcus Garvey, we will have to depend on contributions/donations from the people to finance the work of NAARC," said Dr. Daniels. Dr. Julius Garvey, the son of Marcus Garvey, and Emily Moore, a staunch IBW supporter from New York, have each stepped up with contributions of $1,000 to kick-off this people-based fundraising drive.
Don Rojas, IBW's Director of Communications, said that observers are welcome to attend and participate in the forthcoming Reparations Summit. "This is the kind of event that can take off and provide impetus to the growing reparations movements in the USA and across the world So, as we are formalizing the program/schedule, we encourage those who are interested in attending to immediately go the IBW website www.ibw21.org to Pre-Register. Observers will be credentialed on a first come first serve basis.
Don Rojas,
Director of Communications, IBW
Forty acres and a mule – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forty acres and a mule refers to a concept in the United States for agrarian reform for former enslaved African American farmers, following disruptions to the …
40 acres and a mule | United States history | Encyclopedia Britannica
The dream of " 40 acres and a mule" was stillborn. Lacking land, most former slaves had little economic alternative other than resuming work on plantations …
World Conference against Racism 2001 – Wikipedia, the free …
For the climate change summit, see 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference. …. A consensus on the reparations issue was reached by late August.
NPR: Slave Reparations
27, 2001 — The U.S. government's first reparations plan to compensate African- Americans for the legacy of slavery was 40 acres and a mule apiece — that was …
Black Reparations (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
14 Dec 2010 … And African Americans are claiming reparations for the injuries of slavery and its aftermath. Our subject is the last of these demands for …
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He was the first director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center and of the Institute of the Black World, both located at Atlanta. He also became senior …
Reparations for slavery debate in the United States – Wikipedia, the …
The arguments surrounding reparations are based on the formal … reparations received by African-Americans which were …
Reparations – Issues – U.S. Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
In January of 1989, I first introduced the bill H.R. 40, Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act. I have re-introduced HR 40 every …
Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany …
On 1952 Ben Gurion argued that the reparation demand was based on recovering as much Jewish property as possible "so that the murderers do not become …
For 60th Year, Germany Honors Duty to Pay Holocaust Victims …
17 Nov 2012 … Germany's postwar reparations program has become such a matter of … after paying $89 billion in compensation mostly to Jewish victims of …
Germany To Pay Out $1 Billion In Reparations For Care Of Aging …
29 May 2013 … "These Jews lived under conditions similar to closed ghettos: under … out some $89 billion in reparation payments (mostly to Jewish victims), …
September 10, 1952: Israel splits over Reparations Agreement with …
16 Jun 2013 … In April 1952, a few months before the signing of the Reparations … The document also encompassed a third party – the Jewish people.
Reparations for African American Slavery, Torture, Subjugation, Rape, Murder
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Edward Brooke – First African American Elected US Senator
The Edmund Pettus Bridge – Selma Alabama


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Q: Creating multiple svn repos on single SVN Server I got SVN Server setup for Project A which is all good.
I now need to setup another repository in the same server for Project B.
Any guidelines please?

A: Creating a sub-folder as Arpit suggests is definitely not the solution you're looking for, since both projects would be part of a single SVN repository, hence, sharing revision numbers.
It is definitely possible to have several repositories in a single server, however there are many ways to do it depending on your setup.
First you might want to study these documents to get your concepts straight.
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn-book.pdf
http://tortoisesvn.net/support.html
In a Windows Setup, for example, VisualSVN, through its managing tool, VisualSVN Server Manager, allows you to easily create and manage repositories in a straightforward way.
It is important that you undrstand the difference between repository as a general concept, and repository as a technical term in SVN. The cited documentation will assit you in this.

A: If you are using Apache, you can support multiple repositories easily with SVNParentPath configuration. See
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.serverconfig.httpd.html#svn.serverconfig.httpd.basic for details.

A: You have installed a server and setup a project in it, I believe in the following manner:
http://svn.exampel.com/repos/
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|- ProjectA
   |
   |- branches
   |- tags
   |- trunk

To add another repository in the same server, just go to the root directory and create another folder structure like this:
http://svn.exampel.com/repos/
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|- ProjectA
   |
   |- branches
   |- tags
   |- trunk
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|- ProjectB
   |
   |- branches
   |- tags
   |- trunk

Simple!. There is no other configuration invoved and you can start using them as seperate repositories. This is called a Multi-Repisotory Layout.
NOTE: The revision number will be shared with both of these, i.e., the revision number is for a complete tree and there will be a unified revision number for both the projects

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Lest we forget we had a devious war criminal as a prime minister, sending 179 of our brave lads to early graves on the back of a gigantic deception..and who to this day remains free from prosecution.
Quite rightly we should never forget what happened here or during any wars our brave men and women have been involved in.
Whoever instigates these wars or orders our troops to fight never seem to be brought to account and you will never see them on the front line 'going over the top' as it were. They're too busy sitting comfortably in their underground bunkers where they can survive for months.
It's all very well being 'brave' from your war cabinet rooms etc. Perhaps it's time they lived by the code of 'I wouldn't expect someone else to do what i wouldn't do myself'.
Back in the days of chivalry ( integrity ), the king would lead the charge into battle. These days, as you say, they charge from their bunkers. If WC Blair's son had had to serve in Iraq, the world might have been spared much of the nightmare that unfolded and is still unfolding in the Middle East.


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The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor : Book Review
by Kim Heniadis | Feb 10, 2021 | Books | 0 comments
Title: The Burning Girls
Author: C.J. Tudor
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Source: Netgalley
"A dark history lingers in Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, Protestant martyrs were betrayed—then burned. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And a few weeks ago, the vicar of the local parish hanged himself in the nave of the church.
Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping for a fresh start. Instead, Jack finds a town rife with conspiracies and secrets, and is greeted with a strange welcome package: an exorcism kit and a note that warns, "But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known."
The more Jack and daughter, Flo, explore the town and get to know its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into the age-old rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo begins to see specters of girls ablaze, it becomes apparent there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.
Uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village with a bloody past, where everyone has something to hide and no one trusts an outsider." – Amazon
The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor shows once again that she is a master at intertwining various threads that keep you guessing until the end… and then she drops one more little twist… and then another one… and maybe, one more.
While none of the twists were jaw-dropping, if you were paying attention, they still kept the story moving quickly and I stayed up way past my bedtime to finish. I was confused for a moment at the beginning (and this is just my middle-aged white lady making an appearance), but I thought Jack was a man. It was after the third time-ish that Flo said "Mum!", that I was like…. Ummmm.
The other thing that had me a bit flummoxed was I was looking forward to more supernatural elements, especially since the synopsis talks about specters and an exorcism kit. There was some of it, but not as much as I was expecting. The Burning Girls was still excellent, it just went in a different direction than I thought it would.
If you like twisty thrillers with twisted people, you Need to Read, The Burning Girls.


»Sports news»Debate: Who is the best central midfielder in the world?
Debate: Who is the best central midfielder in the world?
Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal sparked huge debate on Wednesday morning when he boldly declared that he was the best central midfielder on the planet.
"I am the best player in the world in my position. That's simply the way it is for me," the Chilean was quoted as saying by Sport Bild.
Vidal has undoubtedly developed into a world class player since joining Juve from Bayer Leverkusen in 2011, but is he the very best central midfielder on the planet? What about the likes of Andres Iniesta, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Yaya Toure? Or even Miralem Pjanic?
Five Goal writers argue their case for the player whom they believe to be the best central midfielder in the world. The selections are based on both current form and permanent ability, and each player must regularly play in a central midfield role – such as a midfield-three or midfield-two. Attacking midfielders who feature in more advanced positions such as Eden Hazard, Franck Ribery and Isco do not qualify.
Arturo Vidal is the perfect midfielder – defensively, offensively, physically, mentally, tactically, technically, the 26-year-old ticks every box. No one can rival Vidal's ability to halt opposition attacks – the Chilean executed the most tackles in total in the Champions League group stages of this season and last. His goalscoring record for someone whose first responsibility is to defend is extraordinary – 57 goals in the last three and a half years.
Lightning fast, indefatigable and fiercely competitive, Vidal never stops running until the last kick. He has the heart of a lion – hence his nickname 'The Warrior' – and regularly plays through the pain barrier, as he did when he limped around the Chelsea pitch for an hour in inspiring Juventus to a 2-2 comeback draw last season.
He can fit into any system, can adapt to any culture or competition – unlike others in this debate – and is so complete he has also played for Juventus at centre back, wing back and even on the wing! Would walk into any team.
Talk of the world's best midfielders usually leads inevitably to mention of one club: Barcelona. In Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Cesc Fabregas, Barca boast four of the finest exponents of the current generation. And of those four, the first two stand out.
Xavi, who made his 700th appearance for the Catalan club earlier this month, was widely considered to be the better and the more important of the two in Pep Guardiola's great team and also in Spain's success at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.
But Iniesta, since striking the winning goal for Spain in South Africa, has continued to shine for club and country and was simply sublime for la Rojaat Euro 2012. A brand new contract signed earlier this season, the 29-year-old has dipped slightly in form for his club this term, but will have one eye on the World Cup later this year and will be central to Spain's hopes again. At his best, there is nobody near him at the moment.
It's been a tough couple of years, injury-wise, for Bastian Schweinsteiger but that should not detract from his standing as the foremost midfielder in world football. He is the man who has made Bayern Munich tick in recent season and few can argue that Pep Guardiola's side are not now the best team in the world.
He shows for every pass and rarely fails to find the mark. He covers his defence on instinct and is always in the right spot for an interception or a tackle. When fit, he is as a robust competitor as there is and he comes out on top in any midfield duel in which he is involved.
He has evolved into the complete central midfield player in the past number of seasons since Louis van Gaal restored him to that position, and Jupp Heynckes and Guardiola have both had no qualms about appointing him their on-field deputy. He is now a mature, responsible player and one who will again play a key part this season for both club and country.
Yaya Toure is an undisputed central midfield giant. When discussing who is the best in the world at ploughing from box to box, locating strikers with a perfectly-placed pass, or instilling fear into opponents from set pieces, there is no one better right now than the Manchester City pivot.
Yaya's brilliance has never been disputed – the ex-Barcelona man has been at the uppermost level for a few years now. But it is only this term that he is finally receiving the recognition he deserves. It helps that he has already scored more goals (14 and counting) at club level in 2013-14 than in any other campaign in his career.
Even when City's form has dipped, Toure has remained an indefatigable presence and he has won Caf's African Footballer of the Year award for three consecutive years. Camp Nou is a fortress for midfield talent, but the Ivorian is an example of how world-class quality can slip through the Catalunya cracks and shine elsewhere.
Miralem Pjanic may not play for one of Europe's very best sides, turning out for a Roma team starved of European football, but he has quietly established himself as one of the greatest midfielders in the world. The Bosnia international has become the fulcrum of Rudi Garcia's revolution in the Italian capital.
Alongside the more robust Kevin Strootman and Daniele De Rossi, Pjanic's primary responsibility is to provide a link between the midfield and attack. This is a role he carries out with excellence on a regular basis, fashioning numerous chances in each match.
Such is the formidable nature of Roma's midfield, they have been dominant in virtually every Serie A fixture they have played this season and reduced the great Juventus to playing a counter-attacking game against them. Pjanic's class was the primary reason, and to force a side such as Juve to adopt a different tactical approach is high praise of his excellence. As was his key role in taking Bosnia to their first ever World Cup.
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1 . ‡aCaletti, Deb, ‡eauthor.
1 2. ‡aA heart in a body in the world / ‡cDeb Caletti.
. ‡aFirst Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
. ‡aFollowed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.
0. ‡aPost-traumatic stress disorder ‡vFiction.


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// Function signatures
static void print_block                  ();
static void print_next_tab               ();
static void SendData                     (const DataVector& d_vector);
static void SendAckMsg                   (const AckMsg&     a_msg);
static void compute                      (vector<int32_t> &row_k, int k);
static vector<int32_t> generate_next_tab (const vector<int32_t>& A);
void error_callback                      (int fd, int err, const char* msg, void* userData);

// Structs
typedef struct {
    int fd;
} server_t;

typedef struct {
    int32_t v_t;       // # of vertices in graph
    int32_t id;        // int id of this node. Serves as block identifier for now.
    int32_t b_t;       // # of distinct blocks
    int32_t b_s;       // # of rows in this block
} Constants;

typedef struct {
    int state;         // encodes overall state of client
    int cmd_s;         // cmd state: values range from 0-3. See struct.h for documentation.
    int k;             // row being requested o relaxed w/ respect to
    int base_offset;   // base_offset
    int r_d;           // # of rows relaxed
} StateVars;

// Global variables
server_t           server;
Constants          c;
StateVars          st;

bool               debug;
int                c_param;
vector<int32_t>    block; // data partition
vector<int32_t>    next_tab; // table of the "next" vertices in shortest paths; used for path reconstruction

InitVector         init_vector; // For receiving initialization data.
CmdVector          cmd_vector;  // For receiving commands.
DataVector         data_vector; // For sending requested row back to server.
AckMsg             ack_msg;     // For sending acknowledge message back to server.

void finish(int result) {
    if (server.fd)
    {
      if(debug)
          cout << "closing server.fd " << server.fd << " with status " << result << endl;
      close(server.fd);
      server.fd = 0;
    }

    emscripten_force_exit(0);
}

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// State 1
//    - 0 <= cmd_vector.c <= 2
//
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//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
void async_message(int fd, void* userData)
{
    StateVars* s = (StateVars*) userData;

    if(debug)
        cout << "\nSOCKET | CALLBACK | async_message called at state " << s->state << endl;

    if(s->state==0)
    {
        // post-connection, receive data
        unsigned int messageSize;
        if (ioctl(fd, FIONREAD, &messageSize) != -1)
        {
            if(debug)
                cout << "READ | Receiving init data from server | InitVector size: " << messageSize << endl;
            if(messageSize == 0)
                return;

            // Get Message
            char* message = new char[messageSize];
            recv(fd, message, messageSize, 0);

            // De-serialize the data
            {
                std::stringstream ss;
                ss.write(message, messageSize);

                cereal::PortableBinaryInputArchive archive(ss);
                archive(init_vector);
            }
            // Clean up dynamically allocated memory
            delete[] message;

            c.v_t=init_vector.v_t;
            c.id=init_vector.id;
            c.b_t=init_vector.b_t;
            block=init_vector.data;
            c.b_s=block.size()/c.v_t;

            if(c_param==1) // path reconstruction
                next_tab=generate_next_tab(block);
            if(debug)
                print_block();
        }

        s->state=1; // only ingest commands
        if(debug)
            cout << "** Client set to process commands\n" << endl;
        return;
    }
    if(s->state==1)
    {
        // Ingest command.
        unsigned int messageSize;
        if (ioctl(fd, FIONREAD, &messageSize) != -1)
        {
            if(debug)
                cout << "READ | CommandVector Size: " << messageSize << endl;
            if(messageSize == 0)
                return;

            // Get Message
            char* message = new char[messageSize];
            recv(fd, message, messageSize, 0);

            // De-serialize the data
            {
                std::stringstream ss;
                ss.write(message, messageSize);

                cereal::PortableBinaryInputArchive archive(ss);
                archive(cmd_vector);
            }
            // Clean up dynamically allocated memory
            delete[] message;

            // Read values.
            s->cmd_s=cmd_vector.c;
            s->k=cmd_vector.k;

            if(debug)
                cout << "** CMD | code=" << s->cmd_s << " | k=" << s->k << endl;
            s->base_offset=c.v_t*(s->k-(c.id*(int)ceil( (c.v_t*1.0)/c.b_t)));

            if(s->cmd_s==0) // code=0, row data requested --> send it back
            {
                // Send data.
                vector<int32_t>::iterator start;
                start=block.begin();

                // temp_data: holds a vector<int32_t> of row data to be transmitted.
                vector<int32_t> temp_data(start+s->base_offset,start+s->base_offset+c.v_t);
                data_vector.data=temp_data;

                SendData(data_vector);
                compute(temp_data, s->k); // this relaxes the local data and is a step in path reconstruction
                s->r_d++; // increment rows done TODO: front end

                return;
            }
            if(s->cmd_s==1) // code=1, data received OR this is the source --> relax local data --> send ack
            {
                int ack_c;//=0; // 0 for failure
                compute(cmd_vector.data, s->k); // this k-value will work for both cases
                s->r_d++; // increment rows done TODO: front end
                ack_c=1; // 1 for success

                // SendAckMsg
                ack_msg.status=ack_c;
                ack_msg.id=c.id;
                if(debug)
                    cout << "****** ACK | status=" << ack_msg.status << " | id=" << ack_msg.id << endl;
                SendAckMsg(ack_msg);

                return;
            }
            if(s->cmd_s==2) // code=2, request data for solution
            {
                vector<int32_t>::iterator start;
                if(c_param==0 || c_param==2) // TODO: assume parameter validation in server main
                    start=block.begin();
                if(c_param==1)
                    start=next_tab.begin(); // send back NEXT

                // temp_data: holds a vector<int32_t> of row data to be transmitted.
                vector<int32_t> temp_data(start+s->base_offset,start+s->base_offset+c.v_t);
                data_vector.data=temp_data;

                SendData(data_vector);
            }
            if(s->cmd_s==3) // code=3, shut down
            {
                finish(1); // TODO: exit codes
            }
        }
    }
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// async_close
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
void async_close(int fd, void* userData)
{
    StateVars* s = (StateVars*) userData;
    if(debug)
      cout << "SOCKET | CALLBACK | async_close called" << endl;
}

void error_callback(int fd, int err, const char* msg, void* userData) {
    int error;
    socklen_t len = sizeof(error);

    int ret = getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &error, &len);
    if(debug)
    {
        printf("%s callback\n", userData);
        printf("error message: %s\n", msg);
    }

    if (err == error) {
        finish(EXIT_SUCCESS);
    } else {
        finish(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
}

int main() {
    char str[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
    struct hostent *host = NULL;
    struct hostent hostData;
    struct sockaddr_in addr;
    const char *res;
    char buffer[2048];
    int err;
    int res2;
    debug=DEBUG;
    c_param=PARAM;

    st.state=0;
    st.r_d=0;

    memset(&server, 0, sizeof(server_t));

    // create the socket and set to non-blocking
    server.fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);

    if (server.fd == -1) {
      perror("cannot create socket");
      finish(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    fcntl(server.fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);

    // connect the socket
    memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
    addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    addr.sin_port = htons(SOCKK);

    // resolve the hostname to an address
    gethostbyname_r(HOST_NAME, &hostData, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &host, &err); // HOSTNAME HARDCODED TO LOCALHOST

    // convert the raw address to a string
    char **raw_addr_list = host->h_addr_list;
    int *raw_addr = (int*)*raw_addr_list;
    res = inet_ntop(host->h_addrtype, raw_addr, str, INET_ADDRSTRLEN);

    if (inet_pton(AF_INET, str, &addr.sin_addr) != 1) { // convert text IP to binary
      perror("inet_pton failed");
      finish(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    res2 = connect(server.fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
    if (res2 == -1 && errno != EINPROGRESS) {
      perror("connect failed");
      finish(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    emscripten_set_socket_message_callback(&st, async_message);
    emscripten_set_socket_close_callback(&st, async_close);

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// SendData
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static void SendData(const DataVector& d_vector)
{
    if(debug)
        cout << "SEND | Sending requested row_k" << endl;

    int res;
    // Serialize the data
    try
    {
        std::stringstream ss;
        cereal::PortableBinaryOutputArchive archive(ss);
        archive(d_vector);

        // Copy the stringstream to a char*
        const std::string& tmp = ss.str();
        const char* message = tmp.c_str();

        // Send the message
        res = send(server.fd, message, tmp.size(), 0);

        if (res == -1) {
            if(debug)
                cout << "ERROR: Exception thrown sending data to server " << endl;
            return;
        }
        else if (res == 0)
        {
            // Server disconnected
            return;
        }

        if(debug)
            cout << "** sent requested data: " << tmp.size() << " bytes to server " << endl;
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        if(debug)
            cout << "ERROR: could not serialize row_k data" << endl;
    }
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// SendAckMsg
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static void SendAckMsg(const AckMsg& a_msg)
{
    if(debug)
        cout << "SEND | completion message sending" << endl;

    int res;
    // Serialize the data
    try
    {
        std::stringstream ss;
        cereal::PortableBinaryOutputArchive archive(ss);
        archive(a_msg);

        // Copy the stringstream to a char*
        const std::string& tmp = ss.str();
        const char* message = tmp.c_str();

        // Send the message
        res = send(server.fd, message, tmp.size(), 0);

        if (res == -1) {
            if(debug)
                cout << "ERROR: Exception thrown sending ack to server " << endl;
            return;
        }
        else if (res == 0)
        {
            // Server disconnected
            return;
        }

        if(debug)
            cout << "** sent completion message: " << tmp.size() << " bytes to server" << endl;
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        if(debug)
            cout << "ERROR: could not serialize ack message" << endl;
    }
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// compute
//   - assume that the rows done (r_d) check against the rows in this block
//     is stopping this from being called when it doesn't need to be
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static void compute(vector<int32_t> &row_k, int k)
{
    if(debug)
        cout << "**** Relaxing data" << endl;
    int ij, ik;
    int comp_distance;

    for(int i=0;i<c.b_s;i++)
    {
        ik=i*c.v_t+k;
        for(int j=0;j<c.v_t;j++)
        {
            ij=i*c.v_t+j;

            if(block[ik] == INF || row_k[j] == INF)
                continue;

            comp_distance = block[ik]+row_k[j]; // a_ik+a_kj
            if(block[ij] > comp_distance)
            {
                block[ij] = comp_distance;
                if(c_param==1)
                {
                    next_tab[ij] = next_tab[ik];
                }
            }
        }
    }
    if(debug)
        cout << "**** Relaxation complete" << endl;
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// generate_next_tab
//   - assumes that c.v_t has been set
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static vector<int32_t> generate_next_tab(const vector<int32_t>& A)
{
    vector<int32_t> ret;
    for(int i=0; i<A.size()/c.v_t; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<c.v_t; j++)
        {
            if(A[i*c.v_t+j] == INF || A[i*c.v_t+j] == 0)
                ret.push_back(-1);
            else
                ret.push_back(j);
        }
    }
    print_next_tab();
    if(debug)
    {
        cout << "** NEXT table succesfully generated" << endl;
        print_next_tab();
    }

    return ret;
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// print_block
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static void print_block()
{
    int n=c.v_t;
    for(int j=0; j<block.size(); j++)
    {
        if(j!=0 && j%n==0)
            printf("\n");
        printf("%d ",block[j]);
    }
    printf("\n");
}

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// print_next_tab
//
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static void print_next_tab()
{
    int n=c.v_t;
    for(int j=0; j<next_tab.size(); j++)
    {
        if(j!=0 && j%n==0)
            printf("\n");
        printf("%d ",next_tab[j]);
    }
    printf("\n");
}


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Missions › Ranger 8
NASA's Ranger spacecraft. Credit: NASA
What was Ranger 8?
Following on the success of NASA's Ranger 7 mission—the first U.S. spacecraft to photograph the Moon up close—Ranger 8 took more than 7,000 high-resolution images of the Moon.
Ranger 8 impacted the Moon about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from its target in the Sea of Tranquility, the area where Apollo 11 landed July 20, 1969, bringing the first humans to the Moon.
Objective(s) Lunar Impact
Spacecraft Ranger-C
Spacecraft Mass 809 pounds (366.87 kilograms)
Mission Design and Management NASA / JPL
Launch Vehicle Atlas Agena B (Atlas Agena B no. 13 / Atlas D no. 196 / Agena B no. 6006)
Launch Date and Time Feb. 17, 1965 / 17:05:00 UT
Launch Site Cape Canaveral, Fla. / Launch Complex 12
Scientific Instruments 1. Imaging System (Six TV Cameras)
Feb. 17, 1965: Launch
Feb. 20, 1965: Spacecraft crashed on the Moon
In Depth: Ranger 8
As successful as its predecessor, NASA's Ranger 8 returned 7,137 high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface prior to impact on the Moon at 09:57:37 UT Feb. 20, 1965.
Unlike Ranger 7, however, Ranger 8 turned on its cameras about eight minutes earlier to capture pictures with resolution comparable to Earth-based telescopes (for calibration and comparison purposes).
Controllers attempted to align the cameras along the main velocity vector to reduce imagine smear but abandoned this maneuver to allow greater area coverage. There had also been a spurious loss of telemetry during a course correction on Feb. 18 that gave rise for concern, although the mission was completed successfully.
Ranger 8 impacted at 2 degrees 43 minutes north latitude and 24 degrees 38 minutes east longitude.
The landing site was just 15 miles (24 kilometers) from its intended target in the equatorial region of the Sea of Tranquility, an area that Apollo mission planners were particularly interested in studying as a possible landing site for future crewed missions.
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Apple's Best Apps of the Year Reflect the Shitshow That Was 2020
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Unsurprisingly, the iPad app of the year is Zoom—for better or worse.
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Each December, Apple picks the best App Store games and apps that debuted or rose to popularity in the preceding year. It's usually a hodge-podge of social apps, wellness services, and addictive games with a few under-the-radar surprises for good measure. But in the year 2020, which forced us all to stay at home in front of screens for literally every activity—socializing, school, work, movies, exercise, the list goes on—Apple's best-of list hits a little differently.
Apple's iPhone App of the Year is one I've actually never heard of before: Wakeout!, an indie app that allows you to do short exercise or wind-down routines (called wakeouts) from basically anywhere as a way to take a break from work or get ready for bed. That's on brand for this year, a time we've all struggled to make sense of by carving out schedules, and though I don't know anyone who's tried this app, Apple's picks are rarely the most popular in a given year (for reference, the iPhone app of 2019 was Spectre Camera, an app that lets you take long-exposure photos).
The company's picks for iPad, Mac, and Apple TV apps of the year are more familiar titles. Zoom ruled the iPad in 2020 as most of us were forced to video conference for work and school, and then willingly used the service to organize happy hours and family chats during quarantine. The best Mac app of the year is the scheduling and task management app Fantastical, which helps organize your life (or at least gives you some semblance of control in a chaotic world).
Apple named Disney+ as the Apple TV app of 2020. It's actually pretty surprising that Apple picked a rival TV streaming service for its best-of list—another sign that the company is playing nice with its competitors, perhaps. (Or it's just a sign that Disney+ was entirely unavoidable this year, and we all might as well lean into it.)
For Apple Watch, Apple picked the soundscape app Endel. This one is pretty interesting: Endel uses an algorithm to play noises that will help you be more productive and focused during the day and wind down for bed at night. In a year when many of us rarely left our houses, this sonic differentiation might make up for the lack of location changes to break up our days.
"This year, more than ever before, some of our most creative and connected moments happened in apps. This was thanks to the amazing work of developers who introduced fresh, helpful app experiences throughout the year," Apple Fellow (and former marketing chief) Phil Schiller said in a statement announcing the winners. "Around the world, we saw remarkable efforts from so many developers, and these Best of 2020 winners are 15 outstanding examples of that innovation. From helping us stay fit and mindful, to keeping our children's education on track, to helping fight hunger, their impact was meaningful to so many of us."
Apple also highlighted a few app trends (or runners-up, if you will) that also reflected this very bizarre year, including the self-care app Shine, Explain Everything Whiteboard for remote classrooms, and the still inescapable AR game Pokémon Go for having fun while also social distancing outside.
See the full list of winners below:
iPhone App of the Year: Wakeout! (Andres Canella, USA)
iPhone Game of the Year: Genshin Impact (miHoYo, China)
iPad App of the Year: Zoom (Zoom, USA)
iPad Game of the Year: Legends of Runeterra (Riot Games, USA)
Mac App of the Year: Fantastical (Flexibits, USA)
Mac Game of the Year: Disco Elysium (ZA/UM (UK/Estonia)
Apple TV App of the Year: Disney+ (Disney, USA)
Apple TV Game of the Year: Dandara Trials of Fear (Raw Fury, Sweden)
Apple Watch App of the Year: Endel (Endel, Germany)
Apple Arcade Game of the Year: Sneaky Sasquatch (RAC7, Canada)
Which app or game made your year easier to bear? Drop 'em in the comments and help us discover new ways (or rediscover old faves) to get through a global pandemic.
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Click the above link for a PDF version of the second and final writing assignment for the course.
Tori defends Hobbes's logic, and offers a sense in which the government might be held responsible in a moral sense.
Matt P., and, in the comments to his entry, Monica, give a convincing case for the plausibility of Hobbes's position.
Matt F. gives an argument for why we should reject Hobbes's notion of sovereign immunity from moral judgment.
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Blog about the connection that Hobbes posits between morality and government. What's the connection? Are governments/sovereigns subject to moral judgment?
Read section 7 in Book I of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. It's short, but kinda tough – work your way through it slowly and we'll begin our discussion of Aristotle in class on Thursday.
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Joe sums up Hobbes's argument in an extremely clear way.
Chris R. argues against Hobbes's claim that resources are necessarily scarce.
Read chapters XIII and XIV of the Hobbes. This is only a few pages, so you will have the chance to read extremely closely. Pay special attention to the things that we haven't yet gone over in detail in class: in particular, the way that the social contract requires the existence of a government, and the way in which morality arises out of the whole thing.
On your blog, I want you to think back over Kant and Mill and do some broad decision making. Each theory has its own problems. If you had to choose one of the two theories based solely on which one had the least troubling problems, which would it be? Are you bothered more by the shortcomings of Mill – think about, for example, his judgment of someone who tries to give to charity but the money ends up going for bad things – or the shortcomings of Kant – for instance, his judgment on what you should do if there's a murderer looking for your grandmother.
Read the section from Hobbes's Leviathan in the Cahn/Markie book. Rachels's chapter "The Idea of a Social Contract" will help you to get your mind around Hobbes's theory.
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Matt P. draws attention to a tension in Kant's focus on self-love.
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Professor Tim McIntyre-Bhatty
Professor Tim McIntyre-Bhatty joined BU in 2011. He has held senior positions in universities for over fifteen years and has previously held the roles of Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Dean.
He leads our annual strategic planning processes and his portfolio includes responsibility for the academic Faculties, and the Bournemouth University International College, alongside quality, academic services and admissions, programme management, strategic risk and business intelligence.
Professor McIntyre-Bhatty recently completed 6 years of service as a member of the board of the UK Quality Assurance Agency and for the Advisory Committee for Degree Awarding Powers. He is a Fellow of the Strategic Planning Society and a member of the British Computer Society.
During his career, Professor McIntyre-Bhatty has contributed to the leadership and development of a range of knowledge transfer, consultancy and income generation projects. He served as regional editor for the journal Chinese Management Studies and has previously been closely engaged in research concerning the match of graduate skills and employer needs in regional labour markets.
His track record extends to successful collaborations at both national and international levels with partners across Europe and in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Professor McIntyre-Bhatty arrived at BU from the University of Wales, Newport where he was Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Dean. At Newport, Professor McIntyre-Bhatty played a leading role in the creation of the £41 million flagship City Campus.
Previously he led the move of the East London Business School to a £28 million development at Docklands Campus and he is now sponsoring 4 new academic buildings at BU totalling greater than £100m of investment.
You can contact Tim McIntyre-Bhatty via Sam Clissold, Executive Officer to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Email: sclissold@bournemouth.ac.uk


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Billionaire 'cable cowboy' John Malone's Liberty Global is selling $22 billion of European assets to Vodafone
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John Malone, businessman and former chief executive of Tele-Communications Inc., attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 7, 2016 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Vodafone is buying Liberty Global's operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania for €18.4 billion ($21.7 billion).
The deal will give Vodafone a much larger mobile and broadband footprint in central and eastern Europe.
The transaction still needs to be cleared by competition regulators.
LONDON — British telecoms group Vodafone has reached a €18.4 billion ($21.7 billion) deal to buy a range of European assets from billionaire "cable cowboy" John Malone.
Vodafone announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Liberty Global's operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania. The deal consists of €10.8 billion ($12.7 billion) in cash paid to Liberty Global and €7.6 billion ($8.9 billion) of existing debt that Vodafone will take on.
Liberty Global is controlled through voting rights by US billionaire John Malone, the media and telecoms executive nicknamed the "cable cowboy" due to his extensive TV and telecoms dealmaking activity in the 1990s.
Malone, who is worth over $7 billion, is also the chairman of Liberty Media in the US, which owns Formula 1 racing and Major League Baseball team the Atlanta Braves. Malone was said to be the driving force behind Charter Communications' $67 billion acquisition of Time Warner in 2016.
Liberty Global is the world's biggest international TV and broadband company, operating through brands such as Virgin Media in the UK, Unitymedia in Germany, and Telenet in Belgium. The group also has investments in UK TV producer ITV, film studio LionsGate, and Formula E racing.
The deal, which was first rumoured in February, will supercharge Vodafone's cable internet and mobile telecoms footprint in central and Eastern Europe. Unitymedia, which Vodafone will acquire, is Germany's second-largest cable operator.
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao said in a statement that the deal is "a transformative combination for Vodafone that will generate significant value for shareholders."
"We are committed to accelerating and deepening investment in next-generation mobile and fixed networks, building on Vodafone's track record of ensuring that customers benefit from the choice of a strong and sustainable challenger to dominant incumbent operators," he said.
British group Vodafone runs internet and mobile businesses across 25 countries, including the UK and India. The company has over 500 million mobile customers globally and close to 20 million broadband customers.
Calao said: "Vodafone will become Europe's leading next generation network owner, serving the largest number of mobile customers and households across the EU."
The deal is still subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the middle of next year. Vodafone shares rose by 1.6% on news of the deal.
Liberty Global said in a separate statement that the assets being sold represent 28% of the operating cash flow of the group.
Liberty said it would still be Europe's biggest cable TV and broadband provider after the transaction, with 26 million subscribers across the continent.
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries said in a statement: "In each of these markets, the combination of Liberty Global and Vodafone's businesses will transform the competitive landscape and bring a new level of convergence to customers.
"Now more than ever, Europe needs strong competition from scaled national challengers willing and able to invest in next-generation wireless, video and broadband services."
Morgan Stanley, Robey Warshaw, and UBS advised Vodafone on the deal. LionTree and Goldman Sachs advised Liberty Global.
The Vodafone-Liberty Global deal comes during a flurry of activity in the telecoms and media industry. Comcast is currently locked in a bidding war with 21st Century Fox for European pay-TV group Sky and Comcast is said to be considering gate-crashing Fox's transaction with Disney.
Liberty Global also agreed to sell its Austrian unit to Deutsche Telekom for €1.9 billion ($2.2 billion) last December.
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