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International Relations and Development (Level 5)
This innovative course offers students the opportunity, to develop their understanding of current global development issues and challenges. It examines the interactions and relationships between state and non-state actors within the global political/economic community. Students also explore the role of international institutions in international relations and development.
It provides students with the theory and practical skills for a career in the development sector, working in non-governmental agencies or voluntary agencies.
Ireland's Aid is delivered through the government aid programme, Irish Aid, as well as through many non-government organisations such as GOAL, Trocaire, Self-Help Africa and Concern. Graduates of this course will be well-equipped to work in global development agencies and organisations in the areas of fundraising, publicity, advocacy and development.
The course is designed for both the school-leaver and the adult learner who has an interest in pursuing a career or further studies in global development.
The following websites may be of interest for more information on International Aid & Development courses: www.irishaid.gov.ie; www.dcu.ie ; www.nuim.ie and www.developmenteducation.ie.
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"When I left school, I knew I wanted to study something concerning liberal arts but couldn't quite figure out in what direction I wanted to go in terms of my third level studies. This course was the only one I could find that had I direct link to what I was interested in studying in university. Modules like Global Development, Applied Economics and Political Studies were modules that I couldn't find in other courses, or other places simply didn't offer.
The tutors at Ballsbridge were very knowledgeable and made the content comprehensible and intelligible. I always found them approachable and cordial. In the library there were many resources for International Aid and Development that helped me with my assignments. The way the modules are graded allowed me to build the ability to work independently and critically and decisively think for myself.
During my year in Ballsbridge College, we covered everything thing from the colonisation of Africa in Global Development to International Trade in Applied Economics and different political ideologies in the Political Studies module. I'm really glad I made the decision to study the International Aid and Development course at a Ballsbridge College as it made me certain that I wanted to progress onto third level education and further my understanding in this area. It has provided me with a great foundation and strong background in Liberal Arts so I am now entering UCD) with confidence as I begin my degree in Social Sciences."
Ibitola Daniel, International Relations and Development 2020, progressed to BSc. Social Sciences, UCD
"I chose Ballsbridge College because is the only further education institute in the country that offers the specific course I was interested in. While I was there I received an extremely well rounded educational experience. A wide range of supports are provided to all students to ensure you get the most you can out of your education.
The faculty and staff are all extremely friendly and you feel very comfortable approaching them with whatever problems that may arise. Over the course of my learning I felt like I really developed my abilities and self confidence. Ballsbridge College helped me foster skills that will be incredibly valuable as I progress in my career."
Sinead Whelan, International Relations and Development graduate 2021, progressed to Politics & International Relations, UCD
"The level of support and guidance I received from the course tutors and academic staff during the year influenced my decision to continue and pursue a degree in International Relations at DCU. During my time at Ballsbridge College I gained invaluable experience, developed academic skills and confidence essential to progress to third level education.
The course tutors were supportive and encouraging throughout the year. The course offered a diverse range of modules, so you can explore a specific area of interest. The personal assessments and tutorials throughout the academic year were helpful. I would highly recommend the course."
Sophie Mahood, International Relations and Development graduate, progressed to International Relations, DCU
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Desert Eagle: The Gun That Can Shoot Through Concrete Like Butter?
Richard Douglas
Desert Eagle Handgun. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The Desert Eagle: The Most Prolific Handgun You've Ever Seen: The Desert Eagle, for when you wanna shoot through concrete like butter.
It's old-school cool with a heck of a reputation behind it. You've seen it in more than a few movies and almost any shoot em' up video games.
Is it practical for your average Joe? Absolutely not.
Am I still recommending it? Also a no.
The Desert Eagle, chambered in .50 AE (Action Express), of course, is a truckload of fun but there are more than a few reasons that it doesn't get the seal of approval from me. If you want to know more about the Desert Eagle, read on.
Desert Eagle: Explained
The Desert Eagle is a massive pistol. Most pictures don't really do it justice and with that size comes something less than desirable: a hefty weight. You can count on feeling a little tired at the end of range day with this gun. It's almost 3 and a half pounds with an empty magazine. Yes, it's obnoxiously heavy, but it's also a beauty. It's got bad-to-the-bone written all over it. You have a relatively small frame and a massive slide and barrel. I love the steel finish on my model. The weight is almost worth the aesthetics of the prolific Deagle.
I'd like to make a special note saying that the recoil isn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. They make effective use of their gas system and the weight of the gun that makes shots feel a lot less imposing. You won't be rapid-firing this without any muzzle rise, but it's definitely manageable compared to some of the high-caliber revolvers I've shot.
Accuracy was also surprisingly good. Most pistols can outshoot the shooter and it appears that the Desert Eagle is no exception. When set up in a rig, it was a tack driver at 25 yards. The story was a little different when I tried to shoot standing up. Targets were easy to hit when I was taking my time setting up, but follow-up shots weren't as easy. The Desert Eagle has solid accuracy to offer, but it won't blow you away.
My other gripe with this gun is the reliability. It's super picky. I had plenty of malfunctions. I'm sure it varies from gun to gun, but it felt like my Deagle didn't like the majority of what I was loading into it. This is quite as important since I don't rely on this beast of a pistol for any important other than showing it off at the range. Still, malfunctions are almost always annoying and have the potential to be dangerous, especially in a beefy caliber like 50 AE.
There's virtually no practical reason to buy a Desert Eagle. It's unreliable and heavy. But it's also extremely cool and my inner kid was fighting really hard to get me on board with this gun. It's hard for me to recommend anybody buy this unless they have a lot of cash to burn. You won't be finding a new one of these for under $1500. Would I buy it again? I kind of think I would, even though it'd be ill-advised. You just can't beat the feeling of sending a hulking 50 downrange though.
Richard Douglas writes on firearms, defense, and security issues. He is the founder and editor of Scopes Field, and a columnist at the National Interest, 1945, Daily Caller, and other publications.
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Written By Richard Douglas
Richard Douglas is a long-time shooter, outdoor enthusiast, and technologist. He is the founder and editor of Scopes Field, and a columnist at The National Interest, Cheaper Than Dirt, Daily Caller, and other publications.
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Crossbowmen at the Battle of Crécy (1346), illustration from the "chroniques" of Jean Froissart (1337–1405). Bibliothèque Nationale de France
The crossbow: A weapon for assassins and freedom fighters
Wilhelm Tell's crossbow is, so to speak, the national weapon of Switzerland. In actual fact the weapon has its origins in ancient China, and although superior to the bow the crossbow didn't have the best reputation.
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Thomas Weibel is a journalist and Professor of Media Engineering at the Fachhochschule Graubünden and the Hochschule der Künste in Berne.
Gessler: "I hear, Tell, you're a master with the bow, and bear the palm away from every rival? Walterli: Yes, my lord! My father will shoot an apple for you off the tree at a hundred paces. (...) Gessler: Then, Tell! Since at a hundred yards thou canst bring down the apple from the tree, thou shalt approve thy skill before me. Take thy bow – Thou hast it there at hand – and make thee ready to shoot an apple from the stripling's head! But take this counsel – look well to thine aim, see that thou hittest the apple at the first, for, shouldst thou miss, thy head shall pay the forfeit.
Wall decoration depicting Tell shooting the apple off his son's head, c. 1523. Swiss National Museum
Friedrich Schiller's final drama made the crossbow the embodiment of Swiss fighting spirit. It is the assault weapon of the Middle Ages, and as a logo it also stands for Swiss reliability and precision. But the crossbow isn't a Swiss invention at all; instead, it has a Latin name and comes from ancient China. The word "arbalest" [in German, "Armbrust" – "arm" and "chest"] has nothing to do with the body of the shooter, although he uses his arm to press the device to his shoulder when firing. "Arbalest" comes from the Latin "arcuballista" (from "arcus", bow, and "ballista", catapult). Remains of crossbows, triggers and bolts dating from the 7th, 6th and 5th centuries BC have been found in Chinese tombs in Qufu in Shandong Province, and in Yutaishan in Hubei Province. Technological advances in bronze casting made the mass production of crossbow triggers possible in ancient China; individual specimens of these triggers are outstandingly well preserved despite being more than 2,000 years old.
Crossbow trigger from the Sino-Vietnamese Dong Son culture, around 500 BC. Wikimedia / Bình Giang
The main feature of a crossbow is its powerful horizontal bow, the cord of which is tensioned by hand or using a winding device and then held by a retention mechanism, the "nut". When hunting and on the battlefield, the crossbow was a superior device because, compared to other weapons, it was very compact and because, unlike with conventional bows, the shooter didn't have to use muscle power to hold back the tensioned cord, but was able to concentrate fully on releasing the shot. Because of the comparatively short stroke, the crossbow fired not arrows but short metal bolts, which were relatively inexpensive to produce.
Crossbow with horn bow and iron foot stirrup, made by Ulrich Bock, c. 1460. Beside it is an incendiary bolt from the same period. Swiss National Museum
In terms of range and penetrating power, the crossbow was far superior to the longbow, not just for hunting, but also in war, when besieging cities, for example, or in naval battles. Because no armour could withstand their shot and their use contradicted the chivalric ethos of the duel, at the second Lateran Council in 1139 Pope Innocent II outlawed the crossbow, under threat of excommunication: Canon 29 prohibited the use of the "murderous art of crossbowmen and archers, which is hateful to God" – a ban which, however, received little attention on the battlefields of Europe. There, the deadly ends justified the means.
Winch crossbow with steel bow, weighing around 3.5 kg, c. 1550–1600. Swiss National Museum
At the time of the first crusade in 1096, the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene (1083–1154) described the crossbow as a truly diabolical machine: the arrows "pierce through the thickest armour and throw people down so suddenly that they don't even feel the shot". Three attacks on English kings earned the crossbow a reputation as an assassin's weapon. William II (1056-1100) is said to have been fatally ambushed while hunting in the New Forest in southern England; in 1119 his brother Henry I (1068-1135) narrowly missed falling victim to a crossbow bolt fired at him by his illegitimate daughter Juliana; and Richard I the Lionheart (1157–1199) died of gangrene caused by a bolt that struck the king in the shoulder during the siege of the Château de Châlus-Chabrol.
William II is fatally shot by an arrow from a crossbow. British Library
The crossbow was a tour de force of weapons technology, and the great engineers of history were captivated by it. A detailed illustration of a crossbow called a "Gastraphetes" (literally, "belly-releaser") can be found in a copy of the work "Belopoeica" by the Greek mathematician and engineer Heron of Alexandria dating from the first century AD. It shows a crossbow with double reflex bow, bowstring, elongated shot channel, a semicircular abdominal support and in particular the construction of the technical core, the trigger with the holding device of the tensioned bowstring. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) preserved the design drawing of a gigantic crossbow on six wheels, whose bow length of 25 metres suggests that crossbows, like catapults, were intended to cause dread and terror on medieval battlefields or when besieging a town.
Design drawing of a "Gastraphetes" from a copy of the work "Belopoeica" by Heron of Alexandria. Wikimedia / Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Design drawing of a giant crossbow with tensioned double cord by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500. Wikimedia
The crossbow didn't appear on the battlefields of Europe until the late 10th century, and as a widely feared long-distance weapon it gradually found its way to Switzerland. In the 14th and 15th centuries, to ensure they were prepared for armed conflicts the cities began to set up crossbow camps, or they required the local men fit for military service to procure a crossbow themselves. The surname "Armbruster" still bears witness to the fact that in medieval formations bowmen were well-respected specialists, and enjoyed civil servant status in cities. Units of crossbowmen had their own flags and standards, under which they took part in Schützenfesten (fairs featuring shooting matches) and marched to war. Meanwhile, the crossbow was also undergoing continuous further development from a technical angle. The earlier composite bow made of horn or wood was replaced by a much more powerful steel bow, which could only be tensioned using a windlass embedded in the crossbow body. Modern crossbows are truly high-tech weapons. They are lightweight at less than four kilograms, their metal or carbon bolts can reach speeds of up to 150 metres per second – almost half the speed of a pistol bullet – and telescopic sights are used for sighting.
Modern Winzeler 313 crossbow, 2005. Swiss National Museum
But although it was quiet, precise and compact, the crossbow was never particularly popular in Switzerland prior to the 19th century. That was to change abruptly in 1804, with the premiere of Friedrich Schiller's "William Tell" at the Weimarer Hoftheater. The story of the indomitable Uri freedom fighter became Switzerland's national myth, and the crossbow the epitome of Swiss reliability and precision. The crossbow as a trademark has been internationally protected since 2009, and the emblem of the "Swiss Label" association is – how could it be anything else? – Tell's white crossbow on a red background.
Wilhelm Tell by Ferdinand Hodler, 1897. Hodler stylised the crossbow in Tell's hand as a Christian cross, lending the depiction a sacred quality. Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Tell stands fearfully agitated by contending emotions, his hands moving convulsively, and his eyes turning alternately to the governor and heaven – suddenly he reaches into his quiver, pulls out an arrow and tucks it into his tunic. Walterli: Shoot, Father, I'm not afraid. Tell: It must be! (...) Stauffacher: The apple's down! Rösselmann: The boy's alive!
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All Berthoud knapsack parts have now been received, and all back orders have been posted out today.
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Rangers players past and present gathered together today to remember the 66 people who lost their lives in the Ibrox Disaster.
The first team squad and former stars, including John Greig, Colin Stein, Alfie Conn and Derek Johnstone, joined the 5,000 people who gathered at the stadium for a special memorial service to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy.
Footballing rivalries were briefly forgotten, with Celtic represented by manager Neil Lennon, chief executive Peter Lawwell and chairman John Reid.
Liverpool fans also paid tribute in memory of the youngest victim, eight-year-old Nigel Pickup, who had travelled from the English city to Glasgow for the game on January 2, 1971.
Players, directors and the families of the victims were led from the Main Stand to the Govan East Corner by two pipers before chief executive Martin Bain spoke of those who attended an Old Firm derby and never returned home after perishing in an horrendous crush on Stairway 13.
He said: 'January 2, 1971 is a date which will be forever etched deeply into the soul of the Rangers family.
'Each year we remember with the heaviest of hearts and wish for all the world that the fate of those on Stairway 13 had been so different.
Sandy Jardine - who was part of the Rangers team that day - and director John McClelland both performed readings, along with survivor Ian Loch, who recited Bill Struth's famous speech To be a Ranger.
The Glasgow Philharmonic Male Voice Choir, the Salvation Army and Govan Citadel band led the crowd in the hymns The Lord is My Shepherd, Guide Me Oh Thou Great Jehovah and Follow On.
Then came the most poignant part of the service, the Act of Commemoration, when manager Walter Smith, who himself survived the crush on Stairway 13, and John Greig, Rangers captain at the time, read out the names of the 66 who died, while family members laid flowers.
Celtic chairman Reid also laid a wreath, before a two-minute silence was observed.
Rangers had hosted Celtic 24 hours earlier in the New Year Old Firm derby, exactly 40 years to the day since the Ibrox Disaster.
The teams were led out by Greig and Billy McNeill, the Celtic captain of that era, and the players wore black armbands.
A minute's silence was observed by both sets of fans before kick-off.


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I just hope they rework (resize) basicly everything so that the game looks realistic and consistent again. Some new and reworked maps would be great aswell. And I hope we'll get a better main menu at some point in the future. I would also like to spawn with 1 Frag grenade all the time. Smokes, Flashbangs (idk if these would make sense to get added), Molotovs, gas-grenades, RPGs, Mortar/grenade launchers, mountable HMGs (buildable MG nest), medikit (allows to revive 1 player per round, only 1 per round allowed) gasmask and heavy armor (decreases movement speed but counters explosives/gas) could be interessting to have in the economy system.
Personally I think this game should be faster.. Played some MW2 IW4x and CoD4 Promod lately and these games feel like I have way more control (faster everything) and more fluid. Also maps need more small cover like cars on streets, concrete barricades, sandbags, low walls, fences, bushes, trees, etc. and more terrain. Just so you can use phrone, crouch and lean more effectively and in more situations.


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Orleans case headed to state court
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider an appeal about the Goodnoe tract located at 235 Eagle Rd., Newtown Township.
The Bucks County Court of Common Pleas and the Commonwealth Court have agreed that the developer, OHB Homes, Inc. (Orleans), should not be permitted to build a high density development in open space.
Township Solicitor Jeff Garton said the township was successful when Common Pleas Judge Robert Mellon ruled in the community's favor.
OHB filed an appeal last year with Commonwealth Court, which recently ruled that Judge Mellon was correct. The Commonwealth Court sustained the township's position.
OHB now has filed a petition with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, asking the court to hear a further appeal.
The township's position is that OHB does not provide enough open space in their proposal to build 21 houses. The developer wants to build within the open space which township leaders say is not permitted.
OHB has a plan to build 40 units and believes they should be permitted to build on that land. A zoning decision is expected this month.
Garton said that application faces the same problems as the first one. The site is in the Conservation Management Zone, which has rules about building in areas with certain types of soils.
"The key issue," Garton said, "is it affects density." The question is whether or not the applicant can put improvements in the open space.
Another issue is whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will accept the OHB appeal or not. It could be six months before the state judge makes a decision.


What are the best Educational Leadership Programs in Bloomsburg, PA?
With an overall population of 12,375 and a student population of 9,512, approximately 9,512 of Bloomsburg students attend one of Bloomsburg's schools that offer educational leadership programs.
Of the 1 educational leadership schools in Bloomsburg, the largest educational leadership school, by student population, is Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. In 2010, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania graduated approximately 78 students from its educational leadership program.
A reported 127 students graduated with credentials in educational leadership in Bloomsburg in 2010. If you decide to attend one of Bloomsburg's educational leadership schools, you can expect to pay an average of $19,400 per year in instate tuition and $27,836 per year in out of state tuition.
In addition to tuition costs, plan on spending an average of $1,200 for educational leadership related books and supplies each year. And if you live on campus at one of the Bloomsburg-based educational leadership schools, you will have an added expense of $6,588 per year, on average, for room and board. Students who live at home can cut this cost down to approximately $0.
If you plan on staying in Bloomsburg after graduating from educational leadership school, you should know that job prospects for educational leadership professonals in Bloomsburg, which is the most popular educational leadership profession, are not very good. In 2010, of the 9,200 educational leadership professonals in Pennsylvania, 310 were working in the greater Bloomsburg area. By the year 2018, the number of educational leadership professonals is expected to decrease by -3% in Bloomsburg. This anticipated change is slower than the projected nationwide trend for educational leadership professonals.
The average salary you can expect to earn as an educational leadership professonal in Bloomsburg is $89,450 per year, which is higher than the average for educational leadership professonals state-wide.


The Business: • The business is a regional organic and natural foods distributor located in Pa. and serving New York City. • Business is operated from a home office with warehouse/storage space. • The business has over 1,600 established accounts that reorder services frequently. • The business services New York City but could easily be expanded to serve other east coast locations. • The business offers "direct from the farm" foods delivered to residents.
You can operate the business from New York City or any location. Weekly pick ups from the farms and delivery to the residents of New Your City. Lot's of room to grow.
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An online friend, Suzanna Medeiros, wrote a post on May 30, 2012 about self-publishing. Should she or shouldn't she. It got me to thinking, as you can tell from my comment on her blog. I thought I'd share those questions with you and answer from my perspective.
Questions to ask yourself if considering self-publishing.
1. Am I ready for the loneliness of doing this without a publisher to help, to tell me job well done? An editor to say, this needs some work, a cover artist to do the cover…and I can just write?
A. Yes, I'm ready for that loneliness. In fact, I welcome it. With my agoraphobia, it affects not just going out in public, but for me, also my online relationships. I'm not able to handle the idea of a publisher, editor, cover-artist, agent, publicists and more all needing me at one time. All wanting something from me at one time.
2. Am I ready to do the marketing and promotion necessary, not just AFTER I publish the book, but BEFORE. Am I willing to set aside my writing time on my books, to do tweets, Facebook posts, blog posts, media kits, etc?
A. Yes. I researched what's needed, and continue to research into how to market and promote myself and my books. I look at and consider each form of social media, and use the ones that I feel will work for me. I choose to use Facebook Pages, Twitter (With Triberr for extra oomph), LinkedIn (For the professional, more business side of marketing/promoting.) I also use Pinterest to put up special blog posts, books, and so much more…like recipes and such. It's not all work. As more than one person has said, "It's called SOCIAL media for a reason!" Truth is, I rarely promote my work. Maybe once a week. The rest of the time, I'm trying to build my relationship with editors, authors, friends, family. The sales will come. I have time to take it slow and steady.
I'm still learning. For instance, I'm only now realizing the benefits of a media kit…so I'm slowly getting things together to do one. One customized to MY needs. What Nora Roberts needs in hers, isn't necessarily what I want or need in mine. I know I have to find my own reviewers. This is harder, and the agoraphobia kicks in to stop me. I'm learning to carefully go past that, little by little and do it. I'm willing to guest posts, and have guest posts. I'm willing to host a blog tour or to go on one. These are all parts of marketing/promoting myself. Not just before a book comes out, but during and after.
A. I work very well on my own. Better than with others. (In school, Mom often got report cards with "Does not socialize well with peers, does not play well with others." so I guess I'm just a born loner. That's okay. It suits me and my needs for now. I am self-motivated, but like others, procrastination can play a major factor. I need to work on writing more, and editing more.
5. Do I have a support group of friends, writers, fellow authors to turn to if I need some hand holding, some encouragement, some kudos, etc? Do I have the support of my family to do this? Does it matter to me if I do or not?
A. Yes. I have my husband's support 100% and his was the only family support I really needed. My mom's support is extra and gratefully received. I have a great online support forum of writers who really encourage and share their success and failures. We all learn from one another. It does matter to me to have these support systems. I'm willing to work alone, write alone, but I want, I need someone to share my success with…someone to share my failures with.
These are just some questions to ask yourself if you think you want to self-publish. Self-publishing is not for everyone. If you are looking for a quick, easy way to make money with books, this is NOT the right path for you. It's hard. The responsibility falls solely on you for the product you put out. It's YOUR name, not a publishers that gets seen. It's YOU who promotes and gets it out in front of people, not a publicists. (Unless you're really famous, but even then, it's still on YOU to do the work.
Are you self-published? If so, why did you choose that path? If not, have you considered it? If you have, and you decided to not self-publish, can you tell us why?
Feel free to comment away! Comments are always welcome.


Another innovative method is operating several savings accounts that guarantee safety of your money as you wait to invest. You can also generate some interest from the saved amount from a good savings account. Before you settle for a certain banking organization, you should take your time to compare the earning rates. You should also consider long-term investment options, for example ISAs because they may be a source of money funds. It is important to make a sound financial plan instead of making random decisions. With this, you can decide when you want your cash and the total amount you are likely to receive.
in the event that you need huge sum of money for investment, you might need to invest in lucrative ventures first. You can find opportunities from friends or relatives that are stating businesses. You can also find innovative ideas on the leading crowd funding platforms. You could also be having entrepreneurial plans. Regardless of the case, this is an innovative way of securing your future and that of your investment. It is, however, important to make sure you know when to withdraw your cash and join a different investment. You should also take the necessary protective measures, check the prevailing market conditions and only invest in promising ventures that involve less risk to avoid losing your cash. Irrespective of our financial or investment plans, you should never lose sight of the master plan and the total amount of cash that you have directed to your investment.


The Union County Correctional Facility. The county could save millions of dollars after the recent bail reform legislation was signed into law.
UNION COUNTY — On any given day in New Jersey more than 10,000 people sit in jail, not because they are dangerous but because they cannot make bail.
At the same time, more dangerous and violent criminals easily make bail and are out on the street, sometimes within hours.
Legislation passed earlier this month will change all that and fix this system; it will also will save the county as much as $4 million each year.
Bail reform was desperately needed in New Jersey.
Currently, anyone arrested is assigned a bail amount that is predetermined using a statewide bail schedule, regardless of financial circumstances. This system has failed to take into account that violent criminals financially able to post large bail sums are let back onto the street, while poorer defendants — who pose no risk to their communities — are stuck in jail simply because they cannot afford bail set at less than $2,500.
More importantly, until this legislation passed two weeks ago, there was no process in place to make individual determinations of the actual risk posed by defendants to the community and whether they were at risk of new offences if granted release.
Last year, Luminosity, an organization that works with jails across the country, and which has also been instrumental in helping the county during the last several years to pare down jail expenses, released a report that found the vast majority of people incarcerated in New Jersey county jails are actually awaiting trial. In other words, they have not been found guilty or convicted of a crime, yet remain in jail for an average of 10 months because of administrative backlogs and an overburdened court system.
According to Luminosity's March 2013 report, the New Jersey court system is a complex organization, with 21 counties operating 22 county facilities and housing 15,000 inmates on a daily basis. Of interest is that nearly three-fourths of inmates were being held pending trial or sentencing.
Luminosity found that while the average inmate spent 314 days in jail before trial, 40 percent had the option to post bail but lacked the financial resources to do so. Twelve percent of those were being held solely due to an inability to pay bail set at $2,500 or less.
Interestingly, more than half the individuals held in all New Jersey county jails were being held on nonviolent charges. The passage of this two-phased bill will put in motion changes to this scenario.
There are two components to the bail reform legislation.
The first will actually amend the constitution to allow judges the discretion to deny bail to violent criminals pending trial. This component of the legislation bail reform package will be on the November general election ballot for voter approval.
This new legislation shifts New Jersey's antiquated bail system from a money-based system to a risk-based one, ensuring that those arrested will be evaluated to determine the danger they pose to the general public.
Judges will be able to deny pretrial release to certain defendants on an individual basis, after determining no amount of bail — or other conditions such as no-contact orders, reporting requirements or electronic monitoring — could reasonably assure a defendant would not commit another crime.
Gov. Chris Christie believes this change was a long time coming.
"We need to give judges the discretion to look at a defendant's record and say enough is enough," Christie said in his speech last week after legislators easily passed the bail reform package.
The second component, which does not need voter approval and therefore will not be on the November ballot, sets guidelines for determining bail eligibility while allowing the creation of bail alternatives for those charged with nonviolent crimes.
This facet of the legislation was signed into law by Christie on Monday afternoon.
The New Jersey Department of Corrections will now set the criteria, and change could be under way by the beginning of the year.
The governor strongly supported the rights of indigent defendants charged with minor or nonviolent crimes who are being required to post bail they cannot afford, leading to months spent in jail with charges pending against them.
The New Jersey American Civil Liberties Union also stood firmly behind the new legislation, remarking in a statement how this will impact the state criminal justice system.
Brian Riordan, the Union County director of correctional services, explained late last week how this would significantly change the way things are now handled on his turf.
"After this reform, if an individual is remanded to the custody of the county jail, they would be vetted for eligibility. They may even spend a night or two in jail, but not weeks or months like before because they could not post a bail set at $5,000 or under," Riordan explained.
This portion of the bill does authorize increased court fees to help pay for the changes of risk assessment and monitoring, but legislators indicated the fee increase won't be enough to cover the costs of implementing the reforms.
As director of the county jail, Riordan has seen it all. Like all those charged with overseeing the incarcerated, this director is well aware that individuals who commit low-level crimes often sit in jail for weeks or even months because they cannot make bail.
However, the law is the law. Until New Jersey passed the bail reform package, the court system had no other choice but to put people in jail if they were unable to make minimum bail.
Union County Freeholder Chris Hudak explained how devastating this can be to these people and their families.
"Say someone is picked up for shoplifting for the first time. They can't make bail so they end up in jail, can't go to work, can't pay their rent, or their bills, and their families are left without a provider. This spins things in another direction, where taxpayers have to support the families because they have no other means of support," said the freeholder.
Not to mention the cost of housing individuals who committed low-level crimes.
"It costs $200 a day to house a prisoner and that's huge," Hudak added, explaining that setting up release criteria for those charged with low-level crimes and letting them out on their own recognizance until trial could save a considerable number of tax dollars.
"This could be a game-changer for us," Hudak added. Riordan agreed.
"There are other ways of handling low-level crimes, including house arrest," he said, pointing out that those charged could wear an ankle or wrist device that monitors where they are at all times.
"The cost of this is $5 a day compared to $200. We can easily plug in the criteria allowing these individuals to go to work while under house arrest," Riordan said, estimating at least 5 to 10 percent of the county jail population right now has had bail set at $5,000 or less but could not post it.
Should these low-level offenders not take their freedom seriously, the end result might not be to their liking.
"Individuals who can't abide by the criteria set for them, we have room at the inn for you," the county jail director said. However, he strongly believes that responsible individuals should be given the chance to prove themselves.
"We have college-age people wearing these devices," Riordan said.
However, he stressed that while there are individuals who will never get out of jail — and should not — low-level crimes should be dealt with in a way that does not destroy the fabric of a person's life.
Hudak thinks the county could save a considerable sum with the new bail reform package and, in turn, taxpayers will reap the benefits.
"A 5- to 10-percent savings could result in $2 to 4 million in savings," he said, but mentioned that even a quarter of that would benefit taxpayers.


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Katherine Starr: Safe4Athletes' Founder Fighting To Keep Kids Safe From Sexual Abuse, Harassment, and Bullying
In recognition of April as National Youth Sports Safety Month, MomsTeam asked our friends in the medical, health, fitness, nutrition and athletic training communities to write blogs answering two questions: first, how or why did they get into their field, and second, how have they made a difference in the life of a youth athlete in the past year.
Today, as the month draws to a close, we hear from Katherine Starr, a former two-time Olympic swimmer and founder of Safe4Athletes, an advocacy and educational non-profit fighting to keep athletes safe from sexual abuse, harassment and bullying.
How did I get into my field?
The idea for Safe4Athletes came in 2011, during a time when I briefly had a job coaching swimming. I realized that my sport had changed very little over the decades, and was still doing little to protect young athletes from sexual abuse. As a victim of sexual abuse by my coach who has had to live for decades suffering from the tragic effects of such abuse, I wanted to do something that would change the sports environment to an "athletes first" focus, and create resources and an infrastructure that would provide a safe and positive environment for every athlete, free of abuse, bullying and harassment.
I reached out to my former Athletic Director at the University of Texas, Donna LoPiano, and asked her to help me found an organization to address the vulnerabilities of young athletes pursuing their dreams and goals, and to help other athletes who have experienced the same destructive abuse of power in the coach athlete relationship. Safe4Athletes' mission is to advocate for athletes that have been abused, bullied or harassed by their more powerful coach or teammate.
How have I made a difference in a young athlete's life in the past year?
In my role as an advocate for athletes involving coach-athlete sexual abuse, athlete-on-athlete sexual abuse, athlete cyber-bullying, athlete sexual hazing as well as many forms of athletic abuse in general, much of the work I do with Safe4Athletes tends to be less with the athletes than with parents of young athletes who have been abused, bullied or harassed.
On a daily basis, I guide parents through the process of getting the help and resources they need to address the egregious abuse their child has suffered. Every concerned parent is looking for trust, empathy, compassion and understanding, as well as a solution to address their child's unique circumstances so they don't suffer any more pain. While every athlete's story is painful, the knowledge and understanding that I have been able to impart to parents has been invaluable for both of us. It has been gratifying to see young athletes go from lifelessness and deep depression to thriving in life. It is especially rewarding when a child-athlete is brave beyond their years in standing up to the power dynamic that is inherent in sports. To be able to witness this transformation first hand and play a small part in the process makes the challenges of running Safe4Athletes that much more meaningful.
Katherine Starr is a two-time Olympic swimmer for Great Britain (1984 and 1988). In 1986 she won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Gamesl, and was a 14-time All-American swimmer at the University of Texas, where she swam on three NCAA championship teams for the Lady Longhorns.
Since she first began speaking out about abuse in sports, Katherine has earned a reputation for her expertise and eloquence on coach athlete sexual abuse, as witnessed by the increased traditional and social media attention Safe4Athletes has received, including features with NBC Sports Radio, the New York Times, NPR's "The Takeaway," CBS Sports Radio, Take Part Five (PIVOT Channel), Aljazeera America as well other nationally recognized media outlets in sports.
Katherine oversees Safe4Athletes and actively pressures National Governing Bodies to adopt stronger polices for all athletic clubs and programs. She champions legislation to implement stronger policy to give athletes rights at all levels of sports.
Through her work, Katherine educates lawyers/media/NGBs on the unique aspects of the power dynamic that exists in the coach athlete relationship. Katherine has also written several articles on the topic including "Breaking Down Sexual Abuse in Sports". She speaks openly about the failed representations in educational material on sexual abuse in sports and how those materials fall short in properly addressing the truth of the issue in competitive sports.
Case Study: Liability Waivers and Sexual Abuse in Youth Serving Organizations
I Was Sexually Abused As an Olympic Athlete Too. We Can End This Epidemic.
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October 2020 | Ken Williams AB '78
Posted by Harvardwood 24813HC on October 01, 2020
Executive Director and CEO, Entertainment Technology Center at USC
By Woojin Lim AB '22
Kenneth S. Williams AB '78 began our hour-long conversation with a flip-side marketing pitch on why film school students should consider returning to a virtual fall: having a firm grasp of collaborative software solutions and non-in-person digital tools could well-position a job-market candidate entering a world bestrewn with uncertainties such as the COVID-19 resurgence. "The old way of in-person work will soon be replaced by the new normal," he says. "A lot of companies are not only looking for temporary work-arounds, but they're trying to find permanent solutions to future-proof themselves."
As the Executive Director of the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at USC, Williams shared his reams of first-hand observational knowledge on the colossal shifts in the film and entertainment industry. His work at the ETC, a collegial post he's taken up for eight years, stands at the forefront of groundbreaking entertainment technologies. Bringing together major studios and tech companies, Williams has led research, projects, prototypes, and demonstrations in areas of immersive entertainment experiences, cloud-based remote production and post-production, AI, and machine-learning-driven applications for media and entertainment.
Williams's career progression has been anything but linear. Starting out as a history major at Harvard, where he performed in Hasty Pudding shows and sang a capella with the Harvard Krokodiloes and the Glee Club, he later undertook an intensive training program in commercial banking and management at the former Chase Manhattan Bank (now JPMorgan Chase). Charmed by the creative process, he requested to join the media and entertainment lending group.
Williams was soon recruited by Columbia Pictures, headquartered in Manhattan, to join their finance staff. Climbing the traditional finance and operations chain of command while also acquiring a master's degree from Columbia Business School, Williams became the youngest treasurer in the company's history. He then moved to Los Angeles in 1990 as a senior corporate officer, as Columbia Pictures was acquired by Sony Corporation. There, Williams took charge of renovating and modernizing the company's new home base, the old MGM Studios in Culver City, transforming it into Hollywood's technological jewel.
In 2000, having spent almost 20 years at Columbia, Williams decided to dive into the dot-com world, joining as partner a creative venture that Marvel's Stan Lee had created. Afterwards, he took on a number of different jobs—from becoming president of Technicolor Digital Cinema, to starting a venture capital consulting and an out-of-home advertising business. Drawing from these experiences, and setting aside COVID-19 implications, Williams highlights the importance of being a lifetime learner since our generation is likely to hop to and from many employers.
He is no stranger to innovation and invention, having personally spearheaded many "firsts at the studio." Williams has led projects for the first operational HD post-production facility in the country, the first H-authoring facility for DVDs, and the prototyping and installation of some of the largest digital mixing consoles to replace the old analog mixing environments for major motion pictures.
One of the most rewarding opportunities for Williams, he shares, was spearheading the development of Sony Pictures Imageworks, which remains to this day one of the country's largest visual effects animation companies.
"It was a very risky business proposition back then to do anything that advanced the art."
One day, while at lunch with the head of the studio, Williams was assigned an R&D task to create a photorealistic Stuart Little using advanced texture mapping—his "own little Manhattan Project." Sure enough, his team delivered the first real-looking animated character with fur.
Another major shift Williams observed in the film and media industry was the standardization and interoperability of custom code. The industry started out with "everybody having their own secret sauce," a proprietary pipeline that was often kept secret from other competitors in the market. Over time, however, companies realized that they didn't want to train people in the visual effects and animation houses on a limited set of tools, and then have them leave and have to retrain new employees again. Companies began to standardize the software packages and use the cloud for more efficient and collaborative workflows.
Williams admits that in his earlier roles as a mid-level studio executive in the first 10 years of his career, especially on the financial side at the bank or as treasurer of Columbia Pictures, failure was not permitted without consequences. But as he swiftly transitioned into operations at the studio, he began to recognize that without the allowability of failure within certain parameters, there would hardly be any controlled risk-taking for creative and technical innovation.
Now that he is in a university environment, Williams has made a 180-degree turnaround from the competitive business atmosphere at the studios.
"Academic investigation is rife with failure," he says. As long as the failure can be fed back into the next stages of exploration, it is welcomed as a part of the program of discovery. Around six years ago, Williams worked on an experimental film, using the cloud in its early days—not to make a successful film but to identify gaps in the current architecture and make recommendations for improvement. Undertaking projects that, by virtue of their failure, can provide valuable information, Williams much enjoys his freer work environment, where he is firmly settled after a wide-ranging career.
When asked to give advice to aspiring film students, Williams shares what he calls cliché but true statements: "Filmmaking is all about collaboration. There are many different entry points to the entertainment industry—I came at it from the aspect of finance and banking, whereas others may come with a background in production or animation or interactive media or creative storytelling. There's a lot of cross-pollination that happens. Try out different roles and find your place of passion within the community."
The process of switching among different tracks and pioneering creative ventures is an ideal that Williams has embodied throughout his career and aspires to pass onto future generations.
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Research >Neuroscience > COEN
The overall aim of the Centre of Excellence in Neurodegeneration (COEN)
is to build collaborative research activity in neurodegeneration research across borders, focusing on the critical mass and excellence. COEN is aligned with the broader Joint Programming Initiative in Neurodegeneration (JPND), although it operates as an independent entity.
The initiative is based on a joint programme initially agreed between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Deutsche Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE, Germany) and the Medical Research Council (MRC, United Kingdom), established in June 2010. The initiative was subsequently joined by the Flanders Institute of Biotechnology (VIB Flanders, Belgium), the Health Research Board (HRB), Ireland / Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), and the Ministero della Salute (MDS, Italy) in October 2011. The Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain) and the Ministry of Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic joined the initiative in October 2012.
The first phase of the initiative involved a call for proposals for pilot projects (up to two years in duration) involving Centres of Excellence (CoE) in two or more countries. Eight collaborative projects totalling £3.7m (€4.6m) were funded, including research projects which spanned the development of new disease models, the identification of biomarkers and the harmonization of methodologies for clinical studies.
The second phase of COEN involves 'pathfinder' grants seeking innovative approaches to better understand disease mechanisms and provide new avenues for therapeutic development, with the potential for "programme" level support to take forward successful pathfinders. The Centre for Systems Medicine successfully earned funding for the project Neuro-miR.
COEN also aims to provide a mechanism for industry to link to its Centres of Excellence, and to develop novel and effective industry partnerships in pre-competitive research. Workshops are held, involving participants drawn from the COEN executive, researchers from the COEN centres and representatives from the biopharma and diagnostics sector.
The 3U Partnership brings together the pre-established and internationally-competitive Centres to work in a focused and collaborative manner as a Centre of Excellence in Neurodegeneration (COEN). These three centres are the Centre for the Study of Neurological Disorders, RCSI; International Centre for Neurotherapeutics (ICNT), DCU and Neuroanalytics plus the associated spin-out company, Cerebro, at NUIM Moreover, accomplished research clinicians at RCSI and specialist neurologists at the Beaumont Hospital will exploit the outcomes of the basic research for medical applications, through early phase clinical trials.


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Geri d'Arezzo, né à Arezzo vers 1270 et mort avant 1339, est un savant et juriste italien.

Biographie

Bibliographie
  R. Weiss, Il primo secolo dell'Umanesimo. Studi e testi, Rome 1949,  52-66 et 105-33
  M. Giansante-G. Marcon, Giudici e poeti toscani a Bologna. Tracce archivistiche fra tardo stilnovismo e preumanesimo, Bologne, 1994
  Geri d'Arezzo, Lettere e Dialogo d'amore, a cura di C. Cenni e P. Stoppacci, Pacini Editore, Pise, 2009

Notes et références

Juriste italien du XIIIe siècle
Juriste italien du XIVe siècle
Naissance à Arezzo

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Could this handsome Navy SEAL win the Missouri governor's seat?
At the moment, the race for Missouri governor is a mess.
Sure, Attorney General Chris Koster has piled up $3.2 million in his campaign coffers and appears to be the clear favorite to represent the Democratic Party in 2016. But Republicans? That's a whole other story. State auditor Tom Schwiech's suicide in February has left the state's GOPers scrambling, and this week, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder revealed he is considering entering the fray. He would join former Missouri House speaker Catherine Hanaway, businessman John Brunner and a several other Republican lawmakers.
However, the most intriguing addition to the 2016 governor's race is arguably Eric Greitens. A bestselling author and former Navy SEAL, Greitens' gubernatorial exploratory committee has already raised $479,000, according to campaign records. Last night, Greitens stopped by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to talk about his new book, Resilience, while also showing off how good he looks in a suit.
Greitens' official bio is just ridiculous: a Rhodes and a Truman Scholar, he got his PhD from Oxford University and wrote his doctoral thesis on how "international humanitarian organizations can best serve war-affected children." He's also worked as a photographer and researcher in Rwanda, Cambodia, Albania, Mexico, India, Bosnia and Bolivia.
Oh, and he was a Navy SEAL. During deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, he amassed a collection of medals that include the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
When he returned from Iraq in 2007, Greitens founded the St. Louis-based nonprofit the Mission Continues to help link veterans with community improvement projects.
Despite his jaw-dropping resume, we should note that Greitens has yet to publicly describe his policy positions or intentions for the governor's office. Also notable is that Greitens is Jewish, relevant only because of the still-roiling controversy surrounding the alleged anti-Semitic "whisper campaign" that preceded Schwiech's death.
"It certainly could be that there are prejudices around," Greitens told the Jewish Daily Forward last month. "I can only speak to what I have lived, and I have experienced that people have been incredibly welcoming to me as a Jewish Republican."


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2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils; remove from heat.
3. Stir in both chocolates until completely melted; continue stirring until mixture cools and thickens slightly.
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Accounting software is used by individuals and business owners to enter income and expenses and track their finances. It's more efficient and makes fewer mistakes than manual processing. It can also save time with features like automation and it gives the owner a place to store important documents and receipts to access at any time. If accounting isn't your strength or even if it is and you want to save time, read on to see which accounting software is right for your business.
To determine the best accounting software, we researched more than 20 programs and applications before deciding on the top eight. We chose these based on the features and functions specifically designed for small business owners, how easy they are to use, cost, and more. Here are our top picks.
Best Overall: FreshBooks
Runner-Up, Best Overall: Intuit QuickBooks
Best for Multiple Users: Sage Business Cloud Accounting
Best for Experienced Accountants: AccountEdge Pro
Best Value: Wave Accounting
Best Extra Features: Xero
Best for E-commerce Businesses: GoDaddy
Best for Automation: Zoho Books
FreshBooks is a Canadian-based company that was founded in Toronto in 2003. It uses cloud-based accounting and invoice software that can be accessed via iPhone, Android, and iPad apps.
It is our choice for best overall accounting software because it's easy to use for business owners with little or no accounting experience, offers robust features and helpful functions, is reasonably priced, and can be used on-the-go and at any time.
FreshBooks' features include:
Payment reminders
Recurring invoices with customizable options including due dates and discounts
Online credit card payments
Multi-currency and language billing
Automatic tax calculations for sales tax
Tax-friendly expense categories
Remembered vendors
Time tracking with a Chrome browser extension
Bank deposits, recurring payments, and auto bills with bank integration
Tax help integrations with tax apps, estimates, deductions, and filing tools
Easily integrates with other products including GSuite and Gusto
FreshBooks' pricing is tiered as follows:
Lite: $6 per month for the self-employed business owner with five billable clients
Plus: $10 per month for businesses with 50 billable clients
Premium: $20 per month for growing businesses with up to 500 billable clients
Select: Custom features and pricing for businesses with more than 500 billable clients
FreshBooks may also offer discounts or bundled pricing if you pre-pay, so make sure you check the website for any offers before you sign up.
QuickBooks is an accounting software developed and marketed by Intuit. Its latest cloud-based release was in 2019, but it also offers separate desktop options you can purchase and download. Its products are typically geared toward small and medium-sized businesses, and over seven million businesses use this software.
We chose it as our runner-up for best accounting software because it is easy to use for business owners with no accounting experience. It's also quick to set up, reasonably priced, and offers tools and features that are helpful for small business accounting. It keeps everything organized in one place and keeps your business tax-ready all year long.
Features of QuickBooks include:
Financial institution integration as well as integration with PayPal, Square, Shopify, and more
Help to file quarterly and annual tax returns with user guides and exporting tax data
Sales tax calculations, returns, and recorded tax payments
Automatically sort transactions and expenses into tax categories
Track expenses in one place
Scan receipts and attach them to invoices
Share with your accountant or export documents
Create customized reports with cashflow tracking visible on your dashboard
Track miles with your smartphone's GPS
QuickBooks offers tiered pricing so you can pick the best plan for your needs:
Simple Start: $12.50 per month for businesses just getting started
Essentials: $20 per month for managing growing businesses
Plus: $35 per month to help you get better organized and manage projects, inventory, and contractors
Advanced: $75 per month to help your business grow with deeper insights and dedicated support
Contact QuickBooks directly to see which specific features are included in each tier.
Sage Business Cloud Accounting, formerly known as Sage One, is a global brand that offers online accounting and business services. It was founded in 1981 in Newcastle, England, as a way to develop estimating and accounting software specifically for small businesses. It's now cloud-based and allows you to choose your industry, company size, and needs. It will match you with specific accounting solutions and is used by over three million businesses.
Sage Business Cloud Accounting is a reputable company, provides software that doesn't require any accounting knowledge, and is set up for use by multiple users. Your accountant can use the software and access your books for no additional fees.
Sage Business Cloud Accounting's features include:
Manage business finances and cash flow
Accept and receive payments
Create and send invoices
Available on all devices so you can check your financials on the go
Integrate with your financial institution and other apps including AutoEntry, Zync, and more
Tax compliance tools
Dashboard view with easy-to-read financial reports and analysis
Forecast cash flow
Share access with your accountant in real-time on any device
Add-ons such as human resources management and estimating
Pricing is tiered for Sage Business Cloud Accounting as follows:
Accounting Start: $10 per month for entry-level accounting to help manage cashflow
Accounting: $25 per month for powerful cloud accounting with invoicing, cash flow, management, and actual entries
The company is currently offering a 50% discount for three months and offers free trials. Contact them directly for specific features your business may need.
AccountEdge Pro is desktop accounting software for small businesses founded in 1989 and has developed new features and enhancements over the years. If you need to access your finances on the go or from your smartphone, you can use their cloud-based app or their hosting platform. It's geared toward small to medium-sized businesses, has a basic version and a pro version, and offers comprehensive accounting solutions full of customizations.
We chose AccountEdge Pro as our best accounting software for experienced accountants because of its robust features and reporting capability. It's a bit more complex than some of the other software, so this software works best if you're already familiar with accounting terminology.
AccountEdge Pro's features include:
Bank feeds with integration
Turn quotes into invoices
Customer and vendor management
Free accountant copy
Data sync with company files
Pricing for AccountEdge Pro is as follows:
AccountEdge Basic: $149 one-time fee, $199 per year for one user
AccountEdge Pro: $399 one-time fee, $199 per year, and additional fees for licenses and add-ons such as payroll services, checks, and credit card processing
To find out more about what features are included and how much add-ons cost and to add custom features, it's best to contact the company directly.
Wave Accounting was founded in Toronto in 2009 and provides software and financial services. It's an invoicing and accounting software that also has credit card processing and payroll services. It's cloud-based, easy to use, and can be used by business owners with no accounting or bookkeeping experience. All of your data is backed up for extra security, and you can connect your bank accounts to sync your expenses at any time from anywhere.
We chose Wave Accounting as our best value accounting software because its accounting and invoicing services are free. Keep in mind that payroll services and credit card processing have charges associated with them, so not all of the features are free, and the free features aren't as robust as some of the other software options. However, it's great for new businesses, especially those working with an accountant or another software.
Wave Accounting's features include:
Unlimited income and expense tracking
Track sales tax on income and expenses
Double-entry system
Dashboard with easy-to-read financials
Organize income and expenses into tax categories
Reports including profit and loss statements and cashflow
Pricing for Wave Accounting is as follows:
The accounting, receipt scanning, and invoicing software is free with no hidden charges
Credit card processing is 2.9% plus $0.30 for Visa, Mastercard, and Discover and 3.4% plus $0.30 for American Express
Bank Payments (ACH): 1% per transaction with a $1 minimum fee
Payroll: $35 monthly base fee plus $6 per active employee and $6 per independent contractor, and payroll taxes are handled by the company (only available in certain states)
Xero is a web-based accounting system designed for small and growing businesses. It was founded in New Zealand in 2006 and is used by small business owners, accountants, and bookkeepers. No accounting knowledge is necessary, and it's generally considered easy to set up and use. It's cloud-based and also has Android and iPhone apps. It's known for its intuitive, easy-to-read dashboard, and can be used to collaborate with multiple users including team members, employees, and your accountant.
We chose Xero as our accounting software with the best extra features because it offers several useful features, including a Hubdoc where you can capture bills and receipts and project tracking and costs. It has a two-step authentication to keep your data secure, as well as its different plans for different business needs.
Xero's features include:
Create expense claims
Fast bank reconciliation and integration with your financial institution and other apps including HubSpot, Square, and over 450 different programs
Up-to-date financial reports
Business data protected
Real-time cash position
Collaborate with staff or your accountant
Pricing for Xero is as follows:
Early: $4.50 per month, send 20 invoices, enter five bills, reconcile bank statements, and capture bills and receipts
Growing: $30 per month, send invoices and quotes, enter bills, reconcile bank statements, and capture bills and receipts
Established: $60 per month, includes all Growing tier features plus multi-currencies, expenses, and projects
Each plan comes with a free 30-day trial for unlimited users.
Established in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1997, GoDaddy is a big name in the web hosting and website creation space, but it also offers accounting software. It has tools to automate and organize your bookkeeping and accounting solutions and requires no prior accounting knowledge. You can automatically create and send invoices, accept online payments, and view business reports.
We chose GoDaddy as our best accounting software for an e-commerce business because this is exactly what the software is designed for. It's made for e-commerce sellers, so you can get started in a few minutes, and it syncs to Amazon, Etsy, eBay, PayPal, and more. Keep in mind that GoDaddy is great for online sellers, but may fall short if you're a small business looking for comprehensive accounting solutions including automation, tax forms, and payroll.
GoDaddy's features include:
Syncing with online retailers
Track sales and expenses
View business reports including profit and loss
GoDaddy's pricing is tiered as follows:
Get Paid: Starts at $4.99 per month and includes invoices and estimates, accepts payment from your smartphone, tracks mileage and time, and current-year business reports
Essentials: Starts at $9.99 per month and includes everything from the Get Paid tier plus unlimited business reports, automatic credit card imports, and sales data imports
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We chose Zoho Books as our best accounting software for automation because it offers robust accounting features and automation for bank feeds, categorizing, invoices, and more. It also has more than 40 app integrations so it can be used with the software you're already using. Zoho Books requires no accounting knowledge and can be easily set up. However, it only offers payroll features to companies in India, so if you need payroll solutions, you will have to choose another accounting software.
Zoho Books' features include:
Tax compliance and audit reports
End-to-end accounting
Reconcile bank transactions
Reports and schedules
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1099 forms and sales tax reports that can be exported
Pricing for Zoho Books is tiered as follows:
Basic: $9 per month per organization and includes up to two users, five automated workflows, and 50 contacts
Standard: $19 per month per organization and includes up to three users, 500 contacts, and 10 automated workflows/module
Professional: $39 per month per organization and includes up to 10 users, more than 500 contacts, and 10 automated workflows/module
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Accounting software specifically tailored to businesses can be used instead of or alongside an accountant and it assists in recording and reporting your financial transactions. It helps you manage your accounts, track your revenue and expenses, and store your receipts and important financial documents.
It also helps keep you in compliance with tax law and prepares filings at tax time.
Why Do Businesses Need Accounting Software?
In our increasingly mobile world, all businesses should be using accounting software instead of keeping track of finances on paper or a spreadsheet. Not only is accounting software more accurate, but it also helps ensure double entries are set up correctly.
Accounting software helps businesses better manage and track their finances. It also includes automated features that organize receipts, reconcile data, and integrate with your financial institution so you don't have to balance your business account or worry about adding the numbers correctly.
It also saves time, increases productivity, improves efficiency, promotes organization of documents, and can be used by multiple users including a bookkeeper or accountant. Additionally, "Accounting software facilitates the transparency and visibility of financial data. If you want to find out how your company is doing financially, all you need to do is generate a report," according to Reuben Yonatan, Founder & CEO, GetVoIP.
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Accounting software varies in features and functions, so it also varies in price. Most software is offered as a subscription-based model where you choose your tier and pay monthly. Typically, you can expect to pay anywhere from about $5 to $75 per month, depending on the number of users and functions that you need the accounting software to handle. Other software offers a one-time fee and monthly fees. The one-time fee usually starts at $149, and annual fees start at $199.
Custom options are available, and custom pricing coincides with the features that you choose. Most software also offers add-on features such as payroll services, state tax compliance, CRM, human resources, and inventory control. These prices vary based on features, the state you're based in, and the number of users.
What Does Accounting Software Include?
"Accounting software should include features that manage your income and expenses automatically so you can focus on making powerful decisions for the planned growth of your company," says Mark Condon, CEO/Founder, Shotkit.
For example, it can include features that handle accounts payable and receivable, track transactions including bank transactions, generate quarterly reports, and reconcile data so you don't have to spend time doing it. It can also store documents securely, and some of the more expensive options offer features like payroll or integration with a payroll company, multi-user access, inventory management, and financial forecasting.
However, accounting software usually doesn't include accounting or financial advice and can't answer specific questions that may pop up. It usually doesn't offer tax-saving tips or recommendations, either.
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The Upper Manhattan skyline. Photo: JH.
Monday, January 16, 2023. Somewhat sunny weekend, often overcast with temps in the upper 30s/low 40s by day and into the 20s at night. There were snow flurries on Saturday night. Five or six flurries, if you were counting; all traveling separately. It is winter.
Today marks the official day of remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It is also the 94th anniversary of the birth of Dr. King who was murdered just a few days after his 39th birthday. I think of the great man fairly frequently these days given the state of the world, as well as our country, as well as human relations in general. I sometimes let my imagination wander and think about how he could provide the guidance (which is supreme leadership) we now need. Sadly, such thoughts are only substitution to gloss over the reality of our times and the loss of his leadership.
As some know, we have honored Dr. King on this day before and we think it's appropriate to continue to do so again.
Today we are celebrating/remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I think of him often in these times of ours. I wonder to myself what the world would be like had he lived. I tend to think it would have been a much better place for all of us. This, of course, is idealizing, but I am old enough to remember when he first came on the national scene and he was considered radical by many. I couldn't argue the point but I watched instead. He was a real leader. One of the very few in all history. He educated me with his words and his presence.
Dr. King with President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House after the March on Washington, D.C.
Dr. King was less than three months into age 39 on that fateful day in 1968. He was six months older than Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. I don't know if he ever met her. He might have because by John Kennedy's Presidency the Civil Rights movement was in full force and the President was moved by it. I thought of Mrs. Onassis when I saw his birth year because she shares it, and it naturally occurred to me that those two were highly influential people of their time, although Dr. King's influence was universal.
I remember when Dr. King started his odyssey for Civil Rights back in the late '50s, early '60s. It was "Down There" or "Over There," and definitely "Not Here," in my world, so it was almost incomprehensible to this teenager.
My first year in college there were political protest committees burgeoning to support and bring about Civil Rights legislation. There were sit-ins, and marches, and heated meetings. I participated in none of them. I also didn't see their value or their potential impact. I read newspapers and Time magazine, all of which reported these events and activities. They didn't see value or potential impact either. And politicians spoke of only one color: Red — meaning Russia.
Dr. King.
I was a Northern white boy, from a barely-getting-by working class family, in a community where I don't recall ever seeing a person of color who would have been, if and when, referred to as a "colored" or a "Negro" or in the schoolbooks where "they" were called "slaves," or the "n" word which I never used because I didn't like the sound of it on people's lips.
Thinking back on it, it seems inconceivable (and therefore not true) that I never saw a person of color — which would include Asians (then referred to as "Orientals" or "Japs" or "Fillipinos"). Puerto Ricans were the closest I came to seeing another so-called "ethnic." And the Puerto Ricans were present only during the summertime when the tobacco farmers needed cheap labor to pick and haul the plants. Off-hours, they drank and got into episodes with the cops (or vice versa). Or so we were told. They were regarded as quite naturally lower on the ladder of life.
These expressions of bigotry weren't hotly declared. They were even rarely expressed, as if it had little to do with life outside Our Town, our street, our neighborhood.
In my father and mother's house there were references to dagos, ginnies, wops, spics, frogs, polacks (always preceded by "dumb"), Reds, DP's (displaced persons), who were usually regarded as the worst of all — which meant Commies or Reds. And, oh yes, the Jews who might be called kikes or mockies (an earlier 20th century New York word), or yids.
My father, who was a Brooklyn born Irish-American used all of the above "names" in his angrier conversations. Excluding, of course, the "fightin'" Irish. Nor do I recall his ever being confronted by anyone for his language. Not that his day to day talk was peppered with those words. They were not used frequently, because those to whom those names were directed were not present enough to provoke it.
As children we were most familiar with the word polack in my hometown. The "dumb Polacks" lived on the other side of the bridge, on the other side of town. They were the day to day bottom rung of the social ladder in this small New England town which bore as much resemblance to Peyton Place as any other.
Still from A Streetcar Named Desire starring Marlon Brando (right) as Stanley Kowalski, who is portrayed as a Polish ill-mannered and crude blue-collar worker. Photo: New Horizons Association.
Years later when my eldest maternal aunt died, another aunt, my favorite, told me in passing that "they'd put in the paper that she was born in Poland."
"Oh? And was she?" I asked.
Yes. "But we don't want anybody to know." And why? "Because of all those (Polish) jokes." My aunt, as I said, my favorite aunt, was a very sweet woman whose affection meant everything to me when I was a child. But she was ignorant of her prejudice. We were all ignorant. In fact, she was lying about herself which she had learned to hold in disrespect. Many of us still are. Maybe most. Ignorance is self-perpetuating poverty.
Dr. King started having his greatest impact when the Kennedy Administration apparently began to listen to his message. Then I began to hear and see. For the first time in my life. I was not alone. That March on Washington was packed with people like me, although I did not march. The specter of Vietnam, the murder of JFK, were elements that conjoined with the words and activities of Dr. King, in my developing consciousness. He was my teacher.
After meeting with President Kennedy to discuss the March on Washington, leaders of the march gather at the White House, June 22, 1963. Front Row, l. to r.: Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Roy Wilkins, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Walter P. Reuther, Whitney M. Young, and A. Philip Randolph.
I am a child of Dr. King, as are many, if not all, of my generation and those who have followed. Before he came into our lives, I was — like many; maybe most white Americans — highly unaware of the plight and realities of people of color in this country. Despite the centuries-old evidence of massive injustice.
It took the work of Dr. King and his followers and exponents, and Rosa Parks, to get the ball rolling. When it was starting to take hold of the public discussion, people didn't like what was happening. White people that is — people in the North — aside from whatever they thought of it in the South. They didn't understand it. What we call racial prejudice was so built into our way of thinking that it was not exercised with any malicious intent on the part of most, but instead unconsciously. The institutional and societal racism that preceded my generation was mainly an unconscious habit. The racial profile that was presented as consensus was accepted as matter of fact. It had been in place as such for hundreds of years. Few perceived that it was merely a convenient, indeed shrewd grasp for authority, political and otherwise.
There were many white people who did not feel that way, of course — those men and women who recognized the reality of our differences and politicization of the matter. These were generally very intelligent people and/or people who had personal relationships, close or frequent, with people of color. Or just plain knew better.
Rosa Parks in 1955, with Martin Luther King Jr. in the background.
Then one day Rosa Parks got on the bus and was just too damned tired after her day's labor to trudge all the way to a seat in the back just to accommodate that age-old prejudice. And so she let truth and reality lead her. Talk about moving mountains. Then the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., a preacher man from Atlanta, a proponent of Mahatma Gandhi (although that wasn't known or recognized at the time) came along, started something, and finished the task for Mrs. Parks and the rest of us.
He made a lot of people very angry. A lot. A lot of the time. I'm sure he still does for some. But about 1960, the movement's influence had struck a chord on many college campuses. This was the dawn of a revolutionary moment in America, a movement that was a force of change. It was in the air. It is still debated as if someone could have stopped a tsunami with an opinion.
In his early days of prominence there was a lot of spying on Dr. King, and a lot of scandal-mongering. A womanizer, it was said he was. A dastardly womanizer. Uh-huh. Oh, a bad man. It never seemed to occur to the accusers in mutual condemnation that it takes one to know one. And he was merely a man, like the rest of us (men).
The business of one's sex-life is a massively widespread obsession in popular Western culture, far more serious to some than the environmental and cultural issues threatening human existence on the planet. And so it was widely publicized in the case of Dr. King. Nevertheless he soldiered on.
At the moment he was murdered in cold blood on that motel balcony in Memphis he had already achieved the unachievable. Although we were not aware of it specifically, he had completed his work. His participation, his leadership and his words, had effectively changed the consciousness of America. He was not here to see it, but in his final speech given just before his death, he articulated it. So somewhere he knew.
There are those who would disagree, but it doesn't matter; it's done, and evident in the youngest generations of Americans and in every social group.
Dr. King delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech.
As a citizen of this great City of New York, with all its flaws and issues, riding the subways and the buses, I see it: our separation from one another is no longer culturally racial. So-called mixed marriages are ordinary and not even relevant in terms of race. Ride the subway and look at the faces of the young people riding with each other. There is the evidence and the confirmation. The young among the riders today are not infrequently multi-racial — not one, nor two, or even three, but sometimes all in the makeup of a single individual. This is the world now. This is the result of what we can identify as the American Civilization. Hitler and his Nazis, or anyone else's notion of racial superiority, is just another whine for prejudice. And prejudice is always a lie anyway, no matter its object or person.
However, despite the tragedy of the Martin Luther King's murder, his spirit is omnipresent, as witnessed by the faces and the attitudes and familial alliances of the younger generations that I see in my daily travels around the city. He was a gift for all of us; an affirmation of the reality of this planet experiencing the phenomenon of change. He was the man, the voice for all. Like Gandhi, he understod the natural order of things. Mother Nature doesn't care how we feel about personal prejudice and those who embrace it. No matter who we are or seem to be, she could give a damn. Dr. King had evidently always known that. That was his final and lasting bequest.
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Zorii Aurii (în ) este numele unui partid politic ultranaționalist din Grecia. A fost fondat în 1993 de către Nikolaos Michaloliakos, simpatizant nazist și negaționist al Holocaustului. În urma alegerilor legislative din mai 2012 a intrat în Parlamentul țării, obținând 21 de mandate. În 2015 în urma alegerilor legislative din septembrie, a câștigat 18 mandate, clasându-se pe locul 3.

A atins un apogeu în 2015, când era a treia forță politică a țării, moment în care adepții lui au lansat numeroase atacuri împotriva adversarilor politici. În urma asasinării rapperului antifascist Pavlos Fyssas de către un membru al partidului, Zorii Aurii a fost anchetat ca organizație criminală. Procesul a relevat organizarea paramilitară a partidului și a dus la o scădere de popularitate a acestuia, care nu a mai intrat în parlament la alegerile din 2019. În 2020, Michaloliakos a fost condamnat la 13 ani de închisoare pentru conducerea unei organizații criminale, iar alți lideri la pedepse privatoare de libertate mai mici.

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Fondări în 1993
Partide politice din Grecia
Partide politice naționaliste
Naționalism grec
Naționalism alb în Europa
Organizații neonaziste