As I explore in our "Experiential Licensing: Consumer Fundamentals Falling into Place" Global Briefing, today's consumers are increasingly redefining their values and priorities, leading to the birth of a new consumerism. "Experiencing is everything" phenomenon is driving growth in sports/music licensing and theme parks/themed travel. Thus, themed flights/holidays, themed hotels and cruises enjoy growing popularity. This trend also presents many opportunities across a wide range of industries including, Travel, Apparel and Footwear, Toys and Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Accessories and, Home and Garden.
Today's consumers are redefining their values and priorities, leading to the birth of a "newconsumerism", while time has become a luxury in our connected world. The experience trend is impacting across many areas from sports and music licensing to licensed themed travel and theme parks while consumers increasingly seek to "do something different" searching for unique, often personalised experiences.
Globally, sports licensing has registered steady 5% year-on-year growth in the last few years driven largely by licensed sports apparel merchandise sales. Sports licensing is largely constant and does not tend to fluctuate from year to year. The US is by far the world's biggest market in sportslicensing and the business is driven largely by major sports leagues.
Apparel (menswear, womenswear, childrenswear, accessories) and Footwear, Video Games, Consumer Electronics (headphones/earphones, wireless speakers), Traditional Toys and Games, Personal Accessories (jewellery, bags and luggage, pens), Home and Garden (bed textiles, dinnerwear) are some of the major industries and categories that would benefit further fromexperiential licensing.
Millennials – defined as consumers aged 25-34 years – is a sizeable demographic, ranging from 11% of the population in ageing Japan, to 18% in more youthful markets such as Vietnam. It is a key consumer segment for licensing businesses globally and travel is an important area for them. The Millennials group is projected to record the fastest growth in world travellers as this number is forecast to increase by 69.7 million over 2015-2020.
Theme parks themselves have become an increasingly important component of many brandlicensing strategies in recent years, as licensors search for innovative ways to leverage their property, enhance brand awareness and connect with fans.
Worldwide sales of theme parks stood at US$30.9 billion in 2015 registering a 1.6% drop on the previous year. However, steady growth is expected as the category is projected to record a value CAGR of 10% over 2015-2020 making it the second most dynamic behind national parks in overall attractions.
Themed travel is part of a phenomenon that is no longer about a property targeting just commercial movie screens or TV series which now includes anything related to the concept of fan engagement from licensed themed flights and holidays to licensed themed hotels and cruises. The underlying trend that has given birth to the integration of various aspects of travel is the connection of entertainment, lifestyle and sports which are heavily influenced by celebrities and global brands.


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Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy—there are few more iconic names in American literature. They are the March sisters of Concord, Massachusetts during the Civil War, created by Louisa May Alcott in her timeless novel Little Women brought to life in a MASTERPIECE/BBC coproduction.
Heading the cast are Academy Award® nominee Emily Watson (The Theory of Everything, Hilary and Jackie) as Marmee, the devoted mother of the four adolescent March girls; Michael Gambon (Churchill's Secret, Page Eight) as Mr. Laurence; and Academy Award® winner Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote, The Manchurian Candidate) as the March family matriarch, Aunt March.
Set against the backdrop of a country divided, the story follows the four March sisters on their journey from childhood to adulthood while their father is away at war. Under the guidance of their mother Marmee, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from gender roles to sibling rivalry, first love, loss and marriage.
Travel is in the cards for Amy and Jo, but Beth's health is failing.
There are new additions to the March family, but Beths health and spirits flag.
With their father away at war, the March sisters come to terms with their new life.
Clips and Previews
Laurie & Jo
The cast and creators of Little Women explore the story's most complicated couple.
The House of Little Women
Learn more about Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women.
See a trailer for MASTERPIECE's all-new adaptation of Little Women.

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RETURNS FROM the 2019 sugar harvest will not be that sweet, say some private farmers.
Their projections came after Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC) general manager Leslie Parris estimated last week that 11 000 tonnes of sugar would be produced from 146 000 tonnes of cane.
Last year, more than 140 000 tonnes of cane were delivered to Portvale factory, resulting in just over 11 000 tonnes of sugar.
However, some private producers are lamenting that this year's yield may not add up to last year's, due to the late start of the 2018 harvest, and poor rainfall.


Join in at Arrowhead High School in Hartland for the 15th annual Lake Country Community Fest that will feature over 150 exhibitor booths, a food court, live demonstrations, children's activities, entertainment, healthcare clinics and more!
*Business Networking Session for Exhibitors in the Food Court: 8am to 10am – Complimentary Coffee and Donuts provided by Mama D's Coffee.
The Hartland & Delafield Chambers of Commerce unite to create this fun community event!


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Собор Святой Марии Магдалины () — храм XIII века в центре Вроцлава, улица Шевская, 10. В настоящее время является кафедральным собором  Польско-католической церкви (Утрехтская уния старокатолических церквей). Здание собора выполнено в готическом архитектурном стиле.

История
Собор был основан ещё в XIII веке. Первое здание было разрушено в 1241 году во время нападения монголов. Второе сгорело во время пожара 1342 года. Современное здание было построено ещё до XV столетия.

Первые лютеранские службы во Вроцлаве были проведены здесь 21 октября 1523 года, поскольку изначально собор был протестантским.

Во время Второй мировой войны здание собора серьёзно пострадало. Однако собор был восстановлен в 1947—1953.

Описание здания
Ценной реликвией считается главный вход, выполненный в романском стиле. Считается, что он был построен ещё в XII веке и служил главным входом в монастырь бенедиктинцев, но был перенесён в 1546 году. Сам монастырь был снесён в XVI веке.

Мостик между двумя башнями собора называется Mostek Czarownic, . Легенда гласит, что тени на мосту — это души девушек, которые раньше соблазняли мужчин, не желая супружества из-за боязни вести домашнее хозяйство.

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Примечания

Храмы Вроцлава
Сооружения в стиле кирпичной готики в Польше
Готические соборы Польши
Кирпичные здания и сооружения Польши
Храмы Польско-католической церкви
Лютеранские храмы, используемые другими конфессиями
Вроцлав

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Hendrik Anthonie Almoes (Ten Boer, 20 februari 1883 - Zwolle, 4 juni 1965) was een Nederlands verzamelaar, onderwijzer en schoolhoofd.

Leven en werk
Almoes was een zoon van rijksveldwachter Johannes Almoes en Geertruida Klunder. Hij begon zijn loopbaan als onderwijzer in Appingedam en Hilversum en was daarna Hoofd der School in Amsterdam, achtereenvolgens aan de Andreas Bonnschool (1923), de Sarphatischool, en de Ambonschool (1934), waarna hij zijn carrière afsloot aan de Wagenaarschool.

Sinterklaasliedjes
Hij kreeg bekendheid door zijn verzameling bekende Sinterklaasliedjes: Vroolijk St. Nicolaas-feest, verz. door Almoes (192x). Zijn verzameling is vaak de oudste vindplaats voor deze liedjes. Hij wordt genoemd als Sinterklaasauteur naast bijvoorbeeld Henriëtte Dietz, Katharina Leopold, Suze Maathuis-Ilcken en Simon Abramsz.

Andere Sinterklaasliedjes in zijn verzameling zijn:
 Wie woont er in het warme Spanje
 Wie is het? (Hoog aan de mast waait de Spaanse vlag)
 We staan hier bij de schoorsteen
 Span nu slingers door 't lokaal Sinterklaas is jarig.
 Sint komt op school (Als Sint Niklaasje terug komt in 't land)
 O lieve Sinterklaasje
 Moeder, vertel me eens is het heus waar Dat Sinterklaasje terug komt dit jaar?
 Hoor ik daar geen paardenvoetjes Trippeltrappel o zo zoetjes
 Dag Sinterklaas, dag Zwarte Piet Als u hier komt dan juichen wij Dan zingen wij een vrolijk lied

Nederlands verzamelaar


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green new deal Feb. 22, 2019
Dianne Feinstein Fumbles in Meeting With Young Climate Activists Over Green New Deal
Dianne Feinstein. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc.
On Friday morning in her office in San Francisco, Senator Dianne Feinstein met with a group of child activists from the Sunrise Movement, an organization of young people dedicated to legislative climate action. If Feinstein was expecting an end of the week meet-and-greet, it did not go as planned. As the young lobbyists gave their case for why the senator should support the Green New Deal, Feinstein made her defense to her constituents, who ranged from 7 years old to teenagers:
Young activist one: Senator, if this doesn't get turned around in 10 years you're looking at the faces of the people who are going to be living with the consequences.
Young activist two: The government is supposed to be for the people, and by the people, and all for the people.
Dianne Feinstein: You know what's interesting about this group, is I've been doing this for 30 years. I know what I'm doing. You come in here, and you say it has to be my way or the highway. I don't respond to that. I've gotten elected, I just ran. I was elected by a million vote plurality. And I know what I'm doing. So maybe, you should listen a little bit.
This is how @SenFeinstein reacted to children asking her to support the #GreenNewDeal resolution -- with smugness + disrespect.
This is a fight for our generation's survival. Her reaction is why young people desperately want new leadership in Congress. pic.twitter.com/0zAkaxruMI
— Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) February 22, 2019
Generally, if a lawmaker explains California's new plurality vote system to a 7 year old, they're entering gaffe territory. What makes this encounter more of a PR fumble is that young climate activists — perhaps more so than other issue for those who cannot vote yet — have the greatest interest in securing aggressive policy, as they will be around much longer than anyone born in the 20th century to experience the rough-and-tumble catastrophes of environmental collapse. Across the globe, teenage activists are picking up the mantle of climate change, from the Swedish 16-year-old Greta Thunberg — who told an audience at Davos that "our house is on fire" — to the 21 young Americans suing the federal government for violating their due process rights by knowing about the dangers of climate change for decades, but doing nothing about it.
Later in the day, Feinstein responded on Twitter, saying that she heard the Sunrise Movement activists "loud and clear," and that she is committed to "real, meaningful climate change legislation." Feinstein, the oldest sitting senator at 85, was primaried from the left in the midterms by a candidate with a robust climate record, and has faced some criticism from Californians for not pursuing a more aggressive environmental agenda. Her comments on Friday line up with some of the more disdainful observations on the Green New Deal from the Democratic old guard. After Dick Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, read through the Green New Deal on Wednesday, he reportedly asked, "What in the heck is this?" And earlier this month, Speaker Pelosi referred to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's and Ed Markey's ambitious climate legislation as "the green dream, or whatever they call it."
The Sunrise Movement's capable moment on Friday shows the increasingly important tactic of recording direct contact with lawmakers to distribute on social media — executed most effectively by Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher, who confronted then-Senator Jeff Flake about his vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. Conversely, for lawmakers it represents a new challenge: to be articulate, but noncommittal in interactions with constituents. As Sam Adler-Bell, who writes for the Nation and the Intercept, puts it:
you know congress ppl haven't been confronted by activists nearly enough bc they don't know to just say "I hear you, and I am doing the best I can. thank you so so much for telling me your stories" over and over.
— Sam Adler-Bell (@SamAdlerBell) February 23, 2019
Feinstein Fumbles in Meeting With Young Climate Activists


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La filatelia es la afición a coleccionar y clasificar sellos, sobres y otros documentos postales y a estudiar la historia postal. En los sellos queda representada parte de la historia nacional o regional de los países mediante figuras de personajes ilustres, monumentos, pinturas, flora, fauna, historia postal, etc., asuntos de interés para los coleccionistas (filatelistas) y las personas involucradas en esta materia.

Etimología
El vocablo filatelia se debe al coleccionista francés Georges Herpin, quien lo propuso en un artículo escrito para el periódico Le collectionneur de Timbres Poste, de París, que salió publicado el 15 de noviembre de 1864. La palabra la formó de dos vocablos griegos: philos, que significa amante, amor, afición, y atelia, derivado a su vez de ateles, que significa pagado previamente o pagado de antemano.

Historia

Prefilatelia
Los historiadores concuerdan que en Egipto, en el , ya existía un servicio de transporte de correspondencia oficial. Los manuscritos egipcios, escritos sobre papiro, se transportaban principalmente mediante embarcaciones especiales que navegaban el río Nilo.

China, en el , fue el primer país que contó con un servicio postal organizado y fue también el primero en emplear el papel en su correspondencia.

En la América precolombina también hubo un sistema de relevos para llevar mensajes e informes al tlatoani (señor gobernante) de los mexicas desde los confines de su territorio, mediante corredores llamados painani. El chasqui cumplía la misma función para el Inca de los quechuas.

Los persas, durante el reinado de Ciro el Grande (555 a. C.), establecieron un servicio de postas. Todos estos servicios eran solo para el traslado de correspondencia oficial; el público en general no tenía acceso a ellos.

En los últimos años del  prácticamente todos los países disponían de correos oficiales y también de correos particulares organizados por comerciantes para el traslado de su correspondencia.

En 1625, durante la época del cardenal Richelieu, Francia fue el primer Estado que tomó a su cargo directamente la organización y la explotación de los servicios de correos.

Los primeros sellos postales
Sir Rowland Hill fue el creador del sistema postal de prepago. Antes de su sistema, el servicio postal se pagaba en destino, lo que aparejaba innumerables inconvenientes, tales como que el destinatario se negara a pagar el servicio o no dispusiera de los fondos para hacerlo y los fraudes, que iban desde quedarse con el dinero del servicio hasta la utilización del sistema para simplemente avisar que una persona estaba bien o que debía hacer algo cuando recibiera el aviso, sin tener que pagar por ello.

El 14 de septiembre de 1839 el Ministerio del Tesoro de Gran Bretaña convocó un concurso para presentar propuestas para un sello postal adhesivo. Se presentaron 2.700 proyectos y finalmente se seleccionó el de Rowland Hill. Los sellos se emitieron el 6 de mayo de 1840 y el Penny Black fue el primer sello postal adhesivo que circuló en el mundo. Se emitieron 68.158.080 ejemplares.

Después del "Black Penny", el cantón suizo de Zúrich fue el segundo emisor de estampillas: el 21 de marzo de 1843 emitió los célebres 4 y 6 rappen. Después siguió Brasil, que el 1 de julio de 1843 emitió una serie de sellos llamados ojos de buey, por su parecido con los marcos metálicos de las ventanillas de los barcos, en valores de 30, 60 y 90 reis. España lo hizo el 1 de enero de 1850.

Todos los países fueron sucesivamente implantando la modalidad. En 1843 comenzaron a usarse en Suiza, y la primera nación americana que los empleó fue Brasil en el mismo año. Le siguieron los Estados Unidos de América en 1847, Chile en 1853, México y Uruguay en 1856, Perú un año más tarde, Argentina en 1858, Colombia y Venezuela en 1859, Nicaragua y Costa Rica en 1862, la República Dominicana, Honduras y Ecuador en 1865, Bolivia en 1866, El Salvador en 1867, Paraguay en 1870, y un año después Guatemala, Panamá en 1903 y Cuba, ya como nación independiente, en 1905.

Los primeros sellos, que ya venían en pliegos, se cortaban con tijeras, por lo que tenían los bordes rectos. Más adelante (1854) se añadió una serie de líneas con perforaciones que permitían separarlos limpiamente, sin herramientas auxiliares y apareció el dentado.

El primer anuncio de prensa dedicado a la filatelia apareció en 1841 en el Times londinense y es de una joven coleccionista "deseosa de empapelar su tocador con sellos usados". Pronto se extendió el coleccionismo y aparecieron los primeros catálogos o listas de sellos, con valor convenido, en 1860 (Berger-Levrault) en Estrasburgo y Poliquet en París). El primer álbum con huecos o casillas para colocar los sellos lo publica Lallier en París, en 1862, y la primera revista filatélica es The Monthly Intelligencer de Liverpool (Inglaterra). Continuó extendiéndose la afición: en todas las naciones se formaron núcleos de filatelistas, de los que muchos se distinguieron por sus estudios, sus soberbias colecciones o por las empresas comerciales que fundaron relacionadas con el sello. También surgieron en las ciudades importantes asociaciones dedicadas al intercambio filatélico, y comenzaron las ventas públicas y subastas, en las cuales se llegaron a alcanzar altos precios.

Fabricación, características de los sellos postales y su interés filatélico

En la fabricación de los sellos se utilizan todos los procedimientos gráficos (tipografía, litografía, grabado de talla dulce, huecograbado y fotografía); pero el más bello, sin duda, es el grabado a buril sobre plancha metálica con la impresión mediante la prensa llamada tórculo, denominado calcografía. Este procedimiento es, además, el más difícil de falsificar. Primero se hace el grabado con buril, después se moja el papel que luego pasa a una prensa, donde -todavía húmedo- se imprime hoja por hoja en máquinas calcográficas o en tórculo automático. Las hojas pasan después a los revisadores que examinan los pliegos y separan aquellos que se encuentren defectuosos. Una vez seca la impresión, van las hojas a la máquina numeradora -si se numeran-, luego a la engomadora, y cuando están secas, a la que hace el trepado o perforado, que es la última operación. Este sistema, de impresiones muy bellas, es lento; por eso, para las emisiones de grandes números se emplean el huecograbado rotativo y la fotolitografía, procedimientos muy rápidos, en los que se hace el dibujo en papel y la imagen es transportada al metal por procedimientos fotomecánicos.

En el papel se ha de tener en cuenta, aparte del color y el grosor, la filigrana o marca especial de agua que puede distinguirse al trasluz o mediante el filigranoscopio, que consiste en una pequeña bandeja de fondo plano y negro, en la cual se deposita el sello cara abajo; se humedece con una gota de bencina y enseguida se hace visible el signo o letras de la filigrana. Según sea esta, el sello puede pertenecer a una u otra emisión. Las filigranas son muy variadas y algunas muy curiosas.

El perforado o trepado constituye otro elemento distintivo, ya que existen diferentes tipos de dentado (de peine, de línea), y se clasifican según el número de dientes del sello por cada 2 cm. Los antiguos no estaban perforados, aunque lo mismo sucede con algunas emisiones modernas.

La forma de los sellos es muy variada; los hay cuadrados, rectangulares, triangulares, hexagonales, romboidales, etc., y dentro de estas formas las dimensiones son variadísimas, desde el gigantesco sello norteamericano para franqueo de periódicos de 1866, de 99 por 55 milímetros, hasta el diminuto de la colonia británica de Victoria. En cuanto a los colores, existe una gama muy extensa. Una forma de coleccionar es reunir variedades de color. Se han llegado a distinguir hasta 400 tonalidades diferentes.

Se llama valor facial el que lleva expresado el sello de la moneda del país a que pertenece, y que oscila desde valores insignificantes (como el sello español de un cuarto de céntimo de peseta) hasta valores elevadísimos (como el de Kenia de 100 libras esterlinas). La tirada de cada emisión oscila también grandemente: las ha habido de unas docenas de ejemplares y otras de muchos millones.

Es maravilloso el derroche de inventiva, talento y arte de los artistas diseñadores de las viñetas; se hallan detalles curiosos en las orlas o inscripciones, composiciones armónicas y equilibradas, alardes de concepción, coloridos acertados. Muchos constituyen verdaderas obras de arte por el tema, la impresión delicada, la armonía de color y los bellos dibujos.

Existen el sello tipo y las variedades. El primero es el proyectado, con características, precio, etc., bien determinados; pero supongamos que una vez comenzada la emisión se inutiliza la máquina trepadora y hay que utilizar otra, el resultado será tener sellos con dentado diferente, que constituirán una variedad. Como se comprenderá, las variedades de cada tipo pueden ser muchas o pocas. Otra modificación que altera los sellos de una emisión en todo o en parte son la sobrecarga y la habilitación, que consisten en aquellas sobreimpresiones que se imprimen con posteridad a la impresión general. Pueden servir para alterar su valor facial -sobrecarga-, modificar el uso para el cual estaba destinado -habilitación-, o para indicar un cambio de régimen en la nación a que pertenece, como por ejemplo, los que llevaban la habilitación HPN o "Habilitados por la nación" en España, tras el reinado de Isabel II.

Los sellos con errores o defectos alcanzan por lo general gran valor por su escaso número. Pueden darse errores de color, si aparecen con color equivocado. Otras veces aparece una parte del sello imprimida en sentido inverso, como el famoso sello aéreo norteamericano con el avión invertido. Se llama tête-bêche a la pareja de sellos en que uno está invertido totalmente. Si la placa se deteriora por accidentes imprevistos, salen algunos sellos defectuosos, y al ser reparadas las planchas y continuar la tirada aparecen los llamados retocados. Otros errores son los de origen, por equivocación del artista, como el sello en que aparece Colón usando un anteojo que se inventó 200 años después de su muerte.

Las rarezas y curiosidades del mundo de los sellos son infinitas; nos limitaremos a referir algunas. El sello de un centavo de la Guayana británica ("Magenta de 1 centavo"), de 1856, debe su alto valor a un descuido de la administración británica, que olvidó enviar los pliegos de sellos a dicha colonia. Entonces, el gobernador se vio obligado a hacer una tirada modesta, en la que estampó su firma en los sellos para evitar falsificaciones. En Rusia se retiró una emisión que llevaba la efigie del zar, por considerar poco respetuoso que la figura imperial fuera hollada por el matasellos. Otra estampilla muy buscada es la brasileña que conmemora la visita del rey Carlos I de Portugal.

En cuanto a los temas, son infinitos. Hay sellos cartográficos, con mapas, como algunos de Irlanda (Eire) y la emisión de Turquía de 1922. Otros muestran montañas, como los sellos ecuatorianos, en que aparece el Chimborazo. Los ríos son muy reproducidos, como en los sellos canadienses de 1928 como el San Lorenzo. El lago Amatitlán aparece en varios sellos de Guatemala. Entre las cascadas citaremos la emisión argentina del Iguazú. Los animales son temas recurrentes: la jirafa de Nyassa, el camello en los de Touva, y el orangután en los de Borneo, son buenas muestras.

Las tiradas de los valores altos son limitadas, oscilan entre 10000 y los 30000 ejemplares. Hay países muy aficionados a las emisiones, como Turquía. Los valores filatélicos pueden ser enormes. El sello citado de la Guayana Inglesa se ha vendido en subasta por un valor de 9,5 millones de dólares.

En la filatelia se agrupan los sellos según la clase de servicio a que se destinen. Así tenemos los de correo aéreo, correo ordinario, la correspondencia urgente, los benéficos (para proporcionar donativos para obras humanitarias), los de guerra (patrióticos y de ocupaciones militares), los de tasa (para suplir el franqueo insuficiente), de telégrafos, correspondencia oficial, etc.

Por último hay otros sellos menos coleccionados: para impresos, certificados, paquetes postales y encomiendas, teléfonos, franquicias de organismos oficiales y timbres o sellos fiscales o de impuestos.

Conforme ha ido aumentando la importancia de la filatelia, han ido aparecido más sellos falsos, imitaciones ingeniosas por las que se han pagado grandes sumas.

Además del sello suelto, se usa también la pareja, que puede ser vertical u horizontal. Si son tres se llama tira o banda. Un conjunto de cuatro o más sellos, con dos a lo menos en una banda, se llama bloque; los más corrientes son de cuatro y de nueve. Destinadas a los aficionados se emiten hoy las hojitas, que constan de varios sellos distintos en el centro de una hoja de papel, con inscripciones alusivas en el margen. Hasta los primeros años de nuestro siglo se preferían los sellos matados, o sea, hollados por el matasellos; hoy abundan los coleccionistas que prefieren sellos nuevos, alegando que el aspecto de la estampilla es más atractivo. Sin embargo, hay casos en que el matasello aumenta el valor del sello porque es más difícil hallarlo circulado que en nuevo.

Coleccionismo

Inicios
El conde de Villayer implantó en París en 1653 la venta de unos sobres uniformes para la correspondencia -que se ofrecían a dos sueldos- pero fracasó en su empeño. Hasta el , en 1839, no resurge de nuevo la idea, rescatada por un maestro de escuela inglés, Rowland Hill, progresista y emprendedor. Propuso al gobierno un plan para pago previo del transporte postal mediante sellos o estampillas adheridas, que fue aceptado, y se puso en funcionamiento el 6 de mayo de 1840. Un año después ya hay noticia del primer coleccionista: un tal doctor Gray, cuya afición provocó las burlas de sus contemporáneos.

El coleccionismo y su influencia
Es grande el influjo educativo de la filatelia, pues todo coleccionista aumenta sensiblemente su caudal de conocimientos, sin necesidad de penosas y largas horas de estudio. Los conocimientos de historia, geografía, van atesorándose, y crece el afán de saber más y más sobre países, hombres, paisajes, a los que nos asomamos mediante esas ventanitas del mundo que son los sellos. Ya en los primeros tiempos de la filatelia se intuyó su capacidad pedagógica y fue introducida oficialmente en las escuelas británicas en una reglamentación de 1855, como deporte y cultura. El sello tiende, por lo general, a aumentar de valor al disminuir el número de ejemplares de cada emisión por pérdidas y deterioros; este incremento de valor, a veces, resulta asombroso, llegando a multiplicar por mil o dos mil su valor inicial. Si la selección de los ejemplares se hace con acierto, constituye siempre una inversión y una garantía económica para el día de mañana. El ejercicio de la filatelia desarrolla cualidades de orden y cuidado, de pulcritud y esmero. Desarrolla el espíritu analítico y de observación.

Actividades de filatelistas
Se han celebrado grandes exposiciones filatélicas, como la de Berlín de 1930, la de Buenos Aires de 1950 y la de Nueva York en 1956. En las grandes ciudades se reúnen bolsas filatélicas al aire libre, donde los filatelistas conversan, cambian, compran y venden. Son famosas la de Buenos Aires en el Parque Rivadavia y la de Barcelona de la Plaza Real. Existen además los clubes filatélicos, con numerosos asociados, que intercambian correspondencia amistosa, sellos, postales, revistas, etc., y muchos editan publicaciones interesantes.

Muchos filatelistas avanzados se especializan en sellos conmemorativos, aéreos, hispanoamericanos, de colonias británicas, etc., ante la imposibilidad de abarcar toda la enorme cantidad de estampillas emitidas en la actualidad.

Formas de coleccionar
Los sellos solían adherirse al álbum con unos fijasellos, también llamados charnelas (del francés charnière), papel engomado y transparente que se utilizaba doblado a modo de pequeña bisagra. Sin embargo, esta es una práctica en total desuso -al menos en lo que refiere a los sellos nuevos (no utilizados ni matasellados)-, ya que provoca la pérdida (mayor o menor según el sello) de parte del valor de las piezas debido a que al quitar el fijasellos del sello siempre deja una señal en la goma. En los catálogos suele haber tres listas de precios: una para las sellos nuevos sin señal de charnela; otra, de cotizaciones siempre inferiores, para piezas -nuevas- con señal de charnela; y la tercera para sellos los matasellados o circulados (suele decirse "usados"), cuya cotización es generalmente más baja, aunque se dan casos en que esta es muy superior a cualquiera de los dos tipos de sellos no circulados.

Es preferible el uso de los filoestuches, que permiten poner y quitar los sellos del álbum para examinarlos y que, al contrario que los fijasellos, no les producen ninguna agresión.

Son instrumentos útiles para el filatelista el filigranoscopio al que ya nos hemos referido; el odontómetro, que es una lámina de cartón o plástico con hileras rectas de puntos de diferente grueso y separación, que nos indican cuántos dientes del perforado de un sello entran en dos centímetros. Se ajusta el margen del sello sobre estas hileras hasta encontrar la que coincide con la perforación de nuestro ejemplar. Diremos que un sello es de dentado 12, si entran 12 dientes en un espacio de 2 centímetros. Las pinzas, empleadas para coger el sello, evitan que este se doble o manche, y la lupa puede permitirnos apreciar detalles distintivos imposibles de observar a simple vista.

Los Catálogos filatélicos, obras cuidadosamente preparadas en las que figuran por orden de aparición y de emisión todos los sellos del mundo, son indispensables para el coleccionista. Sirven de base para ordenar las colecciones, dictan criterio sobre cuáles ejemplares deben o no considerarse con valor filatélico, y fijan un valor monetario a cada sello, que se aplica no solo a operaciones de compra y venta, sino a las transacciones o cambios. Los catálogos aparecen anualmente y los más famosos y vendidos universalmente son el de Ivert-Tellier, francés; el de Gibbons, inglés, y el de Scott, norteamericano.

Los mejores álbumes para sellos son aquellos que permiten intercalar hojas sueltas en las que se fijan los últimos ejemplares al final de cada país. En el comercio existen álbumes de hojas adecuados tanto para principiantes como para coleccionistas de importancia.

Entre los coleccionistas más destacados se encuentra Jorge VI, cuya colección fue comenzada por Eduardo VII y cuenta con numerosas rarezas. Otro coleccionista distinguido fue Franklin D. Roosevelt. El rey Víctor Manuel de Italia y el zar Nicolás de Rusia fueron también filatelistas. La colección más famosa ha sido la de Philipp von Ferrary, comenzada en 1865 y vendida en subasta en París en 1923 por dos millones de dólares. Otras colecciones notables han sido la de Castle, de sellos europeos; la de Durin; la del barón Rothschild, y la de Hind, poseedor del único ejemplar del celebre sello de la Guayana Británica. Notable coleccionista ha sido Doring Beckton, presidente de la Real Sociedad Filatélica británica, que al morir dejó 154,021 sellos diferentes.

Merecen mención especial los sellos conmemorativos emitidos para celebrar algún hecho notable o fecha importante. Tienen valor histórico y cuentan con magnífica aceptación entre los aficionados. Su valor pictórico y artístico suele ser excepcional, y son los más bellos ejemplares de cualquier colección. Entre los más notables citaremos las numerosas series conmemorativas norteamericanas; las españolas de Goya y Monserrat; las dedicadas a la Unión Postal Universal y a las olimpiadas.

Implicaciones
Más que la cantidad, es la rareza de los ejemplares lo que le da valor a una colección. Algunos sellos, en particular los que tienen errores de impresión, raros pero conocidos, llegan a adquirir un valor comercial muy elevado y son difíciles de conseguir.

Los sellos de correos, llamados timbres y estampillas en varios países de la América hispanoparlante, han dado origen a una de las actividades coleccionistas más extendidas en el mundo y entre todas las clases sociales. Esta afición ha originado importantes industrias y comercios, cuenta con revistas especializadas e incluso constituye una fuente de ingresos para algunos estados.

Instrumentos filatélicos

 Lupa: Esencial para ver los pequeños detalles de los sellos.
 Odontómetro: Sirve para medir el dentado de los sellos.
 Trincrómetro: Sirve para medir el espesor del papel.
 Catálogos: Contienen precios orientativos e información técnica como el dentado, la tirada, tipo de impresión y el papel. Son publicados por empresas especializadas y tienen su origen en las listas de precios de los comerciantes.
 Pinzas: Para evitar manipular los sellos con las manos, sin dañarlos ni marcarlos.
 Clasificador: Libro con bandas transparentes que sirven para colocar y ordenar los sellos.
 Álbum filatélico: Editado por casas comerciales especializadas. Anualmente publican suplementos por países, con las hojas ya diseñadas. Con la popularización de la informática, existe una tendencia creciente al diseño e impresión propios por cada coleccionista.
 Filoestuches: Bandas adhesivas para sostener y proteger los sellos en el álbum.

Modalidades de coleccionismo

Bajo el término filatelia se engloban varias disciplinas y modalidades de coleccionismo:
 Filatelia técnica. Consiste en el estudio y documentación del proceso de diseño, creación e impresión del sello.
 Historia postal. Utilización del sello sobre pieza, períodos de uso, anulaciones y marcas complementarias.
 Historia del correo. Decretos, disposiciones y documentos relativos a la organización y funcionamiento del correo.
 Prefilatelia. Correo y marcas empleadas antes de la aparición del sello.
 Filatelia temática. Orientada al coleccionismo del motivo representado en el sello.
 Países. Coleccionismo especializado en las emisiones de un determinado país o territorio.

Catálogos especializados
Son publicaciones para identificar y clasificar los sellos postales, así como para conocer su valor en el mercado. Reproducen cada uno de los sellos emitidos y se utilizan como herramienta principal por los coleccionistas. Los principales catálogos mundiales son:

  Catálogo Scott: editado en Estados Unidos
  Catálogo Michel: editado en Alemania
  Catálogo Yvert et Tellier: editado en Francia
  Catálogo Stanley Gibbons: editado en Gran Bretaña

Existen también catálogos especializados de algunos países:

  Catálogo Edifil: editado en España
  Catálogo Mello Teggia: editado en Argentina
  Catálogo en línea Casandra: de España

Curiosidades filatélicas
 Aunque generalmente se acepta que Sir Rowland Hill, administrador postal inglés, fue el inventor del sello, las primeras muestras adhesivas fueron impresas en 1834 por James Chalmers, de Dundee (Escocia).
 Los sellos del Reino Unido nunca han llevado el nombre del país, solo la efigie del soberano. El primero que incorporó una ilustración adicional fue el conmemorativo de Wembley, emitido el 23 de abril de 1924.
 El Reino Unido nunca ha emitido sellos aéreos.
 Ningún sello de los Estados Unidos lleva la efigie de una persona viva, aunque muchos estadounidenses han sido honrados en vida y han aparecido en los sellos de otros países. La única excepción fue en septiembre de 1861, con la emisión que representa a Jefferson Davis, único presidente de los Estados Confederados de América.
 Aunque son las formas que más abundan, no todos los sellos son cuadrados o rectangulares. Los hay romboidales, triangulares e incluso circulares, ovales, hexagonales, octogonales y de formas irregulares.
 El sello más grande que se conoce fue emitido por China en 1913. Era de correo urgente y medía 24,8 cm x 7 cm.
 El sello más pequeño fue emitido por el estado de Bolívar (1863-1866), parte de los entonces llamados Estados Unidos de Colombia. Media 8 mm × 9.5 mm.
 El sello más valioso del mundo es el Tre skilling amarillo de Suecia de 1855. En 1996 se vendió por 2.600.000 francos suizos (más de 2 millones de dólares americanos). Por su peso, es el objeto más caro del mundo, pues costó cerca de 71 millones de dólares por gramo.
 El error más famoso y valioso en un sello de Estados Unidos es el Inverted Jenny; ocurrió en el ejemplar de un timbre de correo aéreo puesto a la venta el 14 de mayo de 1918 con la figura de un avión invertido. El coleccionista W. T. Robey compró una hoja que fue vendida a un comerciante por 15000 US$. Este la vendió a su vez a otro coleccionista por 20000 US$. En 1979 un bloque de 4 sellos de la hoja se vendió en 500.000 US$. Más recientemente, se alcanzaron valores de 750.000 dólares por un solo ejemplar.
 El sello más curioso del mundo probablemente sea uno que emitió Bután y que en realidad es un pequeño disco musical que reproduce el himno nacional del país.
 En cuanto a materiales distintos del papel, Portugal emitió en 2007 un sello realizado en corcho, al igual que Ecuador, que lo hizo en 2009.
 Hasta 1850, cuando comenzaron a emitirse sellos nacionales, las ciudades suizas usaban sus propios sellos. Las cartas locales llevaban solo uno; las dirigidas a otras ciudades, dos.
 La Unión Postal Universal se fundó en Berna (Suiza) el 15 de septiembre de 1874 para regular el intercambio de correo postal entre los países. Hoy en día es una entidad dependiente de las Naciones Unidas .
 Algunos célebres aficionados a la filatelia fueron Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Jorge V de Inglaterra, Carol II de Rumania, Alfonso XIII de España, Nicolás II de Rusia, Guillermo II de Alemania, Freddie Mercury y Nicolas Sarkozy.
 En el cuento un secreto en la ventana de Norma Huidobro se menciona a "la dama de Elche", una estampilla única creada en el .

Sociedades filatélicas
 Academia Hispánica de Filatelia
 Academia Nacional de Filatelia Rusa
 American Philatelic Society (APS)
 Jalisco Filatélico, el club más antiguo de México
 Federación Argentina de Entidades Filatélicas (FAEF)
 Federación Europea de Sociedades Filatélicas (FEPA)
 Academia Europea de Filatelia (AEF)
 Sociedad Filatélica de Chile, fundada en 1889
 Federación Internacional de Filatelia, (FIP), fundada en París en 1926
 Sociedad Filatélica Argentina, (SOFIRA)
 Sociedad Filatélica de El Salvador
 Sociedad Filatélica de Madrid, (SOFIMA)
 Sociedad Filatélica de Puerto Rico

En España, Afinsa (1980) y Fórum Filatélico (1979), entidades que captaban ahorros para invertirlos en sellos, fueron intervenidas en 2006 acusadas de ser estafas piramidales.

Véase también

 Aerofilatelia
 Sello postal
 Estampilla espécimen
 Historia postal de Argentina
 Historia postal de México
 Historia postal de España

Bibliografía

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Diccionario filatélico ilustrado, de Filatelia Aguilar.
 FIP, la Federación Internacional de Filatelia.
 New Stamps of the World, directorio de nuevas emisiones de sellos (en inglés, pero la traducción al español disponible en línea).
 Sellos de España y del mundo Web dedicada a los sellos, con enfoque en los sellos españoles.
 ¿Qué es la Filatelia? Definición de Filatelia según coleccionistas


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Q: Remove store code from Catalog Product Link Widget I am adding product links to a CMS page using the "Catalog Product Link" widget feature. The inserted code looks like such:
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The links are display with the store code at the end, such as ?___store=default. How can I remove this extra part of the url from these particular links?
I've looked at catalog/product/widget/link/link_block.phtml but I don't see where it says to display ?___store=default anywhere in the code.
NOTE: Under Add Store Code to Urls in admin, the option is selected to NO.

A: If you want to remove the __store parameter you can override Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_Widget_Link block and write the following code.
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class Custom_Catalog_Block_Product_Widget_Link
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The __store parameter is used to switch between the store and load the appropriate content from the store view. I don't see a real need for that here as Magento also provides store view switcher that does the same thing.

A: Ok found the link code was generated from
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I changed line 100 to
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Supporting the Palestinian people is legitimate; the government will not silence us!
Published on Thursday, 31 July 2014 13:54
Written by Radical Socialist
Statement by NPA, France
This morning our comrade Alain Pojolat, who had filed on behalf of all the organizers, including the NPA, the declaration to the prefecture of the demonstrations which were subsequently banned, was charged and will appear before the Paris District Court on October 22, 2014.
The Israeli offensive has already caused more than 1,100 deaths, mostly civilians and many of them children, and more than 6,000 people have been injured. The "open air prison" that was Gaza has been turned into rubble, leading to demonstrations of solidarity with the Palestinian people all over the world, including in Tel Aviv. For the Hollande-Valls government the urgent task is not to make every effort to stop the massacre, but to attempt to prohibit demonstrations in Paris, to criminalize the solidarity movement and thus to affirm its support for the criminal policy of the State of Israel.
The NPA is proud to take responsibility for its participation in the two demonstrations on 19 and 26 July, which despite being banned mobilized thousands of people to denounce the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and the alignment of the French government on the extreme right-wing government of Netanyahu.
The NPA calls on all democratic forces, associations, unions, parties and all those who are committed to freedom of expression to react against this attempt at intimidation. That begins by a massive response to the call to demonstrate on Saturday, August 2 in Paris: still determined to voice our solidarity with the Palestinian people, to demand an end to the offensive and the lifting of the blockade of Gaza.
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The Indiana University Bloomington Department of Physics is a medium sized department with an undergraduate program that has doubled in size over the past five years. They currently have research going on in particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, cosmology, and others.
1951 – 1954Kenneth Watson was on faculty.
1951 – 1955Keith Brueckner was on faculty.
1956 – 1958Riccardo Giacconi was on faculty.
1960 – 1962John Bahcall was on faculty.
1970 – presentRobert Pollock has been on faculty.
1973 – 1984Gerald Mahan was on faculty.
1980 – presentCharles Goodman has been on faculty.
1987 – 2000Allan MacDonald was on faculty.
1987 – 2001Steven Girvin was on faculty.
Department information from Indiana University Department of Physics's website (http://www.iub.edu/~iubphys/).
Assistant Professor of Physics and Associate Professor of Physics.
Postdoctoral Researcher; Professor of Physics; and Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Professor of Physics and Distinguished Professor of Physics.
Distinguished Professor of Physics and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Allen V. Buskirk lecture notes for classes of Emil Konopinski and Oppenheimer, undated.
In memoriam--Daniel Kirkwood, 1814-1895 [videorecording] / Indiana University Television Educational Services ; executive producer, Frank K. Edmondson ; producer and director, John Winninger.
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Oral history interview with Emil Jan Konopinski, 1982.
Oral history interview with Kenneth W. Ford, 1997 November 15 and 22.
Oral history interview with Lawrence M. Langer, 1982.
Oral history interviews. High-Energy Physics. Selected Experiments: SLAC-E-103: Search for Exotic Mesons Using the SLAC Two Meter Streamer Chamber, 1989.
Oral history interviews. High-Energy Physics. Women in High-Energy Physics, 1991.
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"I'm headed to Andorra!" I told my friends in Europe. "Oh, you're going skiing," they would respond. Well, no, I wasn't. (I have, in fact, never been skiing – though it's on my bucket list at some point so please don't yell at me.) "Then you must be going for the duty-free shopping," they would reply. While Andorra does have a thriving duty-free sector (more on that later), it has never been a calling for me.
So why was I going to Andorra?
A cute art display in Andorra la Vella with the ever-present mountains behind.
Well, I am fascinated by the tiny state in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. It has been independent since the year 805 despite being surrounded by nations significantly larger and more powerful, and has a governmental system with some truly awesome quirks!
Andorra was founded by Charlemagne himself, one of a number of buffer states between the Holy Roman Empire and Moorish Spain. Today, it is the only survivor, partially due to its own governmental ingenuity.
Casa de la Vall (House of the Valley in Catalan) is the former seat of the Andorran parliament (the Consell General). While the council has outgrown the building and moved into new quarters next door in 2011, Casa de la Vall is still used for ceremonial meetings, in the same council room that has been utilized for this purpose since 1701. Half-hour guided tours of the building are available (without photos), and guides explain the history of the country.
Casa de la Vall is the one must-see in Andorra for history lovers.
In 1278, a treaty was signed preserving Andorra's independence by designating two hereditary princes for the tiny nation: the French Count of Foix and the Spanish Bishop of Urgell in Catalonia. When the Count of Foix ascended to the French throne as Henry IV in 1589, an edict was passed (in 1607) designating the French head of state as the French co-prince of Andorra. This system remains largely unchanged to this day. Of course, there are no French kings, so the elected head of state, the President, is the French co-prince along with the Bishop of Urgell. (In fact, every French President since Charles de Gaulle has visited at least once in his term to act in this role. The Bishops visit more often as they also oversee Church activities in the Principality.) In this manner, with powerful figures in both France and Spain acting as co-princes and protectors of Andorra, the country has maintained its independence throughout the centuries.
One of the highlights of the Casa de la Vall is a simple cabinet with seven locks. Today empty, this cabinet once contained the archives for the entire Principality. Rulers of each of the country's six (later seven) parishes were given a key, and it took all of them to open it. Those keys today are kept by the Consell of 28 members, four elected from each parish.
Andorra has always been relatively isolated. Home to roughly 75,000 people, only half of whom are citizens, it is only accessible via road from France or Spain. For tourists, that means driving in or taking the bus from either Barcelona or Toulouse. While the country is not part of the EU, it does operate on the euro and has a pretty soft border with both France and Spain.
Most tourists come for the skiing – Andorra operates some of the best in Europe – and duty-free shopping. A stroll down the pedestrian Av. Meritxell reveals massive stores dedicated to those items most revered by duty-free connoisseurs, like liquor and perfume.
Duty-free shopping has never looked so beautiful!
But what of those deep-thinking travelers who are looking for something more? Well, Andorra has a few things that make it worth a day or two. In addition to the aforementioned Casa de la Vall and the ever-present spectacular natural scenery (seriously, maybe I'd enjoy duty-free shopping if duty-free stores all looked like this), the capital of Andorra la Vella has a cute old town, good restaurants – though like in Spain dinner is at 8pm or later for most of them – and some really great public art.
Salvador Dali's "The Nobility of Time" is a highlight.
If the cold and altitude and physical exertion make you feel in need of some pampering, the Caldea Spa is apparently pretty great, although expensive (hence I didn't go in). It is one parish over from Andorra la Vella, though an easy and pretty walk. It is also an extraordinarily beautiful building!
The Caldea Spa is one of the most photographed and visited attractions in Andorra.
The bottom line is this: if you like skiing and duty-free shopping, add Andorra to your itinerary! If not, it can still be worth a small portion of time as either a way of crossing the country off your list or to learn about a truly remarkable history.


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Most days when I leave the house, I'm carrying these items at a minimum. In fact, I often carry a second knife, too!
The FKMD – FOX Knives Military Division Folding Karambit knife is 8.5″ overall. It boasts a 3.2″ Teflon coated N690Co cobalt vanadium stainless blade with a satin finish and textured G10 handle scales with an integrated finger hole that works very well with both the index and pinky fingers. The Karambit is a pocket defense tool with a functional, elegant style from a respected manufacturer.
The Embassy Pen features a machined deep knurled grip engineered for non-slip use. The built in 301 grade stainless steel clip provides a secure fit in your front shirt pocket or in your EDC bag. A black medium SPR4 pressurized Fisher Space Pen refill, good from -30F to +250F is included when you purchase the pen.
The 5.11 Tactical is an extremely versatile, lightweight, high output pen like design. Utilizing 2 AAA batteries, producing 69 lumens with 3 hours of run time, it's the perfect flashlight for admin tasks throughout a shift.
The Ares Gear Ranger Belt is tough enough for extended use in a field environment, and classy enough for khakis when you're doing plainclothes work. 1″ colored webbing stitched to double layers of 1.5″ black scuba webbing longitudinally, with a Cobra QR buckle.
My Tactical Tailor business business card billfold was a gift which I do not see on the website, but i like it a lot and use it daily.
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The Fox Karambit is a great knife. Designed by one of the best Karambit makers, Rich Derespina. Check Derespina knives for some awesome Karambits.
A couple of words of caution on carrying a Karambit.
The use of a Karambit is not the same as a straight blade, and if you plan to use it to defend your life, you need to train to use it.
Under stress, the instinct is to stab and swing, not the most effective use of a Katambit, With good training, the Karambit is a fantastic self defense weapon.
Second, while Karambits were utility blades in Malay and Indonesian culture, your local law enforcement will not see them the same, they will see them only as a weapon.
If you carry a Karambit, you should carry another knife to cut things. With the curved blade, Karambits are a little harder to sharpen, and you always want it sharp. I carry a simple Gerber EAB to cut things.
An alternative to the Fox blade is the 5.11 Karambit. The advantage of this knife is the blade is 2.5 inches, the max size you can carry on federal installations -parks, post office, museums, courthouses.


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Credential management solutions are essential in order to the control access to sensitive user's credentials. Adoption of credential management system helps in providing security to all the information and systems of an organization. These solutions allows the authorities to create and cancel the user credentials whenever employees come or go within an organization during the evolvement of business processes and policies. Demand for credential management solutions within an organization is increasing along with rising security and privacy concerns. Thus, these factors boost the growth of credential management solutions market.
Growing demand of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud technology, increasing safety and privacy concerns and increase in number of ways of resetting the passwords have been driving the global credential management solutions market. On the other hand, low rate of success in password self-service plans and increasing level of customization and synchronization might hinder the overall growth at a global level.
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African youth demand a seat at the table | The Youth Cafe
Voices of young Africans are becoming difficult to ignore
BY BUSANI BAFANA
A new wave is sweeping across Africa. Elections on the continent are increasingly yielding younger leadership than ever before. From presidents to ministers and governors, senators to members of parliament, Africa's young people are demanding a seat at the political table.
The youth are using their large numbers to vote in younger leaders or leaders they feel will be sympathetic to their plight.
In Uganda, Proscovia Oromait was only 19 in 2012 when she became the world's youngest MP, representing Usuk County in the Katakwi District. "What I said when I was younger was that in years to come, I will become the president. It's just been my dream to become a leader of Uganda.And here I am, the youngest MP. And I'm so proud of what I am," Ms. Oromait told the UK's Independent newspaper in an interview
In South Africa, Lindiwe Mazibuko, 37, was elected leader of the opposition in parliament in 2011, representing the Democratic Alliance. She became the first black woman to hold that position. "There is no prosperity for our continent without a vibrant, diverse and truly competitive politics, founded upon excellence, transparency and commitment to the public good," Ms. Mazibuko said in a TEDxEuston talk in January 2016.
There are more young leaders coming up in parliaments in Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Cameroon, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda and others. And the August 2018 presidential election could give Zimbabwe's political leadership a youthful makeover.
Forty-year-old Nelson Chamisa, the new leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, is angling to be Zimbabwe's new leader. Were Mr. Chamisa to win, he would be one of Africa's youngest democratically elected presidents.
Sixty percent of Zimbabwe's 5.3 million registered voters in the watershed elections are under 40, according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. It is a show of commitment by the youth to deciding a new course of governance after the leadership of Robert Mugabe. Mr. Mugabe, 94, was Africa's oldest leader until he resigned as president in November last year, having ruled for 37 years.
A young voice
In a recent interview with the German radio station Deutsche Welle, Mr. Chamisa said, "It is young people who are the movers and shakers. We want to also see that in politics. We want our continent to be painted young. We want our continent to have a young voice."
In a 2015 article for CNN, David E. Kiwuwa, an associate professor of international studies at Princeton University in the US, notes that "the average age of the ten oldest leaders [in Africa] is 78.5 compared to 52 for the world's ten mostdeveloped economies."
On average, according to Mr. Kiwuwa, "only between 15% and 21% of [these African countries'] citizens were born when these presidents took the reins."
Some Africans argue that "with age and longevity in office come wisdom, foresight and experience," Mr. Kiwuwa writes. He further posits that, given opportunities in politics and other sectors, Africa's youth can transform the continent. He regrets that the long tenures of older politicians continue to stifle the emergence of credible youthful successors.
Innocent Batsani Ncube, a 39-year-old Zimbabwean political scholar, echoes Mr. Kiwuwa's sentiments, stressing that youth rarely get the attention of Africa's political leaders, who do not believe young people can lead.
Older political elites believe they have all the solutions to development challenges, Mr. Ncube told Africa Renewal. "An example is the approach that those in leadership use to solve young people's job problems. Their solutions mostly suit the elites, rather than the young people. There is limited consultation in ideation between the youth and the older leaders."
Youth need a seat on the transformation train because of their energy and passion, argues Kuseni Dlamini in a paper published in 2013 by Ernst & Young, a UKbased professional services firm.
"The single most important factor for continental growth is the energy and passion of young Africans who have a palpable sense of positive energy and optimism,"adds Mr. Dlamini, who is the chair of Times Media Group of South Africa and head of Massmart, a retailer affiliated with Walmart in the US.
"They [youth] are young entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists, academics, engineers, professionals. They do not want aid or charity. They want to unleash their full potential," said Mr. Dlamini, who was named "Young Global Leader" in 2008 by the World Economic Forum, a recognition accorded "higher-performing leaders" who mentor other youth.
Africa's population will be 1.6 billion by 2030, according to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the rapidly growing youth population will constitute 42% of that number. The youth will need opportunities to participate in politics, jobs and overall inclusion in development.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says that one-third of Africa's 420 million youths (those ages 15–35) are unemployed, another third are vulnerably employed and only one in six young people is gainfully employed.
"While 10 to 12 million youths enter the workforce each year [in Africa], only 3.1 million jobs are created, leaving vast numbers of youth unemployed. The consequences of youth unemployment in Africa are pervasive and severe: unemployment translates to poorer living conditions, fuels migration out of Africa, and contributes to conflict on the continent itself," notes the AfDB.
The AfDB adds that "the desired longterm outcome is expanded economic opportunity for both male and female African youth, which leads to improvements in other aspects of their lives."
The bank therefore aims to create 25 million jobs through its Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy (2016–2025) and spur economic growth by empowering the youth to realize their full potential.
Disrupting the status quo
African youth are demanding a seat at the political table, but the agribusiness sector, which could be worth $1 trillion by 2030, according to the World Bank, is the low-hanging fruit.
The African Agribusiness Incubator Network (AAIN), a business development company based in Accra, Ghana, wants youth to innovate and lead the continent's economic transformation.
Ralph von Kaufmann, an agribusiness mentor and consultant with AAIN, says that "agribusiness presents opportunities for youths and women, but there is a need to create the right policies that facilitate their participation."
Nthabiseng Kgobokoe, a young livestock and horticulture farmer in South Africa, told Africa Renewal that the first step must be to "include the youth in policy making. Education alone cannot address all our issues; there is a need to create conducive political and economic conditions for us to be successful young entrepreneurs."
Ms. Kaobokoe said young entrepreneurs across Africa face similar challenges, including a lack of access to financing and other resources, red tape and inadequate policies to foster inclusive growth.
Policy makers forget that youth are the backbone of any socioeconomic and political development, stresses Ms. Kgobokoe.
Talented young people must step forward and be part of decision making, says Ms. Mazibuko. "We [in Africa] are emerging from that stereotype of a dark continent, the hopeless continent.... We must run for office, we must work in the civil service and we must disrupt the political status quo."
This article is republished by The Youth Café courtesy of Busani Bafana, and UN Africa Renewal. Additional input added by Kelvin Kiprotich.
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State of the art technology, distinctive services and focus on customer needs makes Star Assurance one of the best general insurers in Ghana.
In 2013, Star Assurance raked a gross premium income of GH¢58 million.
The Company also hit an assets base of GH¢71 million representing 15% rise over the previous year.
The story started 29 years ago, when the insurer began the race to be at the forefront of the insurance business in the country.
The privately owned company was incorporated in August 1984 and licensed to carry out corporate and retail insurance business in Ghana. It commenced operations in April 1995.
Star Assurance started business as a composite insurance company and had to hive off its life operations by setting up a subsidiary company, StarLife Assurance even before a new law was enacted in 2006 to separate its life insurance business from the non-life business.
As a result of these structural changes, a new business strategy was implemented. Star Assurance improved its financial status, upgraded its operational infrastructure, improved the skills of its over 150 professionals among others. The business simultaneously further extended its national presence and invested in technology and product distribution to enhance its operations and deepen penetration of insurance products and services to the Ghanaian market.
Star Assurance currently has seventeen (17) branches in seven (7) regional capitals of the country. The insurer also has over 150 agency offices located across the country. As part of their plans to increase penetration of insurance products and services in the market, as well as take insurance closer to the insuring public, Star Assurance is planning to open more branches before the end of the year.
"We are becoming bigger, better and more competitive" stated Mr. Kofi Duffuor, Managing Director of Star Assurance.
products and services closer to the people and businesses in Ghana.
Since its establishment back in 1984, the company has improved all of its performance indices.
Star Assurance has recorded a strong and steady growth over the last five years with total assets increasing from GHS 24million in 2008 to GHS 71million in 2013, representing an average growth of 25% year-on-year. This growth in total assets is principally driven by gross premium income, which also recorded an average growth of 33% year-on-year over the same five year period, thus making Star Assurance one of the fastest growing insurance companies in Ghana. Shareholders fund however has recorded a tremendous year-on- year growth rate of an average of 38% since 2008.
Star Assurance is poised to establish itself as a clear market leader in the small and medium-sized enterprises market as it sees Ghana's large SME sector as a key driver of growth in the industry. The insurer also plans to consolidate its position in the industry through continuous investments in IT infrastructure and human capital.


On 29 June 2014, Sunni Islamist jihadists declared an Islamic State, a self-proclaimed caliphate straddling the Middle Eastern countries of Iraq and Syria with dominion over 10m people.
Since then Isis and the Islamic State have made headlines across the globe for the conflicts they have waged with Iraqi forces and Kurdish fighters, their propaganda videos and their brutal online execution videos. One year on, IBTimes UK looks back at the events surrounding Isis during their first year.
Isis announces new caliphate called Islamic State.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is appointed leader.
Isis captures northern Iraqi cities of Zummar, Sinjar and Wana.
At least 5,000 Yazidis are killed, with 200,000 refugees fleeing.
US begins aerial bombing campaign against Isis in Iraq.
Other nations, including the UK, have also conducted airstrikes in the country.
Isis releases video showing first beheading of a US hostage, James Foley.
Subsequent videos showed beheadings of British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.
Syrian town of Kobani liberated by Kurdish forces.
Iraq army, with help from US airstrikes, reclaims the city of Tikrit.
Isis captures the Iraqi city of Ramadi.
Isis captures the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.


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Why Does California Hate The Second Amendment?
Neither California nor California-based judges miss an opportunity to display their anti-Second Amendment bias, most recently in a pair of federal court rulings upholding the state's bans on so-called "assault weapons" and on firearms magazines able to hold more than 10 rounds.
The state's anti-firearms laws, and their support from the still-liberal Ninth Circuit panel of judges, highlight a problem that continues to bedevil Second Amendment supporters – that is, defending the Bill of Rights' guarantee of the "right to keep and bear arms" in terms of need rather than principle.
In a report I authored for the Heritage Foundation earlier this year, I argued that defending the Second Amendment by asserting individuals have a need to own a particular type of gun or accessory – which is how many conservatives frame their arguments against gun-control laws – leaves advocates of the Amendment vulnerable to precisely what the federal appellate courts have done in so many recent opinions declaring such "needs-based" restrictions to be constitutional.
For example, in the 7-4 decision upholding the magazine ban, the Ninth Circuit deemed the measure constitutionally acceptable because it "interferes only minimally" with the Second Amendment, and because "there is no evidence that anyone ever has been unable to defend his or her home and family due to the lack of a large-capacity magazine."
To borrow from the late, great Justice Antonin Scalia, this is "pure applesauce." These judges cannot possibly know whether such evidence exists, or that the lack of evidence now does not mean it will not be there in the future. The Court's ruling is based simply on the judges' opinion on whether there is a "need" for such a firearms accessory, thereby justifying another chip taken from the foundation of the fundamental right to self-defense embodied in the Bill of Rights.
So long as defenders of the Second Amendment compete on this playing field, it will remain extremely difficult – bordering on impossible – to fend off legislative attacks such as those by California. Each win by the Left provides justification for the next step to limit guns, ammunition, or firearms accessories.
Many gun-control advocates actually understand that it is not a firearm's accessories or even the type of gun, that determines its lethality in the commission of a crime (though they rarely admit to this understanding). But to them, and for the judges who support their arguments, there is little reason to be concerned with facts that conflict with their anti-gun narrative, since they are not forced to justify their reasoning under any meaningful scrutiny.
If gun-control advocates are allowed to continue making needs-based arguments in support of laws restricting particular firearms, accessories, or ammunition as not being essential to "bearing arms," Second Amendment advocates will be forced continually into playing defense, even though from a historical and constitutional perspective, that responsibility clearly should rest with the government.
Rather than attempting to show why a particular rifle platform or magazine is "needed," conservatives instead must come to be sufficiently confident in their constitutional arguments – go on offense and force the government to present evidence, under strict scrutiny, as to why those rights should be curtailed by some arbitrary measure, such as the number of rounds in a gun's magazine or clip.
This approach certainly would require more evidence than some coincidental relationship of magazine size to mass shooting events. Such a low (actually non-existent) standard of proof, however, is what has been happening for decades, as courts have permitted federal and state governments to chip away, bit by bit, at the foundation of the Second Amendment by claiming that no piece removed represented a significant "need."
As Samuel Adams, one of our Founders wrote in The Rights of the Colonists, the "natural rights of the Colonists" are life, liberty, and property, along with the overarching right of the Colonists "to support and defend them in the best manner they can."
This "duty of self-preservation" as Adams called it, is vested not in the government, but in individuals themselves. Now, just as in 1772, there is not and should not be, a requirement that any law-abiding citizen must justify a need for how he or she chooses to exercise that fundamental right, any more than a reader of the Washington Examiner should be forced to justify his or her "need" for that magazine in order to defend against government censorship of it.
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Bob Barr is a former Congressman who represented the citizens of Georgia's 7th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. Bob heads Liberty Guard, a non-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting individual liberty.


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My name is Toni Hermoso Pulido. I live in Barcelona, Catalonia.
I'm a founder member of Amical Wikimedia. Chair of Amical Wikimedia board since January 2019.
I work as a bioinformatician in a research centre, where I also advocate for Open Science. I am also member of Softcatalà, a more than 20 years old organisation supporting Catalan language in software localisation and Internet resources.
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By Sarah Ravits
The Office of Mission and Ministry aims to get high school students engaged in community service, scripture, and care for the environment.
With the goal of encouraging high school juniors and seniors to explore scripture and bridge the gap between faith and science, Loyola University New Orleans established the FaithActs Youth Theology Institute, a one-week residential institute that will take place during the summer of 2017. The program was funded thanks in part to a generous $600,000 grant awarded to the university from the Lilly Foundation last year.
Program organizers at the Office of Mission and Ministry, including John Sebastian, Ph.D., vice president for Mission and Ministry, and Alex Mikulich, Ph.D., were deeply inspired by the words of Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si', which was published in May 2015. In the letter, the Holy Father wrote: "Young people demand change. They wonder how anyone can claim to be building a better future without thinking of the environmental crisis and the sufferings of
the excluded."
The encyclical went on to address climatechange, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and depletion of natural resources and called for a shift in attention to the personal ethics of environmental stewardship. "The ecological crisis is also a summons to profound interior conversion," he wrote.
The pope's words dovetail with the objectives of Mission and Ministry employees, who seek to foster Loyola's Jesuit and Catholic mission and identity and educate the Loyola community about its spiritual heritage.
The summer program will teach teenagers about environmental science, spirituality, and the link between the two. It will also engender a sense of compassion and togetherness for those who have been affected by natural disasters.
It promises to be an immersive experience, guiding the teenagers through the wetlands and New Orleans neighborhoods and offering social analysis, theological reflection, recreational time, personal and group spiritual reflection, and community service. Students can earn three college credits and have the opportunity to earn high school service hours.
"We will give [the students] a theological framework for ecological challenges and explore ways they can take action, addressing a social and environmental need," Sebastian says.
Sebastian notes that many of the students coming into the program may be at somewhat of a crossroads in their spiritual lives, and the week-long institute may help set a solid spiritual foundation as they are ushered into adulthood.
"Some of them may be at the point where they've been confirmed and have taken introductory steps of being an active Catholic or Christian, but maybe they haven't developed a fully formed adult faith life," he says. But with in-depth lessons, discussions, reflection time, bonding activities, and community service, he hopes that the summer institute will help set them on a path to forging a deeper spiritual connection.
"There will be individual as well as group opportunities for prayer, liturgy, and guided reflection time," Sebastian says. "It will be both an intellectual and a spiritual experience."
The program seeks to recruit somewhere between 30 and 40 high school students and is currently accepting applications.
For more information, contact the Office of Mission and Ministry at mission@loyno.edu or (504) 865-3226.
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The Academy of Culinary Arts has selected three British Chefs for the shortlist to take part in the next Bocuse d'Or challenge. Bocuse d'Or is one of the culinary world's most sought after prizes. It takes place every two years having been launched in 1987 by France's legendary chef Paul Bocuse to showcase the individual talents of young chefs. The shortlist includes Adam Smith from The Ritz, Adam Bennett from Simpson's and Martin Hollis from Gleneagles. The three chefs will now take part in a cook-off involving a mystery basket of ingredient to create a recipe detailed by the ACA but based on the Bocuse d'Or. Two candidates will then go through to the final round, the details of which are yet to be announced.
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Get to Know Sheila Buswell, CEO of Buswell Biomedical Inc.
TechSTL Jan 2, 2023 4 minute read
Sheila Buswell
CEO, Buswell Biomedical
In which sector is your company most closely aligned?
What does your company do?
Developing the Upward Mobility to sell to Hospital Purchasing groups. This device will provide an increase in time for the healthcare workers, more independence for the patients saving money in the form of reduced Lawsuits and workman's compensation claims for injuries due to falling patients in Rehabilitation Hospitals. The Upward Mobility and Buswell Biomedical's passion to solve these problems with existing technologies applied in novel ways – this is the Mission of Buswell Biomedical.
How long has your company had a presence in St. Louis?
April 19 2019, so 3.5 years
What makes the St. Louis region an ideal home for your company/organization? Why do you choose to operate your business here?
I received my MS degree from Saint Louis University and I remain connected to that school. SLU has one of the two medical schools in the area. St. Louis has a large healthcare network with multiple nursing schools. This provides a great resource for insights into the needs of that industry. Our advisory board is mostly made of members from this area. They include professionals in the Healthcare, Technology, and Business areas. We received the Balsa Grant last year. This local organization provided money and classes that were very valuable. Resources available at the city and county libraries are wonderful.
What has been the most valuable resource (person, tool, organization) for helping your company grow? How did you find it? How do you utilize it?
The library. I started just going to classes, I started going there initially to find books on AI/ML and Business and I found a great deal more. I ended up using their services to research nurses, healthcare workers and falls. I was able to determine the cost of a nights stay in a hospital and do a great deal of research I was not planning on initially.
What advice would you give new tech companies that are trying to navigate the current market?
Don't stop find a way or make one like Patton said and like Rocky said it isn't how hard you can hit it is how many times you can be hit and keep moving forward.
What new practice or policy did you put into place over the pandemic that has positively impacted your company?
Our advisory board meetings are virtual now. This has meant that they are more flexible and membership is more fluid.
Tell us about the next big thing in your technology sector. How will this affect your business?
Advances in sensor technology and data processing will allow us to provide a more effective product at lower cost. Batteries are getting better and less expensive due to the EV market. This will make our product less expensive to build.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud to share from 2022?
While attending the Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities at UCONN, I received the Lacroix Innovative Technology award and the Rob and Barbara Hughes Most Innovative Technology award. I pitched Buswell Biomedical from my hotel room while quarantined with COVID – 19. I was the winner of these awards, one judged by my peers and the other by a panel of judges.
What exciting development is on the horizon for your company in 2023?
Completion of the prototype of the Upward Mobility
How can people learn more about your company or get involved in what you are doing?
Buswell Biomedical has a website and I am available to discuss my company. People can get involved by providing a motion sample to help us build our Machine Learning Library
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