If you're a regular here, you'll know that I'm pretty committed to traditional publishing.
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
They do all the faffing about with proofreaders and cover designers and illustrators and permissions and all that, so I can just do some writing, which I like better than faffing about.
They give me an editor. An editor I am not paying, who will be as rude or ruthless as necessary to make a good book (rather than to make a happy author who will pay again).Or that's how it should work.
I know pretty much what I'm earning - they promise me some money if I write a book; I write the book; they give me the money. Then later I might get some more money. Great! This is all very straightforward and I can plan things like buying some food or going to Italy. Occasionally, a publisher goes bust and I don't get the money. But, to be fair, I've probably lost only about £5000 like that over the last fifteen years. Painful at the time, but not a bad average.
This will cause howls of disagreement from the self-publishing lobby, but I genuinely think the endorsement of a traditional publisher counts for something in the eyes of the buying public - and with good reason. Anyone and his dog can put out a book on Kindle. While there are some very good ones, there is also a lot of total shite out there. If I am looking for a book of a specific type and I see it's only available as an e-book I check out the publisher. If it looks as if it's self-published, I don't buy it. I want publishers doing quality control - I don't have time to do it myself. I expect other readers are the same. And yes, of course some traditionally published books are bad. But a higher proportion of self-published books are bad.
They don't send the brief immediately, or when they say they will. It's as though they consider their job done when they've found an author. Ahem - we have to do the book, yet. Not sending the brief means I can't even start the outline. This summer's record for this one: not sending a brief for three weeks on a project that had six weeks to start with. And I've still not got it. They have failed to send a brief for three weeks, because they are 'very busy'. But their project is very urgent. Of course. Just not urgent enough to devote any time to.
They sit on outlines or synopses for weeks - sometimes until after the delivery date for the manuscript. Record on this one: until after the final delivery date of the manuscript.
They take ages to respond to questions - that is, questions about the book they have commissioned and that has a deadline that isn't going to move just because they haven't answered crucial questions about content or format.
And the money. I get less for a book now than I got for a comparable book 15 years ago. Royalties, advances and fees are all down. One has even just tried to change the fee after the event. But this post isn't about money, it's about behaviour. That last point is relevant though, changing the fee after the event. It's as if I went to Pizza Express, ate a pizza, and then refused to pay the advertised price. They'd call the police!
I have to say that I also work with some wonderful professional, capable, efficient and hard-working editors. I love them to bits. They are the reason I put up with the others - every time I hope I will have a good experience. I know which publishers I can trust and I work with them repeatedly. They know who they are because I tell them that I appreciate them. I am working with three of them at the moment. But some others - what planet are they on? Planet complacency. And planet complacency is about to be hit by a meteor (otherwise known as 'the changing face of publishing').
So - should I give up on these unprofessional people? There are plenty of authors out there saying 'why should the publisher get 90% of the income from a book?' But this isn't about the money. It's about the attitude. It's about not being able to write a book of 128 pages over three successive weekends in August, spending the weekdays waiting on the editor's response. It's about needing a brief before starting a project (of the type that needs a brief). It's about working with professionals.
Last year, I had an argument with a publisher who said that now is the best time to be an author. It so isn't. Now is the worst time to be an author. You earn less than ten years ago for the same work. Many - not all - publishers have a ridiculously unprofessional attitude, short deadlines and no budget. They don't value authors, but at the same time they depend on authors to sort out all their scheduling screw-ups. Perhaps it's a good time to be starting out as an author. You can stick all your books on Kindle and take a chance on them being discovered. Do lots of promotion. Alienate all your Facebook friends. I don't want to do that. I want to do what I'm good at and leave publishers to do what they're good at. Only problem is, some of them don't seem to be good at it any more.
It's actually much harder for someone who makes a living from books to switch to e-self-publishing than it is for someone who still hopes to find a publisher. The unpubilshed are not giving anything up (except perhaps a dream of being published by Penguin, or whoever). I'd be risking my whole family income, and certainly swappping a model on which I can plan a budget for one on which I can't.
This would be less tricky if I wrote more for adults. Of course, there are lots of people writing for adults who make a good living from well-written self-e-published books. Children's books are a different matter. And I love my adult publisher, so I don't want to self-publish instead of working with them.
So I'm not *quite* ready to jack it all in and start poking the HTML, but I can see it's not far off. Publishers were always vulnerable to people wanting to keep more of the money, but that won't be my motivation. When they lose the battle to keep the people who would rather work with them than not, they've really, really lost.
And finally... even if you think you can work out which publishers I'm talking about, you can't. I have books at various stages with eight different publishers and none of you knows who all of them are.
This post was prompted by a question asked by Vanessa Harbour on her blog Chaosmos - why is it so hard to see problems with our own writing, even when we can pick up the same problems in the writing of others? The answer, as she says herself, is that we see what we want to see when we re-read our own work - we're blind to the things we never intended to be there (ie mistakes). How to get unblind?
I've spent some years as a Royal Literary Fund fellow. RLF fellows work in UK universities helping students to improve their writing skills. A lot of it is about self-editing. It's not about teaching them to write fiction (most of them are not creative writing students - they can be writing about pharmacology, fashion, maths, history - anything). It's not about editing what they have written. It's about teaching them to be better writers, to take charge of the nuts and bolts of writing, not only using grammar competently but writing effectively. One of the techniques I use with students might, I hope, help other writers. You need to print out some of your work to do this.
1: I go through a few pages of the student's writing highlighting all the mistakes with a highlighter pen and explaining what is wrong. If possible, I use different colours for different types of mistake. For instance, there might be one colour for grammatical errors, one for changes of point of view, one for unnecessary passive constructions... you get the idea. If you can get someone you trust to do this for you, they might spot more than you spot yourself, but if you don't have someone to do it, print your work in a font you don't normally use so that it doesn't look like your work.
2: Over the next few pages, I highlight the same mistakes in the same colours, but without the annotation.
3: I check the student understands why each bit has been highlighted and help them to change/improve it. I tell the student to go through the rest of the work highlighting the errors, using the same colours.
4:The colour pattern shows which are the most common mistakes. Focus on looking out for that type as you write. Every few pages, print some out and highlight in colour all the mistakes of that type. Revise to correct them.
5: Do the same with the next type of mistake. Every so often, do an audit of the type of errors that are sneaking through still and try harder. Keep the highlighters by the keyboard as you type - seeing them will remind you of what you are avoiding.
This is much easier for a competent writer than for a student who doesn't really understand why some of the things even ARE mistakes.


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DHBs will save another $650,000 a year from lower priced wound care and surgery equipment through a new national PHARMAC agreement with a major medical device supplier.
From 1 September, DHBs can use a national contract to buy products from Covidien New Zealand Limited including wound dressings, casting bandages, medical tapes, surgical stitches (sutures) and items used in abdominal keyhole surgery.
The agreement follows others PHARMAC has reached with eight other suppliers of medical devices such as wound care, sutures and disposable laparoscopic equipment. Since February this year PHARMAC has listed almost 5000 individual medical device products on the Pharmaceutical Schedule.
So far, PHARMAC has achieved minimum national annual savings of almost $2 million for DHBs through its medical device procurement activity since the first listing earlier this year.
The new contract with Covidien covers products that account for DHB spending of about $4.6 million per year, with savings of over 14 percent.
Previously DHBs had to individually negotiate their own prices for these products and potentially ended up paying different prices for the same products.
PHARMAC is aiming to get nationally consistent lower prices, and reduce future pricing pressures, on items that many DHBs and primary care providers are already using.
Director of Operations Sarah Fitt says the deal is significant.
"Covidien is one of a number of major suppliers to DHBs and this agreement means all DHBs can get this equipment for the same price. Equal access across the country and transparent pricing is a key reason why PHARMAC is doing this work, but we also need to get savings for DHBs at the same time," Sarah Fitt says.
"The contracts are also protection for DHBs against rising prices."
"PHARMAC is now looking toward reaching agreements with suppliers of interventional cardiology equipment and orthopaedic implants and will be expanding into other categories of products over time."
This national contracting activity is the first step towards PHARMAC assuming broader responsibility for hospital medical devices on behalf of DHBs– in the same way it manages new technology assessment, contracting and expenditure on hospital and community medicines, and vaccines.
Details about PHARMAC's medical device activity and its work towards management, can be found on our website https://pharmac.govt.nz/hospital-devices/
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March 8, 2016 In DNA, Sexual Offences
DNA transfer through non-intimate contact
In sexual offence cases where no semen is detected, the presence of female DNA on penile swabs and underwear of the defendant may be put forward to address the issue of whether or not sexual intercourse took place. However it is known that DNA can be transferred through non-intimate contact so research was commissioned to investigate the frequency and amount of DNA which might be transferred in this way. The work was recently published in Science and Justice by the UK and Ireland Association of Forensic Science Providers' Body Fluid Forum which our expert Julie Allard co-chaired at the time of the research.
The method was designed to mimic a 'worst case scenario' where there was extensive non-intimate contact during social interaction – a male donor touched the face of a female participant with his hands, massaging her face and neck for 2 minutes, then holding her hands for 3 minutes. Throughout the 5 minutes of contact, they spoke to each other. This scenario provided an opportunity for the direct transfer of cells and/or saliva from the female to the male's hands. The second stage required that the male to go to the bathroom immediately afterwards and simulate urination for 30 seconds by undoing his trousers and removing his penis from his underwear, then redressing. After walking around for 5 minutes, the male took swabs from his penis and sealed his underwear in a bag. This second stage provided an opportunity for an indirect (secondary) transfer of the female's DNA to his penis and underwear. Some experiments were also carried out with a 6 hour time delay between the simulated urination and the DNA sampling.
The DNA profiling method used for the experiments was SGMPlus which was in routine use at the time of the research. The results showed that with this DNA method the high levels of DNA which may be detected following sexual intercourse were not replicated as a result of transfer by non-intimate contact. The published paper gives some guidance on the amounts which might be expected as a result of non-intimate contact.
What does this mean for cases profiled using the current DNA17 methods?
Since DNA17 is so much more sensitive than the previous SGMPlus method, we would expect to detect more of the DNA transferred indirectly during the non-intimate contact. As yet there is no published research which directly addresses how much more in this specific situation, however there are various papers which show that indirect transfers of DNA are readily detected with DNA17.
If you have a sexual offence case where the mechanism of transfer for the complainant's DNA on the defendant's penis or underwear is in dispute, we can review the DNA results and provide you with an evaluation regarding whether the findings are more likely given sexual intercourse or some other non-intimate contact.
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Goalkeepers are allowed to use both hands within their four-metre area.
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The game is played between two teams in a pool 30 metres by 20 metres in area and at least two metres deep.
Each team comprises 13 players with seven (six field players and a goalkeeper) in play at any one time.
When a team has the ball, it must shoot within 35 seconds. Each quarter begins with each team lined up on the goal line it's defending.
When the whistle blows, players sprint towards the centre of the pool, where the ball is attached to a special buoy. The buoy retracts, allowing the fastest player to secure the possession for his or her team.
There are two types of fouls. Ordinary fouls include touching the ball with two hands, taking the ball underwater, impeding an opponent, pushing off an opponent and failing to shoot or advance the ball within 35 seconds.
An ordinary foul results in a free throw to the opposition from the point where the foul took place.
Major fouls result in a player being excluded from the game for 20 seconds, and are also called exclusion fouls.
An excluded player can rejoin the game in less than 20 seconds if a goal is scored or possession changes hands.
Players are not allowed to touch the sides or bottom of the pool and must tread water for the entire match.
The entire ball must cross the line within the goal posts for a goal to be scored. Any part of the body can be used to propel the ball over the line, apart from the clenched fist.
Attacking players can be offside within their attacking two-metre zone, ie, unless they have the ball, they must stay behind the ball in that zone.
Goalkeepers are allowed to use both hands within their four-metre area. They must stay on their own side of halfway.
SPORT Kookaburras and Sharks fall
Mon 15 Aug 2016, 1:13 PM AEST
Australia's men's water polo and hockey teams crash out of Rio as the Boomers win their final basketball pool match.
SPORT Day 9: What to watch out for in Rio
Sun 14 Aug 2016, 4:13 PM AEST
Take a look at all the action coming up on Day 9 of the Rio Olympics.
SPORT Opals, Stingers, Hockeyroos win on day eight
Sun 14 Aug 2016, 3:07 AM AEST
Opals earn another comeback win, this time against Belarus, while the Stingers dominate Brazil in water polo on day eight.
SPORT Pool 'smells like fart'
Sat 13 Aug 2016, 5:49 AM AEST
A German diver describes an unholy smell at the pools while an Olympic spokesman turns science disparager.
SPORT Opals shine against Japan
Fri 12 Aug 2016, 2:05 AM AEST
Liz Cambage stars as the Opals stage a mighty comeback to beat Japan 92 to 86 on day six of competition in Rio.
SPORT Kookas march on, sevens out
Thu 11 Aug 2016, 12:31 AM AEST
Australia's men's hockey team stays alive with 2-1 win over Great Britain, but the men's rugby sevens are not so lucky against South Africa.
Video 0:52 Losses on the mat Opals unbeaten on the court
Wed 10 Aug 2016, 12:24 PM AEST
The Opals have continued their unbeaten start to the Olympics and the Stingers have begun with victory in water polo, but two Australians have been eliminated from the Judo.
SPORT Mixed team results on day four
Wed 10 Aug 2016, 3:51 AM AEST
The Stingers and Opals have solid wins on day four in Rio, but Australia's men's rugby sevens and hockey teams both suffer losses.
SPORT Stingers have Sydney inspiration
Fri 5 Aug 2016, 6:39 AM AEST
The Stingers' Bronwen Knox says memories of the women's water polo final at the Sydney 2000 Olympics will inspire Australia's tilt in Rio.
SPORT Water polo players on the mend
Wed 3 Aug 2016, 6:26 AM AEST
The AOC confirms three members of its women's water polo team have been allowed to move into the athletes' village after arriving in Rio ill with gastroenteritis.
SPORT Aussies ill in Rio
Tue 2 Aug 2016, 11:05 AM AEST
Four Australian water polo players are quarantined from the rest of the Olympic team as the nation's troubled preparations for the Rio Games continue.
SPORT 'In your face'
Mon 11 Jul 2016, 12:45 PM AEST
The Aussie Sharks believe aggressive defence will be crucial if they are to win a maiden medal in the men's water polo at the Rio Olympics, writes Grandstand's Luke Pentony.
SPORT Experience campaigner
Tue 21 Jun 2016, 2:24 PM AEST
Aussie Stingers captain Bronwen Knox overcame injury in her bid to chase an Olympic gold medal in water polo, writes Luke Pentony.
SPORT Heading to Rio
Mon 20 Jun 2016, 10:38 AM AEST
Australia has named an experience women's water polo squad for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, as the Stingers look to add another Games medal to their haul.
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An example is at the beach near Comox (described above), which has been armoured with rip-rap and concrete blocks in an attempt to limit the natural erosion that is threatening the properties at the top of the cliff (Figure 17.19). As already noted, the unintended effect of this installation will be to starve Goose Spit of sediment. As long as the armour remains in place, which might be several decades, there is a risk that the spit will start to erode, which will affect many of the organisms that use that area as their habitat, and many of the people who go there for recreation.
Seawalls, like the one around Vancouver's Stanley Park (Figure 17.28), also help to limit erosion and can be very pleasant amenities for the public, but they have geological and ecological costs. When a shoreline is "hardened" in this way, important marine habitat is lost and sediment production is reduced, and that can affect beaches elsewhere. Seawalls also affect the behaviour of waves and longshore currents, sometimes with negative results.
Another example is at Sunset Beach in Vancouver. As shown in Figure 17.29, a series of rip-rap breakwaters (structures parallel to the shore) were built in the 1990s and sand has accumulated behind them to form the beach. The breakwaters have acted as islands and the sand has been deposited in the low-energy water behind them, in the same way that a tombolo forms. This can be seen from a photograph taken from the Burrard Bridge in 2015 (Figure 17.30). The two benefits of this project are that a pleasant beach has been created, and some of the sediment that previously would have been moved into False Creek, and could have blocked its entrance, has been trapped in English Bay. The negative impacts are probably not well understood, but have likely involved loss of marine animal habitat.
Groynes (or groins in the U.S.) have an effect that is similar to that of breakwaters, although groynes are constructed perpendicular to the beach (Figure 17.31), and they trap sediment by slowing the longshore current.
This diagram shows the same area illustrated in Figure 17.31 at Crescent Beach in Surrey, B.C. Based on information that you can find on the Internet about the function of groynes, determine which way the prevailing longshore current is moving at this location.
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NRJ Paris is available live since 20 March 2008, owned by Telif and NRJ Group. It was initially named LTF, standing for LA Tele de Tous Les Franciliens, but was renamed shortly berofe its official launch. It is available terrestrial free to air since its launch on channel 23 for Ile de France, streaming from the Eiffel Tower. Today, it is also widely available on cable and satellite dish. The schedule is mainly dedicated to people in the middle age and includes various informational programs, series as well as recreation and culture.For more details on the TV channel, to watch the live stream of NRJ Paris online or specific information such as programs, shows or vod please check the official website. The TV online programming includes shows and programmes like Tellement People, Les Anges de la Telerealite 3, Trofemina, Paris C Fou Le Mag. NRJ Paris online stream is aired live from Paris.


It is pretty much a scientific fact that chocolate and peanut butter is the absolute best flavor combo. Who can resist a Reese's Peanut Butter cup with its creamy, peanut buttery middle and sweet chocolate shell? This low-carb version is guaranteed to satisfy your craving for that sweet treat.
You could use this recipe to make traditional cup-shaped treats, but this method for molding them into eggs is especially appropriate for Easter. Tuck a few of these into the Easter bunny's basket and you're sure to make a low-carb follower's day. They also look pretty on a platter with other Easter treats.
Combine the peanut butter, powdered peanut butter, erythritol and vanilla in a mixing bowl and stir well.
Divide the mixture into 12 pieces and form each piece into a ball with your hands. Shape each ball into an egg and arrange them on a baking sheet lined with parchment.
Put the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until melted.
Spread the chocolate first on the bottoms of the eggs using a knife or spatula. Return the eggs to the baking sheet, chocolate side down, and once all of the bottoms have been coated, spread chocolate over the sides and tops to completely cover the peanut butter filling.
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This blog was constructed based on visits to lessons and conversations with pupils. Its aim is to share good practice and provide advice on common areas for development. Crucially, we have been looking for evidence of learning without excessive marking: time-efficient strategies that help to advance pupils' knowledge/skills and close gaps in their understanding. There are some good examples of such strategies below to illustrate. An earlier blog (https://kennetlearning.com/2016/09/30/getting-the-most-from-written-feedback/) contains the slides from the recent training on marking and feedback as well as some guidance on how to make sure marking is targeted and efficient.
In this example, peer/self assessment is well structured using agreed criteria. The teacher has set the target here, but could have given pupils a target bank and then verified their selection. There are also some good examples of pupil response and improvements in purple pen. This pupil has also corrected their own mistakes, which is good. A review of research by the EEF suggests that simple corrections e.g. spellings made by teachers do not impact on pupil progress whereas pupil corrections do lead to learning.
This is an example of pupil progress from a KS3 Science book. In this example the teacher has gone through the work on the board and the pupil has repeated the work with reference to the teacher's notes. This is a good example of a piece of work that does not need to be marked in detail because the corrections are factual and common to several pupils. A similar strategy is to provide pupils with a mark scheme or model answer which they can use to assess their original effort before making improvements.
This teacher has used the codebreaker technique from the lunchtime inset session (details here: https://kennetlearning.com/2016/09/30/getting-the-most-from-written-feedback/). It is good to see a challenging feedback task being used with a less able group.
This is an excellent example of a targeted question being used alongside specific key words. In this case the teacher is encouraging precise writing and use of key words.
Here a pupil has highlighted the errors in a peer marking exercise before improvements and corrections have been made. There was evidence that this is regular practice and pupils were able to explain what they got wrong and how they will avoid similar mistakes in the future. Strategies like this help to develop better self-correction and checking behaviours in pupils. An added advantage is that feedback is quicker than if marked by the teacher.
This is a good example of pupil correction and checking alongside clear target setting from the teacher. Crucially, the pressure is on the pupil here to check, correct and improve their work.
An innovative example of technology being used to facilitate peer-assessment. The music department are using a web-based programme called 'Padlet' to enable pupils to comment on audio recordings.
An example of a PLC being used to encourage reflection on a topic.
A good example of pupils reflecting on their feedback and keeping a written record of this.
This is an example of identifying mistakes without making corrections. In this case the pupil has been guided on how to achieve the marks they have missed out on in an exam question.
This piece of work has been improved as a result of additional whole-class teaching. Purple pen has been used to make the learning clear. This is a useful strategy where you think that a class haven't quite grasped an idea or elements of it need to be retaught.
This is a really good example from Maths where the teacher has saved time by planning the marking and producing a sticker containing the key concepts. The pupil has done some significant DIRT work following the feedback and identified the reasons for their mistakes.
Here are some examples of targeted DIRT questions being used to probe for more detail. The pupils in this lesson were used to the idea of completing DIRT tasks and the department support this through the use of a stamp where a response is required.
In this example from a Year 11 exercise book, the teacher has used the codebreaker marking exercise and this has led to extensive pupil annotation and redrafting. A good example of a quick marking strategy which leads to lots of pupil learning.


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STUDIO VISIT DANNY MINNICK
Ballard: What has skateboarding taught you about painting?
Minnick: No fear, I have no fear.
Ballard: Just keep trying until you land it.
Minnick: Yeah. I mean if I don't like it, I'll just paint over it. It's like filming skate tricks, if you don't like it you just film it again until you like it. I was just at dinner the other night with Sean Sheffey, Danny Way, and Colin McKay and we were talking about when we were kids and what we learned from Mike Ternaski, like skating, filming, trying to get these three-second clips. Like it's a repetition, repetition, repetition. Try it, try it, and finally land. But now I get older, I learn about meditating and meditation. That's a form of meditation at a young age, you're repeating something over and over again. Something that makes you feel good, and you don't even realize that kind of work you're doing as a kid. But then as you grow older you, you can look back and be like, wow, I was meditating through skateboarding. That's how I got where I am. And always had a positive thought of where skateboarding would take me. Especially growing up in Seattle, very negative city, a lot of drugs and bad things happening. A lot of rain, nine months out of the year it rains in Seattle. So that's why I would go to Vancouver a lot. That was the first indoor skate spot, and that's where I learned to skate, like vert and mini ramp and all that stuff with Aaron Deeter and the iconic Fallout Team and you know, it's interesting how it comes all the way around.
Ballard: How long have you been painting now?
Minnick: Over 10 years now, The first time I painted a painting was in 1995 or 1996 in LA when I was staying with an artist friend of mine. It was a painting of the Hollywood sign with someone jumping off it, it was the view from the house I was staying at. It was interesting because after I sold the painting I found out an actress jumped off the Hollywood sign after she didn't get a part of the movie she auditioned for, and then the day after she jumped she got the part in the movie, but she killed herself before she could find out. True story.
Ballard: You started stretching canvas for Chad Muska, right?
Minnick: Chad was deep into art by this time and he was going back and forth from Los Angeles to New York. I was watching his dogs while he was gone and then when he was in town, I was in the studio with him, he showed me how to stretch canvas and he gave me two canvases to paint on. During this time I went to this audition and met this casting director, I had paint on my pants and she's like, are you a painter? I said, yeah. I said I'm just painting. And she's like, can I see your work. I showed her my paintings and she said her husband owned a gallery in Burbank and she would introduce us. So I met with him, showed him the two paintings and he gave me my first show in 2011. It was called 17 Pieces, I spent the next month painting 15 more pieces and that was my first show.
Ballard: How many pieces do you think you're doing in a year now?
Minnick: I really can't even count or even know what month it is, sometimes what day it is. I don't know. Probably 250 pieces
Ballard: The hustle is real?
Minnick: Yeah, the hustle is real. At least 250 pieces, probably more.
Ballard: What keeps you motivated?
Minnick: Just my life, being free and being able to do whatever I want to do when I want to do it. Hang out with my dog, come to my studio, talk to some old school friends, go to the Actors Studio, work on my craft, come to my studio, work on my craft.
Ballard: So you're painting mainly in New York and Los Angeles.
Minnick: Yeah. Mainly just New York and Los Angeles. In New York, I have a really cool friend named Harif Guzman. He has a studio in Soho Arts Club. When I go to New York, usually he's out of town and I got that spot rented out or I watch his dog, Flip, who's a good studio manager, one of the best and he's a pug.
Ballard: Louie (Pug) is the studio manager here?
Minnick: Yeah. Louie is the studio manager here and Flip is a studio manager in New York. Louie is just like "whatever".
Ballard: Seems like your style of painting has this theme, does this character have a name?
Minnick: Yeah, it's Character. That's his name.
Ballard: Character?
Minnick: Yeah, it's just a positive character I came up with. I was working on two paintings back to back, two large nine-foot paintings and I turned around and painted that character on the wall with an oil stick. My body was so tired and my bones hurt, I did the character holding up a body and it was dreaming about skating. It's a nine-foot by nine-foot painting that Nick Cassavetes owns. That's the first time I ever did the character. And Nick was like, "dude, you're onto something. This is rad". I was working in a small 400 square foot studio and I just did a repetition of them all through the studio. And then once I Instagrammed it, Nick said: "cut a piece of the fucking wall out and I'll buy it". And I'm like, what? My next show was Break the Walls at the Pacific Design Center and it was literally all the pieces broken out of my studio from my walls because they were tearing the studio down.
Ballard: Has a lot of your work been on studio walls or painted over?
Minnick: There was this one painting that was already sold to a gallery and I painted over it, I was asked to do a portrait of Joe Namath for a Joe Namath Foundation charity auction. So I literally painted over this painting, I only kept this one part of the eye and then did Joe Namath with the helmet and the field goal and stuff. Then the galleries was like, hey, we sold that painting and I was like, well actually I painted over it and donated it to Joe Namath Foundation. The gallery was so bummed. Even if it's a dope painting or whatever, sometimes I just paint over it.
Ballard: So that has happened more than once?
Minnick: Yeah, that's happened a couple of times. It's like, sorry, painted over it. That's the one that's painted all black over there in the corner, What's a trip is that some paintings that I really, really like, and really, really love, the paintings that I really don't want to let go of, people won't like them as much as the other paintings that didn't take as long or whatever. I'm just like, wow. The other one, I love that painting. Then the other painting that didn't take as long or whatever, they're like, Oh I want this one. It's a trip. You just never know.
Ballard: You're just going to keep hustling then.
Minnick: Yep.
Ballard: You've been hustling since I've known you.
Minnick: It's how you do it. It's all relative. It's just being trained from skateboarding, from self-taught techniques and people that you've learned from, that influenced you? From Mike Ternaski to Christian Hosoi, from anyone, any musician or anything, it's about the work. I love going to museums. I always look at the tag. The best part of the painting, the process is at the end, when the paint is dry, and then you're staring at it and then you title it. You put the title on the back, inside it. That's the coolest part I think, at the end, because that piece of work has been with me for three or four, five months, and you miss staring at it, working on it nonstop. Then boom, there's the title.
Do you paint over them after that?
Minnick: I have painted over a couple of titles that I've retitled them on the back. I mean, growing up in Seattle, the music culture was very big to me. My mom grew me up on Motown, my father grew me up on country, and then my brothers grew me up on rock and roll. So my musical culture is great. When skateboarding clicked with me when I was seven years old, I got my first skateboard and while skating on it, I slammed. My mom came out and smashed it with a hammer and it went into a million pieces. I saw a beautiful piece of art get smashed in front of me. It wasn't until years later in Seattle I traded a kid from California some Iron Maiden posters for a Sure-Grip International deck with Motobilt trucks and Kryptos. Seeing the graphics on that and then finding the local skate shop, it was a trip. I was like, Whoa. The culture of skating, all the graphics, artists like Pushead. I was just like, yeah. I knew that's where I was supposed to be. I felt in my soul, this is where I'm supposed to be.


TVP has decided to enter Twyford into this year's Chiltern and Thames in Bloom competition. We hope, our bid to be crowned best 'small town' will bring together local residents, groups, businesses and local councils and make a real difference to our living, working and natural environment. Judging will take place in July 2016 and the winners in each category may be offered the opportunity to take part in the National (UK) Finals of Britain in Bloom in 2017. So, how can you get involved?
In honour of HM the Queen's 90th birthday celebrations, we're offering individuals or groups of neighbours the chance to order hanging baskets planted with red, white and blue flowers to be hung on lamp posts. Each basket costs £85 including bracket, fitting, maintenance and watering. Deadline for ordering your basket is Tuesday 31 May. Please contact us for details.
If you've got green fingers, why not enter Hare Hatch Sheeplands' Front Garden competition? The competition winner will receive a £100 voucher to spend at Sheeplands, with the second and third placed entrants receiving a voucher for £75 and £50 respectively. Plus, there are more prizes available for specially commended gardens. Entrants must have an RG10 postcode and the display must be all their own work, with no assistance from professional landscapers or gardeners. Closing date for entries is 1 June, and judging will begin on 15 June.
Visit Hare Hatch Sheeplands' website for further details.
The Chiltern and Thames in Bloom judges will also be looking at the allotments off London Road. Current allotment holders can play their part by getting their plot in tip top shape. There are a few allotments currently vacant both here and off Hurst Road. Anyone interested should contact the Clerk to Twyford Parish Council, Lucy Moffatt on 0118 934 5444.
Become a member of the TRHA!
If you're looking for top tips on how to improve your garden, why not join the Twyford and Ruscombe Horticultural Association (TRHA)? The group is now in its 61st year and is affiliated with the Royal Horticultural Society, the Vegetable Society, the Daffodil Society, the Sweet Pea Society, the Chrysanthemum Society, and the Dahlia Society! Members receive a regular newsletter, invitations to shows and a 10% discount on horticultural purchases at some of the local garden centres. Plus, they are entitled to shop at the TRHA trading store on Loddon Hall Road which sells fertilisers, seeds, bulbs, horticultural equipment and gardening sundries at very favourable prices. Annual membership is £6 per family or £5 for senior citizens.
The Loddon Nature Reserve in Twyford is managed by the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust with the volunteer group The Friends of the Loddon Nature Reserve. This area, just off the High Street, is a great example of local conservation and biodiversity. We showed it off through the family-friendly Twyford Wildlife Safari over the Bank Holiday weekend at the beginning of May, when parents and children alike had a great day out hunting around the lake for flowers, animals and insects. The volunteer group has been busy building a new outdoor education area within the reserve, which we look forward to opening soon. This will include a bird screen, a seating area and a 'bug hotel'. If you would like to get involved, visit the Friends of the Loddon Nature Reserve Facebook page.


During the winter I have a bit of time on my hands so I decided to compile some information on what the market price has been year over year. All of my information was gathered from the Kingston and Area Real Estate Board MLS sales. I thought that Bobs Lake would be a good lake for me to research, knowing that because of the large size of the lake, there tends to be sales year after year on this lake. I then wanted to narrow my search a little more just so the properties I was comparing had similar access, lot sizes and shorelines. I choose Maple Grove Estates on Bobs Lake as my research area. Below is the data I compiled.
In addition, I noticed that one cottage sold in 2005 for $160,000 than re-sold (with some upgrades) in 2010 for $207,000.
I have been a Registered Realtor® in the Land O' Lakes area since June of 1999. Although I have seen prices continually climb year after year, I found it very interesting to pull facts on one lake and then more precisely on one area of that lake. We know that the Land O' Lakes has beautiful, clean lakes and untouched natural beauty. We now also see from historic data that a cottage property has been and continues to be a fabulous investment.


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Soboba Foundation Gives Back to the Valley
Annual charity golf tournament benefits local nonprofits ◆ By Mike Hiles
About 300 golfers swarmed The Country Club at Soboba Springs on April 3 and 4 to have fun on the links while helping local nonprofits during the Soboba Foundation & Soboba Casino sixth annual Charity Golf Tournament.
The popular event grows each year, expanding to two days of play this year and providing each of 10 organizations with a $10,000 grant to continue their work, up from seven given out last year. A diverse group was selected to be recipients of this year's tournament, including those who work with and for children, youth sports, students, adults with disabilities, seniors, veterans and Native Americans.
Assistance League of Hemacinto, Boxing for Christ, Care-A-Van Transit, Community Pantry, EXCEED, Friends of Valley-Wide Foundation, Native Challenge, San Jacinto Unified School District, T.H.E. Center, Inc. and V.I.P. Tots gladly provided volunteers to assist at the event in exchange for the generous donation.
Volunteer coordinator, Dee Cozart, said all the groups were grateful for the opportunity to show their appreciation to Soboba by doing whatever was needed to make the days run smoothly.
"Every charity took it very seriously and were great about pitching in wherever needed," she said. "They all worked together and did everything from soup to nuts. It's all about honoring Soboba and being grateful for the grants that are a lifeline for these charities."
From tee off at 10 a.m. to about 4 p.m. each day, players made their way around the course that offered 10 contest holes with great prizes.
Soboba Tribal Council Vice Chairman, Isaiah Vivanco, has served as Tournament Director the past four years. He said this year 75 foursomes competed compared to last year's 54 teams (and 21 on the first year). The biggest challenge this time was making it a two-day event.
"It was quite an adjustment as it meant doubling everything," he said. "But the vendors and volunteers stepped up and we got it done. It's amazing what you can accomplish with support."
Soboba Tribal Council Secretary Monica Herrera was impressed with the participation of teams from 17 other tribes. There was one team from Canada, one from north of Sacramento and many others from throughout Southern California.
Following their fun on the greens, everyone enjoyed an awards banquet that included raffles with a grand prize package valued at more than $5,000 and a live auction. It also featured the presentation of checks to the nonprofits who spoke of their appreciation to Soboba for helping them continue their important works in the community.
Vivanco is also a member-at-large of the Soboba Foundation. He and his family visited the sites of several of the organizations prior to the tournament.
"I'm usually stuck in an office all the time but I got to go out and see what they do in and for the community – it was very rewarding," he said. "It was awesome to see them in action."
This was the first year that Care-A-Van Transit, whose mission is to "provide transportation with a heart," benefited from the tournament.
"The grant will be used to support the free transportation program provided to seniors, disabled persons, veterans and low-income individuals who do not have access to transportation to meet their basic needs," said Malia Bryant, on behalf of the nonprofit. "Transportation is provided to medical appointments, dialysis centers, banks, grocery stores, senior centers and more."
At last year's event, EXCEED received funds to upgrade the computers at its Hemet facility, that provides "service and advocacy, which creates choices and opportunities, for adults with developmental disabilities to reach their maximum potential." This year they will be making much-needed repairs to their Casa del Valle residential facility which would not be possible without Soboba's help.
"The two air-conditioning units are our greatest concern as many of our clients are negatively affected by temperature extremes because of medical conditions and/or medications," Executive Assistant Sandra Aldridge said. "We really can't thank the Foundation enough for their generosity for this very important project."
A total of 20 helpers from her organization helped over the two-day tournament and Aldridge said the highlight for the group was building a sense of camaraderie and purposefulness among the volunteers.
"We also very much enjoyed meeting the other recipient groups and members of the Soboba Foundation and Tribal Council," Aldridge said. "We had a great time and I love working with the Foundation, especially Andrew Vallejos, and we appreciate all they do in the San Jacinto Valley."
Diane Perez, superintendent of San Jacinto Unified School District, said the two-day tournament was extremely organized with literally hundreds of volunteers supporting, including about 20 from her district who pitched in.
"The highlight for me was greeting and thanking the golfers because their generosity makes the giving in our community possible," she said. "We were pleased to be a small part of giving back to Soboba, who gives so much to SJUSD all year long. Our relationship is one of mutual support and caring. Soboba is committed to improving the lives of our students and our community."
V.I.P. Tots "creates engaging, inclusive environments, where young children learn and adults have access to positive solutions for supporting children."
Executive Director Jared Dobbins said the center received funds last year to purchase STEM supplies for its classrooms and this year money will be used for technological upgrades to classrooms and the center itself.
"We are so thankful for the Foundation's support and could not do this project without them," he said.
The live auction included autographed jerseys from Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw and Corey Seager, Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout and Los Angeles Lakers' Magic Johnson. Cruises and an autographed guitar from top country stars who performed at a recent Stagecoach Festival were also hot items. Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Chairman, Steven Estrada, donated four handwoven pieces he made with juncus on a deergrass foundation, which raised a combined total of $9,000.
Vivanco said any funds raised beyond the $100,000 distributed to the 10 local nonprofits will allow the Soboba Foundation to continue to sponsor activities and events throughout the year.
"With the success of this year's tournament, I can't imagine it getting any better but with the new course and resort being built, I'm sure it will be bigger and better next year," Vivanco said. "I've already got some ideas in mind."
Soboba Foundation members get ready for day 2 of the Soboba Foundation & Soboba Casino 6th annual Charity Golf Tournament on April 4 at The Country Club at Soboba Springs. From left, Sally Ortiz, Geneva Mojado, Scott Cozart, Patrick Placencia, Isaiah Vivanco and Dondi Silvas
The San Jacinto Unified School District was one of 10 nonprofits that received a $10,000 check from the Soboba Foundation, at its annual charity golf tournament
A lucky ticket holder reacts at the banquet, held after the conclusion of a day full of golfing
Golfers enjoyed two days of play at the Soboba Foundation & Soboba Casino sixth annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit local nonprofits


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The association is chartered under the "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers" name and it is the full legal name. To learn more about the association's name, for more information please read the History of IEEE.
The Hamilton "Group" was authorized as a sub-section of Toronto American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) in 1936. In 1944, Hamilton "Group" was elevated to Sub-Section. The AIEE/IRE Hamilton Section was founded 1952-May-07. It was changed to IEEE Hamilton Section in 1963 when AIEE and IRE merged to form the IEEE. In 1974 the IEEE Niagara Falls International Section split, with Canadian members becoming part of Hamilton Section.
IEEE Hamilton Section covers areas between Niagara Falls, Oakville, and Brantford with about 831 members – 645 full and associate members (2018-11-09), and 166 student members from McMaster University, Mohawk College, and Niagara College. The IEEE Hamilton Section complies with the IEEE Canada By-laws.
Each year we hold several technical and educational seminars/workshops which are free to members and guests. Some events require a minimal admission fee to members, and a nominal admission fee to the general public. Refreshments are always included, FREE. If time and manpower allow, we'll also try to hold 1 or 2 field trips to some major manufacturers. We always welcome new members.


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Flowers Foods' Hot Dog Buns Recall At Aldi, Target, & Other Grocers Cites Possible Choking Hazard
By Lara Walsh
Less than a week after Independence Day, the parent company behind Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Butternut, and more is urging consumers to check their cupboards. On Tuesday, July 9, a press release revealed Flowers Foods' hot dog buns recall at Aldi, Target, Walmart, and other grocers is currently in effect. According to the statement, the voluntary recall of a number of baked goods comes in light of possible choking hazards after the company found small pieces of hard plastic in their production equipment. So far, no related injuries or illnesses have been reported. Elite Daily reached out to Flowers Foods for comment on the recall, but did not hear back by the time of publication.
On July 9, Flower Foods — which produces baked goods for a significant number of retailers — issued a statement where it revealed it was initiating a voluntary recall due to concerns about potential choking hazards. According to the press release, shoppers are being urged to toss a number of hamburger and hot dog buns as well as other bakery products "due to the potential presence of small pieces of hard plastic that may have been introduced during production."
Because Flower Foods is such a big company with so many products under its wing, it can be hard knowing what to look for when you're checking out your cupboard. First of all, the recall only impacts residents in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, so you're in the clear if you live elsewhere.
I took a look at the recall list, and it looks like over 50 different kinds of hamburger and hot dog buns as well as other kinds of rolls are impacted. I'd definitely look at the full list to make sure you don't have one of these products sitting in your cupboard, but it looks like items from the Walmart-brand Great Value and Target's Market Pantry are on the chopping block, as are buns from 7-Eleven and Aldi.
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Groceries aside, a number of goods under the Flowers Foods umbrella are also impacted across the board, such as six different types of Wonder rolls and buns, Nature's Own, Sunbeam, Laura Lynn, Clover Valley, and more. Again, I'd look at the complete list and compare your purchases with the UPC numbers, "best by" dates, and the first three digits of the lot number to identify whether or not your bakery products are part of this recall.
If you do find something that's on the Flowers Foods list, you're urged not to consume it because you don't want to chance anything. From there, you can either just throw away your potentially contaminated food or, if you have the receipt, you can return it for a full refund. Elite Daily reached out to Flowers Foods for comment on other refund options, but did not hear back by the time of publication.
If you do have any questions or find anything in your products, Flowers Foods urges you to call the Consumer Relations Center at 1-866-245-8921 during business hours, Monday through Friday, according to the company's statement. Again, it's better to be safe than sorry, so I'd definitely toss or get a refund on a potentially contaminated product.


I was just wondering if there is a way, either with Windows API or Delphi's VCL, to get the 'Don't ask again' checkbox in a dialog box, other than creating one from scratch.
You have to create a form, this is not a stock windows dialog. Take a look at the following unit, especially the MessageDlgWithNoMorebox function.
Description: Version 1.01 created 4 Juli 2001, added translation of button captions.
aCaption: Caption to use for the dialog. If empty the default is used.
DefButton: ModalResult of the button that should be the default.


The Seattle-based startup, which developed a mobile email app to help users search for messages and other information, closed its doors last month.
Tipbit's smartphone app lets users opt-in to have their email folders indexed by the app, essentially creating a personal search engine that the app could query, speeding up the delivery of results.
The service worked with Microsoft Exchange in addition to Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo Mail, Outlook.com and integrated services including Salesforce, Dropbox and Evernote, in addition to the major social networks.
The app also integrated with calendar, contacts and social networks to bring in additional information about people the user communicated with or met with, such as their latest LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook updates.
Mangione said it was difficult to convince enterprise customers to move away from the default email app that comes pre-installed on smartphones.
Tipbit had raised a total of $6.5 million from investors including Ignition Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. The company had 11 employees when it shut down and Mangione said they have all landed at new companies.
Mangione added that he still thinks the email search experience is "very much lacking" with our phones.
As for Mangione, a former executive at XenSource and Citrix who previously led Microsoft's Exchange and SQL Server businesses, the entrepreneur said he'll be working with Ignition on his next adventure.


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Q: C# File.AppendAllText produces corrupted file I am trying to append some lines to a *.doc file using:
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    File.AppendAllText(Server.MapPath(("..\\Files\\TFFiles\\" + tid + "\\" + file.Type + "\\")) + Path.GetFileName(file.Title), "Document Signed by: " + user.UserName + Environment.NewLine);

But it produces a corrupted file.
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I used this answer to produce a *.docx file. But when I try to append the lines I receive the error that "...the file is used by another process" so it fails
The machine is a server where I don't want to install Word/Office so Office Interop is not a viable option.

A: I do believe that what you need is the Document.Add method. You can read about it here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.word.documents.add(v=office.14).aspx
If I'm not mistaken, you are trying to treat your file as a common text file while the .doc is a MSWord document

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As part of the JDH's Discourse Knowledge Mobilisation Lab, the three workshops in this series of sign language interpreter professional development were designed for participants to reflect on the pathways through which sign language users have become members of various (signed and spoken) language communities and how participation in these communities is, at times, mediated through interpreters.
Organizers: University of Jyväskylä's Department of Languages, Jyväskylä Discourse Research Hub, Peripheral Multilingualism Project (Academy of Finland), Finnish Sign Language Centre, and SVT.
In this second workshop, led by Sarah Compton (American Sign Language interpreter and researcher), we took up the concept of 'linguistic mudes' – a significant moment in time/event that opens up an entry point into a community — to consider how our life trajectories influence the ways in which we participate in and are positioned within various communities. Building on this concept, we considered a set of common scenarios interpreters encounter as they navigated the communities in which they work and live.
In order to reflect on these scenarios from multiple perspectives, we held a 'moot court' where participants worked together to build the strongest case both arguing for and against the possible responses to the scenarios. Throughout the workshop, we considered practical applications of the concepts and arguments within our interpreting practice.
Given the nature of the hands on activities, onsite participation was required and limited to the first 24 registrants.
The languages of the event were primarily Finnish and English. Certificates of attendance were awarded. Light refreshments were provided by SVT.
In this third workshop, led by Minttu Laine (Finnish Sign Language interpreter), we discussed the interactive aspects of interpreting. Setting aside the questions of message equivalency in an interpretation, the workshop focused on how the interpreted interaction is mediated by the actions of each of the members.
The workshop opened with an introduction to the interactional aspects of interpreting. We then took a practical look at an excerpt from a video-recorded interpreter-mediated exchange. We discussed our observations and our own experiences.
Given the hands on nature of the workshop, onsite participation was required and limited to the first 12 registrants.
The languages of the event were primarily Finnish, Finnish Sign Language and English. Certificates of attendance were awarded. Light refreshments were provided by SVT.
Organizers: University of Jyväskylä's Department of Languages, Jyväskylä Discourse Research Hub, the Peripheral Multilingualism Project (Academy of Finland) and SVT.


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Immigration New Zealand: Supporting new migrants to settle and work
Part 3: Immigration New Zealand's settlement support role, funding, and activities
Part 2: Settlement facts and figures
Part 4: Co-ordinating the governance of settlement support throughout government
Part 5: Evaluating, monitoring, and reporting on settlement outcomes
Part 6: Barriers to settlement for some new migrants
Appendix 1: Migrant visa streams
Appendix 2: Timeline of main events in planning for the settlement of new migrants
Appendix 3: The Settlement Unit's framework for supporting migrants to settle and work
Appendix 4: Settlement support services and programmes 2012/13
Appendix 5: How the Migrant Levy is used
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Immigration New Zealand: Supporting new migrants to settle and work.
In this Part, we set out:
Immigration New Zealand's settlement support role;
how settlement services throughout government are funded; and
Immigration New Zealand's settlement support activities.
Immigration New Zealand's settlement support role
The Settlement Strategy was put in place in 2004 and updated in 2006. The Cabinet approval for the Settlement Strategy established Immigration New Zealand's role as lead agency for new migrant settlement. The Settlement Strategy established:
a settlement secretariat in Immigration New Zealand;
funding for settlement support programmes throughout government;
a Settlement National Action Plan (the Action Plan) to guide the national implementation of the Settlement Strategy, which included actions that Immigration New Zealand was responsible for leading and supporting; and
evaluation and reporting requirements for the Action Plan and for funded programmes.
The Action Plan and the Auckland settlement action plan were approved in 2006. The Wellington settlement action plan was set up in 2008. After these action plans were set up, plans and governance structures have been updated and changed. Appendix 2 provides an overview of the main events related to settlement support throughout government since 2004.
Settlement objectives
Various documents have specified Immigration New Zealand's objectives and given clear direction about how it should support the settlement of new migrants. These objectives include:
The high-level economic goal set for the whole-of-government New Zealand Settlement Strategy in 2006, which highlights the need for a collaborative approach throughout the public sector to achieve this goal, is:
New Zealand's economic transformation is supported by the contributions of migrants and refugees and their ability to realise their personal aspirations by: accessing appropriate education and employment; utilising their skills, knowledge and qualifications.
MBIE's 2012-15 Statement of Intent includes a relevant outcome that "the best people are brought to New Zealand" and an intermediate outcome that "migrants settle and work".
The "Safe and Skilled Workplaces" work stream, led by MBIE within the Government's Business Growth Agenda, has a target that, "by 2016, 85% of skilled migrants will be employed in a job that matches their skills and qualifications".
Settlement organisation
MBIE carries out its migrant settlement role through three main business units, as shown in Figure 3.
Organisational structure of new migrant settlement work at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Source: Adapted from Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Organisational Chart (November 2012).
The Settlement Unit, within the Settlement, Protection and Attraction group of Immigration New Zealand, is the main business unit responsible for new migrant settlement. The Settlement Unit's 2012/13 business plan indicates that its role in leading the migrant settlement sector is based on the Settlement Strategy. The Settlement Unit, which is intended to contribute to the retention of high-value migrants and their families, works towards the objective of supporting migrants to settle and work so that they maximise their contribution to New Zealand.
The Settlement Unit is not responsible for providing settlement services to help new migrants find work. Those types of settlement services are delivered by other agencies, as outlined in Figure 4 and Appendix 4. The Settlement Unit's work supporting new migrants to get suitable jobs is provided more indirectly through its role leading and co-ordinating national and regional settlement strategies. The Settlement Unit leads work within the Action Plan intended to overcome employment barriers that new migrants experience, as discussed in Part 5. Therefore, Immigration New Zealand's ability to lead, co-ordinate, and work in partnership with other agencies is important for achieving employment and economic outcomes.
Complexity of settlement services funding throughout government, 2012/13
* The Tertiary Education Commission has a total of $21 million in its budget for community adult education including ESOL programmes that the Migrant Levy allocation adds on to for similar programmes.
** Annual funding for Settling In was reduced to $500,000 in 2013/14.
Appendix 3 shows the framework for the Settlement Unit's work. The Unit's work includes:
leading and co-ordinating settlement support throughout government, including the national and regional strategies;
providing customised information and targeted services to new migrants and their families to enhance their ability to settle and stay in New Zealand; and
helping employers to use and retain the skills and talents of new migrants.
The Immigration Policy Group, part of MBIE's Science, Skills and Innovation group, administers applications from public entities for Migrant Levy funding (see paragraph 3.17) and the review processes for those applications. It also works on policy matters associated with new migrant settlement.
The Migration Research, Evaluation and Analysis Team, located within the Strategy and Governance part of MBIE, is funded by the Migrant Levy. The Migration Research, Evaluation and Analysis Team carries out migration research, evaluation, and policy work. The Migration Research Programme is intended to contribute directly to ongoing service improvement and help the Government to respond to skill deficiencies.
Because the structure for MBIE is relatively new, we cannot comment on how effectively the groups within MBIE work together. However, we consider that the Migration Research, Evaluation and Analysis Team and the Settlement Unit need to be more integrated than they have been. Integrating more would improve how Immigration New Zealand's evaluates and reports on how effective settlement services are. The Settlement Unit's latest business plan identifies this need.
How settlement services are funded
Figure 4 shows the complexity of the funding streams for the various activities and agencies involved in settlement support throughout government. Appendix 4 describes the various agencies, settlement support services, and programmes outlined in Figure 4.
Most migrants are charged a levy of $310 when they are granted residence. The Migrant Levy funds:
programmes that help migrants to settle; and
research into settlement matters and the effects of immigration.
In 2012/13, the Migrant Levy provided $6.5 million towards settlement support programmes throughout government. The programmes funded through the Migrant Levy have mostly remained the same since 2007. Appendix 5 shows how Migrant Levy funding has been allocated between 2008/09 and 2012/13 and how it is intended to be used.
Immigration New Zealand's settlement support activities
Leading and co-ordinating new migrant settlement support
Several government agencies provide services to new migrants, and many service providers are contracted to government agencies, including service providers contracted through the Settlement Unit. It is a complex landscape, which is why the Government set up the Settlement Strategy to effectively co-ordinate the work and resources throughout government. Immigration New Zealand has been funded to lead and co-ordinate settlement support work since 2004. The Settlement Unit provides sector leadership to agencies and regions to support settlement responsiveness and maximise the contribution that migrants make to New Zealand.
The Settlement Unit's 2012/13 budget was $7.6 million. The Settlement Unit comprises 18 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions. The Settlement Unit's budget includes allocations for leading and co-ordinating settlement support throughout government. These allocations are $0.7 million and seven FTEs for the settlement strategy, and $0.5 million and four FTEs for the national manager. A small proportion of the national manager budget ($40,000) is allocated for work on services for refugees and for operational management of the Settlement Unit. As outlined in Figure 4, the Settlement Unit's budget includes $2.4 million and one FTE for its refugee work.
MBIE's Immigration Policy Group oversees the administration of the Migrant Levy and reports to the Minister of Immigration on how the Migrant Levy is used. Immigration Policy also has a role in providing advice to Cabinet on the Migrant Levy, making recommendations on who gets charged the Levy, how the funds are to be used, and assessment criteria for funding applications. Immigration Policy staff have administered the Migrant Levy in keeping with the process agreed by Cabinet in 2007, which specified that any remaining uncommitted revenue be held in a memorandum account.
As the agency responsible for leading and co-ordinating the New Zealand Settlement Support Strategy and action plans, Immigration New Zealand has several roles and accountabilities, as outlined throughout this report. Our expectations for this audit are based on the roles and accountabilities that Immigration New Zealand has based on Cabinet approvals for:
the Settlement Strategy;
national and regional action plans;
the Settlement Secretariat's work; and
what Immigration New Zealand has said it would do to achieve the settlement objectives and outcomes it identifies in its statements of intent, business plans, and other public documents.
Cabinet approvals for the national and regional settlement strategy emphasised that settlement leadership throughout government was more than collaboration and sharing information. Settlement leadership is intended to result in better use of resources and measurable and tangible improvements in settlement outcomes.
Immigration New Zealand lacks the authority to direct other public entities in how to deliver settlement services or how to use funding provided for settlement support. Immigration New Zealand does have that authority for the settlement services that it purchases through contracts. Our audit work looked for evidence of effective Immigration New Zealand leadership aimed at achieving the objectives set out in the Settlement Strategy in collaboration with other public entities.
In our view, leading settlement support throughout government to achieve the intended outcomes requires skills, capabilities, and processes to work with stakeholders in identifying the problems or barriers to achieving settlement outcomes, developing shared solutions, and steering a process to seek approval where needed to implement resolutions or changes needed. Immigration New Zealand's leading and co-ordinating role includes evaluating and reporting progress towards the objectives set out for the Settlement Strategy, the action plans, and its own settlement work.
Providing settlement support services
The Settlement Unit purchases and oversees national, regional, and local settlement services.
Settlement Support New Zealand is an Immigration New Zealand initiative that provides a local point of contact for new migrants. Eighteen initiatives provide local settlement information and referrals that support settlement where migrants live. In 2011, Settlement Support New Zealand began working with employers and workplaces to increase awareness of the factors that increase the retention of migrants. Vote Immigration funds these services and the Settlement Unit budget for these services was $2.2 million in 2012/13.
The Settlement Unit purchases core settlement services to help new migrants during their first two years in New Zealand. These services include contracts with Chambers of Commerce to support employers in recruiting and retaining migrant employees, and multilingual information and advice provided through the Citizens Advice Bureau. They are funded mainly by the Migrant Levy. In 2012/13, the Settlement Unit budget for these services was $1.3 million.
Researching migration outcomes
The Migrant Levy fully funds the Migration Research, Evaluation and Analysis Team, which carries out a programme of research and evaluation on migrant settlement outcomes, with the aim of enhancing knowledge of, and influence decision-making about, immigration and settlement systems. The budget for this was $2.5 million in 2012/13.
The Migration Research, Evaluation and Analysis Team is responsible for research and evaluation to help understand how well the immigration system is functioning in terms of settlement outcomes for migrants, their families, their employers, and society and the economy in general.


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This post is by Chris Dunne, Product Marketing Manager at eDesk.
This post will examine an intriguing and often confused metric, Amazon Best Sellers Rank (BSR).
Many sellers think that getting the best possible Best Sellers Rank is the aim of the game when selling on Amazon. It's a clear indication that you've beaten your competitors and sales are coming in fast, isn't it?
In this post you'll discover the truth about BSR, including why it matters and when it doesn't, how it is calculated, and what you can do to boost it.
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Amazon allocates every product in its multi-million product catalog a number called the Best Seller Rank or BSR, formerly known as Sales Rank.
According to Amazon:
The Amazon Best Sellers calculation is based on Amazon.com sales and is updated hourly to reflect recent and historical sales of every item sold on Amazon.com.
The Best Sellers Rank is calculated based on the number of recent sales while also considering historical sales data for a specific product. The BSR is updated hourly and ranks every product within each of their categories and subcategories. The lower the number, the better the rank.
It's important to note that the BSR of a product is independent across different Amazon marketplaces. For example, you could be ranked in the top 10 of a subcategory on Amazon.com but outside of the top 100 on Amazon.co.uk.
A product's overall BSR shows how well it is selling compared to every other product on Amazon, but given the size and variety of the Amazon marketplace it doesn't really illustrate how well it is selling compared to similar products. That's where the category and subcategory best seller lists come in, and for that reason these are generally a much more useful tool.
A product's BSR can be found on the product details section of an Amazon listing. Amazon shows a few of the most popular subcategories in which the item has a high ranking in relation to other items in that subcategory.
In the example below for an Anker Bluetooth Speaker you can see it is ranked highly in three subcategories:
Mobile Phone Accessories > Speakers
Hi-Fi & Home Audio > Speakers
Each category also has an Amazon Best Sellers page where customers can see the most popular products for that category based on sales.
You can find and browse all of the category best seller lists here:
The one below is taken from the Health & Personal Care department on Amazon.co.uk. Products in the top five like these will be experiencing incredible sales.
Amazon calculates BSR using an algorithm which includes:
Recent sales, and
Historical sales data
Amazon does not make the formula for calculating BSR public, so we can't know exactly how those two factors are weighted, but we do have a good sense of what is involved.
To be completely clear, the following factors are not considered when calculating BSR:
Seller feedback
These elements can certainly impact whether someone buys your product or not, but your sales rate is the only variable Amazon uses to calculate BSR.
BSR weighs recent sales more heavily than historical sales. A product that has had a recent spike in sales will usually have a higher BSR than a product with slow sales. Historical sales still matter though, so an established product with solid sales over time will also have a good BSR, even if recent sales are fairly flat.
Newer products are more prone to large BSR fluctuations than established listings, as historical sales data is not available. New products will often jump up and down in BSR due to wide variations in recent sales. Conversely, the longer your product has been listed on Amazon, the harder it will be to affect its BSR with a short-term spike in sales.
Sales do not have an immediate impact on your BSR. There is a lag time of approximately 1-3 hours (depending on the popularity of the product) from when a sale is made and when it is reflected in Amazon's BSR. To get an accurate sense of your average Best Sellers Rank, you should record your ranking over a long period of time.
If you want to boost your listing's BSR, you need to increase sales.
To do this you should sell a consistently high-quality product and keep it in stock at all times. Running out of stock will send sales to zero and put a big gap in your sales history. Product reviews are also a big factor in building consumer trust and improving sale conversions.
Price is an important search ranking factor on Amazon. Products priced competitively appear higher in search results. To keep sales coming in, your products should always be well priced compared to competitors selling similar products. Many sellers use automated repricing software to do this.
Product promotions can also help to boost sales and therefore your BSR. You can often see this at work, where a product on promotion in a specific category will start to climb the best sellers chart.
This camelcamelcamel.com chart shows a steep BSR climb for a product with regular price drops in the last 2 months.
However, some FBA sellers have reported that when they offered a product at a discount their BSR did not increase at the rate they expected. Amazon's algorithm may be taking promotional giveaways into consideration, and scaling down the impact on BSR when it is due to aggressive discounting.
BSR is relative to other products in the category, so an increase in sales won't necessarily mean an improved BSR. If your product's sales have increased, but so have the sales for competing products in your category, then your BSR may not improve. Similarly, if your product is ranked #1 and sales remain steady, your Best Sellers Rank may drop if competitors start selling more than you.
In some categories there are millions of products, so the BSR will range into the millions also. It can be near-impossible to to break into double or single-digit BSRs in those categories. Some sellers will select only their product's least competitive category to track, and try to get a bestseller in that category alone. This strategy often makes sense, but don't be tempted to choose an inappropriate category for your product to improve your chances of getting a bestseller, as that would be a violation of Amazon's Product detail page rules.
BSR can be useful as an indicator of your product's overall sales health, but it is unlikely to have any direct impact on a customer's decision to buy.
For this reason, you might see BSR as a vanity metric that sellers shouldn't get too hung up on. Monitor it, by all means, but don't make it a goal in itself.
What other metrics should sellers focus on? Here are some suggestions:
Organic search ranking for relevant keywords.
Quantity and quality of product reviews.
Amazon seller performance metrics.
Competitor pricing.
Buy Box ownership percentage.
To look at it another way, improving the metrics above can impact sales while BSR can help show the end result of all those efforts.
Sellers can use BSR to see how they're measuring up against their competitors, but it's also valuable for product research.
It's easy to get sales data for your own products, but for other sellers' products BSR is the closest information available. Monitoring the BSR of products can give you an idea of:
How they are selling relative to other products in their category.
The success of price promotions, review campaigns etc.
How many units they are selling each month.
Estimating the number of units sold requires some baseline data on the sales volume for various BSR points in the same category. But remember that BSR is a relative ranking of products, including both recent and historical sales, so estimating sales volume this way will only provide a rough guide to sales.
You can also find sales estimation tools in the Web Retailer directory, which use data including BSR to provide their estimates.
Every Amazon seller would love to see their product labeled as number one. Having a small orange #1 Best Seller badge on your product listings can mean more clicks, improved sales and a better reputation.
The badge appears in search results:
And also on product detail pages:
The Best Seller badge simply means that the product has a BSR of one. In other words, it is at the top of the Best Sellers chart for its main category.
While BSR in general is unlikely to influence sales, being the #1 Best Seller is a big deal and provides a lot of social proof that your product is the best. Having said that, getting to this position is way out of reach for the majority of sellers and unlikely to be a sensible goal in itself.
Note that this is a completely different badge from Amazon's Choice.
Search rank is the position of your product in Amazon's search results for a specific search term. BSR is an indication of product sales, relative to other products in the same category. They are both ranks – positions within a list – but are otherwise completely different.
Your product's BSR will not correlate with where you rank in search for a specific keyword. A product with a great BSR could appear way down in Amazon's organic search results while a product with a poor BSR could rank highly.
Amazon Best Sellers Rank is an ever-changing metric which can fluctuate quite a bit throughout the day, week or month. Search ranking is less volatile than BSR, but affected by many more variables such as listing content, pricing, reviews and sales.
Search is the main way customers look for products on Amazon, so, in general, sellers should pay more attention to where their product appears in organic search results than its BSR.
BSR is an indicator of how well a product has sold.
BSR is recalculated every hour for every product.
There is a lag time of around 1-3 hours between making a sale and that reflecting in your BSR.
Amazon does not make its best sellers algorithm public.
Sales are the only factor that directly affects BSR.
Recent sales are more heavily weighted in Amazon's BSR algorithm, but historical sales still hold considerable weight.
New items with no sales do not have an Amazon Best Sellers Rank.
BSR is marketplace independent.
BSR is prone to fluctuations.
Amazon BSR and search ranking are two separate metrics.
As BSR can be such a volatile metric, it should be treated with caution. To get an accurate picture of a product's BSR, you need to track it over a long period of time. If you only use a snapshot, it is like a coach trying to analyze a football game by only seeing a few seconds of play.
It's up to you how much importance you want to place on Amazon BSR but as search is the number one way people find products on the marketplace, optimizing your listing is likely to be a smarter use of your time.
Amazon doesn't make the BSR formula publicly available, so it's difficult to define with any certainty what the algorithm includes. The above is what I have found in my research and no doubt some of you will disagree! Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments below.
But, I'm sure we can all agree that the more we understand about Amazon and its algorithms, the better equipped we will be to sell successfully on the marketplace.
This post was by Chris Dunne, Product Marketing Manager at eDesk. eDesk gathers customer interactions from websites, marketplaces and social channels into a simple dashboard for customer support teams.
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