How do I create a simple Facebook Marketing Plan?
Take all the strategies that you've learned about Facebook Marketing and put them into a simple but effective plan.
How to get quality engaged fans?
How to incorporate images to sell your brand?
So what do we need to do first? Well the first thing we need is quality fans. Without these; it's just not going to happen. Right? Well guess what?
YOU ALREADY HAVE THEM! – Yip, if you have TEN fans on your Facebook page, potentially, that's ten people that you can turn into paying customers. Those ten people took the time to visit your Facebook Page and click your LIKE button. By doing so, those Ten people have already told you that they want to hear your message, they want to hear about your brand or your product.
Here's a few simple ideas which could get your page a few more likes.
How many emails do you send out on a daily basis? 10/15 more? Well, why not have the URL to your Facebook Page in each of those emails? If you're company has managers, supervisors, receptionists or whatever else, each email they send is a potential new Like on your Page. When someone visits your website, present them with a "Find us on Facebook" Like box, They don't even have to go to Facebook to like it, the button is right there. Create business cards with a QR scan code. So many people are using the camera on their smart phones/tablets to scan these clever little barcodes, directing them straight to your Facebook page and closer to that like button. And the one that most people forget, and probably the simplest one of all. On your own "Friend" profile. The place where all your friends are, let them know you have an Facebook Page, ask them to Like It and Share It. For all you know, one of their friends could be looking for exactly what you're offering right now.
Let's take a minute to think about the pages that you have liked on Facebook, why are you there?
You want to hear about what's new and what's on offer.
You want them to answer your questions or like your comments.
You want to feel as if you're part of their community.
You want to know, that if you read one of their posts that you can trust it as a source of information about that brand.
With all of the above in mind, it's time to start promoting your brand.
Images. At the minute on Facebook, images generate 53% more likes than an average text post and users are more likely to engage with your brand if you use images. But we don't want to just put an image on without some sort of reason for your fans to become engaged. And at the same time we don't want to just ask them a direct question with a Yes or No answer.
I find the best way to get your fans involved is to pretend that they are all your best friends. You're uploading a picture to your Facebook Page so that your best friends can have a look at it. So if you're talking to your friends; then that means the conversation should also be friendly. Have a look at the image below from one of my favourite eateries, Gardiners G2 Restaurant in Magherafelt.
Here you can see how they use a simple picture of their excellent cheeseboard to promote the business, but that's not all. The comment invites a reply. They are telling their "friends" "Hmmm, A nice glass of Red and a G2 Cheeseboard? I could go for that right now. 🙂". It's a brilliant conversation starter and the conversation starts almost instantly, fans start hitting the like button. So you can see what they have done here. Promoted the business with a nice picture, left the conversation open for their fans to join in. But that's not all, they also came back and joined in with the conversation, they became a human being (rather than a brand) chatting with their friends. But they have used one more very clever trick. They tagged the in-house chefs in the picture, the people who created the meal, doing this extended the reach of the image to include the friend lists of the chefs.
"But business pages can't tag people", that's true! So who-ever runs the page must have the chefs in his friend profile, then tagged them from his/her personal profile. I've used loads of simple wee strategies similar to this on pages i manage on Facebook and i can tell you, they really do work.
TIP: Own a bar/restaurant/coffee shop? Post a picture of your cocktail menu or your early bird menu in the late afternoon. By doing so, you're planting a seed, you're making your fans think "Maybe i'll go there later". Include links to your website under the conversation starter. Present them with options, if the picture isn't what they're looking for, then maybe they'll find something which does by clicking the link.
There's a load of excellent tools on the internet which will allow you to upload your own pictures and lay text over them to create promotional images. I LOVE PicMonkey and PicFont for this, though if you want to keep it simple, you could use SomeEcards or create a Wordle.
Use it, add a link to your website, your blog posts, create a give-away or an opt-in to your subscriber list. Take them away from Facebook, give them a reason to visit your site. This creates traffic on your site, and as we all know traffic can lead to sales. They might not buy from you straight away, but if they have subscribed to your mailing list, or have followed your blog, then you have created a lead, you have a way of grabbing their attention, a way of contacting them directly with your next promotion or your next give-away.
Another way to create leads is to use Facebook Offers, If your Facebook page has more than 100 fans then you'll have the option to create Facebook Offers.
When a fan, clicks the "Get Offer" button, an email is sent direct to their inbox from Facebook with a link stating "Click here to redeem your offer". This is where you get your lead. When your fan clicks that link, it opens an opt-in page. The user must enter their name and email address for the offer to be sent directly to their email account. This is the only way Facebook allows you to get into a fans email account.
Now the thing about Facebook Offers is they're going to cost you a bit of money. Not that much that it would break the bank, but still, done right, it's really worth it. When you create an offer or an advert or boost a post, you're asked to fill in the blanks, Select a target age group, a geographical area, male or female or choose from an interest list….
But here's a fact not known by many. The Power Editor (Chrome users only) has an added option. It allows you to target fans from similar pages to yours. If you know the exact name of the page you can type it into the Precise Interests option box. This places your advert/offer directly under the noses of your target audience. Directly to fans who like similar pages to yours.
So we've spoke about getting fans and creating leads, now what? Well, now we build trust, we've sent the Online marketing plan or the Cook like a pro-chef ebook. Now it's time to set up an email auto-responder, a series of 3 or 4 emails that will add to what they initially signed up for, an added extra saying "Thanks for downloading our ebook, here's another freebie". (Part 1 of 3 or Part 1 of 4). Send all of these within the first 2 weeks. Then slowly (maybe once a month afterwards) start to introduce them to your other products, to different offers, when new products come in.


After retiring as a K9 officer from the Springfield Missouri Police Department I wanted to continue training dogs because that's where my heart is. I have trained and handled canines for approximately 26 years in the military, civilian law enforecement and public sector. During this time, I have held certifications from the Department Of Defense (DoD), Polizeispuerhundpruefung (PSP-1) and the National Police Canine Association (NPCA). Training your dog is only 50% of the equation. By trainings completion your dog will see you as it's leader and obey your commands. I will show you various techniques that will allow you to continue that proficiency with your dog. I look forward to meeting you.


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Justice and Correctional Services
ATC220511: Report of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the Annual Performance Plan for 2022/23 of the Office of the Chief Justice and Vote 27: Office of the Chief Justice, dated 11 May 2022
1. Report of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the Annual Performance Plan for 2022/23 of the Office of the Chief Justice and Vote 27: Office of the Chief Justice, dated 11 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, having considered the Annual Performance Plan for 2022/23 of the Office of the Chief Justice and Vote 27: Office of the Chief Justice, reports as follows:
On 3 May 2022, the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services addressed the Committee on the political priorities relevant to the mandate of the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ). The Minister's speech is available from the Committee Secretariat, as well as on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development's website.
The OCJ presented its Annual Performance Plan 2022/23 and budget for the 2022 MTEF on 3 May 2022. The presentation is available from the Committee Secretariat.
The meeting took place on the Zoom virtual platform.
Medium‐term fiscal policy remains focused on reducing the budget deficit and stabilising the debt‐to‐GDP ratio. Although Government has attempted to slow expenditure growth by reducing baseline budgets and setting ceilings on compensation spending, the gap between revenue and expenditure has widened, increasing pressure on basic service delivery.
The 2022 Budget is the second main budget to be tabled since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Allocations over the MTEF period respond directly to the effects of the pandemic while aiming to grow the economy.
The Peace and Security function, of which the OCJ is a part, accounts for approximately 12% of government's consolidated expenditure. The function is allocated R220.7 billion in 2022/23, R217.0 billion in 2023/24 and R226.6 billion in 2024/25; and accounts for 12% of consolidated government expenditure.
Notably spending on Peace and Security has declined on average by -8.5% between 2012/13 and 2021/22 and will continue to decrease over the 2022 MTEF by -3.1%. As most departments falling in this function are labour intensive (the OCJ included), spending reductions largely affect personnel.
The function's baseline is increased by R15 billion over the MTEF period, from R645.4 to R660.4 billion. The R15 billion net increase includes R12.4 billion for compensation of employees' budgets within the function.
Overview of the Vote for the 2022 MTEF
The OCJ is allocated R2.38 billion in 2022/23, compared with R2.33 billion in 2021/22 (adjusted down from R2.45 billion). The budget is expected to increase over the MTEF to R2.36 billion in 2023/24 and R2.46 billion in 2024/25.
The allocation for programmes is R1.27 billion or 52.5% of the total allocation, while the remaining amount of R1.12 billion comprises the direct charge for Judges' salaries.
In terms of economic classification, an amount of R1.77 billion is allocated to compensation of employees, R371.9 million to good and services, R135.8 million to transfers and subsidies and R112 million for purchase of capital assets.
Budget allocation per programme 2022 MTEF
Adjusted Appropriation 2021/22
MTEF
Average Expenditure/
2021/22-2024/25
R million
Superior Court Services
Judicial Education and Support
55.4 ‐
Judges' Salaries
Changes to 2021 Budget Estimate
Budget allocation per economic classification 2022 MTEF
Compensation of employees (including Judges' remuneration)
Good and services
Transfers and subsidies
Payments for capital assets
Strategic and annual planning
The OCJ's core function is that of providing administrative support to the judiciary and has adopted the following strategic outcomes:
Effective and efficient administrative support.
Improved court efficiency.
Enhanced judicial education and support.
In this way, the OCJ responds to Chapter 14 of the National Development Plan 'Promoting accountability and fighting corruption', particularly contributing to the focal area 'strengthen judicial governance and the rule of law' by:
Accelerating reforms to implement a judiciary-led court administration.
Ensuring an efficient court system.
Reducing inefficiencies in the administration of the courts.
Ensuring access to justice.
The Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) 2019 – 2024 acknowledges that the challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment continue to hold back national development. To address these challenges, the MTSF identifies a number of priority areas, including 'A capable, ethical and developmental state' and 'Social cohesion and safe communities'. The MTSF also recognizes the lack of access to resources and opportunity for Women, Youth and People with Disabilities as cross-cutting, requiring a variety of interventions.
Implementation of the MTSF 2019-2024 was disrupted by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the declaration of a National State of Disaster on the 15 March 2020. As a result, the MTSF has been revised to include the following critical interventions: to defeat the coronavirus pandemic; to accelerate economic recovery; to implement economic reforms to create sustainable jobs and drive inclusive growth; and to fight corruption and strengthen the capacity of the state. These commitments will provide the focus for annual plans.
The OCJ plans to contribute to the revised MTSF priorities as follows:
'Priority 1: A capable, ethical and developmental State' by:
Promoting an ethical culture.
Integrating 'Batho Pele' principles into the Department's institutional culture.
Adherence to corporate governance principles such as leadership, strategy and performance, and risk and stakeholders' management.
Improved court systems.
Modernisation of the court processes and systems.
'Priority 2: Economic transformation and job creation' by implementing equity programmes targeting employment and empowerment of youth, women, and people with disabilities in both its recruitment and procurement processes.
'Priority 6: 'Social cohesion and safe communities', by ensuring access to a safe and secure court environment and improving the integrity of court processes/ outcomes, as well as capacitating/ resourcing the courts in order for them execute their mandate.
Specifically, the OCJ's Annual Performance Plan 2022/23 aims to:
Support the Chief Justice in ensuring judicial accountability.
Implement initiatives that contribute to broadening and improving access to justice and services of the Superior Courts.
Ensure an efficient court system and provide judicial support.
Reduce inefficiencies in court administration through modernised systems, processes and infrastructure.
Implement measures that are intended to address the impact of COVID-19.
In addition, the 2022 APP reflects the following medium term strategic focus areas:
Strengthening capacity for ensuring business continuity management.
Ensuring that ICT remains a strategic partner to Business.
Curbing opportunities for fraud and corruption.
Promoting professional ethics within the organisation.
Improving the OCJ's capacity with more focus on the core business.
Implementing health and wellness programmes.
Ensuring occupational health and safety.
Training of Judicial Officers.
Aligning planning with expenditure
Over the MTEF period, the OCJ will focus on improving access to justice and the services of the superior courts, increasing access to judicial education courses, and implementing initiatives to address the impact of Covid-19:
In terms of economic classification, compensation of employees is the largest cost driver, accounting for an estimated 74.3% of its total budget over the medium term. However, the number of personnel is to decline over the medium term from 2 481 in 2021 to 2416 in 2024/25. In 2022/23, the number of personnel decreases by 56 to 2425.
At programme level,
Under Administration:
The approved ICT Strategy is in place. ICT infrastructure upgrades are expected to cost R22.4 million over the medium term.
During 2022/23 the OCJ will continue with digitisation of the court system, with a focus on prioritisation of Court Online and the digitisation of court records, as well as the e-Judiciary system.
The fight against fraud and corruption will be intensified and the fraud prevention and anti-corruption policy is in place.
Under Superior Court Services: To strengthen access to its services, the Department plans to employ 5 researchers and 19 registrars over the period ahead. This additional capacity will enable it to increase the percentage of default judgments finalised within 14 days and ensure that all warrants of release are delivered within 1 day of being issued. Funding for these initiatives is with the Superior Court Services programme's allocation of R2.8 billion over the MTEF period.
Under Judicial Education and Support: Activities in the South African Judicial Education Institute sub-programme in the Judicial Education and Support programme will continue to centre on providing education and training through virtual platforms, with the number of courses provided set to increase from 105 in 2021/22 to 120 in 2024/25. As a result of this shift away from physical venues, expenditure in this sub-programme will decrease from R34.7 million in 2021/22 to R30.9 million in 2024/25. However, related ICT infrastructure upgrades are expected to cost R22.4 million over the same period. Similarly, with the increasing demand for virtual meetings and other event streaming services, estimated spending in the Corporate Services subprogramme in the Administration programme is expected to increase from R151.9 million in 2021/22 to R173.9 million in 2024/25.
Risks and mitigation strategies
The OCJ has updated its key risks and mitigation strategies for 2022/23 as follows:
Risks and mitigation strategies 2022/23
Outcome: Effective and efficient administrative support
Possible exposure to fraud and corruption.
[Possible exposure to fraud and corruption due to the increasing economic pressures and the subversion of the current controls in place resulting in increased opportunity for fraud and corruption. The OCJ might not be able to timeously prevent and detect the complex fraud and corruption incidents.]
Continuous awareness of policies.
Strengthen internal controls relating to financial management and court order processes.
Monitor the implementation of fraud prevention and anti-corruption strategy.
Delays in the implementation of the Court Online system due to external dependencies.
Reinforce stakeholder relations to ensure commitment to project resourcing.
Possible cyber and information security incidents (breaches and hacking).
Accelerate the implementation of the Information Security Management programme.
Conduct network and vulnerability audits.
Establishment of the Threat and Vulnerability Management programme.
Inability to fully capacitate the OCJ to operate in the new normal.
[The OCJ does not have adequate resources (skills and budget for the tools of trade) to implement alternative/new business model. Implementation of the budget cuts affect the adequate provisioning of required tools of trade. The OCJ does not have adequate skills sets to operate in the new normal.
Possible COVID-19 infections and spread among employees and/or members of the public which could result in services not been rendered due to limited staff and/or resources.]
Reprioritization of resources to implement the new way of doing business.
Skills capacitation to operate in the new normal.
Implement and monitor compliance to the COVID-19 regulations.
Deep cleaning and sanitisation of the affected area at the courts and National Office after the confirmed cases were reported.
Outcome: Improved court efficiency
Inadequate administrative support to ensure court efficiency
Prioritise the appointment of registrars.
Continuous training of registrars.
Outcome: Enhanced judicial performance
Inadequate resources to conduct judicial education and provide support
Implementation of the virtual and e-learning module for Judicial Education.
Programme 1: Administration
The purpose of this programme is to provide strategic leadership, management and support services to the Department. The programme consists of the following sub-programmes:
The Management subprogramme, which provides administrative, planning, monitoring, evaluation, performance reporting and risk management functions necessary to ensure effective functioning of the Department.
The Corporate Services sub-programme, which provides an integrated Human Resources Management (HRM), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Security Management Support Services to the Department.
The Finance Administration subprogramme, which provides overall financial, asset and supply chain management services to the Judiciary and the Department.
The Internal Audit and Risk Management sub-programme, which provides overall internal audit and forensic audit services to the Department.
The Office Accommodation sub-programme, which provides for the acquisition of office accommodation.
Output indicators and targets are as follows:
Administration: Output indicators and annual targets
Output Indicator
Annual Targets
Audit outcome for the OCJ
Clean audit outcome
Percentage of designated employees who submitted financial disclosures within timeframes
Percentage of funded vacant posts on PERSAL per year
Percentage of staff in the department comprised of youth
Percentage of women representation in Senior Management Service (SMS)
Percentage of people with disabilities representation in the department
Court online system implemented at service centres
Number of Employee health and wellness programmes implemented
Percentage of fraud cases investigated within 60 working days
Number of Fraud Prevention and Anti-Corruption awareness sessions conducted
Percentage of tenders awarded to suppliers with level 4 and above BBBEE status
The OCJ has the following COVID-19 related indicators and targets for 2021/22;
Administration: COVID-19 related indicators and targets 2022/23
Estimated performance
Target 2022/23
Number of COVID-19 OHS inspections conducted at OCJ
Number of COVID-19 awareness programmes implemented
Number of COVID-19 related trainings conducted for safety officers
Number of COVID-19 compliance reports produced
Number of COVID-19 risk mitigation reports produced
Planned expenditure:
The Administration programme is allocated R255.7 million in 2022/23 (compared with an adjusted budget of R246.2 million in 2021/22), R260.6 million in 2023/24 and R271.9 million in 2024/25.
Expenditure in the Corporate Services sub-programme in the Administration programme is expected to increase from R151.9 million in 2021/22 to R173.9 million in 2024/25. This is to improve data management by implementing an electronic filing system that will allow cases and evidence to be accessed more easily, and cloud-based software that enables evidence to be digitised in court to streamline court proceedings. Implementing these systems forms part of the broader implementation of the integrated criminal justice strategy led by the Justice Department. By modernising systems and processes, the OCJ aims to increase its capacity to ensure that court services are more widely available and improve their quality.
The number of personnel in Programme 1 is expected to decrease from 163 in 2021/22, at a cost of R111.6 million to 151 in 2024/25, at a cost of R105.9 million. The decrease in personnel is as result of financial constraints that will prevent identified posts from being filled as they become vacant.
Programme 2: Superior Court Services
This programme provides judicial support and court administration services to the Superior Courts. The programme consists of the following sub-programmes:
The Administration of Superior Courts subprogramme provides administrative and technical support to the Superior Courts, monitors the overall performance of the Superior Courts, and enhances judicial stakeholder relations.
The Constitutional Court subprogramme funds the activities and operations of the Constitutional Court.
The Supreme Court of Appeal subprogramme funds the activities and operations of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
The High Courts' subprogramme funds the activities and operations of the various high court divisions.
The Specialized Courts subprogramme funds the activities and operations of the labour, land, electoral and competition courts.
All performance indicators and targets that address court performance were removed, leaving only those that relate to quasi-judicial performance and support to the Superior Courts. Output indicators and annual targets are as follows:
Superior Court Services – Output indicators and annual targets
Medium Term Targets
Percentage of default judgments finalised by Registrars within 14 days
Percentage of taxation of legal costs finalised within 60 days from date of set down
Percentage of warrants of release delivered within one day of release granted
No. of monitoring reports on Court Order integrity produced
Number of Judicial Case Flow Management Performance reports produced
Number of reports on enhancement of court order integrity produced
Planned expenditure
The Superior Courts Services programme is allocated R958.8 million in 2022/23 (compared with an adjusted budget of R937.0 in 2021/22); R919.4 million in 2023/24; and R961.0 million in 2024/25.
The increase in the expenditure for this programme is mainly due to an increase of the capital allocation to meet the cost requirements of the Judges' vehicles.
Due to the labour-intensive nature of the Department's work, an estimated 67.8% (R 1.9 billion over the MTEF) of the budget in this programme is earmarked for spending on compensation of employees, increasing from R648.2 million in 2022/23 to R651.7 million in 2024/25.
The number of personnel in Programme 2 is expected to decrease from 2 010 in 2021/22 at the cost of R653.7 million to 1 682 in 2024/25 at the cost of R651.7 million.
The roll-out and implementation of the Court Online system, as well as modernisation of court processes will play a key role in ensuring that the decrease in the number of personnel does not impact on the provision of services, as well as increasing access to justice for all.
Programme 3: Judicial Education and Support
Judicial Education and Support provides education programmes to Judicial Officers, including policy development and research services for the optimal administration of justice.
The programme has the following sub-programmes:
The South African Judicial Education Institute sub-programme funds the activities of the SAJEI to provide training for Judicial Officers.
The Judicial Policy, Research and Support sub-programme funds the provision of advisory opinions on policy development and regulatory services to the Judiciary and the Department.
The Judicial Service Commission subprogramme provides secretariat and administrative support services to the Judicial Service Commission to perform its constitutional and legislative mandates effectively.
Judicial Education and Support – Output indicators and annual targets
No. of judicial education courses conducted
No. of research monographs for Judicial Education produced per year
No. of litigation reports produced
No. of reports on judicial appointments and judicial complaints produced
Number of reports on the status of disclosures for Judges Registrable Interests produced
The Judicial Education and Support programme is allocated R52.1 million for 2022/23 (compared with an adjusted budget of R58.6 million in 2021/22); R53.2 million in 2023/24; and R55.7 million in 2024/25. The spending focus for this programme remains on conducting training for judicial officers.
The number of personnel for Programme 3 is expected to increase from 42 officials, at the cost of R26.9 million, to 51 officials in 2024/25 at the cost of R27 million.
2021 Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR)
In its 2021 BRRR, the Committee observed the following:
The Committee commended the OCJ on maintaining its clean audit opinion. The Committee also commended the OCJ on its strong governance, noting sound management of problems when they occur.
Transfer of functions to the OCJ. The Committee noted the lack of progress in drafting the legislation and finalising a court administration model that will allow for functions presently undertaken by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (such as security services at the courts) to the OCJ.
ICT security. The Committee noted inadequacies in ICT security and user access management, as well as ICT operational inefficiencies as areas for concern. The OCJ assured the Committee that it takes ICT security very seriously and is working hard to strengthen its ICT environment.
Court modernisation. The Committee noted that the OCJ reports that it was unable in 2020/21 to roll out the court online system at two service centres as planned because of the pandemic, as well as because of system failures as a result of the security breach in September 2020. In addition, the project to refresh the ICT infrastructure was delayed as a result of the non-responsiveness of the market at the stage of sourcing/tenders. However, there has been progress since: user equipment has been overhauled, licences have been procured, there is Wi-Fi at courts for judges and officials, the bandwidth has been increased, etc. and rollout of the CaseLines solution is in progress.
Employment of persons with disabilities. The Committee noted that the OCJ has not been able to achieve its employment targets for persons with disabilities.
Committee's observations
Judicial governance and court administration model and single judiciary. The Committee welcomes the Minister's announcement that he intends, at long last, to introduce legislation to replace the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944, and the Magistrates Act, 1993, towards the establishment of a single judiciary, as well as take the Executive's response to the Judiciary's proposal concerning a judicial governance and court administration model to Cabinet in this financial year. The Committee urges the Minister to introduce these as a matter of urgency. Not only is the establishment of a single judiciary a constitutional imperative but also the lack of an appropriate policy and legislative framework contributes to the many inefficiencies and other challenges that our judicial system experiences.
Infrastructure and maintenance. During its recent oversight visits to several superior and magistrate's courts, the Committee witnessed first-hand very serious infrastructure and maintenance problems. As many of our court buildings are very old, the failure to maintain them quickly becomes a refurbishment/renovation project. Leaking roofs that remain unfixed, ceilings that must be replaced, broken air-conditioning, water shortages and the lack of or inadequate generators are only some of the infrastructure-related difficulties that undermine the efficient running of court matters. At the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), for example, the generator is only able to light the corridors during outages and load shedding. As the courtrooms do not have windows, it is impossible for matters to be heard when the electricity is off. This makes mockery of the right of access to justice. The Committee is aware that, as the infrastructure budget is with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, the OCJ has the challenging role of liaison between the Judiciary, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and the Justice Department. The Committee, however, notes that the OCJ's assurances that the challenges were raised at the SCA are being attended to but is concerned that it would seem that action is finally being taken only after the Judiciary had raised its complaints about court conditions with the Committee.
Court modernisation through ICT solutions. The Committee notes that during 2022/23 the OCJ will continue with ICT related initiatives to modernise the court system, prioritising the further roll out of Court Online in the Superior Courts and the digitisation of court records. We have repeatedly supported ICT solutions as a way of making our judicial system more effective and, finally, more accessible. However, given our observation of the deplorable conditions at many courts, we question whether investment in technology can have the desired outcome and impact unless necessary attention is also given to ensuring that our courts have access to the basics, such as running water and electricity when there are outages.
Tools of trade. The Committee notes the Judiciary's complaint that tools of trade, such as laptops, are bought without consulting the affected judges about their needs. The Committee acknowledges the OCJ's explanation that the laptops in question were bought because they have the right specifications to allow for working virtually. Furthermore, the OCJ did not buy the laptops: these were bought through SITA making use of transversal contracts although the OCJ provided the specifications. Also, the Judiciary has a committee that looks specifically at ICT.
Still, it seems that there is a perception among the judiciary that the executive does not consult and this is causing some unhappiness. The Committee suggests that the OCJ pay greater attention to improving its communication with the Judiciary at all levels so that those who will be affected are brought on board from a very early stage.
Case backlogs. The Committee remains extremely concerned about the increased number of backlog cases. There is justifiable concern that the increased case backlogs may eventually overwhelm the legal system, undermining the right of access to justice. The Committee acknowledges that the OCJ is unable to provide an input on the backlogs, as court performance lies with the Chief Justice and Heads of Court.
Capacity. We have observed repeatedly that our courts need enough capacity to efficiently deliver court services in line with the standards and the court rules. At present, the OCJ has a staff shortage but there are no funds available to employ additional staff. Consequently, when vacancies arise, posts that support core business are prioritised. However, with greater automation of court processes, personnel will be freed up for deployment elsewhere in the organisation.
Storage of court records. A lack of space makes storing old court files very challenging. The implementation of the Court Online solution will assist going forward but does not address the challenge of storing older records. The Committee notes that the OCJ has made a submission to the IJS for funding to assist with the digitisation of old court records and supports this.
The Committee wishes to thank the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Mr R Lamola, and the Deputy Ministers: Mr J Jeffery and InKosi Patekile Holomisa, for the political overview.
The Committee also wishes to extend its appreciation to the Secretary-General, Ms M Sejosengwe, and the officials of the OCJ for their assistance in this process.
The Committee, having considered the Office of the Chief Justice's Annual Performance Plan 2022/23, recommends to the House that it be approved.
The Committee, having considered the Budget Vote 27: Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration, recommends to the House that it be approved.
Report to be considered

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Music of Robert Helps
Although it has been said that the once well-known figure of the composer/performer has largely disappeared, Robert Helps is a prominent exception. A major pianist of traditional and new music, he has also achieved an important body of creative work that is notable for its intensity as well as its mastery of form. Helps' music belongs to a category that might be called American expressionism. It traces back to Carl Ruggles and Varese, the influence of Arnold Schoenberg and the personality of Roger Sessions who was Helps' principal teacher.
Robert Helps was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on September 23, 1928. He studied piano at the Juilliard School of Music and with Abby Whiteside, and composition and theory with Sessions at the University of California, Berkeley, and privately. He has been professor of piano or artist in residence at the New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, Princeton, Stanford, University of California at Berkeley and at Davis, Manhattan School of Music and the University of South Florida, Tampa. He has a long list of awards and commissions from the Guggenheim, Naumburg, Ford and Fromm Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has toured extensively as a solo and chamber music performer, specializing in new music, and he appears as a pianist and/or composer on RCA, Columbia (Sony), Deutsche Grammophone, New World, Desto, Son Nova, Argo and, of course, CRI.
The focal point of Helps' SYMPHONY NO. 1 is its Adagio. This powerful movement, the longest and most complex of the symphony, was written first in 1953 and titled Adagio for Orchestra. It received a Fromm Foundation award and was performed by the Symphony of the Air (the old NBC Symphony and predecessor to the American Symphony Orchestra) under Leopold Stokowksi. It is the most tonal of the three movements, opening and closing in B-flat minor, and the most symmetrical in structure with a so-called bogen‹also called mirror or arch‹form that rises to its inevitable climax and falls away. Shortly after completing this central piece, Helps added two movements: a dramatic sonata-form opening, and a finale in hemiola, that is, alternating between two-beat (6/8) and three-beat (3/4) measures of the same length. This last movement is a modified sonata containing a development section in the form of variations, a recapitulation with the main themes in reverse order, and a coda built on the second theme or themes. In the end, the dance-like 3/4 wins out over the 6/8. The Symphony No. 1, completed in 1955, received the Walter W. Naumburg Award which made possible this recoding originally released on Columbia and first reissued by CRI in 1980.
GOSSAMER NOONS was written in 1974 on a commission from the National Endowment for the Arts. The texts are by James Purdy, the novelist, poet and long-time resident of Brooklyn Heights where Helps lived for a number of years. The four poems, taken from two of the poet1s collections, have a William Blake-like intensity in the way that they read the signs and portents of the natural world. This quality is mirrored in the highly vivid, almost pictorial settings. The first is a march of the beasts, a parade of animate creation in the noon sunshine. The second is a nocturne, full of the sounds of night. The text to song number three is a kind of sonnet, complete with rhyming couplets and quatrains, and the setting puts us back in the sunshine with the birds and the fish. Finally, the last song, the longest and most reflective of the set, evokes an image of nature as a green sea, expressed in the long lines of the setting. The work was written especially for Bethany Beardslee, a major interpreter of new vocal music who often performed with the composer.
Not surprisingly, Helps has composed a significant body of piano music, for himself and for other outstanding pianists of his generation.
His THREE ETUDES of 1956 were composed for and dedicated to Bernhard Abramowitsch who passed them on to David Del Tredici, his very gifted student at the University of California, Berkeley. Del Tredici, who was only 17 when he first took on these fiendishly difficult pieces, is today better-known as a composer but, as this recording demonstrates, his pianistic gifts are considerable. These studies, arranged in a fast-slow-fast sequence, exploit traditional piano virtuosity at its outer limits. Helps himself wrote of this performance: "(Del Tredici) learned them and played them spectacularly. Neither Bernhard nor, to my knowledge, anyone else has been able or willing to face them, certainly not me. They are criminally difficult." A handful of other pianists have taken them on since but they remain among the top challenges of the repertoire.
RECOLLECTIONS is one of the composer's longest and most intense works. Like a major graphic work by a visual artist, this is a big statement in a black and white medium. Consisting of three movements titled "In Memoriam", "Interlude", and "Epilogue", it uses a very rich pianistic vocabulary laid out on a large scale with a very complex formal structure. The great pianist tradition is constantly evoked but never literally; there is the sense of deep and private thoughts and moods overheard. The composer has written about the piece and its performance as follows: "While reclining in my bathtub I thought of the title . . . It was premiered in 1960 in Hartford, Conn. by William Masselos, another extremely fortunate choice of performer for me. Masselos has a very special warmth and expressivity as well as a wonderful and quite rare ability to feel out the long-line shape of a piece and to project that shape. He often comes up with, for example, his own dynamic solutions that are quite different from my indications. He almost never fails to convince me!"
The three Hommages-Hommage à Fauré, Hommage à Rachmaninoff, and Hommage à Ravel-were composed in 1972 with the idea of evoking times past without any literal imitation of the styles of the composers named (the first two were named after the fact; only the third, written to complement the others, was actually composed with a specific composer in mind). According to the composer, the first of these was written when "I was a bit out of my mind-a temperature of 104 drove me to the writing table. A 'tune' which normally would have been instantly suppressed took over with extreme consequences." No. 2, the Rachmaninoff Hommage, is literally a reworking of the left hand of a piece he had written in the 1950s as a piano etude for himself to play; the right hand, with what the composer calls its "pianistically irritating" inner trill, was maintained almost intact. Finally the Ravel, the only one of the three intended as an homage from the start, was added on. The composer tells of trying out the three pieces for a group of friends. Half of them felt they were the best things the composer had ever written while the other half, outraged by the impermissible historical anachronisms, thought they should be burned. Undecided, he played them for Aaron Copland who suggested a visit, not to the psychiatrist, but to the publisher; they have since become among his most popular and often performed works.
Helps has written movingly about the continuing ability of solo piano performance to project "a range of dynamics and a potential variety of expressivity that is colossal . . . one personality with one instrument projecting musical canvases of tremendously varied sizes, shapes and periods." He has described piano performance as a kind of contest, "one-to-one combat-a scene that still after all these years is able to produce in me a sensation, an anticipation, unlike any other musical situation." Helps' piano music grows directly out of his concepts of piano performance.
- Eric Salzman


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Q: Deserialize XML element with attributes with no value using Jackson Java I am trying to deserialize the following XML and I couldn't get the parameter param section deserialized.
<video src="https://google.com/sample.mp4">
    <param>s</param>
    <param>Y</param>
    <param>Z</param>
</video>

My model
import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.annotation.JacksonXmlElementWrapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.annotation.JacksonXmlProperty;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Video {
    @JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true)
    private String src;

    @JacksonXmlElementWrapper(localName = "param", useWrapping = false)
    private List<String> param = new ArrayList<>();

    public String getSrc() {
        return src;
    }

    public List<String> getParam() {
        return param;
    }

    public void setParam(List<String> param) {
        this.param = param;
    }
}

Output
{
    "src": "https://google.com/sample.mp4",
    "param": [
        "Z"
    ]
}

I am expecting the values of param to be something like
{
    "src": "https://google.com/sample.mp4",
    "param": [
        "s",
        "Y",
        "Z"
    ]
}

Java code
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(new XmlFactory());
mapper.enable(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY);
Video video = mapper.readValue(s, Video.class);
System.out.println(new ObjectMapper(new JsonFactory()).writeValueAsString(video));

Can someone help me getting it working. Thank you.

A: You need to use:
@JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "param")
@JacksonXmlElementWrapper(useWrapping = false)
private List<String> param = new ArrayList<>();

and delete mapper.enable(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY); as it only masks the issue.
This code worked for me:
XmlMapper mapper = new XmlMapper();
Video video = mapper.readValue(s, Video.class);
System.out.println(new ObjectMapper(new JsonFactory()).writeValueAsString(video));

Outputs:
    {"src":"https://google.com/sample.mp4","param":["s","Y","Z"]}

A: I used the following code and it worked for me,
XmlMapper mapper = new XmlMapper();
    mapper.enable(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_SINGLE_VALUE_AS_ARRAY);
    Video video = mapper.readValue(s, Video.class);
    System.out.println(new ObjectMapper(new JsonFactory()).writeValueAsString(video));

XmlMapper is frorm package com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper
Hope it helped you.

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HomeAnother New York Infant Gets Herpes From Controversial Circumcision Rite
Another New York Infant Gets Herpes From Controversial Circumcision Rite
Josh Nathan-KazisDecember 24, 2014Image by getty images
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Another infant in New York City has been infected with herpes during a metzitzah b'peh ritual, city health authorities reported.
The infection occurred in November, according to an official statement. The baby was diagnosed with herpes 12 days after his circumcision, during which the mohel applied direct oral suction on the infant's penis. The infection is the fourth reported herpes infection due to metzitzah b'peh in New York City in 2014, and the 17th since 2000.
The infant is not seriously ill and has since been released from the hospital, officials said. Two of the 17 infants infected since 2000 have died.
City regulations require that parents sign consent forms before a mohel performs the risky ritual. Yet the Forward has reported that the city is not enforcing that regulation, and that some rabbis are continuing to perform it. Ultra-Orthodox leaders have vigorously opposed the regulation, and their spokesman threatened civil disobedience before it was passed.
The city's department of health said that it was working to determine whether the mohel who performed the circumcision had obtained a consent form from the parents for the metzitzah b'peh ritual.
Rabbi David Zwiebel, executive director of the ultra-Orthodox umbrella group Agudath Israel of America and an opponent of the health department's effort to regulate metzitzah b'peh, cast doubt on the health department's assertion that the herpes infection could be attributed to the ritual performed on the baby.
"I find the work attributable to be too strong of a word for situations where there's no indication at all that the health department did any testing whatsoever, or investigated the possibility that one of the other caregivers may have been the transmitter of the virus," Zwiebel said.
Zwiebel acknowledged that, in this case, the infant had herpes sores on his penis, but said: "That still doesn't preclude that it might have been transmitted from a different source."
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Josh Nathan-Kazis
Josh Nathan-Kazis is a staff writer for the Forward. He covers charities and politics, and writes investigations and longform.


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        {
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        }

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            {
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            }

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            {
                return clone;
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            }
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        private static bool IsTopLevelNodeInNamespace(ModelNodeDefinition node)
        {
            return !(node is NamespaceDefinition) && node.Parent is NamespaceDefinition;
        }
    }
}

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Štědrý hrádek (auch Hrádek u Štědré, deutsch Burglin) ist eine Burgruine in Borek, einem Ortsteil der Gemeinde Pšov in der, Region Karlovarský kraj, Tschechien.

Die Burg wurde im 14. Jahrhundert als Ersatz für eine ältere Burg der böhmischen Adelsfamilie ze Štědré erbaut. Erstmals urkundlich erwähnt wurde sie 1361 als Sitz des böhmischen Adeligen Vícemil z Borku. 1379 kaufte Boresch von Riesenburg das Anwesen. Seine Söhne veräußerten es 1399 an Bušek Calta z Kamenné Hory. 1417 nahm Heinrich von Plauen die Burg ein und benutzte sie fortan für seine militärischen Einsätze gegen König Wenzel. Ein Jahr später eroberten die Königstreuen die Festung und brannten sie nieder. Die Ländereien wurden an den rechtmäßigen Eigentümer Vilém Bukovinov z Pnětluk zurückgegeben, dem auch vom König Sigismund fünf Jahre später die Erlaubnis erteilt wurde, die Burg zu erneuern. Er verkaufte jedoch seine Ländereien an den Hussiten Jakoubek z Vřesovic. 1488 wurde Johann von Gutenstein Eigentümer, kurze Zeit später kam die Burg in den Herrschaftsbereich der benachbarten Landbesitzer und Burglin verlor an Bedeutung.

Heute befinden sich auf einem Felsen noch einige Mauerreste sowie der Burggraben.

Weblinks
 Štědrý hrádek auf hrady.cz
 Štědrý hrádek auf burgenwelt.org (deutsch)

Stedry hradek
Pšov
Burg in Europa

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Many of our destinations feature rental properties which are ideal for weddings and other special events. These include the Greek Islands of Mykonos, Santorini, Paros, Antiparos, Sifnos, Syros, Kea, Hydra, Corfu, Paxos and Crete. Santorini is a particularly romantic destination where we have both perfect wedding venues and honeymoon hideaways.
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Sikátor (vyslovováno [šikátor]) je vesnice v Maďarsku v župě Győr-Moson-Sopron, spadající pod okres Pannonhalma. Nachází se asi 15 km jihovýchodně od Pannonhalmy. V roce 2015 zde žilo 307 obyvatel. Dle údajů z roku 2011 tvoří 95,2 % obyvatelstva Maďaři, 8,7 % Romové, 2,9 % Němci a 0,6 % Slováci. Název znamená "alej".

Jedinou sousední vesnicí je Veszprémvarsány.

Odkazy

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A41 delays in Aylesbury as Buckinghamshire Council carries out work on Bicester Road
Work is set to continue for several weeks
Delays are likely (Image: Midlands)
Drivers are being advised to expect delays as work takes place on a major Bucks road. Buckinghamshire Council is carrying out 'minor snagging works' on the A41 Bicester Road in Aylesbury.
The A41 roadworks will be taking place from Monday, September 5, and is set to continue for several weeks. The work is taking place from Rabans Lane to Paradise Orchard including Jackson Road and Dickens Way, Aylesbury.
A Buckinghamshire Council spokesperson said: "Please be advised that from Monday 5 September we will be undertaking minor snagging works which will include top soiling the verges and replacing kerbs. These works will be undertaken with narrow lanes in place. Works will be undertaken during the daytime and two-way traffic flow will be maintained at all times."
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Inspiring a new generation of apartment living in Perth, the DeHavilland apartments combine sophistication and thoughtful design, with modern and environmentally sustainable building principles and practices. This coupled with a convenient and established location, the apartments hold a futuristic vision for a clean and green lifestyle and as such reflects the true art of contemporary living and where we are headed.
The timber construction method used heralds the way forward for sustainable developments in WA. Combined with initiatives like double stacked car bays, electric car charging, large industrial chic loft style design aesthetics, quality fixtures and connected location offers a truly unique and environmentally friendly lifestyle option.
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The Geoffery De Havilland story
Throughout the 1930's it was one man's dream to use a radical material to build the fastest aircraft in the world. The material was wood, and his name was Geoffrey De Havilland. He was known as a determined innovator, someone who led from the front and had the ability to see the vision and get the job done.
As early as the 1930's De Havilland knew that light weight wooden aircraft were the key to greater speeds. In 1934 his twin engine Comet won the London to Melbourne air race. With speeds of over 200 miles per hour the aircraft flew halfway around the world in just 77 hours, a ship would take 4 weeks.
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THE GREAT MUSIC OF A. PAGANI LIVE IN HONOLULU
On 14th and 15th January at the Hawaii Theatre (Honolulu), the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra will perform Aconcagua by Astor Piazzolla. Info and photo credit https://www.myhso.org/
THE GREAT MUSIC OF A. PAGANI LIVE IN SWEDEN
On 20th October at the Kulturhuset Spira (Jonkoping, Sweden), the Jonkoping Sinfonietta will perform Tres Tangos by Astor Piazzolla. Photo credit Kulturhuset SPIRA – Smålands Musik & Teater
THE GREAT MUSIC OF A. PAGANI LIVE IN SPAIN
On 26th and 27th September at the Gran Teatro de Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain), the Orquesta De Cordoba will perform Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla Photo credit Orquesta de Córdoba
Piazzolla Music Award 2023
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Remember Astor Piazzolla
Astor Piazzolla passed away on 4 July 1992. No one better than Aldo Pagani, and A. Pagani, has lived in full the incredible career of the argentine genius, from the beginning to global success. Today we want to celebrate him with this historical shot that belongs to our precious archive. Ciao Astor!
Arnaldo Ciato live in Ceriano Laghetto
On Friday 3rd June, in Ceriano Laghetto, Arnaldo Ciato will play a selection of his Nocturnal Music. The concert is part of the Ciato Jazz Festival 2022.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASTOR PIAZZOLLA!
To celebrate Astor Piazzolla, born in Mar Del Plata on 11 1921, a great concert in germany! On 12th March at the Berlin Philarmonic Hall di Tiegarten (Berlin, Germany) the Philarmonie Sinfonie Orchester Berlin will perform LIBERTANGO by Astor Piazzolla. Director: Raphael Haeger (photo). Photo credit http://www.raphael-haeger.de/
THE GREAT MUSIC OF A. PAGANI LIVE IN FRANCE
On 27th January at Clermont Ferrant (France), the Orchestre D'Auvergne will perform Fuga con Pajarillo Orchestra Version by Aldemaro Romero. Info and photo https://onauvergne.com/
THE GREAT MUSIC OF A. PAGANI LIVE IN THE USA
On 23th and 24th January at the First Presbyterian, Hilton Head Island (USA), the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra will perform ACONCAGUA by Astor Piazzolla. Info https://www.hhso.org/ Photo credit Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra
On Saturday 11th December at Les Sables D'Olonne (France), the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire will perform ACONCAGUA by Astor Piazzolla. Info https://onpl.fr/ Photo credit ONPL
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Q: Proving congruence mod m/n I am trying to prove a conjecture for fun in my abstract algebra class. The specifics of the whole conjecture are not important, but part of my proof requires the following to be true:
If $n\mid m$, $x\equiv0\pmod n$, and $x\equiv0\pmod m$, then $x\equiv0\pmod{\frac{m}n}$.
I do want to note that it is only true that $n\mid m$; it is not necessarily true that it's the greatest common divisor of $m$ and $n$.
I tried to prove this directly, and did some messing around with the Chinese Remainder Theorem, but I'm not getting anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas on this one? Thanks for your help!


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Information sharing on Facebook by Alone, Single and Lonely Female Users
Yeslam Al-Saggaf
The aim of this study was to determine whether Loneliness, Relationship Status and Profile Image are related to self-disclosure of Sensitive and Non-Sensitive Information on Facebook. To this end, 269 personal profiles of women who reported being Lonely and 269 profiles of women who reported not being Lonely were analyzed. Sensitive Information was analyzed using Poisson regressions. Non-Sensitive information was analyzed using negative binomial regressions. The results confirmed that more Lonely users revealed Sensitive and Non-Sensitive Information on Facebook than Not-Lonely users. The results also confirmed the existence of a relationship between Loneliness and Relationship Status in that more users who indicated in their Relationship Status that they were Single were Lonely than Not-Lonely. Similarly, the results also confirmed the existence of a relationship between Loneliness and Profile Image in that more users who appeared Alone in their Profile Image were Lonely than Not- Lonely. These associations encouraged the exploration of the associations between Relationship Status and Profile Image and Sensitive/Non-Sensitive Information. With regards to Relationship Status, more users who did not indicate their Relationship Status revealed more Sensitive and Non-Sensitive Information compared to those who were Single or those who were in a relationship. Regarding the Profile Image, more users who appeared Alone in their Profile Image revealed Sensitive Information compared to users who presented themselves with others in their Profile Image. For Non-Sensitive Information, no differences were found between users who appeared in their Profile Image Alone compared to those who appeared with a partner or friends, or to those who did not have a Profile Image. Overall, these findings suggest that disclosing Sensitive Information could put users at risk of becoming victims of cybercrimes such as identity theft, harassment, cyber-stalking, and cyber scams.
Keywords: Loneliness; self-disclosure; Relationship Status; Profile Image; Facebook
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Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday that Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, will step away from his public duties as a royal. This comes following the fallout from his past friendship with late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew, the queen's second son, said in statement released by the Palace: "it has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstances relating to my former association with Jeffrey Epstein has become a major disruption to my family's work and the valuable work going on in the many organisations and charities that I am proud to support. Therefore, I have asked Her Majesty if I may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, and she has given her permission."
"I continue to unequivocally regret my ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein. His suicide has left many unanswered questions, particularly for his victims, and I deeply sympathise with everyone who has been affected and wants some form of closure. I can only hope that, in time, they will be able to rebuild their lives. Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required."
Over the weekend, Andrew sat down with the BBC in Buckingham Palace for a taped interview where he again denied that he slept with one of Epstein's alleged "sex slaves" when she was 17. Pictures surfaced in January 2015 when an American woman living in Australia, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 35, alleged in court documents that she was groomed by Epstein and his associates to sexually service Epstein's powerful friends when she was a teenager.
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THE ADVENT OF THE "ROBO-CMO"— PART PERSON, PART AUTOMATON
SAN JOSE, Calif. (February 27, 2014)— The "Advent of the Robo CMO" headlines the latest edition of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council's quarterly digital magazine, PeerSphere. The lead article underscores a number of factors that characterize the CMO of the future—one who is skilled in all aspects of the business while also contributing to a more automated, adaptive and intelligent marketing organization.
Drawing on the results of numerous CMO-centric studies, the lead story advocates that CMOs have become more adept at using data analytics, building key relationships across the C-suite, and growing their knowledge and use of marketing technologies to keep pace with business.
The feature story also notes that other trends are creating a positive future for the CMO role, such as heightened data capabilities, increased budgets, real-time decision making, as well as the emergence of new talent that can build credibility and validate the increasing importance of the CMO role in the organization.
"Technologies have inundated the world of marketing, and CMOs are rising to the occasion, seemingly becoming part human, part automaton—growing their capabilities in marketing automation and data analytics to drive business value like never before," notes Donovan Neale-May, Executive Director of the CMO Council. "These capabilities are leading to real-time decision making and are bringing new efficiencies and effectiveness to the role. It is also differentiating the CMO as the ultimate value-driver in the business."
The latest issue of PeerSphere is available today and also features insights from global marketing executives at companies such as SAP, Southwest Airlines, Unilever, Pearls.com, SB Projects and more. Among the topics covered are:
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Did Dan Crenshaw Run a Nazi Facebook Group? Not Exactly
By Mike Redmond | Politics | November 13, 2018 |
Thanks to Pete Davidson and Saturday Night Live's penchant for avoiding an advertiser boycott slash lack of a discernible backbone, Republican Congressman-Elect Dan Crenshaw has become a media darling after he graciously agreed to a "Weekend Update" appearance where he got to crack jokes on TV and look like one of the non-crazy Republicans, which sadly, worked like gangbusters. The whole thing was a win-win that only an idiot would've passed up.
But it was only a matter of time until the Crenshaw situation reached its Milkshake Duck moment, and this (now-deleted) tweet from Kara Brown became the loudest talking point as liberals justifiably blanched at the sight of way too many media outlets tripping over themselves to write glowing reviews of Crenshaw and Davidson's "unity" horseshit sandwich.
HE WAS IN A NAZI FACEBOOK GROUP. HAVE YOU PEOPLE LOST YOUR MINDS
There's just one tiny problem: This tweet isn't exactly true. But that hasn't stopped it from spawning a litany of internet comments that either directly embed it or take it to 11 by outright claiming that Crenshaw personally wrote racist Facebook posts. Which is unfortunate because there are plenty of criticisms to be made about Crenshaw's politics without making shit up.
So here's how this talking point got started. Back in August, Media Matters for America ran a report on five Republican candidates that were administrators of "Tea Party," an alt-right, racist Facebook page that unsurprisingly peddles in every insane, conservative conspiracy theory that the internet farts up. However, Crenshaw's involvement is particularly thin. When the MMFA report ran, he'd literally been an admin for less than 90 days, and his only activity on the Facebook group included sharing two campaign videos. That was it.
However, Crenshaw got pissy when reached by Newsweek to comment, but his story tracks.
"They contacted me once and said they'd sign me up as an admin, in case I ever wanted to post," said Crenshaw, who removed himself from the group after Newsweek contacted him. "I quickly forgot about the page and never saw it again. How exactly is this news?"
First off, it's news because you're a congressional candidate who's been directly linked to a Nazi-adjacent Facebook page with a history of promoting hate speech. That's the very goddamn definition of news, Dan. But I'm getting away from my point. In Crenshaw's defense, his activity with the group does sound innocuous, and the admin process for pages is exactly as he describes it. Should he have done a little research before letting his name get attached to some rando Facebook page? Yup. Did he probably just see the 94,000+ followers along with the surface-level conservative bent and figure, what the hell, I'll drop in a campaign video or two? That's square in the realm of plausibility.
What's getting lost in the mix and bears constant repeating is the fact that neo-Nazis see their values and beliefs reflected in members of the Republican Party. Unfortunately, that's not as sexy as the specious headline of "Dan Crenshaw Moderates Nazi Facebook Group." But it should never stop being all kinds of f**ked up that in the year 2018, nationalism has reached such a crescendo that goddamn Nazis have become part of the mainstream political discourse instead of relegated to side plots in Breaking Bad.
If you want to go after Dan Crenshaw, don't use a thin story that over-exaggerates his short role as a Facebook admin. Instead, go directly to his campaign website where you'll find policy positions that read like a Proud Boys handbook.
Our country is frighteningly close to violating our Constitution by allowing the left to shout down and shame anyone who disagrees with them. This is happening regularly on college campuses all over the country. From Berkeley to Boston, leftist agitators are trying to "enforce" political correctness by shutting down speeches that they disagree with. Even some liberal commentators are finding this problematic and have called them out for their anti-American ways. College should be a place for the free and open exchange of ideas, not a place where groupthink and political correctness are enforced, and anti-conservative thugs reign supreme.
We need to encourage and inspire young conservatives to stand up to this leftist bullying. I do not back down from fights, and I am not about to back down from this one. The future of our country is at stake.
Psst. You want to know who leftists don't want on their campuses? Nazis.
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Ten of Vienna's best Design Hotels
With the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest putting the city in the spotlight, hotel comparison site trivago.co.uk has selected ten of the city's best design hotels. Drawing upon local and international artists and resources, these hotels have created inspirational spaces containing artwork, bespoke furniture, cutting-edge design and much more.
LONDON – Vienna, with its rich mix of imperial history alongside contemporary architecture, is the perfect location to foster some of the country's most impressive design hotels. With the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest putting the city in the spotlight, hotel comparison site trivago.co.uk has selected ten of the city's best design hotels. Drawing upon local and international artists and resources, these hotels have created inspirational spaces containing artwork, bespoke furniture, cutting-edge design and much more. The best part? Vienna is cheap for accommodation, meaning prices start from just £59 per night.
1) 25hours at MuseumsQuartier
"Real place, real people" claims the 25hours chain, which boasts seven hotels in five different cities, each tailored to suit the location. In the case of MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, the slogan is "We are all mad here": playing on Vienna's long-standing association with shows and music to create a circus-themed haven. The flamboyant design will appeal to Eurovision fans, who can expect wall murals by Berlin artist Olaf Hayek and unique decorations in each of the 217 rooms. Fantasy and reality is blurred here, meaning bathtubs stand on balconies, a lift glides up the outside of the building and a kiosk in the lobby sells everything from eco-friendly bathroom amenities to carefully selected items from Austrian designers.
2) Der Wilhelmshof
A true design hotel, Der Wilhelmshof was designed by artist Ty Waltinger and features artwork, poetry, sculptures and much more. Even the garden area is adorned with an 8 metre long tapestry, under which guests can enjoy breakfast, food and drinks – including export wine, beers and liquor. Waltinger's statement piece is the "5 Steps to Heaven" project, in which he redesigned the five mezzanine levels to create five different worlds, using lighting and artwork to invite viewers to stay and enjoy the atmosphere. Like many hotels in Vienna, Der Wilhemlshof has a "green" policy, boasting the largest solar panels of any hotel in the city and rewarding guests arriving by train with a small gift.
3) Ruby Sofie Vienna
The creators behind Ruby Sofie Vienna are self-confessed travel addicts, meaning they understand what guests want: class, comfort and value for money. This means a simple yet stylish design, with comfortable beds, walk-in rain showers and little clutter. There is no restaurant, but there is an organic breakfast buffet, bar and cafe open 24/7 and a kitchen with free hot drinks. Music lovers can plug their devices into the Marshall Amps in each room or listen to the hotel's own radio station. The hotel is housed within the former Sofiensale music hall in the heart of up-and-coming entertainment district Landstra?e, making it the perfect base for any entertainment-lover.
4) Falkensteiner Wien Margareten
This flagship hotel from Falkensteiner offers "Lifestyle, Zeitgeist and Nostalgia", taking guests on an architectural journey from the 19th century to the modern day. Highlights include a total of 195 rooms and suites, a Spa with a rooftop terrace, a tranquil inner courtyard and a restaurant offering traditional Viennese food with a modern twist. In the rooms, the fabrics are reminiscent of the Biedermeier period, while mirrors and crystal light fixtures adorn the walls of the 'Nepomuk' bar and 'Danhauser' restaurant.
5) Boutiquehotel Stadthalle
This hotel is best visited in spring or summer, when the garden of lavender and roses is in full bloom and guests can enjoy their breakfast on the terrace. Boutiquehotel Stadthalle prides itself for its lavender garden (which is the largest in Vienna), even creating homemade products for guests to enjoy, such as lavender chocolate and lavender soap. Attention to detail is key here: the range of comfortable rooms feature bespoke headboards, wine bottle chandeliers and daily fresh fruit. As the name suggests, the hotel is located almost adjacent to the Wiener Stadthalle, home to the 2015 Eurovision song contest.
6) Capricorno
Opened in March 2015, Capricorno is the latest offering from Vienna-based Schick hotels, which boasts five privately run four star hotels in the city centre. Each hotel has a different speciality, with Capricorno's being "life and style". This means bold fabrics, colour-coordinated rooms and urban art prints on the walls. Each room is equipped with a tablet providing useful information and free for guest use. Visitors can enjoy views of the Schwedenplatz from their balconies and eat at nearby restaurant Das Schick, featuring panoramic views and an Austro-Spanish fusion menu.
7) Fleming's Deluxe Wien-City
Elegance is key at Fleming's Deluxe, with each room incorporating a stylish, practical and colour-coordinated design. Many rooms feature a shower in the bedroom (a popular feature in Viennese hotel rooms), while a select few boast slanted windows with views over the city. As expected from a five star hotel, the restaurant is fine dining, although the Brasserie & Wine Bar offers a more relaxed atmosphere and an impressive selection of domestic and international premium wines. The hotel is aptly located in the attractive Josefstadt quarter, close to the City Hall, Hofburg and Parliament.
8) MyPlace City Centre
MyPlace City Centre offers premium apartment accommodation, allowing guests to experience luxury, privacy and home comforts in the heart of Vienna. With 33 apartments over seven floors ranging between 36 and 105 square metres, guests can expect marble bathrooms, monsoon showers and Azeta design furniture. The rooftop terrace is given a different theme each summer – in the past this has included the city's first rooftop beach, complete with lounge chairs and real sand. Other perks include Van Moof designer Dutch bicycles, a fitness area on the mezzanine floor and a bar and cafe in the Lotus Lounge.
9) Harry's Home Wien Millennium Tower
Harry's home is located in Millennium Tower, a lifestyle and entertainment hub home to over 100 stores, 30 bars, cafes and restaurants and Austria's largest cinema complex. Guests can choose between spacious studios and apartments, all decorated in a fun and fresh design and equipped with walk-in wardrobes. The huge windows make the most of the views of Vienna and the Danube from Austria's second tallest building. Each room is fitted with a fully equipped kitchen, making the hotel a popular option among long term guests.
10) DO & CO Vienna
Location is key for DO & CO Vienna: situated directly in front of St. Stephen's cathedral, the most important religious building in Vienna can be viewed from a number of the guest rooms. For the best views, guests should head to the top floor DO & CO Stephansplatz restaurant, which features one of the best Sushi and Sashimi menus in the city, alongside classic Viennese cuisine. In the rooms, guests can expect travertine stone, teak wooden floors and Turkish leather to create an urban and luxurious design.
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Elon Musk reveals Tesla Master Plan Part 2: Solar, Pickup and Ride Share
By Steve Hanley
It took a littler longer than promised, but the Tesla Master Plan Part 2 has finally been revealed. Here is the short version:
Create stunning solar roofs with seamlessly integrated battery storage
Expand the electric vehicle product line to address all major segments
Develop a self-driving capability that is 10X safer than manual via massive fleet learning
Enable your car to make money for you when you aren't using it
The first objective is no surprise. Last month, Tesla submitted an offer to buy SolarCity for $2.8 billion in Tesla stock. This week, the url teslamotors.com began redirecting to tesla.com as part of the company's branding strategy to be less of a motor company and become more of a brand and energy company. Here's how Musk explains it.
"Create a smoothly integrated and beautiful solar-roof-with-battery product that just works, empowering the individual as their own utility, and then scale that throughout the world. One ordering experience, one installation, one service contact, one phone app.
The second part of the plan includes Tesla heavy duty trucks and new forms of urban transportation with high passenger density. "We believe the Tesla Semi will deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate.
"With the advent of autonomy, it will probably make sense to shrink the size of buses and transition the role of bus driver to that of fleet manager. [The bus] would also take people all the way to their destination. Fixed summon buttons at existing bus stops would serve those who don't have a phone. Design accommodates wheelchairs, strollers and bikes."
Objective 3 is all about reducing the annual carnage on the highways. "We expect that worldwide regulatory approval will require something on the order of 6 billion miles (10 billion km). Current fleet learning is happening at just over 3 million miles (5 million km) per day."
Musk takes some care to explain why the current version of Autopilot is called beta. "It is called beta in order to decrease complacency and indicate that it will continue to improve (Autopilot is always off by default). Once we get to the point where Autopilot is approximately 10 times safer than the US vehicle average, the beta label will be removed."
Despite calls to disable Autopilot by Consumer Reports and others, Musk makes it clear he will stay the course. Here's why: "I should add a note here to explain why Tesla is deploying partial autonomy now, rather than waiting until some point in the future. The most important reason is that, when used correctly, it is already significantly safer than a person driving by themselves and it would therefore be morally reprehensible (emphasis added) to delay release simply for fear of bad press or some mercantile calculation of legal liability."
Finally, Musk says car owners typically use their cars less than 10% of the time. Once fully autonomous driving is perfected, they will be able to share their car with others, generating income that can partially offset the costs of ownership. "In cities where demand exceeds the supply of customer-owned cars, Tesla will operate its own fleet, ensuring you can always hail a ride from us no matter where you are."
There it is in a nutshell. A bold new plan to take the original not-so-secret plan and extend upon it. Musk restates and reinforces the underlying purpose for everything the company does. "The point of all this was, and remains, accelerating the advent of sustainable energy, so that we can imagine far into the future and life is still good. That's what "sustainable" means. It's not some silly, hippy thing — it matters for everyone.
"By definition, we must at some point achieve a sustainable energy economy or we will run out of fossil fuels to burn and civilization will collapse. Given that we must get off fossil fuels anyway and that virtually all scientists agree that dramatically increasing atmospheric and oceanic carbon levels is insane, the faster we achieve sustainability, the better."
Amen, Elon.
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SUU student awarded dental school scholarship
SUU graduate Dallin Duncan has been awarded a full scholarship to dental school at Virginia Commonwealth University.
SUU student awarded dental school scholarship SUU graduate Dallin Duncan has been awarded a full scholarship to dental school at Virginia Commonwealth University. Check out this story on thespectrum.com: http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/cedar-city/2018/07/05/suu-graduate-dallin-duncan-receives-full-scholarship-dental-school/760838002/
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SUU Graduate Dallin Duncan is heading to dental school after receiving a full scholarship from the U.S. Army.(Photo: Dallin Duncan)
SUU graduate Dallin Duncan has been awarded a full scholarship to dental school at Virginia Commonwealth University. Duncan's work with the Rural Health Scholars program and a service trip to Costa Rica with the SUU Community Engagement Center helped him receive the Health Professions Scholarship through the U.S. Army.
He will receive a generous monthly stipend and a full tuition benefit as part of the program. Students in the program are commissioned as officers and serve in the Army after graduation.
He will join about 100 dental students from all over the country at VCU.
"I can't think of a better way for me to contribute my skills and abilities to this wonderful country," he said. "My motivation for applying was my desire to be a part of this greater good done by our service men and women."
Duncan graduated from SUU in May with a degree in human nutrition. He hails from Monticello.
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IBM Debuts Low-End Storage Controllers
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IBM has launched a pair of low-end storage controllers and is pulling its disk-based storage products underneath its TotalStorage umbrella.
IBM has launched a pair of low-end storage controllers and is pulling its disk-based storage products underneath its TotalStorage umbrella to offer customers a more scalable and cost-friendly disk-based storage product line.
The TotalStorage DS300 and DS400 controllers, released late this week, kick-start IBM's new Disk System product line. The DS300, an entry-level disk server for midsize businesses, can scale to 2TB and is priced at less than $3,000. Designed for use with the Armonk, N.Y., company's eServer xSeries and BladeCenter servers, the DS300 features iSCSI protocol support to enable administrators to better manage SANs (storage area networks).
IBM recently rolled out an entry-level TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 as a less costly option for more modest performance needs. Click here to read more.
The new storage server includes a 146GB Ultra320 SCSI drive, battery backup cache and redundant hot-swappable power supplies.
Ray Kase, director of IT for Central Bucks School District in Doylestown, Pa., said the DS300 could fit nicely with a site his organization is constructing for remote backup to disk. "The low-end product appeals to me," said Kase. "We may also consider it for a video studio that we're putting in one of our high schools so students can have on-site Fibre Channel where the kids could store their digital products, basically connected to their workstation to store their work."
The DS300 is a clear competitor to the much-ballyhooed AX100 storage server announced earlier this year by EMC Corp. and Dell Inc., analysts said. The DS300 comes into the game late but at a much cheaper cost, said analyst Charles Sageza, of Sageza Group Inc., in Union City, Calif.
The DS400, meanwhile, is a 2GB Fibre Channel controller that can be equipped with up to 5.8TB of storage in a 3U (5.25-inch) form factor. Both the DS300 and DS400 run Windows and Linux. Single-controller models of the new systems will be available before the end of the month; the dual-controller models are scheduled to ship in December, officials said.
As part of the DS family rollout, IBM said it is renaming its FAStT (Fibre Array Storage Technology) 100, 600 and 900 storage servers, which are effectively becoming the TotalStorage DR4100, DR4300 and DR4500, respectively.
As a component of the new DS portfolio, IBM unveiled the TotalStorage DS4000 midrange disk systems family featuring DS4000 Storage Manager Version 9.1 firmware. Available via download, the software offers Global Mirror and Global Copy functions to help customers mirror data synchronously and asynchronously.
Check out eWEEK.com's Storage Center at http://storage.eweek.com for the latest news, reviews and analysis on enterprise and business storage hardware and software.
Brian Fonseca is a senior writer at eWEEK who covers database, data management and storage management software, as well as storage hardware. He works out of eWEEK's Woburn, Mass., office. Prior to joining eWEEK, Brian spent four years at InfoWorld as the publication's security reporter. He also covered services, and systems management. Before becoming an IT journalist, Brian worked as a beat reporter for The Herald News in Fall River, Mass., and cut his teeth in the news business as a sports and news producer for Channel 12-WPRI/Fox 64-WNAC in Providence, RI. Brian holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.


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#6 Batcave Destroyed!
'Batman' lasted 3 seasons before ABC decided to cancel it. They did keep the iconic set in place, hoping for offers from other networks. After a few weeks, they finally ordered Batman's "Bat Cave" and other sets be demolished for a new show. Soon NBC submitted an offer to take over and do another season, but the sets had already been destroyed and the Bat Cave alone would cost $800,000 to rebuild, so NBC rescinded the offer.
#5 Tim Burton's Batman Almost Featured Robin
1989′s 'Batman' was a massive blockbuster that took years to draft a script Warner Bros. would accept. One version (by screenwriter Sam Hamm) included Robin, a role Burton offered to the then-19-year-old Kiefer Sutherland. Subsequent drafts reduced Robin's role to a cameo in the form of his alter-ego Dick Grayson before Burton cut the character completely out of the movie. (One deleted sequence, which features Batman and Robin in a chase scene set at a circus, can be viewed in storyboard format on the 'Batman' DVD.)
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