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The members of our academic support staff have been carefully selected for their investment in student-athletes, their enthusiasm about education and their skill in establishing effective relationships among students, coaches, and faculty.
Every day, our team carries out Temple's mission to provide superior academic, personal and professional guidance to all Temple student-athletes.
It is the impeccable quality and unparalleled caliber of our staff that sets us apart from other academic advisory programs and makes us not only the largest academic support department in the American Athletic Conference but-in our humble opinion-also the best.
Most of our staff members have been student-athletes themselves, and they have worked or played-or sometimes both-at the following institutions:
• Temple University
• Penn State University
• Southern Methodist University
• University of Central Florida
• University of South Florida
• Northwestern University
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• North Carolina State University
• Rutgers University
• Syracuse University
• Arizona State University
• Florida Atlantic University
• University of Tennessee
• Johns Hopkins University
Nancy & Donald Resnick Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes
jsm@temple.edu
Justin holds a bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., and master's degrees in business administration and sport business management. During his graduate studies, he served as the Research Coordinator for the 2004-5 Racial Gender Report Card and worked with the National Football League Players' Association in Washington, D.C. He has also worked with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Emmanuel College in Boston, Mass.
Justin, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., joined Temple University as the Senior Director of the Resnick Center in 2010 after serving for five years as Assistant Director at the University of South Florida's Academic Advising and Support Center.
Justin lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Mary and sons, Wesley and Cash.
Tara Evans
Men's Basketball, Women's Soccer and Field Hockey
tara.evans@temple.edu
Tara Evans joined the Nancy & Donald Resnikc Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes as a Senior Advisor in August 2014. Prior to her arrival in the Resnick Center, Tara served as the Counselor Coordinator at Temple's Russell Conwell Learning Center.
Evans was a student-athlete at Syracuse University where she earned her bachelor's degree in Sociology, while competing on Syracuse's Swimming & Diving Team. Following her time in upstate New York, Tara earned her master's from Springfield College in Counseling and Psychological Services with a specialization in Athletic Counseling.
Joining the Resnick Center staff marks Tara's return to working with student-athletes after having worked in similar capacities at Villanova University and Florida Atlantic University. During her career as an athletics advisor Tara has worked with numerous different teams and coordinated various support serivces, culminated by her being named the Associate Director at FAU while working with the men's and women's basketball and football programs.
Tara has two daughters named Morgan and Taylor.
Paris Williams
Senior Learning Specialist
LEAD Program, Tutor Coordinator
paris.williams@temple.edu
Prior to her work in the Resnick Center, Paris was a four-year member of Temple's track and field team, graduating in 2011 with a degree in social work. During that time, she was a multiple time Atlantic-10 Conference champion. She became a graduate assistant at the Resnick Center in the fall of 2012 and then was promoted to a full time Learning Specialist in November, 2013. Paris, originally from Maryland, recently completed her master's degree in Social Work at Temple and has been a phenomenal resource for the Owls.
"My most rewarding experience at the Resnick Center has been watching all of my students develop as learners and young adults. It has been rewarding to see the students trust our office and buy into the services we provide. Nothing beats seeing my students work their hardest and be proud of their accomplishments!"
Alyssa Drachslin
Coordinator for Leadership and Professional Development
Alyssa.Drachslin@temple.edu
Alyssa returned to Temple to join the Rensick Center in February 2018. As a former Owl, Alyssa competed on Temple Women's Volleyball Team from 2012-2016. While at Temple she earned her bachelor's degree in Political Science and a master's in Globalization and Development Communication. After graduating, to combine her passion for sports and international development, Alyssa worked for Student-Athletes Abroad. During her time at Student-Athletes Abroad, she focused on creating international internship and study abroad opportunities for student-athletes primarily in Costa Rica, South Africa, and Spain. From Riverside, California, Alyssa will be focused on leadership and career development for all student-athletes.
Nick Plack
Women's Indoor/Outdoor Track, Men and Women's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men and Women's Tennis and Volleyball
nplack@temple.edu
Nick began his career as a Nittany Lion, receiving his bachelor's degree in human development and family studies from Penn State. While matriculating, he also earned Academic Big-Ten honors as a high jumper and triple jumper. Upon graduation, Nick took on a graduate assistant-ship at Morgan Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes, where he earned a M.Ed. in higher education and administration.
Before arriving at Temple, Nick worked at Southern Methodist University, overseeing the football, women's basketball and volleyball teams.
In his free time, Nick loves spending time with his daughter, Jasmine, running, playing basketball, riding his road bike, and reading novels.
"My most rewarding experience working at the Resnick Center is being able to develop relationships with the student-athletes and watch their progression as a freshman all the way to graduation. I also enjoy trying to support each athlete in their academic and personal goals and finding paths to become successful in their career after Temple."
Reid Vanderlinden
Academic Advisor II
Football, Women's Soccer
reid.vanderlinden@temple.edu
Reid Vanderlinden joined the Resnick Center staff in the summer of 2015 after serving for two years as an academic support graduate assistant with the Penn State University football program, earning his M.Ed in Higher Education Administration. A State College, Pennsylvania native, Reid is a 2013 graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science while playing defensive back for the football team. Currently, Reid works with football team's offensive upperclassmen.
"My greatest motivation at Temple is to continue to build on the pattern of academic excellence that our students and staff work so hard to achieve. Watching our student-athletes grow as individuals and leave with degrees and high hopes is the rewarding experience that I work towards every day."
Irie Dennis
Football & Women's Basketball
irie.dennis@temple.edu
Irie Dennis joined the Resnick Center Team as an academic advisor in September 2015. Irie, a native of Columbus, Ohio, received her B.S. from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During her time at Grand Valley Irie was a four-year member of the Women's Soccer team which culminated in winning a national championship in 2009 and was named NCAA Division II National Player of the year as a senior. Irie then went on to receive her M.Ed from University of South Florida in College Student Affairs.
Prior to joining the Owls, Irie completed an internship with Academic Services for Student-Athletes at the University of Central Florida and most recently served as a graduate assistant counselor in Student Support Services at the University of South Florida.
"I find it tremendously rewarding working in the Resnick Center where knowledge and skills are cultivated and shared. I am fully invested in making a difference in the lives of the student-student athletes I work with. Watching student-athletes reach that 'aha!' moment is one of my most gratifying experiences while working in the Resnick Center."
Tori Perri
Men's Soccer, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Rowing
victoria.perri@temple.edu
Tori Perri joined the Resnick Center in the fall of 2017 from Penn State University where she served as an Athletic Academic Counselor in the Morgan Center. Tori earned a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and master's in Higher Education while competing on the Cross Country and Track and Field teams as a Nittany Lion. After graduating, Tori continued with Penn State in their academic support department before transitioning to her hometown of Philadelphia, PA to join Temple's Resnick Center staff. Tori currently works with the Women's Lacrosse, Women's Rowing and Men's Soccer teams.
Erika Devaughn
Football & Women's Gymnastics
erika.devaughn@temple.edu
Erika DeVaughn comes to Temple from Stony Brook University, where she spent two years as an Academic Advisor and Tutor Coordinator. Her primary responsibilities were with the softball and track & field teams at Stony Brook. Erika earned her B.A. from Samford University in 2013 where she was a member of the women's volleyball team.
After graduating, DeVaughn earned her Master's degree in Sport Management from Florida A&M University while working as a graduate assistant in athletics from 2013-14. From 2014-15 Erika was an assistant for Student-Athlete Support Services at the University of Cincinnati. Currently, Erika works with the women's gymnastics team, the defensive backfield of the football team.
Kelsey Simpson
Kelsey.Simpson@temple.edu
Kelsey Simpson joined the Resnick Center Team as an associate academic advisor in June 2018. Kelsey, a native of Kentucky, earned her bachelor's degree in Marketing and Sports Business at Northern Kentucky University while competing on the women's basketball team for four years as a Norse. She then went on to receive her M.S. in Sport Business from Temple University. Prior to joining the Resnick Center full-time, Kelsey served as an academic mentor for two semesters and most recently completed a semester-long internship with the Resnick Center during Spring 2018. Kelsey currently assists with Men's Basketball.
Shahbaz Ahmed
Shahbaz.Ahmed@temple.edu
Kate Cappetta
Learning Specialist, Tutoring Program
LEAD Program
katherine.cappetta@temple.edu
Kate joined the Resnick Center in May of 2016 as a Learning Specialist part-time and came on board full-time in March of 2017. Prior to joining the team she earned a bachelors degree in Politics from The Catholic University in Washington D.C. and worked in corporate hospitality while living in San Francisco. In 2006 Kate relocated to Philadelphia where she earned a master's degree in education from Chestnut Hill College. Education and academic support have remained her focus and passion for over a decade. Kate has worked to create positive and supportive learning environments for students as they explore their interests and achieve their goals and was recently recognized with the Lindback Foundation's Distinguished Teaching Award."The best part about working at the Resnick Center is seeing our students gain confidence and build success through their determination both in and out of the classroom."
Taylor Gillie
taylor.gillie@temple.edu
Taylor Gillie joined the Resnick Center as a Learning Specialist in July 2017. Prior, she worked as an assistant academic advisor for men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, and women's soccer in Academic Services for Student-Athletes (ASSA) at the University of Central Florida while earning a master's in Educational Leadership/Higher Education & Policy Studies.
A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Taylor competed on the volleyball team at Stony Brook University while completing her bachelor's in Anthropology and Sociology in 2015.
"My goal is to provide student-athletes with a supportive environment where they can build confidence in the classroom that will translate to even more success in their sport."
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El Acatlán Fútbol Club es un equipo de fútbol de México que juega en la Tercera División del país. Tiene como sede el Club Juárez en la población de Acatlán de Juárez, Jalisco.

Historia
El equipo fue creado en el verano de 2016 tras el traslado del conjunto Vaqueros Bellavista, que tenía su sede en el municipio. Su primer partido se jugó el 12 de septiembre de 2016 con victoria de 4-0 sobre el Club Deportivo Oro. Finalizaron su primera temporada como líderes del Grupo X con 84 puntos. Sin embargo, fueron eliminados en la primera ronda de liguilla tras caer por marcador global de 2-5 ante el Atlético Tecomán.

En su segunda temporada compitiendo, el cuadro finalizó de nuevo como líder del grupo X con 88 puntos. En la fase de liguilla eliminó a los cuadros: Troyanos de la UdeM; Tuzos de la UAZ "B"; Club Hidalguense; Atlético Valladolid; Águilas de la UAS y al Club Deportivo Uruapan, lo que le permitió llegar a la final de la división. La serie final de la temporada enfrentó al Acatlán contra el conjunto de la Marina, tras empatar a un gol en el global, fue necesaria la celebración de una tanda de penales, en la cual los Vaqueros se impusieron por 4-5, de esta forma el cuadro jalisciense consiguió su primer título en la historia.

Tras haber logrado el campeonato de Tercera División, el equipo principal se trasladó a la ciudad de Tepic, Nayarit, en donde pasó a llamarse Coras de Nayarit. Mientras tanto, se mantuvo otro conjunto en Acatlán de Juárez, registrado bajo el nombre Futcenter. En 2019, el equipo recuperó su identidad completa al ser registrado de nuevo como Acatlán ante la FMF.

Temporadas

Franquicia Acatlán F.C.

Franquicia Futcenter

Palmarés

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Perfil oficial del equipo en la página web de la Liga Bancomer MX.

Equipos de fútbol fundados en 2016
Equipos de fútbol de la Tercera división mexicana

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Most of the time we envy one quality about a person, and we presume the rest of her qualities are as perfect as the one we want. That's usually not the case. Think Rain Man. Boy did he know how to count those straws and play poker. But his social skills needed some fine-tuning, yes? Do some research on the person you want to temporarily destroy and you will find that she has her own set of problems and weaknesses. Moreover, if you consider her success in context, you'll see that she hasn't always been a superstar–that maybe, just maybe, back when you got a blue ribbon for the fastest freestyle swimmer in the 7 to 8 age group, she was afraid to dive in the pool or couldn't figure out how to swim without getting water up her nose. My point: you don't have the full story. Once you do, you'll feel better. I think.
"WHAT?!? You can't be serious," you're thinking to yourself. Actually I am. I have tried it numerous times and it works. Last year I came across a blogger I envied. She had two degrees from Yale. (I scored 1,000 on my SATs). Her books were bestsellers. (I had just received a royalty statement that said more copies of my book were returned than sold.) Her Technorati score (blog traffic) was, well, much better than mine.
So…. I did something very counterintuitive. I e-mailed her to tell her how impressed I was with her, and I would very much like to interview her on Beyond Blue. When I started reading through her blogs, I found this great story about her feelings of insecurity regarding a fellow writer whom she felt somewhat threatened by because he was writing on the same topics as she was. What did she do about it? She contacted him and took him out to lunch.
I couldn't believe that she had moments of insecurity too! I mean, she's got two Yale degrees! Nowhere in her bio did it mention insecurity. But by complimenting her, and connecting with her, and dare I say befriending her, I learned that she is just like me–with some outstanding strengths but some fears and reservations and insecurities, as well.
3. Do one thing better than her.
I absolutely loved the "dress better than your enemy" directive because it reminds us that we can always find one thing that we can do better than our friend-nemesis. If matching designer outfits gives you a boost of confidence, knock yourself out! If competing in a triathlon just to prove that you are in better shape than your mean cousin with a great figure, sign up! .
4. Put the ladle (and the running shoes) away.
Early on in my writing career, my mentor Mike Leach would say to me (when I panicked at spotting a more popular book on a certain topic than mine): "Her success doesn't take away from yours. … Her numbers have nothing to do with yours." I always remember that when I start thinking like a gerbil … that there is only one food bowl, and if you don't get to it first and take as much as you need for an entire year, you and your whole gerbil family will die. Or, if you're Italian, mom has made one pot of pasta, so you had better dig in and eat before your selfish brother ingests your portion.
I repeat: one person's success doesn't rob another of success. In fact, success can often breed success.
Your enemy-friend is doing something right if she has your attention. There is a reason you are threatened. So, get out your scribbling pad and take some notes. If you want to network with her confidence and charm, then study her at a cocktail party. If you envy her fluid writing style, buy a few of her books, and dissect her sentences just like you did the pig guts in Biology 101. If you want her 36-24-36 Disney Princess figure, ask her what she does for a workout. If she responds "nothing but eat ice-cream," you can ignore this and keep reading.
6. Go to the core.
Whenever I'm scheming to take down some chick who could (in my head anyway) destroy me with her success, or start in with the self-loathing because I don't do something as well as my cousin's best friend's fiancé, I know that it's time to go back mentally to my hospital room at Johns Hopkins psych ward, where I found myself.
"What has become of me?" I cried to my writing mentor Mike over the phone just after the doctors refused to release me and told me, despite my impressive argument, that I was, in fact, "one of them," and that, as one of them, I needed to return to the community room and stay for a few nights.
"I used to be successful. Now I'm sleeping in a room next to a 65-year-old man banging his head on the wall who has been hospitalized for a year," I said to Mike.
Somehow I believed him. And when I get frenzied and tied in a knot about the most ridiculous things, I go back to that moment in time. And I believe him again.
During this time, give yourself a pep talk. Pump yourself up. Maybe sketch out some goals for yourself. What do you need to do to be able to go forward with more confidence? What specific actions will allow you to believe in yourself a tad more?
The ultimate weapon against jealousy and envy is simply to do your best. Because that's all you really can do. Your friend-nemesis still may run father than you, swim faster, and sell more books. But the only thing that matters is that you have done the best job that you can do. Then you can breathe a sigh of relief and feel some satisfaction.
Just do your best–in any circumstance in your life. It doesn't matter if you are sick or tired, if you always do your best there is no way you can judge yourself. And if you don't judge yourself there is no way you are going to suffer from guilt, blame, and self-punishment. By always doing your best, you will break a big spell that you have been under.


Quint's Corner in Ipswich, circa 1967. Photo shared by Robert Swan with the "I Grew Up in Ipswich Facebook" group.
This is a 1967 photo of Quint's Corner (The Tyler block) in Ipswich which Robert Swan shared with the "I Grew Up in Ipswich" Facebook group.
Cynthia Moody recalled, "The cops would walk over to us & tell us to get moving." Lynne Stevens agreed, "I have a lot of memories from there, most of which were from the Ipswich PD, "Move along, no loitering." And so the games began, we walked from one corner to the other, and sometimes around the block only to end up right back there.
Wonderful memories to go with this photo! I sure enjoyed reading them all!


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It's Elton John's 67th Birthday Today ! What's Your Favorite Elton John Song ?
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, is one of the most highly acclaimed and successful solo artists of all time. With his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin, Elton has written some of the greatest songs of our time including 'Rocket Man', 'Your Song', 'Daniel' and 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'. He has achieved 35 gold and 25 platinum albums, has sold more than 250-million records worldwide, and holds the record for the biggest selling single of all time.


A newly renovated villa located in the residential area of Sa Coma, close to Cala Millor on the eastern coast of Mallorca. The villa consists of 2 separate apartments connected to the main living area and veranda. The living-room offers a fire-place and has access to the garden and pool area, the dining room and fully equipped kitchen are separate, there are 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 kitchenettes and a roof-top terrace offering panoramic views. The garden area offers a 5mx3m pool, parking space, several covered and uncovered terraces and various chill-out-areas. The property comes equipped with air-conditioning in every room, central heating, wooden beams, original Mallorcan tiling and fitted wardrobes.
This villa is only a short walk from the long sandy beach of Sa Coma, as well as a great variety of shops, bars and restaurants. The picturesque town of Porto Cristo is 10 minutes by car, and Palma city center can be reached within a 40 minutes by car.


Do you think mobile application development is easy? All in all, it doesn't matter. You can be an exceptional mobile developer, but sooner or later, you'll stumble working on your application user interface. In fact, it's often the biggest challenge facing any mobile development project.
So why not help yourself? UI kits take the pain out of developing a solution to a design problem. They usually offer both a framework for your mobile application and a series of UI elements to help you sell it to the final customer, whoever it may be.
A UI kit stands for User Interface Kit. They are usually collections of PSD files that are composed of user interface elements. They can come in any variety of patterns, designs, and colors; at the same time, they vary according to their design and purpose. Premium versions are usually coming with much more included content (CSS, JS files) than the free ones.
Now comes the fun part. All these PSD files can be converted to HTML and CSS, how cool is that. You will need to use a Photoshop CS6 (or newer) or some other online tool.
OK, enough for the introduction, let's look at a fifteen inspirational UI kits I prepared for you today.
There's a good reason this UI Kit is the first one in this list. Its look and feel resemble default Ionic UI while still looking much more stylish.
The used color palette is conservative, almost sterile, almost perfect for a magazine or a newsreader app.
Here's another minimalist UI Kit you can easily imitate in your mobile application. A color palette is modern, stylish, and intuitive, similar to the default Ionic UI, yet it looks so much better. I would like to praise a usage of orange color, thanks to it everything looks so much brighter.
Unlike previously mentioned UI Kit, this one features several categories: Sign in / Sign up form, Walkthrough, Menu, Profil, Social, Portfolio, Statistics, and Ecommerce.
If anything, this UI Kit is not subtle, colors are bursting from everywhere.
While it looks like an excellent choice for a fashion application, I would rather use it for a social network application.
Wow, this UI kit looks remarkably professional, just look at that blue color. It almost feels royal.
Unfortunately, it names servers as a false advertisement. I simply don't see anything social in it, provided screens are more suitable for a multimedia app, it would even look great in a magazine app featuring a lot of video media.
Another great looking minimalist UI kit. Again, very similar to the default Ionic UI look and feel though this one features a much better use of a color white. Unfortunately, it seems too much sterile.
This is also a multipurpose UI Kit.
If you need a great Flat UI look and feel, then this is a UI Kit for you.
It over features color blue, but I would still like to use this good looking UI.
This UI Kit is not for everyone. It features a stylish, masterfully crafted, made perfect UI, an excellent choice for a social network app.
Who wouldn't like traveling after seeing this UI Kit. What makes it great is excellent image usage.
Simply a perfect UI for a travel or a food-related application.
Thanks for share. Awesome collection.
If you want I can write such tutorial?
Please do this tutorial thanks.


It is important to choose its snowboard attachmentwhich will depend of your Board, your program, your level and your morphology. Link between the Board and you, the fix of snow must be chosen with the greatest care, in order to enjoy a maximum of sensations according to your practice.
As for the boards and boots, manufacturers provide a flex value to each of their snow pricingwhich will depend on the materials used for the design. To make the best choice, the point the first characteristic to take into account is your style of riding.
Beginners and freestyle fans, who logically opted for a Board to the low flex and flexible boots, will also turn to flexible attachments. More tolerant of errors, they are also easier to tweak for your different tricks.
If you are destined to the freeride, the snowboard bindings rigid will be more tailored to your practice. These allow more control over the Board, to take advantage of powder, off-piste runs and draw lines at high speed.
To avoid wasting time to shoes, the buttocks in the snow, the brands offer some snow fixs at rear entrance. Generally more rigid than conventional shells, they are used to the Alpine snowboarding and boardercross and freecarve. Rear entry offers a step-in and a quick release that seduces a large number of snowboarders.
But bindings to conventional hulls remain the most used models. With their fixed spoiler, these snow attachments offer a precise setting and are known for combining maintains and flexibility. This model covers most styles of ride, from beginner to advanced.


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Help-an-officer call reported at Omaha grocery store
A help-an-officer call was reported Thursday night, Douglas County dispatchers said, after a scuffle between a shoplifter and an off-duty officer occurred.The report was issued around 7:40 p.m. near North 46th and California streets. It canceled shortly after.The incident occurred in the Family Fare grocery store.No serious injuries were suffered, and the suspect faces several charges. The officer was not a member of the Omaha Police Department.Check back for updates on this developing story.
A help-an-officer call was reported Thursday night, Douglas County dispatchers said, after a scuffle between a shoplifter and an off-duty officer occurred.
The report was issued around 7:40 p.m. near North 46th and California streets. It canceled shortly after.
The incident occurred in the Family Fare grocery store.
No serious injuries were suffered, and the suspect faces several charges. The officer was not a member of the Omaha Police Department.
Check back for updates on this developing story.

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Beginning April 2, 2018, ClearBags will be moving to a new enterprise resource planning system (ERP), which is a fancy name for the system that takes orders and stores all product, order, and customer information.
We are doing this to stay relevant with the ever changing technology in the world and because it will greatly benefit you, our customers. I will go into those benefits below, but first, please note we plan to be closed on Friday, March 30 to push this upgrade live. Also, as with any major system upgrade we hope there are no hiccups, but if there are, we want to apologize in advance for any delays or frustrations you may have while we work out any kinks.
Better customer service - Customer service agents will be able to more quickly access customer information, have better access to communications with customers, and integrated case management system, resulting in a faster ordering process and reduced errors.
Faster fulfillment - As we continue to grow, our fulfillment systems and processes get more complex. These upgrades will help us further streamline the fulfillment process, ultimately leading to faster fulfillment for our customers.
Increased security - We have always taken great measures to ensure the security of our customers data. This new system is backed by Oracle Cloud Security and will provide even more protection for our customers' data. It will open to door for us to provide a host of other, smaller benefits such as level 3 credit card processing.
Ultimately, these efficiencies mean we save money that we will then pass to our customers in the form of even better wholesale pricing.
One immediate change is that we will be moving to paperless invoicing. Unless requested, a copy of your invoice will be emailed to you in the form of a PDF and no longer included in your order.
In a nutshell, there are many benefits coming your way as we continue to improve and modernize our systems. Again, we apologize for any delays that may occur as we roll our this new system. While we are confident in the success of this upgrade, if you want to be sure your orders are fulfilled before we go live on our new system, please place orders on or before Thursday, March 29.
Thank you for being a ClearBags customer. Our goal is to provide you with the right packaging products and an easy packaging experience, which we believe is made possible by this system upgrade.


Challenging Problem: With over 50 TVC's being produced each year the client engaged TP3 to review the current TVC buying costs and processes to ensure they were receiving fair value from their agencies.
Creative Solution: TP3 suggested a initial historical benchmarking exercise covering a cross section of projects. These would allow cost and process comparison using TP3's database and category expertise.
Timeline: The initial assessments where completed in the standard turnaround period of 48 hours. From these results a full proposal was prepared. This was complete and presented within a further 5 days.
Result and feedback: There where a number of recommendations that have been adopted to date of which some are on going. Firstly, using the findings from the assessments fully customized TV training workshops where run by TP3 to help the marketing team understand the issues. Cost savings of approximately 15% have been identified and various purchasing processes are being amended.
How do your agencies see you and your marketing team?


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Pastor Misael Loera and Doris Lares
Pastor Misael Loera and Doris Lares are the field directors of the Amigos en Cristos Ministries (AeC) in Juarez. They are the proud parents of Anita and Doris Judith "DJ". Anita is a college student at Paine College in Augusta, GA and DJ is a bright high school student who is also attends the After School Program.
Doris is a medical doctor by profession who has been a driving force behind the arts and crafts programs for children and their parents at the community centers. Doris and Misael share a passion for evangelism and discipleship. Doris sees that God is working greatly among the teachers as they work with the children in the community centers. Among other roles, she functions as the principal of the community centers, coordinates food services in the kitchens, and teaches an art appreciation class to students.
Art is a passion for her and she believes that teaching the children to look beyond their own environment has been a central part of the transformation in the children and their families. Forty pictures done by the Amigos en Cristo children were on display during August 2012 in the El Paso public library. This is, in fact, the eighth exposition of children's art coming out of the Amigos en Cristo community centers.
Pastor Misael said that he agrees with Doris's observation of God's work. They work as partners in following Christ in life and in ministry. Because they follow Him and obey—"not making anything up" he said it makes the work easy: it's their "passion, pleasure, and joy." When Jerry Quick invited Misael to serve as AeC director, Misael wondered whether he should give up being a local pastor. He felt that when he'd focused on youth ministry earlier in his career that he had neglected his local church; he did not want to do that with assuming responsibilities for a new ministry. Jerry told him not to abandon his church.
What Pastor Misael has found is that by first building up the members of El Peniel Baptist Church he sees that God is "accelerating" or "speeding up" results in the church and in the Amigos en Cristo ministry. Having his church grounded has resulted in a "win-win" situation. New believers in the church are serving and growing and their lives and the lives of families affected by Amigos en Cristo ministry are being transformed. Making disciples and inviting those disciples into the work in the community centers he is doing the "core (work) of the gospel" and also fulfilling his passion for the lost.
Please pray for Misael and Doris and for El Peniel Baptist Church and their ministry with Amigos en Cristo.
"How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'" (Isaiah 52:7)


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Kingston Council website
We asked, you said, we did
Cambridge Gardens - potential development
Why is the council looking at options for the redevelopment of land owned by the Housing Service?
Is the council definitely pushing ahead with this development?
How big an impact will the new housing have on Cambridge Gardens?
Will the flats only be for social housing or will some be private?
What is the difference between 'affordable' and 'social' housing?
If the council is reviewing all its land across the borough why have they started in Cambridge Gardens?
Will all the residents currently in Cambridge Gardens be able to remain?
Will Cambridge Gardens need to be in place to enable the Cambridge Road Estate regeneration scheme to proceed?
Why are they building lots of student flats in Kingston when we need houses?
Who will own the land?
What will the new buildings look like?
Will the children still have a play area?
Will existing Cambridge Gardens flats be overlooked by these new flats?
How many new properties will there be?
Where will the properties go?
How and when are you going to sort out parking on Cambridge Gardens?
Can you stop the builders who are working on the Vibe Student flats and around the corner at the old Robert Peel Pub from parking on Cambridge Gardens?
When are the garages on Cambridge Gardens going to be knocked down - residents were told that this would happen 2 years ago - the land could then be used for parking?
What about parking when/if the new flats are built?
Will new residents fit in or will it upset the status quo of Cambridge Gardens?
Won't this development prolong disruption for Cambridge Road residents in addition to the Vibe student accommodation?
Overcrowding?
We sometimes have problems with drugs and antisocial behaviour - will this make things worse?
We really want to work closely with residents and there are a number of ways you can get involved:
Register online to keep up-to-date. Visit www.kingston.gov.uk/cambridgegardens for more information and to sign up to our new engagement platform to receive regular updates and bulletins. We will also use this forum as a way for you to have your say throughout the project.
Not online? Come along to one of our face-to-face meetings. We will be hosting regular meetings at the Queen Mary Hall where you will have the opportunity to speak to our planning officers face-to-face and share your views. We will ensure that all households are aware of the timing of these events well in advance.
Join the Residents' Association You are strongly encouraged to join the Cambridge Gardens Residents Association which will enable you to get directly involved in the development of this potential project. If you are interested in joining or would like some more information, please email cambridgegardens@kingston.gov.uk
The council has a Core Strategy target to build 2,000 new affordable homes in the borough between 2012/13 and 2026/27. The council currently has 9,502 families waiting for a council home with 693 families in temporary accommodation and the with the projected population growth, the need for housing will grow more. The council therefore has to provide new affordable homes to reduce the number of households on the housing register, meet its obligations to house homeless households and reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation and bed and breakfasts.
At the moment we are at an exploratory stage of investigating whether it would be feasible to accommodate additional housing on the Cambridge Gardens site. Nothing has been decided at this stage.
The building of additional housing on the Cambridge Gardens site would likely have a significant short-term impact but every effort would be made to keep this to a minimum.
The majority of the flats would likely be to increase the council's stock of social rented accommodation, however to meet the significant build cost, there would also likely be a proportion of 'affordable' homes at the same location which would be sold to qualifying residents to finance the build.
Social housing is a type of affordable housing. The term 'affordable housing' covers a range of different rental and lower-cost home ownership options including:
social ('capped') rents commonly known as council rents.
discounted rents (up to 80% of market value)
shared ownership and equity share. This is when someone buys only a share of the property, generally between 25% and 75% of the property's value. In the case of shared ownership, residents will pay rent on the remaining share i.e. the share of the property's value they don't own, commonly known as 'unsold equity'. If buying through an equity share scheme with a higher share, normally at least 75% of the property's value, rent is not charged on the unsold equity.
The council is reviewing all its land across the borough and looking at every opportunity to provide further housing. You will no doubt be aware that a regeneration programme is underway at your neighbouring Cambridge Road Estate. Other estates likely to be considered for regeneration in the future include Kingsnympton Park and Sheephouse Way.
It is not anticipated that building additional housing on Cambridge Gardens would require any of the existing residents to move.
While it's true that new dwellings at Cambridge Gardens could be used to temporarily rehouse Cambridge Road Estate residents in the early phases of the regeneration scheme, this is not essential to the regeneration programme and if Cambridge Gardens was not available, other solutions would have to be found.
In addition to the requirement for more housing across London, there is also a recognised need for additional student accommodation as set out in the Mayor of London's Plan. The council has no authority to dictate what type of scheme a developer applies to build.
The council will retain ownership of the land in Cambridge Gardens and has no plans to sell this to a developer.
At this stage we are just doing the early feasibility work and cannot yet confirm that this development is definitely going ahead. The final design would only be confirmed following the masterplanning process in which the council would actively work with residents to ensure that their views are reflected within the proposals.
Cambridge Gardens is surrounded by a significant area of open land. While the location of any potential additional housing has yet to be decided, any lost recreational facilities would be replaced elsewhere on site as a priority.
The design and location of any new development will need to be in full adherence to planning guidelines including having regard to privacy and outlook of neighbouring properties.
Until we appoint a development partner and undertake masterplanning, we cannot confirm how many properties there would be. However our aspiration would be to maximise the amount of affordable housing, while respecting the character and aesthetic of the existing housing and we would hope to deliver in the region of 90 additional homes.
We cannot say at this stage where any development should be located within the development. Once early feasibility work has been undertaken by architects, we will await their recommendation.
If Cambridge Gardens is seen to be a suitable location for further development, we would then proceed in looking for a development partner to undertake the development. Residents would be involved in the selection of the development partner.
Currently we are aware that Cambridge Gardens car park is subject to unwarranted usage by non-residents. This means that the level of parking required by residents is probably significantly less than what is currently provided and extra capacity could be recovered through more effective management.
We wrote to everyone earlier this year to get your views on whether we should introduce parking enforcement on Cambridge Gardens, issuing resident parking permits and having the site monitored by parking wardens. We received a response from 23% of residents, out of which 72% were in favour. The outcome on this will be decided at the Housing Sub Committee meeting on 7 September and we will update you following that meeting.
When we became aware of this issue, we contacted the developer and have a management agreement in place to stop unauthorised usage of the parking space. This should not still be happening, but if you observe unauthorised parking please get in touch with your Resident Services Officer, Richard Grainge. This can be done through the Contact Centre on 020 8547 5003.
It is true that garages 1-19 have been earmarked for demolition at Cambridge Gardens. We can't say when this will be yet as it will depend on the timing of the development plans should they go ahead. However, it is likely that the garages will be knocked down to make better use of the land as part of the process.
The provision of parking and its full adherence to planning guidelines would be an integral part of any planning application that could be considered for approval.
While understandably a change in the makeup of a community may appear daunting, we are confident that the new occupiers of the additional dwellings, many of whom will have been waiting for some time for housing, will make every effort to integrate themselves into the local community and be respectful of their neighbours.
While we know that you have been subjected to considerable disruption during recent works, we urgently need to address the shortage of housing in Kingston. Unfortunately, building is disruptive for neighbours, but we will insist that measures are taken to minimise this.
The Cambridge Gardens estate is currently home to 165 households. The site includes significant areas of landscaped open space which in our view could accommodate additional housing without leading to overcrowding. Any proposals would be evaluated against planning policies and guidelines.
We don't believe there will be any impact. During the masterplanning process we will involve residents and we will ensure the design of new properties meets best practice for crime prevention. Currently we work very closely with the Safer Neighbourhood Team within the Metropolitan Police. It is really important that you report any crime or anti social behaviour so that it can be dealt with. There are a number of ways you can do this by calling the following:
Housing Management Team: 020 8547 5003
Police (non-emergencies): 101. For any emergencies please call 999.
Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111 or report online at: www.crimestoppers-UK.org (allows you to anonymously call or report online any information about crime).


LYNN – ArtWeek, a 10-day festival that celebrates culture, creativity and the uniqueness of Massachusetts communities, will take place statewide April 27-May 6.
For the first time, the city of Lynn has been invited to participate. Marblehead, Nahant and Salem also will take part.
"Creatures Workshop," May 6, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
This unique workshop encourages participants to interpret and identify their own artistic portrayal of animals, and blend it with choreographed dance excerpts as well as improvised movement. Learn from choreographer Sallee Slagle and the dancers of Forty Steps Dance while exploring the movement of "Creatures." The edited video of Slagle's choreographic masterwork "Creatures," which was filmed at LynnArts theater, will also be shown. This workshop at Nahant Community Center, 41 Valley Road, is for adults and children age 8 and older.


The main figure is an artist's impression showing the HD 189733 system, containing a Sun-like star orbited by HD 189733b, an exoplanet about the size of Jupiter . This "hot Jupiter" is over 30 times closer to its star than Earth is to the Sun and goes around the star once every 2.2 days, as determined from previous observations. Also in the illustration is a faint red companion star, which was detected for the first time in X-rays with these observations . This star orbits the main star about once every 3,200 years.


Why are there 3 good polities?
Why does Aristotle say in book VIII of the Nicomachean Ethics that there are three good polities? What principle of division is he using, so that he comes up with three, rather than two or four? It is normally said that the difference lies in whether the rulers are one (kingship), a few (aristocracy), or many ('timocracy'). This seems rather too vague to be a good philosophical division. Does 'many' mean 10% of the population? Or 25%? Or 50 %? And why should not these differing percentages also be said to yield different polities?
We do not normally divide actions into species by simply looking at how many people are performing them. For example, if we are asking what the species of farming are, we might say that they are arable, dairy, and mixed; but it would be strange to say that the species are farms run by one man, farms run by a family, and farms run by a village. It is true we might distinguish five-a-side football and eleven-a-side as two species of the game; but this is because the differing numbers mean that the games require different skills and strategies, not simply because the players are more and less. In the same way, acts of governing do not seem to be distinct simply because they are performed by different numbers of people.
Another problem with this explanation is that while kingship and aristocracy are corrupted by the one man or the few ruling selfishly, timocracy is said to be corrupted not by the many ruling badly but by the many being extended by the abolition of a property qualification to the all. But why is 'rule by all' not a fourth basic species that could be done well or badly, and why is rule by many-but-not-all not also able to be done well or badly?
Another problem is that Aristotle says that the three good polities are patterned on three basic forms of relationship within a family, namely, the paternal, the fraternal and the marital. This is easy to understand for kingship: the good father rules his sons as a good monarch. It is a bit harder to understand why he says that the fraternal relation provides the basis for timocracy: there is no property qualification needed for brothers to be able to relate to each other, and all of them are related to each other as brothers, so why not compare brothers rather to a democracy? And it becomes baffling for the marital relation: for it is not, it seems, the parental rule over the children which is aristocratic, but the husband's rule over the wife. But since there is only one husband, how is this the pattern for aristocracy, if the essence of aristocracy includes having several rulers?
In the Politics, the key distinction between aristocracy/oligarchy and timocracy/democracy appears to be whether the rich or poor are governing. But this is hardly more satisfying, since how can monarchy/tyranny be fitted into this scheme, using the same principle of division? Again, how would the distinction between rule by the rich and rule by the poor be patterned after the distinction of marital and fraternal relations?
This applies to timocracy, democracy, brothers, and what Aristotle calls 'dwellings without a master' e.g. students in shared rented accommodation.
(i) is clear. The subjects of the king have no political authority, as the children have no authority over the household. But it is not essential to kingship that there be only one person with supreme authority; it is simply necessarily so with men, since the wills of more than one man will not always coincide. But the rule of the Blessed Trinity over creation is a monarchy, not an aristocracy.
(ii) is suggested by Aristotle's remarks about oligarchy, namely that the few rulers 'always assign ruling offices to the same people'. This doesn't seem to mean just 'to themselves', but also 'to their favourites'. So, in oligarchy, and in aristocracy, there will be those who are chosen by the rulers but who also themselves have ruling power. This corresponds to matrimony, in that the husband, as Aristotle puts it, 'assigns what is fitting to each', i.e. manly tasks to himself and womanly to his wife. The wife is ruled by her husband, but also rules; she has her own sphere of authority and initiative within the household, for example over the small children. The husband's rule is, or should be, aristocratic, though he is only one man.
(iii) is the remaining possibility. It is exemplified clearly enough by democracy, and in the case of brothers and of those who dwell in shared accommodation. At first site it is incompatible with timocracy, since in this polity those who do not meet the property requirement (originally, possession of heavy armour) are excluded from rule. I suggest though that this exclusion happens because it is assumed that those below this level will not have the sufficient manliness to be good rulers; hence, per accidens, some are found in this polity who are merely ruled.
This comic was originally made for Berenike. It is a first attempt.
Dash it, Jim. I'm a doctor, not an artist.
Is br Paul Coleman. He hath a blog. See that Eucharistic flash mob? That was him, that was.


Greek values, the everlasting jewels of the cultural legency of the Mediteranean.
Values which trough the centuries reflect the unique class, but also the responsibillity for the continuation of this precise heritage.
Businessman Costas Antoniou in Santorini, serves these values with knowledge and passion, using the power of the remarkable deep blue color of the Aegean sea for the creation of his jewellery and the soil of the vineyards of this unique volcano islands, for the magnificient wines he produces. A voyage trough the legendary land of Atlantis, this unforgettable journey, will reveal to you breathtaking experiances.


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THE BEST Birds
Kookaburra Supervillain
The laughing kookaburra bird lives up to its name with one of the most charming calls around. But Connor Margetts figured out that if he slows down the sound of his bird, Dacelo, that lighthearted call takes on a decidedly more evil tone.
Crocodile Attack!
A yellow-billed stork was enjoying a calm and peaceful day dipping its beak into the water in South Africa's Kruger National Park when a vicious croc came out of nowhere and tried to attack. Fortunately, the bird kept its wits, and all is right with the world.
Hummingbird Pool Party
For most of us, it's rare to see even a single hummingbird. But check out this fun footage of a whole mess of the speedy little birds splashing about in a fountain. The sound of these little guys buzzing about never gets old.
Pelicans: Evolution of a Dive Bomber
Pelicans grab fish by swooping into shallow water at speeds up to 40 mph. Deep Look explains how these birds have evolved to help them survive and excel in their otherwise lethal hunting technique.
Ducks on a Mission
Each day, hundreds of Indian Runner ducks make their way to their day jobs – eating snails that might otherwise damage crops at South Africa's Vergenoegd vineyard. Benny Hill version here. Original footage via Reuters.
Turkey Go-Round
We're just going to file this one under the "WTF" category. What this guy captured while driving through an office parking lot is strange indeed, as a group of three turkeys decided to endlessly chase each other around a tree trunk. We can't wait for the turkey tilt-a-whirl to open.
Eagle vs. Drone
While drones can be used for good, they can also be used for nefarious purposes. A police program in The Netherlands has been training eagles to snatch threatening drones right out of the air. Apparently, they're working on armor to protect the birds from more powerful rotors.
Feeding Bald Eagles
Bald eagles are incredibly beautiful and majestic, but we'd still be afraid they'd peck our eyeballs out (or worse) if we got too close. Not so for Alaskan fisherman Jessie Peck, as he tosses out some scraps of fish to a flock of the big birds.
LWT: Birds
(PG-13: Language) While on hiatus, John Oliver stopped by the Last Week Tonight set to record a brief public service announcement about our fine feathered friends. We're guessing a pigeon pooped on his freshly pressed suit on his way to the studio.
Parrot McConaughey
Einstein the parrot is a bird of many words and many sounds. But when it comes to his impression of Matthew McConaughey, he has just one thing to say. We'll give you a clue: it's not "time is a flat circle." (Thanks Jeff!)
Flintstones Record Player IRL
While the proper way to play a record is with a needle, it turns out that other sharp objects will do the trick, if not quite as well. Michael Ridge puts some bird songs on his turntable, then played them with the beak from a seagull's skull. The bird is the word.
Owls' Silent Flight
BBC Earth enlisted the help of audio technicians and and their fancy recording equipment to capture the sound of birds in flight, and demonstrate just how insanely quiet owls are when they fly. They pull it off thanks to their efficient, glider-like wing design.
Seagull vs. Seagull
A seagull spots another seagull moving in on its territory, and gives it a stern warning to keep away. The only problem is the other bird is just its reflection it a car's shiny bumper cover. Guess you can't expect too much from a brain the size of a pea.
Ostrich vs. Bikers
A couple of cyclists were taking a training ride through the roads of Cape Town, South Africa, when an unexpected rival found its way onto the course. Apparently this ostrich was so hell-bent on chasing off the bike riders that it kept up at speeds up to 30mph.
Falcon Belly Dance
Amusing footage of Bertha, the American Kestrel as she maintains the position of her head perfectly no matter how much her handler seems to move around. We're thinking the scientific name for her species should be Steadifalcon.
Parrot Bottle Opener
We've seen a bunch of crazy ways to open a bottle, but this guy might have taken the prize, having trained his Hyacinth Macaw Ringo to crack bottles open with his beak. We could have sworn we saw this on The Flintstones first.
Chickens Float
While other scientists are still working on cures for lethal diseases, and engines that don't need fuel, YouTuber nothd70 is proud to share the unambiguous conclusion of his research: IT FLOATS! CHICKENS FLOAT!
Super Villain Bird
This bird's evil laugh will have you convinced that he's plotting to overthrow the world, while our hero is tied to a table with a laser pointed at his crotch. In fact, we wouldn't be surprised if he's the ring leader of the Duck Army.
Flaming Phoenix Puppet
Performance artist Cinder Petrichor demonstrates a truly unique puppet she designed and built to look like the mythical fiery bird rising from the ashes. The moving puppet doesn't self destruct thanks to its wire and Kevlar construction.
This Cockatoo is an Asshole
And here we thought cats were the only jerks in the house. Turns out that birds can be pretty inconsiderate too, as is proven by this destructive cockatoo. Seriously, what did those cups ever to do you, Harley?
Calm Owl
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. That's the phrase that kept going through our minds after watching this brief clip of an owl who is apparently in a very relaxed state. We'd hate to see her on edge.
This Parrot is Awesome
Princess Yellow Feather sounds like the name of a character from a family flick, and this amazon parrot knows how to sing Everything is Awesome from The LEGO Movie like a boss. Best comment: "Everything is awesome…when you live in a tree."
Seagull Steals GoPro
What is it with animals and cameras? These folks were shooting some video of a seagull while vacationing on the Cíes Islands in Spain, when the mischievous bird decided that it was time to grab their GoPro and make a run for it.
Man vs. Pigeon
Redditor axw820 shares how he reacted while driving away a pigeon from his house. At least he got karma and money out of it, unlike when we and four other grown men tried to fend off a scabby rat with a feather duster and shrieks.
Cockatoo's Cup Songs
Harley the Cockatoo loves to scream into her plastic cups. She's already recorded six hit singles, including the catchy AAAAH!, the self-cover AAAAH! and her a capella death metal track Walkie Talkie Shriekie.
Ambitious Woodpecker
Usually, woodpeckers tap away at trees to get some sap or bugs out of them, but it appears that this pileated 'pecker spotted in New Brunswick, Canada has its sights set on chopping down and entire tree with its beak.


What is a fibre system?
Signal is distributed to each home in the community on a fibre optic network.
Compatible to cater for all 4 transponders.
Only one satellite dish is installed for each communal system – which is aesthetically pleasing.
The optical signal is converted back to an electrical signal in the home.
The system maintenance requirements are less than the traditional communal distribution systems.
What is a Single Cable System?
The Single Cable System is when the horizontal services is converted to the vertical services to make one polarity (no switching takes place).
When the horizontal services (18v) is converted to the vertical services (13v), additional network settings in the decoder need to be programmed.
A single cable is now installed in each apartment, where a conventional IF (Intermediate Frequency) splitter is used to feed more than one decoder.
This system cannot be upgraded for the high band services.
Space is limited on these system, as they only cater for up to 30 transport streams.
The single cable system will still continue to work but with a limited number of channels.
Unable to receive any new services on the high band.
What is a 2&3 Cable System?
The 2&3 cable systems are installed as the backbone and are used for distribution from the launch amplifier to the different floors in high rise apartment blocks.
Due to the above, this system will not be able to receive high band services.
What is a 4&5 Cable System?
The 4&5 cable systems are installed as the backbone and are used for distribution from the launch amplifier to the different floors in high rise apartment blocks.
Some installations are done with 2 cables per apartment and others with 4 cables per apartment.
Those that have been installed with 2 cables per apartment will not be able to receive high band services.
It only caters for the Low band services.
Customer will receive a limited number of channels.
Head-end equipment will need to be upgraded e.g. amplifiers, multiswitches, etc.
Require additional cables from the dish to the different risers.
Additional 2 cables need to be installed to each apartment for all four transponders.
Interested in a DStv Communal Fibre Distribution System?


Graduated from Xinghai Conservatory of Music Composition Department, Frank Xu (许哲韬) considers himself as an immature composition enthusiast. After attending the concert of Evgeny Svetlanov when he was still a little boy, Xu became attached to classical music from then on. Over the years, he has savored memorable experiences working with various maestros — he was the page turner for Angela Gheorghiu's accompanist at her recital and took care of Charles Dutoit's baton. Since 2011, he began writing reviews for classical music concerts and operas for various newspapers and magazines in Chinese. He also served as an editor for a famous classical music WeChat Official Account 潮人谈, and has interviewed numerous established musicians from around the world, including Julia Fischer, Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Caterina Antonacci, José Carreras and many more.


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CRYPTO MOBILITY
Pandemic Jitters See Borderless Bitcoin Flourishing – But For How Long?
Misha Glenny
Misha Glenny is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He is the author of McMafia and DarkMarket: How Hackers became the New Mafia and a former UK Digital Security Journalist of the Year.
The trading simulator website, CryptoParrot, came up with some astonishing survey results towards the end of August. 65% of hedge funds dealing in cryptocurrency predicted that by the end of the year bitcoin could hit as much as USD 100,000. Another 21% of traders believe it is heading towards USD 150,000. If these breath-taking figures materialize, the digital currency will continue to set new historical records as an investment asset. If you had invested in bitcoin before the outbreak of the pandemic or, even more spectacularly, before 2017, you would have made a small fortune by now. For several years, the digital currency has seemed to be a license to print money.
Uncertainty, not criminality, is driving the surge in cryptocurrencies
The most common fallacy regarding the rise of bitcoin and other cryptos during the pandemic was to assume it was driven by criminality because of the convenience of use for those buying and selling illicit goods and services. In fact, the entry of huge institutional investors into all forms of so-called De-Fi or Decentralized Finance that drove not only standard cryptos but also the craze for Non-Fungible Tokens, a form of cryptocurrency that unlike bitcoin is unique (non-fungible). These investors arrived because the pandemic increased the uncertainty of traditional centralized financial markets.
Bitcoin likely to keep peaking (until the crash)
Bitcoin's extraordinary ride comes with a big health warning. In the past 18 months, a fiery debate about crypto — bitcoin in particular — has broken out among economists, libertarians, law enforcement, criminals, and other interested parties: Is crypto one big chaotic Ponzi scheme? Or is it central to the future of money?
The bitcoin phenomenon certainly demonstrates all the characteristics of one huge investment bubble. Central to that is the readiness of investors' suspension of disbelief and their willingness to ignore danger signs barreling down the road. For the moment, however, although the value of the currency has come down from its highpoint in April 2021, its trajectory suggests it looks more likely to head north before it might come crashing down.
A brief history of bitcoin
It took a long time for bitcoin to break out of the niche communities into which it was born in 2008. Over the next nine years, it fluctuated between less than 10 cents and USD 250 per bitcoin. 2017 saw the first major experiment with the currency by small-scale investors, which took it to around USD 20,000 for a short time. It then collapsed to around USD 5,000 dollars until the beginning of the pandemic when it started its meteoric rise, eventually hitting over USD 61,000 per bitcoin. Institutional investors are now the primary drivers of the currency's values.
Before bitcoin revolutionized the world of crypto in 2008, there were a few attempts to establish a digital currency. E-Gold was an early mover but in the wake of the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11, the US Department of Justice identified the electronic cash system as violating a number of anti-money laundering regulations. It was too easy to disguise its origin, move it around, and then cash out as hard currency.
Bitcoin's creation was linked to another remarkable invention — blockchain technology. This system securely records transactions on a ledger (in bitcoin's case it's public but some currencies have a private system), which means that the entire transaction history of every bitcoin can be traced.
In theory that meant that criminals couldn't use bitcoin because the cops would be able to track their dealings. It wasn't long, however, before nefarious individuals devised ways of confusing anyone trying to monitor their activities. Later on, new currencies with much higher levels of privacy, such as the Russian coin Monero, came onto the market.
Bitcoin faces other challenges from more stable cryptos. But it remains by a huge measure the most popular with a market capitalization edging towards USD 1 trillion, which is more than double that of its nearest competitor, ethereum.
Regulation a fairly distant threat
Some states like China and Turkey have cracked down on the use of bitcoin and other cryptos, which led to a depression in the market. Given that bitcoin was created precisely to avoid the regulation which states enjoy over fiat currencies, it is unsurprising that more countries around the world are now looking to curb these upstarts.
State regulation will come but it is proving to be relatively slow. Institutional investors are at the moment banking on the fact that the EU member states, the UK, and the USA appear reluctant to intervene in the market too brutally. And that is why investors are still keen to play this particular market. But watch out — because when the fall comes, it will be extremely painful for those who have not been hedging elsewhere.


Miss Syreeta Allums was a life resident of Missouri City, a 1998 grad of Willowridge High and a 2002 grad of Tulane University. We thank God upon every remembrance of you. Your legacy continues in this tree and your named scholarship fund. We love you.
From the directors and officers of the Syreeta Allums Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc.


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