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Is your time worth more than $0.30 an hour?
Danny Crichton	1 year
Most of us believe our time is extremely valuable, certainly worth more than 30 cents. But then you read about human decision-making, and you have to wonder what goes through people's heads.
This time it is Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg at The Wall Street Journal, who wrote a review of Amazon Publishing, the printing house (if you will) of the e-commerce giant. Amazon published more than one thousand titles in 2017, and now commands roughly a majority of all book purchases made in the U.S., online or offline.
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But what really surprised me about the article was this paragraph:
Under the arrangement, these titles are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, which pays authors based on how many pages of an e-book are read. The payouts are usually around $0.004 to $0.005 a page. Authors would receive $1.20 to $1.50 on 300-page e-book priced at $10, less if readers don't finish.
If you read an average of say 60 pages an hour, that equates to about 30 cents of royalties per hour of entertainment. Amazon's revenues are higher given that Kindle Unlimited is a subscription, but still. We can argue that the titles on Kindle Unlimited are pulp fiction, or that the users of Kindle Unlimited lack taste, or whatever.
The reality, though, is that people (i.e. the reading public) are remarkably parsimonious when it comes to filling up their heads with words. Wired writer Antonio García Martínez tweeted out a question last week:
Most books could be reduced to a 30-page ultra-long magazine piece (whose audio version would be an hour-long podcast). But there's no channel for the format. Why is that? Is it historical legacy, or something else?
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) January 11, 2019
The obvious answer is that there is literally no market for people to pay $10-20 for 30 pages of content, outside of case studies at Harvard Business School. I chatted with some authors and publishing execs about this, and the answer was two-fold. One is that consumers really have a knack for only paying for thicker books rather than shorter ones. And two, books have enormous fixed costs that make short works infeasible given that consumer market (for instance, the cost of a cover design is the same regardless of length of a book).
And so publishers junk up their books with extras to make them seem thicker than they really are.
Take The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein, which I just finished reading this morning (it's a fine book). The paperback version is listed on Amazon as "368 pages." That's a substantial book! But it isn't that long at all. The actual core text of the book, including the epilogue, is 217 pages, with 26 photos strewn about along with fairly heavy amounts of page gaps between chapters. So the core text is maybe around 190 pages. The book then adds a frequently asked questions section (22 pages), an acknowledgements section (12 pages!), notes (40 pages), bibliography (28 pages), an index (18 pages) and a reading group guide (three pages). Indeed, 190 pages of 368 is 51.6 percent.
I am not saying that notes or a bibliography are optional in a political argumentative text, but merely that the publisher, which lists the paperback at $17.95, felt compelled to add all these photos and a FAQ to make the book feel substantial for consumers to get them to pay $18.
In "Brainjunk and the killing of the internet mind," I argued that we need to start paying more for less in the context of media subscriptions:
It is the deep irony of our times that readers, often deeply educated, will shell out $30 for a meal in New York or San Francisco while paying thousands in rent, only to avoid paying a few bucks a month for a publication, let alone ten. The monthly price for the New York Times is the price of a single cocktail these days in Manhattan.
The bulk of my friends don't pay for subscriptions. The bulk of the internet doesn't pay for subscriptions. People will gladly spend hours a day reading brainjunk, to avoid even the slightest expense that might improve the quality of what they are reading. And so, even storied publications are going to fall by the wayside so we can read about "7 Tips on How To Improve Media."
I think it is well past time to extend that thinking to all forms of content that we consume.
That's why I have started to calculate the price per page of my books as a way to adjust for quality, and also to match how I value my time. Sitting on my desk right now are three slim books:
Networks of New York by Ingrid Burrington (112 pages, $15.96)
The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant (128 pages, $15.00)
The Emissary by Yoko Tawada (128 pages, $14.95)
There is nothing wrong with paying $18 for a 160-page book. Much like fast food is cheap but perhaps not positively filling, an underpriced book is likely to similarly nourish our brains.
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My colleague Eric Eldon and I are reaching out to startup founders and execs about their experiences with their attorneys. Our goal is to identify the leading lights of the industry and help spark discussions around best practices. If you have an attorney you thought did a fantastic job for your startup, let us know using this short Google Forms survey, and also spread the word. We will share the results and more in the coming weeks.
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Short summaries and analysis of important news stories
Media investing is still tough
Nieman Lab interviews Corey Ford, who founded Matter.vc, one of the few venture firms that was willing to invest in media. Ford is taking time away from Matter to consider his next steps after seven years at the helm. Ford on opportunities in investing: "However, I wish that we could have figured out a model that was a mix of companies that are on the venture capital journey — I feel like there's an opportunity in the middle, in between nonprofits and venture capital. I think especially this space is one where I call it, to use a baseball analogy, instead of looking for only grand slams, what are the good doubles?"
U.S. and China seem to be heading toward a deal
Pressure is growing on both governments to try to calm their trade spat. Meanwhile, in Europe, trade ministers and heads of competition policy are openly debating how best to make Europe competitive with Chinese state-run conglomerates, who are gobbling up market share in strategic industries. Meanwhile, in Huawei news, Oxford University has suspended ties to the embattled company, while Germany considers banning it entirely (which is hard to believe given the number of Huawei ads I saw in Berlin two months ago).
What's next & obsessions
I have a lot of short books on my desk to read.
Arman is reading Never Lost Again by Bill Kilday, a history of mapping at Google and beyond.
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2020 Sal's NBL Top 20 Players: #17 – Mike Karena (Nelson Giants)
NBL NZ News
IN our newest countdown series wrapping up the 2020 Sal's National Basketball League (NBL) Showdown, we look at our top 20 players that took to the court this year. While it was an incredibly difficult list to create, we have had a mix of pure domination, defensive efforts and eye-catchers to form this list.
#17 MIKE KARENA
The first person on our list that features in the top 15 for both points and rebounds is Nelson Giants' center, Karena. The big man defies the usual role of a five to some regard because of his ability to shoot from long range. Now he is obviously much more adept at getting close to the basket or dropping inside jumpers, but he is not afraid to make the jump shot when necessary and can release well without having to force his way to the rim.
Karena finished the season for the league's bottom team as a shining light, ranking equal 10th in points (17.5) and equal 15th in rebounds (5.6). His two-point percentage was strong at 54.2 per cent, but his clear deficiency is still from the charity stripe, sinking just 55.9 per cent of his points, which is why the jump shot has become so crucial for him. He is able to get a fair chunk of offensive rebounds, with 1.7 per game a healthy number, showing a capability to work hard on both ends.
The former Canterbury Rams big man had a delayed start to the season, missing the first two games before returning for the final game of week on against Manawatu Jets. He picked up 17 points, six rebounds and shot at 50 per cent from the field, also draining a triple on the night. His next two games he continued his huge start to the season, averaging 26.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and shooting at 71.4 per cent from the field. He only made two more triples for the rest of the season – in the last two games – but his accuracy was crucial throughout the season.
Not quite hitting the 30-point milestone, Karena went berserk against Otago Nuggets in the final round. With the Nuggets resting some of their top stars in the second half, Karena had a big night out with 26 points, three rebounds, three assists and hitting 75 per cent of his field goals from just 17 minutes of action.
The big question mark for Karena is whether or not he remains at the Giants or heads back to Canterbury Rams where they would have loved to have had him in the 2020 season. Either way, the big man certainly provided some great consistency in his 12 games, not dipping below 10 points once.
Rebounds: 5.6
Assists: 1.9
Steals: 0.6
FG%: 53.4
2P%: 54.2
FT%: 55.9
Minutes: 23.3
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Bachmann's warning to South Carolina voters
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) – Rep. Michele Bachmann was firing on all cylinders Thursday evening, dismissing competitors' management experience and laid out, in dire terms, how the 2012 presidential race is a "last chance election" and why she's the only candidate who has the chops to make the U.S. "the big dog" in the world.
The congresswoman from Minnesota, who secured a first place finish in a crucial Iowa straw poll two weeks ago, trails Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the latest national Gallup poll sizing up the Republican field.
She told hundreds gathered at a Charleston town hall that her proven record of standing up to special interests trumps a background of governing that Perry and Romney bring to the table.
"That's the experience you want to have," Bachmann said, referring to her stand-up record. "Not someone who's going to just manage all of this big government. Because you can put a Republican in there to manage big government but you're never going to have the United States as a big prosperous, big-dog-in-the-world again if you do that," she said.
Bachmann stressed the need to repeal President Obama's health care reform law, or so-called Obamacare, before it "metastasizes" like a cancer and "we will not be able to get rid of it."
"You can't put socialized medicine into a country and think that ever again you can elect a Republican as president – or a conservative or even a tea partier as president – and think that somehow we're going to get back to limited government," Bachmann said. "It won't happen because socialized medicine is the definition of big government."
The three-term congresswoman believes her time inside the Beltway, challenging Democrats and rank-and-file Republicans, is how she can change how Washington works.
"I'm so absolutely concerned because I've been there. I've been on the front lines," Bachmann said, comparing her legislative experience to a battlefield. "I have wept in Washington, D.C. watching what's happening to our country. This is real."
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, a fellow Republican, showed up at the town hall and asked a question about a labor dispute as "an undecided voter" from Columbia. Bachmann was also asked about "reigning in" federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Department. In another answer, she said she would support a federal amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman.
Bachmann, who was also asked about her position on illegal immigration, told the audience she thinks it is possible through legislation to stop the "anchor baby" problem of children born to mothers living illegally in the United States. When that happens she said, "A whole new set of implications arise for the United States. I do not believe that the American taxpayer should be paying benefits to people who are in the United States illegally."
Bachmann wrapped up questions from the 90-minute town hall, hosted by South Carolina GOP freshman Rep. Tim Scott, with a heartfelt pitch to back her candidacy.
"I think it's a last chance election if you ask me," Bachmann said. "So think about it very carefully. We need a miracle right now. I'm a praying woman, a believing woman, and I believe we need a miracle but I also believe that there's a God big enough to give us that miracle."
Filed under: 2012 • Michele Bachmann • South Carolina
I'm a Minnesotan, and I've never voted for, nor will I ever vote for, Michelle Bachmann. I was very unhappy when she won her last election in our state. It's embarrassing to have her running for President as the Congresswoman from MN. I hate that we have to be connected to this idiot in any way. She, like Palin, Perry, and the rest, are TeaP's. favorites and are very dangerous to our country. Any Teabagger is dangerous, in my opinion.
Please don't tell Bachmann to come back to MN. Maybe we should have "shuttled" her and Palin as well as some others to outerspace on the last shuttle mission and left them there. (Not in the space station...out there, just like their minds are.
August 26, 2011 10:09 am at 10:09 am |
That's the experience you want to have," Bachmann said, referring to her stand-up record. "Not someone who's going to just manage all of this big government. Because you can put a Republican in there to manage big government but you're never going to have the United States as a big prosperous, big-dog-in-the-world again if you do that," she said.
Hey Michelle you and your husband are what we would called big government. Your husband received from his patient Medicare and your family received money from the governments farm funds. You are big government.
What is wrong with this woman?? How long has she been a member of congress and still doesn't know how things work? Don't she think that if all it was is for the president to say it to be so that President Obama would have did what he wanted to do with that debt-ceiling mess? And pushing her own moral or personal agenda on all Americans, that's not big government??? What is her record? She didn't state one thing she accomplished, just said to look at her record. I'm from Minnesota and other than all the hot air she spreads around while she's campaigning, you don't hear a damn thing from her!!! Wing-Nut is right!! Please go back to Waterloo!!!!!
Michael in Houston
sorry Bachmann...the Nation does not like you and does not need you. You will never become President. Ever
I just wonder how long it will take for the gullible GOP partisans to realize that there is a REASON the "mainstream media" is mainstream. It's because they report on what ACTUALLY happens rather than tabloid fantasy driven by raving lunatics...like Bachmann, Perry, Palin, Huckabee. And, to a lesser extent, by wannabe opportunists who pander to idiots to sell books and gain power...like Gingrich, Perry, Palin. The most qualified and credentialed candidate in the GOP field is Romney – who could win it for the GOP, because he is MODERATE, and has actual experience running a health care system, reviving Olympic games that had become corrupted and an embarassment, a business leader, and, potentially, the most qualfied Presidential candidate since who knows when. But bigots (on whom the GOP depends) don't like his religion. And partisan idiots (on whom the GOP depends) don't like his Republican plan to reduce health care expenses (even though it HELPED business in his state), because if sounds like the plan adopted nationally. So they are doomed to lose in 2012.
Sortakinda
Michele Bachmann is a deep thinker. Why, just last week she was thinking about the Grand Canyon, and how she could put everyone she doesn't like in it.
"You can't put socialized medicine into a country and think that ever again you can elect a Republican as president – or a conservative or even a tea partier as president – and think that somehow we're going to get back to limited government,"
Now that's the type of message that will play well to the type of people who are attracted to Bachmann. Long on hyperbole and very short on facts. Just use the word "socialized" and the uninformed immediately go into fetal position. I would love to see this alleged candidate debate with the Head of the Department of Health and Human Services. I'd pay to watch that.
S.B. Stein E.B. NJ
I wonder what kind of "chops" she is talking about. Now, I think is the point that we don't need to be the top dog but be able to maintain the country and the citzens we have here. She certainly doesn't show that she understands the environment or care about science or understand how it is done. I guess she would be willing to accept dirtier water, ground and air so that we can be like China; producing cheap crap at low prices with little regard for the workers making it. We need to make things but need to show leadership in how to do it well with little pollution and a livable wage.
Thank goodness this freak will NEVER be president! Michelle Bachman is one of the most self righteous nutcases in Washington and the American people, at least the sensible ones will never afford her the opportunity to be president, NEVER!
iggie75
Anyone else notice the immense overtones of desperation in this article? She's sinking in the polls and knows it, and she's scrambling for HER last chance, not ours =)
Nexxxxxxxxxt! Bring Down Perry. He's every bit as destructive as Bachmann.
"Submit to reality, Michele, and then go back to Minnesota."
Rather she returns to Iowa myself. Perfect fit for her - Minnesota, not so much. Good luck with the Bachmann reality check, though. Apparently she only submits to her husband (and God – when she's not trying to BE God, that is).
JoeG
Maybe we should elect her to office. After four years of her crazyness, the rest of this country will finally wake up and learn to come together to use our own power as citizens to fix our government.


There are only few dishes/recipes which are associated with place so well such that they become synonymous with that location over a period of time. Ask anyone from Mangalore to Goa coastal belt, which is the most revered ice cream of that region – response cannot be anything other than "Gadbad". If answer is different, perhaps they are not from this coastal region!!
This ice-cream was 'the option' when we had our cousins visiting us during childhood. The procedure to prepare being laborious, we always chose to visit Kumta to relish. In those days, there were few options- one on car street and other being near bus stand. However today there are many more options, oldies still being favorites.
In Hindi language Gadbad means 'mistake'. In Konkani or Kannada it loosely translates to 'in hurry'. Apparently the name originated because workers at ice-cream parlor could prepare this in hurry by mixing and matching ingredients, that are available to them…easily!!
For a very long time, I had been asking Shilpa, why there is no ice cream on this site. So, when I had to choose one, Gadbad was my very first choice – the ice cream that I liked all through my life, the name which many have admired and acknowledged their love with a smile(if they know what it means) , the preparation which is not very different from sundae varieties available with several brands in major towns. However after trying ice creams across many countries, this humble preparation from my native region of India still stands as favorite. It is available in any ice-cream parlor of even a Tier2 town of this region, sitting in menu cards, so gracefully. At Kumta's 'new Simla ice cream parlor', in month of May 2014, this just costed Rs 30. A royal serving, but a humble preparation that would contain almost everything that is in ice cream parlor!!
As mentioned earlier, this is not a unique recipe by itself, but the way it is served makes it unique. The contents will always have 3 flavors – rose or strawberry being one, pineapple or mango generally being another and vanilla being there almost every time. Along with these go- easily available fresh fruits of coastal region, tooty-frooty(ready made jelly made up of Papaya) , rose syrup and crowning glory would be a cherry. It is served always in a tall glass with much longer spoon and it is this part which makes it such a brand and so special. As per a Kannada weekly, this was invented in Mangalore and became a cult over a period of time in surrounding region. No more details are available on origin of this.
Though name loosely translates to 'in hurry', if someone is planning to prepare at house, this ice cream neither can be prepared in hurry nor one can have it in hurry!! However it is so delicious that you would not worry about efforts that go in!! While preparing at house, I have ensured to the best possible extent, to use natural ingredients. Ready-made ingredients are used only when alternate option was not available. As it is mango season, I decided to use mango ice-cream as one of the options, rose ice-cream as another choice as rose syrup was available and also because of its eye catching color in overall presentation. Vanilla ice cream is prepared using easily available ice-cream mix.
This mixture is cooled and poured into container.
Select coolest position for deep fridge (freezer). Keep the same in at least ½ hr before keeping ice-cream containers.
Leave containers in deep fridge for around 2-3 hours.
Take them out, blend them separately using a blender.
Ensure you take out froth if any, as that crystallizes. You will not get desired texture if you leave froth as it is. Keep them back in deep fridge.
Repeat above procedure at least 3 times, till you find desired texture so that you can scoop out.
While keeping it for the last time, either close the containers with lid or with plastic sheet. This is to ensure it does not freeze.
It is advisable to leave sufficient head-space so that freezing can be avoided. You may also prefer freezing bags instead of regular containers.
Warning: Keeping glass Containers in deep fridge is unsafe, as glass may break.
Take a tall glass. Place a scoop of rose flavored ice cream.
Add scoop of mango ice cream.
Garnish with rose syrup and Tooty frooty.
Top it up with a cherry.
Serve with long spoon so that one can reach bottom of glass easily!!
Delicious! I had this in Suratkhal. Yes it is a sundae but the home style icecream texture makes it different from sundaes that we get at icecream parlors in the bigger cities. I could eat just this for my meal.
Yes, This is one of my favourite ice cream…. Just out of the world!
I simply love this concoction … Remember eating it at Ideals in Mangalore …. Thanks Shilpa for the ice cream recipes!! A must try.
Gadbad was invented by the Kamaths of Ideal Icecream in Mangalore.
Kannada weekly "Taranga" dated 24th May, 2012, in its article on Ice-creams mentions, Mr Prabhakar Kamat of Mangalore as creator of this ice-cream. However no more details are available. It must have been originated at least 20+ years back, as I do remember having this since my school days and at that time itself, it was available all across the coastal region.
Update: Aayi says she has had this many times at Diana's restaurant(I could locate on Wikitravel) at Udupi, before her marriage. She can not go wrong with her memory. This means this ice-cream was born before 40 years..at least!!
invented in 70's in ideals.
Shilpakka, My visit to Mangalore will be incomplete without visiting SVT (Sri Venkatramana Temple) Ram Bhavan (near PVS Circle) for lunch and last but not the least Ideal near Hampanakatta/Market Road for Cutlet and Gudbad. Jackruit Payasam is the new entry in Ideals but its seasonal.
This tastes best in coastal lines of Karnataka, from Mangalore to Karwar. For me it is a mandatory to have, whenever I visit my native place Kumta. In Kumta Gudbad ice-cream from Geetha Cold-drinks tastes best. This shop is very, very old. My mother told even she use to eat there during their college days (70s) and taste remains same and but price changed.
I quite like the changes you have done recently to your blog. Like the Related Posts and Monthly Archives..
In Mangalore we used to go to "IDEAL" a perfect spot for ice-creams and later years, we also visited "Pabba's" near Lalbhag if I am not wrong.mouth watering taste..


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Relief supplies are just beginning to reach some survivors in Haiti nearly a week after a deadly earthquake.
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The findings from the survey, conducted between Feb. 22 and March 8, 2018, reveal that even this basic task presents a challenge. The main portion of the study, which measured the public's ability to distinguish between five factual statements and five opinion statements, found that a majority of Americans correctly identified at least three of the five statements in each set. But this result is only a little better than random guesses. Far fewer Americans got all five correct, and roughly a quarter got most or all wrong. Even more revealing is that certain Americans do far better at parsing through this content than others. Those with high political awareness, those who are very digitally savvy and those who place high levels of trust in the news media are better able than others to accurately identify news-related statements as factual or opinion.
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Digital scholarship blog
Working with news data
The British Library has a vast news collection. We have some 60 million newspaper issues (around 450 million pages) dating from the 1620s to the present day, 60,000 television and radio news programmes from 2010 onwards, and we are archiving over 1,000 UK news websites on a regular basis. Just as the newspaper industry is moving into other media in a cross-platform world, so we are following in how we archive news, in order that we can offer the optimum research service fin the future.
News collections at the British Library
To make such a vision work we have to get the data right. The Library's Explore catalogue works well for finding a volume of newspapers to be delivered to a researcher's desk, but is not readily open for any sort of content analysis of the news collection. Our different news collections - for newspapers, web, TV and radio - come together via Explore, but not easily so, because of the different ways in which they are held and described (most of our newspaper records are at title level, the TV and radio news records are at programme level, while the web archive operates best at page level). We are some way off from presenting the unified news collection, and could be doing so much more to serve new kinds of research enquiry by taking a more data-drive approach to our news holdings.
These needs were the drivers behind a workshop on 7 September 2015, co-organised by BL Labs and the Library's News & Moving Image team, entitled Working with news data across different media. This brought together researchers, developers and content owners to look at ways in which changes in \archive news data management can be of benefit to researchers. The event was part of an ongoing process from BL Labs looking at how the Library's digital collections can be made available for researchers, but was the starting point for a discussion we need to have with researchers and content managers as to how best to pursue an archive news data strategy.
The day began with an introduction to the Library's digital collections and the work of BL Labs by Mahendra Mahey. Luke McKernan, Lead Curator News & Moving Image, then gave a talk on the Library's news collections. He outlined what the Library has to offer researchers at present in terms of news data for onsite analysis:
2 million 19th century British newspaper pages (XML, page images)
UK television news data 2010 onwards – EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) data for 45,000 programmes, subtitles (XML) for c.25,000 programmes, some speech-to-text files for 2011 broadcasts (XML)
UK radio news data 2010 onwards – EPG data for 15,000 programmes, some speech-to-text files for 2011 broadcasts (XML)
a possible selection of Web news data
Additionally there is selected data and page images from The Financial Times. The Financial Times is partnering with The British Library to make its historical archive available on a royalty free basis for academic research purposes. Any researcher interested in taking advantage of this should contact Luke McKernan for further information.
The British Library is also planning to make available title-level records for all 34,000 newspaper titles that it holds as open data. We will have more news on this initiative in due course.
There are goals beyond these that the Library could strive for. What about an open news dataset shared with other institutions? What about an archive news data model to bring together such collections? And how about the ultimate aim of having all of our news collections identified at issue rather than title level? That will be a huge undertaking, but the goal must be for us to be able to offer to future users a digital picture of what happened in any one place at any one time, contributing to an overall 'news' picture. This would mean not just what was reported in a local newspaper on any one day, but what people from that locality heard, read or saw that helped make up their understanding of the world. That's how we gather our news today; it is also a model for understanding how news has maybe always operated, certainly how news archives can be approached in their totality.
Laughing at Victorian jokes
A number of short presentations then followed, from projects either using the Library's news collections or with whom we have collaborated on news-related initiatives:
Glen Robson of the National Library of Wales spoke about implementing the IIIF image format for their public domain newspapers, which could lead to cross-institutional sharing of newspaper collections by using this standardised image retrieval framework.
Dr Katrina Navickas of the University of Hertfordshire, a BL Labs competitition winner talked about developing her winning idea, the 'Political Meetings Mapper' which is using automated processes to identify meetings of the Chartist movement in 19th century newspapers.
Dr Bob Nicholson, Edge Hill University, winner of the 2014 BL Labs competition, spoke about the Victorian Meme Machine project, tracking down jokes in Victorian newspapers and mapping these automatically to contemporary images. he called for focussed datasets rather than just presenting digitised newspapers in their entirety, and for newspaper data to be linked out to other forms of data.
Martin Stabe, Head of Interactive News at the Financial Times spoke on ways in which the newspaper's archive could be opened up for research. The newspaper is taking bold steps in exploring alternative ways of opening up its archives beyond the tried-and-tested subscription models.
Melvin Wevers, PhD student within the Translantis project at the University of Utrecht, introduced the Texcavator tool, which is being used to analyse the Dutch National Library's digital newspaper collection to study Dutch public discourse, and which has also been applied to some UK newspapers (including sample data from the Financial Times)
Ian Tester, director of Partner Products at Findmypast Ltd, who manage the British Newspaper Archive of digitised newspapers from the British Library, spoke on the diverse researchers opportunities that the archive now provides, with an emphasis on the many kinds of book now being published that have made often unexpected use of the digital archive.
Mark Flashman and Michael Satterthwaite from the BBC Rewind project spoke about the ways the BBC is applying innovative digital applications to digital storytelling and opening up news archives through projects such as the World Service Radio Archive, News Timeliner and Your Story. They stressed the importance of achieving good things with small amounts of data first, and of working for 'good enough' results rather than perfection.
The workshop then divided up into four groups to consider four questions which could help us shape how we develop things next. They were:
What's the best way to get the most out of hack events? What have people learned, what are the issues, the best way to overcome them and how to get the most from them?
What is the best way to work across a heterogeneous collection of news data, with particularly focus on the data available from the British Library (though not exclusively). What are the challenges and how to get over them?
How might the British Library most usefully work with third parties to get the best out of news data. What are the issues and challenges?
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Why action against climate change is so important and How partners are helping the people of Papua New Guinea?
The impacts of climate change will only grow. Among those first affected are the communities of Papua New Guinea. Despite the sceptics and critics, much is being done to respond. Led by Government, partners like the UNDP are doing their bit to support these efforts.
A man in East New Britain says to his son, 'the wet seasons do not come when they should and the sun feels hotter than when I was your age.' They stand overlooking their vegetable garden. The boy simply wonders what they future holds for him.
This is what climate change looks like for a growing number of communities across Papua New Guinea. While its effects are being felt, they have not suddenly started. We have known for decades that the climate has been changing. We now also know that these impacts will worsen and that much must be done to stop them let alone reverse them.
It seems that there is no where left on the planet where the effects of a changing climate are not being felt. Unfortunately, these affects are hitting developing countries harder than most.
Across the Pacific, a changing climate is expected to have a significant impact on future yields of everything from fish to rice, particularly in countries such as Papua New Guinea that are situated closer to the equator.
For countries like Papua New Guinea, action against climate change requires continued and long-term commitment. The causes and consequences of climate change stretch far beyond the boundaries of individuals or individual countries. They are long-term and pervasive. Effective efforts require local, national and international action. Most importantly, it requires leadership.
It is crucial that countries implement their international commitments under agreements like the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce pollution and protect the environment. Because, countries must come together to combat a common global challenge.
This however must be done at the same time as supporting communities to prepare for the impacts of climate change.
Papua New Guinea has much to be proud of when it comes to demonstrating global leadership on action against climate change.
For example, it was the Government of Papua New Guinea, along with the Government of Costa Rica, who in 2005 championed the concept of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, and foster conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+).
This leadership has continued under key Government Ministers such as Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change, the Honourable John Pundari. One example was his tireless efforts during 2015 climate negotiations which saw Papua New Guinea secure a specific article codifying REDD+ under the Paris climate Agreement.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has a long established and proud history in Papua New Guinea. The UNDP has supported Government and communities of Papua New Guinea in their efforts against climate change.
Papua New Guinea has developed and endorsed a National REDD+ Strategy (NRS) for 2017-2027. This is an important milestone. The Strategy sets out policies and measures to address the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in Papua New Guinea.
Why is this so important?
Tropical forests cover more than 77% of the country's 46.9 million hectares of land. Together with the forest of West Papua (Island of New Guinea) they represent the third largest area of intact tropical forest in the world. These forests are critical to the livelihoods and economy of the country. As importantly, this makes Papua New Guinea a custodian of an international public good.
These forests are however coming under increasing pressure from a rapidly growing population and economic development.
Central to Papua New Guinea's approach to REDD+, as laid out in the NRS, is the need to allow development to continue but for that development to be done in ways that are economically and environmentally sustainable.
This goal is encapsulated in the NRS's vision statement.
A statement that was drafted following an expansive consultation process that lasted almost two years. This statement reminds us all of this goal, which is …
"To catalyse transformational change within the forest and land use sector towards a new responsible economy with lower GHG emissions, stronger long-term economic growth and community livelihoods and the effective conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services while ensuring that Papua New Guinea's forest resources are used in a sustainable and equitable manner for the benefit of current and future generations."
The sentiment captured by this statement is one that reflects Papua New Guinea national policies as presented, for example, in the STaRS and the latest Medium-Term Development Plan. It also reflects Papua New Guinea's climate mitigation efforts in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Under this commitment, Papua New Guinea has proposed to …
"Implement REDD+ activities under the UNFCCC to reduce emissions and enhance removals from this important sector, which PNG has set as a priority … Extensive capacity building, technology transfer and technical assistance is required to implement effective actions and ensure the collection of accurate data."
PNG is still at an early stage of its REDD+ development process. While the NRS marks a critical step in the nation's REDD+ development process, further action is needed to ensure that it is effectively financed and supported by appropriate national legislation. This also requires that proposed policies and measures are developed and tested and that long-term sustainable financing and management systems are in place.
To ensure effective implementation of the NRS, the Government of Papua New Guinea has requested UNDP to continue providing targeted technical assistance for the development of a National REDD+ Finance and Investment Plan or the RFIP. Once completed, this will identify the potential costs and benefits of implementing the different action areas required under the NRS.
To successfully achieve this, the UNDP will continue to work closely under the leadership of key Government agencies such as Climate Change and Development Authority, the Forestry Authority, the Department of Lands and Physical Planning, the Conservation and Environmental Protection Authority and the Department of Agriculture and Livestock.
This is in addition to continuing its efforts in partnership with civil society, the private sector and most importantly the communities of Papua New Guinea.
In the context of Papua New Guinea, apart from reducing emissions, REDD+ also is safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services which will in turn promote tourism, clean water and improve soil quality. It will also improve forest monitoring capacities and associated capacity building of national staff. It creates a business environment for sustainable certified commodity production in the country. This will drive up profits and salaries. It will also create jobs and build expertise in a sustainable way. Most importantly, it improves the governance of land use and social safeguards for landowners of this beautiful country.
Papua New Guinea's spirit, its opportunities, and its amazing resources place it well to lead the region and the world in so many ways.
Realising this however will require policy makers, political leaders and the private sector to work together to prepare and adapt for the climate impacts that have already commenced.
How Papua New Guinea chooses to respond to the effects of climate change will determine the opportunities it benefits from. There is no doubt the potential is everywhere. Certainly, this is something the United Nations and agencies like UNDP are proud to support Papua New Guinea achieve.


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MLB Worth $36 Billion As Team Values Hit Record $1.2 Billion Average
Mike Ozanian Forbes Staff
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If Major League Baseball traded on a stock exchange it would be worth $36 billion. The average baseball team is now worth $1.2 billion, 48% more than a year ago, the biggest year-over-year increase since we began tracking team values in 1998. A record 15 MLB teams are now worth at least $1 billion, up from five in 2014.
Gallery: MLB Team Values 2015
The New York Yankees are worth the most, $3.2 billion, and are tied with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys as the most valuable U.S. sports team (Spanish soccer club Real Madrid, worth $3.44 billion, is the most valuable in the world). The Yankees have been the most valuable baseball team each of the 18 years Forbes has valued MLB franchises since 1998. During the 2014 season, the Bronx Bombers generated a record $508 million of revenue after deducting PILOT bond payments of $78 million and the $90 million the team contributed to baseball's revenue-sharing system. The team raked in over $100 million in local television rights payments, and Derek Jeter's last season in pinstripes goosed ticket and merchandise sales.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, worth $2.4 billion, land in second place three years after Guggenheim Baseball Management bought the team and Dodger Stadium for $2 billion from Frank McCourt. The Dodgers raked in more than $120 million in local television money last season, the the most in baseball, as part of the team's 25-year, $8.35 billion deal with Time Warner Cable. The team also leads MLB in attendance, with 3.78 million fans coming through the turnstiles during the regular season.
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The San Francisco Giants had the biggest year-over-year gain, doubling in value, to $2 billion. The Giants' three World Series titles over the past five seasons have helped the team nearly double revenue, to $387 million--with much of the increase coming from sponsors like Adobe, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Lexus, MillerCoors, Oracle, Safeway, StubHub, State Farm and Yahoo. Since 2011, the Giants have been among the top four teams in attendance and with the launch of the Social Media Café at AT&T Park in 2013 are among the leaders in using social media to enhance fans' stadium experience.
The owners of the Giants are planning on leveraging the team's strong brand by developing Mission Rock, an urban community that is expected to be ready by 2020. The project includes office space for businesses,residential buildings, renovation of a historic pier, pedestrian-only alleys and green streets, recreational and cultural facilities and restaurants and retail stores.
The St. Louis Cardinals are baseball's biggest anomaly. Despite playing in one of the smallest markets, the Cardinals are MLB's sixth most valuable team, worth $1.4 billion. During the 19 seasons Bill DeWitt has owned them, the Cardinals have posted a winning record 16 times and have been in four World Series, winning the title in 2011 and 2006. Since moving into their new stadium in 2006 the team has never finished below sixth in attendance and has placed second the past two seasons. The Cardinals also pull in baseball's highest local television ratings. And with Ballpark Village, the Cardinals have made the area near Busch Stadium a destination for dining and entertainment.
Full List: Baseball Team Values 2015
Revenue growth and higher enterprise ratios (enterprise value divided by revenue) account for the rapid escalation in overall team values.
Television money is driving the sport's top line growth. In 2014, broadcasting and cable money accounted for $2.88 billion, or 37% of baseball's $7.86 billion of revenue. Just five years earlier, television proceeds were $1.73 billion, or 29% of the sport's $5.91 billion of revenue. During the past five years, mega cable deals for the Dodgers, Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have kicked in, and last season MLB began new national broadcasting deals with ESPN, Fox and TBS that will pay a total of $12.4 billion over eight years--more than double the previous contracts.
More television cash in on the way. The Texas Rangers begin a $3 billion, 20-year cable deal this season (the team received a $100 million signing bonus in 2012). In 2016, the Philadelphia Phillies start a $5 billion, 25-year deal and the Arizona Diamondbacks begin a new cable deal that is reportedly worth $1.5 billion over 20 years. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Cardinals are in the midst of negotiating a richer cable deal.
Each of MLB's 30 teams went up in value by at least 20%. Why? Higher enterprise ratios are being fueled by the stock market's six-year bull run (which has inflated asset values and created a lot more potential buyers than sellers of teams), baseball's unmatched inventory of live, DVR-proof content, real estate development around stadiums, higher profitability (which reduces the need for capital calls) and the incredible success of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, the sports' digital arm that is equally owned by the league's 30 teams.
MLBAM most recently developed MLB.com's Statcast, which debuted at the 2014 All-Star Game. Statcast is a transformative tracking technology measuring every play that will revolutionize live broadcasts of Major League Baseball games to every screen from the computer to the television to the tablet to the smartphone. MLBAM also has a powerful video technology that supports partners such as HBO, ESPN and WWE, a business growing so fast there are reports of MLB spinning off a separate tech arm from MLBAM at a $5 billion valuation. In 2014, MLBAM generated an estimated $800 million in revenue and around $400 million in operating income. In total, MLBAM could be worth more than $10 billion.
Transaction scorecard: In 2009, the Ricketts family paid $845 million for the Cubs, Wrigley Field, 25% of Comcast SportsNet Chicago and some nearby real estate. The deal valued the Cubs at three times revenue. In February, the family sold small pieces of these assets for an enterprise value of $2.25 billion. The value placed on the Cubs alone was $1.8 billion—six times revenue--the highest-valuation ever created by the purchase of a non-controlling interest in a sports team. Like the Cardinals and Giants, the Cubs are also developing the land near their stadium as a destination place.
Overall, baseball has never been as big or as profitable.
Last season, average revenue per team hit $262 million, 11% more than 2013 and one-third higher than five seasons ago. In 2014 the average baseball team posted record operating income (in the sense of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $21 million. The second-most profitable season since Forbes began tracking team values in 1998 was 2009, when operating income averaged $17.4 million. The players, too, have done well: the average opening day payroll has increased 27%, to $113 million, during the past five seasons.
Our team values are enterprise values (equity plus net debt) based on the revenue multiples of past transactions. We make adjustments for teams getting new ballparks, like the Atlanta Braves. The enterprise values exclude equity teams have in non-baseball assets, such as real estate, regional sports networks or stadium businesses. The revenue figures we show for each team include all money the team gets, including tickets and premium seating, media, concessions and merchandise, licensing and other distributions from MLB's central fund, as well as non-baseball stadium events like concerts and soccer games. Revenue are net of annual stadium debt service for which the team is responsible, as well as money teams receive, or pay, as part of the league's local revenue-sharing system. Luxury payroll tax figures paid to MLB are subtracted from the team's operating income.
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Forget the Co-Host Search--Kelly Ripa Is Killing It On Her Own!
Don't get me wrong: I love me some Regis. Wish he was here right now. But the whole question of who should replace him on morning TV is starting to seem beside the point to me. Kelly Ripa is making a pretty good case for why they should just take one chair away.
Think about it: since Regis left, Kelly hasn't just been funny and bright--she's also had some truly great TV moments. Kim Kardashian opened up to her. Cynthia Nixon bared her newly-bald head. Snooki gave away the first hint at her pregnancy.
And there's something else: I love that Kelly's dance card is always changing. It's fun to look forward to Joel McHale or Reggie Bush--and her week of female co-hosts was a blast.
If you're still thinking, no, I need symmetry in my life!, then OK, let's talk possible permanents. First off, they've got to be relatively available--Neil Patrick Harris is a dream, but we know he's too busy to sign on full-time. My realistic favorites?
And of course, Mr. Ripa, the divine Mark Consuelos.
Bottom line--the world is Kelly's oyster right now. As long as she keeps up the dramatic Bachelor readings, I'll keep watching.
Who would you love to see on Live!--or do you agree that this show now belongs to Kelly alone?
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Ideas And Inspiration For Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers
By Purple Owl - July 08, 2017
When I started reading the book, I went back to the blurb provided to me. I was told that the book is a collection of articles that could trigger ideas.
The collection contains various topics that can be used for Sci Fi books and fantasy stories. Hence, the book attempts to deliver what it claims. But sadly, there is no introduction or a precursor to what to expect and the like. Thus, jumping straight into the content was like diving into unknown waters.
James has made concerted efforts in compiling the articles and kudos to him for doing so. The only thing I felt that could gave improved the writings were a personal touch or giving examples. There were facts, there were folklores. Yet, I felt something was amiss. Maybe, with a sentence or two in first person the reader would have felt like returning back to the article. Also, a bit of change in the writing style would have succeeded in creating better mental imageries. This would have led to topics becoming better and effective inspirational triggers. Otherwise, the language used is simple and can be easily comprehended.
One high point of the collection is that various interesting topics have been touched upon. The book could have been a wonderful source for Sci Fi and Fantasy writers suffering from a writer's block or seeking ideas and inspirations. However, the narration may act as a bit of a deterrent. A bit more tweaking could have converted this non-fiction into a more interesting read.
To sum up, the book is readable at least once for the efforts that the author has invested in compiling the articles. The collection is good enough to be flipped through at least once by writers wanting to write a science fiction or fantasy story.
P.S - Thank you James for sharing your collection of articles with me. I am sure as a writer you appreciate an honest opinion. Looking forward to your next which would definitely be better.
Tainted Lionheart
Tainted Lionheart is a collection of prose and poems that touches every chord of human heart. The collection deals with all the phases of heartache that a person is bound to go through. Divided into three parts, this collection uses a mix of prose and poetry to bring out varied emotions. Sometimes, life brings in pain. Along with it come feelings of anger, contempt, grief, remorse and a host of other negative emotions. This collection attempts to deal with these. The entire collection resonates a powerful message. This anthology succeeds in bringing out that its okay to grieve, feel pain, get angry and hurt. Christine is an amazing writer, or rather, a prose poet. The choice of words amplify the feelings that each piece of writing evokes. The imageries are vivid, narration is heart wrenching at times and language is sans profanity. To sum up, the entire collection is a symbol of a lion heart or a lioness heart aka braveheart, who has the courage to go through all the phases associat
Nina's Memento Mori
By Purple Owl - October 22, 2019
Sometimes pain tends to get masked behind a sense of narcissism, especially when it involves your significant other. Nina's Memento Mori is a kind of self introspection that the author indulges in as he writes about himself remembering his wife. He focuses on himself as he narrates incidents revolving around his wife. This elegy is more of an autobiography as per me. Mathias does write straight from the heart. Some readers might find it hard to relate through the narration, however, those who have lost their spouses to death would very well understand the emotions underlying this piece of writing. There are breaks in the narration but these are like deliberate attempts to both break the monotony in writing as well as to portray the train of thoughts as they happened. The language is not simple but that is a trademark of a writer with vast amount of writing experience behind him. To say that Nina was his inspiration to write would be an understatement. In fact, she is exa
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FREE MOVEMENT TO END IN MARCH 2019, PRIME MINISTER'S SPOKESMAN INSISTS
File photo dated 31/03/17 of the Union flag and the EU flag flying from the same mast above the Summerhall building in Edinburgh. EU citizens living in the UK are in Brussels to urge members of the European Parliament and Commission to ensure their rights are guaranteed after Brexit. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday May 11, 2017. Anne-Laure Donskoy will tell MEPs that EU citizens' rights "to work, to marry, to have access to health services and education, to build a business" are "at risk" and should be "guaranteed and preserved not just for the short or medium term but permanently". See PA story POLITICS Brexit. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
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Free movement from the European Union will end in March 2019, Downing Street insisted as Theresa May sought to contain a Cabinet row over Brexit.
Tory Brexit tensions have heightened after Chancellor Philip Hammond and Home Secretary Amber Rudd backed transitional arrangements after the UK leaves the bloc, which suggested EU migration could continue with a registration scheme.
However, International Trade Secretary and leading Brexiteer Liam Fox said unregulated free movement of labour after Brexit would "not keep faith" with the EU referendum result and that the Cabinet had not agreed a stance on immigration.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman insisted the Government's position remained as set out by Mrs May in her Lancaster House speech on Brexit.
"The Prime Minister's position on an implementation period is very clear and well-known," he said.
"Free movement will end in March 2019. We have published proposals on citizens' rights. Last week, the Home Secretary said there will be a registration system for migrants arriving post-March 2019.
"Other elements of the post-Brexit immigration system will be brought forward in due course. It would be wrong to speculate on what these might look like or to suggest that free movement will continue as it is now."
Number 10's intervention came as Cabinet ministers Jeremy Hunt and Sir Michael Fallon sought to play down reports of splits within Mrs May's top team.
Downing Street acknowledged "it will take time to get immigration numbers down" but the Government remained committed to that aim.
Number 10 dismissed the idea that the UK was seeking an "off-the-shelf" model for the transitional period, as Mr Hammond had reportedly told business leaders.
"We are not looking for an off-the-shelf model. Precise details of what the implementation period looks like are for negotiation," the spokesman said.
Defence Secretary Sir Michael said the issue of immigration policy during a transitional deal would be "one of the details" for the Brexit negotiations.
Sir Michael, taking part in Passchendaele memorial events in Ypres, said: "It's not an argument, it's part of the negotiations.
"We have always understood that we have to ensure immigration is managed properly, that's what the public expect to see - that there are controls of it.
"That's one of the details that's going to be sorted out during the negotiations. It's not an argument raging around the Cabinet table."
Health Secretary Mr Hunt insisted the Cabinet was "completely united", telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "It has to be a Brexit that works for business, it has to work for the NHS, the NHS needs to recruit doctors and nurses from all over Europe and that is going to continue after we leave the European Union."
A spokesman for Boris Johnson was forced to dismiss a suggestion that the Foreign Secretary was about to quit over the way Brexit was being handled.
He said Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable, who had referred to rumours about Mr Johnson's future, was "making this stuff up".
The Prime Minister's spokesman said the Foreign Secretary was "doing an excellent job".
Meanwhile, Mr Hammond used an interview with Le Monde to downplay claims Britain could try to become a Singapore-style low-tax economy if it does not get the Brexit deal it wants - appearing to contradict his earlier position on the UK's potential future.
He said: "I would expect us to remain a country with a social, economic and cultural model that is recognisably European."
Number 10 said the Prime Minister still believed that "no deal is better than a bad deal".
The PM's spokesman said: "It's obviously not in Britain's interests to sign up to a deal which would punish the UK.
"But what we are fully committed to doing is securing a good deal for Britain and for the European Union and we are making good progress towards it."
Shadow Treasury chief secretary Peter Dowd said: "This Government has broken down into farce.
"The Chancellor is not only disagreeing with Cabinet colleagues over Brexit, he is now in open dispute with himself given it is only his own comments on the matter in January which he is pretending to contradict."
Sir Vince said: "Philip Hammond's assurances that Britain will not become a tax haven with low-quality public services in a post-Brexit world are welcome, even if they do contradict an earlier threat he made on the subject."


HOUSTON, Dec. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG) (EOG) today announced that Lloyd W. "Billy" Helms, Jr. has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer and Ezra Y. Yacob has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production, effective December 13, 2017. Ezra will be responsible for EOG's Midland, San Antonio and Artesia operating areas.
Gary L. Thomas, most recently President and Chief Operating Officer, will continue serving as President of EOG to allow for the gradual transition of his responsibilities prior to his retirement. He is expected to retire by year-end 2018. Gary has been an EOG employee for 39 years, having joined a predecessor company in 1978 as a drilling and production engineer. Since 1998, he has held responsibility for managing EOG's overall drilling, completions, production and engineering activities.
"The two promotions announced today highlight EOG's deep bench of high-caliber leadership," said William R. "Bill" Thomas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Both Billy and Ezra are proven leaders at EOG. Each has demonstrated exceptional management and technical leadership through years of strong performance in various roles across the company. Billy and Ezra both exemplify EOG's outstanding culture and track record of success."
Billy Helms, most recently Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production, has 36 years of service with EOG. Most recently, Billy has been responsible for EOG's operations in Midland, San Antonio and Artesia, along with the company's Engineering and Acquisition and Business Development functions. Before joining the headquarters executive management team in February 2012, he managed EOG's exploration and development activities in Canada and held positions of increasing responsibility in both the Midland and Houston offices. Billy joined an EOG predecessor company in 1981 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University.
Most recently Vice President and General Manager of EOG's Midland office, Ezra Yacob has 12 years of service with EOG and has managed the company's Permian Basin exploration and development activities since May 2014. Ezra has held various geoscience and leadership positions in EOG's Fort Worth and Midland offices since joining EOG in 2005. Prior to EOG, he worked at the United States Geological Survey for five years. Ezra holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Puget Sound, a Master of Science degree in Geology from the Colorado School of Mines and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Tyler.
the other factors described under ITEM 1A, Risk Factors, on pages 13 through 22 of EOG's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, and any updates to those factors set forth in EOG's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K.
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose not only "proved" reserves (i.e., quantities of oil and gas that are estimated to be recoverable with a high degree of confidence), but also "probable" reserves (i.e., quantities of oil and gas that are as likely as not to be recovered) as well as "possible" reserves (i.e., additional quantities of oil and gas that might be recovered, but with a lower probability than probable reserves). Statements of reserves are only estimates and may not correspond to the ultimate quantities of oil and gas recovered. Any reserve estimates provided in this press release that are not specifically designated as being estimates of proved reserves may include "potential" reserves and/or other estimated reserves not necessarily calculated in accordance with, or contemplated by, the SEC's latest reserve reporting guidelines. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in EOG's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, available from EOG at P.O. Box 4362, Houston, Texas 77210-4362 (Attn: Investor Relations). You can also obtain this report from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330 or from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, reconciliation and calculation schedules for non-GAAP financial measures can be found on the EOG website at www.eogresources.com.


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While we look for exceptional students who have demonstrated strong academic and personal achievement and who exhibit drive and a commitment to excellence, we recognize that academic achievement is but one important quality. When hiring, we also take into account prior work experience and look for candidates who possess character, dynamic interpersonal skills and strong judgment, and who we believe will inspire confidence in their peers and, ultimately, their clients.
As a firm, we embrace our core values of integrity, determination, creativity, effectiveness and community, and seek candidates who embody the same.
We conduct on-campus interviews at a number of schools and job fairs. If we will be visiting your school during the recruiting season, please submit your resume and transcript through your school's career services office. In the event that you are not able to interview with us on campus, or we do not visit your school, please apply directly to us. In sending us your application, please include your resume and law school transcript as part of your application package.
Unfortunately, we are unable to respond individually to each applicant given the high volume of applications we receive.
First-year law students should apply on or after December 1.
While we typically fill the majority of our entry-level associate needs through our summer program, we occasionally interview 3L candidates to supplement the following year's incoming class. Third-year law students may submit their application materials, inclusive of resume and law school transcript, for consideration.


Glendale, CA – November 24, 2014 – GTI Telecom recently launched Call-on-Demand, a pioneering calling service that provides low-cost, high quality international long-distance calls worldwide. As a special introductory offer until December 15, 2014, subscribers only pay one cent per minute for calls to Globe and TM in the Philippines.
With Call-on-Demand, keeping in touch with loved ones is now made more affordable and more convenient. There are no monthly fees, no contracts and no hidden charges.
For an initial purchase of $5 worth of calling credits (500 calling minutes), one can already start making calls to friends and family around the world. The service provides the same great call quality that GTI Telecom offers with the GTI Prepaid IDD Card without the hassle of having to go to a brick and mortar store to purchase the physical card.
"We are proud to provide the convenience of a virtual calling card to Filipinos in the USA who have limited access to Pinoy stores and retailers. Call-on-Demand allows you to buy only the call credits you plan to use. Think of it like prepaid pay-as-you-go," said Olive Limgenco-Clavio, President of GTI Telecom.
"Our special 1¢ per minute rate to Globe and TM in the Philippines is perfect for the upcoming holiday season. No one else can give you one whole hour of kwentuhan for only 60 cents," she added.
Signing up is simple and painless at www.call.globemobile.us. Call-on-Demand users can get quick access to their account for easy budget management. The service also provides a PIN-less calling feature, speed dialing and a phonebook where you can store frequently called numbers. Plus you can also get bonus credits when you refer friends and family to the service.
For more information on Call-on-Demand, visit www.call.globemobile.us.
*International calling exceptions to the following countries: Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore and U.S. domestic.
GTI Corporation is doing business as GTI Telecom in the State of California. GTI was granted a 214 license by the US Federal Communications Commission on February 2010 that authorizes GTI to engage in both wireless resale and facilities-based carrier services in the USA. It is the exclusive distributor of Globe Telecom, Inc. to distribute Globe retail products in the USA. For more information, visit www.globemobile.us or email info@gtitel.com.


NORTH ADELAIDE GOLF CLUB INCORPORATED CONSTITUTION & RULES is now available as a secure pdf file.
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Websites should not be more comfortable just for people to choose them but also easily navigate through the content and links. SEO helps you restructure the pages, so it ensures a better user experience.
A well laid out SEO strategy has a positive business impact. Sales and leads take an upward graph with SEO done right. It saves your costs of outbound strategies like cold calling and offline marketing, and since your target customer is looking for your products online, your inbound queries and hits increase. Unlike outbound calling, the inbound SEO plan has more reliable results.
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JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY. The Senior GBV Officer will be responsible for the timely and quality delivery of field level activities with technical support from the GBV Program Coordinator. She/he will manage the field team, ensure the smooth running of program activities including weekly and monthly planning, monitoring, movement, reporting and management of field activities with support from the GBV Program coordinator. The sole responsibility of field level coordination with other actors is within the mandate of this post holder to ensure NCA GBV program and NCA itself is visible at all levels in the field, while consulting supervisor for critical issues. Importantly, ensuring survivor centered approach is mandatory in implementation and supporting survivors and other vulnerable groups and adhered to they receive prompt and comprehensive services as needed.
Oversee field level GBV programming in assigned location/s as direct focal point.
Ensure survivor centered approach of programming and ensure follow-up to staff including follow up on referrals and action plans, and support services provided to GBV survivors, ensuring that the survivors receive the minimum package as needed.
Lead field level coordination and representation of GBV/protection at based locations, including referral pathway and standard operating procedures development/adaptation, joint response and engagement of beneficiaries as needed.
Work closely with support departments for effective and timely programming hence, follow-up on necessary logistics, finance, security, HR, Admin processes.
Lead GBV safety audits and other rapid assessments in based locations/as required the by GBV program coordinator and submit reports.
Monitor daily program implementations, supervision, and monitoring on activities and provide feedback to supervisor as necessary.
Ensure GBV response and prevention activities are strictly following and adhering to guidelines and organizational principles and strategy.
Contribute to proposal development ideas with input based on feedback from beneficiaries, assessment, and other necessary information relevant for action.
Track activity expenditure on monthly basis and submit to GBV program Coordinator.
Submit monthly, status and other reports as requested by GBV program Coordinator.
At least 3 years or more proven experience in similar function desirable.
Minimum Degree in psychology, social sciences, public health, humanitarian work, nursing required.
Well experienced in working on empowering women and girls.
Computer literate especially micro soft work, excel database and power point. Knowledge of other software an advantage desired.
Please send all applications to not later than 15/02/2019 [email protected] or [email protected] and at 16:00 latest.
Please include three referees in your applications, of which one must be a recent supervisor from your current organisation/institution.
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If you are looking for a fun way to work on colors and numbers with your toddler check out My First Brain Quest Ages 2 to 3 – 3rd Edition. This is one of our favorite traveling games. Kids will love answering questions trying to master the entire deck of questions. This edition comes complete with a parents guide, too.


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Matthew Alvarez, MD
Dr. Alvarez grew up in Circleville, Ohio and attended The Ohio State University where he earned two degrees. Go Bucks! He received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1993, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He got tired of wearing suits and decided to change into more comfortable scrubs and completed medical school at OSU in 1998.
North Carolina became his home where he completed his ObGyn residency at Duke University Medical Center earning Alpha Omega Alpha honors. He completed another year of training as a specialist registrar at Queen Mary's University Hospital in London, England.
Dr. Alvarez moved back to North Carolina and joined Arbor ObGyn (previously Atrium ObGyn) in 2003. He and his wife live nearby with their four daughters. Dr. Alvarez's wife is a professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Duke University.
"I love that ObGyn provides the opportunity to truly connect with families during pregnancies and that I also can care for women through all stages of life. What I love about Arbor is that we have the most professional and caring staff one could ever work with; a true family. We hope you find it that way, too."
When Dr. Alvarez is not playing hide and seek or painting kids' toenails, he enjoys golfing, running, watching OSU sports and traveling.
Dr. Alvarez is Board Certified and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He is also a member of the North Carolina and Wake County Medical Societies. Dr. Alvarez is a past chairman of the Rex Hospital Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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