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7 Movies You Need to Watch in 2018
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Olfa Farhat
Despite the political mess of 2017, last year was a pretty impressive year for movies with the release of some highly-anticipated blockbusters like Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Blade Runner 2049.
2017 also saw the epic success of Jordan Peele's debut racially-charged horror Get Out, Amr Salama's cross-cultural drama Sheikh Jackson, and not least, the widespread #METOO movement that led to the ousting of Harvey Weinstein (and other sexual predators) from the movie business, has left us anxious to see what 2018 has in store.
Luckily for us, based on what Hollywood and Cairo have been working on, the year looks pretty promising. To celebrate, MILLE rounds up the films you should be looking forward to in 2018.
Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong'o, the story follows T'Challa (Boseman), who returns to his homeland, a fictional African nation called Wakanda to claim his throne.
Release Date (UAE): February 15
This film is one of the year's most anticipated, featuring a star-studded female-centric cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Mindy Kaling, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Paulson, and Rihanna. The storyline follows Danny Ocean's sister Debbie (Bullock) and her plans to steal a $150 million diamond at NYC's annual Met Gala.
Release Date (UAE): June 7th
Khalawees
A troubled child gets arrested for a crime that isn't his. The film follows his father's journey to clear up his son's name, only to eventually find himself sharing a cell with his son.
Release Date (Egypt):January 18
Greta Gerwing's directorial debut is a coming-of-age story centered around the tumultuous relationship with her mother. The film has already been well-received in the United States, and was even named as one of the top films of the year by Time magazine.
Release Date (UAE): TBA
The film trails the life of Tonya Harding leading up to the scandal that followed the 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan. With Margot Robbie starring in the biopic, it's already been making Oscar buzz.
Release Date (UAE): February 22nd
You Were Never Really Here
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here is a thriller centered around a veteran on a mission to find two kidnapped girls. He uncovers a conspiracy during his rescue mission, which ultimately leads him on a path that might lead to his awakening.
Release Date (UAE): April 5th
The Arabian Warrior
A Saudi-American film centered around the story of an Arab man living in the US. The film follows his journey to becoming a soccer player and the hardships that come with achieving his dream – from both his family and society.
Release Date (UAE): March
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Announcing Sails of Glory, a game of naval battles in the Age of Sail
Ares Games, the game publisher of the Wings of Glory series of aerial combat games, created by Andrea Angiolino and Pier Giorgio Paglia, announces a new game based upon that popular game system, with a completely new setting.
The game, to be called Sails of Glory, will recreate naval warfare in the Age of Sail (1650-1815). The Wings of Glory game system will be modified and expanded to represent accurately battles at sea between the large sailing ships of the past centuries.
Created by Andrea Angiolino and Andrea Mainini, Sails of Glory will merge miniatures, cards and board game mechanics, using the same intuitive system of Wings of Glory, which features a special deck of maneuver cards to represent the different movement capabilities of each model. The game will be supported by a range of painted and assembled 1/1200 miniatures.
"We're very excited to publish Sails of Glory, and of the possibility of adapting the popular Wings of Glory system to re-create tactical ship-to-ship combat in the fascinating Age of Sail", declared Christoph Cianci, CEO of Ares Games.
The first series of Sails of Glory, scheduled to be released in Summer 2012, will be set in the Napoleonic Age."If the game has the success we expect, in the future Sails of Glory will be extended to cover other historical periods, such as the Age of Discovery, the Middle Ages and ancient times", added Cianci.
Andrea Angiolino, co-author of both Wings of Glory and Sails of Glory declared: "Since the first release of Wings of War we were convinced that this game system could be used also in completely different settings. For years, the development was focused on the games of aerial warfare, but fans of the game created several variants on their own, inspired by famous animated cartoons, movies and books. With Sails of Glory, thanks to the creative contributions of Andrea Mainini, for the first time this is done in an official product, backed by the same attention to playability, historical accuracy and beautiful miniatures of the original game", he said.
"It was very interesting to develop the Sails of Glory mechanics with Andrea Angiolino. The distinct character and the deep different behavior of a big sailing ship compared to a XX-century airplane allowed us to reinvent the game and to find innovative ideas, but keeping it coherent with the logics and principles that inspired Wings of Glory, commented Andrea Mainini, co-author of Sails of Glory.
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36 internal audit interview questions (with sample answers)
If you're interested in risk management and have good critical thinking and analysis skills, a career as an internal auditor may be rewarding. Internal auditors provide objective evaluations of a company's finances, governance and operational processes. If you're interviewing for an internal auditor role, preparing responses to common interview questions ensures you give confident answers and attract the attention of hiring managers. In this article, we outline some general, experience and education-based and in-depth internal audit interview questions and provide sample answers for you to consider.
General internal audit interview questions
General interview questions are non-specific to the position and help employers learn more about your personality and traits. Hiring managers also use your answers to determine whether you're a good culture fit for the company. Prepare to answer general questions first as employers typically use them to lead to more in-depth questions that require extra detail. Some general internal audit interview questions include:
Why did you apply for this position?
Why might the company hire you?
Where do you see yourself five years from now?
Why do you want to work for this company?
How do you handle stress?
What are your hobbies and interests?
What is your proudest professional achievement?
What are your salary expectations?
Related: What are internal audits? (A complete guide)
Internal audit questions about experience and background
These questions allow hiring managers to determine whether you have the necessary knowledge, experience and education to succeed in the role. Be sure to accentuate different skills and experiences to those outlined in your CV and cover letter where possible. Focus on emphasising knowledge or achievements that relate to the internal auditor position. Some internal auditor interview questions about experience and background include:
Why are internal audits necessary?
What might you do after an internal audit?
Give an example of a suggestion you made that your workplace implemented.
What would you do if you had a conflict with the upper management team?
Tell us about a serious operational issue you encountered in the past. How did you discover it and what solutions did you recommend?
What are the main responsibilities of an internal auditor?
Are you recognised by the Institute of Internal Auditors?
What is your experience of working with auditing software programmes?
What do you imagine a typical day in work for an internal auditor is like?
What do you consider the main auditing risks in a company of this type?
Have you ever detected a case of fraud? What process did you follow?
How has your experience/education prepared you to be an internal auditor?
Related: The 7 types of audits and what they are useful for
In-depth internal auditor questions
In-depth internal auditor interview questions help employers determine your evaluation and business practices. It allows them to determine how you might conduct your job and whether you have the specialist knowledge necessary to explain complex auditing procedures. Some in-depth internal auditor skills include:
Explain the steps to prepare for and perform an internal audit.
Can you describe substantive tests?
What are the purposes of the International Standards of Auditing (ISA) 610 and the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) standards?
What are the differences between regulatory or statutory audits and performance audits?
What procedure do you use to prepare and conduct an internal audit?
What are the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and how are they used?
What are the principal audit risks our company could face in the present and the future?
What is your opinion on cooperating with external auditors?
What do you know about information technology controls?
Where and how do you gather important raw data? How do you analyse them?
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Internal audit interview questions with sample answers
Learning how to answer common internal auditor interview questions helps you feel calmer and more prepared before an interview. Where possible, it's recommended you use the STAR method for answering interview questions. STAR stands for situation, task, action and results. This means you start by outlining the situation and detailing the tasks that need accomplishing. You then describe the actions taken to complete these tasks and the outcome of these actions. Using the STAR method ensures you contextualise your answers and give a thorough response. Some internal audit interview questions and sample answers include:
1. Why did you apply for this position?
Hiring managers ask this question to ascertain how much you know about the company and the position for which you're applying. Do some research before the interview to learn about the most important areas of the company and the departments that require internal auditing. Doing so allows you to provide a more detailed and tailored response to the question while showing your genuine interest in the company and its background.
With regards to the position, demonstrate your passion for improving business processes and any relevant experiences you have that helped you uncover this passion. Mention previous successes in other internal auditor roles where applicable to show your passion translates into hard work. For instance, you could explain how you helped a previous employer save money by streamlining business processes.
Example: 'Your business is constantly growing and capitalising on new opportunities. This is exciting as it allows me to use my internal auditing skills to evaluate new avenues and integrate them into existing practices. Your continuous growth also means there's always a need to reconfigure processes to match it, which is a challenge I look forward to handling. I've also contacted a number of employees at your company who speak highly of its friendly atmosphere and great employee benefits.'
Related: Internal auditor qualifications (with duties and skills)
2. What are the main responsibilities of an internal auditor?
This question assesses your familiarity with the roles and responsibilities of an internal auditor. In your reply, demonstrate that you have a good working knowledge of the position and are able to succeed in it. Make your answer brief and to the point, listing the responsibilities most pertinent to the role. Try and mention duties that align with the job description without quoting it word for word.
Example: 'The main responsibility of an internal auditor is to evaluate an organisation's risks and expenditure against a set standard. The role involves keeping track of the company's accounting, financial and internal practices to make objective assessments and evaluations. Other duties include communicating findings through presentations and reports, recommending improvements to strengthen internal controls, representing teams during audit meetings and analysing business data and information systems.'
Related: A guide on how to ace an interview (with tips and examples)
3. Can you describe substantive tests?
This in-depth question tests your working knowledge of internal audit processes. It ensures that you understand why reviewing documents is important as substantive tests examine financial statements and other supporting documentation for discrepancies and errors. Substantive tests help companies ensure financial documents are complete and accurate, thereby reassuring investors and preventing fraudulent activity.
Example: 'Substantive testing is an auditing procedure that involves examining financial statements and other supporting documents for errors and mistakes. During this process, auditors examine the document they receive thoroughly and identify and correct small errors that may seem insignificant to others. Yet, by correcting these errors, the auditor could save the company a lot of money and prevent fraud. Substantive testing, therefore, guarantees the accuracy of all financial documents.'
4. What do you know about information technology controls?
This question assesses your understanding of certain terms related to the position. While this type of question is broad, make sure you're concise in your answer by starting out with a definition. Follow with your general understanding of information technology controls based on previous experience. Grounding your knowledge in practical experience is a good way to demonstrate that you're qualified for the position and have the necessary experience prerequisites.
Example: 'IT controls are policies or procedures that provide assurance that IT systems used by the company operate as intended. This reassures companies that data is reliable and that the company is operating in compliance with existing laws and regulations. During my previous role as an internal auditor, I implemented an IT control to increase security and risk management in the company. This implementation created an audit trail so that I could monitor risk management software and ensure it was well-maintained.'
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The Hiroshima Carp may not be the winningest team in the league, but they do like to shake it up on the field when it comes to fashion. This summer, the 80's revival finally reaches the local baseball team, and players will be sporting stylishly faded denim uniforms in three games at the end of August.
At first I thought this was a tie up with local manufacturers which, according to connoisseurs, make some of the world's best denim. I was very surprised at how light and comfortable a denim yukata I wore in Kurashiki earlier this year felt. But that was in January and all I did was potter around looking a bit daft; Very different from playing pro-sports in the summer heat. These uniforms, however, are made out of the same material as the standard uniforms, just given that stylish stressed, acid-wash denim effect. The specially designed uniforms will see action in the Carp's three night games against Yakult Swallows September 23-25.
You don't, of course, have to be a pro-athlete to enjoy the new look, go to the Carp Store to pick up your own denim style shirts, caps, totes, tees and trinkets.


MUMBAI: Television actress Shrenu Parikh has made a shocking confession, leaving everyone zapped.
Recently, businessvoip reported about Ishqbaaaz revolving a track where in a shocking development, Gauri (Shrenu) will be seen getting molested by a superstar in the upcoming episodes of Star Plus'Ishqbaaaz.
After shooting this heart-wrenching sequence, Shrenu has gone on to confess a sad chapter of her life from her childhood days which the actress still cannot erase off. She has shared a dreadful incident of being molested by a man in a bus when she was a six-year-old.
Shrenu narrated the entire incident on her Instagram profile. She mentioned in a post, "As a kid I used to spend my vacations at my grandparents' town! Those days we travelled in a local bus! And when the seats used to be occupied my grandfather used to request someone to share the seat for me! Similarly one uncle offered to nanu that 'il make her sit on my lap' He willingly agreed thought atleast I won't get tired, he made me sit on his lap!
Me as a child couldn't know what's gonna happen to me I dozed off, only woke up to the feeling of being inappropriately being touched by that uncle! I could sense somethings wrong but I went all numb and thought it's ok for him to hold me like that! I could see my naanu standing a little away from me but couldn't tell him anything not then not later!
I wish I would have spoken about it, I wish that man would've gotten his share of punishment for molesting a 6 year old!
Not once but so many such incidents have happened, I've known from my friends but we never talk about it! Never raise our voices cz we r scared of how the society will eventually not believe us and we don't stand for ourselves!
What's happening with Gauri is something I'm sure we all have faced on some or the other level in our lives!
And that's why m so glad we did this track so that women can come out and speak. If we don't own our truth nobody else will. This is just a small attempt to create a space for all of us to share our stories and raise our voices! (sic)".
Shrenu, it requires a lot of courage to come up in open and make such a shocking confession in public. We hope that people read this and realize that there should be a strict law against child abuse and it is high time that the mentality towards girls and women should change.
Kudos to the producer Gul Khan for bringing such an eye-opening track in the show to spread more awareness.


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TOUSA Ruling Bad News for the Savings Clause
November/December 2009 Jones Day Publications
The continued vitality of "savings clauses" in loan agreements designed to minimize the risk of a finding that a loan guarantor is insolvent in analyzing whether the loan transaction can be avoided as a fraudulent transfer was dealt a blow by a highly controversial ruling recently handed down by a Florida bankruptcy court. In the first test in the bankruptcy courts of the enforceability of savings clauses in "upstream guarantees," the bankruptcy court in Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of TOUSA, Inc. v. Citicorp North America, Inc. set aside as fraudulent conveyances obligations incurred and liens granted by subsidiaries of the debtor under certain loan agreements and related guarantees. In doing so, the court unequivocally invalidated savings clauses in upstream guarantees.
The ruling has been greeted by the lending community and commentators with a mixture of shock, dismay, disbelief, and resignation that yet another highly touted and common risk-mitigation technique has not proved to be as reliable as anticipated. If upheld on appeal and followed by other courts, the ruling may have a marked impact on lenders and debtors alike and may portend an increase in litigation against lenders that have insisted upon guarantees in loan transactions which include savings clauses.
TOUSA
TOUSA, Inc. ("Tousa"), and its subsidiaries are a large conglomerate of home-building companies. As did most other home builders, Tousa suffered in the recent economic downturn. As Tousa's financial woes worsened, lenders (the "old lenders") holding $675 million in secured debt (the "old loans") at the parent level guaranteed by a Tousa subsidiary demanded repayment of the debt and ultimately sued to collect.
Tousa settled the litigation, agreeing to pay more than $421 million to the old lenders. To finance the settlement, Tousa entered into a loan transaction with new lenders (the "term lenders") that provided the parent company with approximately $200 million in first-tier secured term loans and $300 million in second-tier secured term loans. The term lenders insisted that the term loans be guaranteed by Tousa subsidiaries that were not obligors in connection with the old loans or the settlement agreement. The term loans contained the following savings clause:
Each Borrower agrees if such Borrower's joint and several liability hereunder, or if any Liens securing such joint and several liability, would, but for the application of this sentence, be unenforceable under applicable law, such joint and several liability and each such Lien shall be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent that would not cause such joint and several liability or such Lien to be unenforceable under applicable law, and such joint and several liability and such Lien shall be deemed to have been automatically amended accordingly at all times.
Tousa and certain of its subsidiaries filed for chapter 11 protection in January 2008 in Florida. The official creditors' committee commenced an adversary proceeding seeking to avoid the obligations incurred and liens granted by the guarantor subsidiaries in connection with the term loans as constructively fraudulent transfers under section 548(a)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable state law. Among other things, the committee alleged that the subsidiaries were insolvent both before and after the term loan transaction.
The bankruptcy court ruled in favor of the committee, holding in a 182-page decision that, among other things, because savings clauses are unenforceable, the term lenders could not rely upon the clauses to show that the guarantor subsidiaries were solvent at the time they entered into the term loan transaction, which amounted to a fraudulent conveyance. The remedies granted by the court included: (i) avoidance of the claims of the term lenders against the guarantor subsidiaries, as well as the liens securing such claims; (ii) a directive that the term lenders disgorge any payments made by the guarantor subsidiaries in respect of the term loans; (iii) a directive that the old lenders disgorge funds received in connection with the settlement; (iv) an award of damages in favor of the guarantor subsidiaries in the amount of any diminution in the value of pledged assets subsequent to the term loan transaction; (v) an award of fees and costs to the creditors' committee; and (vi) a directive that the term lenders' professionals disgorge any fees paid by Tousa or its subsidiaries in connection with the term loan.
The Trouble With Savings Clauses
The bankruptcy court rejected the idea that the savings clauses prevented any finding of insolvency with respect to the guarantor subsidiaries for the following reasons:
· Because the guarantor subsidiaries were insolvent even before the term loan transaction and received no benefit from the loan, even if the savings clauses were enforceable, they would not have altered the insolvency finding. Even reducing the liabilities on the guarantees to nothing would still result in a finding of insolvency, and any liability imposed upon a guarantor subsidiary (or any lien securing such a liability) would be avoidable under section 548.
· Regardless of solvency, the savings clauses were unenforceable under section 541(c)(1)(B), which, according to the court, "provides that an interest of the debtor in property becomes property of the estate, notwithstanding any 'provision in an agreement' that is 'conditioned on the insolvency or financial condition of the debtor' that 'effects or gives an option to effect a forfeiture, modification, or termination of the debtor's interest in property.' " Because the savings clauses were, on their face, "provision[s] in an agreement" that were "conditioned on the insolvency or financial condition of the debtor" and "effect[ed] forfeiture, modification, or termination of the debtor's interest in property," the clauses constituted unenforceable ipso facto clauses.
· The term lenders' efforts to use the savings clauses to "contract around" the Bankruptcy Code were invalid. If enforced, the clauses would nullify the protection provided by section 548(a)(1)(B) and the limits that section 548(c) places on the ability of good-faith transferees to retain property "to the extent that such transferee or obligee gave value to the debtor in exchange for such transfer or obligation." The only purpose of the savings clauses would be to ensure that a transferee could preserve its claim "to every last penny of the debtor's remaining assets without providing reasonably equivalent value" to the detriment of other creditors in the case that would otherwise receive a greater distribution. Savings clauses, the court wrote, are "a frontal assault on the protections that section 548 provides to other creditors. They are, in short, entirely too cute to be enforced."
· The savings clauses were unenforceable as a matter of contract law because the existence of multiple savings clauses executed contemporaneously, "each of which purport to reduce obligations after accounting for all other obligations," made it impossible to determine the extent of an obligation arising from application of any particular savings clause. Such a moving target created an insoluble circular problem, creating inherently indefinite contract terms that are unenforceable as a matter of contract law.
· The parties to the term loans failed to take steps required under the loan agreement to modify the guarantor subsidiaries' obligations (i.e., written and signed amendments reducing the principal amount of the loan or releasing any borrower from its obligations).
The bankruptcy court's ruling in TOUSA is on appeal, the court on October 30, 2009, having conditioned the issuance of a stay pending appeal on the posting of a $700 million bond. Whether or not it withstands appellate scrutiny, the decision has thrown a formidable wrench into the works of the lending industry. Lenders unable to rely on savings clauses to minimize avoidance exposure may be reluctant to extend credit in a market that is already tight. At the very least, lenders are likely to insist upon alternative forms of credit enhancement to supplant upstream guarantees fortified with savings clauses. All of this is decidedly unwelcome news to companies struggling to line up financing necessary to restructure or reorganize businesses. It also remains to be seen whether other courts will adopt the same approach to this controversial issue.
Several aspects of the court's ruling in TOUSA may be the focus of argument on appeal. For example, the court's analysis of section 541(c)(1)(B)'s invalidation of ipso facto clauses omits language from the section making it applicable only to provisions that are conditioned on the insolvency or financial condition of the debtor "on the commencement of the [bankruptcy case]." The savings clauses in TOUSA were not conditioned on the commencement of the chapter 11 cases by Tousa or its guarantor subsidiaries.
In addition, the court's holding that a savings clause represents an invalid attempt to "contract around" the Bankruptcy Code likely will be disputed. The Bankruptcy Code does not include any provision that prohibits lenders and borrowers from agreeing to reduce the maximum liability under a loan guarantee if it turns out that the guarantors are unable to satisfy the obligation. The bankruptcy court's after-the-fact decision to modify the terms of arm's length commercial negotiations, and thereby deprive the lenders of the benefit of their bargain, will undoubtedly be challenged on appeal.
Another possible challenge might involve the court's finding that the savings clauses were unenforceable because "the liabilities under the term loans are inherently indeterminate" due to the "interaction between the two savings clauses." Although it may have been difficult to value the guarantor subsidiaries' assets and liabilities giving effect to the savings clauses, a reasonable estimate would certainly appear to be possible.
Finally, the bankruptcy court's determination that the clauses were ineffective because necessary actions were never taken under the express terms of the loan agreements is in dispute. The savings clauses did not purport to reduce the principal amount of the term loans or release any borrower from its obligations, such that they would be effective only upon written notice. Instead, the loan documentation provided that the savings clauses were to take effect automatically.
The tone of the TOUSA decision suggests that the bankruptcy court was particularly unsettled by the conduct of Tousa and the lenders. Among other things, the court found that employees, officers, directors, and advisors knew or should have known that Tousa was in dire financial straits and that both Tousa and its guarantor subsidiaries were insolvent prior to the term loan transaction, but that various parties proceeded with the transaction in order to reap outsized fees and bonuses. As such, we are left to speculate whether the court would have reached a different conclusion under different circumstances.
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of TOUSA, Inc. v. Citicorp North America, Inc., 2009 WL 3519403 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. Oct. 30, 2009).
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In the big and growing industry of international education there are a lot of international education agencies but why aren't there more large education agencies?
There are thousands and thousands of education agencies scattered all across the globe, selling courses of hundreds of countries and thousands of colleges/universities. Estimates suggest the number of agencies selling Australia's institutions are around 7k, sending more than 378k students per year.
But most of them are small to medium size businesses. It's a fragmented industry with - we believe - 200 large education agencies in the whole planet. So how can an industry worth US$150B have just a handful of large agencies.
At EducationLink we work with agencies of all sizes, and we have a theory.
In this context is a barrier is something that it's really hard for education agencies to overcome. They come in various degrees of anxiety-inducing problems, but they are common to all agencies we ever spoke to. No matter how much you try, you will face them. The farther you go with your education agency, the harder they will get and the bigger the scale and complexity these barriers will have.
We call them the great filters of international education agencies, they will stop the growth of the majority of education agencies by offering enough resistance until the education agency falls apart or until there is enough chaos to prevent any further increase in size, forcing the education agency to remain the same size for a long period of time. These barriers are self-generated, which means, by the natural and inevitable operation of your agency will reach them. And while these filters could be applied to any other type of business, they are especially important for agencies.
Due to the very nature of the business, which is to offer the best advice for students among hundreds of options, education agencies need to manage a long tail of commissions which are due in different dates and extend to 3 years or more, and also education agencies need the navigate the bureaucratic processes of enrollment and visas. These barriers have exterminative power, and they will stop almost every agency.
You just opened your education agency! You got you first customers already, and you know they got the best customer service possible: exclusive, tailored and unrestricted support.
The early days are exciting and frightening at the same time. In life you either own you own business or you work for someone else as an employee, and you choose the first one. High hopes mixed with high responsibilities and every new customer is celebrated. You feel the energy to keep pushing.
The time passes by and you may feel the need to hire someone to help you take care of leads and your current clients. The more international students your agency takes care of the less time you have, but it's normal you may think, specially in this very beginning of your entrepreneurship journey.
Establishing relationships with colleges still in its beginning, but due to your personal charisma it's progressing.
The fact is: very few education agencies will grow past this stage.
That's where the biggest chunk of education agencies is and due to all these small, persistent and growing pains, that's where the first great barrier of international education agencies arises. It's like never stop putting out fire, or never having time, because there is always something happening.
In this phase, many education agencies don't have the necessary structure to create a solid foundation to keep growing. The lack of solid foundation will make them collapse or to stop growing. And due to the constant lack of time and no solid foundation for growth, it will not allow many agents to grow further than 5-10 employees in total.
A very common decision is to partner with other another education agent or agencies, but often the dysfunctional day-to-day of two education agencies will be facing the first great filter will be enough to create more chaos than support.
In average 200+ students per year is where things start to go to another level (this may depend on your market and country).
The second great barrier will only be faced by agencies that successfully overcome the first great filter, which in our estimates are 30%. These are the challenges faced by fast-growing agencies, with quite a few employees (more than 15) and hundreds of students per year. Your agency is now growing! You're becoming one of the key players in your city, congratulations!
Only 30% of agencies will grow up to this stage.
If you work with private colleges, they already know you. You have your preferred universities and word-of-mouth can be a critical factor to your marketing. Your education agency revenue is growing, but with that comes the challenge of managing installments, payments, invoicing commission, and overall debt collection - and bonuses too.
The CRM for students of your agency is starting to play a critical role (for good or bad) and it may be more and more difficult to change.
You're now part of very select group, en petit comité if you prefer. Very few achieve this status, because for most agencies the 2nd great filter will prevent them to grow further. Your leadership skill and capability of delegate, have vision and deal with thousands of problems happening at the same time will dictate if you the 3rd great barrier of international education consultants and agencies will stop you.
Smaller agencies are much faster, nimble and quick to adopt innovations, and now you have the weight of hundreds of employees or many branches to manage before implementing trends and improvements.
To scale a company requires a different set of skills than launching one. To keep growing a company is an eternal process that will only stop once the company does not exists anymore. So lifelong learning skills are important, because things changes, the world evolves and we can't predict the future.
Two special things are most often said to be most important points to focus on when guiding your education agency to overcome the 3 great barriers: constant learning/professionalism and systems.
Professionalism or constant learning: You got to be ready for the future, and you probably will not have the skills necessary to take a company from 3 employees to 300, nobody has. Professionalism and be always learning about new ways of doing your job is essential. Nobody could predict Facebook 10 years ago, but now if you're not there, you're missing out.
System and processes: Our entire human civilization is built on technology, in increasing our efficiency. Only technology can deliver that, does not matter the system (would be good if it was EduLink though), to have systems in place and clear processes is essential to organize the growing chaos of growing any business, specially an education agent, which is very human centric. Free up your time and let the systems do the hard work of the operational tasks. And let your processes guide your employees to make efficient decisions.
When we started this blog post, it was not our intention to do advertise software usage, but it was an interesting discovery that, no matter the agency, no matter the system (until a certain point, even Microsoft Excel), systems and constant learning is the key to unlock agency (and any other business) growth.
What do you think, do you agree with our 3 great barriers of education agencies growth? Let us know in the comments.


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Over the past few years I've slowly been moving more and more towards a focus on social enterprise. Along the way I've worked on grassroots projects, run initiatives, joined and chaired charity boards and provided advisory help and input to social enterprises; all with the end goal of covering enough ground to be compelling as a consultant in the social space.
However, as I began to understand the UK social sector, I began to develop a curiosity about how things work in other parts of the world. How relevant is UK best practice to other regions? What impacts do different cultures and economies have on social and charitable enterprise? What new and exciting social innovations and approaches are budding in countries outside the western sphere?
Since there's only so much you can grasp from books and blogs, I figured the fastest and most effective way to build a global picture of social endeavour would be to travel through different countries working with social or charitable enterprises, helping address the challenges these organisations face.
So here I am. A few years and much saving later, ready to make it happen.
I am planning a year's self funded journey to travel to different countries, working with and understanding social enterprise and social innovation in different cultures and economies. I'm interested in understanding the relevance of UK best practice in other contexts and also the cultural and economic impact on scope and success of social enterprises.


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Q: Visual C++ - Exclude file from Linker>Input>Additional Dependencies I have a Visual Studio solution with multiple C++ projects, and I find managing the linker dependencies a bit cumbersome.
Every time I include a header file from an other project, I need to explicitly add the corresponding .obj file in the linker settings.
I.e. in Properties>Linker>Input>Additional Dependencies:
..\Project1\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Obj1.obj
..\Project1\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Obj2.obj
..\Project2\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Obj3.obj
..\Project2\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\Obj4.obj

Using wildcard characters would greatly simplify this task:
..\Project1\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\*.obj
..\Project2\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\*.obj

But unfortunately this also includes the two main.obj files from Project1 and Project2.
Is there a way to exclude these files from the linker input?
I tried to use the standard(?) Windows file-search options like this:
"..\Project1\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\*.obj"-"..\Project1\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\main.obj"
"..\Project2\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\*.obj"-"..\Project2\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\main.obj"

but apparently they are not supported here. In fact, it seems simply adding quotes around a valid linker path breaks everything.
I've also seen this question, and sure, I could do something like this, renaming or deleting the undesired files by a custom script, but I'd prefer to avoid it. What I want to do seems like a fairly reasonable thing; every project having its own main.obj makes sense to me, linking some but not all .objs makes sense to me as well. There must be some standard VS way to say "link everthing, except for this one" to the linker.
But feel free to correct me of course, that's why I'm here. Thanks in advance.
p.s.: I'm currently using VS2012, but I'm interested in answers for any VS version, even for older ones (I won't downgrade just for this, but I am interested).

A: VS2013:
I believe the way this is normally achieved by adding a reference to the other project which is building as a StaticLibrary or DynamicLibrary.
This is done by right clicking on the parent project in the Solution Explorer and navigating to Here
Add->References...
then selecting
Add New Reference...
and selecting the checkbox.
You can then break up your code into different Static and Dynamic libraries based on what you need.
I hope this helps, I do not usually manually reference object files in the project files.

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Q: Paralleling a loop in C++ with OpenMP The solution that this parallelized returns doesn't match with the solution that it should be return, like the non-parallelized one.
    double angle=(PI/180)*atoi(extra);
    unsigned int xf;
    unsigned int yf;
    int j;
    #pragma omp parallel for private (j,xf,yf)
    for(int i=0;i<width;i++){
        for(j=0;j<height;j++){
            xf=(unsigned int)ceil(((cos(angle)*(j-(((double)height)/2.0)))-(sin(angle)*(i-(((double)width)/2.0))))+(((double)height)/2.0));
            yf=(unsigned int)ceil(((sin(angle)*(j-(((double)height)/2.0)))+(cos(angle)*(i-(((double)width)/2.0))))+(((double)width)/2.0));
            if(xf<(unsigned int)height && xf>=0 && yf>=0 && yf<(unsigned int)width){
                  matrixRed2[yf][xf]=matrixRed[i][j];
                  matrixGreen2[yf][xf]=matrixGreen[i][j];
                  matrixBlue2[yf][xf]=matrixBlue[i][j];
            }
        }
    }

A: I don't see it necessary for j, to be outside the loop since it just contain the temporary value before assigning to array (which have element independent). Moreover, two for loop can be collapsed.
Edited: each xf, yf is not guarantee to be unique with  the formula from i, j. So keep the sequential one, Or you can try to check to keep the largest (i, j) if there race condition in (xf, yf).
I'm not sure OpenMP can work on Visual Studio or not, since the supported version is very old (2.0 meanwhile the latest is 4.5).


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CAMWS encourages other state, provincial, regional and national classical organizations to endorse it as well.
Across the country, states, school districts, and even individual schools have begun to issue Seals of Biliteracy for high school diplomas, to identify graduates "who have studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation." The first state to issue such seals was California, beginning with its 2012 graduates, after over 100 school districts in that state had already made them available. In a state whose students speak over 60 different languages (plus 13,000 students whose languages fall under "other") one primary goal of this designation was to honor achievement both in students' first languages and in English. As the clearinghouse Seal of Biliteracy says: "Our vision is to help students recognize the value of their academic success and see the tangible benefits of being bilingual." Nearly half of the fifty states have adopted a version of this seal to date.
In 2015 four national organizations (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages--ACTFL; National Association of Bilingual Education--NABE, National Council of State Supervisors for Languages--NCSSFL, and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages--TESOL International Association) published recommendations for national guidelines for such standards; that publication can be downloaded here: http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/SealofBiliteracyGuidelines_0.pdf.
Importantly for us, these recommendations assume that students of any language should eligible to earn a seal. They also recognize that in language assessment one size does not fit all; specifically, they note that students of Latin and classical Greek may demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing and not necessarily in oral communicative modes.
that Classicists research the status of Seals of Biliteracy in their own states and advocate for appropriate assessments for students of Latin and Greek.


Communicate LGBT diversity metrics against economic trends.
Summary: In 2017, the World Bank collected data within the Western Balkans to discover the impact being LGBTI has on an individual's economic situation. To date this is the biggest study of its kind outside of the OECD.
The result was a large and comprehensive data set, but one which contained vital insights. From it the World Bank required factsheets that armed local activists with a snapshot of their country compared to the regional average, and an animation that encouraged people already engaged with the topic to read the full report.
Emote: We always start with the heart. When we were initially presented with such an exhaustive set of quantitative data we quickly realised that the human touch might get lost within the numbers. As such, we created highly accessible factsheets and centred the animation on personal stories of fictional respondents developed from the reported averages. This looked to engage the audience on an emotional level, reminding them that behind the numbers are real people many of whom face economic hardship and violence because of the way they were born.
Educate: Both the factsheets and animation are educational tools with a practical purpose. Designed to be easily understood, the factsheets particularly offer local campaigners a handy summary of national and regional statistics to help argue their case.
Action: The animation drives audiences to the full report, and the factsheets equipped people on the ground within the nine Western Balkan nations with the information needed to help keep fighting for equality.


Aruba's close proximity to Latin America has had a direct influence on the island's culture, deliciously impacting on our culinary scene.
The grilled meats, soups and stews of Colombia and Venezuela will warm your heart and tummy. The stuffed arepas and patacon sandwiches found at some of our food trucks are a decadent, ten-napkin affair!
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Many in our community have Latin American roots, which has led to quite a few authentic family restaurants offering traditional dishes from their homeland.
Argentinian cuisine, heralded for its juicy beef, sausage and other grilled meats is featured at many restaurants and a visit to a Brazilian churrascaria will fill your plate with endless cuts of meat carved at the table by roaming gauchos.
Oh, and the ceviche – you must try our ceviche! Brought to us via Peru, a ceviche on Aruba is as fresh as it gets – with our local fishermen bringing in their daily fresh catches that are used by our chefs to produce several unique versions of this dish.
Central and South American restaurants in Aruba are abundant. The restaurants have become so easily integrated in our culture because Central American and South American cuisine resemble Caribbean food in preparation and presentation. There is a distinct difference in flavour that is unmatched. Aruba hasn't been the same since the introduction of patacon and ceviche!


Parents, Staff, Pupils and Governors are regularly informed about the curriculum provision. We aim to offer a broad and balanced curriculum which extends learning beyond the classroom. All pupils are given opportunities to become independent and successful learners. The creative curriculum has captured the imagination of the pupils. Specialist teachers also deliver the Music and Modern Languages curriculum.


With all this knowledge, the important key to success is for me to understand you. I will still only improve your swing with details that make sense for your goals as a player. As we make progress, you are learning about your swing, your tendencies, and the important things that should be accomplished for you to have better control of your golfball and its destination, longer distance and lower scores.
"Hello! Hope lesson going ok w weather. Am sure Maeve told you about making AHN team. She's super pumped...we appreciate all of your coaching and assistance!"
"Hello! Just a report on Maeve's first HS match tonight. Played well (not in her opinion but in her mom's who was there) - shot a 55 at Eagles, v wet course and a place she'd where never played. Some solid holes (a par and 3 bogeys) but also 3 quads...from penalties etc. Ball-striking and short game solid, alignment was her biggest issue according to her and her mom. FYI for next week..appreciate all you are doing to help her...and most importantly, she's having fun!"
"Thanks for helping Maeve - she went on and on about her lesson today. She's progressing nicely... thanks again"
"Good morning! Just a quick note on Maeve - saw her play yesterday vs King at Temple Terrace. What an improvement. Awesome off tee (outdrove other women by 75+ yards often), fairway shots good but a bit inconsistent, and ok short game. Still learning to score (and some unlucky bounces) but swing is really coming along and she's having fun. Appreciate your help!"
"Today I will give you a recap. Front 9 was like magic! Perfect swing path, felt great, 46!! Beginning of back nine lost it all. In retrospect I probably got greedy, swing got bigger, more like the old swing, hands drifted away. It took me a few holes to recover (probably 4-5), but then I righted the ship. Overall score was 101, but the bad holes were horrific, I kept hitting the ground, very ugly. Overall I am thrilled...I am definitely on the right track. Also the 2 other things from this morning really helped: setting up aiming to the left, and bigger swing on those pitch shots. Thanks again!! See you next week!! Also, only lost 2 balls all day!"
I started playing golf in November of 2016 and found myself shooting in the mid 100's (on a good day) Over the next several months I took lessons from at least three different pros, but I never really keyed into what they were trying to tell me. After about a year I decided to take a lesson with James Kyle last May and within weeks I started shooting in the mid 90's. Two weeks ago, I decided to take another lesson with James and just after three rounds of applying what he taught me, I was able to shoot an 86. It was the very first time I broke 90. James is a great teacher and instructor and is able to break down your swing and coach you based on what he sees in. Not only that, he gives you confidence and allows you to trust what he teaches. I couldn't be happier with the way I am striking the ball and I highly recommend that if you're considering to improve your game, you contact James Kyle and let him work his magic!"
"James, thanks to the AimPoint lesson you taught me a few weeks ago, my putting has improved significantly. This past Saturday, on the Golfweek Amateur North Central Florida Tour at World Woods, Pine Barrens, I won the C Flight event after a one hole tie-breaker. I had 30 putts in the round, no three-putts and, in the tie-breaker, sank a four-foot downhill left to right slider for par and the win. With the win, I also took our season's first place in the C flight points standing. I'm looking forward to taking another AimPoint lesson with you so that my putting will continue to improve"
"Excellent coach for mastering your game. He is an excellent teacher. Have had a few lessons with other instructors and he is so much better at explaining how to improve your weaknesses and using technology as a tool to bring you to the next level. I already feel like I have knocked 10 strokes with 1 lesson along with practice. Can't wait to see how far I can go with his help and coaching. If you want to improve hire James. You won't regret it just will love the game more."
"Finally got to play some golf after 2 weeks. New putting stroke was great. 11 holes and 4 birdies. First time in a decade I stood over a putt from any distance and said: "this is going in!" And sure enough it went in. Thanks James! Looking forward to next lesson."
"Top-notch, friendly & encouraging expert golf instructor. James is a very friendly professional who can generate some big results in a single lesson. I might be an easier student than most with having had quite a few lessons when I was younger, and understanding some basics about the swing, but James quickly identified some things I was doing wrong, and within a few swings he had me hitting the ball much more solid. James uses the V1 video software on the iPad, which gives you quick feedback on what you did wrong, right, or the progress you made on your most recent swing. To top it off, James will give you a free account on an app he uses that will let you see the video from your most recent lesson, and it even lets you go frame-by-frame if you like when you are watching the clips that he uploads."
"Great Instructor! Really explains strengths and challenges in detail. Would recommend."
"James was awesome! For someone who has never had a golf club in there hands before by end of lesson I was hitting ball 75 yards! James is a great instructor, understands how to accommodate to person's abilities and takes them to the next level with ease. I would recommend James to anyone interested in starting golf or improving their game! Extra plus is he makes the time during lesson fun too!"
"My wife and I were new to golfing and we had played for about six weeks on our own. We had also gone to the driving range and listened to other players on how to better our game. However, we could never get our driving game any better. I decided to look online and find a golf instructor. I found James Kyle and I have to say, I was skeptical on how our lesson was going to turn out. We met him at his country club and he made us feel very comfortable and he was able to get our mind off learning and to just to play. We immediately went to the driving range. After the first 30 minutes, my wife and I were driving the ball much further than what we were in the past. With just a few changes in our grip and position, things were better. We practiced for an hour. Once we were done with our lesson, we immediately booked another time later that month. We highly recommend beginner golfers, or even golfers that have played a long time to take the time to learn from James. He is amazing and we look forward to learning so much more about the game, oh ya, and to just have fun!"
"Hitting the ball way better. Been putting in some work last week. Yesterday and today felt I was hitting the ball like I did 10 years ago. Grip and moving ball and club back in stance has helped . Getting more distance with driver also."
"Played Canyons Course in Park City. 45 on the front and 46 on back. Bogey on each of last two holes kept me from breaking 90. I can't begin to tell you how well it went. Had a birdie and 4 pars. Had the longest drive of my life on the 4th hole with a small yardage wedge over a creek on in 2. Missed birdie by 1/2 the roll of the golf ball. It was magnificent. What a feeling Sensei. Best round of my life."
"Madison had 25 putts yesterday. That may be a record for her (only 7 GIR). She shot a 73 on the North Course from the whites. Her putting tempo that you worked on last lesson is really making a difference."
"Before I began golf lessons with James Kyle I was shooting approximately 125. After 24 lessons I am now averaging 104. That's almost 1 stroke per lesson! James is a very insightful and effective teacher. "
Wanted to report I'm definitely hitting farther in 2018. Today I reached my goal of hitting over 200 yards with a 204 yard drive on ELW-South #1 and finished with a 192 yarder on #9 with a 184 yarder on #5. All other drives for non-3-par holes were 168-173. As you recall, before your class, my drives were in the 140-150s range. The game is definitely more fun when, on many holes, I now have a chance at the green with a second shot. "
"You have impeccable timing sir! You texted me right before I started to hit at the range. Wanted to hit a few before I texted you back. First of all, regarding Friday, my nickname is now the sandbagger. Played surprisingly well. Hitting the ball very good today. I love my new driver. Thank you! About to try the 5 wood. Thanks for checking in on me."
"I have been coming down to Tampa periodically from NYC for the last few years, and my first priority is always to book a lesson (or two) with James Kyle. I have taken lessons, read books, gone to golf schools, but ten minutes with James is worth more than all of those combined. He doesn't teach a method, he teaches YOU. He sees what your problems are and quickly fixes them but not by applying Band-Aids - he helps you find your own best swing. Also, he is relentlessly positive, so I always know that by the end of every lesson I am a better golfer. JAMES IS THE MAN!!!"
"James, mid season here in Indiana. I just want to thank you again for your lessons these last two years. I am ingraining the iron and driver lessons from this spring. Feel that these changes are very positive and will just keep getting better. The putting methodology is in place and very consistent. Your encouragement in combo with your technical suggestions have reinvigorated my optimism for this wonderfully tormenting game. See you next spring."


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This year we celebrate the accomplishments of African Americans in a variety of fields. This small selection of profiles highlights accomplishments from significant inventions, medical discoveries, and glass ceilings that were broken for many contributors to come through the 20th and 21st centuries. We hope you enjoy the series of profiles over the course of Black History Month 2016.
Frederick McKinley Jones (May 17, 1893 – February 21, 1961) was an African-American inventor, entrepreneur, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. His innovations in refrigeration brought great improvement to the long-haul transportation of food. Around 1935, Jones designed a portable air-cooling unit for trucks carrying perishable goods. Portable cooling units designed by Jones were especially important during World War II, preserving blood, medicine, and food for use at army hospitals and on open battlefields. Read more.
Septima Poinsette Clark (May 3, 1898–December 15, 1987) was an American educator and civil rights activist. Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights for African Americans in the American Civil Rights Movement. Septima Clark's work was commonly under appreciated by Southern male activists. She became known as the "Queen mother" or "Grandmother" of the American Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Martin Luther King, Jr. commonly referred to Clark as "The Mother of the Movement". Clark's argument for her position in the Civil Rights Movement was one that claimed "knowledge could empower marginalized groups in ways that formal legal equality couldn't." Read more.
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks (June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000) was an American poet and teacher. She was the first black person (the term she preferred over African-American) to win a Pulitzer prize when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her second collection, Annie Allen. Throughout her career she received many more honors. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968, a position held until her death and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. Read more.


New to Solidworks Visualize. I have 2019 Solidworks Visualize Standard.
Is there a way to remove the watermark logo on every render created?
I am seeing "Solidworks Visualize" at the bottom right of every render.
Gilbert, try navigating to the Options/3D Viewport Tab and there should be a toggle box for "Show Watermark" that can be toggled off.
It may be under another sub "Display Options" tab within there but I can't recall as we don't have Visualize any longer.


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Real GEICO Customer Tony Dane Sues GEICO And Wins
GEICO loses Breach of Contract Case in a 6 year battle.
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LAS VEGAS, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Like a story straight out of Hollywood, a Las Vegas businessman takes on behemoth GEICO Insurance Company and wins.
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Tony Dane (Center) gives his children a hug after winning breach of contract suit against GEICO Insurance Co. (PRNewsFoto/Tony Dane) (PRNewsFoto/TONY DANE)
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In 2007, following lunch with a friend, Tony Dane found his car missing when he returned to the parking lot where he parked his car. Dane promptly filed a claim with his insurance company, GEICO.
Forty days later Dane's car was recovered with significant damage. GEICO's solution to repairing Dane's car was to offer him an engine from a junk yard. When Dane rejected the junk yard engine and demanded GEICO properly repair his car, they denied his claim stating Dane stole his own car.
"GEICO put me through a living hell," stated Dane in testimony. "First they deny my claim, and then they have an investigator try to intimidate me. When that didn't work they tried to use the power of the Nevada Attorney Generals office. They were willing to throw me in jail to save $12,000 that is how GEICO operates."
As the sole custodial parent of his children, Dane feared for their future. Dane decided to take action. He hired an Attorney, who was also a friend, and sued GEICO.
However, after representing Dane for years against GEICO, his Attorney took ill and could not continue. "I was left without an Attorney and was in way over my head," Dane said as he reminisced after the conclusion of Monday's trial.
Dane decided to pursue the case as his own Attorney.
Last week in a Las Vegas courtroom Dane squared off against GEICO in a modern day version of David and Goliath. During the six day trial, Dane took on GEICO Attorney Jack Angaran, Senior Investigator Jud Beardsley and Claims Handler Greg Balmer.
Using GEICO's own letters and the Nevada Unfair Insurance Practices Act, Dane laid out a case asserting that GEICO significantly increased his costs and denied his claim based on his supposed poor financial circumstances at the time of the claim. The jury of three men and five women sided with Dane handing him a victory in his lawsuit against GEICO in a 6-2 decision. Dane later stated that if he was a more knowledgeable on the legal process he could have convinced the remaining two.
Dane said that even though he won the lawsuit the case isn't over. He hired Attorney David Mann to handle the "bad faith" part of the claim.
When asked why he is willing to take up the fight, Dane, a devoted Christian, says, "God put me in this position for a reason; the reason is not to run away and allow this corporation to take advantage of the poor."
Contact: Tony Dane
Email: tony@automatedcalling.com
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WIRES Water for Wildlife collaboration will build and distribute $1 million worth of arboreal water stations for native wildlife.
The project is a direct result of research by the University of Sydney that found koalas used supplemented water extensively throughout the year. This is particularly frequent when extreme weather events dramatically reduce leaf water content, potentially leading to large-scale mortality due to dehydration.
According to Dr Valentina Mella, Post-Doctoral Research Associate – Animal Behaviour and Conservation, The University of Sydney, "Our results suggest that future changes in rainfall regimes and temperature in Australia have the potential to critically affect koala populations.
The more days without rain, the more time koalas spent drinking. During hot weather, visits to water stations were also more frequent, indicating that koalas needed regular access to water."
The arboreal drinkers were also visited by other native animals including sugar gliders, squirrel gliders, feathertail gliders, brushtail possums, tree frogs, geckos, goannas, pythons and a variety of birds including eastern rosellas, musk lorikeets, noisy miners, galahs, cockatoos, butcher birds, kites, owls, apostlebirds and magpies.
The research lead to the development of the highly effective TREE TROFF® arboreal drinker which is designed by Wildsip Pty Ltd.
There are 800 x 220L drinkers currently in production and they will be distributed to fire and drought affected areas. The aim is to have all drinkers installed before summer 2020/21 to ensure wildlife will have access to water during the hottest months of the year.
WWF-Australia is proudly supporting the project to assist koalas and other arboreal species and The Reece Group has also partnered with WIRES to support native wildlife, donating many key components which has enabled hundreds of additional drinkers to be built.
"It is rewarding to see this collaboration of sectors providing a simple solution to a major issue facing so many native animals. Access to water will continue to be a significant problem as the effects of climate change are felt across the country and WIRES is delighted to be able to lead this project," said WIRES CEO Leanne Taylor.
WIRES will be working closely with the University to Sydney to coordinate the distribution and installation of the drinkers. Private and public landowners can apply for the drinkers which will be provided free of charge to the most impacted areas.
Recipients will be required to install and maintain the drinkers on an ongoing basis to benefit local wildlife, particularly threatened species. Well maintained the drinkers are designed to last up to 20 years and they can be relocated over time to areas of higher need if required.
More details about how to apply, install and maintain the drinkers will be available soon. Registrations of interest can be submitted now via WIRES website: https://www.wires.org.au/water-for-wildlife


Allstate Corp. will close its call center in north suburban Vernon Hills at the end of the month and lay off about 60 employees, a spokeswoman confirms.
Another 90 workers are being relocated to other facilities. The move is part of the Northbrook-based insurer's plan to realign its toll-free calling network around fewer but larger operations. As of now, no other Chicago-area closings are planned, the spokeswoman says.


Bike Racing 3D: Have you ever dreamed of becoming a bike stunt?
Bike Racing 3D is a cool motorbike stunt game to test your skills as a biker in friv.land. Choose a level and start racing through ramps avoiding obstacles and collecting lots of coins.
Earn extra points for flips and try to land correctly or may may have to start again from the beginning or from the last checkpoint.
Do your best to set an unbeatable high score in every level and prove you got what it takes to master the two-wheeler. Enjoy Bike Racing 3D!


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Panthers, near the end of third straight losing season, fire GM Marty Hurney
Frank Schwab
21 December 2020, 9:24 am ·2-min read
The Carolina Panthers are on a slide, and they made a change before the season is over.
The Panthers have fired general manager Marty Hurney. It was Hurney's second stint as the team's GM, after serving as Carolina's GM from 2002-12. He landed that role again in 2017, when he was brought on as interim GM before getting the job again permanently.
#Panthers part ways with general manager Marty Hurneyhttps://t.co/ingC1Yjlq9
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) December 21, 2020
Under new coach Matt Rhule, the Panthers started 3-2 but have lost eight of nine since.
According to the Panthers' site, owner David Tepper "respected Hurney's traditional approach but hopes to blend more of a data-driven process into the football operation."
"I think sometimes you just need a restart, a refresh," Tepper said, according to the Panthers' site. "We did it last year on the coaching side. Maybe you could say it should have been done before on the GM side. Maybe it should have been. I'm sure people may say that, or otherwise, on both sides.
"I think it's just time, on both sides, to do that. It just seems like the right time to move forward."
Carolina Panthers general manager Marty Hurney was fired with two weeks left in the season. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
Hurney had made several strong draft picks, like safety and defensive rookie of the year candidate Jeremy Chinn this season, and other standouts like receiver D.J. Moore and pass rusher Brian Burns. But the Panthers are finishing up their third straight losing season.
Given Tepper's desire to have an organizational shift in philosophy and the lack of wins, Hurney was replaced. A big offseason in Carolina starts a bit early.
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Who has a cloister around their pool?
An exceptional 12th-century cloister has been sitting for half a decade inside the garden of a private home in Girona province without anyone knowing about it, except its owners and a few locals. Gerardo Boto, a professor of medieval art at Girona University, unveiled the discovery at a recent Barcelona art convention, where he amazed Romanesque architecture experts with a detailed description of the find, which is already being compared to the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos in Burgos.
Most remarkably, it does not show up in any official inventory, nor does it enjoy cultural protection from any public agency.
Boto found out about it in a magazine called AD , which in its July-August 2010 issue published a spectacular report on the home of a Swiss man named Kurt Englehorn and his wife Carmen. Mas del Vent, an enormous 22-hectare estate located within the town limits of Palamós, has an enormous set of Romanesque arches running around the swimming pool.
Boto tried unsuccessfully to obtain the owners' permission to inspect the site. But the photographs show two galleries with 10 unusually large arches each resting on double columns and capitals depicting rare human, animal and vegetable figures.
According to the magazine, the cloister was purchased by the homeowner's grandfather in the 1950s. Boto believes it was originally built in Segovia or Burgos.


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It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play. -- Dizzie Gillespie
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DIMINUITA:George Papadogiannis, guitar - Efie Sarandi, guitar - Kostas Arsenis, bass
DIMINUITA made their first appearance under this name in November 2007. They have long before loved and pored into swing, a kind so special and so rare in Greece.
They have been playing and teaching music for at least fifteen years. For the last four years though, they are solely working on European Jazz (Jazz Manouche). That is the European version of string swing ( also called "chamber jazz), as it was originally played in the 1930's by Django Rheinhardt and Stephane Grappeli of The Hot Club de France.
DIMINUITA have already performed at several live clubs in Athens. The following are mentioned just for the record: Kyttaro, Parafono Jazz Club, Tchae stin Sahara, Baraki tou Vasili, Bacaro Jazz Club, Dizzy Miles and others.
They also took part in the European music day at Volos in June '08 and the same month of the next year they played live in Preveza, Parga and Larisa. That summer finished with an appearance at the Athens' Technopolis.
In February 2009 they contributed to the protest happenings made against the closing of the Kyprou and Patision Park. They also performed at the Navarino Park in March and at the Fine Arts School B-FEST in May. The orchestra presented their work at the 17th International Guitar Festival, which took place at Syros' capital Ermoupolis in July 2010.
In December 2008 the band held two unique and particularly successful performances entitled " Django Hiotis- Manolis Rheinhardt" in an effort to connect and chain greek music of approximately the same period, with the European jazzmen of that era.
In March and October 2010 Diminuita made their maiden appearance abroad, playing on a series of gigs at Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam and at De Badcuyp in Amsterdam, Holland. That trip continued and ended in Belgium; They swinged at the Music Village, Archiduc, Art Base, Bonnefoi and Magic Mirrors in Brussels, at the Rosario in Bever, at the Hot Club Reserva in Gent and finally at the Jacques Pelzer Jazz Club in Liege.
On May 1st, triggered by the group's initiative, the 1st Gypsy Jazz Fest that took place in Gagarin 205 was a major success ( a sold-out concert actually). The occasion was to celebrate the 100 years' anniversary after Django Rheinhardt's birth.
Diminuita are a part of the orchestral swing scene, alluding to the pioneers of the Hot Club, playing their own versions of Rheinhatdt's and Grappeli's tunes, as well as of other composers' of that era. They also experiment creating new original compositions.
The emphasis is given in the natural, acoustic sound of the instruments without additional audio effects or interventions. However, the musicians' freedom to improvise - a typical quality distinct and yet so absolute in all jazz forms — is of primary importance.
Diminuita aim to create a new kind of creative communication in which clear musical expression will be the sole mediator, without the interference of speech or other artificial sound media.
Clear, natural sound from acoustic instruments and freedom of musical expression in a swing atmosphere, in combination with the later bebop form elements and the influence of gypsy music, so obvious throughout Europe.
The band has been occasionally co-working with the Romanian born violinist Damian Dudu from the November 2008 until 2010.
In August 2009 Kostas Arsenis replaced Andrew Mihalos at the bass fiddle. www.diminuita.com
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February Twenty-Two...
Savannah State University - Normal Class of 1900
Topics: African Americans, Civil Rights, Education, Human Rights, Women's Rights
Rust College
RUST COLLEGE was established in 1866 by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Its founders were missionaries from the North who opened a school in Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, accepting adults of all ages, as well as children, for instruction in elementary subjects. A year later the first building on the present campus was erected.
In 1870, the school was chartered as Shaw University, honoring the Reverend S.O. Shaw, who made a gift of $10,000 to the new institution. In 1892, the name was changed to Rust University to avoid confusion with another Shaw University. The name was a tribute to Richard S. Rust of Cincinnati, Ohio, Secretary of the Freedman's Aid Society. In 1915, the title was changed to the more realistic name, Rust College.
As students progressed, high school and college courses were added to the curriculum, and in 1878 two students were graduated from the college department. As public schools for Negroes became more widespread the need for private schools decreased, and in 1930 the grade school was discontinued. The high school continued to function until 1953.
Saint Paul's College (closed 2013)
Saint Paul's College, the beleaguered HBCU in Lawrenceville, Va., will cease operation on June 30, according to its board of trustees.
A spokesperson for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) confirmed that Belle S. Wheelan, president of the regional accrediting body, had received a May 28, letter from the chairman of the board of trustees at Saint Paul's College notifying her of the decision to close the 125-year-old institution. Efforts to reach Board Chairman Oliver W. Spencer Jr., were unsuccessful.
In recent years, SACS cited Saint Paul's for a series of deficiencies and violations, among them the lack of financial stability and too many faculty without terminal degrees. The college was eventually stripped of its accreditation. A federal judge later issued a preliminary injunction, allowing the college to keep its accreditation on a probationary basis so that Saint Paul's could continue to enroll students and hold classes. It opened last fall with about 111 students.
During a two-year probation, the private college struggled, but couldn't fix what accreditors found lacking at the institution that largely serves low-income, first-generation students. Saint Paul's struggled to rebound. Student enrollment continued to tumble, slipping below 100 and the money it raised from gifts, alumni donations, and desperate appeals, never seemed to be enough for the fledgling college to thrive.
Savannah State University
Savannah State University (SSU) is the oldest public historically black college or university in the state of Georgia and the oldest institution of higher learning in the city of Savannah. The school was established in 1890 as a result of the Second Morrill Land Grant Act, which mandated that southern and border states develop land-grant colleges for black citizens. Later that year, the Georgia General Assembly passed legislation creating the Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths, which served as Georgia's 1890 land-grant institution until 1947. A preliminary session of the Georgia State Industrial College was held in the Baxter Street School Building in Athens, Ga., before moving to Savannah in October 1891. Richard R. Wright, Sr., was appointed the first president of the institution in 1891, which opened with five faculty members and eight students.
The college awarded its first degree in 1898 to Richard R. Wright, Jr., the son of the founding president and became the ninth president of Wilberforce University. Cyrus G. Wiley of the class of 1902 was the first alumnus to become college president in 1921, the same year the first female students were admitted as residents on campus. In 1928, the college became a four-year, degree-granting institution, ending its high school and normal school programs.
Upon the creation of the University System of Georgia (USG) in 1932, the college became one of the first members of the system and its name was changed to Georgia State College. Its name changed again in 1950 to Savannah State College, and the institution received initial accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in 1955. The USG Board of Regents elevated the college to university status in 1996 and renamed the institution Savannah State University.
Selma University (ref site - no website available)
The institution was founded in 1878 as the Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School to train African Americans as ministers and teachers. The school purchased the former Selma Fair Grounds later that same year, moving into the fair's old exposition buildings. Noted ministers such as William H. McAlpine, James A. Foster and R. Murrell were among the founders. At a meeting in Mobile, Alabama in 1874, the first trustees were elected: C. O. Booth, Alexander Butler, William H. McAlpine, Holland Thompson and H. J. Europe. The convention voted to locate the school in Selma in 1877. The school opened four years later in the Saint Phillips Street Baptist Church of Selma (which later became the First Baptist Church).
In 1881, the school was incorporated by an act of the legislature under the name of Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School of Selma. In 1886, Charles L. Purce succeeded Edward M. Brawley as president at Selma.[1] Purce was successful as president, and helped the university pay off a debt of $8,000. In 1894, he accepted the presidency of Simmons College of Kentucky, then known as the State University at Louisville.
On May 14, 1908, the name was officially changed to Selma University. Wikipedia
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Ibikunle Amosunis a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator for the Ogun Central district of Ogun State, Nigeria in April 2003. In April 2007 he made an unsuccessful bid to be elected governor of Ogun State. He ran for Governor again on 2011, and this time was elected on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. He ran for office for the 2nd Term in 2015 and won and was re-elected and sworn into office May 29, 2015. Even after elected governor he still goes with the title; Senator Ibikunle Amosun AKA SIA.
Amosun was born on 25 January 1958 to a Muslim family. He attended primary school at African Church Primary school in Abeokuta (1965–1970), and then African Church Grammar school, Abeokuta (1971 – 1977). He then went to Ogun State Polytechnic, graduating with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in 1983. Amosun gained an Associate membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in 1990. He became a fellow of the Institute in 1996. He also became an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (1998).
Amosun began his career as an audit trainee with Lanre Aremu & Co. (Chartered Accountants) 1984. Later he joined XtraEdge Consulting as a managing consultant. From 1990 he was Principal partner of Ibikunle Amosun & Co. (Chartered Accountants) in Lagos. Amosun went to the University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom, where he acquired a Master of Arts in International Finance in 2000.
In April 2003, Ibikunle Amosun was elected to the senatorial seat of Ogun Central Senatorial district. He was an unsuccessful candidate to become Governor of Ogun State in April 2007, running on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform, but was defeated by Gbenga Daniel. He disputed the result, but in August 2009 the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal dismissed the petition.
Amosun lived up to his status as a Distinguished Senator by amplifying the voice of the masses. He moved several motions and sponsored many bills on issues that touched on the day-to-day lives of not only members of his immediate constituency, but also Ogun State and the nation in general.
Amosun was the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) for April 2011 Ogun State gubernatorial election. A report in the Nigerian Tribune on 12 February 2011 quoted his media aide as saying he had switched to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), but this was denied by ACN officials. Amosun won the 26 April election running on the ACN platform with 377,489 votes. Adetunji Olurin of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) polled 188,698 votes and Gboyega Isiaka of the PPN came third with 137,051 votes.
In 2015 Amosun stood for a second term as governor. He chose, Yetunde Onanuga, as his running mate of the state governor. He had to find a new running mate as his previous deputy governor had defected to an opposition party. Amosun chose Onanuga who had been working in the Lagos State Ministry of Environment over three other possible candidates.
A social welfarist, he believes that the rich are obligated to cater for the poor and underprivileged in the society. His government policy thrust is anchored on a strong partnership between public and private sectors. While the government has the responsibility to provide the enabling environment, to achieve sustainable economic growth and social development, the private sector must play the pivotal role.
Senator Amosun's work rate and capability for critical thinking remain his core leadership attributes, in addition to commitment to transparency and accountability. He approaches every responsibility and task with an infectious passion, commitment and perseverance. A hands-on leader who leads by example, he has the knack to identify, assemble, and nurture talents to create motivated teams with capacity to deliver optimal outcomes.
SIA believes that the provision of amenities and social development cannot be left to government alone. He therefore instituted a scholarship scheme in 1986, several years before venturing into politics, which he later institutionalized by setting up the Senator Ibikunle Amosun Scholarship Foundation (SIASF) on Thursday, 7 July 2005. He has awarded scholarships to over 1,000 students of Ogun State origin, in various institutions of higher learning.
A consummate philanthropist, Senator Amosun's generosity and quest to uplift others transcend the award of scholarships. He has instituted various other subsisting empowerment initiatives for trade groups, artisans, communities, women and other vulnerable groups in the society. His Alma Maters – African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta and Ogun State Polytechnic (now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic), also in Abeokuta – have benefited from his generous disposition to give back to the society. He built and commissioned the Administrative Block at African Church Grammar School, among other similar gestures.