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Media & Third-Party Validation
Becoming a BBB Accredited Business: Your Guide to the Better Business Bureau Seal and Its Benefits
Scott Baradell
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has been a symbol of trust since the days of teletypes and horses and buggies. In 1912, the organization emerged to help businesses respond to a crisis in public trust, when exaggerated advertising claims were the subject of high-profile lawsuits by the U.S. government against the Coca-Cola Company and others.
More than a century later, the BBB is still relevant. Whereas retail storefronts in the pre-internet world proudly displayed the BBB seal in their shop windows, today about 400,000 BBB Accredited Businesses worldwide display the badge on their websites. Beyond those accredited companies, 6.2 million businesses have profiles at BBB.org, which receives 220 million website visits annually.
Visitors use the site to search for local vendors (roofers, car mechanics, HVAC repair) as well as to post reviews and lodge complaints. The BBB warns the public when a company receives a lot of complaints, or when it gets wind of various scams online or in local communities.
A 2021 study by Baymard Institute reported that "the Better Business Bureau seal ranked closely behind the Norton seal as those that instilled the most confidence in online shoppers."
What Does It Take to Be a BBB Accredited Business?
A Better Business Bureau accreditation is a valuable certification for businesses. It doesn't mean that the company has an impeccable reputation or has never done anything wrong. It does mean, however, that the company has met a number of standards that have been set by the bureau and seeks to operate according to a specific code of ethics.
It requires completing an application form, supplying the required information, undergoing a check on your business, and meeting the BBB's standards. Fees are also involved with the process of getting accredited, which demonstrates to consumers that accredited businesses are willing to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to their service.
To be accredited, a business must:
1. Have a Proven Track Record
The BBB expects businesses to have a record of operating ethically within their marketplace for at least six months. They must have all the appropriate certifications and licenses, not have any government action against them that demonstrates a failure to meet BBB principles, and have at least a B rating at their office or headquarters.
2. Advertise Honestly
Businesses must ensure that all advertising is truthful and clearly state any limitations on the services they offer. People who advertise on behalf of the company must also ensure that their ads and websites don't misrepresent or hide any information about the business. Furthermore, when discrepancies are found, accredited companies must work with the Better Business Bureau and agree to modify, support, or cease certain advertising and selling practices.
3. Be Transparent with Customers
In order to become an accredited business, they must agree to accurately represent their goods and services, including comprehensive and obvious statements of all material terms. Businesses must supply all pertinent information about their business when requested by the BBB. They must also be transparent with customers regarding:
The cost and use of the products and services
Any guaranteed rights and guarantees
Total transaction cost
4. Keep Promises
Businesses must be willing to honor any written and spoken promises, and they need to work with the BBB when there is a mistake in their advertising or other issues.
5. Be Responsive
The company must work closely with the BBB when responding to any customer complaints. They must also agree to perform any actions necessary to resolve the issues at hand, and provide a commitment in writing within 30 days of being notified that they have failed to meet standards set out by the bureau.
6. Safeguard Customer Privacy
In order to be accredited, businesses must commit to protecting the privacy of their customers' personal information. They also must disclose how they handle private information, act as stated within their policy, and offer safe online transactions that protect personally identifiable information.
7. Embody Integrity
All commercial interactions, market activities, and obligations should be conducted with honesty, good faith, and a commitment to do what is reasonably expected. They must avoid being involved in acts that damage the reputation of BBB or its accredited firms or reflect poorly on them.
The Benefits of Better Business Bureau Accreditation
Assuming your business can meet the Better Business Bureau's standards, the benefits of becoming a BBB Accredited Business are significant.
Here are six of the biggest:
1. Increased Consumer Trust
The Better Business Bureau is one of the most recognized and trusted consumer-protection brands in the world. We've all had one, if not multiple, experiences with businesses that treated us poorly and didn't care about the consequences. Being BBB accredited can go a long way in easing customers' minds regarding what their experience with your brand will be like.
2. A Profile Page at BBB.org
BBB.org is one of the 800 most visited websites in the United States. While millions of businesses are listed at BBB.org, the profiles of accredited companies are much easier to find — and much more impressive when found.
Items listed on a BBB profile page include:
Full business name.
All contact information.
Category and type of business.
Links to relevant pages, like their website and social media profiles.
Customer reviews.
Customer star ratings.
Length of time the business has been accredited.
The option to request a quote from the business.
List of all resolved and unresolved complaints.
Additionally, the page contains a statement from the BBB affirming the company's certification and commitment to make good-faith efforts to resolve any issues that might arise.
3. Stronger Search Presence
The high domain authority of BBB.org means that any time someone Googles the name of your company, your BBB profile is likely to be high in the results—especially if you follow the Better Business Bureau's recommendations for optimizing your profile. In other words, one of the first things potential customers will see when they search is the fact that you're validated by the Better Business Bureau.
Additionally, a high Better Business Bureau rating and positive reviews, as well as a link from BBB.org back to your website, have the potential to improve your own website's search position—although Google has not confirmed this and it's a subject of some controversy among digital marketers. What we can say for sure is this: it certainly doesn't hurt.
4. Improved Lead Generation
When deciding whether to engage with a particular company, many people visit its page on the BBB website. Assuming your profile is strong, they may either directly request a quote from you through the BBB site or click through to your company website.
What's more, when a person arrives on your website and sees the BBB trust seal, it can go a long way in helping them feel comfortable with doing business with you. They will know that you've put the work in to meet standards set out by an impartial third-party organization, and that it's not just based on your say-so alone.
5. Third-Party Conflict Resolution
Accredited businesses are expected to answer all customer complaints to maintain their accreditation status. The BBB makes this easier by offering free dispute resolution services, including mediation and/or arbitration services in some regions (depending on the jurisdiction and local law). When a customer files a complaint with the BBB, your company will receive a notice from the BBB, and you have 28 days to respond.
You will improve your Better Business Bureau rating if you respond appropriately and promptly to consumer complaints. When a consumer is uncooperative but the Better Business Bureau determines that your company made a good-faith effort to settle the issue, dispute resolution specialists will document the circumstances surrounding the unresolved dispute and close the case in favor of your business.
6. Use of the BBB Seal
Trust badges on websites are incredibly important, and the Better Business Bureau seal is one of the best out there — and only BBB Accredited Businesses are allowed to use it.
On its website, the BBB notes that 85% of customers are more comfortable doing business with a business that has been accredited, and displaying the BBB seal prominently on your website is proof that you are. A study by the impartial UX research firm Baymard Institute stated that the Better Business Bureau seal ranked closely behind the Norton seal as those that instilled the most confidence in online shoppers.
At a time when people are increasingly fearful of being scammed, the BBB trust seal can go a long way in reassuring potential customers that they are working with a company they can trust.
Is BBB Membership Worth the Cost?
Given the organization's storied history and high visibility, you might assume that adding a BBB seal to your website would be a no-brainer. The catch is that to display the seal you have to be accredited -- and that costs money. Depending on the nature of the accreditation and the size of your business, the cost could run in the hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year.
So, is it worth it? You can find any number of articles online by folks who say it isn't, based on their own experiences. Many cite its decreasing influence with younger consumers, going so far as to label it the "OK Boomer" seal. Here are some sample criticisms:
Housecall Pro: Although some businesses have found success with the BBB, for the majority of home-service companies, the costs are likely to outweigh the benefits. There are a few exceptions, however. If, for instance, your business caters to an older clientele, a BBB accreditation could quickly pay for itself.
Fast Capital 360: For many industries, this lack of usage makes membership cost-prohibitive. Businesses who have younger, more tech-savvy customers may not need to worry about putting money into a platform that will not produce results.
Blog Marketing Academy: I have since dropped my membership in the BBB. The reason was that it became apparent to me over time that it simply wasn't useful. It did nothing to increase my sales.
Some consumers and business owners are suspicious of the Better Business Bureau simply because it charges for membership. They suspect the BBB inflates the ratings and protects the reputation of those companies that fill its coffers vs. those that don't. Ultimately, that's not a sustainable business model, though—the BBB wouldn't have maintained the credibility it has earned over the years if it were a scam.
Virtually every company or nonprofit that offers accreditations, seals or memberships charges for these, including trust seal providers like TRUSTe, TrustedSite and others. It's how these companies are able to do what they do for the public.
The BBB has many supporters, too, of course—including me.
My point of view is that while BBB accreditation may not directly drive leads and sales in an easily quantifiable way, it still has significant value as a trust signal. This is particularly true for the following types of businesses:
Local service businesses such as contractors, plumbers, restaurants, financial services, doctors and dentists;
New businesses that have not yet had time to establish a cadence of positive customer reviews on review sites such as Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor, G2 and others;
E-commerce businesses trying to establish their credibility relative to Amazon and other large players;
Businesses whose clientele is generally age 50+, the demographic with which BBB carries the most weight;
Businesses for which spending, say, $1,200 for an annual accreditation fee (this would be a typical fee for a national company with a headquarters in a large metropolitan market) is a minor expenditure within the context of your total marketing budget.
Why Idea Grove Is BBB Accredited
For my company, Idea Grove, joining the Better Business Bureau was an easy decision. Our business centers on building, growing and protecting trust for our clients and their customers.
The bottom line is, adding a trust badge to your site touting that you are a BBB accredited company with an A+ rating carries a lot of weight to this day. Strongly consider it for your business.
Portions of this article originally appeared at Entrepreneur.com.
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Home > January/February 2011 > Alumni in the News
Joel Klein '67 has stepped down from his position leading the country's largest school system as chancellor of the New York City Department of Education. Klein has been appointed e.v.p. of News Corp., joining its board of directors and reporting directly to Rupert Murdoch. In the past eight years, Klein's innovative reforms have transformed New York's 1,700 schools and boosted the performance of its 1.1 million students, reducing crime and raising graduation rates. In an interview with The New York Times, Klein says he looks forward to working in the private sector, where he will not be clashing with unions and balancing a $22 billion budget. But he will continue to speak out on educational issues and, according to the company, his work includes "developing business strategies for the emerging educational marketplace."
Mike Brown Jr. '06 made the Business Insider list of top 100 "Coolest Tech People in 2010." Brown co-founded and manages AOL Ventures, the branch of the company that seeks out and invests in fledgling Internet startups. Some of the companies Brown has supported include Beta-works, Solve Media and Sailthru. According to the article, Brown is an "overnight fixture in the New York tech community," hosting events that promote AOL as a friend to startups and their founders.
Jonathan Wald '87 has been named executive producer of the CNN talk show Piers Morgan Tonight, which is replacing Larry King Live in January. As v.p. of CNBC during the economic freefall, Wald's focus on business coverage helped bring all-time high ratings and revenue to the network. CNN hopes to bolster its sagging ratings with his appointment. A recipient of three Emmy Awards, Wald began working for NBC while a freshman at Columbia. He is a former producer of Today and NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, is the son of TV news pioneer Richard Wald '52 and teaches at the Journalism School.
PBS will broadcast Vanessa Gould '96's Between the Folds, a documentary about origami and its most celebrated practitioners, in January as part of its Independent Lens series. The film, which earned a Peabody Award and numerous jury and audience awards, was Gould's first and has played at more than 40 film festivals around the world. Gould, who directed and co-produced the film with Ariel Friedman '96, credits the Core Curriculum with inspiring her to explore this ancient and yet still flourishing art form.
Sam Arora '03 has been elected delegate to the Maryland General Assembly. Arora has been an aide on three campaigns for former Senator Hillary Clinton, served on the Democratic National Committee and advised several nonprofits. He also is v.p. of the Arora Group, which provides healthcare to the military and their families. As quoted in The Washington Post, Arora says his most pressing issues include reining in the state budget, cutting subsidies for the coal mining industry, and promoting green jobs and renewable energy. Each year, Arora guest-teaches a class at Columbia on presidential campaigning.
Jamal Adams '94 Photo: Loyola H.S. of Los AngelesJamal Adams '94 has received the Calahan Award from Loyola H.S. of Los Angeles, where he is the head varsity basketball coach and teaches economics and African-American studies. After 11 years at Merrill Lynch, where he rose to the position of v.p. and senior financial adviser, Adams decided to return to his alma mater. His coaching helped Loyola win 12 league titles and two California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Titles. In 2009, he was named Co-Coach of the Year for the CIF Southern Section Division 2A and won the National Double Goal Coaching Award. Adams studied economics at Columbia, where he cofounded a community service club, the Columbia Student-Athlete Committee.
Maggie Gyllenhaal '99 is back on stage in another melancholy Chekhov play, the turn-of-the-century masterpiece Three Sisters. Gyllenhaal plays the rebellious and unhappily-married middle child, Masha, who falls in love with a lieutenant colonel (played by her real-life husband, Peter Sarsgaard) and starts an affair with him, only to watch his battery leave in a classic Chekhovian dénouement. The Off-Broadway play opens in January at the Classic Stage Company. The director, Austin Pendleton, also directed Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, in which Gyllenhaal played another unhappily-married character, the retired professor's young wife, Elena.
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Rohmoria, in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, is severely affected by river-borne erosion. Efforts to get government help in combating this erosion passed through different stages of peaceful agitation and ultimately took a political character. People's resistance used oil blockade as an effective means of getting government attention. Unfortunately, the state's response has mostly been ad hoc and geared towards temporary measures to lift the oil blockade. This article has two objectives: to portray the nature of the problem of erosion in Rohmoria and to show the history of the peoples' movement and the state's response.


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Who is Willie Richardson?
Willie Louis Richardson is a former professional American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League. He played nine seasons for the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins. He was named 1st Team All-Pro by the Associated Press for the 1967 NFL season and went to two Pro Bowls.
Richardson was an All-American at Jackson State and in 2003 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
He is the older brother of former NFL wide receiver Gloster Richardson, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Browns.
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Water Street: Downtown Tampa's $3 Billion Makeover Into A Modern Metropolis (Assisted By Bill Gates)
Keith Flamer Senior Contributor
Writer, pop culture virtuoso and luxury lunatic
Tampa Skyline in 2017
Courtesy of Water Street Tampa, Strategic Property Partners (SPP)
Tampa just scored a Super Bowl LV bid and counts Yankees legend Derek Jeter as a resident. So the city is already winning. Now downtown Tampa is getting an overdue waterfront district facelift—a $3 billion mega development called "Water Street." Tampa's skyline is set to break out, as its downtown footprint will double.
The Water Street redevelopment will revitalize Tampa's downtown district when completed in 2027.... [+] (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The future 53-acre mixed-use redevelopment will cover 9 million square feet in 18 distinct buildings directly on the bay, including two new hotels, retail, office space, cultural amenities, and contemporary residences. The neighborhood revitalization will emphasize waterside pedestrian walkways.
Rendering of Water Street redevelopment including 13 acres of new park space
The massive project will be developed by Strategic Property Partners (SPP), a joint venture between Cascade Investment LLP (Bill Gates's investment fund) and local businessman Jeff Vinik, who owns the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning and the Arena Football League's Tampa Bay Storm.
The city recently revealed 10 award-winning architectural and design firms (global and Florida based) that will transform the city. They include:
• CookFox Architects - Two buildings; office and residential over retail
• Morris Adjmi Architects - Three buildings; 157-key five-star hotel, luxury condos, apartments and retail
• Olson Kundig - One building; office over retail
• Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) - Two buildings; condos and apartments over grocery store and retail
• Gensler - Two buildings; office over retail
Rendering of downtown Tampa redevelopment plan and participating architects.
• Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates (NBWW) - One building; 500-key four-star hotel over retail
• Alfonso Architects - Redevelopment vision for Channelside; residential and waterfront retail; new public park on Riverwalk
• Pickard Chilton - Three buildings; office and residential over retail
• Baker Barrios - One building; central cooling facility and infrastructure
• HOK - the University of South Florida's Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute (construction begins this fall)
Ten architects will assist Tampa in designing 18 new buildings (residential, commercial and retail).
Three interior designers are attached to the project thus far. Champalimaud will handle interiors for the new four-star hotel designed by NBWW; Roman & Williams will design the new five-star hotel and associated condos in a building by Morris Adjmi; and Cecconi Simone will design interiors and apartment residences in buildings designed by KPF.
Tampa hosted the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in 2012. (Photo by... [+] Brendan Smialowski/AFP/GettyImages)
Dormant for years, downtown Tampa's future revitalization project will be completed in three phases—Phase 1 by 2020, Phase 2 by 2023 and Phase 3 by 2027. Oversized roads and empty surface parking lots will be transformed into a vibrant new neighborhood that seamlessly integrates live-work-play lifestyle options along the waterfront—including 13-acres of green and public spaces, bike baths, curated shopping, culinary experiences, entertainment venues, and educational institutions.
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Water Street's massive redevelopment project will create 3,500 new residential apartment and condominium units; 630 modern hotel rooms; an iconic cultural arts pavilion; 1 million square feet of new retail and cultural spaces; and more than 2 million square feet of office space, including the first two new office towers in downtown Tampa in nearly 25 years.
SPP has also donated land to the University of South Florida, which will relocate the Morsani College of Medicine and Health Heart Institute into a new 300,000-square-feet facility in downtown Tampa.
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Tampa is already home to New York Yankees spring training games. The new Water Street project should quiet critics who claimed the city is too small and not modern enough to host mega events, despite the medium-sized city of 359,000 hosting the 2012 Republican National Convention and four Super Bowls previously. Revitalization may cement its place in the regular Super Bowl rotation, and as a modern U.S. city.
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Christine Jowers is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Dance Enthusiast an extension of the non-profit company, Moving Arts Projects Prior to devoting her efforts to The Dance Enthusiast, Jowers worked as professional dancer, teacher, and producer. She performed solo works and principal roles by the early masters of modern dance: Isadora Duncan (coached by Catherine Gallant), Doris Humphrey, Eleanor King (coached by Lori Belilove), Jean Erdman (coached by Nancy Allison), Anna Sokolow, Paul Sansardo and Murray Louis, as well as dancing in work created by contemporary choreographers and performance artists such as, Larry Keigwin, Rebecca Rice, Catlin Cobb, Nancy Allison,Kun Yang Lin, Charles Moulton, Jerry Pearson, Ann Carlson, Janis Brenner, BJ Sullivan, and Margie Gillis.
In 1997 she began creating solo performance projects, dancing and producing evenings that celebrated the voice of women in dance history. Her first production, The Singular Voice of Woman at The Place in London, was noted for "exceptional solos" and Judith Mackrell, dance critic for The Guardian UK, hailed Jowers as "not only a remarkable performer but an important dance historian…" Other original productions, Revealing Isadora and The Dancing Goddesses of NYC were performed in New York City at such venues as: The World Financial Center, The New Jersey Center for Performing Arts, The Joyce Soho, Joe's Pub, OK Harris Dance Gallery, DanceNowNYC, The Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, The University Settlement, The Culture Project, The Children's Museum of Manhattan, and The 14th Street Y.
Jowers' revival of The Singular Voice of Woman was performed in 13 concerts during the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with BookingDance where she was particularly noted for her interpretation of Isadora Duncan's Revolutionary. "She brings just as much emotion, albeit a very different kind, to Isadora Duncan's Revolutionary. Although this short piece consists of a small set of repeated movements, those movements are passionate, powerful, dramatic and despairing — thanks to both Duncan and Jowers — making this piece one of the highlights of the programme."- Amanda Grimm, TheSkinny.co.uk
Christine started writing about dance at Sarah Lawrence College, later graduating from Goucher College with honors in Dance History/Criticism and Communications. In addition to her writing and videography for The Dance Enthusiast, she has been published by Dance/USA's e-journal, From The Green Room, The Dance Insider, The Johns Hopkins University's Literary Journal :The Hopkins Review, and The Huffington Post. Her writing has been highlighted by Thomas Cott, in his respected newsletter for arts administrators: You've Cott Mail.
As the editor of The Dance Enthusiast, Christine has been privileged to lead talk backs and classes on performance and writing for interested groups of young people from the Pentacle Internship Program, Arts Connection/High 5 Tickets to the Arts, and Columbia University. She has been delighted to work on the site with interns from Florida State University, Hofstra, Pace University, and Trinity/LaMaMa.
Concerned with bridging the gap between audiences and performance, she designed The Dance Enthusiast's Dance Up Close Series, a journalistic video program, to bring web audiences intimately into the working processes of New York City artists. Dance Up Close… was awarded an Engaging Dance Audiences grant administered by Dance/USA through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in 2013.
In 2014, Christine developed the offline audience engagement program, Enthusiastic Events! Designed to address the problem of shifting attention spans, differing knowledge bases, and available free time in dance audiences, the program put together dance artists with experts from other fields to participate in a cross between a performance, panel discussion, and salon. The emphasis was for new audiences to feel "at home" with dance while discovering dances connection to the larger world. This program has been supported by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and has received public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Christine created a place for the dance audience to speak on The Dance Enthusiast with the Audience Review section. Audience Reviews encourage new voices in writing, and develop dance literacy and advocacy among dance audiences members. Read more about this program in Lynne Conners', We The Audience on ArtsJournal.
Jowers has been on the faculty of the Jose Limon Institute in New York City, the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance Studies, and Danceworks in the UK, and a guest teacher at the Islington Arts Factory, The Liverpool School of Performing Arts, and Roehampton College in the UK, as well as Goucher College, Kean College and various educational institutions in the USA.
Christine's particular interest in introducing young audiences to the beauty and inspiration of dance led her to foster outreach programs in communities throughout the east coast and Virgin Islands. She has led dance workshops, taught choreography, and performed for children and teenagers under the auspices of Artists in The Schools programs, Teen Arts, Young Audiences, and Very Special Arts programs. In 1991, Christine created a dance program for children and adults at the YWCA in Summit, NJ, directing the program from 1991-1996, and founding the highly regarded Free Community Dance Series there. Christine's work in community dance was funded and commended by the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs and the New Jersey State Arts Council. In 1999, she established cj/MOVING ARTS PROJECTS' MOVING KIDS SALON to sponsor workshops for kids and "their grownups" in New York City.
Originally from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, where she grew up in a West-Indian family dedicated to the arts, community, and service, Christine caught the journalism bug as a college intern for New York Public Television's MacNeil/ Leher Report. Showing an early interest in the concept of audience reviews, one of her many jobs at MacNeil/Lehrer was to collect and organize audience opinions for executive producer, Robert MacNeil and the M/L reporters.
Christine lives in NYC with her extremely supportive husband, two enthusiastic sons, and a delightful, but skittish cat, named Gracie.
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Report to the Human Rights Council on judicial councils
On 22 June 2018, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers presented his second report to the Human Rights Council, which focuses on the role that judicial councils and/or other bodies independent from the legislative and executive branches of powers play in ensuring the independence of the judiciary.
Statement of the Special Rapporteur: English | Spanish
In preparing this report, the Special Rapporteur called for contributions from States, international and regional human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions, judicial councils and civil society. The Special Rapporteur requested information on the existence of a national body or mechanism in charge of guaranteeing judicial independence; the composition of this body or mechanism and the procedure for the appointment of its members; and the competences of this body or mechanism in relation to all decisions relating to the careers of judges (selection, appointment, promotion, suspension and dismissal).
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- The registers in this chapter show the faithfulness of God to his promise to Abraham. Esau is here called Edom, that name which kept up the remembrance of his selling his birth-right for a mess of pottage. Esau continued the same profane despiser of heavenly things. In outward prosperity and honour, the children of the covenant are often behind, and those that are out of the covenant get the start. We may suppose it a trial to the faith of God's Israel, to hear of the pomp and power of the kings of Edom, while they were bond-slaves in Egypt; but those that look for great things from God, must be content to wait for them; God's time is the best time. Mount Seir is called the land of their possession. Canaan was at this time only the land of promise. Seir was in the possession of the Edomites. The children of this world have their all in hand, and nothing in hope, (Lu 16:25); while the children of God have their all in hope, and next to nothing in hand. But, all things considered, it is beyond compare better to have Canaan in promise, than mount Seir in possession.
Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we Continue in the book of Genesis with Chapter 36 and in today's text we see descendants of Esau now called Edom, a Hebrew word for red. His descendants are known as Edomites and later became enemies of King David. The Edomites did not follow the Lord and intermarried the Canaanite women who were not of the Lord. As today's text focuses on Esau the thing I notice is man who didn't hold much esteem or respect for the Lord. He tends to do what he pleases - regardless of the consequences. Selling his birthright for bowl of stew and marring the Canaanite women shows disrespect for the things of the Lord. In making application, I see many who have this same disrespect for God and the things of God. They don't respect the Bible, the Church, or institutions that God establishes like marriage. Simply put, selfish. They don't have any regard for anyone but themselves and this attitude leaves them an empty life. I have attended funerals of selfish individuals to see no one show up to pay respects due to a lack of investment in any life but their own. How about you? Are you Selfish? Do you regard and respect the Lord and the things of the Lord? Do you invest your life in others? Let us learn from our text today and the life of Esau to see that a selfish life is not of the Lord and leaves an empty life.
1Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
3And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
5And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
6And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
7For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
10These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
14And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
16Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
17And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
18And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
19These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
21And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
22And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
30Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
32And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
35And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
36And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
38And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
43Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.


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Q: Get new fileName as new1, new2 new3 and so on I have an array which contains the FileNames as New1, New2.... etc
I'm trying to code a function which returns me the new file name which is not present in the array and is the next consecutive number.
Let's say I have array as
Let array = [{"Name" : "New"},{"Name" : "New1"},{"Name" : "New3"}]

Then I want next new file name to be New2
How can I do this in java script?

A: This function should help you determine what is the number that is missing if you have a partially consecutive sequence. I've edited the sample array's objects so that the key is name, and not "Name".

let array = [{name: "New"},{name: "New1"},{name: "New3"}]

let nextNumber = (arr) => {
    return arr
        .map(o => o.name)
        .map(n => n.substring(3))
        .filter(s => s != "")
        .map(s => parseInt(s))
        .find((e, _i, a) => {
            if (!a.includes(e + 1))
                return true;
        }) + 1
}

console.log(nextNumber(array))

A: YOu can create a substring and use forEach to loop the array .Then check the index with the substring

let array = [{
  "Name": "New"
}, {
  "Name": "New1"
}, {
  "Name": "New3"
}];

array.forEach(function(item, index) {
  if (index === 0) {
    if (item.Name.slice(3) !== '') {
      console.log("new" + index);
    }
  } else {
    if (item.Name.slice(3) != index) {
      console.log("new" + index);
    }
  }
})

A: Using the below function you will be able to pass the default filename and file array both. So this function will work for any kind of filenames and find the missing number in between if there is any.

function getNewFileName(FileArr, defaultName){
    let isKeepTrying = true;
    let fileName = defaultName;
    let defaultFileName = defaultName;
    let counter = 0;

    let namearr=  [];
    for(let i=0; i<FileArr.length ; i++ ){
        let newFileName = FileArr[i].Name;
        namearr.push(newFileName);
    }

    do{
        if(namearr.indexOf(fileName) > -1) {
            counter += 1;
            fileName = defaultFileName + counter;
            isKeepTrying = true;
        }
        else {
            isKeepTrying = false;
        }
    } while (isKeepTrying);
    return fileName;
};

var files = [{"Name": "New"}, {"Name":"New1"}, {"Name":"New3"}]

console.log(getNewFileName(files,"New"))

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Q: What is the relationship between primary decomposition and irreducible decomposition? Let $A$ be a Noetherian ring and $M$ a finitely generated $A$-module or Noetherian $A$-module. In my commutative algebra class, I was given the following theorems.
The first was about the existence of irreducible decomposition of submodules of $M$ :
Every submodule $N$ of $M$ has an irreducible decomposition $N = \bigcap_{i=1}^r N_i$ such that $N_i$ is irreducible.
The irreducible decomposition was called a naive decomposition by the teacher since it did not work well on vector spaces.
Then, I was given the primary decomposition by the following 3 theorems :
1) An irreducible submodule of $M$ is primary.
2) If $N = \bigcap_{i=1}^r N_i$ with $N_i$ being $\mathfrak{p}_i$-primary is an irredundant decomposition, then, $\mathbf{Ass}_A(M/N) = \{\mathfrak{p}_1,\dots,\mathfrak{p}_r\}$.
3) For any shortest primary, irredundant decomposition $N = \bigcap_{i=1}^r N_i$ with $N_i$ being $\mathfrak{p}_i$-primary, if $\mathfrak{p}_i$ is minimal in $\mathbf{Ass}_A(M/N)$, then, $N_i = \phi^{-1}(N_{\mathfrak{p}_i})$ where $\phi : M \rightarrow M_{\mathfrak{p}_i}$ is the canonical morphism.
In addtion, 1) implies the existence of irredundant, shortest primary decomposition.
So, my question is what exactly is the relationship between primary decomposition and irreducible decomposition ?
It seemed from 1) that such two decompositions are the same.
Can anyone help me ? Thank you.
For your information, the following are some related definitions.
A proper submodule $N$ of $M$ is irreducible if $N = N_1 \cap N_2 \implies N = N_1 \lor N = N_2$ for any submodules $N_1,N_2$ of $M$.
$N = \bigcap_{i=1}^r N_i$ is an irreducible decomposition of $N$ if every $N_i$ is irreducible.
A submodule $N$ of $M$ is $\mathfrak{p}$-primary if $\mathfrak{p}$ is the only associated prime ideal of $M/N$ over $A$, that is, $\mathbf{Ass}_A(M/N) = \{\mathfrak{p}\}$.
The decomposition $N = \bigcap_{i=1}^r N_i$ is a primary decomposition if every $N_i$ is primary.
The decomposition $N = \bigcap_{i=1}^r N_i$ is shortest primary if $N_i$ are $\mathfrak{p}_i$-primary and $\forall i \neq j, \mathfrak{p}_i \neq \mathfrak{p}_j$.
The decomposition $N = \bigcap_{i=1}^r N_i$ is irredundant if the intersection with any $N_i$ omitted does not equal $N$.
Again, thank you for your help. This question may be a little too long, sorry to take your time.

A: In the context of algebraic geometry, a decomposition $I=\bigcap I_i$ corresponds to a decomposition of $V=\bigcup V_i$. So irreducible decomposition simply decomposes a variety into unions of irreducible components. This should be unique in the sense there are only finite number of such components, and this only catches the information of the minimal primes for non-radicals. So primary decomposition should carry slightly more information.
For your question, if $R$ is noetherian, $M$ is f.g. $R$ module, then every irreducible decomposition must also be a primary decomposition, but the converse is not true. For example, $I=(x,y)^2\subset R=k[x,y]$ itself is a primary decomposition, with $I$ being $(x,y)$-primary. This is, however, not an irreducible decomposition. We can write $$I=(x^2,y)\cap(x,y^2).$$
Note both are $(x,y)$-primary, so it is not a shortest decomposition.


A common trend that I've seen in the tech industry is that the quality of company culture is often determined by how many employee perks are offered. A lot of job seekers will see bean-bag chairs, free food and a ping pong table and nod their heads and exclaim "Ah yes, this is a company I want to work for. Look at this great company culture." Likewise, companies will try to attract the best and brightest talent by investing their time and money into providing ridiculous perks for their employees such as free monster trucks or Friday helicopter rides. Perks nowadays range anywhere from free lunch to Google's private bus service for its employees. The common misconception is that if you spend the money on perks, the culture will follow, everyone will be happy and there will be sunshine, rainbows and free lunch.
Now don't get me wrong, perks can be used to enhance an already great culture, but there is no way that they can be used as replacement for culture. Perks may attract people, but culture is what keeps them.
Likewise, apples don't taste as good if they are harvested from a rotting tree. If someone is surrounded by toxic people who are out to get them, no amount of reptiles in the office is going to convince that person to stay.
Just as you can't place a bowl of apples on a table and simply expect a full apple tree to just grow out of nowhere, you can't expect to grow culture from perks. However, you can plant an apple tree, and after some tender loving care, you can grow some apples from that tree. The perks that stem from the corporate culture tree should be a result of intention and care for the company's culture and a reflection of its values.
If you were to travel the world and notice the cultures present in many different countries and community they will all have one thing in common: their cultures were created by people, not perks. Why should company culture be any different?


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Myron is an executive of Fagltative Reinsurance Co-operative Underwriting Cleveland Brown Jr. sneaks into posing as an executive in "When a Man (or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie", making small talk with Myron on his first day.
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You know when you're over-zealous at the grocery store sometimes, then weeks later regret it? Like when I see a giant bag of Ruby Red grapefruits from Texas (Texas, only Texas. Trust me on this one.) I grab that bag who's sheer girth could kill someone, and gleefully haul it all the way home. But 5 days later, there are 1 or 2 sad little dusty grapefruits left at the bottom of the fruit bowl. And you would tackle someone for an Egg White Delight from McDonald's rather than eat another grapefruit for breakfast?
Well, the lonely grapefruits were sadly looking at me, and I decided to do some baking with them. I had an overabundance of basil that needed trimming as well, and I knew basil went well with citrus as well as white chocolate. SO voila-here's my yummy experiment. It was a big success. We all keep eating them this week, and are visiting the tennis court tonight to work the calories off-even our daughter.
They are pretty dangerous, and the grapefruit I used I'm sure isn't sad any longer. I know I'm not. Mmmm-M.
Preheat oven to 375°. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Then add egg, vanilla, zest, one drop of red food coloring, basil and juice. Whip until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt with a fork. Put mixer on the low setting, and gradually add the flour to the wet batter. Mix until well combined, but be careful to not over mix. Add white chocolate chips by hand with a spatula until well distributed.
Drop batter by the tablespoonfuls about 2 " apart on a parchment/foil lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, flipping sheets midway through baking time for even browning. Cookies should be lightly golden on the top and set. Once done, let cookies sit on baking trays for about five minutes to settle, then use a metal spatula to carefully transfer cookies onto a cooling rack. Store in airtight container for up to a week.
But to give you fair warning, they won't last that long.


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Hidden Gems: A Business Owner and a Reviewer's Guide
On this week's episode, Krisi Hora, owner Peg Leg Vintage, and Yelp reviewer Hannah H. discuss about curating and find hidden gems.
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Behind the Review host and Yelp's Small Business Expert, Emily Washcovick, shares a look at this week's episode of the podcast.
Curating an inventory of hidden gems and quality antique pieces takes time, thought, and a keen eye. On this week's episode, we take a look at why, with certain stores, it's so important to not only have a thoughtful product collection, but also an intentional in-store layout. Peg Leg Vintage is an antique shop in Baltimore, and owner Krisi Hora prides herself on her quality mid-century collection – one that has helped her build a trusted customer base and find success digitally during the pandemic.
Our Yelp reviewer Hannah H. loves discovering places that fly under the radar, which is how she felt about her first time at Peg Leg Vintage. "When I look for a business, it's not the number of reviews that they have. I actually get really excited if they don't have that many reviews because I feel as if it's telling me that this business is either a hidden gem or it's a small business that no one has ever or has yet to discover."
Through Hannah's Yelp review and our discussion, you'll see how Krisi's hard work and dedication to her vision paid off. Without prompt, Hannah makes note of many of the things that Krisi specifically aims to achieve, including the deliberate store layout, the high-quality products, and the uniqueness of them. But what it really all boils down to is Krisi and what she does to make Peg Leg Vintage so special.
Krisi certainly has an eye and a skill for salvaging great pieces but a lot of the connection that people feel with the business is their connection to Krisi herself. She has become an expert in mid-century, antiquing, refinishing and design, sure—but it's her personality and approachability that makes people ask questions, take the time to learn about the pieces, and become interested in the story behind what they're buying. She's knowledgeable, always learning about old pieces, doesn't pretend to know everything, and has a real passion for connecting with people.
So, outside of hearing firsthand from Hannah about what goes into a standout experience and listening to Krisi in hopes of having some of her inherent business magic rub off on you, here are some of the other takeaways from the episode:
Don't be pushy. Let your product make the sale. Focus on making a meaningful connection with your customers. Be there to answer questions and to help them if they are looking for it, but avoid pressuring someone into a sale – it may cost you in the long run.
High quality products elicit trust. When it comes to something like antique shops, jewelry stores, and art galleries, building credibility is essential to justifying the price point. Though it may take time, if you have quality products, the rest will follow.
Non-traditional businesses can go digital too. Before the pandemic, Krisi had started a regular, though limited, digital posting cadence to show off products weekly. Since last March, though, she's had to pivot like the rest of business owners and move into ecommerce. Because of the trust she's built, her reputation allows people to trust the quality of her products without seeing them in person.
Listen to the episode below to hear directly from Krisi and Hannah, and subscribe to Behind the Review for more from new business owners and reviewers every Thursday.
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The generator had arrived and the workers were toiling around the clock to install it. New cables had to be run, the old ones were not sufficient to carry the required voltage needed to power the array. Additional circuits were installed to ensure there was no feedback loop created.
Gunter prowled the compound, overseeing the installation and asking dozens of questions. His physical appearance continued to deteriorate, but his internal drive was stronger than ever. The workers tried to avoid him, not daring to stare at the lesion on his face that had grown considerably within the last couple of days. It was now a dark purple and flapped on his cheek. He seemed not to notice.
Entering the lab Gunter looked for and found Dr. Zofel.
"How is it coming?" asked Gunter.
"I've not done it since you returned. I thought you were handling that with your own ability," remarked Dr. Zofel.
"We need to run a scan." Gunter peered at the far wall.
"Gunter, I cannot do two things at once. If you want this array on-line by midnight I will have to focus on it. If you want a perimeter scan completed I will have to stop what I'm doing and focus on that. It could set us back several hours. Which one do you want me to focus my attention on?" asked Dr. Zofel, pausing to stare at Gunter.
Gunter walked around the connector chair and ran his fingers across the helmet. His eyes were staring off into space. Turning around, Gunter walked aimlessly through the room before returning to Dr. Zofel's side.
Dr. Zofel watched Gunter leave. His condition was fading faster than he realized. He had run tests on the German earlier in the morning and the cancer cells were spreading at an alarming rate. It would not be long before the disease started to shut down his system and destroy his organs one by one. Dr. Zofel smiled to himself. When Gunter was gone he would assume command. It was the natural progression of things.
Smiling to himself, Dr. Zofel returned to his work. Time. It was always on the side of the patient.
"Mr. President, we are only asking that you consider the request. If what Cody has told us is accurate, your life could be in danger. It is not unreasonable to assume Gunter would target you as a victim. What better way to send a message?" CIA Director Skylar Thompson spoke quietly.
"Skylar, I really do appreciate your concern, but let's evaluate this situation first. If I'm in danger from some sort of mind attack, what good would moving or additional shielding accomplish? Wouldn't they be able to find me anyway? Like I said, I don't believe this is accurate intelligence and I don't believe in this mental imagery. Thank you, but please don't bother me with this again." The President forced a smile to his face and waved to Skylar, indicating he was dismissed.
Skylar left the Oval Office and proceeded to a lower level and approached the Secret Service agents monitoring the security systems for the White House. The Secret Service Assistant Director was there, Ellen Dipple.
"Are they back on their bench, Ellen?" asked Skylar.
"Yes, they are. They were here earlier than we expected. We pulled some information on them. The boy was a patient at the Colorado Springs Brain Institute, but the parents asked for the treatment to be abated. The mother, Rachel, wanted the young man back home with them. They are wealthy and have been providing for his treatment out of their pocket. Today will be two weeks they have been sitting and staring at the White House." Ellen looked over at Skylar. She had been briefed on the possible threat to the President.
"I have information that he does not and that we are not to disturb him," said Skylar.
Ellen looked at the monitors. Ralph was staring at the White House, his eyes glued to the building. Sensitive monitors could pick up their conversation.
"Have they said anything today?" asked Skylar.
"No. I wish I did, but I don't. Please let me know if anything develops here and I'll do the same on my end." Skylar nodded to the agents.
Ellen and her two agents turned to stare at the mother and son. So much they did not know.
June landed the Tross near an island with swaying palm trees and several jagged mountains jutting to the skyline. The water was a crystal blue and as clear as polished glass. Two rather large inflatable rafts met the Tross and the Navy SEALs piled on board. After securing the plane, June, Dustin Zane and Slade followed them.
A temporary command post had been erected on the beach and Colonel Torres was already present with his men.
"What about fire support?" asked June.
"Then let's go over the operation plan again," said Slade, following the Colonel to the command tent.
It had been impossible to sleep. The sound of the surf lapping at the beach and the birds calling in the trees. Slade had been restless and walked through the command center several times. Walking into the mess tent he found June and Dustin Zane already there drinking coffee. The three of them shared stories and laughed until it was time to get dressed.
The three of them were in the third raft. Powered by a two hundred horsepower Yamaha outboard, the boat shot across the water and glided over the swells. The raft carried twenty men. They were with the Navy SEALs and some of Colonel Torres men. There were twelve rafts all total. A little over two hundred men to launch the attack. Would it be enough? Slade dismissed the thought from his mind.
Slade ran his hand over his rifle. In addition, he carried his Beretta 9mm. The gun was over twenty-five years old, but it gave him comfort. He had carried it on LAPD and it had saved his life more than once. Checking the snap, he made sure it was secure.
Glancing over at June and Dustin Zane he noticed they were checking weapons as well. Everyone was in camouflage clothing and dark paint was streaked across their face. A fine mist from the spray the waves created when striking the boat had coated them, but noone seemed to notice. Their nerves were on end and they were all focused on the assault.
Slade's team would have the responsibility of taking the research lab, releasing the prisoners and securing the computer data base. Slade looked over at Jones. The young SEAL had not spoken to him since their conversation and he avoided eye contact with Slade. The man was probably lying about some of the information he had given Slade, but the truth would all be revealed. Slade shrugged his shoulders. Their main concern was staying alive long enough to learn the truth.
Nearing the Island, the main engine was cut and a smaller electric motor was employed. Not as fast, but incredibly quiet. The men moved lower in the boat to reduce any silhouette an alert sentry may see. Their primary concern was exposure at the top of a wave before the boat slipped into the trough created by the swells.
The break water. Slade heard it before he saw it. A small natural cove was going to be their landing spot. Two machine gun nests were positioned with a commanding view of the shoreline. They were approximately seventy-five feet from the water's edge. They did not know what type of electronic surveillance the Island had, but they had to assume there were sensors on the beach.
A SEAL was reading the depth gauge near the console. When it signaled three feet, he motioned to the team leader. On cue, everyone started slipping quietly over the side. Slade felt the water rush around him and had to compensate for the current. Easing forward, they pushed through the water for shore.
Slade could see June and Dustin Zane on his right. They were about thirty feet from him. The first man to reach the beach was a SEAL and he immediately went to a prone position and started to crawl forward. The other men followed suit. Slade eased down into the sand and cradling his rifle, and started to crawl. He had never felt so alone and exposed in all his life. The beach would become a killing ground if the machine gunners discovered them. There was no place to hide.
Luck held and they were able to move within feet of the first machine gun nest. The two men manning the position were playing cards and arguing over who had the better hand. Just as they were about to assault the position, gunfire could be heard across the Island. Momentarily there was a pause before the two men sprang to life. The assault team members reacted at the same time and a brief fire fight erupted.
Surprise had been on the side of the assault team and both machine gun positions were taken without mishap, the mercenaries killed and the deadly weapons silenced. Moving forward, Slade joined the SEAL Lieutenant.
"Got it. Let's move." Slade motioned for his group to follow him.
The sound of the attack was growing in intensity and he heard explosions. Mortars. The Colombians were assaulting the defensive positions on the main beach. The machine guns could be heard firing continuously. Where was the cover fire? Where was the US Navy Cruiser First Contact? Without it, they would not survive.
"Working on it." Slade peered out from behind a mound of dirt. The mercenaries had dug in around the main entrance. In addition to the two gun emplacements near the door, they had a third on the roof. It would be suicide to rush the front.
A young soldier crawled up next to Slade.
"Yes. See if you can get them," replied Slade, firing a quick burst at the gunners.
"XO, are we within range for our guns to be effective. Must be a precision strike. I don't want our boys hurt." Captain Richardson prowled the Bridge, his brow knitted. They had been traveling at top speed for days and everyone's nerves were on edge. This conflict was why they were here.
Captain Richardson felt the bulkhead quiver as the First Contact's guns started to fire. Bright lights arced through the night toward the island. They still needed to get closer. He just hoped they had arrived in time.
Slade heard the rounds coming in and started yelling at his squad.
"Back up! Back up! Coordinate the bombing with the First Contact!" Slade had yelled at the radioman and he was busy relaying information.
The incoming shelling was starting to have an effect. One round landed directly on a machine gun nest and it was destroyed. The others missed, but the mercenaries were forced to take cover from the shrapnel.
"Tell them to keep it coming!" yelled Slade.
"Gunter, we're under attack!" screamed Dr. Zofel.
"The final data has not been processed, but everything looks good. I need a little more time to evaluate the last set of data…" Dr. Zofel was cut off.
Dr. Zofel turned toward technicians and started giving instructions. Within moments the array was brought on line, power surging through the cables to the connector chair. The indicator lights above the helmet started to glow and Dr. Zofel was listening as an assistant read the power settings.
Dr. Zofel looked up as the side door to the lab was opened and Jimmy was wheeled in. He had already been sedated. He was quickly strapped in to the connector chair and the mind cocktail was fed to him through an IV.
"Is his mind ready to fire?" asked Dr. Zofel.
"Yes. Neuron activity increasing. A spike in synaptic activity. He has reached optimal capacity and we have control of his mind, thoughts and projection." A senior technician proudly looked over at Dr. Zofel.
Dr. Zofel and Gunter approached the one-way mirror of the operation center so they could view Jimmy strapped to the connector chair. His body contorted violently several times.
"What is happening?" asked Dr. Zofel.
Gunter and Dr. Zofel looked at each other. Years of research was about to be realized. History was being made.


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"While much of the rest of the so-called civilized world is chucking expired goods in the trash – and maybe sometimes giving it to charity – Denmark has embraced this creative means of reducing the nation's food waste. Annually, the country throws away some 700,000 metric tons of food. On a global scale, over 1.3 billion metric tons of food is lost or discarded each year, which is equivalent to one-third of all food produced. From an environmental perspective, that figure is atrocious.
Although other countries, including the United States, have "surplus" grocery outlets that carry damaged-box goods, or those with an older packaging design, or which have been discontinued for any number of other reasons, expired goods are very rarely seen – even though the Food and Drug Administration doesn't bar retailers from selling food products that are past their expiration date (nor does it require manufacturers to add an expiration date, for what it's worth).


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Updated High School Initiative Map Provides Data on College-and Career-Readiness
Submitted by National High S... on Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:10am
The National High School Center has updated the High School Initiatives Map with new information on state high school graduation requirements, university admission requirements, and the number of high school students in each state. This resource allows users to compare each state's high school graduation requirements and college admission requirements. According to the High School Initiatives Map, nearly half (22) of state high school graduation requirements do not meet admission requirements to universities in at least one of the following areas: English/Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, and Foreign Language. Foreign language is the most common course for which graduation requirements do not meet admission requirements. Fourteen states have foreign language graduation requirements that do not meet admission requirements to universities in the state. All but one state's graduation requirements met college admission requirements for English/Language Arts, but seven states' graduation requirements were lower than college admission requirements in math, and six were lower in social studies and science. Although many states have embraced the goal of graduating every student college- and career- ready, career and technical education (CTE) requirements and college-ready requirements appear misaligned in several states. For example, nine states have a graduation requirement that can be fulfilled through either career or technical education or a foreign language course. Foreign languages are often required by colleges for admission, whereas CTE courses can be instrumental in helping students become ready for a career pathway. Only six states unequivocally require a CTE course, and two additional states offer the choice of CTE or a course in the arts. Note: This blog post was originally authored under the auspices of the National High School Center at the American Institutes for Research (AIR). The National High School Center's blog, High School Matters, which ran until March 2013, provided an objective perspective on the latest research, issues, and events that affected high school improvement. The CCRS Center plans to continue relevant work originally developed under the National High School Center grant. National High School Center blog posts that pertain to CCRS Center issues are included on this website as a resource to our stakeholders.


Compost piles in backyards are often tempting to pets. However, until composting materials have fully decomposed they can be toxic to pets who ingest the mixtures. Frank Davis and Laura Stern, DVM, share what to do when dealing with compost toxicity. Continue reading.