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When Pope Francis finally arrives on American soil, John Sailon will say the name of the church leader in the same manner as his fellow Burmese-American Catholics.
"Pope Yahan Min Gyi Francis," Sailon said in his native tongue. The 56-year old Burmese immigrant and Catholic lay person from Columbus, Indiana, is also the founder of the National Conference of Burmese-American Catholics. Formed six years ago, Sailon was encouraged by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops when there were just a few thousand Burmese-American Catholics. The number has more than tripled to upwards of 20,000.
The Burmese group is all part of the recognition that Asian Americans, though relatively small in number, are still a significant piece of a new multicultural American Catholic Church. And people—especially other Catholics--need to know their presence, Bishop Randolph Roque Calvo, the U.S. bishop in charge of shepherding Asian American diversity, told NBC News.
"In many ways the Asian Pacific American Catholics are present in their parishes, and they're involved, but sometimes they can be invisible to the rest of the population of the church," said Calvo, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Reno, Nevada.
Calvo is in charge of creating a new pastoral plan due by 2017, which would lay out the best practices to assure the integration of Asian Americans within the national Catholic community.
Out of 71 million Catholics in the nation, there are nearly 3 million U.S. residents who self-identify as Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Catholics. This represents 19.1 percent of the AANHPI's in the country, according to a June 2014 report by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.
The CARA data found that 76 percent of Asian Pacific Islander Catholics identified as Filipino (alone or in combination with other identities).
As for other groups, the CARA data showed 42.5 million U.S. residents self-identified as non-Hispanic white Catholics; 29.7 million self-identified as Latino or Hispanic Catholics; 2.9 million self-identified as black or African-American Catholics; and 536,000 self-identified as Native American or Alaskan Native Catholics.
The top 10 dioceses with the highest number of Asians are New York City, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, San Diego, Honolulu, Chicago, Galveston-Houston, Oakland, and Philadelphia.
With the growing mix of Catholics, parishes are often slices of different ethnicities bringing their cultures and language to the whole. CARA identified nearly 36 percent of U.S. Catholic parishes (6,332) as multicultural parishes.
That kind of diversity makes it a challenge for the modern parish that might find itself with sizable Asian, Latino, and Anglo worshipers.
One U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops survey in 2011 found that mass is celebrated in more than 30 different Asian languages across the country.
The Burmese are among the fastest growing Catholic groups among Asian ethnicities, mostly fueled by the constant wave of refugee arrivals--70,000 this year alone.
In big cities like San Francisco, there's enough for a 4 p.m. Sunday mass. But the refugees mostly live in smaller Midwest communities like Fredonia, Kansas, where Fr. Stephen Man Tha Pwa acts as one of the spiritual advisers for his small community, as well as the National Conference of Burmese-American Catholics.
Now, once a year, Man Tha Pwa is part of the group's annual conference that connects the old country with the new. Earlier this month in Atlanta, more than 2,000 people from around the nation celebrated the mass, Catholicism, and their Burmese culture.
Calvo says the conference is in sync with part of the bigger plan, especially in immigrant and refugee communities that are growing.
Calvo will be in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to hear Pope Francis speak to U.S. bishops and believes the pope will like the American church's vision of diversity.


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We use a system similar to 'Veinwave'. It uses a very fine needle that is fed several times along the vein and a small electrical current is passed into the middle of the vein therefore causing 'thermo coagulation' (heat sealing), which may cause the vein to disappear instantly.
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The treatment works by creating heat within the thread vein which causes the vessel to close. After the treatment, the broken vessels blanch and immediately disappear, they can then start to recover, usually temporarily, before clearing finally. Some stronger vessels may need retreatment 4 weeks later.
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My Melody Angel Book: Denshi Techou & Enjoy Game (Japanese: マイメロディエンジェルブック 電子手帳 エンジョイゲーム) is a Japan-only video game for the Nintendo DS, published by TDK Core based on the Onegai My Melody franchise.
Specifically, Onegai My Melody: ~KuruKuru Shuffle!~ music is played on the title screen.
The software includes an electronic notebook mode in which users can do many things such as letter writing, scheduling events on a calendar, creating a friends list and writing a diary.
Additionally there are various minigames, a miniature music composition feature and a kisekae (dress-up) feature in which the player can dress up characters Uta-chan, Kanade-chan, Miki-chan, Mana-chan.
More minigames and clothing items can be bought at a shop with points gathered in the game.
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Andriy Shevchenko remembered how he played with Viktor Leonenko in Dynamo Kiev.
Coach Andriy Shevchenko said that the Viktor Leonenko was a good player, with whom easy to find common language on the field.
"Leonenko – good player. Victor was easy because it was a dialogue. It will be easier to talk and joke.
Of course, he wanted to go through it. In the game you don't always get to see your partner. Victor sometimes commented on this. He likes to do," said Shevchenko in the comments of TV Football 1/2.
Earlier it was reported that Shevchenko has announced the list of players called for the matches against Czech Republic and Italy.


Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have shifted their focus to three top surviving Militant commanders, after the forces wiped-out almost entire top militant leadership in the Kashmir valley in the 11 months of 2018.
Hizbul Mujahideen chief operations commander Reyaz Ahmad Naikoo alias Mohommad bin Qasim, chief of Al Qaeda affiliate Ansar Ghazwat ul Hind outfit Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Zakir Musa, and Zeenat-ul-Islam, who recently switched side from Hizbul Mujahideen to Al Badr, are now on the radar of the security forces.
A resident of Tokun Beighpora village of South Kashmir's Pulwama district, Naikoo joined Hizbul in December 2012 after quitting his job as school teacher. An A++ category Militant , he rose to the rank of chief operations commander after Hizbul top brass, including Burhan Wani, was eliminated in the Valley. A tech savvy commander, he is the mastermind of recent abductions of the policemen in south Kashmir.
Zeenat-ul-Islam, considered an IED expert, has been hopping from one terror outfit to another since he took up arms in November 2015. A resident of Sugan Zainpora village of south Kashmir's Shopian district, he recently released his audio message announcing that he has joined Al Badr. Another Category A++ Militant , he is one of the most wanted commanders of the Valley.
Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Zakir Musa, who is the chief commander of Al Qaeda affiliate Ansar Ghazwat ul Hind, is another top commander wanted by the security forces. Hailing from Noorpora Tral, Zakir Musa was a top aide of Burhan Wani before he switched sides and brought Al Qaeda to Kashmir. Musa, an engineering drop-out, joined Militant ranks in 2013 and is considered an A++ category Militant.
The three surviving commanders are part of list of top most wanted commanders drawn by the security forces in 2018. More than 15 top most commanders have been eliminated by the security forces so far in the valley.
"We are coordinating with others forces on daily basis. We review our work and strategy on a day to day basis. I feel that all their commanders are our target. Our efforts are on to enhance operational work in future," said Dilbag Singh, Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir.
Some of the top commanders who have been slain included Naveed Jutt alias Abu Hanzulla, Mushtaq Ahmed Mir alias Hammad, Mehraj-ud-din Bangroo, Abu Muaz, Azad Ahmad Malik, all belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Altaf Ahmad Dar alias Altaf Kachroo, Umar Majeed Ganie alias Maaz, Manan Wani, Saddam Paddar, Sammer Tiger and Abbas Bhat were some of the top commanders of Hizbul Mujahideen that were eliminated this year.
Security forces also killed Jaish-e-Mohammed chief commander Mufti Waqas, who was the mastermind of Sunjwan army camp attack, Mufti Yasir and Usman Hyder, the nephew of Jaish chief and Pathankote attack mastermind Masood Azhar.
Figures collected by the different security agencies reveal that 227 Militants were killed in different encounters across the Kashmir valley. Of these 124 were locals, 44 foreigners (Pakistanis) and 59 unidentified.


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This short video titled Experiments in Speed documents how a bike maker from the UK decided to make the fastest bike that he could, following in the footsteps of the 'salt flats pioneers' who got speed records in all kinds of vehicles.


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A REASON TO STUDY THE BASICS!
Identify and correct the error in the following piece. Be sure to cite the applicable rule.
Mitch Albom, The Mitch Albom Show, WJR Radio, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 5:45 pm.
Identify the author of the following terse truth.
The word for today is "indomitable".
What part of speech is "indomitable"?
Define "indomitable" and use it in a sentence that shows its meaning.


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With the high profile given the lifestyles of the rich and famous of today's Black entertainers, professional athletes, Wall Street wizards and entrepreneurs, white collar professionals and even clergy, it is hard to imagine the extent of Black deprivation in the 1960s. When African-Americans descended on Washington, DC for the March in Washington in 1963 there was still a very real connection to the Civil War and its aftermath. As it was, just weeks before the march a special U.S. postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the war between the Union and the Confederacy, the first designed by a Black artist, had been issued. In 1963 Black life was still close enough to Reconstruction that African-Americans were still struggling for basic necessities under Jim Crow.
Our 21st century perspective tests our memories of an era just five decades ago when segregation was law in the south and many Blacks lived in squalid conditions with no indoor plumbing and denied an education despite the Brown decision of a decade earlier. While Blacks in northern states did not live under Jim Crow, they were being isolated in communities in large cities that were being rapidly abandoned and left for dead by whites. As rough as life might have been in Birmingham, Jackson, and other southern outposts, a different kind of economic nightmare was unfolding in Newark, Gary, Detroit and most of our nation's Rustbelt cities. In other words, Black life was rough in 1963 and some leaders like Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were beginning to sense that the attainment of civil rights were not enough for African-Americans to become fully democratized citizens.
How bad was it in the 1960s for African-Americans? We went back and checked the definitive source for data on African-Americans in the 1960s, "The Negro Almanac," a volume authored by Dr. Roscoe C, Brown Jr. and Dr. Harry A. Ploski and first published in 1967. The numbers are startling.
•	Six in 10 nonwhite families were poor in 1963
•	The incidence of children's poverty in 1963 was almost four times as great among the nonwhite population as compared to white families with male heads of households
•	The sharpest decline in the proportion of substandard housing units among nonwhite households from 1950 to 1960 occurred in urban areas
•	The greatest concentration of substandard housing in 1960 was in the South, over three-fifths of the units occupied by nonwhites and one-fifth of those occupied by whites
•	In 1964 Black family incomes were about 56% of white family incomes
•	In 1964 37% of nonwhite families in the nation had incomes below $3,000 compared to white families
On March 25, 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson issued a press release detailing the findings in a landmark report from the Council of Economic Advisers that gave an estimate of the cost to the nation of racial discrimination. Three findings were most prominent. We use the language of the report for historical accuracy.
1.	If Negroes received the same average pay as whites having the same education, the personal income of Negroes and the Nation would be $12.8 billion higher.
2.	If Negroes also had the same educational attainments as white workers, and earned the same pay and experienced the same unemployment as whites, their personal income – and that of the Nation – would be $20.6 billion higher.
3.	The entire economy would benefit from better education of Negro workers and an end to job discrimination. Industry would earn additional profits. The total Gross National Product would rise by an estimated $23 billion, or an extra 3.7%.
What is apparent is that not only African-Americans but the nation has suffered from the effects of discrimination since Reconstruction. The economic status of Blacks at the time of the 1963 March on Washington and the conditions cited by the President's Council of Economic Advisers tells a story of a nation that has cheated itself due to its inability to address racism. As much as the defenders of Jim Crow thought they were inflicting harm upon Blacks, they were cheating their future generations and setting up the country for the economic crisis that is upon us today. Had economic disparities been addressed 50 years ago, the nation would likely have avoided the deep economic meltdown we can't seem to shake.
These statistics are what compelled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to turn his attention to Chicago and start laying the groundwork for the next chapter in the fight to reclaim America from its past. The grim economic reality spurred the creation of Operation Breadbasket led by a young Rev. Jesse Jackson and plans for a Poor Peoples' Campaign in Washington, DC. Economic conditions inspired the planning for Soul City by CORE leader Floyd McKissick and began to spur a self-empowerment movement among Blacks in American cities championed by the Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam.
The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington will be held in the shadow of the unfinished agenda of economic parity and the nation's continued economic decline precipitated by its refusal to forcefully confront discrimination and racism.
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Jim Huether is the Chief Executive Officer at Hyperice. He earned his MBA in Finance and Marketing at Loyola Marymount University, joining Hyperice in January 2014 after serving as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Xenith, LLC, a sports health and technology company at the forefront of head protection.
Prior to Xenith, LLC Jim led as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy for the Sports Concussion Institute and held senior Marketing and Finance roles at Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) and Smith Barney, Citigroup.
Under his leadership, Hyperice has grown explosively, placing on the Inc. 500 for five years in a row while defining the international standard for Sport Recovery and Movement Enhancement Technology. A continuous learner with a real passion for business, Jim prides himself on the team-first culture he has built at Hyperice and looks forward to the Hyper-Connected Recovery Ecosystem that will usher Hyperice into its next and most exciting era.


He fits His arrows to the string, And hurls His bolts afar.
Slain by Immanuel's well-aimed darts, In helpless heaps they lie.
His all-revealing, killing Word 'Twixt joints and marrow goes.
Before the terror of His might The hearts of rebels fail.
With pity beaming in His face, And mercy in His train.
Mighty to stanch the bleeding wound, And lift the fallen head.
Each captive owns His matchless charms, Each foe becomes His friend.
Their hands, their hearts, their all they yield: His conquest is complete.
Henceforth their souls are all on fire To spread His gentle reign.
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Thin skin with few seeds and a meaty flavor.
High in Vitamin C, protecting against free radicals.
A source of Vitamin A (beta carotene), which help build strong bones and teeth.
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This Maestro® Sweet Bell Pepper, Campari Tomato Curry is excellent served with naan bread and steamed basmati rice.


Tepeaca is a Municipality of 74708 inhabitants, placed in the State of Puebla, with a fertility rate of 2.59 children per woman. 4.23% of the population migrated from outside the State of Puebla. 1.15% of the population is indigenous, 0.47% of the inhabitants speak one indigenous language, and 0.00% speak that indigenous language, but not Spanish.
91.06% of the inhabitants of Tepeaca are Catholic, 50.06% are economically active and, within this active population, 97.03% are employed. Additionally, 88.39% of the dwellings have piped water and 7.46% have Internet access.
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The Bluegrass board voted to appeal the payment of the $898,525 and maintained that problems cited in the state's final determination letter had been corrected.
In late May, Gov. Matt Bevin sent Bluegrass a letter saying the Education and Workforce Cabinet still had concerns about financial management of the district and would no longer use Bluegrass to administer the program come June 30, the end of Bluegrass' contract. Bevin's letter said a review by cabinet staff of 2015 spending revealed other questions about how those federal workforce dollars were being spent.
Bluegrass appealed the state's decision to yank its designation as a federal workforce area to the U.S. Department of Labor, which oversees federal workforce training dollars. Bluegrass said the state was premature to terminate Bluegrass because its appeal of the $898,525 judgment was still pending.
Federal labor officials agreed with Bluegrass.
"Because the final determination is on appeal through the state appeal process ... the governor's determination that there has been a 'substantial violation' ... is not yet final. If the Department were to review whether there has been a substantial violation at this time, there is significant risk that this determination would be based on facts that are later found to be incorrect through the state's administrative appeals process," the letter released Thursday said.
It's not clear when Bluegrass' appeal of the March 31 order will be completed. The letter said Bluegrass could appeal again to federal labor officials after a final ruling on its state appeal. That state appeal is being handled by an administrative law judge.
David Duttlinger, executive director of Bluegrass, said Thursday they were pleased with the federal government's decision.
"The decision allows for the continuation of services in the workforce area without interruption and recognizes the authority of local control," Duttlinger said.
Workforce and Education Cabinet officials said in a written statement they were disappointed that the more than 12,000 people who depend on those training programs still don't know who will manage the program long term.
"We are disappointed by the new, extended timeline DOL has established; and as a result, we are exploring all possibilities to resolve the dispute in a more timely manner so that the state and local officials can move forward and provide top-notch workforce services to the citizens of the commonwealth without this distraction."
A letter from federal labor officials attached to the ruling said they had "serious concerns" about the findings outlined in the March 31 final determination letter. "We will provide appropriate technical assistance to ensure that federal grant funds are appropriately managed," the letter said.
Duttlinger said Bluegrass will meet with state officials to see if it can resolve all outstanding issues. Duttlinger said Bluegrass' appeal of the nearly $900,000 judgment was set for early February.
"We are anxious to resolve all past matters and feel that this can be accomplished through meeting and working with the state," Duttlinger said. "However, if this is not possible then we are prepared to proceed with the hearings of our appeal of the final determination to the Administrative Law Judge."
The state had proposed moving the workforce contracts to two Louisville-based providers with prior experience with federal workforce training programs. The state agreed not to transfer the contract to the Louisville providers after Bluegrass filed its appeal with federal labor officials.
Bluegrass was awarded a new contract in January to continue to provide services until Sept. 30, 2017. That contract was for $11.4 million, which included some carry-over dollars from previous years. The awarding of the contract to Bluegrass prompted Education and Workforce Cabinet Secretary Hal Heiner to ask a group of locally elected officials who awarded the contract to rebid it. Some of those locally elected officials also serve on the executive committee of the Bluegrass board. The locally elected officials refused to rebid the contract.
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Rights at Risk in Guatemala: One year on, concerns about mining and human rights remain
Posted in: Human Rights Defenders in the Americas, Business and Human Rights, Mining and Indigenous Rights in Guatemala, Human Rights Defenders, Guatemala
Community members from San Rafael Las Flores, who oppose Tahoe Resources' Escobal silver mine, pose with copies of AI's report on mining in Guatemala. Amnesty International Canada
By Tara Scurr, Campaigner, Business and Human Rights
One year ago, Alex Neve and I were sitting in the Hotel Continental in Guatemala City, waiting for reporters to turn up for our press conference. We were about to launch a new Amnesty International report on mining and human rights. We'd been warned by our experienced Guatemalan media handler not to expect many reporters to show up. Imagine our delight when our press conference began and we saw that the room was packed with radio, print and TV reporters, NGOs, and human rights defenders from communities affected by mining. It was standing room only.
Days earlier, we had visited two of the communities to give them copies of the report and talk with them about our findings. Yolanda Oqueli, a woman who was shot and seriously wounded in 2012 for her opposition to a Canadian gold mine, spoke to the media in support of our research. We were glad to see reporters in the room make beelines for courageous human rights defenders like Yolanda and Oscar Morales to capture their stories and reactions to the report. Newspapers printed and reprinted the story.
Communities from all over Guatemala have raised the alarm about mining projects they say have been forced onto their communities. For more than a decade, communities opposed to mining say they have been ignored, lied to or worse, their leaders have been attacked. Despite what companies tell their Canadian and international shareholders, affected communities say that these projects do not have broad support, or what companies call a 'social license to operate'. They also say that current mining laws do not protect their rights.
While we were in Guatemala to present our report, a special congressional committee had just wrapped up several weeks of hearings on proposed amendments to the 1997 Mining Code. Civil society opposed the amendments, as did we, warning that implementing them would deepen existing human rights harms. The reforms could put mining-affected communities at further risk. Reforming the Mining Code was a political hot potato for which no one in government wanted responsibility.
Amnesty Activists Respond
Over the last year, thousands of Amnesty members around the globe took action. They wrote letters to the Guatemalan President and asked him to halt the flawed reform process. They asked him to initiate a new one based on genuine consultation with Indigenous peoples and civil society. They urged him to respect the right to free, prior, informed consent. In addition, Amnesty staff in Europe and North America met with Guatemala's Ambassadors to discuss our report and share our concern that Guatemala is not living up to its international human rights obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, or the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, or its own court rulings.
Amnesty members also raised the alarm about attacks against human rights defenders. Activists have paid a heavy price for their outspokenness. They have been threatened, attacked, and criminalised for their work. Some activists are in jail and others have been forced into hiding. Women activists have faced sexual violence and gender discrimination. In 2013, Margaret Sekaggya, former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders noted that activists working to protect land and territories from development face significant human rights risk. She named Guatemala as one of the most dangerous places for such work.
Some communities have made the link between the militarization of their communities – such as the opening military bases– and the government's attempts to crush community resistance to mining. They are speaking out against the use of special procedures, such as issuing a State of Emergency, to crack down on anti-mining dissent. It is dangerous and stressful work for activists and their families.
But the work continues.
Being well-informed is crucial to a meaningful and fair consultation process. Communities point out – and evidence obtained by Amnesty shows –that mining companies often give very one-sided presentations about the potential benefits of proposed mines (ie jobs). They share very little about the well-documented, inherent risks of large-scale mining. The long-term consequences of mining – such as dried up wells, desertification, or acid mine drainage - are ultimately borne by communities and by extension, national governments. This is often the case in Canada, too. Since neither companies nor the Guatemalan government have been very forthcoming about the long-term risks they are asking communities to bear, local activists have taken matters into their own hands.
Some communities have begun to map out mineral licenses in their territories. Canadian company Tahoe Resources holds tenure to over 2000 square kilometers of land in Santa Rosa, a fertile farming region of Guatemala. The data from the community's mapping helps them understand how existing mineral tenures may alter their access to, and use of, their lands and waters. This in turn helps them anticipate what risks a particular mining project poses to the environment and whether those risks are acceptable to them.
With this knowledge, towns and hamlets in Santa Rosa have held their own community consultations on mining. Companies have tried to portray these consultations as 'illegal' and illegitimate. There have even been serious criminalisation campaigns against leaders who support these consultation efforts. Criminalisation can take the form of made-up legal charges against activists, which are later thrown out by judges. It can also involve police surveillance and searches of activists' homes. Activists have told Amnesty how such campaigns cause them psychological stress, cost them their reputations and sometimes their jobs. However, despite this, the result of dozens of community-led consultations all over Guatemala on industrial development has been a resounding 'no'.
The Guatemalan government says it does not have to respect the results.
Guatemala at a cross-roads
Guatemala has experienced major changes over the last eight months. Most strikingly, the country's President resigned. General Otto Perez Molina is currently in prison awaiting trial for his role in a multi-million dollar customs bribery scandal dubbed 'La Linea'. Like him, his Vice-president and many of his former Ministers and their deputies stand accused of bilking millions of dollars that were meant to go into public coffers. Otto Perez Molina was considered a close friend and supporter of the mining industry and in particular of Goldcorp and Tahoe Resources. Minister of Energy and Mines, Erick Archila and his deputy minister were also forced to resign amid the allegations.
General elections were held in early September. A run-off election for President will be held on October 25 and the new government will take power in January 2016.
While Guatemalans deal with this dramatic corruption scandal, the legal proceedings that will follow, and the establishment of a new government, the country's weak Mining Act remains in force and serious problems persist in the mining sector. Some community leaders live under harsh conditions in prison while they wait for their trials, their families suffer economically, socially and psychologically, and the militarization of communities such as San Rafael las Flores continues. And, there are currently four legal cases against Canadian mining companies before courts in British Columbia and Ontario alleging human rights violations at mine sites in Guatemala.
The recommendations of our 2014 report are still relevant today.
• Justice for human rights defenders like Yolanda Oqueli
• A moratorium on any new mining licenses until the Mining Code is reformed in a manner fully consistent with Guatemala's national and international human rights obligations
• Fully funded and resourced mining reform process, in close consultation with Indigenous organizations and civil society
• Consultation with affected communities must take place BEFORE mining licenses are granted and mining activities begin.
• Respect the right to free, prior, informed consent of Indigenous communities
There is so much work to be done.
Please join Amnesty International Canada's campaign on mining and human rights in Guatemala: Don't Undermine Our Rights! For more information, contact Tara Scurr at bhr(at)amnesty.ca or 1-613-744-7667 ext 102
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Teen With Special Needs Fatally Shot in South L.A. in Front of Mother After Refusing to Give Up Shoes: Family
Posted 11:46 PM, June 1, 2015, by Kimberly Cheng, Erin Myers and Tracy Bloom
Family members in South Los Angeles were mourning the loss Monday of a 19-year-old with special needs who was shot and killed in front of his mother at a car wash after, according to her, the teen refused to give up his red shoes.
Relatives and friends gathered at the car wash in remembrance of the slain teen, bringing flowers and balloons and carrying signs to honor the young man. Some wore shirts that read "Rest in Paradise Tavin Price," though multiple family members identified him as Tevin. The Los Angeles County coroner's office later confirmed the victim's legal name as Tevin Terrell Price.
Price died after being shot multiple times on Friday morning near the intersection of Florence and 11th avenues in the Hyde Park area of South L.A.
The incident began when Price, who had gone to the car wash with his mother, left the business and went to a nearby market to buy cigarettes, according to Det. Eric Crosson of the Los Angeles Police Department. While Price was there, someone approached him and asked the teen about the color of his clothing.
"He was confronted by someone who inquired about his possible gang affiliation because of some red clothing he was wearing," Crosson said. "He denied being a gang member and went back to where his mother was."
His mother, Jennifer Rivers, said Price was confronted again at the car wash by someone who told him to take his shoes off.
"He didn't take them off, he ran to me, and then I said 'Let's go,'" she told KTLA on Monday. "And I was getting in the car. Before we can get in the car, the boy ran behind my car and shot him in the back twice and in the chest. "
After hearing the gunshots, Rivers turned around and chased the fleeing gunman, "I just kept saying, 'Stop. Why did you shoot my son?'"
Unable to catch him, she then ran back to her youngest child, who told her he did not want to die.
"Watching my son beg me, 'Mommy, I don't want to die. I do not want to die, mommy. Help me,'" Rivers recalled, her voice choking up. "That's hard for me."
Both police and family members stated that Price was not involved in gangs. Crosson said it appeared Price was "victimized" because he "wore the wrong color in the wrong neighborhood."
At the vigil, he was described as a fun and loving young man who "loved his family more than anything," said his cousin, Ceritha Daily
Price was killed just days before he would've turned 20 years old, and at one point, those gathered at the vigil sang happy birthday in his honor.
His family has expressed hope that the person who fatally shot Price will be arrested and brought to justice.
"I want to see them spend the rest of their life in jail and feel how our family feels right about now," Daily said.
The gunman was apparently caught on surveillance cameras in the area, but detectives have not released the video.
Anyone with information about the shooting can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
Rivers has also set up a GoFundMe to help raise money for her son's funeral. Click here to donate.
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Yesterday we had our first Event Storming workshop with the team at the office and I wanted to write up some of my thoughts and opinions on how it went. I ran a "big picture" session within a two hour time box in order to trial Event Storming within the business; the plan was that we would focus on events and hot spots only in order to fit within the time box. Overall I felt like it all went smoothly and everyone agreed that it was valuable.
SOLID is an acronym for five basic principles of object-oriented design which are intended to serve as guidelines for improving the quality of object-oriented codebases. The relevancy of SOLID seems to be the subject of much discussion these days; I'm of the opinion that the general principles are relevant but that discussions around the meaning of and the attempted adherence to the SOLID principles has become somewhat philosophical. I prefer a more practical view of SOLID which I hope to share in this article.
I first encountered the term Imposter Syndrome in Scott Hanselmans article "I'm a Phoney. Are you?" and have been increasingly able to relate to what he has to say. I decided to write this article in order to share my experiences with the affects of imposter syndrome and how I try to deal with it.
A few years back I wrote an article titled "Data Access Using a Generic Repository in C#" which since it was published has been by far the most popular article on my blog. This is somewhat frustrating given that the approach I described in that article (and repositories in general - but that's a different article) is something I disagree with now. In this article I'm going to share a generic repository implementation which makes use of the "specification pattern" to perform queries against an Entity Framework context.
Fluent Validation is an excellent open source library for implementing validation of models in a flexible and powerful way. It also provides support for integrating with model state in ASP.NET MVC and Web API and will set the ModelState.IsValid property in controllers based on the rules defined in the projects validators making validation checks in web projects simple and straight forward.
OWIN (Open Web Interface for .NET) is an open source initiative to define the specification of an interface between .NET web applications and servers; it aims to enable web applications to become decoupled from IIS by removing the dependency on the System.Web assembly. With OWIN, you can write "middleware" to hook into the request pipeline which is what this article will be focusing on.


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Goldman Sachs Teams Up with IDG to Invest $50m in Circle Internet Financial
Apr 30 2015 · 19:08 UTC | Updated Jan 24 2016 · 16:26
by Eugenia Romanenko · 3 min read
Photo: Patrick Marella/Flickr
Goldman Sachs announced its partnership with IDG Capital Partners, a major Chinese investment firm, to make a $50 million investment into Circle Internet Financial, a Bitcoin-focused start-up.
On Wednesday, it was announced that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. invested in a $50 million fundraising round in Bitcoin-focused start-up dubbed Circle Internet Financial Ltd which aims at "enabling greater ease-of-use in online and in-person payments, enhanced security and privacy for consumers, and the convenience of free, instant, global digital money transfers."
The round was co-led by IDG Capital Partners, and included such investors as Breyer Capital, Oak Investment Partners, General Catalyst Partners, and Accel Partners from which Circle had previously received investments.
Bloomberg Business reports that the round brought Circle's total funding to $76 million. In a telephone interview, Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and chief executive of Circle, said that it "is a material step-up in valuation from our past financing", but he refused to speak about the specific value.
"Having a franchise like Goldman Sachs as an investor, who has done due diligence, is a vote of confidence," said Mr. Allaire.
The statement made by Thomas F. Jessop, the head of the principal strategic group at Goldman, didn't include any comments on Bitcoin. According to Mr Jessop, the company views "significant opportunities in companies and solutions that have the promise to transform global markets through technical innovation."
It's necessary to mention that in March, Goldman issued a report regarding Bitcoin's potential. The research report says that Bitcoin as an alternative currency is strongly overrated, but it might have a future as a payment technology.
"Although Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies are still in the early stages of development, they could gain traction once clear use cases become more established," says the report.
Actually, in the U.S. lots of Bitcoin start-ups are having problems when trying to open bank accounts. In fact, almost the only American bank which was willing to collaborate with Bitcoin firms was Silicon Valley Bank.
Unfortunately, it's still unclear for plenty of banks how bank regulators view Bitcoin companies. According to New York Times, Benjamin M. Lawsky, New York state's top financial regulator, is completing a BitLicense for virtual currency firms which is expected to be out in May. Circle already has ordinary money-transmitter licenses from many other states, and is going to apply for a BitLicense.
"Up until now Bitcoin has really been driven by the speculative value phase," Mr. Allaire said. "We've said it needs to move to the utility value phase."
So far, Goldman won't neither hold Bitcoins nor become Circle's bank, but its investment in this start-up will help enhance Bitcoin's potential and reputation as a technology that important financial companies can work with.
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UEFA Women's Champions League - Women's Champions League round of 16 draw made - News
Women's Champions League round of 16 draw made
Lyon face Brøndby while Chelsea meet Atlético after the last-16 ties were set for 3/4 and 10/11 March.
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The UEFA Women's Champions League round of 16 draw involved the winners of the round of 32 ties.
Round of 16 draw: ties 3/4 & 10/11 March
Wolfsburg (GER) vs LSK Kvinner (NOR)
Barcelona (ESP) vs Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
Rosengård (SWE) vs St. Pölten (AUT)
BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) vs Bayern München (GER)
Manchester City (ENG) vs Fiorentina (ITA)
Sparta Praha (CZE) vs Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Lyon (FRA, holders) vs Brøndby (DEN)
Chelsea (ENG) vs Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Watch highlights of Lyon's seven final wins and trophy lifts
Bayern knocked out BIIK at this stage last season.
Lyon knocked out Brøndby in the 2011/12 quarter-finals while they drew 0-0 at Stade de Gerland in the 2007/08 second qualifying round.
Lyon have won a record seven titles and made it five in a row last season; they are the only side to reach the round of 16 in all 12 seasons in the current format (they have got through ten times).
The only other past champions competing in this round are last season's runners-up Wolfsburg. Barcelona, Fortuna Hjørring and Paris Saint-Germain are previous finalists.
Wolfsburg have won all eight of their previous round of 16 ties, with 14 victories and two draws in those games.
Both Lyon and Barcelona have won all ten of their round of 16 matches over the last five seasons.
Brøndby are in a record 18th campaign.
St. Pölten are the only team making their last-16 bow and sole survivors from the qualifying rounds.
BIIK and Fiorentina are also hoping to make the quarter-finals for the first time.
Road to Gothenburg
Round of 16: 3/4 & 10/11 March
Quarter-final & semi-final draw: 12 March
Quarter-finals: 23/24 March & 31 March/1 April
Semi-finals: 24/25 April & 1/2 May
Final: 16 May (Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg)
How the draw worked
The 16 teams were divided into two groups of eight teams based on the following principles:
Seeding is based on club coefficient rankings, with an equal number of seeded and unseeded teams in each group.
No club can meet a team from their own association.
Covid-19 travel restrictions.
For each group, two bowls were prepared, one containing balls with the four seeded teams and the other containing balls with the four unseeded teams.
The balls in both bowls were shuffled. A ball was drawn from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle where they were stirred.
The first team drawn will play its first match at home against the second team drawn. This procedure was repeated until all the pairings in Group 1 have been drawn.
The same procedure was carried out with Group 2 to complete all eight pairings.
Groups and seeding
Group 1:
Wolfsburg (GER)
Barcelona (ESP)
Bayern München (GER)
Rosengård (SWE)
Unseeded
Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
LSK Kvinner (NOR)
BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ)
St. Pölten (AUT)
Lyon (FRA, holders)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Manchester City (ENG)
Chelsea (ENG)
Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Brøndby (DEN)
Sparta Praha (CZE)
Fiorentina (ITA)
Full coefficient ranking
Lyon (FRA, holders) coefficient 145.680
Wolfsburg (GER) 114.090
Barcelona (ESP) 102.140
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 98.680
Bayern München (GER) 78.090
Manchester City (ENG) 69.645
Chelsea (ENG) 63.645
Rosengård (SWE) 59.015
Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 47.140
Fortuna Hjørring (DEN) 46.385
Brøndby (DEN) 45.385)
LSK Kvinner (NOR) 44.075
BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) 38.570
Sparta Praha (CZE) 31.365
Fiorentina (ITA) 29.065
St. Pölten (AUT) 23.950
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The Ultimate Guide To Software Escrow Services
Consider the following scenario: you're a SaaS company that's been in business for a while now. You've been working on a deal for quite some time and are about to close it. And suddenly, the prospective partner wants you to use software escrow services as a part of the deal. You don't want a stalemate, so you need to find a way to preserve the contract while also protecting your valuable resources.
Scenario number two: you're a business that has outsourced its software development process. However, the company to which you've given the contract isn't very experienced, and you need to find a way to minimize your risk. What if the business doesn't fulfill its commitment? How can you ensure that you will get continued software support in case, for example, the developer goes bankrupt?
Whichever scenario you fall under, for any business in the 21st century, understanding software escrow services is essential. After all, in the age of AI, you can't really hope to run a business without software development. Yet, the truth remains that in the real world, software vendors often fail to keep their word or may not be able to due to financial problems. In such cases, your business needs to ensure that it remains fully functional.
That's exactly where software escrow services come in. Such agreements can help safeguard the interests of all parties involved in a software deal. Today, professionals all over the world are opting for software escrows to protect their digital continuity. And that's what this article deals with today.
We'll dive deep into how software escrow works, how it can help protect your business interests and let you in on how to select the best escrow services. After reading through the following, you'll be able to implement a software escrow agreement that suits your needs.
What Is Software Escrow Service?
Let's put it in the simplest of terms: software escrow is a service that helps you implement agreements between software vendors, clients, and the software escrow agent who acts as a trusted third party. The escrow agreement ensures that the software vendor is obligated to share and store with the escrow agent every line of source code, data, and instructions that would allow the client to properly update and maintain the software.
Why is this needed? If the software vendor ever discontinues support for the software, closes up shop, or breaches the contract, then the client might not be able to continue their operations. In case any of these situations, which are often known as "Release Conditions", occur, then all the escrowed materials are handed over to the client so that they can continue their operations unhindered. It also helps prevent unnecessary litigation and loss of time as well as money.
What Are The Different Kinds Of Software Escrow?
Since clicking on this article about software escrow, we can assume you're in the market for the best software escrow provider. While doing some background research, you may have come across other related terms such as SaaS escrow, source code escrow, and even data escrow. But what do they mean, and how are they different? Let's take a look.
In general, software and source code escrow are interchangeable terms and have the same meaning as explained above. Such an escrow can be used to store not just source code but even build-related files and associated documentation. In short, anything that would allow the client to run, update and maintain their software systems. Such escrows are usually used for on-site software licenses, although they can be used as development agreements or any other software-based transaction in general.
Today, however, the software is rapidly shifting from the traditional on-site model to the SaaS model. In this scenario, software escrows are bound to morph into SaaS escrows or, to be more all-encompassing, cloud escrows.
What is a SaaS escrow, then? It's similar to a software escrow, with a focus on SaaS applications. When a business subscribes to a SaaS escrow, they work to protect themselves in case they lose access to business-critical SaaS requirements. The SaaS Escrow provider ensures that the business has access to a fully-functional copy of the SaaS tool and also their own business data.
There are other types of escrows possible, such as technology escrow, data escrow, and domain escrow. Let's take a look at each of them in brief before moving forward.
Technology escrow seeks to protect any form of physical or electronic technology that's critical to a business. Data escrow operates in a similar fashion, but just for data. And domain escrow works to protect domain credentials.
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The Working Principle Behind Software Escrow
In general, the specifics of software escrow agreements change according to the needs of the parties involved. However, the core responsibilities for all parties remain the same. Here's a quick breakdown of the responsibility of each party involved in a software escrow agreement.
The Licensor
The Licensor, or the software development agency or vendor, is responsible for depositing the source code and other relevant materials with the software escrow authority. They also have to make sure that they release all essential updates and changes to the source code as per the agreement. Finally, they must also provide the required warranties and support for the material held in escrow.
The Licensee
This is the party that has initiated the software escrow agreement and is also known as the client. Their responsibilities include monitoring compliance between the Licensor and the software escrow service provider.
The software escrow provider
The software escrow provider is the final party involved in the escrow agreement. Their responsibilities include receiving the deposited material and confirming the receipt to the licensee. After this, they are required to hold and control the deposited material for the duration of the agreement or until release conditions are met. On request from the client, they might also provide additional verification.
Why Do You Need A Software Escrow In The First Place?
So, now we've gained an understanding of what software escrow is and how it works. But the question remains, why do you even need the services of a software escrow agent? In this section, we're going to answer that question.
Consider the case of regular, off-the-shelf software tools that you can buy. In this case, the EULA, or the End-User-License-Agreement, grants users access only to the object code. This is the form of the code that's merely executable, and the user has no rights over the source code. In such a situation, escrow services become something of overkill.
However, in commercial software licensing deals, the licensee may require access to both object code as well as source code. This is essential to ensuring that their business processes can continue unhindered. When the licensee can access the source code, they can figure out how the software is processing their business data, performing essential functions, and even change the code to modify the software's operation.
Seen from that perspective, getting access to the source code is a vital aspect of maintaining business process integrity. Without access to the source code, developers won't be able to modify the code as per the business's requirements.
Now consider the situation where your software vendor suddenly goes out of business. This means that the software is essentially dead. If the software is critical to your business, then it's a given that your business will be affected. In extreme cases, you might even be forced to temporarily halt operations as you migrate to a new software solution.
Software escrow services help you overcome such sudden disasters. By being party to a software escrow agreement, both Licensor and Licensee can rest assured that their operations will continue unhindered even in the face of unforeseen situations. The moment a release condition is triggered, the escrow service makes the source code and related data items available for the Licensee. In this way, their business doesn't suffer.
But what are the release conditions that can trigger an escrow agreement? We'll take a look at that in the following section.
Common Examples Of Software Escrow Release Conditions
In general, the Licensor and the Licensee are free to put in place any mutually agreed upon release condition, provided it can be independently validated by the software escrow provider. In most cases, the release condition tends to involve the Licensor's operational or financial situation. For instance, a common release condition would be a situation where the Licensor goes bankrupt or fails to continue with their business.
As soon as a release condition is triggered, it's the job of the software escrow agent to inform the Licensor that the Licensee has requested the release of materials held in escrow. Such notification is usually sent as a written communique. At the same time, the Licensor is given a chance to contest the request. In case the Licensor fails to contest the claim, the software escrow agent releases the materials held in escrow to the Licensee.
Who Pays For The Software Escrow Services?
Now, let's tackle the money problem: who will pay for the escrow services? This is something of a lacuna, and there's no established standard here. In some instances, it's the beneficiary, i.e., the licensee who pays for the services. But in most cases, it's the Licensor who has to bear the cost of software escrow services. In fact, most licensing businesses include this as a part of their running costs.
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Benefits Of Software Escrow Services
In this section, we're going to discuss the many benefits of software escrow for developers as well as beneficiaries. Let's discuss the benefits for beneficiaries first.
Benefits For Software Licencees
Protection in case the vendor goes out of business
Protection in case the vendor discontinues support for the software
Provides a legal framework in case of complications
Benefits For Software Vendors
Acts as an agreement and reduces chances of unwanted litigations
Provides leverage for negotiations
Creates a sense of partnership and trust
Establishes credibility
Protects your IP rights
So, seen in the light of the above benefits, Software Escrow Services offer a win-win deal for both parties concerned.
How Can Vaultinum Help?
Vaultinum provides dedicated software escrow management services that help you ensure your business continuity. We have over 40 years of experience as a trusted third party in the software field. We have clients based all over the world who trust us to secure their business.
We are one of the few escrow service providers who have the means to connect to the repository system of software providers. This way, we help to ensure automated, streamlined updates of all escrow elements. When you're working with us, you get the benefit of different levels of escrow verification from qualified experts.
Vaultinum provides escrow services for software as well as SaaS products. Our ISO 27001-certified technical infrastructure, along with Swiss data center redundancies, help you provide complete access to all elements held in escrow. With Vaultinum, you don't have anything to worry about.
In the fast-moving business world that we live in today, fortunes are made at the turn of a hat. With billions of data bytes moving between intelligent tools, businesses today are dependent on software like never before.
However, unforeseen situations can arise at any time. Your vendor may fail, the software may lose support, and updates may stop for no good reason. In such a case, your business stands to suffer.
Software escrow services can help you overcome such situations. It not only provides a guarantee to clients but also helps vendors gain trust and close deals. In the future, software escrows should become the norm rather than the exception.
Just make sure you go with a suitable escrow service provider like Vaultinum. We ensure that your software needs are fulfilled and your business stays on track, come what may.
So, reach out to Vaultinum today and take advantage of our software escrow services. We promise you won't need to look anywhere else. Just place a call, and we'll take care of the rest.
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