If you are engaged in the NONCOMMERCIAL WEBCASTING of one or more streams, your first filing of the new year – primarily consisting of an annual minimum fee statement of account with payment of $500 per channel – is due on January 31, 2011. But your obligations continue throughout the year with statements of account and playlist reports of use required on a monthly basis.
Noncommercial webcasters (unlike their commercial and educational counterparts) have several decisions to make. The eligibility requirements described below should be reviewed carefully.
There is absolutely no distinction on the noncommercial side between a webcaster that operates a broadcast station and one that does not. But there is a distinction between an entity that elects to participate in the general noncommercial webcasters settlement agreement (the "General Agreement") and one that does not. (Note: Participation in that agreement offers significantly better terms, in my view.) Fortunately, you can elect that status even if you have not done so before. (Helpful reminder: even if you have previously elected that status, you must "re-up" every year.) For reasons discussed in Section C below, I strongly recommend that the General Agreement option be chosen, if at all possible.
Annual Minimum Statement of Account Form and Fee – File an annual minimum fee of $500 per channel by January 31, 2011 using the 2011 Noncommercial Webcaster Minimum Fee Statement of Account form found here. A separate form must be filed for each channel or station.
Monthly Statement of Account Form and Fee – File any fees incurred for exceeding the 159,140 aggregate tuning hour maximum, along with the 2011 Noncommercial Webcaster Monthly Usage Statement of Account form found here. You must file this form even if no fees have been incurred, marking "zero" in the "excess performances" column. Again, a separate form must be filed for each channel or station.
Playlist Reports of Use – Playlist Reports of Use must be filed on a quarterly basis using the template report for filing (in Excel format) found here, unless you exceed 159,140 aggregate tuning hours in a given month during 2010 or 2011, in which case you file on monthly basis. Also note that you may be able to opt out of this requirement if you qualify as a Noncommercial Microcaster (see Section D below for details).
Notice of Election – No notice of election is required.
As in previous years, some noncommercial stations do not have to file forms with SoundExchange. Entities subject to this exemption include station that are: CPB-supported; NPR members; National Federation of Community Broadcasters members; or part of American Public Media, the Public Radio Exchange or Public Radio International. Under the terms of the separate CPB/SoundExchange settlement agreement, NPR's Public Radio Interactive is making those payments. Stations participating in the CPB/SoundExchange agreement will be contacted by Public Radio Interactive with regard to their obligations.
Notice of Election – File a Notice of Election by January 31, 2011 on the 2011 Notice of Election for Rates and Terms for Noncommercial Webcasters Form found here.
Monthly Statement of Account Form and Fee – File any fees incurred for exceeding the 159,140 aggregate tuning hour (ATH) maximum, along with the 2011 Noncommercial Webcaster Monthly Usage Statement of Account form found here. You must file this form even if no fees have been incurred, and you must calculate and insert your total ATH in the appropriate columns even if you do not exceed the maximum. Again, a separate form must be filed for each channel or station.
do not exceed 44,000 aggregate tuning hours in the entire year 2010, in which case you can pay $ 100 for the right to be exempted from this requirement altogether, as per section D, below.
D. Noncommercial Webcasters who HAVE elected to participate in the GENERAL AGREEMENT and ARE considered Microcasters because they had fewer 44,000 aggregate tuning hours last year.
This section applies to extremely small noncommercial webcasters who have signed onto the General Agreement. As we have explained in years past, these webcasters can be exempted from the playlist reporting requirement and, by definition, will not be paying royalties because they will never exceed 159,140 aggregate tuning hours in any given month. Again, to be eligible, you must have elected to participate in the General Agreement in previous years and renew that election this year.
Notice of Election – File a Notice of Election by January 31, 2011 on the 2011 Notice of Election for Rates and Terms for Noncommercial Microcaster Form found here. If you wish to avoid filing Playlist Reports of Use, you must file a $100 proxy fee with this form.
Annual Minimum Statement of Account Form and Fee – File an annual minimum fee of $500 per channel by January 31, 2011 using the 2011 Noncommercial Microcaster Minimum Fee Statement of Account form found here. A separate statement of account must be filed for each channel or station.
Monthly Statement of Account Form and Fee – By definition, a station in this classification will not exceed 159,140 aggregate tuning hours, so no monthly statement of account is required.
Playlist Reports of Use – Of course, the benefit of this classification is that you can opt out of filing Playlist Reports of Use. If you do not choose this option, the reports must be filed on a monthly basis; SoundExchange prefers that you adhere to the template report for filing (in Excel format) found here. Each Playlist Report of Use is also due within 45 days of the end of the month to which it pertains.
Again, the requirements described in all of the above sections do not apply to "noncommercial educational" webcasters, i.e., noncomm stations whose operations are not substantially staffed by students. If you are a noncommercial educational webcaster, you should review our post relating to your particular situation.


The Prescription Place of Niceville celebrated its official Grand Opening on Tuesday with a reception and Ribbon Cutting by the Niceville-Valparaiso Chamber of Commerce.
Located adjacent to the former Kmart building, The Prescription Place opened for business in June. An independent, hometown pharmacy, The Prescription Place is owned by local pharmacists Shane Abbott and Cari Cole, who have owned and operated The Prescription Place in DeFuniak Springs since 2006.
Cole said they have looked forward to opening in Niceville for the past several years.
More than 30 people were in attendance for the ribbon cutting, including Niceville Mayor Randall Wise. The ribbon was cut by Cole and pharmacist Kristen Hicks Whiddon.
The Prescription Place features low prices, fast service, a drive-thru, and online refills. The staff, headed by Whiddon, provides exceptional customer service.
The Prescription Place is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.. The Prescription Place is located at 1140 John Sims Parkway. Call 389-8182.


UNITED NATIONS, August 27 -- Preparation for a UN mission to Chad and the Central African Republic was given a unanimous, and somewhat anonymous, nod by the Security Council on Monday. Following a meeting attended by few lead Ambassadors -- for the UK, press secretary Justin McKenzie-Smith sat at the horseshoe table -- French deputy Jean-Pierre Lacroix emerged to tell the four reporters assembled that French has personnel on the ground in Chad and stands ready to help.
Inner City Press asked Amb. Lacroix directly about the Tiger Team.
"I'd rather not get into the specifics," he said. "It's a complex operation." Video here, from Minute 5:54.
"The so-called Tiger Team is a rapid response team for things like staffing and finance in the new Department of Field Support. For Darfur, a 'tiger procurement team' is currently deployed in Sudan to speed up procurement of construction materials for living and office accommodations in Darfur. For example, a while ago, a 'tiger recruitment team' was deployed to Khartoum for six weeks to undertake the recruitment of civilians in the heavy support package for AMIS. They conducted interviews and issued contracts to hundreds of staff."
"Sir, I might add to that -- in this particular case there's a tiger team that interrogates and goes through that process. One is an interpreter, normally. One is an analyst. And one is an interrogator. And where we have shortages in the military of interrogators and translators, we go to contractors to do that."
"Tiger Team: Tiger Team consists of 12 members. Two are already on board. The request for release of the remaining members of the Team will be arranged next week. We expect them to report to New York first week of September 2007.
"Funding of Tiger Team: OPPBA [the Office of Program Planning, Budget and Accounts] declined to approve request for GTA [General Temporary Assistance] to fund 12-member Tiger Team. They advised that vacant posts in commitment authority should be used. FPD, in consultation with FBFD, is preparing a request for reconsideration."


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Kyran Bracken MBE
Kyran may be better known as an ice skater than he ever was for rugby but he spent 15 years as a top class Rugby Union player and became a World Cup winner in 2003 before he became a household name in 2007's Dancing On Ice.
Kyran was born in Dublin, on the 22nd November 1971, however his family moved to Liverpool in early childhood where he and his brother and sisters grow up. Sport was Kyran's passion, even having a trial for Liverpool F.C and trying to play Rugby League for St. Helens. But it was his Rugby Union that managed to get him a scholarship to Stonyhurst College, where he was a pupil when he captained England School boys. After leaving school he trailed for his native Ireland, however was turned down for not being good enough. Instead he went on to Bristol University to study Law and becoming a qualified solicitor and signed for Bristol Rugby Club.
However, it was at university he sustained an injury that would blight him for the rest of his career, what he calls his "glass back" Kyran made his England Debut in November 1993 against the New Zealand All Blacks, however yet again this would be a bitter sweet day, as a stamp from Jamie Josephs on his ankle left him injured for three months and a permanentweakness. Kyran's law experience made him a key player in the transition between amateur and professional rugby in 1996. He started the new era with a new club Saracens, a club he would devote the rest of his career too, becoming Captain until his retirement in 2006 and scrum half coach, as well as working on the commercial side of the club.
Kyran was a regular England scrum half battling for the number 9 shirt with Matt Dawson, Austin Healey and Andy Gommersall. Kyran being part of the squad for the 1995 world cup in South Africa and the 2003 world cup in Australia, unfortunately it was that serious back injury that kept him out of the 1999 World cup in Wales. It was Kyran's performance against South Africa in the 2003 world cup that is said to have won that game for England. And the Webb Ellis trophy was won on a day Kyran wouldn't forget – his 32nd birthday.
Kyran is also a very proud vice president of Rugby's Charity Wooden Spoon helping disadvantage children and young people in the UK and Ireland. It was for The Wooden Spoon he and family appeared on ITV show Family Fortunes in 2007. Kyran also worked along side former Hear'say star, turned TV personality Myleene Klass On ITV Christmas special Star Traders where they traded items to be auctioned off for the homeless charity Shelter. In 2008 he became patron of Noahs Ark Children's Hospice in Barnet he donated the money he won by taking part in 2009's Battle of the Atheletes Gladitators Special on Sky One – where he beat boxer James Degale.
He took on a new sporting challenge in 2007 when he paired up with American pairs Melanie Lambert to take part in ITV's smash hit show Dancing On Ice. Despite struggling with his back and an early inability to stand on ice, Kyran spent many hours training on his own, and it soon became clear that he had a natural ability to skate.
He was even able to show a skill he had learnt when he was a youngster in Liverpool – Break Dancing! He recorded what was then the highest score on Dancing on Ice with a 29.5 in semi final week. His skill and humour won him a lot of fans in the nine week run. In the final he beat 2.4 children's Clare Buckfield and former boyband star Blue's Duncan James. Performing the Bolero in front of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. It was a repeat of the final the following week when he again beat Clare Buckfield to take the Champion of Champions crown.
It's his success on Ice, that has made him the First Celebrity reality Show contestant to turn professional at their new skill when he toured with Holiday on Ice in January and February 2008 in their Romanza show,
In July 2008, Kyran achieved a dream when he took his own Ice skating show "Kyran Bracken's Ice Party" to the Fort Regent leisure centre in his family home of Jersey. Where he now considers home. His shows mix amazing show skates from professional skater, who he has come to regard as his mentors during his almost seemless transfermation in to professional skater along side another chance to see how far celebities such as the ever bubbly Suzanne Shaw and Clare Buckfield have progressed with their skating with Live music, wether skater, celebrity or singer – the cast are made people Kyran has come to regaud as close friends during the last 2 years.
Following the success of Jersey bought his talent back to the mainland for Ice party Bristol In December 2008. The Sucess of the previous two shows have seen the Ice Party enterprise grow and is sheduled to return to Jersey and the Bournemouth Arena this summer.
As well as being a top class Rugby scrum half, talented ice skater and Television personality Kyran is also a best selling author with the publication of his autobiography Behind the Scrum.
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Hill's Pet Nutrition sponsors Kansas State pet health center
This project also will allow the addition of a 5,000-square-foot research suite.
Primary care for pets has a bright future at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine thanks to a record sponsorship by Hill's Pet Nutrition.
With Hill's sponsorship — the largest corporate gift in the college's history — three strategic areas in the college's Mosier Hall will be renovated to provide approximately 16,000 square feet of new space dedicated to clinical training, classroom teaching and research. The Pet Health & Nutrition Center will be named in honor of Hill's Pet Nutrition.
"This public-private partnership will enhance our educational capacity in small animal nutrition and client communication, strengthening the preparation of our graduates for success in private practice," said Bonnie Rush, interim dean of the college. "We are grateful to Hill's for its tremendous generosity and investment in our students. This integrative partnership enhances the educational experience for K-State veterinary students through shared resources and expertise. The new experiential learning environment will strengthen our training program in nutrition and primary care, and will attract student externs from colleges of veterinary medicine across North America."
"Kansas State is an important partner for Hill's Pet Nutrition as it harbors one of the most important veterinary schools in the Midwest of the U.S., said Jesper Nordengaard, vice president and general manager, Hill's US. "We are proud to support the Pet Health & Nutrition Center as we believe that it fits seamlessly in our vision to help enrich and lengthen the special relationship between people and their pets."
By renovating the space and expanding resources, students will have the opportunity to care for their clients in a private practice environment. While pet health faculty will have the capability to operate with more autonomy, specialty services remain available when clients' needs arise, Rush said.
The renovation includes the deconstruction of Frick Auditorium to create 3,400 square feet of space on the first floor of Mosier Hall for the new Hill's Pet Health & Nutrition Center. This project also will allow the addition of a 5,000-square-foot research suite on the second floor.
"We are truly excited and grateful to Hill's for partnering with us to provide this opportunity to teach primary care skills in a facility more representative of a true companion animal practice," said Susan Nelson, clinical professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine. "The new facility will allow us to be more feline friendly and enhance student training in all areas of primary care, especially in the areas of nutrition, communication, business management, diagnostics and routine surgical procedures."
"We are honored to support this great initiative, which will put K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine at the forefront of primary care and nutrition education," said Jolle Kirpensteijn, chief professional veterinary officer, Hill's US. "We look forward to a continued partnership to create a future generation of veterinarians, fully knowledgeable and confident in making nutritional recommendations, every pet, every time."
A 270-seat contemporary auditorium will be constructed in a new area of the veterinary medicine complex. Rush said additional benefits from the renovations include provision of a comprehensive educational experience in small animal nutrition and communication with pet owners; expansion of wellness training opportunities for students; additional space for routine procedures; better capabilities to serve the wellness needs of small animal clients; dedicated space for communication training and rounds; and dedicated space for nutritional displays and nutrition consultation.
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Fighting COVID-19 with Innovation – What We Have Achieved, What We Have Learned, and What Comes Next
Offering an overview of how our industry responded to the global pandemic
Highlighting how our organization adapted our existing processes and programs to continue to work under extraordinary circumstances
Discussing some of the key takeaways and lessons learned from the past year and a half
Where do we go from here? How will AstraZeneca and the biopharmaceutical industry at large move forward from here? What are we doing today to pave the way to those objectives?
Pam Cheng
EVP, President Global Operations & IT
Pam Cheng joined AstraZeneca in 2015 as executive vice president of Global Operations and Information Technology (IT), guiding the company's manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and IT across 18 countries and leading a team of over 19,000. Under her leadership, AstraZeneca Global Operations has transformed significantly driving top performance across the business while delivering value back to the enterprise. The next phase of transformation includes the convergence of operational excellence and digital innovation, building the 'Factory of the Future'.
Before AstraZeneca she spent 18 years in global manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial roles at Merck/MSD. As president of MSD China, she was responsible for MSD's entire business in China—sales and marketing, commercial operations, and oversight of manufacturing and research and development. Prior to that, she was head of Global Supply Chain Management and Logistics for Merck and led the transformation of Merck supply chains across the global supply network. Before joining the Biopharmaceutical industry, she worked in engineering and project management roles at Universal Oil Products, Union Carbide Corporation, and GAF Chemicals.
In addition to her executive role at AstraZeneca, Pam is a nonexecutive director for the board at Smiths Group plc.
Ms. Cheng holds bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MBA in marketing from Pace University.
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Home News Trending photos of Anambra bulletproof Pastor, Elijah, flaunting bundles of naira before...
Trending photos of Anambra bulletproof Pastor, Elijah, flaunting bundles of naira before he was "shot".
Pastor David Elijah, the founder of Grace and Power Prophetic Ministry International is still trending on social media after it was reported that he was attacked in Akwa, Anambra State, by gunmen as he was going to church, but he escaped unhurt.
Multiple media platforms reported that he was shot at, but the bullet didn't penetrate his body, thanks to the God he serves.
Daddy Freeze of course reacted to the photos, Davido wasn't left out.. (See Here)
But then, there are trending photos of the pastor flaunting some wads of naira, just before he was shot at.. See the photos below:
Meanwhile, The Anambra State Police Command on Friday denied reported shooting incident of any kind in Anambra State targeted at a pastor or any church as reported in some national dailies.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Chris Owolabi, who addressed the press on behalf of the Commissioner, Garba Umar, at the Command headquarters in Awka while debunking such report described such as the antics of some mischievous elements that are "bent on portraying the state in bad light in order to achieve their selfish goals.
Clarifying on the actual report of what happened, the police boss said Pastor David Elijah of Grace and Power Ministries, Awka claimed that he was attacked by unknown gunmen along Enugu-Udi road in Enugu State and his vehicle was riddled with bullets but he escaped unhurt.
"However, instead of reporting the incident at the nearest police station where the incident took place, the pastor drove his car to his church in Awka and attracted the attention of his congregation who were waiting for him at the church premises for an event.
"Following the incident, the Commissioner of Police directed the DPO 'B' Division to immediately proceed to the church and ascertain the true situation. The DPO visited the Pastor at his church and even took photographs with him to clear the ambiguity"
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Black DA Convicted of Racial Discrimination
Cleaning up your house usually isn't considered a crime–but if your house is the New Orleans city government, it just might be. Recently, New Orleans' first black district attorney, Eddie Jordan, was convicted of racial discrimination against former employees who claimed the only reason they were fired was because they were white.
"While it may be OK for a new district attorney or sheriff to come up and clean house, you can't clean house with all of one race," said Clement Donelon, a lawyer for the fired white employees, to the Associated Press. "You can't fire all the white people to hire your friends, and other black people."
All but three of the 56 people that were fired, were white.
The firings apparently happened days after Jordan took office in 2003. While he denied that they were racially motivated, a federal jury made up of eight whites and two blacks found him guilty and awarded the plaintiffs approximately $1.8 million in retroactive pay and damages.
Louisiana law prohibits the mass firing of a specific group of people, even if it is intended to promote diversity and the jury was informed to find the defendant guilty if they concluded the firings were racially motivated.
"What I wanted was a win," said Clemens Herbert, a former investigator who was among those fired. "Money was not the issue. He was trying to disguise racial discrimination through politics, and the jury saw through it."
"It's almost like a catch 22," said Enjoli Snowden, a 22-year-old from University of New Orleans. "Those were the people he felt would be up to par to complete the duties of those positions, but if I was one of the fired people, I guess I would feel like I had job security for being there so long."
Snowden continued, "the other thing also is that he may have honestly felt that it would better serve the city if the government mirrored the people in the workforce."
In fact, in New Orleans where the work force is nearly 70 percent black, even after the 53 white employees were fired, he still retained 57 white assistant district attorneys, according to Jordan's lawyer Philip Schuler.
Jordan maintains that the firings were not racially motivated and plans to appeal. "We thought the facts as well as the law favored us," said Jordan to the Associated Press. "I still maintain that I did not use race as a factor in my hiring practices."
He also said that the DA's office, which is liable for the damages, could not afford to pay and it was not clear whether the state, city or both, would be responsible for paying the money.
Preceding this controversy, Jordan had an impressive record as a prosecutor and US attorney. The Times Picayune reports that as the chief federal prosecutor in New Orleans, he won a corruption conviction against former Gov. Edwin Edwards in 2000 for taking payoffs in return for riverboat licenses.
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1. Main overall ranking based on total listeners (1-100).
2. Rating based ranking of the main overall listeners (0-100).
3. Secondary general classification based on the ratings (1-100). The audience count of all the listeners and total listening these years.
4. Rating based on a secondary classification of the ratings (0-100).
5. Calculation of high or low ratings. When the average listening rate is less than 1 minute listening time per listener for the given set of listeners, then we have "LOW", otherwise it is "HIGH"..
7. Percentage of main TOP100 ranking of all stations (0-100).
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When Kailee Morgue was looking for a collaborator to work with on her new track, she had one important qualification — they had to be another queer woman. The 20-year-old singer felt that finding proper representation was important for the authenticity of her new sound.
Enter Hayley Kiyoko. The pop star followed Morgue on Instagram, leading to a direct message conversation where Morgue successfully pitched the idea of her new song "Headcase," a dreamy alt-pop jam exploring Morgue's own insecurities in how she's viewed. "She fell into my lap at the perfect time," Morgue tells Billboard. "She has become the perfect person for me to collaborate on this with."
Getting to work with Kiyoko is just another notch in the up-and-coming singer's belt, as Morgue has been making her way in the music industry since the release of her hypnotic EP Medusa back in 2017. But the young star says that it wasn't until recently that she truly found her voice, accepting her own identity as the one she wants to show the world.
Morgue spoke with Billboard ahead of the release of her new track "Headcase" about working with Kiyoko, her love for Pixies' 1988 classic "Where Is My Mind?," and the importance of queer authenticity in the modern age.
How did "Headcase" come about — what was the concept?
So the song samples "Where Is My Mind?" by the Pixies. I really love that song, I grew up listening to alternative, and I never really got to channel that in my own music. So I guess because of that song, and that feeling of paranoia it gives you, I wanted to channel my own struggle with bipolar disorder. I've always tried to do that, but it's been difficult to really grasp at what that feels like through a song. "Headcase" is definitely about the push and pull of my feelings, on top of being in a relationship, and being around other people in general. So that's kind of about the two different sides of myself.
I am so excited that you got to work with Hayley. How did the two of you link up?
I knew that I wanted a female feature on it, and I was really adamant before knowing before it was going to be her, that I wanted it to be a representative of the LGBTQ community. We got in touch through Instagram, which is insane to me. She followed me, and I just had this song and was looking for a feature, and she fell into my lap at the perfect time. I was like, "Hey, I swear I don't just send people demos like this, I'm not trying to be annoying, but I really feel like you would like this song, and it would be great if you would be on it." She really liked it, and happened to really relate to what it was saying in her own mind. It had really interesting timing and it worked out perfectly.
I love that you wanted to find someone who represented the community. What was it like getting to work with someone who is so openly queer? I mean, her fans call her Lesbian Jesus.
Okay, first of all, every comment when I posted the cover art just said "Oh my god, Lesbian Jesus has blessed us!" [laughs] It's really insane, because like I said, I knew that's what I wanted, and I feel like this is one of a very select few songs out that have two openly queer women collaborating. We're still not in a place where we're getting it that often, or where we're getting the right message where it's not just like, "Oh, I like girls sometimes." We're very open about it, and we're not trying to portray it in any way, it's just who we are. That's a really strong thing for me, and I've been really lucky to have her on it, because she has become the perfect person for me to collaborate on this with.
Is that important for you —having representation that's not as defined or one-dimensional?
I think that needs to be done, because I think that everyone is just assuming it would be about ... you know, girls who like girls. Overall, it's more like, "No, the whole message is about us, and how we feel as people, and it's not even 100 percent about relationships, it's just about how we assess the other people in our life." I think doing more stuff like this challenges the idea that two queer women working together always has to be about liking other women, or sexualization, and I really like that it veered away from that.
Hayley is one of a number of queer women over the last year or so — like Janelle Monáe, Kehlani, Kim Petras — who have gained a lot of traction in the mainstream. As a queer artist, what is it like to see their level of success?
It's obviously very inspiring, but it also just makes me feel so secure in the fact that you can be openly queer, and not have the label wear you, you know what I'm saying? Like, "Oh, this is a queer artist." Like, no, this is an artist that's making amazing music, who happens to be queer. I feel like sometimes it can tend to be scary or kind of feel like that label is going to be who you are, and you're not going to own it. So I think those are really good examples of the people who have kind of shown me that I can be what I am, and I still have it worked through the mainstream, which is awesome to see other people doing.
Authenticity seems to be important to you — you're very open about your pansexuality online. How do you view that line between personal and professional life?
I guess for me, it's just part of who I am, and I couldn't really try to hide it if I tried to. And I know there are people who are queer and who aren't as open about it, and for them that's more of a personal thing — I totally understand that. But I think there's not enough of that representation. Like you're saying, there's very few people who are openly pansexual, and pansexual is really about complete fluidity. And that comes down to the message of, you have the potential to love anyone that makes you feel love. I think that's not something that I felt intimidated by sharing. That's okay to kind of explore that feeling, that it's okay to be fluid and feel confused, because there's not that many people that are like, "Hey, it's okay if you don't know how you feel. If you change your mind, that's really important." I wish more people were representing that when I was 11 or 12.
Who did you have to look up to when you were growing up?
I mean … Lady Gaga is an example. She was more in pop, and I listened to more alternative stuff, but I did look up to her. Most of the music I was listening to was bands that my dad put me on to when I was growing up, like very alternative stuff. I was more looking up to that idea of personality and ideas. I felt so influenced by artists doing that, and there's definitely a lot of people doing it now.
You've had this very fast, really fascinating journey to this point. How do you think you and your sound have evolved?
It's been really interesting. I think it's more than just figuring out what I want sonically — being a solo artist, you are really your brand, and what you're selling is yourself. I was constantly asking myself, "Oh, what do I want Kailee Morgue to be?" That was my whole mindset in the beginning. More recently, I was like, "Oh, Kailee Morgue just accidentally became me." That's why, with this new music and how I've evolved into what I'm doing now, everything is super transparent in a way where I was struggling between what I wanted to write and what other people will like. I just kind of found that recently, and found that confidence in myself. Who I am as an artist is actually me, instead of putting on this image of what I think it should be. Sonically, because of that, I have drawn back to the roots of what made me want to do music — like this 80s kind of stuff, and the things that inspired me as a kid and now. That's a lot different than the EP that I put out last year. Like, you can still hear Kailee Morgue in it. I think I've really figured out who I am personally and sonically.
What can fans expect from your new EP, coming out this spring?
I am so excited about this. When you hear "Headcase," you're getting a piece of the Medusa EP and what's coming next, because I wrote "Headcase" closer to last year when I was still writing that other style of music, but I was hinting toward something more alternative. But the other songs on this EP are much more current to what I've been making recently, and they are very much drawn from that '80s alternative scene. They're lyrically very honest, and I think they really kind of 100 percent give what I have been going through, instead of generalizing it so more people will understand it. You are kind of getting a feeling — I came out and have been openly struggling with my bipolar disorder, and there are all of these things that happened to me that you get to see these pieces of. That is everything, so I'm really excited for the whole feeling of what it's going to be like.


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Refugee rights under threat from Channel boats hysteria – and Brexit
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What is the legal definition of a "refugee"?
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Tribunal criticises government lawyers for "trench warfare" mentality and "inappropriate" conduct
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Supreme Court refuses damages to refugee wrongly prosecuted for illegal entry
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26th April 2017 By Nick Nason
Home Office ends policy of automatic settlement for refugees after five years
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New Home Office API on gay asylum claims: not fit for purpose
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Seven core manufacturing industries could be seriously affected by a shortage of minerals and metals, which could disrupt entire supply chains and economies, according to new PwC research. PwC surveyed some of the largest manufacturing businesses across manufacturing, chemicals, automotive, energy/renewable energy, aviation, metals, infrastructure and high-tech hardware to see what impact such a scarcity would have, and where, over the next five years.
Of these, business leaders in automotive, chemicals, and energy sectors fear they will be hit hardest according to ,b.PwC's Minerals and metals scarcity in manufacturing: A 'ticking time bomb', report.
"Put simply, many businesses now recognise that we are living beyond the planet's means. New business models will be fundamental to the ability to respond appropriately to the risks and opportunities posed by the scarcity of minerals and metals."
"The world's growing population, an increase in GDP levels and changing lifestyles are causing consumption levels to rise globally - creating a higher and higher demand for resources. Governments and companies should all be aware of the scope, importance and urgency of the scarcity of both renewable and non-renewable natural resources: energy, water, land and minerals."
Beryllium: used as a lightweight component in military equipment and in the aerospace industry. it is used in high-speed aircraft, missiles, space vehicles and communication satellites.
Cobalt: a material used in industrial manufacturing. Used in jet turbine engines and automotive rechargeable batteries.
Flurospar: used in construction, cement, glass, iron and steel castings.
Elsewhere in the survey, 77% of major manufacturing companies consider minerals and metals scarcity as an important issue for their business, but are concerned that only 39% of their customers do. Chemicals and energy and utilities sectors believe they will be severely impacted until 2016 with the percentage of chemical businesses that expect to be affected by this scarcity will TRIPLE over the next five years.
The risk of scarcity across all sectors is expected to rise significantly, leading to supply instability and potential disruptions in the next five years, but this will also create opportunities for competitive advantage, the report says. The survey shows that whilst 80% of automotive respondents are currently worried about reserves running out, only 33% in aviation are, for example.
Renewable energy (78%), automotive (64%) and energy & utilities (57%) are all currently experiencing instability of supply. Aviation, high tech and infrastructure sectors are also expecting to experience high rises in supply disruption from now to 2016.
When asked about other primary concerns around scarcity overall, 84% cited an increase in demand, 78% said it was geopolitics, and 72% said extraction shortage. The report also indicated that European companies were better prepared with policies and programmes in place to mitigate risks.
"With the need for new business models, a key challenge for business is how to draw the line between collaboration and competitive advantage. This is where strategic decision making meets sustainability. Getting this right will define the winners and losers of the future."
A 'top 10' checklist for businesses on how to identify and prevent resource scarcity is in the report which also includes advice around creating risk assessments for three main areas, geopolitical, economic and physical.
69 executives from seven different industries, across three continents, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe were surveyed. The majority of companies are key players globally, with revenues of over $10 billion.
For a copy of the report please visit www.pwc.com/sustainability or download the attachment on the right.
© 2011 PwC. All rights reserved.
Rare earth metals scarcity: A 'ticking time bomb' for the world, asks PwC?


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Who is the world's top coder?
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI/TechGig): Exactly a year ago, IIT-BHU graduate Himanshu Singh participated in the world's biggest code competition Code Gladiators not knowing where he stood among the lakhs of technologists.
His superb coding skills and tactical thinking helped him claim victory over 2.52 Lakh coders. Even before he could start working at a Bengaluru-based tech firm, his seniors recognised him quickly as 'the Code Gladiators' champion'. "Code Gladiators created a smooth walking ground for me at my first job, otherwise it would have been difficult to stand out among so many new joinees," he recollected, with a resolve to repeat his victory this year too.
His story is similar to that of Maninder Pal Singh who won the inaugural edition of Code Gladiators. He too was a freshman at a software firm when he participated at Code Gladiators in 2014. He beat 36,000-odd coders, and this victory gained him overnight fame at his firm, and helped him unlock better career prospects. Today he is working as a senior software developer in Sydney, Australia and living his dream there. Something similar happened to Vineet Paliwal in 2018 - then a director with a multinational firm - who beat 2.28 Lakh coders at Code Gladiators. He bagged an elevated role at India's biggest digital firm after his Code Gladiators win. Today he is an investor and director in a Pune-based software company.
These names and faces change year after year, but the story of zesty coders giving in all their skills, hopes and might turn their careers around remain a constant at Code Gladiators. This is an annual pedestal for lakhs of coders to benchmark their skills, network with peers from different companies, meet industry leaders and steer their career in a new direction. The event has been lauded by the Limca and the Guinness Book of World Records for maximum participation in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
TechGig Code Gladiators opened its 2021 edition recently, with cognizant, one of the world's leading professional services companies for the digital era, as its presenting partner. Last year 2.52 lakh coders, including a dozen coding masters from the US, Italy, Singapore, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Norway and Bangladesh, participated in the contest.
Presently three themes are live: UiPath RPA Hackathon, Bosch AI Hackathon and Times Internet's Machine Learning. Other than this, participants can also register for the open coding round. The competition has already garnered more than 54,000 registrations in the first 30 days. The event will end with a virtual career fair, where all participating companies will recruit from the competition participants.
Commenting on the Code Gladiators 2021 edition, Sanjay Goyal, Business Head, TimesJobs and TechGig said, "Code Gladiators is perfect talent discovery and benchmarking platform for the corporates. Finding competent developers - especially in niche technologies - is tedious and time taking. Here, the corporates get to see thousands of coders live in action, working on new-age technologies, collaborating with peers to present unique solutions to hackathon problems. For developers, Code Gladiators is the annual fest where they can benchmark their skills, assess where they stand against their peers and understand the industry dynamics. All these arevital to catapult your career to a higher level. I'm elated to announce that this year, Cognizant, one of the world's leading professional services companies for the digital era,is the presenting partner for Code Gladiators."Allen Shaheen, EVP and Digital Engineering Head at Cognizant said, "In times of breakneck technological changes, highly competitive talent markets and diverse job requirements, problem-solving and programming skills command a premium. As a global professional services company engineering solutions to solve some of the world's most difficult engineering and social challenges. We are at the forefront of building and empowering new-age talent for the digital and networked economy. Coding challenges such as Code Gladiators provide a great platform for the best and the brightest of such talent to showcase their skills. We are proud to be the presenting sponsor for Code Gladiators 2021, one of the world's largest hackathons, and wish all participants the very best."Registration at Code Gladiators is free athttps://www.techgig.com/codegladiatorsThis story is provided by TechGig. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/TechGig)
25th April 2021, 03:19 GMT+10


Since 2009, US equities have outperformed every major asset class by a considerable margin, returning over 14% a year on average. Over the same period, a portfolio of 70% US equities and 30% US bonds has returned about 11% a year, on average. Given these returns, many investors are wondering whether to invest 100% in US equities, or to move to a simple, passive 70/30 portfolio.
The same questions about the diversified approach were raised in the late 1990s. During the sustained bull market of 1995 to 1999, a simple portfolio outperformed a diversified one until the equity bubble burst and investors that stuck with the diversified strategy were rewarded. A key difference between then and now is portfolios' starting positions. In 1999, endowments allocated 45%, on average, to US equities. Today, the average allocation to long-only US equities is just 20%, which could make the feeling of missing out seem even greater.
However, investors should not be tempted by historical returns—as we know, past performance is no guarantee of future results. The most important trait of successful investors is their ability to maintain discipline in sticking to a long-term strategy during good times and bad. Of course, it is always sensible to consider if times have changed enough that one's strategy is no longer well suited to meet long-term investment objectives. This means understanding where the markets are today in relation to long-term secular trends and cycles, and asking if anything fundamentally different about today justifies changing course.
We don't believe it does. Over the last ten years an investor with the fortitude and foresight to maintain a 100% allocation to US equities would have outperformed most diversified portfolios, but what about over the next ten years? We suspect the future holds what we have seen time and time again: the tide eventually turns, and diversification protects investors from maintaining too much exposure to any one asset class, as top recent performers become poorer performers, and vice versa. A highly diversified portfolio approach has benefitted long-term investors and grown their purchasing power for decades, and we have no reason to expect a different outcome when today's bull market inevitably corrects.
A diversified portfolio strategy provides investors a superior means for maximizing spending while preserving or growing purchasing power. However, such a strategy is not easy to successfully implement. Investors must be willing to accept returns that look different from simple stock/bond reference portfolios, take illiquidity risk, remain focused on a long time horizon, and dedicate adequate resources to effective implementation. When well executed, investors able to hold on through periods of inevitable underperformance relative to simple reference portfolios are rewarded over the long term.
To better understand the value-added potential of diversified portfolios, we compare the return profile of a simple portfolio of 70% developed markets equities and 30% US government bonds to a highly diversified portfolio constructed to have the same level of volatility as the 70/30 portfolio. 1 Based on our conservative long-term performance assumptions, 2 the highly diversified portfolio has an expected annual compound return nearly 100 basis points (bps) higher than the 70/30 portfolio. The higher return is expected because the portfolio seeks to earn incremental returns from various sources including illiquidity premiums and pursuit of more diverse market risks. Even after spending more over time, highly diversified portfolios are expected to create more wealth. This effect is particularly pronounced over longer horizons.
Based on $100 beginning market value. See last pages for more information and important disclosures.
Importantly, our modeling shows the upside potential of a highly diversified portfolio is much more significant than the upside from a simple stock/bond portfolio, while the downside is comparable. Further, the highly diversified portfolio has a lower probability of experiencing significant declines and is more likely to recover over the long term than a simple portfolio.
See last pages for more information and important disclosures.
Over the last 26 years for which we have performance data, the conceptual framework shown in this modeling has largely been borne out. 3 The highly diversified portfolio, like the simple portfolio, fell sharply during the severe bear market of 2000–03, when the tech and telecom bubble popped, and during the global financial crisis of 2007–09, but its declines were more muted, particularly during the earlier period.
The simple portfolio returned a cumulative -26.8% over the 12 quarters ended first quarter 2003, much worse than the -14.5% experienced by the highly diversified portfolio, and the simple portfolio returned -32.6% during the six quarters ended first quarter 2009, south of the -29.5% for the highly diversified portfolio. Performance was more comparable during the 2007–09 market decline, as all asset classes were lifted by a common source—excessive leverage—which sent all assets falling sharply once higher rates set off a vicious cycle of deleveraging. Among major asset classes, only high-quality bonds were able to post positive returns over this period—an important reminder of why investors diversify their portfolio exposures.
Following the 2000–03 bear market (based on quarterly data), the highly diversified portfolio recovered its previous high-water mark in just three quarters, while the simple portfolio took seven quarters. Following the global financial crisis, the recovery period for both portfolios was comparable, with the simple portfolio edging the highly diversified portfolio by one quarter.
While clearly disappointing, periods of underperformance are to be expected from time to time even as highly diversified portfolios have a higher expected return than simple stock/bond portfolios. Based on historical performance and our long-term equilibrium assumptions, a simple portfolio should be expected to outperform more diversified portfolios periodically. Despite higher return expectations over the long term, the diversified portfolio is expected to underperform the simple portfolio by as much as 100 bps a year in 21% of five-year periods and 12% of ten-year periods. Thus today's experience, while rare, is not outside of expectations.
It is clear that diversified portfolios have been in a period of cyclical underperformance. These cycles are normal and should be expected to occur regularly over time. Of greater importance to investors is whether there are secular reasons to believe that diversified portfolios could fail to achieve superior returns to simple portfolios over the long term.
The most pressing question along these lines is the degree to which hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, and other diversifying strategies can be expected to deliver on their long-term expectations as these markets have matured. Clearly investors who were early adopters of alternative assets reaped huge premiums for taking a chance on new investment strategies.
It is true that the challenge of adding value to simple portfolios by diversifying into hedge funds and private investments has become more difficult as an increasing number of investors have sought to participate in these markets. Hedge fund performance has trended down at the same time as the number of hedge funds has grown tremendously. The upper end of five-year excess returns over cash more recently has been closer to 8% or 9% as the industry has matured, significant value add, but far from the over 15% annualized excess returns reached in the late 1990s. Similarly, investors should not expect a maturing private investment market to produce the 4x–5x venture capital multiples and 2x buyout multiples that were prevalent in the United States in the 1990s. A surfeit of capital chasing higher returns in a low yielding environment has flowed into private investments in search of alpha and illiquidity premiums. As the market has matured, median net returns (net of fees, expenses, and carried interest) have been falling from the high teens and low 20s toward the mid-teens, which still represents significant value to investors.
Even during this challenging period for active managers, hedge fund performance has been highly dispersed, reflecting both strategy differences and the wide dispersion in manager skill. While past performance tells us little about the future, the dispersion reflects the importance of not treating all hedge fund strategies and managers as if they are the same. Superb managers should be maintained, as should managers providing exposures that would be difficult to replicate outside of the hedge fund arena.
Please see David Shukis and David Thurston, "The 15% Frontier," Cambridge Associates, 2016.
Similarly, private managers' ability to add value to public markets in aggregate has fluctuated with market cycles, but also has a secular component. Private investments have been a strategically important driver of performance for decades. We continue to expect carefully constructed, high-quality private investment allocations to add value relative to public markets.
Overall, we continue to find investments in private equity and hedge funds that we believe have an ability to add value to portfolios over the long term. Expectations should be ratcheted down from the glory days of the 1990s, and the job of finding alpha has become more difficult. However, the opportunity is still there for those with appropriate skill that are willing to put in the effort and stick with the strategy.
Simple is not so sweet in the current environment. In a world of global uncertainty, investors should place a premium on diversification. The siren song of the simple portfolio may be difficult to resist, but its appeal is based on recent performance that is unlikely to be repeated over the next decade.
At the most fundamental level, diversified portfolios—structured to earn returns comparable to their rate of spending at tolerable levels of risk—provide a better long-term strategy for meeting the common investment objective of seeking to preserve or grow purchasing power while supporting a steady flow of spending. As investors consider where returns will come from in the future and how the transition from low yields/high valuations to more "normal" conditions may evolve, investing in a diversified basket of assets that balances between return seeking and stability will be particularly critical.
The scenario modeling found in this report has used index data from Barclays, Bloomberg L.P., Cambridge Associates, Global Financial Data, Inc., Hedge Fund Research, Inc., MSCI Inc., National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, and Thomson Reuters Datastream. MSCI data provided "as is" without any express or implied warranties.
The 70/30 and highly diversified portfolios analyzed in this report have the asset allocation shown in the table below. To determine the return and standard deviation of these portfolios we used our equilibrium assumptions. These assumptions represent a base case of long-term equilibrium real returns that are independent of current valuations, are targeted toward a generic 25-year-plus time horizon, and incorporate a reasonable equity risk premium. When modeling cumulative real wealth after spending, the inflation rate is assumed to be 3% and the spending rule is 5% of ending trailing 12-quarter market value. The models assume annual rebalancing of the portfolio. In our analysis of the upside/downside of these two portfolios, the shaded regions show the 25th to 75th percentile range of expected outcomes for each portfolio given the aforementioned rules for both annual spending and cumulative spending. Green and red lines on the chart show the 5th (upside) and 95th (downside) percentile outcomes, respectively. To determine the likelihood of outperformance, we used a Monte Carlo simulation of the two portfolios based on the equilibrium return assumptions of the asset classes listed in the below. The simulation assumed lognormal distribution and the returns referenced in the results are all compound returns. To illustrate prospective returns of various 70/30 portfolios, we used our return to normal scenario, which incorporates current valuations and assume equity valuations revert to fair value over ten years. This scenario makes assumptions about the market environment including mild inflation; moderate real earnings growth; and low corporate default rates, government bond yields, and credit spreads.


Right after Ubuntu 17.10, Canonical decided a major thing – throwing away Unity and adopting the GNOME Shell. It was a logical choice as Unity was never a popular desktop environment to choose. The Linux community was excited as well having GNOME – a popular desktop environment as the default. However, it turns out that many people still prefer Unity despite its lower popularity.
I also enjoyed the Unity desktop. That's why today, we'll get back Unity desktop in our system once again. Note that although Unity isn't the official desktop environment anymore, I didn't face any problem switching to it in the latest version.
Before we install Unity, we have to make sure that the system is up-to-date and nothing is corrupted. Run the following commands for updating all your system software and components.
Now, run this command for installing Unity.
Voila! Unity is in your system!
However, there's no LightDM with the installation. It was no longer the default login manager app of Unity for a long time. But there's no problem working with GDM and Unity, but if you wish to have LightDM back, that's also possible.
Follow the screenshots for installing LightDM. After installation is complete, Ubuntu will switch to LightDM by default.
Now, it's time to start the new desktop. If you wish to keep GDM, simply "Log out" of GNOME Shell, click to return to the GDM menu. From the "gear" icon, select "Unity".
If you want to use LightDM, reboot your system. Your system will use LightDM by default. Don't forget to select "Unity" from the option.
Now, you're back on your default system!
How to schedule a shutdown in Linux?


Here are 3 adjoining lots that cover almost 1/2 acre. This property is located close to the Kiamichi Technology Center along with shopping, doctors, and the hospital, in a great neighborhood. This would be a great place to build a home.


Hyper is the new in-memory data engine from Tableau, which takes advantage of modern machines' multi-core hardware to deliver fast data ingestion and extraction (up to three times faster) and quicker data access, through a data query up to five times faster. This new feature (patent pending) allows users to extract and analyse larger and more complex data sets. There is nothing simpler than the upgrade: you won't even notice!
Adding new Vizzes to the tooltips allows you to add the necessary details to the dashboard while maintaining a clean design. Complementing the dashboard with this kind of information lends support to the analysis and enables exploration by other users. Besides that, it is a great way to encourage the use of digital formats rather than the printed version or even PDF.
From Tableau 10.5 on, you can install Tableau Server on Linux servers (RHEL 7, CentOS 7, Oracle Linux or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS). This achievement will give administrators much more flexibility in integrating and optimising processes and workflows, and they can even change the number of background documents, VizQL and application servers without having to restart the server. You just have to remember that Tableau Server on Linux only supports a subset of the data sources available in Windows Tableau Server. For further technical specs, click here.
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This new feature derives from user demand (and feedback) to mirror the folder structure that everyone already uses for storing files.
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Today as I write the 19th piece of this series, I am excited that we are getting close to the end of this journey we began some days back. I agree that there is a fulfilment, which comes with completion. We must embrace completion in our quest to raise our children. We must not abandon them midway, irrespective of the challenges. I always believe that where there is a will, there is a way. Our goal must be to prepare our children for a responsible adulthood.
Today I share the 14th fact you must consider before you register your child in a school: where are the products of the school? A school is defined by its product. In fact, I must declare that a school will never be greater than its products. The proof of sanity or otherwise of a school is its products. The curriculum of a school is everything the child picks in the school system when he is leaving the school.
As you plan to register your child in a school, you may want to observe their present and past products. You may want to observe the attitude of the system to their present products. You may want to interact with the products and see if they represent what the school claim to represent. You may want to find out if they have a program of following up the progress of the children, who pass through them. Do they have a robust alumni program, which testifies that the children they trained turned out as expected? If they do not have a robust alumni follow-up program, the question then is how are they persuaded that the values they represent are working. A school, who has graduated at least one set of pupils, must be in a position to monitor the progress of the children, who have passed through them as a proof of their effectiveness.
The testimonies of their products must become one of their most priceless assets. When you treat a child the way, he should go; he does not begin to manifest the evidence of the training until he is old. Therefore if a school is not interested in what becomes of their products in life, they may not be interested in developing children. When I talk about life, I am not only talking about academic excellent. I am talking about, what kind of man or woman he/she has become? What kind of spouse he/she has become? What kind of parents he/she has become? What kind of citizen he/she has become? Above all how much of who he/she has become is traceable to the training the child received while in the school. A relationship with the products will help the school to know if it was able to put in the products all the ingredients that was supposed to make product fit for the use of self and humanity. Please note that it is the practice of any manufacturer to list on the pack of its products the ingredients, which make up the products. If any of the ingredient is missing, it means the product, though wrapped in the best of packaging is defective. It is now the responsibility of internal quality control department and regulatory bodies like SON and NAFDAC to ensure that there is conformity between the listed ingredients on the pack and the actual ingredients on the pack. It does not matter the kind of graduation ceremony a school initiates or the kind of graduation gown they wear or the beauty of the certificate they issue, graduation ceremony makes no sense if the ingredients listed in the certificate or suggested by the colourful nature of the graduation ceremony, has not been deposited in the child.
If the school does not have a directory of its products, it means it does not monitor the progress of its products to see if they are excellent products or factory rejects as a result of production errors. If the school does not monitor progress, it means every child, which enrols in the school becomes a guinea pig of the school's values. Please note that how long the school has been in existence will count here. By the foregoing, I am not saying do not register your child in a new school. In cases of new school, you may want to consider the history of its leaders and the products, who have come through them.
Thank you for having me. I am out of here today. I urge you friends, Think the Child, Think Today, Think the Future. Have an INSPIRED day.


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So while my interests will often lie with less well known open source projects (semi-obscure sounds uncharitable), it's impossible to ignore the massive open source projects out there that have serious corporate backing (including, of course, the Linux kernel itself).
Not only are some of these massive open source projects seriously exciting, but they show, once again, the advantages that open source development can sometimes have over closed models.
I recently had the opportunity to talk to Mark Collier, vice-president of business and corporate development at Rackspace, who is one of the people involved in the OpenStack project. OpenStack, which is about a year and a half old now, is open source software for building public and private clouds. The project was launched thanks to collaboration between NASA and Rackspace, each of which brought different software technology to the table for building OpenStack.
How Rackspace ended up pushing an open source Cloud project makes for an interesting story. "I was at Rackspace at the time and we were looking kind of our position in the market knowing that we were the second largest cloud and we have a lot of momentum, but also knowing that Amazon was really doing an amazing job on the technology front in terms of advancing their platform very quickly," Collier says.
"So we were looking at our options for ways to accelerate our roadmap, ways to develop technology going into the future. And we started to really seriously consider an open source development model for how we develop software, so we could build an army of developers, engineers throughout the industry — not just people we could hire at Rackspace to try to compete against some of these giants like an Amazon or a Google."
It turned out that NASA had been working on the compute side of Cloud computing, while Rackspace already had a mature object storage system. Those pieces combined essentially make up OpenStack, which has received an impressive array of support. Earlier this month at CES US telco giant AT&T announced it would deploy an OpenStack-based Cloud. Other companies involved in OpenStack include familiar names such HP, Intel and Dell.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) made a fierce pitch as the face of generational change. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Hakeem Jeffries defeats Barbara Lee in battle for Dem Caucus chair
Jeffries is seen by many House Democrats as a potential future party leader.
By HEATHER CAYGLE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
11/28/2018 11:57 AM EST
Updated 11/28/2018 04:29 PM EST
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was elected Democratic Caucus chairman Wednesday, a position that could tee him up to become the first African-American speaker one day.
Jeffries (D-N.Y.) triumphed over Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a fellow Congressional Black Caucus member, on a 123-113 vote. But for some members of the Democratic Caucus, which next year will be younger and more diverse than ever, Jeffries' victory is much more symbolic than the No. 5 leadership post he'll occupy.
Democrats on Wednesday re-elected their top three leaders, all of whom are nearing 80 and have been in power for more than a dozen years, but many members believe a change in the top ranks will come sooner rather than later. And Jeffries' new job puts him in a prime position to quickly scale the ranks whenever the current team steps down.
"Hakeem is the present and the future," said Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), a close ally of Jeffries who had counseled him for several months about a leadership run. "And I think that the reason why he won is he's demonstrated to the caucus that he's one that can bring us all together."
The cavernous auditorium in which Democrats huddled to pick their slate of leaders had a rallylike atmosphere during the Jeffries-Lee contest, according to several people in the room.
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Lee had lined up more than two dozen supporters from all corners of the caucus to stand behind her, a live illustration of Democrats' racial, age and gender diversity, according to sources.
Jeffries, meanwhile, was compared to former President Barack Obama by Rep. Juan Vargas (D-Calif.), one of the supporters who gave a speech in favor of his nomination.
When it was Jeffries' turn to speak, he pumped up the crowd by ticking off a list of landmark legislative achievements from the past several decades, including the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and the Affordable Care Act.
"We did that. Democrats did that," Jeffries said, according to an attendee.
He then pivoted to President Donald Trump, telling his colleagues that the days of "bending over backward" to compromise are over and promising an aggressive response to Trump's agenda, according to a source in the room.
But for Jeffries, the victory didn't come without controversy. Some Lee backers left the meeting accusing colleagues of being ageist in choosing Jeffries, 48, over Lee, 72. Jeffries brushed aside the charges, saying the race was "a friendly contest of ideas."
Both Jeffries and Lee are well liked within the caucus, and several members were undecided as they headed into the closed-door election. For Democrats, the race had implications far beyond tapping the person who would preside over their weekly meetings and provides a clue into the pulse of the caucus heading into the majority.
Lee, one of the Democrats' most liberal members, is perhaps best known for casting the lone vote against authorizing military force shortly after the 9/11 attacks.
Pelosi grabs momentum with big speaker vote
By JOHN BRESNAHAN, HEATHER CAYGLE and RACHAEL BADE
But the California Democrat, a 20-year incumbent, also symbolized the seniority system to which the caucus has long hewed, and which has frustrated some lawmakers.
A former leader of both the CBC and Congressional Progressive Caucus, she has unsuccessfully sought leadership positions — including caucus chair — in the past. Several members said Lee deserved the caucus chairmanship after paying her dues for years.
Lee had the backing of several CBC elders, including three former leaders of the group, Reps. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina, Marcia Fudge of Ohio and Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri.
She also touted herself as a potential history-maker on the heels of an election that swept in the most diverse and female class of lawmakers in history. Had she been elected, Lee would have been the first African-American woman to serve in House leadership.
Jeffries, on the other hand, made a fierce pitch as the face of generational change. With Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her two deputies, Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), running unopposed, Jeffries provides a stark contrast to the old guard.
Jeffries is currently in the lower tier of leadership as a co-chairman of House Democrats' messaging arm. He has also notched several bipartisan wins this Congress, including a prison reform bill that overwhelmingly passed the House and is backed by Trump.
"I don't think anybody who was junior to Barbara Lee would have necessarily beat her simply because they're new," said Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.). "But that was one of several factors."
For Jeffries, his win Wednesday is a victorious endnote on a winding road that started unexpectedly in the middle of the summer. Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.), then the House Democratic Caucus chairman and the presumed heir apparent to Pelosi, was unexpectedly ousted by primary challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Crowley's loss not only opened up the caucus chairmanship but set off a flurry of activity among House Democrats eager to see a new and younger leadership team installed after the election.
After Lee announced her plans to run for the caucus post in July, several members pressured Jeffries to jump into the race.
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At a secret meeting organized by Meeks over the summer, around 20 members strategized with Jeffries about his future, with some pushing him to run for caucus leader and others making the case for why he should challenge Pelosi for speaker.
Jeffries put off formally making a decision about the caucus chair race, not announcing he was running for the job until after the midterm elections. Some members had already committed to Lee, who had been working her colleagues since the summer.
Heading into the caucus vote Wednesday, several Democratic insiders said they weren't sure how the race would shake out. Lee, the progressive stalwart and senior member who had put in years of work building relationships across the caucus, versus Jeffries, the fresh face and agent for change.
Now Jeffries is in a prime position to quickly ascend the leadership ranks, which have long had a bottleneck at the top.
Pelosi clinched the Democratic nomination for speaker Wednesday but is still trying to beat back a potential challenge by a dozen-plus Democrats. Those Pelosi critics have vowed to oppose her on the floor in January, denying her a second time in the speaker's chair.
Pelosi allies are confident she'll peel off enough of the dissenters within the next month to win on the House floor. But the California Democrat has already started to talk broadly about moving toward a new crop of Democratic leaders, even as she has refused to put any kind of timeline on that transition.
For Jeffries' supporters, they are confident his next job could be wielding the gavel.
"In time, he will be [speaker]," said Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.).
Rachael Bade and Nolan McCaskill contributed to this report.