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Announcing the results of the 2007 Fundraising Professionals of the Year Awards
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT — AGENCY
Chuck Longfield
Target Analysis Group
Chuck Longfield might be one of fundraising's best-kept secrets. His isn't a name you hear bandied about as much as others in the software/analytics game, but he is nonetheless a visionary in a facet of fundraising that is constantly reinventing itself. He developed his first donor-relationship-management system for Access International in 1978, and it was quickly adopted by organizations around the country. After a short foray into education, Chuck formed the Target Analysis Group. Since then, he's developed increasingly sophisticated software options to allow nonprofits to track and analyze donor data, and he's worked diligently to encourage and enable them to openly share information to learn from each other and develop winning fundraising practices. Chuck has made a career of being intimately in tune with the sector. He's honored here for his vision and for a professional lifetime dedicated to improving nonprofits' relationships to their data, their donors and one another.
TOP MEN IN FUNDRAISING — ORGANIZATION
Gerry Brisson
Vice president of development
Gleaners Community Food Bank
The nomination for Gerry Brisson stresses his 22-year commitment to working with organizations to raise funds to keep their missions alive in ways that can be sustained over the long haul. His career hasn't been glitzy, but he's helped organizations — as a staff person, independent consultant and even as a volunteer — to steadily increase their revenue through common-sense development strategies. His most recent accomplishment: In less than a year with Gleaners, he's well on his way to realizing a 50 percent increase in direct-mail income, taking it from $997,760 in FY 2006 to a projected $1,564,000 in FY 2007.
Richard H. Meyer
Milwaukee Jewish Federation
Most successful fundraising campaigns rely on complete buy-in from organization executives. Richard Meyer has been hailed for his cohesive leadership and hands-on participation in the MJF Community Capital Campaign that has raised more than $43 million, exceeding its $40 million goal, to fund a series of building and expansion projects in the metropolitan Milwaukee area. From choosing leaders and encouraging leadership giving, to working with beneficiary organizations to create compelling case statements, to assigning solicitations and making personal appeals, to fostering an overall sense of cooperation, Richard's leadership exemplifies the all-for-one, one-for-all approach that often leads to the most stunning fundraising results.
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2021 Nonprofit Professionals of the Year
2021 Nonprofit Professional of the Year: Amit Paley
2021 Lifetime Achievement: Atul Tandon
2021 Fundraiser of the Year: Bri Seoane
2021 Board Member of the Year: TJ Lynch
2021 Technology Professional of the Year: Heather Walker


Located in the Diamond Hill area, Nan Lian Garden is built in the Tang Dynasty style and occupies an area of about 35,000 square meters (3.5 hectares). Every piece of land, rocks, trees and water is placed according to rules of Tang style. The garden is designed in a one-way circular route manner. By following this route visitors will see: two water ponds (the Lotus Pond and the Blue Pond), a lot of trees, the Pavilion of Absolute Perfection connected by two Zi Wu Bridges, the Chinese Timber Architecture Gallery, the Pine Path and so on. Also, there are a souvenir shop, a vegetarian food restaurant, a Chinese tea house and a multi-purpose function room.
In addition, Nan Lian Garden is adjacent to the Chi Lin Nunnery by a bridge and is surrounded by the high-rise buildings. Together with the Nunnery they form one of the most impressive sites in Hong Kong that is a must-see attraction for everyone.
Rules. In order to save the tranquility of this place, there are certain measures to allow others to enjoy the scenery of the garden. Visitors shall be properly dressed; smoking is not allowed; animals and pets, unless otherwise authorised and permitted, are prohibited.
How to get there. Take the MTR and get to the Diamond Hill MTR station (MTR Kwun Tong Line). Get out of the station through Exit C2 and follow the signs. A short walk will take just a couple of minutes.


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Spring 2019 will mark the final year that Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will administer the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Tests, formally known as the PARCC tests, according to a Sept. 13 Washington Post article.
The tests are being scrapped following complaints from parents, faculty and administrators and will be replaced with the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP), which the state is currently seeking help to design with a planned roll out in 2020.
Maryland is one of the few states to still utilize the PARCC tests, which were the first computerized standardized tests and were administered every spring since 2014-15. The tests were adopted to replace the English and Algebra High School Assessments (HSA) in accordance with the adoption of the Common Core curriculum. However, the PARCC tests have been denounced for being too time-consuming and difficult, as less than half of Maryland students have passed it.
Furthermore, the scores are not released until late summer, calling into question their usefulness to teachers and students. Many schools and students with testing accommodations also experienced technological difficulties. As a result, only a handful of the original 24 states still administer the test, with Maryland being the most recent to drop it.
With its many challenges, the removal of PARCC was a welcome change to many, including Gov. Larry Hogan and Maryland State Education Association President Cheryl Bost.
While many were unhappy with how time-consuming the PARCC tests were–meaning instructional time was taken away–some also saw the benefit in the rigorous standards.
MCPS requires the completion of four standardized tests linked to specific courses for graduation. Two PARCC tests are required for graduation by all MCPS students: Algebra 1 and English 10. The Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA), introduced during the spring of 2018 and required starting with the class of 2021, replaced the Biology HSA; it tests students after three years of science education. The final required test is the Government HSA, taken after a student has completed a U.S. Government course.
The MCAP exams will be based on similar high standards and a rigorous curriculum, president of the Maryland State Board of Education Justin Hartings told the Washington Post.
The Maryland State Department of Education will develop the MCAPs and then notify MCPS on new implementation and testing.


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Azrael vs. Bane: round two, Pt. 1
Posted: 09/16/2014 | Author: Jason Levine | Filed under: Characters, DC |1 Comment
So after Azrael goes mad with power, almost strangles Robin, and assaults Batman while Azrael's dressed like a robot, he gets put on a probation by Batman. As in, the Dark Knight doesn't trust him, like him, or want to be around him. And after Azrael screws up an undercover police job, it's time for Bruce Wayne to let Azrael know the bitter truth — he's a sucky vigilante. In Azrael #36-40, written by Dennis O'Neil and drawn by Roger Robinson, our dear Jean-Paul Valley has one last chance to prove himself by taking down the biggest, scariest, most powerful supervillain in Batman's rogue gallery.
Seriously, conversing with Batman is like talking to your dad when he's not angry, just disappointed. As usual in a crimefighter's life, everything goes bonkers at once and Azrael misses his deadline. Also, love interests and stuff, but that's off topic. And let's be fair to Azrael, he's mentally ill trying desperately to impress another mentally ill man who may be legitimately impossible to impress. Batman can't even meet his own standards — what chance does the Batfamily have? But the stakes remain the same: Jean-Paul brings in Bane or Batman'll punch Azrael out of crimefighting forever.
Here's how you know Azrael's on Batman's bad side: he makes Azrael fly coach. Even Robin has his own plane. For those not in the know (including me about two weeks ago), Nomoz helped train Jean-Paul into Azrael way back in his origin comic. He's the sidekick for this arc so Azrael doesn't have to talk to himself the whole time.
There is a greater theme here spread throughout the pages. Jean-Paul's constantly conflicted between his identity as Azrael and himself. He can't fight crime without becoming Azrael, but he hates Azrael's cruelty and violence. It's a schizophrenia shaped by his dead father. Oh, and check out that the dude's back in his "default" costume. Of the six Azrael articles I've done so far, he's had three different outfits.
Need further proof that Azrael's the most '90s superhero that ever existed? He has fire coming out of claws. And the claws are attached to giant golem hands. You can't get more extreme 'tude than that. And the cape's not even practical — it's looks like it's made out of ribbons pieced together from a Hobby Lobby shopping spree.
I'm no historian, but after the super gritty, dark, realistic comics of the late 1980s, the medium compensated with brighter, supernatural, "extreme" adventures. The 2000s reacted to that by making comics dark again. Nowadays, we're in a resurgence of comics written with a lighter touch. In five or six years, we'll repeat the infinite cycle — after all, the 1980s came as a response to the trippy, magical LSD-fueled journeys of 1970s superheroes. For reference, you're currently watching Azrael kick henchmen butt in 1997.
Remember how Azrael beat Bane the first time? He took out Bane's venom supply causing the supervillain to freak out enough for the lucid Azrael to knock him out. Bane's off venom now. Our poor protagonist has to fight Bane in his purest, non-addicted state. That's pretty much why he gets his butt handed to him. Plus, we have three issues left in our arc. Sadly, Bane only spares Azrael's life to give him a greater pain: prison justice.
Venom's beyond addictive and no rehab center exists for this sort of ailment. See what it's doing to Bird? If you need more evidence, Batman once succumbed so horribly to venom addiction that it took him a month locked in the batcave of sheer willpower and crazy hallucinations to break it. Actually, we'll cover that story next because it's really good and serves as a prelude to Knightfall. And Azrael's withdrawal? That comes soon, but first, they have to inevitably escape from being tied up and make a terrible situation much worse.
On Friday, we get our exciting conclusion, and by that I mean several pages of Azrael sweating and crying.
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Defending champions Pakistan play South Korea on 21 October. Find out where to watch live.
Pakistan take on South Korea in the third game of the 2016 Asian Hockey Champions Trophy at Malaysia on 21 October.
Pakistan's defence of their Asian Hockey title started on a disastrous note as they were thrashed 4-2 by hosts Malaysia on 20 October (Thursday).
The two-time winners struggled in the absence of the ever-reliable Mohammad Irfan, who stayed back home due to visa problems, and their defence was breached time and again by the hosts.
Aleem Bilal was the only player to show some fight for the Men in Green scoring both their goals but it was not enough as they ultimately lost 4-2.
Their opponents South Korea are a lesser known force on the world stage and have not had the best of times in the past couple of years failing to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics as well as not playing the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, which was held earlier this year.
The lack of experience will be an obstacle for the Koreans who come into this clash as the definite underdogs and are not expected to cause an upset come 21 October.


In theory, Google Shopping is simple. You upload your products to a feed through Google Merchant Center, connect it with Adwords and voila, your product images and price will start to populate on Google's search results.
If you are an entrepreneur looking to get started on Google Shopping, Adwards has a video tutorial that walks you through setting up a campaign in under 5 minutes.
Just so you have a visual representation of how Google Shopping works, below you can see how a product from your website will populate via an image after someone conducts a Google Search for the product name. If you have the right Google Shopping strategy, this can be a lucrative way to grow ecommerce sales.
The issue with Google Shopping is that you lack control, which means you can spend a lot of money without being profitable (unless you follow the hacks below). With Google PPC, you bid on keywords and your advertisements will only populate if people search for those specific keywords. I wrote an article on Single Keyword Ad Groups (SKAG) that details how controlled you can get with Google PPC.
Google Shopping pulls in product information from the title of your product along with information on your website, so there are much more search terms that can drive people to your site. Sometimes this can be good; other times, not so good.
Related: Are You Taking Advantage of Google's Local Inventory Ads?
Here are six hacks that can save you money on your Google Shopping while boosting your profitability.
Make sure your product titles are strategically selected and the content on the product pages of your website is well optimized.
If you are selling a product from a manufacturer, you'll want to make sure the title is consistent with what the manufacturer has listed since this will likely be what people search and convert for.
If you have your own brand, it is beneficial to select titles that have keywords with good search volume so people can actually stumble on your product via Google Shopping.
Having unique content on each product page is an important way to differentiate your brand. If you just copy and paste the same content as a manufacturer or competitor, you could be looking at duplicate content isssues. Google is going to crawl the content on your product pages, so optimize each product page with search terms that can convert.
However, even if you optimize the title and content on each product page, you'll still drive traffic to your website that won't convert, which is why the next step on negative keywords is so important.
I can't overemphasize how important it is to add negative keywords into each one of your Google Shopping campaigns. This can drastically save you money and increase your performance.
Within your Google Shopping campaign, you'll want to click on "keywords" and then "search terms" and then segment by "clicks" to see which search terms are eating up the majority of your budget (see below).
DermWarehouse, an ecommerce skin care brand, was nice enough to allow us to share campaign data for this Entrepreneur article so readers could get a better understanding of the examples we're referring to.
Google is trying its hardest to drive people to your site based on keywords on each product page. This doesn't mean the traffic it is driving to your site will convert.
DermWarehouse sells a popular and trendy brand name Juara. Juara has several products that contain coffee ingredients. Above in the "search terms" report, you can see DermWarehouse converts on keywords pertaining to the brand name Juara (look at the conversions tab). When people searches for just "coffee lotion" they do not convert well. This is an opportunity to add the exact variation of "coffee lotion" as a negative keyword.
If you are having trouble grasping why the search term "coffee lotion" wouldn't convert for this skincare company, think of how broad of a search term this is. Juara is much more specific, meaning people are deeper into the purchasing funnel when searching for this brand on Google. "Coffee lotion" is more likely an initial search people are typing in, meaning it won't be as likely to convert.
Can these more generalized keywords such as "coffee lotion" convert? Absolutely! You have to keep a close eye on your shopping campaigns to monitor what's converting and pause the poor performers by adding them as a negative keyword. Anytime we see a search term that has over 30 clicks without a conversion, we either lower the bid or add the search term as a negative keyword.
One of the biggest mistakes we see among ecommerce brands is they upload all of their products into one Google Shopping feed and it is a massive free-for-all.
Sticking with the skin care example, Glytone is a much more popular brand than Juara. This means there are more search terms for Glytone products compared to Juara. If you have one campaign with a $100 daily budget, Glytone would likely eat up 90 percent of the daily budget. Even though Juara isn't as popular, since it is more niche, it could convert three times higher, which is why it is so important to segment your Google Shopping campaigns. You want all of your products to have a chance to prove whether or not they are profitable for your company.
Price of product: $10-$29, $30-$49, $50-69, etc.
Brands: Juara, Glytone, ClarityRX, Alphaeon, etc.
Below is an example of campaign segmentation for the top 30 selling products for DermWarehouse. In order to find the top selling products, there was prior segmentation based off of each brand. You can see the day I took the screen shot below, DermWarehouse spent $8.16 on this specific Shopping campaign and generated three conversions for $122 in revenue. This is a 14.95x return on advertising spend. While there wasn't a lot of money spent at the time of this screen shot, you can see how past data is being used to make Google Shopping work smarter so the campaign is profitable.
In the example above, you can see how there are different bids (default max CPC bids) for each product. You want to make sure you are bidding strategically based on the price of the product along with your profit margin.
We recommend taking the price of the product and dividing this by your profit margin. If you have a $100 product and your margins are 50 percent (after all expenses), then you are looking at $50 profit. According to SmartInsights, the standard ecommerce conversion rate percentage is 3.78 percent on desktop devices; on mobile devices, it is 1.14 percent (more on mobile bidding to come). You'd want to take $50 and multiply this by .038 to get a $1.90 bid. This is a good starting point! If you can convert above 3.78 percent on this $100 product, you'd be profitable.
Too often, ecommerce businesses will have the same bid for each product despite a drastic difference in pricing. This is a major flaw that can hold back your profitability on Google Shopping.
Any digital markter is going to tell you about the importance of mobile. The issue is that mobile has an ecommerce conversion rate of 1.14 percent, less than half of desktop.
Most advertisers don't realize that you can reduce your mobile bid adjustment, which will make your Google Shopping campaigns more profitable.
If you go to "settings" and "devices" you have the option to reduce mobile bidding. In the example below, you can see the mobile bid adjustment has been reduced by 50 percent. This has dropped the average cost per click by more than 50 percent on mobile. This is making our budget work harder on desktop, where all of the conversions have come from. While we don't want to give up on mobile completely within this campaign, we know it isn't as profitable as desktop and tablet, hence the 50 percent bid reduction.
I mentioned earlier that the standard ecommerce conversion rate percentage is 3.78 percent on desktop and 1.14 percent on desktop. This means that 97 out of 100 people who are visiting your website are not converting!
Make sure you have retargeting set up so after someone drops off your site your branded advertisement will continue to be served for up to 30 days.
There are advanced features of retargeting called dynamic search retargeting and RLSA (retargeting lists for search ads). For starters, make sure to create your first display retargeting campaign so your brand will stay top of mind to people who drop off your site.


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These Apps Are Helping People Document Police Abuse
Joseph Erbentraut
Senior Reporter, HuffPost
Apr 10, 2015, 03:21 PM EDT | Updated Dec 6, 2017
It's hard to imagine a more clear example of the power of recording on-duty police officers than the video that led to the arrest and charging of North Charleston, South Carolina, police Officer Michael Slager on Tuesday.
Were it not for the footage shot by witness Feidin Santana, the sole account of the officer's fatal confrontation with 50-year-old Walter Scott would have come from the local police department, which offered a version of events that was not corroborated by the video Santana filmed.
Because some police officers will order people to turn off their cameras or will attempt to confiscate or destroy phones, it bears repeating: It is, in fact, perfectly legal to film police officers in the U.S. while they are on the job, in a public place, so long as you do not physically interfere with their ability to do their jobs.
In an effort to protect that constitutional right, developers, in recent years, have been partnering with advocacy groups like the American Civil Liberties Union to develop smartphone apps aimed at making it easier for members of the public to document allegations of police abuse -- and to know their rights while doing so.
Below are some examples of such apps, including those in development and others that are already downloadable:
Cop Watch
Created by the Network for the Elimination of Police Violence in Toronto, the free Cop Watch app — compatible with iOS platforms — has a setting that allows for video to be recorded as soon as the app is opened. The footage is then automatically uploaded to YouTube. The app also has a guide outlining the public's rights when it comes to filming police. An Android app is "coming soon," according to the NEPV website.
Five-O
Five-O, a free Android app created by three high school students from Decatur, Georgia, allows its users to rate and review their positive or negative interactions with police officers. Those ratings and incident comments are then aggregated and become searchable. Five-O also includes a "know your rights" section, as well as community boards that allow users to communicate and plan responses to any local trouble.
I'm Getting Arrested
With just one click, the I'm Getting Arrested free Android app allows users to send a custom text message to contacts they have pre-programmed into their phones — friends, family and even legal help — in the event they are arrested. Available in 14 languages, the app was developed in 2011 and was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests. The Panic Button app, available on both iOS and Android platforms, could serve a similar purpose.
Stop and Frisk Watch
The free Stop and Frisk Watch app was created by the New York Civil Liberties Union and is available on both Android (in English and Spanish) and iOS platforms (in English). The app allows users to film interactions with police by pressing a trigger on their phone's home screen. When filming is complete, users can complete a survey submitted to the NYCLU about the incident. Users can also be alerted to when a user in their vicinity is stopped by police and can use the app to report a police interaction they saw or experienced. The Mobile Justice App from the ACLU's Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska and Oregon chapters function similarly, though all of these are only available on Android currently.
The SWAT ("Safety With Accountability & Transparency") app-in-development will allow for live video of a police interaction to be streamed to a secure server. The app will also make it easy for a person to submit an official complaint to the police department with accompanying photos, his current location and time and date stamps. Data from the app will also be aggregated into a database to offer a real-time view of police violence in America for policymakers, academics and others. To stay updated on when the app is released, sign up on SWAT's website. A similar app, called the International Evidence Locker, is also in the works.
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An article in today's Forbes relates directly to the required changes required by health professionals in the utilizing The Digital Revolution to transform healthcare. In the article (https://bit.ly/2FelDKZ) by Adi Gaskell, he indicates the primary holdback in achieving the digital transformation is the lack of suitable skills in the medical workforce.
The article cites work from an NHS report by Dr. Eric Topol which assesses how new technologies will influence the roles and functions of clinical and support staff and identifies new skills required.
Patient empowerment - with new tools enabling patients to take a more active involvement in their own care.
Driven by evidence - with any introduction of new technology driven by evidence rather than hype or the latest trends so that stakeholders can trust it.
Saving time - healthcare is a notoriously time-pressed environment, and so the adoption of technology should strive to return time to professionals to deliver better care.
In the report Dr. Topol states: "The education and training of the existing workforce, along with the preparation of an appropriate pipeline of talented future staff, will be key to the success of any programme of change designed to empower staff to take advantage of the advances in technology to improve service delivery"
As with other industries, Topol suggests that in addition to upskilling medical staff, he that new methods of training, such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), will play a key role in the delivery of training and development, whilst technologies such as augmented reality could also play a role.
Guy Paterson is Co-Chair of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce - Health Opportunities Group and represent soley his opinion.


Anticipation of a Franz Josef Glacier hike along ominous crevasses woke me up early this morning. Rather than make the usual instant oatmeal in my New Zealand hostel, I slid out of my bunkbed deciding the glacial adventure called for a splurge: a restaurant breakfast, or "breakie," in Kiwi terminology. Restaurant forays have become an indulgence because New Zealand food costs are shockingly higher than in the US.
This journey began with a business trip to Auckland. After four days in five star hotels, I shed business attire and donned my fleece hiking wardrobe. It's November, but in the southern hemisphere, the season is late spring – cool and rainy. I flew to the South Island to backpack the famous Milford Track and lesser known but more beautiful Routeburn Track. Today I am in Franz Josef New Zealand, a small town named after one of the blue New Zealand glaciers that cling from giant Alp-ish mountains on the rainy west coast of New Zealand's South Island. The glacier, in turn, was named after Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria by a German explorer in 1865.
I make my way to the Franz Josef Glacier Guides office with a skip in my 56-year-old step: this is going to be an adventure of a lifetime. Yesterday I was hefting my 40-pound backpack along Robert's Point Track that overlooks parts of Franz Josef Glacier, but today I will be light as a bird – without my pack – walking on the ice.
"First we need to go over this checklist and sign the waiver," says the young woman who, acting as a Safety Nazi for the Franz Josef glacier tours, brandishes her clipboard in my face. And speaking of young, I've already noticed that most of the other clients signing waivers and receiving their crampons ahead of me are twenty-somethings.
"Hey, aren't there any oldsters trekking the glacier today?" I think to myself.
I have a sinking feeling. The checklist reminds me that I forgot to bring my orthopedic knee brace – for the torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in my left knee. The prescription device is lying under the bunk back at my Franz Josef accommodation, the Glow Worm Cottages Backpackers Hostel.
Joint pain? Oh, buggers, I forgot to take ibuprofen as a prophylactic for the knee pain always brought on by hiking or skiing.
Headaches? Well, I haven't had a migraine for three months. Or has it been two?
Next box: Dizziness. My blood pressure meds do make me somewhat dizzy, if I stand up fast. Maybe I can remember to not stand up too fast after I crawl out of that ice tunnel promised in the color brochures of all the Franz Josef glacier tours. Fortunately, I didn't take my blood pressure medicine today because it's a diuretic, and I didn't think there would be many toilets on the 7.7-square-mile snowfield.
A sinking feeling is bringing me down like the Titanic. What if I admit to all my afflictions? Will they let this old lady on the expedition? I didn't train, come this far, and carb up with an expensive breakie to be turned down now. Looking down the list, I think, "Well, at least I'm not pregnant." I quickly check all the "No" boxes and sign the form. Nazi girl has disappeared so I take the clipboard and stand in line behind the kids, who are waiting in que to get outfitted for the Franz Josef glacier walk.
But now I am feeling REALLY bad. Lying is just wrong. I can't believe that I lied on the form, not once but six times. "You're not pregnant," I try to reassure myself again as I get to the front of the crampon line.
"Did you sign your form?" the cute mountaineering gear guy asks.
"I have an ACL problem. I blew out my ACL but it was 20 years ago and I am really careful, that is why I brought my hiking poles," I babble like an idiot, lifting my poles above the counter to show him. He scratches off the "No" and checks "Yes" in the knees box.
"You'll have to wait over here," he points to the corner.
In a few minutes the first person over thirty that I had seen since I've been inside the Franz Josef Glacier Guides office walks over.
"No, I didn't go under the knife, but I keep the muscles around my knees well-exercised – it holds it all together pretty well. I'm an avid hiker," I add holding up my poles again as if they were health certificates. He makes some notes on my form. I hold my breath. I really want to go on the Franz Josef glacier hike.
"Go get your crampons," he says after giving me special instructions on how to take care of my knees while walking with crampons.
I am now issued a Gore-Tex glacier jacket, wool hat and mittens as well as the crampons, and I join the twenty-somethings on the bus. We're shuttled to a trail where we walk over a mile to the terminus of Franz Josef Glacier. Crossing a rope stretched across the trail that keeps out the "unescorted" riffraff, we begin our climb over the rocky moraine towards the ice.
Later, he warns us to stand back as ice chips fly off his hammer as he cuts steps into the glacier. We move slowly up the Franz Josef Glacier in our cumbersome new footwear, but the sun is shining on our smiling faces. Small winds, cooled by the ice field, move around us from time to time. The crisp mountain air is heavenly.
"When was the last time you had a sunny day like this?" I ask looking at the turquoise skies.
"Oh, about a week ago. But in two days we're having Biblical rain," Rooke answers. This is a rainy part of the world and the river flowing from beneath the glacier rises and falls with those torrential rains.
Exiting the ice tunnel, I give no thought to standing up fast or not. No problem with dizziness today. The blue ice is mesmerizing and I am experiencing this world as I never have before. Eventually we reach a height of 620 meters (6674 feet) on our Franz Josef glacier walk and sit to eat our lunch. I drink in the magnificence of one of the most beautiful of all New Zealand glaciers. "Don't forget to relax in the Glacier Hot Springs tonight – it's included in your guide fee," reminds Rooke.
"UNSTOPPABLE STACEY" Wittig is a middle-aged adventure travel writer. Only one week after she returned from New Zealand, two twenty-somethings were killed while hiking without a guide at Franz Josef Glacier.
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This article was first published in Lake Erie Lifestyle magazine after a trip in November/December 2011. Some facts may have aged including the fact that Franz Josef Glacier and other New Zealand glaciers have retreated so much since then that you must now take a helicopter tour to the glacier. You may book Franz Josef heli hike tours from www.franzjosefglacier.com and Fox Glacier heli hike tours from Fox Glacier Guiding at www.foxguides.co.nz. Please call ahead to verify information.
Disclosure: The travel writer paid for her Franz Josef glacier tours and Franz Josef accommodation. The article contains affiliate links and if you make a purchase, UNSTOPPABLE STACEY will get a small commission to help pay for publication of this blog. Thank you in advance.
I can't stop exploring the world (I blame it on my father's Viking blood) and write about my adventures – many as a solo traveler. Life isn't always rosy; I lost my firecracker reasoning skill to head injury in a horrific rollover accident that should have taken my life.
• the heart-filled appreciation for those who share my path.
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import java.util.Random;

/**
 * A closed-form scalar distribution that is also smooth.  That is, this
 * type of distribution has a PDF and a CDF.
 * @author Kevin R. Dixon
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface SmoothUnivariateDistribution
    extends ClosedFormUnivariateDistribution<Double>,
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{

    @Override
    public UnivariateProbabilityDensityFunction getProbabilityFunction();

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     *
     * @param   random
     *      Random number generator to use.
     * @return
     *      A value sampled from this distribution.
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    public double sampleAsDouble(
        final Random random);

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     * Samples values from this distribution as an array of doubles. This is a
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     *
     * @param   random
     *      Random number generator to use.
     * @param   count
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     *      that of count.
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    public double[] sampleAsDoubles(
        final Random random,
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     * @param   start
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    public void sampleInto(
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BooksHarry Potter
Never Alone, Never Again
By: Bored Beyond Belief
Harry's holiday reaches it's lowest point. Will Harry finally be able to have the kind of love everyone else seems to take for granted? Complete
Rated: Fiction T - English - Drama/Angst - Harry P., Sirius B. - Chapters: 42 - Words: 270,482 - Reviews: 3,921 - Favs: 4,906 - Follows: 1,138 - Updated: 12/25/2003 - Published: 4/29/2002 - Status: Complete - id: 750576
1. Default Chapter2. The Burrow3. Dreams and Revelations4. Damage5. Sirius Revenge6. Visions of the Present7. Temporary Solutions8. Don't even think about it!9. Pranks and Preparations10. Memories11. Birthday Breakfast12. Suspicions and Surprises13. Other Options14. Gifts and Introspection15. The Article16. Enter Snape17. Sports are Important18. See You on the Other Side19. I Remember When20. Please, Sir, Can I Have Another?21. It Begins22. Veritaserum23. Understanding24. Arrival25. Plans and Explanations26. New Developments27. The Search is On28. Insight29. Hope30. Delivery31. The Trail32. Ashes to Ashes33. Nature vs Nurture34. When It Rains, It Pours35. Rescue?36. It's Magic37. Just the Three of Us38. In the Telling39. Home40. Dreams41. Flight42. Ebb and Flow
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and the wonderful world of J.K. Rowling…Not mine. It's hers. Mine is a bit more surreal, with far more to do with Muggles than I would otherwise choose.
Nicky: You are so right! I'm reposting this first chapter because I am absolutely busted. So much for dramatic effect. g Oh, and TLC means Tender Loving Care. 8-)
Harry sat next to the boarded up window and stared at the moon... "Waning Gibbous moon," Harry thought as he remembered Professor Lupin and looked into the night sky. He missed his friends dearly. He wished he were with his godfather right now. Harry worried about him all the time. He smiled wearily as he realized how protective he was of his godfather. He'd gone through so much for so many years. Harry closed his eyes as he thought of Sirius. He liked to picture him in Professor Lupin's living room, sitting before a fire as they joked with each other. They had a lot of years to catch up on. He imagined them running together joyfully as dog and wolf respectively through a forest under the full moon; the Marauders back in action again. Free.
Harry opened his eyes abruptly, startled by a sound next to him. Hedwig sat on the windowsill, reaching her snowy head between the bars and tapping persistently on the glass to get the attention of the boy inside. Harry sighed, wincing as his ribs protested the sudden movement. This was the third time in as many weeks she'd appeared with a message, but considering the Dursleys now had Harry effectively imprisoned in his room, there was nothing he could do about it.
"I'm sorry, Hedwig. They've got the windows boarded over. I can't open up," Harry whispered loudly. Hedwig hooted and cocked her head as if trying to see Harry through the little cracks between the boards. Harry smiled softly at that. Even though he couldn't have Hedwig with him, he was grateful for her company. She'd spent the night before and would most likely do so again tonight, leaving with the unread message in the morning light. Harry hoped he could make it through the summer in this room. It was comforting to listen to Hedwig, to know she cared. The Dursleys hadn't forced him to go back to the cupboard… yet. He'd begun to suspect that before school started though, he still might end up there. Then he wouldn't see Hedwig at all.
Harry returned his gaze to the hazy white sky. It was slightly overcast, softening the edges of the moon. He absentmindedly pressed his hand against his forehead, using the pressure of his palm to try to ease the ever increasing pain that radiated from the lightening scar. His legacy. Harry closed his eyes, dizzy for a moment. He'd not slept more than a couple of hours at a time each night for weeks now. Lack of sleep and lack of food now made Harry feel as weak as a kitten. He could barely stand anymore without trembling. The dreams came nearly every night now.
Harry drew in a shuddering breath, ignoring the sweat that began to coat his face and back at the sudden movements. He didn't want to think about the dreams. He'd see it soon enough. Voldemort was on the rampage. Harry didn't need The Daily Prophet to tell him that. He witnessed it. Muggles and wizards; whole families were dying. And Harry watched. He couldn't dredge up the energy to cry anymore, but he knew each time he saw someone tortured and killed, he was dying inside. After all, it was his blood that enabled Voldemort to become this strong.
Harry closed his eyes and leaned his head back on the wall behind him. He listened as Hedwig continued to hoot and coo, and would have sworn she was trying to reassure him somehow. He smiled softly at that. Her companionship made him feel less lonely.
Things hadn't gone well since his fourth year at Hogwarts. The Dursleys knew how to carry a grudge, Harry admitted wryly. But there was something more… Something sinister. There was never a question in Harry's mind whether the Dursleys loved him. Of course they didn't, and they took every opportunity available to remind him of it as he'd grown up. But somehow… Vernon had crossed a line somewhere, and Harry couldn't determine when or how it happened, but it had.
Perhaps Dudley's diet had been the beginning, Harry pondered. Harry had always feared Vernon. He'd certainly never had problems hitting Harry in the past. But never had Harry feared for his life before with them. And he was beginning to now. In fact, his aching ribs were a constant reminder of Vernon's rage, as were the other bruises and cuts he'd begun to accumulate. Always in the past, the Dursleys had loathed Harry, but they had still needed him to do all those chores they were too lazy to do themselves. This year, though, they hadn't cared.
Vernon had hired a landscape company to tend to his lawn, and Petunia now baked all the family meals since Dudley had been released from his diet for the summer. Harry suspected Dudley truly hadn't been cleared by the school nutritionist. It was far more likely that Petunia couldn't bear to continue to torment her son with the *cruel* diet the school had tried to enforce.
A housekeeper came once a week and did every room but Harry's. Sometimes Harry had to suppress the urge to pound on the door and call for help as he heard her vacuum the hallway outside his room. But he knew… Harry had learned that no one was coming. No one would come. He'd just bring more trouble on himself than he was prepared to deal with, and Harry just didn't have the energy to spare any more.
All he had to do was get through the summer. When he didn't show up for the beginning of school, someone would come. He just had to hang on until then. Hedwig tapped against the window again insistently. Harry started. He must have started to fall asleep. Bad idea, he thought to himself. He forced himself to wake up and looked outside, peering right into Hedwig's concerned eyes.
"Sorry, I must have drifted," Harry whispered reassuringly. Hedwig began to get irritated, and hooted more persistently. Harry frowned.
"What is it?" he asked her. She hopped to the side of the windowsill and looked down at the lawn below.
For a moment he saw nothing. Then he jumped as he realized that one of the shadows had moved. Chills went up his spine and his skin began to tingle. Harry's eyes widened in terror as he stood up now and pressed his face against the crack. Yes, the shadow had moved. And now there was another. And another. Harry's heart was in his throat. His wand was locked downstairs in the cupboard. He had to get to it.
Harry watched the shadows as they approached the house. They wore robes and appeared to be whispering to each other. There was no question they were going to break in. Harry tried to determine what to do. Should he wake up the Dursleys and try to persuade them to open the door? Would that give him a chance? Yes and no. Vernon might open the door, but it would be to beat him for waking them up. And if the shadows were Death Eaters as Harry suspected, they'd kill the Dursleys whether they cooperated or not. As much as he hated them, he didn't want them dead.
So he was on his own. And Vernon had put deadbolts on Harry's door. He'd tried for two weeks to pick the locks, but didn't have anything sturdy and thin enough to do the job. Vernon had heard him one night, and Harry hadn't tried it since. He couldn't think of any other way to get to his wand.
Harry's eyes were adjusted to the darkness. Looking around the room, he saw a broken floor lamp in the corner. It was the closest thing to a blunt instrument he could find. It was had a small table in the center of the lamp designed to hold drinks, and Harry decided it would also help him to lever it on his shoulder. The base of the lamp, although not as nearly impressive as a baseball bat would have been, could still do the job. He tore the shade off the top, and dragged the lamp with him to stand behind the door, ready to swing it at the intruder when the door was opened.
Harry heard the kitchen door open downstairs, and listened, nearly panting with fear, as the stairs creaked under the weight of the intruders. Harry could hear whispering now, although he couldn't hear the words. He weakly lifted the floor lamp above his head, his arms quivering at the effort. He hoped they wouldn't dally in the hall too long.
"Alohamora," whispered a man's voice softly. The door came open, and as a figure stepped forward Harry swung the lamp down fiercely.
"Harry?" Sirius' voice whispered urgently. Oh no! Harry changed the arc of the lamp at the last second, it's heavy pedestal narrowly missing Sirius' head.
"Sirius!" Harry said as Sirius leaped away in surprise.
"Did you find him?" Remus Lupin asked as he entered Harry's room as well.
"You nearly scared me to death!" Harry whispered fiercely, nearly laughing in relief. A third figure entered the room.
"Everyone's still asleep," Arthur Weasley said, following behind Professor Lupin. Harry had not turned on any lights, so they all stood in the darkness. Harry felt himself shivering now that the adrenaline had passed.
"They will remain so, too. I cast a sleep spell on them. We can talk normally," Professor Lupin said.
"Then turn on some lights so I can see what Harry nearly bludgeoned me to death with," Sirius said, trying to sound light hearted although Harry could clearly hear the worry in Sirius' voice.
"Lumos," Arthur Weasley muttered, and all three stared at Harry in shock.
"Um, hi," Harry said and smiled weakly. He'd set the lamp to the side and now had to reach out and grip it to keep himself upright. He looked from one face to the other, trying to read what he saw there.
"Oh Merlin," Sirius said, and Harry watched as Sirius' eyes teared up. "What have they done to you?" he asked as he approached Harry.
Harry tried to smile again, to say something reassuring, but he knew the look in their eyes. He hadn't seen himself in a mirror in a long time, and by their expressions he didn't look well. He didn't want to think about how the room probably smelled to them.
Remus and Arthur had begun looking around the room, piecing together Harry's summer. Over a month he'd lived in this room. Arthur began to clench his jaw and turn red.
"Where are your things?" he asked, the intensity startling Harry. He'd never seen this side of Arthur Weasley. For a moment he thought it was directed at him.
"In the cupboard under the stairs," Harry replied. Mr. Weasley nodded and stalked out of the room.
Sirius stood directly in front of Harry now, unsure how to approach him. Harry recognized his tentativeness and reached out to hug him, relief and gratitude nearly overwhelming him. Someone came. Someone missed him, and came for him.
Sirius jumped at Harry's initiative, taking him in his arms and holding him tightly. Too tightly in fact, as Harry's ribs sent out waves of pain that made him gasp for breath and spots to dance in front of his eyes.
"Harry?" Sirius asked, immediately releasing Harry, yet still holding his shoulders as he looked into his eyes. "What is it?" he asked, his face contorted with concern.
"Sorry. My ribs," Harry said as he struggled to regain his breath. His legs gave out on him and Harry watched the floor leap up to meet him. "Oh dear," Harry thought distractedly, and felt Sirius catch him.
"I've got his trunk," Arthur Weasley called from downstairs.
"Is there anything else, Harry, that you want to take with you?" Remus Lupin asked, his face unreadable as he looked at Harry resting in Sirius's arms.
Harry was still having a hard time catching his breath, but gasped out, "Floorboards. Under the bed," he said, then his eyes rolled up in his head as his body went limp and he passed out.


A brief essay, published in Economic Times (Januaty 26, 2015) on the Obama visit to India and US-India strategic ties, which I am posting rather late. My original title is the post title, but the ET title is given below.
Barack Obama is the first US president to visit India twice and the first to be chief guest at the Republic Day parade. Thus, the hyperbole that normally accompanies such state visits being a notch higher this time, as was evident in PM Narendra Modi's and Obama's joint media address on Sunday.
Being democracies, both India and the US would prefer to base their foreign policies on something larger and nobler than narrow self-interest. And Modi's developmental agenda means that American investment and smart cities may garner a lot of attention. But without strategic understanding, economic ties themselves will suffer.
Despite Modi putting premium on 'personal chemistry', both sides need to get more realistic about their relations so that we move beyond the traditional trap of exaggerated expectations and inevitable disappointments. The two sides could begin by junking all talk about a 'non-transactional relationship', because there is no such thing in international politics.
Pakistan and China or the US and Saudi Arabia. This is also why seemingly obvious partners have great difficulty cooperating, whether it is India and the US or various supposedly fraternal groups such as the Cold War socialist bloc or the Arab bloc.
Such transactional relationships are not a bad thing as long as the two sides are clear about the terms of the transaction. Instead of pursuing the mirage of a non-transactional relationship, India and the US should focus on areas where there is mutual interest and agree not to let areas of disagreement come in the way. This requires clear-eyed realism on both sides.
New Delhi needs to overcome the fantasy that Washington needs it more than the other way round, either for economic reasons or for balancing China. Equally, Washington needs to understand that this partnership is not about democracy or common values but about common interests.
Both sides should understand that this common interest does not include Pakistan or Afghanistan. Pakistan is America's kryptonite, a country they have been wrong about every decade for the last six ones. India should not expect that Washington's helplessness on Pakistan will change. In any case, despite its minimised Afghan presence, US' continued efforts to stabilise Afghanistan means that the US still needs to keep the Pakistani army in good humour.
If that effort fails, the US can be expected to wash its hands of the whole problem, much like they did in the 1990s. Neither is helpful to India though there is little New Delhi can do about this except to adjust its expectations accordingly. The US and India can cooperate on Pakistan on the fringes, especially on intelligence-sharing, but outside of this, New Delhi should not expect or give much.
If regional concerns cannot be the basis for strong ties, global issues are an unlikely ballast for strong relations even when India and the US share common interests, such as on terrorism, nuclear security and non-proliferation and, in the abstract, democracy.
especially in New Delhi, is that astrong US is also in India's interest because India and other Asian powers cannot manage China on their own.
India conducts military exercises with Japan, Vietnam, Australia and others in the region but they can't expect to match China either alone or together because none has the capacity to reach across the entire region. Only the US can. Which is why it has to anchor such efforts as regional security cooperation. This makes a strong US an Indian and Asian interest.
The biggest threat in all this is buckpassing: both sides trying to free-ride, hoping that the other will shoulder the burden of balancing China. This is dangerous. If neither side shoulders the burden, both could suffer. Preventing such buck-passing requires both India and the US to be clear-eyed about their common self-interest.


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Lawyers who Became Authors: Part 1
Matthew Caminiti
Before writing books, these authors cleaned up in the courtroom.
Adaptation of Modern Day Masterpiece 'Monster' Gets Re-titled and a Release Date
Shawn Cunningham
The film adaptation of The Walter Dean Myers novel, Monster, hit Sundance with a bang a year and a half ago, but finally this masterpiece has been acquired and not only been given a release date but also a new name! Image Via Amazon Published by Harper Collins, the novel was nominated for the 1999 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2000, the same year it was named for the Coretta Scott King Award Honor. The plot follows Steve Harmon, a seventeen-year-old honor student who is accused and convicted of felony murder, a crime he did not commit in a modern day …
5 Differences Between 'Frankenstein' and the Film Adaptations
Jake McDaniel
Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley is hailed as the first real science-fiction novel. Following Dr. Victor Frankenstein, it chronicles Frankenstein's journey to create life and his clash with his creation after he succeeds. Touching on themes of ambition, lost of innocence, revenge, humanity, responsibility and creattion, Frankenstein is a dense but very worthwhile classic of its genre. However, it unfortunately has been largely displaced in the popular consciousness by its film adaptations. To celebrate its publication anniversary, here are five facts about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its many differences to work that adapted its spooky tale. 1. The Framing Device The …
5 Differences Between 'Frankenstein' and the Film Adaptations


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Dancers reharsing for broadcast at WNTV television studio, Ibadan. Photo: Smithsonian Music
Television in Nigeria was anticipated by Adekanbi, editor of Eko Akete in a 1924 publication when, in reaction to Colonel Malone, chairman of the Radio Association's prediction of the emergence of the television he noted; "We rather should leave our reader to imagine a world in which for instance, one can remain in Lagos and look at Wimberley, and see the Empire Exhibition in progress with almost as much facility as the people on the spot." [i] For Nigeria, this dream was to come true three and a half decades later when against the advise of those who argued the country wasn't ready for a television, Obafemi Awolowo established the Western Nigerian Television, WNTV, first in Africa, as a means of mass education, which was the cornerstone of the policy of his government as premier of the Western Region. In order to facilitate the realisation of its objective, the Action Group government installed two television sets in each of the secondary schools that were within the coverage area of the small transmitter at Mapo Hill. Public servants were granted loans for the purchase of personal television sets, while viewing centres were set up at government expense. However, over the years, the WNTV metamorphosed into Nigeria Television Authority, with sub- stations in almost every state of the nation.
In 1973, Organizing committee of the second African games restricted television coverage to Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), to the discomfiture of many African television and radio delegates who found on reaching Lagos they could not operate[ii]. The lack of local technology forced the nation to depend mainly on importation, hence forced to depend on outdated ones which produce poor quality effects. The films that were being done at that time were few and far between. It was usually Hubert Ogunde, Ade Afolayan and Baba Sala[iii] .
The early 80s featured vivacious Patti in Lux Beauty Soap adverts and her musical show tagged "The Paiti Boulaye Show" on television [iv]. Village Headmaster, which turned out the most popular and the longest running drama programme on the Nigerian television network, ran for over 30 years. This soap, created by Segun Olusola was succeeded by other good programmes, like New Masqerade, Samanja, and Behind the Clouds[v]. Tales by Moonlight, Nigerian Television Authority's longest running children's programme was selected as the winner of 1991 International Video and Film competition, organised by the National Black programme consortia in Columbus, Ohio, USA. The programme which debuted in 1983 dramatised the Nigerian folklore through Nkem Orakwe's narration[vi] . Veterans like Zack Amata, Olu Jacobs, Richard Mofe-Damijo finetuned their craft by appearing on quality soap operas. This era was followed by a dearth of indigenous soap on the Nigerian prime time television [vii].
Scene from children programme on the NTA; Tales by Moonlight, presented by Jimi Solanke. Photo: Accelerate TV
When 14 private TV stations were licensed in 1993, millionaire businessman, Raymond Dokpesi got a provisional approval to run a TV station. He struck gold in 1995 when he got a double license to run a local UHF TV station and a satellite broadcasting station[viii]. Dokpesi pioneered ownership of private television stations in Nigeria. He also blazed the trail in providing round-the-clock broadcasting and placing a Nigerian TV station on satellite[ix]. The liberalization of President Obasanjo era led to the geometric expansion of the media space. New radio and television stations sprang up, more than in many countries in Europe. Many Nigerian television stations came on satellite to be viewed in different parts of the world[x]. More professionalism was also demanded of them when musician, Charles Oputa, aka "Charly Boy filed a copyright infringement suit against Television Authority, NTA[xi]. Ben Murray Bruce as CEO of Nigeria Television Authority made the TV network to offer 24 hour service to Nigerians for the first time. In the first week of his administration, NTA 2 Channel 5, which was operating on six hours per day, went 18 hours and in a few months went round the clock. And in a matter of months, almost all NTA stations followed the 18-hour operation. So began the story of a public company that was for the first time being headed by a private sector person with little or no patience for bureaucracy. And as a showbiz man, Murray Bruce demonstrated his creative abilities in the rejuvenation of existing programmes, which ran side by side the new ones. The old programmes that made a surprise return were The New Masquerade, Baba Sala Show, and the Adventure of Waziri. The NTA also improved on its educational programme such as Speak Out, You and the Constitution, Fact Line, and Patito Gang. Those with disabilities were also not left out as the station initiated Talking Fingers, a popular programme among viewers, especially the deaf and mute. There were also other entirely new programmes like Super Story, Izozo, Paradise Park, and Touched By An Angel, which became instant hits[xii].
The Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation had in 2004, taken a dive into controversial waters when it ordered broadcast stations in the country to expunge portions of religious programmes containing unverified claims of miracles. Earlier in 2001 NTA stopped the airing of religious programmes with claims of miracle in them[xiii]. In other breadth, a crowd pulling drama series collectively dubbed Olokun Asorodayo was presented by traditionalist, Yemi Elebuibon on the then Western Nigerian Broadcasting Service (WNBS), the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA, Ibadan) and later Television Service of Oyo State (TSOS) as well as Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) [xiv].
At the turn of the century, development was recorded in the areas of technology which transformed television into a multimedia through computer application in everyday life. By this time, there was hardly any urban area in the country that is not served by one or two stations[xv]. The deregulation of the broadcasting system gave birth to a plethora of private televisions in the nation. In 2010, Anthony Dara, a 37 year old Nigerian launched Network News 24, a new 24- hour news television station which he intends a an African concept with global reach[xvi].
[i] Eko Akete February 2, 1924
[ii] AFRICA March 1973
[iii] Punch October 9, 2016
[iv] The News November 18, 2002
[v] Tribune March 24, 1995
[vi] TELL November 21, 1991
[vii] Newswatch December 7, 2009
[viii] Fame June 27, 1995
[ix] The News March 31, 2008
[x] Westerner April 6, 2009
[xi] TELL May 8, 2000
[xii] The News July 21, 2003
[xiii] Newswatch April 19, 2004
[xiv] Tribune August 13, 2014
[xv] TELL November 29, 1999
[xvi] The News May 24, 2010


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Apple Music's Edge May Be Unfair, But Likely Isn't Illegal Its antagonists include politicians: Senator Al Franken sent a letter to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission last week calling for an investigation into Apple's App Store.
APPLE MUSIC IS under fire.
Its antagonists include politicians: Senator Al Franken sent a letter to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission last week calling for an investigation into Apple's App Store. The Minnesota senator says that Apple unfairly takes a 30 percent cut of Apple Music competitors' subscription revenue, forcing competitors to charge more.
Consumer advocates are also taking aim: the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog has independently called for an investigation into Apple's dealings with music labels.
And, of course, to other streaming services, Apple's practices seem unfair—and they want consumers to know about it. Earlier this month, Spotify sent emails to its users explaining they can pay for subscriptions outside of the App Store for a cheaper price. Rdio CEO Anthony Bay has publicly called out Apple, claiming the company is making it more challenging for music streaming companies to compete with Apple Music.
It's understandable that music streaming companies would be upset—the music industry is hard enough to navigate without having to compete with the very companies on which you depend for new customers to find you. But while Apple may be putting its competitors into a bind, it's not clear
that Apple is doing anything illegal. Its practices might see monopolistic. But what might look like a monopoly from the losing side might, from the winner's vantage, just look like winning.
No Uncertain Terms
Here's what's not in dispute. Apple charges a non-negotiable 30 percent fee on revenues from in-app purchases for digital content. So, that means when you buy, say, a digital magazine, book, or song via an app you downloaded from the App Store, the companies selling those products must hand over 30 percent of the money they bring in to Apple.
For streaming companies, that 30 percent is significant. One industry insider tells WIRED that since around 70 percent of revenue from music streaming already goes to music labels, publishers, and distributors to pay for the rights to the music itself, Apple's additional fee makes it near impossible to bring in any revenue from iOS users at the regular subscription price.
For Rdio, meanwhile, that situation is untenable. "From our point of view, 30 percent makes it uneconomic," Rdio CEO Anthony Bay tells WIRED. "If you keep prices at $10 and give money to Apple, then you're losing money before you start."
While music streaming services like Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody, and Tidal may charge $9.99 per month to those who sign up via the companies' websites, they're forced to charge 30 percent more to users who download the apps and subscribe through iOS. Apple Music doesn't have to pay a fee to itself, of course, which means the company can sell its streaming service for $9.99 flat.
Apple's terms also prevent these services from advertising within their own iOS apps that subscribers can find lower prices if they don't sign up via the App Store. (Apps are also banned from creating tiered plans, such as family plans, and from offering promotions, both of which Apple does.) "The number one complaint from billing is this issue," Bay says. "Consumers are forced to pay a higher price and aren't aware they can get it cheaper."
This is a real issue for the streaming music services because, as one industry insider says, the majority of new users come through mobile apps, many of which are on iOS. For Android users, on the other hand, even if apps are in the Google Play store, the insider says the services are not required to go through Google's billing system, so they don't have to pay the additional fee or hike prices.
Multiple reports have it that the FTC is currently investigating these claims to determine if they violate anticompetitive regulations. (The FTC declined to comment on any possible investigation to WIRED, and Apple did not reply to WIRED's request for comment.)
Apple has been found in violation of antitrust law in the case of e-book price fixing. But streaming services hoping for a reprise of the e-books scandal with these questions around the App Store may face an uphill battle.
To prove an antitrust violation, the FTC would first need to demonstrate that Apple has monopoly power. But Android is a ready competitor to iOS, and—as Spotify's email to subscribers make clear—users can get the service for less by not going through Apple's App Store. "The question," says University of Baltimore law professor Robert Lande, "is what happens to Apple's share of the music streaming market" in the coming months or years.
When I ask Rutgers University law professor Michael Carrier about whether the iPhone App Store could be seen as its own market—and that Apple might have a monopoly in that market—he says market definition is always highly contested in situations like these. "At the end of the day, what does
the consumer view as a substitute?" he asks. "If the iPhone is really a unique market, then you could make the argument that the iPhone is the market, the App Store has a huge percentage there." But determining that uniqueness isn't assured.
Even if the FTC could show that Apple has monopoly power in a market, the agency would also need to demonstrate that Apple's practices are predatory, not just business as usual. "Then it's whether or not Apple is taking actions that make no sense for its business other than harming competitors," says Carrier. But Apple's terms affect not just Apple Music's direct competitors, but have long had an impact on other digital content distributors as well, making it more difficult to prove that this behavior is directed specifically at Apple Music rivals.
The FTC could make other claims against Apple, such as using the FTC's Section 5, which allows the agency to go after unfair methods of competition that may not meet the higher standards of antitrust law. But often, Carrier says, competing companies make claims, the FTC investigates, and nothing happens. Carrier says, "This is not a slam dunk antitrust case."
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His personal legacy depends on the success he has in ushering in an era of normal yet stable party politics. Times, Sunday Times
Another day, and another port expands into view, each destination ushering in new culinary tips and tricks. Times, Sunday Times
In the final year of the twentieth century, Taiwan crossed a historic doorsill, completing an unprecedented transfer of power between political parties, and ushering in a new era in our nation's democratic development.
Still, the industry restructuring may turn out to be an epochal event, possibly ushering in an age of stability and an end to trade protectionism.
In Los Angeles, an influx of aspiring non-actors is ushering in new fashion brands, formidable restaurants and a cozier bar scene. Giving L.A. a Second Look
Like many, she blames Mr. Yeltsin for wasting a historic opportunity, ushering in what she calls a bandit regime controlled by powerful oligarchs, and generating profound distrust of politicians. New Russia Turns 20, Its Martyrs Forgotten
A higher synthesis, one ushering in a new reign of peace and harmony, under a benign and ever just science.
The astounding success of the Soviet 1943 summer offensive led Stalin to order a winter offensive to retake all lost Soviet territory, therewith ushering in the third act.
The English then sensibly carried out a conservative counter-revolution, restoring the monarchy and ushering in three centuries of gradual and prosperous transition to democratic liberty.
It had gained respect and authority by ushering in a period of peace and stability in the city.


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Cobble Hill preservationists are speaking out against a local family that is planning a backyard buildout and a six-foot-tall rooftop addition to its three-story rowhouse, the Brooklyn Paper reported, saying that the renovations could start a trend towards higher buildings in the historic neighborhood.
"It could cause a domino effect," said Jeff Strabone, president of local history and preservation group, the Cobble Hill Association, who argues that backyard extensions encroach on the favorable light of the row houses. "We take a hard line on these issues. Otherwise it becomes the Wild West."
The proposed buildout would add three stories of space behind the home on Tompkins Place, the Brooklyn Paper said, and could not be seen from the street. The plans were approved by Community Board 6 last week, after it ruled that the changes were not significant enough to affect the character of the neighborhood. The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission will consider the proposal for final approval in coming weeks. [Brooklyn Paper]
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Purushottam Agrawal (born on 25 August 1955) is an Indian writer and an ex-member of the Union Public Service Commission board.

Early life and career
He was born in the city of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, on 25 August 1955. He did his M.A. in Political Science from Jiwaji University (Gwalior) in 1977 and then moved to Delhi where he got an M.A. in Hindi literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree by Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1985 on the topic of The Social Meaning of Kabir's Bhakti under the supervision of Prof. Namvar Singh.

Between 2 July 2007 – July 2013, he was a member of the Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.

He was the anchor and interviewer on  the TV show 'Kitab', telecast on Rajya Sabha TV (now Sansad TV).

Bibliography
1.Teesara Rukh

2. Shivdan Singh Chauhan

3. Sanskriti: Varchsva aur Pratirodh

4. Nij Brahma Vichar: Dharma, Samaj aur Dharmetar Adhyatma

5. Vichar ka Ananta

6. Akath Kahani Prem Ki : Kabir ki Kavita aur Unka Samay

7. Hindi Saray: Astrakhan via Yerevan

8. Scholaris ki Chhanv Men

9. Nacohus

References

External links

1955 births
Living people
Indian television presenters
Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni


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When several usually benevolent citizens of Sleepy Hollow begin acting violently out of character, Crane comes to the conclusion that their sudden change in behavior is due to the introduction of a "Judas Coin"... a centuries old piece of mystical currency with the power to bring the previously dormant but decidedly deadly urges of its bearer to the fore. The Two Witnesses quickly determine that the coin's presence in Sleepy Hollow can only be attributed to Henry Parish... but to what end? In order to get more information on the coin – and to aid in its retrieval – Jenny suggests that Crane and Mills seek out her acquaintance, Nick Hawley, a highly capable local adventurer and purveyor of rare and mystical artifacts. While Crane is at first reluctant to trust the seemingly self-serving soldier of fortune, the three form an uneasy alliance, leading them to the realization that Parish's next intended victim is someone very close to them... one whose darkest thoughts – if left unchecked – could have deadly consequences for the pair.
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Uber and the Sharing economy
We need to make sure South Australia is not left behind in the surge of the Sharing Economy - such as Uber and Airbnb.
Let's get South Australia moving
The State Liberals are calling on the Weatherill Labor Government to put the Economic and Finance Committee to work to explore all available opportunities relating to the share economy so that South Australia isn't left behind.
The world is being swamped by the advent of the share economy with new businesses like Uber and Lyft coming into the market.
"Technology is enabling the share economy and fighting against it would be like tackling a tidal wave," said Shadow Transport Minister Corey Wingard.
"This new way of thinking and operating is coming and if we don't prepare for the change South Australia will be left behind.
"South Australia lags other states in so many key economic indicators; we need to get on the front foot and be proactive to fully understand what's coming."
In the national competition policy review Professor Ian Harper called for a consumer focused approach, embracing technical solutions and embracing innovation.
"Ride share company Uber is one such business evolving into this new economy," said Mr Wingard.
"It started in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales without legislation put in place and now those states are having trouble sorting out rules and regulations for its operation.
"This change to the way we do business has been coming for a while and the Weatherill Government has chosen to ignore it.
"It's time that we get all the information on the table and find out what's good and what's not good with the shared economy.
"Let's have the conversation so we can make some decisions about what is in the best interests for South Australia."
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