Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday.
It's one of two Capitol Hill appearances for the Facebook founder and CEO this week.
Facebook is facing questions following reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal information of as many as 87 million Facebook users.
Congress has released Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony ahead of a Wednesday hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
It's one of two Capitol Hill appearances for the Facebook founder and CEO this week. Zuckerberg is also scheduled to appear before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees Tuesday.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for his meeting with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., in the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday, April 9, 2018. Zuckerberg is on Capitol Hill to testify before the House and Senate this week.
The data leak is just the most recent example of abuse on the site, following reports of Russian meddling during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and controversial Brexit vote in the UK.
Facebook in recent months has sent representatives to Washington to address issues of foreign interference on Facebook, but this week's hearings will be the company's first opportunity to address privacy policies before lawmakers and Zuckerberg's first appearance before Congress.
We face a number of important issues around privacy, safety, and democracy, and you will rightfully have some hard questions for me to answer. Before I talk about the steps we're taking to address them, I want to talk about how we got here.
Facebook is an idealistic and optimistic company. For most of our existence, we focused on all the good that connecting people can bring. As Facebook has grown, people everywhere have gotten a powerful new tool to stay connected to the people they love, make their voices heard, and build communities and businesses. Just recently, we've seen the #metoo movement and the March for Our Lives, organized, at least in part, on Facebook. After Hurricane Harvey, people raised more than $20 million for relief. And more than 70 million small businesses now use Facebook to grow and create jobs.
But it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy. We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. It was my mistake, and I'm sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I'm responsible for what happens here.
So now we have to go through every part of our relationship with people and make sure we're taking a broad enough view of our responsibility.
It's not enough to just connect people, we have to make sure those connections are positive. It's not enough to just give people a voice, we have to make sure people aren't using it to hurt people or spread misinformation. It's not enough to give people control of their information, we have to make sure developers they've given it to are protecting it too. Across the board, we have a responsibility to not just build tools, but to make sure those tools are used for good.
It will take some time to work through all of the changes we need to make, but I'm committed to getting it right.
Over the past few weeks, we've been working to understand exactly what happened with Cambridge Analytica and taking steps to make sure this doesn't happen again. We took important actions to prevent this from happening again today four years ago, but we also made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it.
In 2014, to prevent abusive apps, we announced that we were changing the entire platform to dramatically limit the Facebook information apps could access. Most importantly, apps like Kogan's could no longer ask for information about a person's friends unless their friends had also authorized the app. We also required developers to get approval from Facebook before they could request any data beyond a user's public profile, friend list, and email address. These actions would prevent any app like Kogan's from being able to access as much Facebook data today.
In 2015, we learned from journalists at The Guardian that Kogan had shared data from his app with Cambridge Analytica. It is against our policies for developers to share data without people's consent, so we immediately banned Kogan's app from our platform, and demanded that Kogan and other entities he gave the data to, including Cambridge Analytica, formally certify that they had deleted all improperly acquired data — which they ultimately did.
Last month, we learned from The Guardian, The New York Times and Channel 4 that Cambridge Analytica may not have deleted the data as they had certified. We immediately banned them from using any of our services. Cambridge Analytica claims they have already deleted the data and has agreed to a forensic audit by a firm we hired to investigate this. We're also working with the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office, which has jurisdiction over Cambridge Analytica, as it completes its investigation into what happened.
Safeguarding our platform. We need to make sure that developers like Kogan who got access to a lot of information in the past can't get access to as much information going forward.
1. We made some big changes to the Facebook platform in 2014 to dramatically restrict the amount of data that developers can access and to proactively review the apps on our platform. This makes it so a developer today can't do what Kogan did years ago.
2. But there's more we can do here to limit the information developers can access and put more safeguards in place to prevent abuse.
— We're removing developers' access to your data if you haven't used their app in three months.
— We're reducing the data you give an app when you approve it to only your name, profile photo, and email address. That's a lot less than apps can get on any other major app platform.
— We're requiring developers to not only get approval but also to sign a contract that imposes strict requirements in order to ask anyone for access to their posts or other private data.
— We're restricting more APIs like groups and events. You should be able to sign into apps and share your public information easily, but anything that might also share other people's information — like other posts in groups you're in or other people going to events you're going to — will be much more restricted.
— Two weeks ago, we found out that a feature that lets you look someone up by their phone number and email was abused. This feature is useful in cases where people have the same name, but it was abused to link people's public Facebook information to a phone number they already had. When we found out about the abuse, we shut this feature down.
3. Investigating other apps. We're in the process of investigating every app that had access to a large amount of information before we locked down our platform in 2014. If we detect suspicious activity, we'll do a full forensic audit. And if we find that someone is improperly using data, we'll ban them and tell everyone affected.
4. Building better controls. Finally, we're making it easier to understand which apps you've allowed to access your data. This week we started showing everyone a list of the apps you've used and an easy way to revoke their permissions to your data. You can already do this in your privacy settings, but we're going to put it at the top of News Feed to make sure everyone sees it. And we also told everyone whose Facebook information may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook's mission is about giving people a voice and bringing people closer together. Those are deeply democratic values and we're proud of them. I don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. That's not what we stand for.
We were too slow to spot and respond to Russian interference, and we're working hard to get better. Our sophistication in handling these threats is growing and improving quickly. We will continue working with the government to understand the full extent of Russian interference, and we will do our part not only to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, but also to give everyone a voice and to be a force for good in democracy everywhere.
1. In France, leading up to the presidential election in 2017, we found and took down 30,000 fake accounts.
2. In Germany, before the 2017 elections, we worked directly with the election commission to learn from them about the threats they saw and to share information.
3. In the U.S. Senate Alabama special election last year, we deployed new AI tools that proactively detected and removed fake accounts from Macedonia trying to spread misinformation.
4. We have disabled thousands of accounts tied to organized, financially motivated fake news spammers. These investigations have been used to improve our automated systems that find fake accounts.
5. Last week, we took down more than 270 additional pages and accounts operated by the IRA and used to target people in Russia and Russian speakers in countries like Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Some of the pages we removed belong to Russian news organizations that we determined were controlled by the IRA.
Significantly increasing our investment in security. We now have about 15,000 people working on security and content review. We'll have more than 20,000 by the end of this year.
1. I've directed our teams to invest so much in security — on top of the other investments we're making — that it will significantly impact our profitability going forward. But I want to be clear about what our priority is: protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profits.
Strengthening our advertising policies. We know some Members of Congress are exploring ways to increase transparency around political or issue advertising, and we're happy to keep working with Congress on that. But we aren't waiting for legislation to act.
1. From now on, every advertiser who wants to run political or issue ads will need to be authorized. To get authorized, advertisers will need to confirm their identity and location. Any advertiser who doesn't pass will be prohibited from running political or issue ads. We will also label them and advertisers will have to show you who paid for them. We're starting this in the U.S. and expanding to the rest of the world in the coming months.
2. For even greater political ads transparency, we have also built a tool that lets anyone see all of the ads a page is running. We're testing this in Canada now and we'll launch it globally this summer. We're also creating a searchable archive of past political ads.
3. We will also require people who manage large pages to be verified as well. This will make it much harder for people to run pages using fake accounts, or to grow virally and spread misinformation or divisive content that way.
4. In order to require verification for all of these pages and advertisers, we will hire thousands of more people. We're committed to getting this done in time for the critical months before the 2018 elections in the U.S. as well as elections in Mexico, Brazil, India, Pakistan and elsewhere in the next year.
5. These steps by themselves won't stop all people trying to game the system. But they will make it a lot harder for anyone to do what the Russians did during the 2016 election and use fake accounts and pages to run ads. Election interference is a problem that's bigger than any one platform, and that's why we support the Honest Ads Act. This will help raise the bar for all political advertising online.
Sharing information. We've been working with other technology companies to share information about threats, and we're also cooperating with the U.S. and foreign governments on election integrity.
At the same time, it's also important not to lose sight of the more straightforward and larger ways Facebook plays a role in elections.
In 2016, people had billions of interactions and open discussions on Facebook that may never have happened offline. Candidates had direct channels to communicate with tens of millions of citizens. Campaigns spent tens of millions of dollars organizing and advertising online to get their messages out further. And we organized "get out the vote" efforts that helped more than 2 million people register to vote who might not have voted otherwise.
Security — including around elections — isn't a problem you ever fully solve. Organizations like the IRA are sophisticated adversaries who are constantly evolving, but we'll keep improving our techniques to stay ahead. And we'll also keep building tools to help more people make their voices heard in the democratic process.
My top priority has always been our social mission of connecting people, building community and bringing the world closer together. Advertisers and developers will never take priority over that as long as I'm running Facebook.
I started Facebook when I was in college. We've come a long way since then. We now serve more than 2 billion people around the world, and every day, people use our services to stay connected with the people that matter to them most. I believe deeply in what we're doing. And when we address these challenges, I know we'll look back and view helping people connect and giving more people a voice as a positive force in the world.
I realize the issues we're talking about today aren't just issues for Facebook and our community — they're challenges for all of us as Americans. Thank you for having me here today, and I'm ready to take your questions.


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If you've ever visited Silverlake, you know it's a special place. The neighborhood has a certain vibe that's alive, always bustling and The Silverlake Reservoir is one of the best places to picnic in the city. With that said, we were over the moon about getting to romp around the neighborhood with Erica & Fernando for their engagement shoot. This day was extra fun for us because we also got to spend some time at home with these lovebirds - something we always love to capture! Keep that mouse movin' for more photos from this lovely day..


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Dogs in suspenders. Yep, it's a thing. And here's why.
April 8, 2013 11.48pm EDT
Is photographing dogs dressed in suspenders and stockings just another internet fad or a strange reflection on human sexuality? Sharp Daily
When I was little, maybe five or six, I got the idea to slip my spaniel's feet into freezer bags and watch her slide around on the kitchen floor.
Sure, this episode could have sparked in me a yen for further torturing of animals, of arson, of serial killing. I chose academia. But I was thinking about this – of some of the subtler forms of animal cruelty – while reading the Daily Mail's story about an apparent hounds-in-hosiery trend.
A "thing" supposedly sweeping China, involves squeezing dogs into stockings and then taking photographs of them. I'm always sceptical about just how "widespread" such crazes are, but as a dog-lover, as a hosiery-lover, this story unquestionably piqued my interest.
Without doubt, there is the option of simply seeing – and quickly dismissing - this story as an extension of putting any kind of clothing on a dog: dogs don't need a Burberry coat, for example, but putting one on and taking a photo could be read as akin to dressing up and showing off children; bedazzling them in the hope of reaping coos of adoration.
Equally easily, the story could be read as similar to any Internet photo craze: just like planking, just like owling, we could read these doggy dress-up snaps as simply a five-second fame grab, combining the cuteness of puppies and the oddity of stocking thing.
Personally, I think it's a bit more complicated.
Anthropomorphism involves attributing animals with human-like qualities. Presuming, for example, that our animals are depressed or in love or that they care whether their fur is fluffy, are examples of this. Sexiness – particularly as it pertains to apparel, to posing – is a human quality. To dress a dog up in some of the trappings associated with female sexuality - female sexiness – is a clear example of such anthropomorphism.
The latest craze sweeping China's social media has attracted international ridicule and criticism. Sharp Daily
This idea of sexualising animals is, of course, nothing new. In my book Part-Time Perverts I discussed a variety of pop culture examples where this sexy animal idea has been served up as entertainment: a personal favourite scenes comes from The Simpsons when Homer, dressed as a panda, exited an enclosure claiming to reek of "panda lovin'".
Of course, it's a very different thing to watch and laugh at a TV show that subtly implies bestiality, than to actively slip your own dog into a pair of stockings. And then take a photograph.
In biologist Midas Dekkers's book Dearest Pet (1992), he wrote:
"On the farm, in the brothel, or simply at home in front of the fire, but mainly in our heads… it is no surprise to find art and culture permeated with physical love for animals."
He draws on examples from art and literature to further his case.
Dekker's book isn't so much advocating bestiality as it is highlighting that this issue – human love of animals, particularly domestic animals – is hugely complicated.
If you put an animal you live with – who you love, who you consider a family member and who might even sleep on your bed - into a pair of stockings, what is this saying about you?
Is it saying that you think of your dog as sexual?
Is it saying you have the capacity to think of your dog as sexy?
Is this situation any different than dressing children up in similar attire and entering them in pageants?
In both cases I would argue that the agendas are indeed sexual.
Not sexual in the simplistic "I want to have sex with you" sense – for most people, such a renegade thought would be far too egregious for consideration - but sexual in the broad sense of generalised titillation stemming from taboo, from that which we shouldn't find arousing.
Most people would never embark on intercourse with animals but as with any number of taboos, getting close to the action – the frisson of it all without the mess and illegality – is appealing. Nudging the forbidden – taking photos - is a substitute – or, as Freud would deem it, a kind of sublimation – whereby energies gets channelled into acts far less destructive.
Not for a moment do I contend that putting a dog into a pair of stockings is embarking on a journey that will end in animal sex, law-breaking and tears. I do however, think it would be amiss to think that bestockinged animals isn't somewhat sexual and reflective of that very broad palate of human sexual interests.
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Hajdu Sándor (Bénye, 1911. március 15. – Tatabánya, 1987. október 26.) magyar szobrász.

Életútja

Hajdu Sándor földműves és Túri Mária gyermekeként született Bényén. A párizsi École des Beaux-Arts-on tanult. Magyarországra 1947-ben tért vissza. Alapítója és egyben vezetője is volt a Vasas Szakszervezet képzőművészeti iskolának.

Köztéri művei

 figurális dombormű (kerámia, 1954, Kecskemét, Konzervgyár)
 Madarak (mészkő, 1955, Budapest, Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert, Madárház)
 Domborművek (mészkő, 1956, Budapest, Kerepesi úti lakótelep, erkélyek)
 Áchim András-mellszobor (mészkő, 1958, Szolnok, Általános Iskola)
 Sajnovics János (bronz, 1959, Tordas)
 Domborműves amphora (kő, 1960 k., Sopron, Határállomás)
 Egressy Gábor (márvány mellszobor, 1960, Miskolci Nemzeti Színház)
 Női akt (mészkő, 1960, Szeged, Szemklinika)
 Mécstartó lány (kő, 1960, Szeged, Szemészeti Klinika)
 Álló lány (1961, Karcag)
 Sajnovics János (1961, Karcag)
 Hal (alumínium, 1962, Somogyvár, Gyógypedagógiai Intézet)
 Támaszkodó női figura (mészkő, 1962, Budapest, Transzformátorgyár)
 Anya és fia (alumínium, 1964, Baktalórántháza, Szülőotthon)
 Lányka könyvvel (mészkő, 1964, Karcag, Általános Iskola)
 Labdarúgó (alumínium, 1967, Dorog, Sportstadion)
 Női figura (bronz, 1971, Bucsa, Művelődési Ház)
 Női akt (mészkő, 1974, Kaposvár)
 Niers Vilmos (kő mellszobor, 1974, Kőszeg, Gyógypedagógiai Intézet)
 Szénagyűjtő lány (patinázott gipsz, 1982, Kaposvár, Mezőgazdasági Főiskola).

Források

 Artportal
 Kortárs magyar művészeti lexikon
 Köztérkép

Jegyzetek

Irodalom

 Kortárs Magyar Művészeti Lexikon. Főszerk. Fitz Péter. Bp., Enciklopédia Kiadó, 1999-2001.
 Művészeti lexikon. Fel. szerk. Lajta Edit. Bp., Akadémiai Kiadó, 1965-1968.
 Révai Új Lexikona. Főszerk. Kollega Tarsoly István. Szekszárd, Babits, 1996-.

Magyar szobrászok
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1987-ben elhunyt személyek


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Narrative hooks—those first few words that sink into your reader's flesh and drag them through the depths of your story only to leave them gasping onshore when they reach its end. You do want your readers to follow the story all the way to the end, don't you? Of course you do! So make sure those hooks are good and sharp; and if you're writing horror (like me) throw in a couple of rusty barbs for good measure.
This was the lesson for Day 2. Our assignment was to come up with five hooks, four of which could be only one sentence long. I don't know about you, but I tend to write short sentences, so trying to include all the information necessary to craft a good hook in just one was a challenge for me. I think I succeeded to some degree, but it was Richard's opinion that they all lacked a little something. I'll probably visit and revisit these hooks a number of times over the next however long it takes me to get each of the stories written, and hopefully by the time you see them in print, they will be sharper and rustier than ever leaving you with a bloody hole in your lip and a smile on your face.
1: Audrey first noticed the spider when it was still only 105* inside the sauna; the spider was tiny, only the size of a pencil eraser, but the dread it inspired was large enough to crush a Greyhound.
2: As frigid rain cut and shaped frozen heaps of road-stained snow into twin rows of sculptures that lined both sides of the two-lane highway like an army of malformed sentinels, Lyska—wearing nothing but a skimpy, black and white French maid costume and a pair of stripy pink knee-socks—gripped a World War II era gas mask in one hand while using the other to lift her skirt's hem just a bit higher.
3: It was date night again; Lester caressed cracked leather and inhaled the ghosts of a million dead cigarettes as he counted hash marks on the dash—one for every romantic evening that had culminated in sweet satisfaction.
4: To a casual observer, the jagged split in the floor of the abandoned mortuary's basement was nothing more than a sign of entropy slowly reducing the loathsome edifice—and, perhaps more importantly, the shadows of past deeds still clinging to memory within its halls—to dust; to Sean, that crooked concrete smile was his own personal ATM.
5: The waiting room smells like a department store perfume counter. Heavy particles of floral vapor orbit each of the eight or ten women—some still with hair, others wearing designer hats or kerchiefs—as they sit reading magazines, sipping ginger ale plucked from my snack cart, and pretend they aren't dying. Each woman waits patiently, wrapped in a cocoon of aerosolized denial designed to mask the scent of her own decay. It is as if by dousing themselves in expensive, migraine-inducing fragrances these women think they might confuse Death, throwing him off track, as if by buying PETA-friendly cosmetics and perfumes they are actually buying themselves extra time.


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For over 20 years, our team of garden and landscape design experts has been seeing things differently.
We see outdoor space as places with exciting possibilities. Everything we do begins with you and your needs. From design conception, to completion and beyond, our studio is proud of the meticulous attention given to each and every one of our clients' needs. We have the expertise, experience and ambition to make your vision a reality.
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Ann-Marie Powell founded her practice Ann-Marie Powell Gardens in 1999 after travelling the world admiring landscapes, then gaining a distinction in NCH Garden Design & Hard Landscape Studies. Since then she has become one of the UK's most innovative garden designers, creating ground-breaking and uplifting gardens backed by experience.
Alongside heading her successful studio, she has authored three books on garden design and writes regularly for National magazines and newspapers including The Telegraph, Gardens Illustrated and The English Garden. She has also co-hosted TV coverage of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and numerous TV gardening shows.
When she's not working, you'll find her in her own garden…. or at a festival, theatre, gallery or concert. After all, life is for living.
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Mary trained at the prestigious KLC School of Design at Hampton Court Palace, graduating in 2016 with a distinction and winning two awards, for Residential Garden Design and the London Stone Award for Construction. Before that, Mary studied at Ryton Organic Gardens (the home of Garden Organic, one of the UK's leading organic growing charities) and under their expert tutelage, obtained the RHS Certificate in Practical Horticulture (Level 2).
Growing up on a farm in Hampshire, Mary has always loved getting her hands dirty in the garden. Life then went in a different direction; a degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University, followed by a law conversion. But after 10 years practicing as a solicitor specialising in intellectual property, she realised it was her clients who were having all the creative fun, and she knew it was time for a change. In 2015 she joined Le Cure de France, cycling one and a half times the height of Everest in four days, to raise money for the Royal Marsden's Cancer Research charity. Two weeks later Mary had handed in her notice and enrolled with KLC, the rest is history! (She has not ridden her bike since.)
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Gemma Summerfield's Fine Art BA Hons at Nottingham Trent University found her exploring nature and landscape through a series of installation pieces and photography (inspirations included Anya Gallaccio, Richard Long and Rachel Whiteread).
Throughout her course, she was increasingly drawn to the wonders of the natural and developed a keen interest in that intrinsic human need to connect with the world around them. On graduation, this desire drove her to apply to Greenwich University to study for a Masters in Landscape Architecture, completing her studies in 2007.
The raw landscape of Australia drew her to study and work as a Landscape Architect there, before returning to the UK to a position at Randle Siddeley, then as Associate Landscape Architect for a leading London Design and Build company for the next seven years.
Gemma became chartered as a Landscape Architect in 2012.
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Sales organizations are often well-oiled machines, delivering the right product at the right time to customers. To keep customers happy after the sale can be more challenging, providing customer care that positively reflects the promises made during sales and by the larger brand. Field service either delivers on these promises, or undermines these efforts and brings down customer satisfaction.
Successful field service delivers the right people to the right jobs and is backed by the right parts and knowledge to get the job done. Ultimately, customers should consistently get the results they need regardless of whether service is over the phone, in the field, via chat, online messaging, social media, or via email.
These are the top 5 field service considerations to build a successful field service model that provides excellent customer service throughout the customer lifecycle.
A proactive field service model offers more to the customer–lessening the time between insight and action, while providing greater product knowledge for maintenance and repair. From knowing what service level agreements are needed, to having remote sensors tip off field service techs when a repair or maintenance action is required, proactive field service stays ahead of the customer. This intelligence relieves the customer of work, and increases satisfaction with service.
Field service technicians encounter unpredictable situations–stalled equipment, overheating equipment, malfunctioning systems, and insufficient safety protection. Even when unpredictable problems arise, customer insight and data that is accessible to field service more ably addresses any issues and prevents further equipment damage.
Scheduling field service is often the first hurdle customers and managers have to overcome. Nothing creates customer dissatisfaction faster than repair delays, which cause operational outages and lost revenue. In oil and gas, for example, idle equipment can cost millions. The right systems create transparency between customer, technicians, managers, and other key parties, so the mystery of why a tech is running late, or a part isn't yet delivered, is solved. A tool that gives customers, technicians, and managers insight into scheduling go a long way to smoothing out scheduling problems, both in terms of technician workload, and in terms of reducing customer wait times.
By offering your customers the ability to schedule appointments based on their availability, to then sync this to the technicians' calendar, which is also synced to manager's calendar, removes a significant roadblock to customer satisfaction.
Providing linkages between off-site field service technicians, and in-office expertise and data is critical. At a customer site, field technician calls plagued by limited access to customer service history, parts and repairs knowledge, and predictive maintenance data, are more costly for the customer. The faster and more effective field service can deliver customer service, the happier the customer.
Create systems to streamline and automate collaboration between mobile technicians, managers, and in-office experts. Give technicians access to service history, equipment knowledge, and all the tools they need to make the repairs and move on to the next customer. Get control of field service by leveraging technology to create bridges between knowledge silos within an organization.
It is the on-site technician who is the first point of in-person contact with the customer. The ability to access service data, check stock, take surveys, generate billing, get relevant signatures, access knowledge and communicate directly with the right people at the right time, requires access to the right tools. Having the flexibility to respond across channels to real-time issues is invaluable.
Field service technicians who can only access needed data online, but who find themselves outside the reach of wireless routers, deep within the bowels of an HVAC system, are stuck. A technician armed with the mobile tools they need regardless of the ability to access online resources is better prepared to meet whatever contingency arises.
Excellent customer service is constantly improving, responding to changing circumstances in the wider industry and within a customer's organization, is able to identify and address logjams, and fix them in short order. Identifying KPIs and measuring them consistently is one thing. Turning them into actionable performance improvements is the more difficult task.
Measuring service delivery (time on site, customer satisfaction, predictive and preventive maintenance outcomes, cost of repairs over time, field service safety etc.) against targets, highlights problematic areas, people, and products, and helps organizations identify solutions more quickly.
Resolving field service technician performance problems, critical equipment supply issues, ongoing safety concerns, and systemic service delivery revenue shortfalls are only a few of the issues field service organizations face. Creating the right KPIs with the right feedback loops, increases efficiency and ultimately increases customer satisfaction.
Getting control of field service management isn't easy. Taking actions on these considerations lays the groundwork for operational improvements and increased customer loyalty and happiness.


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After many months of work, our own Mike Hatfield is a published author. His technology book, "CoffeeScript Application Development Cookbook" has been published and is now available on the Packt and Amazon websites.
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Time for the totally self-serving chapter!
Everyone must prepare themselves in their own preferred way to go to Graulfnir and see Lliashatheny's mysterious inverted bowl. I prepared myself by means of a bowl of my own. I travelled to the mysterious city of Tublier in Trest (and by "mysterious" I mean "dull and industrial" — they keep their mysteries in windowless factories and warehouses, with private soldiers who beat up any hovens who attempt to infiltrate).
In this place I sponsor a laboratory and workshop, dully and industrially called the Corundum Forming Laboratory and Workshop (CFLW), in which, of all things, corundum is formed. Corundum is the pure substance; rubies and sapphires and emeralds are made by suitable impurities in corundum — and other gemstones, not found in nature, produced by other impurities. The "forming" part of the name is there because we squirt the molten corundum into molds.
The technology is not quite what it will someday be. We are trying to make bowls suitable for dragons, or punchbowls for hoven parties. They should come out perfectly bowly. The usually come out with a pucker in the rim if we're lucky, or a flobble-hole through the bottom if we're not. Some smaller shapes work better. We have some very good expensive expensive and hopefully good engineers working on the problem. In the meantime we have some very arrogant good arrogant by hoven terms (but not really up to draconic standards) artists doing pretty things with smaller pieces.
I picked a ruby bowl whose rim-pucker was at least symmetrical, and which the artists had arted upon with vigor and joy and energetic geometrical figures. I paid for it, in the sense that I may take so many pieces per month from the laboratory and its stocks, as part of the exchange for my sponsorship, and this is one. I renewed the spells on the equipment: the Hoplonton! Not that the pressures and temperatures of ruby-making are as terrible as those of a dragon-battle, but they are not good for unprotected equipment. I did the obligatory royal things and sponsoring-dragon things, mostly involving greeting a newly-hired sub-engineer whom I had not met and who needed clean pants afterwards; I am sure he lost family members in the draconic rule of Trest some while ago.
And made my way to Graulfnir, which was rather easier because the travel monument that Tultamaan had argued for earlier was now finished and usable.


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Top-tier Bacardí Brand Ambassadors Predict 2019 Drink Trends
by David Klemt |
Dec 26, 2018 5:00am
Image: Natali_Mis / iStock / Getty Images Plus; Cocktail images by Nathan Burdette Photography
Back in July, several top-tier Bacardí brand ambassadors shared the beverage trends to follow through the end of 2018.
I shared their insights here. Those trends included blanco tequilas enjoyed neat; a rise in the popularity of highballs; increased interest in vermouth and Cognac; the return to simple but sophisticated cocktails such as the Negroni and Martini; the return and explosion of the Espresso Martini; and more.
Bacardí is back at it again. The legendary brand has tapped their United States portfolio ambassadors to share their thoughts on what consumers will be drinking throughout 2019. Their information is a great way to strut into the New Year with confidence.
First up, one of the most respected and beloved brand ambassadors on the planet, Colin Asare-Appiah. He's the east senior portfolio ambassador and director of multicultural lifestyle & advocacy, and he's also the one who predicted the rise of Cognac.
Asare-Appiah forecasts drinking with a social cause as a big trend for 2019:
"In today's climate more and more people are seeking out drinks with a social cause attached. From brands to bars, products and recipes are going beyond consumption and tying themselves to worthy initiatives in order to bring awareness to movements they believe in.
READ THIS: Follow These Trends Through the End of 2018
"Bacardí is doing this through its Spirit Forward Women Empowerment Series, where it hosts a day of seminars and round tables in an effort to champion the outstanding females that make up the hospitality industry. Bars are also getting behind social causes, by attaching cocktail purchases to a charity or through inclusive hiring practices where they are expanding their network to offer opportunities for more diverse bartenders. This all trickles down to the consumer who we notice are seeking out those products and establishments that align themselves with a social cause. It's a movement that I hope will transcend from simply being a growing trend in 2019 to becoming the new norm across the board."
Bacardí's Houston portfolio ambassador, Duane Hernandez, believes that fun is in the forecast. Guests will seek out a relaxing but recreational vibe at casual bars:
"Quiet speakeasy bars will always have their place in today's cocktail scene. However, folks are once again excited to go to their more casual local watering hole, knowing that they can still have a great cocktail, without all of the seriousness behind it. In these relaxed establishments, the bartenders are enjoying recreating fun cocktails that are familiar in taste, bright and vibrant in color, and presented with an over-the-top garnish. These cocktails bring back memories of drinking in the early 90's, sipping on cocktails with playful names, bold colors and tastes, but without the overly sweet flavors and artificial ingredients of the past.
"Today, selections tend towards naturally colored products like MARTINI & ROSSI Bitter and naturally flavored spirits like Bacardí Banana. Since bartenders have so many more options to choose from, this fun-filled moment in time can happen at almost any bar."
Along the lines of fun, west senior portfolio ambassador Jaymee Mandeville predicts a return to the fruity and fun cocktails that were popular roughly a decade ago. She refers to these as "power pink drinks," which in and of itself is fun:
"Back in the early 2000s, the United States embraced the Cosmopolitan, making this pink drink the chic and 'it' cocktail to consume. While the drink is credited to Toby Cecchini, it was Dale Degroff of the Rainbow Room NYC who helped perpetuate its pop-star status popularity. Fast forward to 2008, when Dale's protege Julie Reiner opened up Clover Club, paying homage to the pre-prohibition raspberry and gin-forward fluffy sour. Since then many bartenders have forgone fun and fruity for bitter and boozy. In this coming year I think we will see the bittersweet symphony of both styles."
New York portfolio ambassador Anna Kah McLoughlin predicts that the Irish whiskey boom will continue to resonate throughout the industry. She points to the increased number of distilleries in Ireland as evidence:
"As one of the fastest growing spirits categories, Irish whiskey has been booming over the past few years. In the 1980's, there were only 2 distilleries left in Ireland. As of August 2017, there were 18 operational distilleries with 16 more in the works. The Teeling Whiskey Distillery opened in the heart of Dublin 125 years after the last distillery was shuttered there. Not only are they leading the Irish whiskey renaissance with their experimentation, but the liquids are highly regarded and awarded amongst their peers and bartenders alike.
READ THIS: Modern Cocktail Trend, Old Fashioned Ingredient
"Across this exciting category, keep an eye out for a lot of innovation including different cask finishes, experimental yeast strains, and terroir-driven raw ingredients."
Ireland isn't the only country to watch for beverage trends in 2019. Los Angeles portfolio ambassador Dan Long thinks guests will be drinking the Italian way. Italian spirits will experience a boost in interest and popularity from both the consumer and bartender sides:
"Bartenders continued quest for information, and hunger for knowledge has them focusing on Italian spirits.
"Realizing that vermouth is not as simple as sweet vs. dry, or Italian vs. French, they have embraced the many categories of vermouth and have begun to understand what separates each category. Embracing the differences such as base wines, bittering agents, herb blends, and base sweeteners, a trend of layering these fortified wines to build more complex, yet still low-ABV cocktails has emerged. Barolo Chinatos, Vermouths di Torino, and French Kinas are no longer bottles that confuse the modern bartender. The MARTINI & ROSSI Riserva vermouths have seen an incredible response because of their bold flavor profiles and complex herbal blends that are crafted from 3 types of artemisia and delicious base wines.
"'Grand Bitters' are also starting to find their place in the awareness of bartenders. Different from their cousin 'Petit Bitters,' Grand Bitters are used by the measure as opposed to mere dashes. Campari has stood at the forefront of the category for many years, but MARTINI & ROSSI Bitter, Gran Classico, Brodiga, and Contratto have bartenders questioning if 'one size does fit all.' No longer content to settle, the modern mixologist is experimenting with different bitter brands to tailor the flavor experience for each cocktail. A Grand Bitter that works well with gin may not be the same one that works well with whiskey.
READ THIS: World Class Cocktail Trends for 2019
"Amaros have been sought after by bartenders looking for a bitter kick for many years, but a recent trend has them digging even deeper to provide new experiences for their guests. Flip through Instagram and you'll see photos of newly acquired collections of dusty bottles containing vintage amaros shipped from Italy. The sugar content of amaros helps them retain their aromatic and bitter qualities much longer than that of full proof spirits. Because of this, the liquid treasures inside offer a glimpse into the past and can even reveal changes in recipe and flavor over time. The market for vintage amaros hasn't exploded in the same way that the market for American or Japanese whiskies has, keeping the price point at a place where the experience can be passed along to customers. Does a bottle from 1962 taste the same as a bottle today? Pour yourself a glass and take a journey through time!"
Taylor Hansen has identified a hospitality industry and societal shift he believes is much bigger than just a trend. The Chicago portfolio ambassador predicts that sustainability will become an even bigger movement in 2019:
"The beauty of this trend is that it's not a trend. I believe we are witnessing the beginning of a shift in approach to cocktail programs. The Bacardi brands have been working very hard to push sustainability, as well as forward thinking throughout the industry. This was never going to be a swift change, but the gradual turning of an oil tanker. We are beginning to see these efforts come to fruition, albeit indirectly, across America and at our favorite bars.
"How are bartenders manifesting their approach to sustainability?
The cocktails themselves: The United States Bartenders Guild Most Imaginative Bartender focused on zero-waste cocktails to win the competition, in-line with Bombay gin being the most sustainable distillery in the world. This approach has garnered a lot of attention, as food waste in our society is astronomical. Bartenders are focusing on being creative without being wasteful.
Bars and restaurant groups are dropping straws unanimously: In line with this trend, bartenders are constantly on the lookout for alternatives. Using metal straws is a tedious process to keep clean, but bar teams are willing to sacrifice that time in order to make a difference.
Menus are changing: The overall size is shrinking and being simplified to save on waste. Menus are being changed less often as well for the same reasons.
Bars are using less glassware: Cocktail bars in particular are shrinking their back bars to remove clutter and add substance. Generically shaped glassware allows for less dishwasher use, allowing bars to curb water waste."
There you have it—insights you can put to action while you refresh your menus. Consider these predictions as you reinvigorate your inventory and reevaluate your approach to fulfilling guest expectations for the New Year.
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A decade after picking up Super League's top individual accolade, Leeds veteran Jamie Peacock has been shortlisted for the 2013 Man of Steel award.
The 35-year-old former Bradford Bull enjoyed something of a renaissance this season and has been pivotal in the Rhinos' bid to make it three Grand Final wins in a row.
Leeds play Saints in their next play-off match on Friday night (September 20th) and will be hoping that Peacock's Indian summer continues for a few more games yet.
The forward is up against Wigan captain Sean O'Loughlin and Huddersfield skipper Danny Brough for the coveted award, with the winner to be announced at a gala dinner in Manchester on Monday, September 30th, five days before the Grand Final.
As well as the Man of Steel prize, the Rugby Football League also announced the three starlets on the young player of the year list were Hull centre Ben Crooks, London winger Kieran Dixon and Catalan Dragons fullback Morgan Escare.
Which player will have the biggest postseason impact and spur their teams to Old Trafford? Have a look at our rugby league odds and place a bet.


What is the meaning or purpose of the topic being discussed? A: "Jeff is still really mad at Jen." B: "Yeah, what's all that about? I thought they were best friends." Cross-country skiing perplexes me. I can understand the appeal of regular skiing, but skiing uphill? What's all that about?
why is this/that happening?: What's all this I hear about you wanting to leave?
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What's (something) when it's at home?
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Anacortes Yacht Club: Passepartout thunders on to the podium!
Passepartout, a Stevens 47, with AYC members Pete Shainin, Steve Kleinbart, Jerry Vanderveen, Clay Adams, Andy Schwenk, and with aspiring member Jack Spriggs, also 3 talented Seattlelites and one UW co-ed ripped around the WVYC Southern Straits medium course to secure a third place in class and 11th overall. We left Anacortes @6am Thursday, cleared customs in White Rock and arrived at West Van at 1700.
The club is literally carved out of a rocky cove and is a very special place. There are junior sailing dinghys everywhere and the club truly makes you feel welcome fine food and hospitality, ie free beer, my favorite. We renewed friendships with sailors some I've known since I sailed aboard Pangaea in 1980. Of course stories were swapped with the ever popular yarn about Jeff Skodje, Girts Rekevics, Bill Vaux and Mark Pearson being downtown with my father's credit card with the famous quote to the Mountie(or equivalent) law enforcement officer,"What would we have to say to let us go back to the boat and not the jail?"
After a hearty breakfast at the club we arrived at the starting line with a 10kt Easterly did a spinnaker set and a few jibes to work the kinks out then put up the #1 and figured out a starting strategy. We started then restarted (long story) under spinnaker and were off to Ballenas. PPT likes a bit of breeze and we struggled to keep pace the first several miles.
We rounded Ballenas set the #2 and started to grind down the competition, we soon tack set the #1 and chased a fickle breeze down to Flat Top mark. Just as we rounded and got the big kite up the wind built to nearly 20kts and we were on a booming 8 mile reach to Halibut Bank as the clock turned midnight and the full moon broke through the clouds. When I say "booming" I mean just that imagine 47 feet of waterline a fully loaded boat with among other things: 2 radar reflectors, dodger, cockpit heat, dinghy davits, storm staysail, china and cutlery, all the wine customs will allow for ten sailors, two liferafts, emergency rudder, loud hailer, two heads, anchors bow and stern, heart defribrllator, every tool known to man, freezer, cockpit cushions, allegedly a Civil war cannon ball collection, and two solar panels...The roar of the bow wave at over 9 kts required a relay at the mast for communication!
We rounded HB and set the #2 for the beat to the finish, at 4am with only a few miles left to the finish we rallyed the troops set the #1 and threw several tacks chasing a shifty breeze. Grinders for the primaries were getting hard to find...All of a sudden we caught an 18kt blast from a Northerly flowing out of Howe sound and we were on a headsail reach at 9kts rhumblining to the finish. The lead long course boat, "Neptunes Car" an SC70, blew through our lee at about 11kts+. as we closed on the finish off Pt Atkinson we could see glassy water and boats being swept East outside the line the wind dropped to nothing and we coatsed and rode the current across the line at 0600 3rd to finish in our division ahead of several boats with PHRF ratings less than 1/2 ours! We cleared inspection, ("We need to see your anchor rode.", answer"Which one?") He said our med kit was better equipped than the local hospital.


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Police in Buffalo are not at all upset that a man broke into a school during the recent snow dump that crippled the city, leaving piles of the white stuff on roads and making travel impossible.
That's because he didn't do it to loot the place like so many other Buffalo residents did when they broke into local businesses. Rather, police are looking because he used his prepper instincts to save lives.
"Police are searching for a man who broke into a Buffalo-area school on Dec. 23 – not to charge him with any crimes, but to thank him for his selfless actions that likely saved several lives and two dogs during last week's brutal winter storm," Fox News reported over the weekend.
The man who police have dubbed "Merry Christmas Jay" actually left a note for authorities explaining how he shattered a window Friday evening in order bring several people into the Pine Hill School located in Cheektowaga, a suburb of Buffalo. "I'm terribly sorry about breaking the school window [and] for breaking in the kitchen," the note begins.
"Got stuck at 8 p.m. Friday and slept in my truck with two strangers. Just trying not to die. There were 7 elderly people also stuck and out of fuel. I had to do it to save everyone and get them shelter and food and a bathroom," he adds.
Surveillance video at the school captured the man walking down a hallway at the school dressed in heavy winter gear and covered in a dusting of snow.
A school keyholder received an alarm about the break-in at the school but because of the massive snowstorm, police were not able to respond. When officers finally were able to respond later in the weekend, they found the note written on a dry-erase board and signed, "Merry Christmas Jay."
What's more, police noted that the small group of people who entered the school took care of the property and only did what was necessary to stay alive. In fact, they also cleaned up after themselves.
The Cheektowaga Police Department pulled surveillance footage from inside the school, and said they "witnessed people taking care of people."
"There was a freezer full of food, but no one touched it. They only ate what was necessary to stay alive. They used the gym for the kids to play and pulled the smart boards out of the classrooms to watch the news for updates," the department noted.
"They had 2 dogs they were also attending to. When they were finally able to leave safely, you never would have known anyone was there," the department added in a statement.
At least 39 people have died due to the storm. Over the weekend, troops from the New York National Guard were seen going door-to-door to perform wellness checks, as authorities warned that more bodies could be found at some point.
Not all Buffalo residents were so civic-minded.
Multiple posts on social media last week showed chaos as police worked like mad to contain the wave of business thefts as shops and stores closed down due to the inclement weather, and most residents stayed indoors.
But not all: Scores of others saw the snow emergency as an opportunity to take what didn't belong to them, with some containing audio of multiple shots being fired.
DEVELOPING: Heavy gunfire heard as looters flee a business in Buffalo, New York#Buffalo l #NY
Looting is occurring in the city following blizzard conditions. Footage shows someone firing several rounds as looters run from a building.
Injuries unknown.
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— Intel Point Alert (@IntelPointAlert) December 26, 2022
Buffalo police are arresting looters… pic.twitter.com/CAVcHAgUOF
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 26, 2022
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— Harish Deshmukh (@DeshmukhHarish9) December 26, 2022
Family Dollar ransacked in Buffalo… pic.twitter.com/3dxYOGN0iB
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Derby victory secure promotion for Belvedere
Bickell, Dave
Published: 8:08 AM September 4, 2015 Updated: 10:52 PM October 27, 2020
Belvedere secured promotion with victory over neighbours Weston 3rd XI.
BELVEDERE secured promotion with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over local rivals Weston 3rd XI, ending the season just three points behind champions Peasedown St John.
Weston elected to bat and were soon in trouble at 9-2, losing Pack and Ahmed, the former bowled by Sam Mccrea. Henry (18) and Dom Mayo (9) offered some resistance to excellent spells from Mccrea and Paul Davis, before the latter removed Mayo.
Henry was bowled by Mccrea and then bowled Hawkins to leave Weston's innings in tatters at 36-5. Fin Mayo (11) and Dec McNulty (18 not out) were the only other batsman to make double figures as Weston were dismissed for 86 in the 35th over.
Mccrea finished with excellent figures of 9-4-19-3, ably supported by Davis (12-4-33-2), Callum Neate (8-1-22-1), Jack Neville (5-2-7-0) and Neil Chadwick (0.4-0-1-1).
Kevin Crockett and Mike Hosey ensured there were no early disasters in their response, adding 47 before Crockett (31) was dismissed by Ahmed in the 11th over. Chadwick fell for five and Sam Neate for 21, leaving Hosey (13 not out) and Pete Hooper (6 not out) to bring up victory in the 18th over.
Sam Mccrea`s bowling spell earned him the All Stars Sports Bar man of the match award to round off an excellent season for Belvedere, in a season where the side regularly contained seven players aged under 23.
The 2nd XI made the short trip to Banwell occupying one of the two relegation spots. Despite losing by seven wickets, results elsewhere meant that Belvedere escaped relegation.
Belvedere were dismissed for 118 with only All Stars man of the match Rich Turner (44), James Parker (22) and Nathan Hancock (22) making double figures.
Banwell eased to victory for the loss of three wickets, which fell to Sam Jennings (1-37) Joe Statham (1-36) and Hancock (1-10).


We want to access an EP Portal through an URL, passing user and password parameters from a very old client system. That's run ok. Now we want to encrypt these parameters. We don't know how do this. From source system looks very difficult. We can't use SSO because source system users and EP users are on different DBs and can't connect these.
Source system isn't a SAP system, is a very old host system, I think is based on cobol language.
ok, so you need to find out what is possible in the source system. There is no point in looking at this problem just from SAP perspective. If you have the capability to change source system and make it pass something else instead of clear text password, then you can also make SAP system accept the same to authenticate the user, eg. by writing a custom login module, using http header login module, or using a standards based login module such as SAML.
Also, you need to consider the network security between your systems - otherwise somebody might capture the traffic between source and SAP system and replay it in order to logon as that user themselves.
Although you should take care that any user should not be able to call any iView simply by knowing which parameter value to add for other users.
They might all see each other's data!
In order to help you, I need to know more about your "very old client system" ? What is this client system based on ? Is it a SAP product ?
Clearly, you will need to pass something instead of clear text useridpassword, e.g. encrypted useridpassword, or something which is recognised by both systems when a user has authenticated, and is not going to cause any issues if intercepted on network.


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Kakembo-UYFA Feud: FUFA remains silent a year later
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Mengo based football governing body, Federation of Uganda Football Associations-FUFA is yet to pronounce it's stance a year after former SC Villa and URA boss, Ivan Kakembo threatened to drag grassroots football union, Uganda Youth Football Association (UYFA) to courts of law over "political persecution".
In July last year, Kakembo, threatened to sue the Uganda Youth Football Association (UYFA) following it's decision to eliminate his academy, Uganda Youth Soccer Academy (UYSA) from the list of registered academies in Uganda, a move Kakembo believed was Malicious.
Early this year, Kampala-based academies were recognised but one of the oldest academies in the country, Uganda Youth Soccer Academy (UYSA) founded in 2007, was excluded.
According to sources close to the UYFA, the motion to denounce UYSA as a fully registered Academy was moved by the UYFA Vice-Chairman Farouk Kigongo during the Association's AGM last year. Kigongo's motion sought to have UYSA eliminated and never admitted again based on an argument that the Academy's name needed to be revised, so as not to be mistaken for an entity owned by the UYFA because of the names that are closely related.
Letter of intention to sue
Letter of intention to sue continued
"This can be taken as if the academy Uganda Youth Soccer Academy is for Uganda Youth Football Association,"Noted Kigogo-during the AGM last year
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Ivan Kakembo accuses UYFA of double standards in addition to failing to do enough checks that would have brought this to the attention of the concerned parties. "Were there no guidelines that were being followed to ensure such occurrences can be avoided?" Questioned Kakembo.
According to Ivan Kakembo, Farouk Kigongo was also part of the meeting that sat, vetted and approved his academy's documents ahead of the process. "This is the same delegate that moved a motion during the assembly not to have the UYSA as part of the listed members of the UYFA,"Revealed Kakembo.
"UYSA was founded in 2007 long before the UYFA could come into existence, later on, become a member of FUFA. How then is UYSA expected to register as a new entity with the URSB, start operations and trading as a new entity,"Queried Kakembo.
In a press statement released by the UYSA Director, Ivan Kakembo, the move to eliminate his entity was a politically motivated primitive diatribe which is purely' intended to demonize youth football programs that have successfully uplifted football talents in Uganda's Urban slums for the last 16 years.
The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), the governing body of football in Uganda and perhaps a would be fall back plan for Kakembo remains tight lipped a year on.
With no fair guidance from FUFA, the future of UYSA hangs on a thread, a threat to the growth and development of football in the country
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A settlement has been reached in the legal case where 12-year-old Longford girl Faith Varden Carberry attempted to bring up both of her parents and the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland for damages in the High Court. Now, only the Insurance Bureau will be brought up for charges.
RTE reports on the developments in the case stemming from a 2007 accident where Faith's mother crashed her car while heavily intoxicated, severely injuring Faith and killing Faith's sister Ava and her friend Michaela Logan.
Faith sustained major injuries and was forced to wear a spinal cast for 10 weeks, as well as attend three months of psychological therapy. Faith's mother Mary Carberry was sentenced to six years in prison with two suspended for her crimes.
On Wednesday, however, at the High Court, Senior Counsel Liam Reidy told Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill the issue of liability between the MIBI and Faith's father Thomas Varden, the owner of the car, had been settled after several hours of settlement talks.
Justice O'Neill went on to say that the main case of assessing damages could be adjourned for three weeks. He added that he was glad to see the parties could reach a settlement in such a difficult case.
Thomas Varden, Faith and Ava's father, had little to no relationship with the girls' mother Mary Carberry prior to and at the time of the accident. He did, however, keep in contact with the young girls and provide them accommodations.
Mary Carberry's license had been suspended at the time of the accident from a separate incident. Since she couldn't drive, the daughters were forced to walk a mile and a half each way to school everyday.
Carberry had her daughters call their father Thomas Varden, who agreed to buy a car, but insisted that Mary not drive it, knowing that she was suspended from driving. Mary allegedly agreed, and got the car Varden purchased from them insured, on the understanding that she could not drive it. Carberry signed Varden's name to the check for the insurance.
Carberry, however, got "black-out" drunk one day in November 2007, and with her children and two other children in the car, ploughed into a muddy embankment on a disused road in Longford. Two of the passengers, one being Mary's daughter, were killed, and her daughter Faith endured serious injury.
Varden told the court that he did not deny he was the owner of the car, but claimed the car was being driven by Mary without his authority.
Faith Varden Carberry had brought the matter to the High Court through her grandfather, Anthony Carberry.


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The ever-talented Rhonda Smith has just dropped a video for her new song "Won't Come Back," which is sure to get you grooving into the weekend. The bass icon, who has performed with Prince and Jeff Beck, dishes out a slow jam about a lost love.
"Life, Love, and the fretless bass inspired me to write this song," Smith explains. "It's an emotional subject and an emotional instrument."
Her smooth-as-silk fretless leads punctuate her sultry vocals, which glide over a sparse bass line and the drums of Lil' John Roberts. Smith hasn't announced a full album yet, but we're hoping there's more of where this came from!
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