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'If It Is Too Inconvenient, I'm Not Going After it:' Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-Seeking Behaviors
by: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Timothy J. Dickey, and Marie L. Radford
This paper was awarded Top 10 most cited article for LIBINF in 2021
In today's fast-paced world, anecdotal evidence suggests that information tends to inundate people, and users of information systems want to find information quickly and conveniently. Empirical evidence for convenience as a critical factor is explored in the data from two multi-year, user studies projects funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The theoretical framework for this understanding is founded in the concepts of bounded rationality and rational choice theory, with Savolainen's (2006) concept of time as a context in information seeking, as well as gratification theory, informing the emphasis on the seekers' time horizons. Convenience is a situational criterion in people's choices and actions during all stages of the information-seeking process. The concept of convenience can include their choice of an information source, their satisfaction with the source and its ease of use, and their time horizon in information seeking. The centrality of convenience is especially prevalent among the younger subjects ("millennials") in both studies, but also holds across all demographic categories—age, gender, academic role, or user or non-user of virtual reference services. These two studies further indicate that convenience is a factor for making choices in a variety of situations, including both academic information seeking and everyday-life information seeking, although it plays different roles in different situations.
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The published Journal article is available from Library & Information Science Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2010.12.002.
Suggested preprint citation:
Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Timothy J. Dickey, and Marie L. Radford. 2011. "'If It Is Too Inconvenient I'm Not Going after It:' Convenience as a Critical Factor in Information-Seeking Behaviors." Preprint. Published 1 July 2011. Dublin OH: OCLC Research. https://doi.org/10.25333/y4k9-j762.


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Unique company seeks 18 staff to expand diverse team
A BRIDGEND-BASED company that allows its staff to take mission leave during which they can volunteer for a good cause of their choosing, has started hiring for 18 new roles at the business.
2buy2 is a professional procurement company that helps organisations secure better value for money. It recently secured a large contract with the Department for Education (DfE) that will see it coordinate the procurement of thousands of schools in the North West of England.
That has prompted expansion at the company and the creation of these 18 new roles. The roles include customer support staff, support services, IT, finance, operations support, paralegal and marketing.
Three of the roles will be based in the North West of England and the remaining at its headquarters in the Sony Technology Centre in Bridgend, South Wales, where it will also increase its office space by 40 per cent.
The company is an unusual employer in a number of ways. As well as offering staff mission leave, which staff use to volunteer for local churches, food banks, sponsored walks, as well as organisations including the Brecon Mountain Rescue, it gives 10 percent of its annual net profit to charities – all of which are chosen by its staff.
Another interesting aspect to the company is that its staff, as procurement experts, are sometimes called upon to assist the Department for International Development's UK Emergency Response Team in the aftermath of natural disasters. They source and arrange delivery of essential goods required in the aftermath of such events, often while based in the disaster zone itself.
The DfE contract is one of two pilot schemes for Schools Buying Hubs initiated by the DfE. They are designed to offer advice, guidance and support to schools negotiating complex contracts, as well as coordinating their activities to generate greater buying power. The contract will include up to 3,000 schools in the region and ultimately benefit some 1.1 million pupils.
Gareth Somerford, infrastructure and security manager at 2buy2 said: "2buy2 is a fantastic company to work for and have been great in accommodating my passion for being an operational member of Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team (CBMRT) alongside my role as infrastructure and security manager. CBMRT currently receive 140+ callouts per year so working for a company that values the importance of charity work allows me to respond quickly in the event of the pager going to help those in need."
Rob Kissick, founder and CEO of 2buy2, said: "We are delighted to be expanding in this way and we look forward to meeting potential future employees. We are an unusual company in many ways: we are highly ethical and we are committed to investing in our staff and supporting our clients in every way we can.
"While we are a private sector, commercial company, we also have a philosophy of ensuring we are socially responsible, making sustainable but never excessive profits. This benefits both our clients and our staff."
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Time for Wales' most deaf friendly organisations to be heard
Christmas has arrived early for The Range stores in Wales, boasting gigantic displays of all-things festive! The Range is well known for going all out during the Christmas season to create a fun and magical experience full of trees, lights, decorations and much more for their customers to enjoy and this year is no exception. The Range in Swansea surpassed expectations with a display so great, it's left them shortlisted for 'Best Christmas Display' out of all The Range's 182 stores.
Coronavirus laws are being tightened in four more Welsh authorities – Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport – following a sharp rise in cases, Health Minister Vaughan Gething today announced.
The new measures will come into force at 6pm on Tuesday 22 September 2020, to protect people's health and control the spread of the virus in the four local authority areas.
The new restrictions will apply to everyone living in Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport:
People will not be allowed to enter or leave these areas without a reasonable excuse, such as travel for work or education;
People will only be able to meet people they don't live with outdoors for the time being. They will not be able to form, or be in, extended households;
All licensed premises will have to close at 11pm;
Everyone over 11 will be required to wear face coverings in indoor public areas – as is the case across Wales.
From 6pm on Tuesday 22 September, the requirement for all licensed premises to close at 11pm will also be extended to Caerphilly borough.
Health Minister, Vaughan Gething, said:
"Following the decision to place additional coronavirus restrictions in place in Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taf, we have seen a worrying and rapid rise in cases in four other south Wales council areas – Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport.
"In many cases, this is linked to people socialising indoors without social distancing. We are seeing evidence of coronavirus spreading. We need to take action to control and, ultimately, reduce its spread and protect people's health.
"It's always a difficult decision to introduce restrictions but coronavirus has not gone away – it is still circulating in communities across Wales and, as we are seeing in parts of South Wales, small clusters can quickly cause real issues in local communities.
"We need everyone's help to bring coronavirus under control. We need everyone to pull together and to follow the measures which are there to protect you and your loved ones."
The restrictions are being introduced following a rapid increase in the number of confirmed cases in coronavirus, which have been linked to people meeting indoors, not following social distancing guidelines and returning from summer holidays overseas.
The Welsh Government will call an urgent meeting of all local authority, health board and police forces from Bridgend to the English border tomorrow to discuss the wider situation in South Wales and whether further measures are needed across the region to protect people's health.
The new local restrictions measures will be kept under regular review. They will be enforced by local authorities and by the police.
Keep Wales safe by:
Always keeping your distance
Washing your hands regularly
Working from home wherever you can
Following any local restrictions
Following the rules about meeting people
Staying at home if you or anyone in your extended household has symptoms.
MARK Drakeford, First Minister of Wales, has today announced legislation which will restrict those coming from coronavirus hotspot's from travelling to Wales.
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has refused to impose rules which prohibit those from areas where the infection rate is high from entering low virus rate areas's.
Mr Drakeford has made two requests to the Prime Minister requesting to impose rules which will mean those from high virus areas in England be prohibited from travelling to Wales, a request which has been denied by Mr Johnson.
The powers set by Mr Drakeford will come into force by the end of the week, unless Boris Johnson takes action sooner.
Speaking at the Plenary today, Mr Drakeford made the announcement, stating if Mr Johnson does not reply to his request by Friday then The Welsh Government will bring in legislation to restrict travel from those in English lockdown areas travelling to Wales.
Mr Drakeford said this was not a case of all those from England being restricted travel to Wales, just hotspot areas.
He said: "Evidence from public health professionals suggests coronavirus is moving from east to west across the UK and across Wales. As a general rule, it is concentrating in urban areas and then spreading to more sparsely populated areas as a result of people travelling.
"Much of Wales in now subject to local restriction measures because levels of the virus have risen and people living in those areas are not able to travel beyond their county boundary without a reasonable excuse. This is designed to prevent the spread of infection within Wales and to other areas of the UK.
"We are preparing to take this action to prevent people who live in areas where there are higher Covid infection rates across the UK from travelling to Wales and bringing the virus with them.
"I am determined to keep Wales safe."
The legislation, which is understood to come into force Friday, October 16 at 6pm, will mean those travelling to Wales from areas of England which are classed as virus hotspot's will be restricted.
The new legislation also restricts those travelling into Wales from high virus prevalence areas from Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Welsh Parliament – Paul Davies MS – has rounded on the First Minister over a ban on people entering Wales from England, and the Labour Party's inability or unwillingness to publish comprehensive data proving that transmission rates are accelerating due to travel.
Mr Davies took the First Minister to task during Plenary today (October 14), and referred to a statement made by the leader of the Labour Party on September 23 when he said that the Welsh Government was not seeing any spikes at all in infection due to travel and tourism.
Mr Davies said that the people of Wales deserve to have sight of the data that underpins the Welsh Labour-led Government's position on this matter, so that they can be confident that the Government's actions are proportionate to the threat of the virus in their area.
Mr Davies also referred to a paper that accompanied the First Minister's letter to the Prime Minister yesterday, a paper – that was not peer-reviewed – that confirms the data "…does not constitute definitive proof" in favour of a travel ban.
Mr Davies said: "The First Minister and his Government have acted rashly and without examining a range of other factors before a conclusion on whether to impose a travel ban or not is reached, while at the same time seemingly ignoring the fact that transmission rates in relation to travel had already peaked in August and September.
"It is incumbent on the First Minister to explain just why he has chosen to act in this way, and what supporting evidence he and his Ministers have seen to justify a ban and then publish it so it can be properly scrutinised.
"If he cannot or will not, then he must review and rescind this ban immediately."

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One really good way to get the best travel deals on hotels and motels is to call the hotel or motel directly. Many times they will honor prices, or even beat the prices of the online companies offering travel deals. So jump online and get an idea of what kind of offers are out there, and then call the establishment directly and tell them what you have found. If they are not willing to at least match the prices the competitor has to offer, you may want to move on to another option!
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Why is Facebook's Propaganda in the Washington Post?
Ryan Tate
Filed to: conflicts of interest
donald graham
The Washington Post ran a de facto Facebook press release in its op-ed section today. It was a bizarre decision; the newspaper's already embroiled in one ethics scandal, so why cuddle up to a close, public friend of the paper?
It's hard to dispute that Mark Zuckerberg's op-ed was a softball, long on propaganda and short on news. As we reported earlier, the Facebook CEO sidestepped many of the recent, news-making controversies his company has sparked. Instead, he said the social network should do a better job of organizing privacy settings and would get to work on some unspecified changes to the controls. He didn't address Facebook's recent accidental privacy breaches, or the numerous instances in which Facebook has pushed, and in some cases forced, users to take some of their personal information public.
Facebook CEO Is Sorry You're So Dumb
Amid mounting criticism over Facebook's privacy practices, CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued a…
But don't take our word for it. Here's what some other commentators said: "Nonapology" was how Peter Kafka at All Things D described the piece. "What's more important is what's not being said," said Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb. "Something's amiss," said Jared Newman at PC World. TechCrunch noticed a decided lack of meat. "More of an acknowledgment that Facebook has heard the criticism and will be responding to it," was Jason Kincaid's verdict there. "PR-speaky," said Rachel Sklar at Mediaite.
Sure, Zuckerberg's piece had a few fans, like former Valleywagger Paul Boutin at VentureBeat, who said Post editors got Zuckerberg to "whittle" his thoughts "down to one breath."
But even by the partisan standards of the Washington, DC Beltway, where mutual back-scratching and puffed-up propaganda are par for the course, the piece seemed awfully empty.
While the op-ed might not have done much for Washington Post readers, it certainly helped Facebook. An opinion piece in one of the nation's most prestigious newspapers carries more moral authority than a blog post on Facebook.com. And Facebook doesn't want for anything so much as moral authority these days.
But why did WaPo play along? Well, the most obvious answer is the least polite one: Donald Graham, the CEO of the Washington Post Company, enjoys an awfully close relationship with Zuckerberg. He sits on Facebook's board. But more than that, he's been a mentor to the 26-year-old CEO, as documented repeatedly in Facebook news articles and books, including, most recently, David Kirkpatrick's The Facebook Effect. That book has a passage in which Zuckerberg breaks down on a bathroom floor at the thought of turning down an investment from Graham, whom he idolizes (the scene is quoted here)
Facebook CEO's Bathroom Breakdown
Mark Zuckerberg was reduced to bawling on the floor of a restaurant men's room in April 2005,…
And it appears Graham has been plenty eager to help Zuckerberg's company. Reading press clippings last year, one could even get the impression the WaPo honcho was a sort of press consigliere for the startup founder. There he was last year in Fortune, accompanying Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and investor Alexander Tamas on an interview with Jessi Hempel. There he was accompanying the same duo to a meeting with PaidContent. And why not? As Kirkpatrick has reported in Fortune, Zuckerberg "counts Washington Post Co. CEO Don Graham as a friend."
Fair enough. But wouldn't Zuckerberg's op-ed have all the more credibility in another newspaper, then? And wouldn't the Washington Post, which just emerged from another ethical scandal, have all the more credibility if that had happened as well?
WaPo Ombudsman Calls His Newspaper a Dirty Whore, Basically
Recently the Washington Post has taken a beating for attempting to sell access to its newsroom via…
Yes, the Post tacked a small disclosure underneath Zuckerberg's op-ed, mentioning that Graham sat on the Facebook board. But disclosing a conflict of interest that's plain as day doesn't make it any less disturbing, especially by the WaPo's historically high editorial standards (longtime editor Len Downie was famous for refusing to even vote, lest it sully his objectivity). The conflict looks especially egregious wrapped around such puffy content.
Of course, Don Graham is free to run whatever content he wants in his family's newspaper. But if he's going to advise Zuckerberg on how to beat an ethical path into the future, he might consider setting a better example.


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Medical Masks for Hospitals
Not only the most advanced, high-tech devices are needed to cure, simpler things can also save lives. Such are for example the masks, which protect us from infecting each other accidentally, during an epidemy.
However, since the outbreak of COVID-19 there has been a critical shortage of this basic protective equipment – even among hospital employees who are working "in the front line" every day and are consequently exposed directly to the risk of infection. With this, not only do they risk their own health, but as asymptomatic carriers they also infect their fragile patients.
Lack of masks in hospitals and social institutions represent a serious health hazard. For this reason, the Jakabovics Tibor Foundation negotiated for weeks with numerous suppliers worldwide, sparing no expenses or efforts in finding masks of appropriate quality.
Thanks to this, the Kanottai Dorottya Hospital in Nagykanizsa, to which the Tibor Jakabovics Foundation donated earlier a laparoscope, has been supplied with medical face masks and FFP2 respirators, sufficient for long weeks. The Foundation will soon donate medical masks and respirators to other hospitals from the county of Zala as well, like for example to the Hospital in Keszthely and to other institutions where they are needed.
Simultaneously, the Foundation began manufacturing reusable face masks, thus opening new opportunities for those who have lost their jobs because of the epidemic.
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Életfa (Tree of Life) General Primary and Art School
There is a primary school in Keszthely, Hungary, that is a pure joy, where kids learn while playing games, using their creative capabilities, playing music, moving and having fun. They do it all together, but everyone follows his own pace. The school was founded in 1997 by a Japanese teacher Okuma Nobuko who had initially come to Hungary to study the Kodály method.
The Keszthely Életfa (Tree of Life) General Primary and Art School has been working as a foundation-financed educational institution for more than 20 years and is a brilliant proof to the fact that such special schools have the right to exist in the Hungarian education system. Its operation is based on two pillars: the national regulations and the foundation grants. Besides, the school is entitled to receive donations from 1% of the personal income tax.
The pedagogical concept and methodology elaborated by the founders extend the boundaries of knowledge and skills of the pupils beyond the requirements of the National Core Curriculum in a way that enables a more versatile personal development, a world-wide open thinking and a more successful self-fulfillment.
The classes are small in size, so that the teachers and educators could get a deeper knowledge of the skills, abilities, personal strengths and educational needs of the children. The learners can proceed with acquiring knowledge at a pace that genuinely fits their individuality.
Besides regular classroom activities, within the so-called 'Circle of the Year' projects we hold Project Days when children actively cooperate with their peers of different ages getting a better understanding of the laws and working mechanisms of the world and nature and learning many other interesting things. In this way, a cohesive multi-age community comes to being, based on the fundamental values such as acceptance, respect and appreciation of each other.
Professional awards, placements in academic competitions and an excellent rate of college entrance achieved by our pupils all testify to the high standards of the Életfa School. For years, our institution has been working in cooperation with well-known domestic educational experts. The experience of Életfa also demonstrates how a school can make itself attractive beyond the school hours, organizing exciting events, performances and other colorful programs for children and their parents.
Another specialty of the school is musical education that does not only broaden the basic educational level of the children, but also contributes to the development of their emotional intelligence. The pupils can freely choose a musical instrument they'd like to master from a broad range of classical and modern options.
The Életfa General Primary and Art School gives the children the utmost attention and equips them with values necessary to lead them all the way from the toddler age through to the challenges of secondary school. In the meantime, they can enjoy to the full the exciting experience of the primary school's everyday life, doing this in a genuine community, getting an education in a way that best fits their personality and gathering life-long beautiful memories.
(Based on the letter by School Master Lajos Babos)
Playground in Gyenesdiás
"We never really grow up, we just get bigger. Fortunately.
We never really get serious, we just spend a good deal of our life pretending we are important. Sad enough.
Otherwise, we all love to play!
Building playgrounds is also fun. A building block game for adults.
Being a father of three is a great source of experience.
Law # 1: any playground is a good playground!
Amendment 1 to Law # 1: any ground is a playground!
Amendment 2 to Law # 1: any non-existing ground is also a playground! With a bit of imagination, of course.
(Hmmm… I guess I'm going to publish a playground-thesis soon.)
So now, anything around can be a playground. I mean, anything, anywhere.
Exactly as it happened with that piece of land. It was an illegal parking lot, with cars parking on the grass, with smears of motor oil, discarded water/beer/coke cans and dried up condoms around. No man's land.
But – not anymore! It's a someone's land now.
We've turned it into a pilot playground. And this will be a successful pilot project, that much I can say. While still under construction, the ground was already taken into possession by the kids and their parents. Illegally at that stage.
Pilot feature: the playground has a toilet. No more suffering parents with legs tightly crossed, trying to survive another 20 minutes. No more need to roar at your kid something like "get-going-NOW-we-need-to-do-the-shopping-yet…" Instead, you just use the toilet. When you need it. And take your kid, too. There is a diaper changing pad there. And a hand washing sink with a drinking water tap. To wash the dirty little hands (or whatever needs cleansing) and to quench the thirst.
Pilot feature: the playground has a covered deck for a rainy (hot, windy) day. No need to rush home, whatever the weather. It's the right place for any season.
Pilot feature: a pancake making station. We all know (don't we?) that kids run on pancakes, mostly regardless of the age.
Pilot feature: the playground has a film station. With a regular screen canvas and a projector. Bad weather? Let's watch a fairy tale! Or, should the parents wish to hold a film club session in the evening, go ahead!
This is a genuine pilot playground, with no age limit. From new babies and toddlers to teenagers, adults and grandparents. Separately or together. It's good for anyone, for anything.
Or, rather, for almost anything.
It's a no vandalism, no smoke, no rubbish, no cusses, zero alcohol zone. This is no place for that."
(Tibor Jakabovics)
Veronika Khin
"I'd love to work and study again, to able to support myself and take care of things around me, to live an active and happy life where there's no pain" – this is the big dream of VERONIKA KHIN. The vibrant and lively girl suffered a car accident in 2008, still at college, which smashed her career prospects, her plans and her whole life to atoms. In the years after the crash, Veronika – who earlier used to be a competing skater and a trainer – started to recover and even managed to her feet again, but after a short while her condition began to plummet, soon turning her into a bed patient. Now, finally, it looks like things might change for her. Apart from the treatment she is receiving in Germany, she is getting ever closer to a better life due to the supporting attention of the world around her and, above all, her positive personality and persistence.
"Tibor Jakabovics helped me to get in contact with my current doctor who, I hoped, knew how to make me able to sit and walk again.
Although the time for a breakthrough has not come yet, his support definitely meant an important step in the right direction.
Due to a recent change in my condition, my planned surgery has been postponed – whether fortunately or not, cannot be said at the moment. I have undergone a series of examinations in different clinics, and at the latest gross conference it was decided that conservative, machine-assisted rehabilitation therapy would be worth a try in my case.
They said they could not safely promise that the planned surgery could be avoided because my pelvic bone can still come apart at any time, which would require an immediate operation. Nevertheless, I'm very happy to at least have a chance of ever getting back to my feet without having to take the risks of surgery. It will be a long and challenging period, but I'll do my best to get over it. I will continue to do whatever is needed for my recovery, and I hope it'll work out.
My doctors cannot say anything now about the duration of the treatment, but – if everything goes well – they estimate it will take me at least half a year before I will be able to continue my rehabilitation at home (in Hungary) without those machines. I will be really trying hard to achieve this as quickly as possible."
(Veronika Khin)
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"I believe in non-selectiveness. In something that catches me. Once I had to give an interview to the Jazzy Radio regarding a major fundraising campaign. That was a live interview. My first one ever. I met a lady there who ran the program, the interviewer. I'll never forget her warm, understanding gaze, her flooding kindness. It opened something inside me and I suddenly realized that we can and should speak about...
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I can already sense the difference. I've been told that each deployment brings with it new challenges and that no two are the same. This time, I'm pretty sure, is going to be all about the children.
Daddy left for a month. And they fell apart. We entered the world of baby talk, bed wetting, and continuous tears (a world we had exited along with diapers over 2 years ago). One night our middle daughter nearly hyperventilated just desiring a hug from Dad.
I remember when John returned from his last deployment. Our then-2-year-old sat on his lap for an hour staring at him and then at the phone, then at him, then at the phone. It continued for a full hour until she seemed to realize that, yes, Daddy wasn't just a voice. He was real and he was holding her. They were so little the last time. This time they know what's coming and I see the fear in their eyes.
I'm searching the books on my shelves, the links I've been given, and calling to mind the advice I received before. One thing I do know. Being real about my emotions, seeking strength from my faith, and taking care of myself were essential components of surviving the first time around. Those same lessons I learned for my own well-being are the ones that I hope to pass on to my children.
There are some great resources out there. Both HealthyChildren.org and the US Department of Veterans Affairs give brief descriptions of what to look for in your children's behavior and how to listen, protect, and openly discuss their feelings. The thing my children seem to love the most is when Daddy leaves a small army item in their care. It may be a camo pillow, an army cap, or an old PT shirt to sleep in. While he is gone, they enjoy receiving letters and trinkets as well as videos of him reading their favorite books.
What are some ways you have helped your children cope with deployment?


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África – Libya arms embargo must be enforced – UN chief Antonio Guterres
All countries must implement a UN arms embargo against Libya with illegal weapons transfers by land, sea and air fuelling the current fighting in the oil-rich country, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Guterres made the appeal in a report circulated on Monday ahead of the UN Security Council's unanimous approval of a resolution authorising the inspection of vessels on the high seas headed to or from Libya for another year to enforce the arms embargo.
The European Union's Operation Sophia has been the only regional naval operation carrying out inspections.
UN experts monitoring the arms embargo, individual countries, and regional organisations "have all reported on illicit transfers of arms and related materiel into and out of Libya", Guterres noted.
Implementing all measures related to the arms embargo is "of immediate importance in de-escalating the current situation" and is "of critical importance to the protection of civilians and the restoration of security and stability in Libya and the region", the secretary-general said.
'Escalating conflict'
Civil war in Libya in 2011 toppled and later killed long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
The chaos that followed resulted in a divided country, with a UN-recognised but weak administration in the capital of Tripoli overseeing the country's west, and a rival government in the east aligned with the Libyan National Army, led by military commander Khalifa Haftar.
Each is backed by an array of militias and armed groups fighting over resources and territory.
Haftar launched a military offensive in early April, aimed at taking Tripoli despite commitments to move towards elections in the North African country. Clashes receded during last month's start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but later intensified.
Britain's political director, Stephen Hickey, whose country sponsored the UN resolution, expressed deep concern after the vote at "the now protracted and escalating conflict", which has led to a deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Libya.
"Any arms entering Libya will only escalate the conflict and lessen the prospects for a ceasefire," Hickey told the Security Council. "Respecting the arms embargo is only one part of the solution in Libya, which requires a full political dialogue and reconciliation."
Britain, Belgium, France, Germany, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Indonesia reiterated calls for a ceasefire and return to UN-led political talks.
'Constant supply'
South African ambassador Jerry Matjila said, "it is two months since the crisis started in Libya without any respect for this council's calls for a ceasefire by all parties to the conflict", which he said is being "fuelled by the constant supply of arms".
While the EU in March extended Operation Sophia's mandate until September 30, it suspended deployment of ships, saying it instead would send more planes to monitor the area.
Italy commands Operation Sophia, but the populist government in Rome refuses to allow its ships or rescue vessels from aid groups that rescue refugees and migrants to disembark in Italian ports. The EU move on suspending the naval mission was widely viewed as being aimed at easing tensions with Italy's anti-migrant government.
Matjila and Ivory Coast ambassador Kacou Adom expressed concern at Operation Sophia's suspension of the naval operation. Adom called on countries to immediately make available equipment for the operation "in order to ensure it can be more effective".
Germany's deputy UN ambassador, Juergen Schulz, backed UN calls for all countries to implement the arms embargo, saying in the current environment it is "more important than ever".
"A seemingly unlimited arms supply fuels the erroneous belief in a military solution to the conflict and contributes to the unwillingness of actors on the ground to agree to a ceasefire" and resume the UN-led political process, Schulz said.
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At this event, the editors of Dialogue Theories II and a chapter author will be giving an overview of the book, sharing some insights from their research into diverse dialogue theorists, and commenting on their hopes for the further development of academic exploration of dialogue. There will be time for questions and comments from the floor.
The thinkers presented in the book come from diverse fields ranging from philosophy to family therapy and from sociology to music. In the contexts of intractable conflict, bitter political polarisation and complex economic and ecological crises, 'dialogue' is often raised as an alternative or as part of a solution. From Bakhtin, Barenboim, The Circle of Seven to Freire, Gadamer, Goffman, and Ikeda, the thinkers introduced here delve deeply into what dialogue is and what it might be capable of.
Paul Weller is a Professor in the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University; a Research Fellow in Religion and Society at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford; and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Derby. He is also Director of Religion and Belief Research and Training Ltd. He is Academic Editor of the Journal of Dialogue Studies and a member of the Advisory Board of the Dialogue Society. He is he is a Trustee of the Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby and of the Interreligiöse Arbeitsstelle in Germany and is a member of the Baptist Union of Great Britain's Inter-Faith Working Group. On a European level, he has been a consultant to and is a recognised trainer for Belieforama, a community of practice based around the development of a prizewinning training programme in religious diversity and anti-discrimination.
Frances Sleap was one of the co-authors of the first volume of Dialogue Theories. She studied Philosophy and Theology at the University of Oxford, graduating with first class honours, before exploring different religions in a master's degree in the Study of Religions. She then worked at the Dialogue Society for over four years, contributing to projects including the Dialogue Society Success School for young people, various community and academic publications and the Dialogue School for students following the MA in Dialogue Studies at Keele University. She is now a teacher of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics at a London sixth form. She retains a keen interest in dialogue and the Society's work and continues as an assistant editor of the Journal of Dialogue Studies.


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Warner Brothers & DC Comics Drop 'Aquaman' and 'Shazam' Movie Trailers
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For far too long, Marvel Cinematic Universe has reign supreme in the comic book movie era. Finally, Warner Brother Studios and DC Comics are presenting solid contenders for the throne.
The DC Extended Universe has officially named itself Worlds of DC, according to Heroic Hollywood. Warner Bros. made the announcement at their San Diego Comic-Con panel in Hall H on Saturday. After the rebranding, DC finally dropped trailers to their next two projects. First up was Aquaman.
The long-awaited trailer opens on a stormy sea, with Jason Momoa's voiceover describing his mother (an Atlantean) and father (a lighthouse keeper) meeting. A young Arthur Curry is bullied in an aquarium and reveals that he can communicate with fish. The adult Aquaman then drops into a submarine and starts kicking butts.
Amber Heard's character Mera describes Aquaman has to take his place as king of Atlantis to stop an impending war. The trailer gives extensive looks at Atlantis and the various characters. "You think you're unworthy to lead because you're of two different worlds," Mera tells Aquaman. "That is exactly why you are worthy."
Then there's Shazam!, which looks like it could be DC's first outright comedy.
With the film's release date (April 5, 2019) still nearly a year away, this trailer seems to focus on a few key scenes setting up the premise, with young Billy Batson (Asher Angel) gifted by a mysterious stranger with the ability to turn into a big red superhero (Zachary Levi) by just calling out the word "Shazam!"
With Marvel taking the rest of the year off, now is the perfect time for DC Comics to strike a clear counter-attack towards their competition.
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'100 days at sea! It seems neither longer nor shorter though I have been through a tremendous amount. The worst part for me was the beginning of the voyage. Not only saying goodbye to my children but then the seemingly endless run of vicious lows bringing storm force conditions to the western approaches of the English Channel. The best section has been the stretch from south of the Canary Islands to the equator – reliable winds, mild and warm conditions.
This latest phase of the voyage since the 'big' storm on 15th January has been very frustrating. I would reckon that I have been becalmed at least 50% of the time, interrupted with variable winds or violent squalls. I had planned to be round Cape Horn by the end of January. It now looks as if it will be mid-February! For the past three weeks, every mile has been painstakingly massaged from the wind and wrested form the reluctant sea. For every five miles gained, I must yield three.
The problems with the boat have been more numerous than anticipated. The latest steering failure required the complete disassembly of the steering column and dismantling of the ship's compass, which was damaged beyond repair in the process. On a pitching sea, it took me ten hours to drill out a screw whose head had broken off, snapping fifteen drill bits on the way – three days in all to get the job done. On the upside, Barrabas has proved equal to the worst conditions she has yet faced. My confidence in her has escalated manyfold and now that I am more familiar with her temperament, we communicate better when we need to act fast or manoeuvre quickly.
I have been fortunate that a loyal and dedicated shore-side support team has developed since my departure. Special mention needs to be made of Louise, the expedition manager who has kept things running smoothly through some testing times and Ricardo Diniz, my weather and routing guru who despite the recent arrival of a baby, never seems to sleep and whose own sailing aspirations attest to a kindred spirit.
At this point also, a thank you to all those many people who have sent in messages of support from around the world – you have no idea how much I appreciate reading your good wishes.
The first milestone was to reach the Atlantic equator. Next is to round Cape Horn against prevailing winds and currents – for me a monumental challenge in itself and a long held ambition.
As for myself, I am fine bar the odd knock. The only situation causing me some concern is my left wrist which I damaged badly in a motorcycle accident twenty years ago. It was deemed inoperable then and left me with an 'unstable' wrist in which the scaphoid bone floats free, its binding ligaments severed. It aches constantly and often 'catches' as the scaphoid 'jams' the wrist generating a sharp pain. It is now permanently strapped. Otherwise, I am fit and psychologically strong.
My diet has become heavily carbohydrate based as the weather gets cooler – rice, pasta and bread with a variety of sauces which I create form the various condiments in the larder. I tend to eat a lot of the same thing, then get bored of it and go onto something else. Part of the rationale is that I can cook for three days in one sitting! At the moment the dish of the day is spaghetti accompanied by an Arrabbiata-based sauce with anchovies and hot chilli. I also drink many cups of tea!
I sleep as much as I can. With one near miss so far, I am more alert near the shipping lanes, otherwise I try to keep to a regular light/dark day/night pattern.
For entertainment, my Creative Zen MP-3 players are great. Out here in the middle of the ocean, I can sing to my heart's content without offending anyone!
I miss my children, warm pubs, hot baths and crisp bed sheets. What I get here that I don't get at home – an incredible sense of actually how small the world is – I have been a third of the way around it on a small boat going at walking pace in 100 days. I am struck by the earth's vulnerability – at the perilously delicate balance of nature and the environment.


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Traktor Taszkent (uzb. «Traktor» futbol klubi Toshkent, ros. Футбольный клуб «Трактор» Ташкент, Futbolnyj Kłub "Traktor" Taszkient) – uzbecki klub piłkarski, z siedzibą w stolicy kraju, Taszkencie.

Historia
Chronologia nazw:
 1967—1969: Taszawtomasz Taszkent (ros. «Ташавтомаш» Ташкент)
 1970—???: Traktor Taszkent (ros. «Трактор» Ташкент)

Piłkarska drużyna Taszawtomasz Taszkent została założona w mieście Taszkent w 1968, chociaż jeszcze w 1950 występowała drużyna Zawod Maszynostrojenija Taszkent (ros. Завод машиностроения Ташкент), która reprezentowała Fabrykę Budowy Maszyn.

W 1968 zespół debiutował w Klasie B, strefie średnioazjatyckiej Mistrzostw ZSRR. W sezonie 1970 zajął ostatnie 22 miejsce i na długo pożegnał się z rozgrywkami profesjonalnymi.

W 1970 startował w rozgrywkach Pucharu ZSRR.

Dopiero w 1987 ponownie przystąpił do rozgrywek w Drugiej Lidze, strefie 7, w której występował do 1989.

W latach 1990 i 1991 występował w Drugiej Niższej Lidze.

W 1992 debiutował w Wyższej Lidze Uzbekistanu, w której występował do 2007. Z powodów finansowych zrezygnował z dalszych występów w Olij Liga.

Sukcesy
 1 miejsce w Klasie B ZSRR, strefie średnioazjatyckiej:
1969
 1/64 finału Pucharu ZSRR:
1970
 Mistrz Uzbeckiej SRR:
1967, 1976, 1986
 Zdobywca Pucharu Uzbeckiej SRR:
1975
 4 miejsce w Olij Liga:
2005
 Finalista Pucharu Uzbekistanu:
2004

Inne
 Pachtakor Taszkent

Linki zewnętrzne
 Historia klubu na klisf.info

Kluby piłkarskie w Taszkencie
Kluby piłkarskie założone w 1967

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Jean-Paul Martin du Gard (* 3. Mai 1927 in Paris; † 26. Februar 2017 ebenda) war ein französischer Leichtathlet.

1950 bei den Europameisterschaften in Brüssel lief die  französische Mannschaft in der 4-mal-400-Meter-Staffel mit René Leroux, Francis Schewetta, Jean-Paul Martin du Gard und Jacques Lunis mit 3:11,6 Minuten französischen Rekord, wurde aber hinter den Briten, Italienern und Schweden nur Vierte.

Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1952 in Helsinki belegten Jean-Pierre Goudeau, Robert Bart, Jacques Degats und Martin du Gard in 3:10,1 Minuten den sechsten Platz.

1954 bei den Europameisterschaften in Bern lief Martin du Gard im Halbfinale des 400-Meter-Laufs 48,2 Sekunden und verpasste knapp den Finaleinzug. Die französische Stafette in der Besetzung Pierre Haarhoff, Degats, Martin du Gard und Goudeau gewann mit neuem Landesrekord von 3:08,7 Minuten Gold mit knappem Vorsprung vor der Stafette aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1956 in Melbourne schied Martin du Gard mit 48,2 Sekunden im Viertelfinale über 400 Meter aus. Die Stafette in der Besetzung der Europameisterschaften 1954 konnte sich nicht für das Finale qualifizieren.

Literatur
 Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896–1996 Track and Field Athletics. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation, Berlin 1999.

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Splash your way into the New Year by taking part in the New Year Splash event on Newcastle Beach on Monday 2 January 2017. The splash event is an annual event organised by Northern Ireland's national depression charity, AWARE with support from the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa.
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I remember this poem well from the first time I encountered it in high school. Sonnets were not my favorites, and most of them not too easy to understand, but here was a plain and simple message.
Jesus warns us against self-aggrandizement and lording it over others. Instead he champions a young child, reminds us that the greatest among us serve, while the least make the most of themselves.
Let us get down off our pedestals to worship the Lord this day.


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Why Stamps.com, Campbell Soup and Diplomat Pharmacy slumped Friday
A good day for the market couldn't save these stocks from big losses. Find out why.
Dan Caplinger
Friday was a good day on Wall Street, as investors celebrated the prospects for a possible end to the U.S. trade war with China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 26,000 mark, finishing with triple-digit gains and leading other major benchmarks higher as well. However, bad news from certain corners of the market held back some individual stocks. Stamps.com (NASDAQ: STMP), Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB), and Diplomat Pharmacy (NYSE: DPLO) were among the worst performers. Here's why they did so poorly.
Stamps.com gets canceled
Shares of Stamps.com plummeted 58 percent after the provider of online postage and shipping software released its fourth-quarter financial report. At first, the company's earnings release merely said that its fiscal 2019 results would plunge from 2018 levels, with adjusted earnings declining from $11.78 per share in 2018 to just $5.15 to $6.15 per share in 2019. Later, it became apparent that the drop came in light of Stamps.com's loss of its exclusive partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, which will open the door for competing mail services to sell online postage. Now, Stamps.com will have to find a way to redefine itself with other services to make up the gap, and that's proven difficult for many of its peers.
Campbell cools off
Campbell Soup saw its stock drop 7 percent. The food company said that it would sell a refrigerated soup plant in the state of Washington to private investment company Joshua Green, but what likely prompted the decline in the share price was news elsewhere in the industry. With shares of Kraft Heinz plunging by more than 30 percent due to sluggish business performance and worries about future growth, investors in Campbell didn't hesitate to conclude that the soup giant faces many of the same potential pressures. Activist investors are looking at ways to turn Campbell around, but exactly how that might happen remains to be seen.
Kraft Heinz:Company slashes dividend and discloses SEC subpoena, leading stock to plunge 20 percent
Diplomat makes a costly delay
Finally, shares of Diplomat Pharmacy plunged 56.5 percent. The specialty pharmaceutical company said that it wouldn't release its latest financial results as planned, instead announcing a delay until March 15. Diplomat explained the move in part, announcing that it would likely take a charge of about $630 million related to its pharmacy benefit management business. That division hasn't done well since its acquisition in 2017, and Diplomat said that it would withdraw its 2019 guidance based on weak January performance and rising competition. None of that was good news for shareholders, and it'll take considerable work for Diplomat to regain investors' confidence.
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Fargo Electronics has received ISO certification that covers the design, manufacture and sale of secure ID card printer/encoders, media (ribbons, films, cards and laminates), software and systems.
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Maternity Support Worker
Maternity support workers help widwives and other medical staff care for mothers and babies, before, during and after childbirth.
taking blood samples at patient's antenatal appointments
helping out in antenatal classes
supporting family members during childbirth
helping move patients in their beds to make them more comfortable
keeping a record of patient's progress
taking note of any change in patient's condition, and report to medical staff
helping patients bathe, shower or wash themselves
helping new mums care for their babies.
Under NHS Agenda for Change, maternity support workers start on Band 2, £18,600 to £20,606 a year. With promotion your salary would rise to Band 3, £20,700 to £22,594 a year. The current pay scales are from April 2020.
You would work in a hospital ward, clinic or birthing centre.
You would work under the supervision of a midwife.
You work shifts including nights, evenings and weekends.
You wear a uniform and sometimes protective clothing.
A good general education is useful.
You can enter through a Modern Apprenticeship in Healthcare Support (Clinical) at SCQF Level 6.
You may need to sit an entrance test.
Previous experience in a paid or voluntary role in a health care setting would be an advantage.
It is useful to have done some first aid or have experience of working with people.
You can use experience of caring at home to apply for jobs.
You will require a satisfactory criminal record check from Disclosure Scotland to show that you are suitable for this type of work. Contact Disclosure Scotland for details on the type you would need.
able to communicate with people of all ages and from different backgrounds
able to remain calm in stressful situations
supportive and encouraging
patient and caring
able to work as part of a team.
Training is on the job. You would work towards Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ) Health Care Support (Clinical) at SCQF Level 6.
You may be able to move on to SVQs at SCQF Level 7.
You would follow an induction process which is reviewed yearly. Additional training includes hygiene and infection control, breastfeeding support, risk management, child protection and health and safety.
With experience and particularly if you take qualifications, you may be able to move to a higher grade, such as a senior maternity support worker.
You could work for a private company as well as for the National Health Service (NHS).
You would be encouraged to work towards further qualifications such as HNC Care and Administrative Practice.
You might be able to study part time a nursing or midwifery degree.
Courtesy of NHS Health Careers
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Miss Universo 1960 foi a nona edição do concurso Miss Universo, realizada em 9 de julho de 1960 no Miami Beach Auditorium, em Miami Beach, Flórida, nos Estados Unidos. Candidatas de 43 países e territórios competiram pelo título. No final do evento, a Miss Universo 1959, Akiko Kojima, do Japão, coroou a estadunidense Linda Bement como sua sucessora. Bement tornou-se a terceira estadunidense a vencer o concurso. Esta edição foi a primeira transmitida nacionalmente ao vivo para todos os Estados Unidos pela rede de televisão CBS.

Evento
Numa edição que foi considerada um fracasso financeiro pela organização, Bement conquistou o título sobre 41 participantes, vencendo na final as misses Itália, Áustria, África do Sul e Espanha. A italiana Daniela Bianchi, favorita da imprensa e ganhadora do prêmio de Miss Fotogenia, tornaria-se uma estrela internacional de cinema três anos depois, como a bond girl Tatiana Romanova, no segundo filme da série de James Bond, Moscou contra 007.

No dia seguinte à coroação, Bement atrasou-se quase duas horas para sua primeira entrevista coletiva, por ter ido à igreja rezar em agradecimento pela sua vitória.

Resultados

Prêmios especiais

Miss Simpatia
 Vencedora:  —  Myint May.

Miss Fotogenia
 Vencedora:  — Daniela Bianchi.

Candidatas
Em negrito, a candidata eleita Miss Universo 1960. Em itálico, as semifinalistas.

 ' - Nicolette Caras (4°)
  - Ingrun Moeckel (SF)
  - Rose Marie Lincke
  - Elizabeth Hodacs (3°)
  - Huberte Bax
  - Nancy Aguirre
  - Gina MacPherson (SF)
   - Myint May (MS)
  - Edna MacVicar
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 Mais tarde naquele mesmo ano, a colombiana Stella Márquez seria coroada como a primeira Miss Beleza Internacional, no concurso realizado pela primeira vez em Long Beach, na Califórnia, de onde o Miss Universo tinha vindo para Miami após oito anos de sua criação. Nos anos 2000 ela se tornou a coordenadora geral do concurso Miss Filipinas Universo e Miss Filipinas Internacional.

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Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services. Additional features at this hotel include a television in a common area and complimentary use of a nearby fitness facility.
The preferred airport for Hotel Le Couvent Royal is Nice (NCE-Cote d'Azur).
Marseille-Provence Airport (MRS): Approximate driving time to Hôtellerie le Couvent Royal is 40 minutes and distance is 60 kilometres (37 miles).
There are shuttle buses every 20 minutes to/from Marseille Saint Charles railway station and Aix-en-Provence bus station. The best way to get to the hotel from the stations is by taxi or private car.
Driving directions: From the airport take the A51 towards Aix-en-Provence, then towards Pigonnet, Toulon, Nice. Take the A8 Provencal motorway and leave at exit 34, Saint-Maximin la Sainte Baume.
A car is recommended for exploring the area.


Michael (1985) identified two types of verbal behavior, topography-based (i.e., speaking or using sign language) and selection-based (i.e., symbol board). Sundberg & Sundberg (1990) and Wraikat (1991) compared these systems in terms of the ease of learning object naming (tact) and giving the correct sign or pointing to the correct symbol on hearing the object name (intraverbal). Sundberg & Sundberg (1990) also compared them for the spontaneous development of a new relation, identifying the object when hearing its name (stimulus class formation or equivalence). The results of both studies favored the topography-based system, but in each case some subjects were too low functioning to learn either system and some learned both too easily to permit a useful comparison. The current study replicated the two previous ones by teaching the same two verbal relations and testing for the emergence of the same new relation, but obtained more useful comparisons by adjusting the task to the subject's level of function during the experiment. This was accomplished by varying the number of object relations being learned, and by interspersing already learned tasks with the training of new tasks. Useful comparisons were obtained from all seven subjects. As with the earlier studies, topography-based verbal behavior was easier to learn and led to more new stimulus-class relations than selection-based verbal behavior. These data confirm the relevant theoretical analysis, and have practical implications for a change in current language training practices.
Wraikat, Riad M., "Ease of Learning and the Emergence of Equivalence Class Formation: A Comparison of Topography-Based and Selection-Based Paradigms" (1991). Dissertations. 2036.


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Is It Too Late to Buy Solana? #Solana #SOL
ByBlock Poster
Decentralized finance (DeFi) token Solana (CRYPTO:SOL) is flying to the sun with a monstrous rally of 10,200% year to date. But unlike the ancient Greek mythical hero Icarus, Solana holders aren't getting burned, as there have been very few corrections during this monstrous rally.
Developers behind the idea designed the Solana protocol to build decentralized applications (dapps). Due to its unique features that allow concurrent transactions, the network can handle as many as 50,000 transactions per second, much faster than Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) network's 30 per second. As a result, Solana can host a wide variety of dapps on its infrastructure. On a side note, the number of smart contracts executed on Ethereum amounted to 4,920 in the past 24 hours, for a total transaction volume of $311.4 million. So can Solana one day disrupt Ethereum and become the world's top DeFi network?
Exciting developments
Earlier this month, blockchain streaming platform Audius announced it would be showcasing non-fungible tokens on the Solana Library to more than 6 million users and 100,000 artists. Audius sees $60 million of NFT trading volume on its platform alone each week. What's more, it is also using Solana to scale its infrastructure. Due to the development, it takes less than one minute for Audius users to upload their favorite tracks onto TikTok to create videos. That's not all; FTX, the four-largest cryptocurrency exchange globally, is also creating a marketplace to enable creators to trade their NFTs cross-chain between the Ethereum and Solana networks.
A similar venture is Solana's Stardust, allowing video game developers to create games using blockchain tokenized assets. Its largest game, the massive multiplayer metaverse Star Atlas, averages more than 50,000 monthly active users.
What's more, last month, Solana integrated Chainlink and Aleph.im onto its network. Through Chainlink, dapp users on the Solana blockchain would be able to link real-world data feeds like asset prices or weather patterns into smart contract execution. Simultaneously, Aleph.im enables Solana developers to tabulate data such as token swaps, trading volume, for use on its decentralized exchanges (DEX).
Finally, Solana is one of the blockchains selected by Visa for the payment provider to integrate cryptocurrency transactions. Over 70 million Visa merchants will soon be able to accept stablecoins like USD Coin as payment via the Solana network as an intermediary.
Can the hype last?
But it's clear that all this progress has been baked into the token's price, and then some. Right now, SOL's market cap is approaching $50 billion. There are currently 339 dapps on the Solana blockchain, but most of them are still in development. That's tiny compared with over 2,845 dapps on the Ethereum network that are already in the commercialization phase.
It doesn't take a great deal of knowledge to buy into cryptocurrencies, but it sure takes a lot of brainpower to know when to cash out. Right now, Solana is fast approaching euphoria territory. Hence, it's best to wait until the value of projects catches up before buying. Now is a good time for early investors to cash out.
SOURCE https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/09/14/is-it-too-late-to-buy-solana/
HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION TO GIFT 3.75 BITCOIN IN LATEST ROUND OF DEVELOPER GRANTS
Cathie Wood says bitcoin will rise tenfold over the next five years
By Block Poster


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My first book,"Love Life," (XOXOX Press, 2008) contains poems I wrote over more than twenty years. I've selected what I think are the best poems from those years including "The Book," a poem read by Garrison Keillor on his public radio program, "The Writer's Almanac." It was an honor to have Keillor select it for his program, and I must say he reads it much better than I do. You can hear that episode at the Writer's Almanac website.
"Love Life" also includes the poem that has gotten the most favorable reactions from audiences over the years, "To My Father, Empowered by a Stroke." You can read and hear the poem by clicking over to my blog.
"What Counts" is my latest collection, published by XOXOX Press in 2012. It contains poems written since I retired from hosting my WOSU talk program in 2009. The book includes poems about our wonderful Ohio seasons: about football and colorful autumn … about the long winter we find lovely but often wish would go away … about the exciting and rambunctious seasons of our childhood that we wish we could recapture.
Several of the poems in "What Counts" talk about the most hopeful and emotionally productive approaches to life in the present moment. Some speculate about the possibilities and character of an existence after death, and the nature of a possible Divine. Also, "What Counts" features a special section containing what I think are my best poems – The Best of Fred.
Here are a few of my favorite poems. if you search the web, entering title and author, you'll find them.
"The Art of Disappearing," by Naomi Shihab Nye. This is the poem that public television commentator Bill Moyers carries in his wallet since his heart attack. You'll understand why when you read it.
Search also for Shihab Nye's poem "Kindness." It's powerful, deeply affecting.
"Love After Love," by Derek Walcott A moving poem about cultivating love and compassion for the person closest to you: yourself. From the Nobel Prize-winning poet.
"Fern Hill," by Dylan Thomas A lyrical evocation of childhood days by the great Welsh poet.
"Dawn Revisited," by Rita Dove A light-hearted, inspiring poem about your second chance. From the Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
Autumn Haiku
Seasons Near
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Rents of private and public homes continue to fall: SRX
Private homes can be seen in the St Thomas Walk area. Rents of both public and private homes continued to decline last month, new figures show. -- PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Rents of both public and private homes continued another month of decline last month, according to flash figures released by Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX) Wednesday.
November marked the 10th consecutive monthly fall in rents for private homes, the SRX said in a press release. Rents for the private homes have declined 5.7 per cent since the start of the year. Year-on-year figures show that last month's rents fell 5.3 per cent from November 2013.
Rental volume in the private housing sector also shrunk with an estimated 2,892 Non-landed Private Residential units leased out last month. That was an 11 per cent decrease from 3,251 units rented in October.
In the public housing segment, rents fell 0.1 per cent last month following the 0.5 per cent drop in October. Year-on-year figures show that last month's rents were down 2.2 per cent from November 2013.


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The best part of all is that the entire product fits inside a 17x16 area. We are not aware of another product in the inflatable industry which combines such a large bounce area with an excellent slide which is still fully covered and manageable for one person. What's even better, we've enhanced it with disco lights and speakers, to add to the experience! Our play and slides are available in all themes! Please call for more details!


WxWidgets is a cross-platform GUI toolkit. Unlike other cross-platform GUI toolkits, wxWidgets uses the Operating System's (OS') own GUI widgets wherever possible (with backups if necessary). Thus, an application that uses wxWidgets looks and feels like a native application on all OS' that is used on, because it is a native app. This section is devoted to wxWidgets projects. No, not applications, but extensions to wxWidgets.


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"What would you say to the person you were five years ago?
Five years ago I was neck deep in a high school/college relationship and making really bad financial decisions about finishing my degree (like taking out a mass loan to finish "on time"). This relationship, which I choose activitly and defended to my parents and close friends, made me turn away from my passion for filmmaking and life. Inside of being more adventerous in college – trying new things with new people – I was totally wrapped up in being the person this woman wanted.
My actions were NOT her fault.
My identity was completely dependent on having a woman in my life. I craved her attention and the attention I got for being in a "real relationship." So I gave up on moving to LA to become a filmmaker (which I almost did when I was 18) and after that major decision I followed this pattern for the remainder of the relationship. When making decisions, I crushed my own instincts to make room for her desires.
I gave up being me to be us.
Of course, I had people encouraging me in these directions but I was so set on my own way being right.
Then along comes my wife, and Jesus gets to me and I am now continuing to realize that life can only be lived fully in humility and flexibility.
I am now more excited about what is going to happen now and next than ever before.


Vice City, 1984. Opportunity abounds in a city emerging from the swamps, its growth fuelled by the violent power struggle in a lucrative drugs trade. Construction is everywhere as a shining metropolis rises from foundations of crime and betrayal. As a soldier, Vic Vance has always protected his dysfunctional family, his country, himself. One bad decision later and that job is about to get much harder. Kicked out onto the streets of a city torn between glamour and gluttony, Vic is faced with a stark choice - build an empire or be crushed.
Crime, drugs, car jacking, prostitutes, cops and murder... are the basic elements of the highly popular Grand Theft Auto series and once again, those "crazy" guys at Rockstar have come together to release another exciting and addictive installment of this ground breaking series. This my friends is GTA: Vice City Stories.
The latest hero or "anti-hero" of the series is Vic Vance whose life is thrown into turmoil after being dishonorably discharged from the army for drugs while trying to assist his socio-economic impaired family. Fortunately for Vic Vance, the streets of Vice City are a mean place, however if you know the right people (or morally wrong people), these streets can virtually be a smorgasbord of cash and women.
For those that are unaware of the gaming formulate behind the series, the concept is simple yet the world is vast, varied and amazingly entertaining. The player must work their way through a variety of missions from assisting with drive by shootings, saving drugs from a burning factory or taking a lady of the night to your boss, these missions are guaranteed to entertain. Whether you're on foot on within a vehicle, the gaming world of Vice City Stories is massive and there are virtually thousands of characters to interact with, hundreds of hidden items, dozens of secret missions and of course your main storyline that Vic Vance so valiantly follows.
As with the PlayStation 2 version, the developers have ensured to take all the best concepts of the previous games (especially Vice City) and then implement new aspects from other titles into one sturdy game, all in the palm of your hand with no loss to gameplay, graphics or sound.
The control system of Vice City Stories is perfect and the unlike the previous installment on the PSP, the control system is more sturdy and adaptable for the player. The main control system is the analog stick for movement and the d-pad to perform a variety of options such as attack, jump, use and run. Ironically, it's easy to control the vehicles in the game, then the main character on your foot but it's nothing too major to stress about.
Graphically, Vice City Stories is a visual treat on the PSP that contains extremely detailed environments, characters and special effects. Even the draw distance and level-of-detail are almost on par with the PS2. Although it should be noted that certain sections do struggle with the framerate, however it is fairly decent throughout the game.
Those whacky shock jocks and radio stations have also been implemented onto the PSP version but after a while, repetition does come into play but considering the amount of audio that has been implemented, the developers have done a wonderful job.
In conclusion, Vice City Stories is great that I would recommend to anyone who loves the GTA series and just can't get enough. If you were scared away by the previous PSP version, the problems have been addressed and this is one title that should be on your Christmas wish list!


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The plan to baby the country's borrowers has a flaw.
The Bank of Canada wants to be gentle in raising interest rates to minimize the jolt to heavily indebted households and the economy, but it doesn't directly control the full range of borrowing costs. Fixed rate mortgages, the kind most people have, take their cue from a bond market that cares nothing about the difficulties some families might have if rates climb.
Rising rates in the bond market are a reason why the big banks recently increased rates on their posted five-year fixed rate mortgages by as much as 0.45 of a percentage point, which is a lot in one go. Barring an almost unimaginable surge in inflation, the Bank of Canada wouldn't do that to borrowers. In fact, some economists see the central bank increasing its benchmark rate just once in the remainder of 2018, by 0.25 of a percentage point.
Higher posted mortgage rates have only a limited impact on the discounted rates people pay after negotiations with their bank or if they use a mortgage broker. But they're still noteworthy because they're used in the stress testing of home buyers to see whether they can afford a mortgage at higher rates than we have today.
Posted bank mortgage rates are thrown into a blender that produces a five-year benchmark rate for use in stress tests. This rate was tabulated by the Bank of Canada at 5.14 per cent as of Wednesday, but could move higher as a result of recent posted rate increases by the banks.
The Bank of Canada looks at a lot of factors besides household debt in setting rates. But the bank's Governor, Stephen Poloz, devoted an entire speech earlier this week to talking about how debt fits into the central bank's thinking. He said the economy will need higher interest rates over time to keep inflation on track, but maybe not to the extent we saw in previous periods of rising rates. The reason: Indebted households might not need much of a smack with the hammer of higher rates.
The central bank has since last summer made three separate increases of 0.25 per cent in its overnight rate, which influences variable-rate mortgages, lines of credit and floating-rate loans. This exemplifies Mr. Poloz's gentle approach to rate increases.
The bond market reflects what investors are thinking about the economy, not what the country needs to thrive. With concern about inflation rising, rates in the bond market have increased enough in the past year that discounted five-year, fixed-rate mortgage rates have recently hit 3.24 at various mortgage brokerage firms. According to Ratehub.ca, the discounted rate a year ago was 2.24 per cent.
If you bought a home at the March national average price of $491,065 with a 10 per cent down payment, the 12-month differential in five-year fixed rate mortgage payments would be $230 a month. For some families, that's like paying for an extra week's groceries every month.
Mr. Poloz himself makes a case that borrowers need to be at least as focused on rates in the bond market as they are on the Bank of Canada. He said in his speech that mortgages make up almost three quarters of the just more than $2-trillion owed by households in this country, and that just 25 per cent of mortgages have a variable rate. The other 75 per cent are subject to mortgage rates that are influenced by the bond market.
Plenty of people in all age groups are vulnerable to rising mortgage rates. Mr. Poloz said the latest numbers show that 90 per cent of homeowners under the age of 35 have a mortgage, up from 85 per cent in 1999. Among owners aged 55 to 64, the segment with a mortgage has jumped to 46 per cent from 34 per cent.
Homeowners are doubly exposed to rising rates if they have a mortgage and a big balance on their home equity line of credit, which allows people to borrow against the equity in their property.
There's still time to adjust to higher rates, though. Make a mid-2018 project of figuring out how you'll absorb higher debt payments. What can you trim to make room for higher payments? Where can you find money to pay down what you owe? For a bunch of reasons, paying down debt looks like a better bet than investing right now.


United States Senators Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) introduced a bipartisan bill this morning to end the war on medical marijuana.
The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act would downgrade pot from first to second on the federal government's official list of dangerous drugs, ease cannabis industry banking woes, and reform the government's biased pot research mission. Doctors working for the Department of Veterans Affairs could recommend it for certain conditions.
"Today we join together to say enough is enough," said Booker. "These laws must change. ... High-trained officials in our country … are unable to prescribe and recommend drugs that will alleviate the pain and suffering of their patients."
"Research has been prevented by [current federal law]," said Paul.
Gillibrand spoke about a young girl named Morgan Hintz of North Salem, New York with Dravet's Syndrome. Medical marijuana has been shown to control intractable seizures. "[The Hintz's] feel the real pain for the current federal laws as it relates to medicine that their doctors have prescribed. They are simply asking Congress to do its job to take care of America's kids.
"Cannabis can treat variety of illness from multiple sclerosis to cancer to epilepsy to seizures," Gillibrand said.
"This is clearly a case of ideology getting in the way of scientific progress," Gillibrand added.
Congress declared a surprise ceasefire on medical marijuana in December — blocking the use of Department of Justice funds to interfere with state-legal medical pot activity. This new bill would cement that ceasefire.
"The CARERS Act is groundbreaking for its unprecedented introduction by Senators Paul, Booker, and Gillibrand, for the scope of protection it would offer to qualified patients, and for significantly increased research opportunities," stated ASA Government Affairs Director Mike Liszewski.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medicinal purposes. Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Twelve conservative states allow some form of cannabis extract that does not cause euphoria.
About 78 percent of Americans support access to medical marijuana, which was prohibited in the 1930s over the objections of the American Medical Association. The Nixon Administration declared all-out war on dope in the 1970s, overruling the recommendations of its own Schafer Commission. About 700,000 Americans will be arrested this year for pot.
Meanwhile in the House of Representatives, Congressmembers Earl Blumenauer and Jared Polis introduced two bills that would work together to legalize and tax recreational marijuana at the federal level.


Stillwater Central School District is working on a long-term vision setting process to best serve our students, parents and community. We recognize the importance of gathering feedback from everyone who comes together to help educate our children.
"Every great journey starts with a first step," which is why we are inviting any and all interested community members to participate and help define our schools' path.
Please join consultant Dr. Stephen Danna, who will be facilitating a workshop on Monday, Nov. 20, beginning at 5 p.m. in the middle school cafeteria. Dinner will be served.
If interested in attending, please RSVP to Mary Sgambati by Thursday, Nov. 16 to (518) 373-6100 ext. 30022.


All in all, it's just another apartment complex. A U.K. studio Pink Floyd built in the mid-'70s and used for three of their albums is going to be converted into luxury rental space. The Islington Council approved renovation plans yesterday for Britannia Row, which was housed in a Victorian warehouse and church hall in the Canonbury district. "I can confirm that the proposals were agreed last night at a meeting of the planning committee," a council spokesman told TeamRock.
Pink Floyd recorded 1977's Animals there, as well as parts of 1979's The Wall and 1994's The Division Bell. The official video for "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" included students from the nearby Islington Green School.
At first, all four band members shared a stake in Britannia Row. Drummer Nick Mason eventually assumed full ownership, moved the recording equipment to Fulham and converted the 25,000 square-foot facility into offices and studio space, before ultimately selling it in the early '90s to the building manager. Other artists who have used Britannia Row include Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (highlighted by "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" in 2000), Jon Lord (1982's Before I Forget), Jack Bruce (1983's Automatic) and the Cult (2007's Born Into This).
The Britannia Row developer is adding two floors to the building for residential space, but the town council is ensuring that the rest will be reserved for business use. "It has a lot of really nice office space," council member Martin Klute told the Islington Tribune. "We have lost a huge amount of small business space because ... developers can make much more money converting spaces into residential."