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Welcome to my Awesome Eight Giveaway! This contest is extra special because I get to give a nod to other authors—and believe me when I say authors need other authors. Among these eight great titles you will find New York Times Bestselling Authors, International Bestselling Authors, an author with 25 published novels, #1 Kindle Bestselling authors, Publishers Weekly starred review authors, RITA finalists, and, oh, a whole bunch of other awards and accolades! In other words, these are truly awesome women, who also happen to be talented, successful authors! My sincere thanks to them for allowing me to showoff and give away their autographed book babies.
Welcome to my first October giveaway! Contests will feature a variety of book giveaways to celebrate the release of FORETOLD. The much-anticipated GHOST GIFTS sequel is an Amazon Editors' pick for Best Books of the Month!
Today I'm giving away THREE signed copies of FORETOLD, plus FIVE Kindle GHOST GIFTS!
Between Mother Nature and another 9/11 Anniversary, it's been a rough few weeks. I am fortunate to have observed hurricane fury from the safety of a New England September. (It's the month we pay in advance for the coming February.) I'm not much of TV watcher, but the images were impossible to escape. I certainly shouldn't have escaped them because my zip code said I get a pass.
Hurricanes are not unfamiliar to me. I grew up on Long Island, and while New England isn't New Jersey, we got a good smack from Hurricane Sandy. They are unpredictable spouts of energy, a whirling dervish of scary.
*Foretold ARC giveaway details at the end of this post.
Like all authors, until it happened, I wondered if I'd ever sell a book. We think it's the mountain peak, the zenith. Upon arrival, we're stunned to discover it's only a plateau. You simply can't see the next spires and headwalls, hidden by puffy clouds of dreams. Fun fact about mountain climbing: you can't reach the true peak without going downhill again.
The same holds true for publication.
Sol 1—this is how the movie, The Martian, tallies Matt Damon's 560 sols, alone, on Mars—a lifeless planet, covered in red dust, where nothing grows and nothing lives. Of course, it's also the title of the bestselling novel The Martian by Andy Weir.
Were you were wondering how I might segue to a blog post about novel writing?
This is my first bookless morning in four years. Inside my own house, here on planet earth, I feel a bit lost. Well, lost in my space. And no worries, I've got the dust covered too. Yesterday, I turned in my sixth traditionally published novel, the final installment of the Ghost Gifts Trilogy.


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Becoming Italian.....: Full moon over Barolo.
Every day I pass by the vineyards I am beginning to see the colors of the leaves change into the most beautiful colors of fall. Tonight while driving, I had to pull over so I could snap some photos and share them with you. Just imagine the smell of wood burning from fireplaces mixed with the chill of the Autumn air, and this stunning full moon in the distance. Welcome to Barolo!
What we drink when we are not drinking Barolo.
My home in Castiglione Falletto.
Words of wisdom. RIP Steve Jobs.


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When Slim Chances Get Fat (8/29/03)
Wow, now this one actually is a shock: faithful viewer Garrett tipped us off to the fact that IDG World Expo has apparently concluded that "in-depth study" of the merits of Boston vs. New York as a venue for next summer's Macworld Expo-- er, sorry, Macworld CreativePro. We figured only two outcomes were possible: either IDG would announce that the show was staying in New York after all, or it would cancel the show altogether. We never dreamed that a third outcome was possible, and if we had, we'd probably have identified it as the slim chance that the show would be moved to Dilworth, Minnesota and held at Casey's Carry-Out Pizza on Center Avenue. We definitely didn't think there was a Ballmer's chance in Bally that the show would actually happen in Boston, as originally promised.
Apparently miracles do happen.
IDG has officially announced that, yes, the show will take place in Boston next summer after all, and one can only wonder just what kind of staggering bribe Boston city officials had to throw their way (or what sort of heinous dirt they're blackmailing them with-- we're guessing Polaroids depicting "questionable subject matter") in order to come out of all this with the Expo clenched tightly in its teeth. And yes, we said "Expo." Despite IDG bigwig David Korse's recent assertion that even if the show did move to Boston, it'd be Macworld CreativePro, not Macworld Expo ("Macworld is only going to happen once a year, in California," he insisted), now IDG is once again referring to the confirmed Boston gig as "Macworld Conference & Expo." He's even going so far as to say "we have decided to continue the Macworld tradition on the East Coast as originally planned." Hmmmm... "Wishy, meet Washy. You two are going to get along famously."
Of course, all that jabbering about carrying on the "Macworld tradition" rings a little hollow, considering that certain minor aspects of the traditional Macworld Expo will be conspicuously absent at next summer's show-- like, oh, we don't know, let's say... Apple. MacMinute reports that Apple has reiterated its "We Hate Boston" position: "When IDG initially announced its plans to move summer Macworld to Boston in 2004, we were very clear that we didn't think it was a good move." (Uh, yyyyeah... too bad they reportedly never bothered to mention that in the months before the deal was inked, despite the fact that they were allegedly in the loop the whole time and had even approved the move as late as two weeks before the announcement, but hey, whatever.) "Our position stands and Apple will not be participating in Macworld Boston."
Meanwhile, Apple confirms that Bostonians should take this personally, because it's still "100 percent committed to Macworld San Francisco in January every year." (Apparently as a city we don't bathe enough.) Too bad Charlie Greco's not still there to pull his insane "you know how badly they want to do San Francisco; we don't have to let them" stunt again. That one was great. Ah, good times...
Without Apple's participation, there's still a pretty hefty chance that the show will fold before next summer, since there's a precedent of Appleless Mac trade shows going belly-up due to low exhibitor counts and lack of attendee interest. But if it does happen, who knows? Maybe IDG will have such a tough time signing up exhibitors for its Apple-free show that even AtAT will be able to afford a cheap booth. (Hey IDG-- we've got twelve bucks. What can you give us?) And now that it's a good ol' Expo again and not a CreativePro, we presumably don't have to worry about that stupid new "no kids under 12" rule and Anya can come, too. And the way things are shaping up, we'll have the whole place to ourselves! Mmmmm, spacious!
4175: Eh, What's Another Month? (8/29/03) Seeing as we're heading into a long weekend, we figured you could use an extra dose of angst to carry you through 'til Tuesday, so don your crash helmets and make sure your wills are up to date (you did leave everything to us, right?), because what we're about to tell you will may well make your brain broil with the utter shock of it all...
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GENESIS HEALTHCARE TO BE ACQUIRED BY FORMATION CAPITAL AND JER PARTNERS FOR $63 PER SHARE IN CASH
Kennett Square, PA -- 01/16/2007--
Genesis HealthCare Corporation ("GHC") (NASDAQ:GHCI) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired, in an all-cash transaction for $63.00 per share, by a joint venture between affiliates of Formation Capital, LLC and JER Partners.
The per share price represents a premium of approximately 31.1% over the average closing price for GHC common stock over the past 30 trading days. The aggregate transaction value, including the assumption of approximately $450 million of debt, is approximately $1.7 billion.
George V. Hager, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GHC, said, "After carefully considering GHC's strategic options, including evaluating proposals from a number of potential industry, strategic and financial buyers, the Board concluded that the transaction was in the best interests of the Company, including our shareholders and other stakeholders. This transaction is the result of a thoughtful and comprehensive process, and we are confident that GHC will be able to accelerate achievement of its strategic goals with a partner that has financial resources, understands our business and shares our vision for the future."
"As an independent company operating alongside Formation's portfolio of healthcare companies, GHC will continue to maintain its long-term focus on delivering superior healthcare to its residents and patients. This transaction is a change in ownership – not a change in direction," continued Hager.
"GHC is an outstanding company with a superior portfolio of facilities located across 13 states," added Cia Buckley, President of JER's US Fund Business. "We view this major acquisition as a key strategic investment for JER and Formation."
Arnold Whitman, Chief Executive Officer of Formation, stated, "Formation Capital has a long standing relationship with Genesis Healthcare and believes very strongly in their vision of the modernization of skilled nursing in this country. We share a long-term view of the industry along with GHC, which has consistently demonstrated high quality of care standards.
Formation and JER confirmed that GHC will be operated as a privately held, independent company controlled by the JER/Formation joint venture. GHC will continue to operate under the Genesis name.
The transaction is subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals as well as other customary closing conditions. The transaction is not subject to a financing condition.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as financial advisor to GHC, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is acting as its legal advisor. UBS Investment Bank acted as financial advisor to the JER/Formation joint venture, and Williams Mullen and O'Melveny & Myers LLP acted as counsel for the joint venture.
About Genesis HealthCare Corporation
Genesis HealthCare Corporation (NASDAQ: GHCI) is one of the nation's largest long-term care providers with over 200 skilled nursing centers and assisted living residences in 13 eastern states. Genesis also supplies contract rehabilitation therapy to over 600 healthcare providers in 20 states and the District of Columbia.
About Formation and JER
Formation Capital is a private equity firm in the senior housing and long-term care industry. Over the past five years Formation Capital has completed over $1.5 billion of acquisitions in the sector and provides asset management services to over 250 facilities nationwide. For more information on Formation Capital, please visit www.formationcapital.com.
JER Partners is the private equity investment arm of J.E. Robert Companies, a real estate investment management company with more than 25 years of experience in sourcing, underwriting and managing a broad spectrum of real estate equity investments and debt products in North America and Europe. JER's primary investments are in office, hospitality, retail, multi-family, healthcare-related real estate and industrial properties. Other areas of investment include commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS") and mezzanine financing. For more information on JER, please visit www.jer.com.
A number of the matters discussed in this document that are not historical or current facts deal with potential future circumstances and developments, in particular, information regarding the expected timetable for completing the transaction, successful integration of the business, benefits of the transaction and any other statements contained in this news release that are not purely historical fact are forward-looking statements. The discussion of such matters is qualified by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations generally, and also may materially differ from actual future experience involving any one or more of such matters. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the approval of the proposed merger by regulatory agencies, approval of the merger by the shareholders of GHC, satisfaction of various other conditions to the closing of the merger contemplated by the merger agreement and the risks that have been described from time to time in GHC's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006. This document speaks only as of its date, and each of GHC, JER and Formation disclaims any duty to update the information herein.
Additional Information and Where to Find It:
In connection with the proposed merger and required shareholder approval, GHC will file a proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Investors and security holders are urged to read the proxy statement when it becomes available because it will contain important information about the proposed merger. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed by GHC at the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. The proxy statement and other documents also may be obtained for free from GHC by directing such request to Genesis Healthcare Corporation, Investor Relations, 101 East State Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348; telephone: 610-925-2000.
Participants in the Solicitation
GHC and its directors, executive officers and other members of its management and employees may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from its stockholders in connection with the proposed merger. Information concerning the interests of GHC's participants in the solicitation is set forth in GHC's proxy statements and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, previously filed with the SEC, and will be set forth in the proxy statement relating to the merger when it becomes available.
GHC Investor Contact:
Jim McKeon, CFO: (610) 444-8425
Lori Mayer, Director Investor Relations (610) 925-2000
GHC Media Contact:
Jim Barron/Renée Soto: (212) 687-8080
JER Media Contact:
Dave Sturtevant, ROI Public Relations: (703) 813-5643 x 243
Formation Contact:
Arnold Whitman: (800) 845-1695


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Landscapes - Somerset
Somerset and Dorset 'Railway Walk'
On November 14th I joined a few friends to walk part of the former 'Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway' from Bath Green Park Station through to Midford. The route is now part of the sustrans cycle network (Route244) and is unique that the route provides a walking and cycling route right through Devonshire Tunnel (409m) and Combe Down Tunnel (1672m long). Our walk started at Bath Green Park station, which is now a car park for Sainsbury's. Exiting the car park we crossed the steel lattice bridge which once allowed trains to cross the River Avon into the station. From here much of the trackbed has been built upon, although a few local road names of Stanier Road, Pines Road, Ivo Peters Road and Midland Road provide a clue to the railway past.
Bristol Harbourside
Bristol's Harbourside provides a wealth of interesting photographic content as well as providing an enjoyable day out, the dockside area has been extensively redeveloped over the past 10 years, the cities museum 'M shed' has also had an extensive refurbishment. The area contains some of Bristol's best heritage mixed with modern waterside development.
The SS Great Britain is also located at the harbourside, and provides additional interest for those visiting the area.
Somerset Levels Flooding - February 2014
After the unprecedented flooding featured on the national news with regards to the continued flooding on the Somerset Levels, we have recorded some of the scenes that are less than 8 miles from Taunton town centre. On the 8th February both the Taunton - Bristol and Taunton - Castle Cary lines have been cut off due to rising flood water. Several villages on the Somerset Levels have also been evacuated and farmers are racing to save their livestock and livelihoods where possible.
Solar Eclipse 20th March 2015, Taunton
Sunset, Creech St Michael on the 24th December 2014 with localised rain showers passing over the Blackdown Hills
Sunset, Creech St Michael on the 24th December 2009.


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EDVAC
The EDVAC as installed in Building 328 at the Ballistic Research Laboratory
EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was one of the earliest electronic computers. Unlike its predecessor the ENIAC, it was binary rather than decimal, and was designed to be a stored-program computer.
ENIAC inventors John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert proposed the EDVAC's construction in August 1944. A contract to build the new computer was signed in April 1946 with an initial budget of US$100,000. EDVAC was delivered to the Ballistics Research Laboratory in 1949. The Ballistic Research Laboratory became a part of the US Army Research Laboratory in 1942.
Functionally, EDVAC was a binary serial computer with automatic addition, subtraction, multiplication, programmed division and automatic checking with an ultrasonic serial memory[1] capacity of 1,000 34-bit words. EDVAC's average addition time was 864 microseconds and its average multiplication time was 2,900 microseconds.
1 Project and plan
2 Technical description
3 Impact on future computer design
4 Installation and operation
Project and plan[edit]
ENIAC inventors John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert proposed EDVAC's construction in August 1944, and design work for EDVAC commenced before ENIAC was fully operational. The design would implement a number of important architectural and logical improvements conceived during the ENIAC's construction and would incorporate a high-speed serial-access memory.[1] Like the ENIAC, the EDVAC was built for the U.S. Army's Ballistics Research Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground by the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Eckert and Mauchly and the other ENIAC designers were joined by John von Neumann in a consulting role; von Neumann summarized and discussed logical design developments in the 1945 First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC.[2]
A contract to build the new computer was signed in April 1946 with an initial budget of US$100,000. The contract named the device the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator. The final cost of EDVAC, however, was similar to the ENIAC's, at just under $500,000.
Technical description[edit]
The EDVAC was a binary serial computer with automatic addition, subtraction, multiplication, programmed division and automatic checking with an ultrasonic serial memory[1] capacity of 1,000 44-bit words (later 1,024 words, thus giving a memory, in modern terms, of 5.5 kilobytes).
Physically, the computer comprised the following components:
a magnetic tape reader-recorder (Wilkes 1956:36[1] describes this as a wire recorder.)
a control unit with an oscilloscope
a dispatcher unit to receive instructions from the control and memory and direct them to other units
a computational unit to perform arithmetic operations on a pair of numbers at a time and send the result to memory after checking on a duplicate unit
a timer
a dual memory unit consisting of two sets of 64 mercury acoustic delay lines of eight words capacity on each line
three temporary tanks each holding a single word[1]
EDVAC's average addition time was 864 microseconds (about 1,160 operations per second) and its average multiplication time was 2,900 microseconds (about 340 operations per second). Time for an operation depended on memory access time, which varied depending on the memory address and the current point in the serial memory's recirculation cycle.
The computer had almost 6,000 vacuum tubes and 12,000 diodes, and consumed 56 kW of power. It covered 490 ft² (45.5 m²) of floor space and weighed 17,300 pounds (8.7 short tons; 7.8 t).[3] The full complement of operating personnel was thirty people per eight-hour shift.
Impact on future computer design[edit]
John Von Neumann's famous EDVAC monograph, First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, proposed the main enhancement to its design that embodied the principle "stored-program" concept that we now call the Von Neumann architecture. This was the storing of the program in the same memory as the data. The British computers EDSAC at Cambridge and the Manchester Baby were the first working computers that followed this design. And it has been followed by the great majority of all computers ever made since. Having the program and data in different memories is now called the Harvard architecture to distinguish it.
Installation and operation[edit]
EDVAC was delivered to the Ballistics Research Laboratory in 1949. After a number of problems had been discovered and solved, the computer began operation in 1951 although only on a limited basis.[4][5]
In 1952 (April/May) it was running over 7 hours a day (period from 15 April to 31 May, used for 341 hours).[6]
By 1957 EDVAC was running over 20 hours a day with error-free run time averaging 8 hours. EDVAC received a number of upgrades including punch-card I/O in 1954, extra memory in slower magnetic drum form in 1955, and a floating-point arithmetic unit in 1958.
EDVAC ran until 1962[4] when it was replaced by BRLESC.
List of vacuum tube computers
^ a b c d e Wilkes, M. V. (1956). Automatic Digital Computers. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 305 pages. QA76.W5 1956.
^ "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC" (PDF format) by John von Neumann, Contract No.W-670-ORD-4926, between the United States Army Ordnance Department and the University of Pennsylvania. Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, June 30, 1945. The report is also available in Stern, Nancy (1981). From ENIAC to UNIVAC: An Appraisal of the Eckert–Mauchly Computers. Digital Press.
^ Weik, Martin H. (December 1955). "EDVAC". ed-thelen.org. A Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems.
^ a b Williams, Michael R. (1993). "The origins, uses, and fate of the edvac". IEEE Ann. Hist. Comput. 15 (1): 30, 32–33, 36–37. Archived from the original on 2004-03-07.
^ "The EDVAC". Digital Computer Newsletter. 3 (1): 2. April 1951.
^ "6. Aberdeen Proving Ground Computers: The EDVAC". Digital Computer Newsletter. 4 (3): 4. July 1952.
Moore School of Electrical Engineering (1949). A Functional Description of the EDVAC: A Report of Development Work under Contract W36-034-ORD-7593 with the Ordnance Department, Department of the Army. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania. A complete technical description of EDVAC's original structure and operation in 1949; includes an errata dated 1950. Fully viewable online.
Oral history interview with J. Presper Eckert, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
Oral history interview with Carl Chambers, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
Oral history interview with Irven A. Travis, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
Oral history interview with S. Reid Warren, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
Oral history interview with Frances E. Holberton, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EDVAC&oldid=885432833"
1950s computers
Computer-related introductions in 1951
One-of-a-kind computers
Early computers
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An Analysis of "Genocide"
Professor Justin McCarthy was asked by the Turkish Forum to provide an analysis of the statement of The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), when that body was asked to intervene during the talks of The Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Committee.
Other analyses of genocide principles follow.
The most dangerous problem is that, once the word genocide is used, people do not think of the UN definition. They think of what Hitler did to the Jews.
It must first be understood that the ICTJ statement that the word
"genocide" can be applied to what happened to the Armenians is true. They applied the UN Genocide Convention definitions to the history of one group, the Armenians, during World War I. Note what ICTJ states as defining the so-called genocide:
i) The perpetrator killed one or more persons.
ii) Such person or persons belonged to a particular national, ethnical, racial, or religious group
iii) The conduct took place in the context of a manifest pattern of
similar conduct directed against that group.
All of those statements were true of the so-called "Armenian Genocide." There were indeed many Muslims of Eastern Anatolia who killed Armenians. That fulfills the definition. Indeed, the definition is fulfilled whenever two "national, ethnical, racial, or religious groups" fight each other.
The basic problem is that the UN definition of genocide is essentially meaningless. It can be applied to almost any conflict. The most dangerous problem is that, once the word genocide is used, people do not think of the UN definition. They think of what Hitler did to the Jews. Those who read that the ICTJ has decided that the Turks committed genocide will seldom read the quasi-legal document produced by the ICTJ. Often they will not even know there is a UN Genocide Convention. Instead, their prejudices will be reinforced. Their knowledge will not be increased. They will blame
the Turks without knowing anything of the real history of the events.
By the UN definition there indeed was a genocide of the Armenians. There also was a genocide of the Muslims and a genocide of the Turks. When the Armenian Nationalists killed the Muslims of Van, was that not genocide? When they rounded up the villagers around Van, herded them into the great natural bowl in Zeve, then killed them, was that not genocide? Was the Armenian murder of the innocent and unarmed Muslims of Erzurum,
Erzincan, Tercan, and so many other places not genocide?
...The authors completely adopted the Armenian Nationalists' view of history.
Beyond the fact that the UN definition is meaningless there are some extremely troubling facets to the ICTJ analysis: They state, "This memorandum is a legal, not a factual or historical analysis." How, one might ask, can anyone make a decision on the events of World War I without an historical analysis? Of course, ICTJ does make an historical analysis. Indeed, they also make a "factual analysis," using a very selected group of facts. While a number of what may be called the standard works of the Armenian Cause are cited, only one brief book published by Turkish Government and some Government web sites are cited (thus reinforcing the erroneous view that only the Turkish Government objects to the Armenian version of history.) Reading the text, it is obvious that the authors completely adopted the Armenian Nationalists' view of history. They do not seem to have attempted to consider the other side. Had they done so, they would have seen that applying the word "genocide" only to the Turks was anything but a neutral statement of fact.
If one only utilizes the fabrications in sources such as the Bryce
Report or the missionary reports, then "genocide" is a foregone conclusion. Those books contain few dead Turks. The only suffering mentioned is Armenian suffering. Using only such sources results in a complete distortion of history. World War I propaganda becomes modern propaganda, dressed in a
legalistic package.
I have no idea of the process used in naming the ICTJ to make this decision. Nor do I know how the ICTJ went about making their decision. Perhaps their good will was wrongly assumed. More likely, they simply did not know what they were doing. They may have believed they were making a simple legal statement that needed little historical analysis. That is a sure path to error, because those who believe they do not need to study history all too often accept what they have always been told without examining the facts, exactly what happened here.
I have supported and still support the concept of a Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission. Anything that brings contending sides together to discuss their differences is good. But the TARC made a false step in asking the ICTJ for their opinion. I have never agreed with the idea of submitting historical questions to lawyers for final answers. What is needed is a commission of historians, not a commission of lawyers.
--Justin McCarthy
Food for Thought: "Nullum Crimen"
The principle called "Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali" is a basic maxim in continental European legal thinking,and recognized in virtually all modern democracies. It was authored by Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach as part of the Bavarian Code in 1813. This maxim states that there can be no crime committed, and no punishment meted out, without a violation of penal law as it existed at the time. This basic legal principle has been incorporated into international criminal law. It thus prohibits the creation of ex post facto laws.
What this basically means is that penal law cannot be enacted retroactively, for an offense not existing when that offense was committed ("nullum crimen"); that is, one cannot be penalized for doing something that isn't prohibited by law.
Apart from it, the alleged acts against Armenians in 1915 do not constitute the crime of genocide because International law did not proscribe it as the crime of genocide in 1915. Moreover, if we apply logic to generality then, "the killing of Jesus on (the) cross constitutes the crime (of) torture under the European Convention on Human Rights". How it is consistent with the common sense? How can you apply the present concepts retroactively? How could any reasonable person argue that (the) British Empire's occupation of Egypt in (the) 1800(s) constitutes the crime of aggression? Was that act considered aggression at that time?
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Armenians perpetuate deceitful arguments
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The weakest point of the reply given by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) to an "unasked question" was that by putting forth the thesis "If the Genocide Convention were to be applied retroactively, the Armenian incidents could have been considered a genocide" is related to the "motive" behind the "intent to destroy."
Perpetration of any crime involves a specific "act." When a criminal act, for example a murder, is committed, the reason for the crime, that is, the motive that led to the crime, is of secondary importance. In a sudden fit of anger a person may kill another person who has insulted him. Another person may attempt to commit robbery and kill the victim when the victim resists that attempt. The difference (in the former's favor) between these two cases would be taken into consideration by a judge, albeit only as a mitigating circumstance.
However, in cases of genocide the "motive" is much more important. The Nuremberg court's charter took the "motive" into account, and the court considered that factor when meting out their sentences. In that case the motive was anti-Semitism, that is, racism. Without anti-Semitism the Holocaust could never have happened. The Ottomans, however, did not harbor any such racist hatred towards the Armenians, hence the absence of motive for the intent to destroy.
At the end of paragraph two of the convention is the phrase, "as such." That phrase is highly important on issues pertaining to genocide because in that paragraph that particular phrase means annihilation of a given group merely because of its identity. The ICTJ document quotes the Siamese delegate's interpretation of that phrase (p. 17). That interpretation can hardly be understandable and it is interesting that this interpretation was obtained from a delegate who had not played a significant part in the negotiations. Maybe the ICTJ's legal "expert" was the Siamese twin of that person!
Those who would like to have more information on this issue can read pages 245-256 of the book "Genocide in International Law" by William A. Shabas. The writer recounts that the motive of racism was upheld by many delegates including those from Lebanon, the Soviet Union, Poland, China, the Philippines and New Zealand and further notes that when the phrase "as such" was proposed by the Venezuelan delegate the United States accepted it.
According to that formula, genocide is the killing of the members of a group not because they have done something (for example, rebelling or aiding the foreign armies etc.) but merely because they are members of that group (that is, because they are considered members of a dehumanized race such as the Jews had been).
In his interpretation the Siamese delegate cites the "political group" as one of the groups that would be the target of a genocidal attempt to destroy. However, the drafting committee did not include the "political group" among the four groups (national, racial, religious and ethnic) that would be protected by the convention.
This is the crucial point. Political group means a group that engages in a struggle with political aims. The Armenians fighting to set up their own independent state on a piece of land made a political group par excellence. But then the other side, the Turks in this case, had the right to struggle in order to retain that piece of land they also deemed to be their homeland and on which their members constituted by far the majority of the population.
In this context one side can rebel and the other side can quell the rebellion; there can be mutual killings between the civilians; one side can join hands with the foreigners and thus commit high treason; the other side can attempt a relocation of the former while crimes may be committed in the course of that relocation, etc. Crimes thus committed against civilians would not come under the category of genocide. Hence the Armenians were subjected to that kind of treatment not because they were Armenians but because they had engaged in armed struggle to attain their political aims. Besides, many more Turks and/or Muslims were also subjected to that same kind of treatment by the Armenians.
The "legal" study made by the ICTJ distorts these facts. If, because of that study, the Armenians really believe that they are "in the right" from a legal standpoint (in other words, if they believe there had been a genocide from a legal standpoint), they can invite Turkey to adjudication or to arbitration immediately. It is because they know they cannot take that path that they elicit such deceitful documents as the ICTJ study. Look at the Armenians' well-known ANI Web site and you will see that all the documents are fakes. The "Talat Pasha telegrams" were also bogus.
Armenians believe the Turks had so grossly victimized them they think they are entitled to engage in any kind of fraud in self-defense. David Phillips should have acted with the awareness of this fact. On the contrary, by supporting that weakness of the Armenians he actually pushed the Turkish Armenian Reconciliation Commission (TARC) into failure. He doesn't know about the Armenian incidents and hasn't even read the convention. When I asked him why he did not study these subjects, he said if he learned about them he might become biased. However, his ignorance has not made him more impartial.
The results wouldn't have been like these if there were a more mature, more emotionally balanced and more ethical person in David Phillips's place.


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Het werk vond zijn oorsprong in de achtste symfonie van die Finse componist. Deze symfonie voor kerkorgel en symfonieorkest werd in maart 2005 opnieuw uitgevoerd met als solist Jan Lehtola. Deze vroeg naar aanleiding van die uitvoeringen om een groots werk voor zijn muziekinstrument. Dit combinerend met het feit dat Aho bezig was een solowerk te schrijven voor (bijna) alle muziekinstrumenten, leverde Alles Vergängliche op. Het is een werk dat ondergebracht wordt in een apart genre binnen de symfonie, de orgelsymfonie, waarbij het orgel met zijn vele klanken optreedt als vervanging van het symfonieorkest. De orgelsymfonie kende haar hoogtijdagen binnen de Franse romantiek. Aho schrijft eigentijdse klassieke muziek.

Deze orgelsymfonie kent de klassieke opbouw van de (kerk)symfonie met haar vier delen. Ook stijlfiguren uit de klassieke muziek zijn terug te vinden in dit werk. Deel 2 begint met de fuga, deel 3 bevat toonladdermotieven, deel 4 laat fragmenten uit het openingsdeel terugkomen. De delen 1 en 2 worden achter elkaar doorgepeeld, net zoals de delen 3 en 4. De componist gaf zelf aan dat het werk extreem moeilijk uit te voeren is en eigenlijk alleen geschikt is voor grote orgels in kathedralen etc. De titel haalde hij uit Faust van Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Lehtola speelde het werk voor het eerst op 25 juni 2009 op het kerkorgel van de kerk in Mänttä (Mäntän kirko).

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The High Court (HC) yesterday banned the making of any movie or drama on Jaha Alam, who was wrongly imprisoned for three years in place of the real accused, in connection with more than two dozen corruption cases.
After the HC order, ACC lawyer advocate Khurshid Alam Khan told reporters that the ban would remain effective until disposal of a rule issued by another HC bench relating to the Jaha Alam story. The information secretary and cultural affairs secretary have been asked to implement the HC order so that no film or drama is made on Jaha Alam.
In 2014, the ACC prosecuted one Abu Saleque in 26 cases on charges relating to loan fraud, involving Tk. 185 million, from Sonali Bank. Officials of the bank, however, identified Jaha Alam as Saleque and the jute mill worker was arrested in 2016. Later, the HC issued a suo motu order to free Jaha Alam following a report published in a national daily and shown on a television channel in February.Jaha Alam was freed from Gazipur's Kashimpur Jail after serving three years.
Filmmaker Maria Tushar had told the media that she wanted to make a film based on Jaha Alam's experience. Tushar even registered at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) to direct the film. Jaha Alam said he was not aware about any move to make a film on him. The ACC submitted an affidavit on March 5 in connection with the Jaha Alam incident.
On March 6, the HC observed that the ACC has to take the responsibility for Jaha Alam's ordeal, as the commission failed to take any step to secure his bail even after getting proof of his innocence in the case.
The High Court (HC) yesterday banned the making of any movie or drama on Jaha Alam, who was wrongly imprisoned for three years in place of the real accused, in connection with more than two dozen corruption cases. In response to a petition, an HC bench, comprising Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam, came up with the embargo. After the HC order, ACC lawyer advocate Khurshid Alam Khan told reporters that the ban would remain effective until disposal of a rule issued by another HC bench relating to the Jaha Alam story. The information secretary and cultural affairs secretary have been asked to implement the HC order so that no film or drama is made on Jaha Alam. On Tuesday, Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan filed the petition on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), seeking a stay order. Citing from the petition, Khan told reporters that the case regarding Jaha Alam is pending before the High Court, so no film can be made on the sub-judice matter On Monday, Khan had said that recently they have seen the news about a film on Jaha Alam, but the fact is the case is still under trial. In 2014, the ACC prosecuted one Abu Saleque in 26 cases on charges relating to loan fraud, involving Tk. 185 million, from Sonali Bank. Officials of the bank, however, identified Jaha Alam as Saleque and the jute mill worker was arrested in 2016. Later, the HC issued a suo motu order to free Jaha Alam following a report published in a national daily and shown on a television channel in February.Jaha Alam was freed from Gazipurs Kashimpur Jail after serving three years. Filmmaker Maria Tushar had told the media that she wanted to make a film based on Jaha Alams experience. Tushar even registered at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) to direct the film. Jaha Alam said he was not aware about any move to make a film on him. The ACC submitted an affidavit on March 5 in connection with the Jaha Alam incident. On March 6, the HC observed that the ACC has to take the responsibility for Jaha Alams ordeal, as the commission failed to take any step to secure his bail even after getting proof of his innocence in the case.


Lately I've been thinking that this might be the end of the world.
I've heard it so much I can't ignore it anymore. My mind can only pretend for so long before it starts letting in other people's imagined fears and calling them my own.
Lately I've been thinking about what it would be like to get in a car and drive until I reached the end of whatever line I'm not allowed to cross. Maybe I would discover the cliff where we drop off in an ocean of stars, a galaxy of water where we all sound the same.
Lately I've been thinking that we all look the same when we're afraid. I've also been thinking that we look the same when we're happy, but it seems like we're not feeling that all that much anymore.
Lately I've been thinking that we're all very much the same. We all want to feel the pull of love and the push of acceptance. We all want the same things. I guess we all just have very different ways of getting there.
Lately I've been thinking that if this really is the end of the world, at least we're all in it together.


Is Will Smith's 'Aladdin' Genie Hot?
There's something disconcerting about all these upcoming Disney reboots, right? Our animated childhood heroes have been brought back to life by Hollywood actors and CGI teams, and in some cases they're looking a little different. Last night an extended trailer finally dropped for Guy Ritchie's Aladdin — in which Will Smith takes the reins from Robin Williams as a scene-stealing genie — and people are feeling multiple types of ways about his blueness and buffness.
Smith only appears in the trailer's final seconds, but he makes an impression. First of all, as many Twitter users have observed, genie has been going to the gym. He is… surprisingly thicc, and also very digital looking. Big Blue Man Group slash Tobias Fünke energy. Is the Aladdin genie hot now? That's up to you. A matter of personal choice.
The memes have been relentless, obviously. Many reactions likely stem from the fact that even though Williams's 1992 genie was blue in color, Smith's animated body comes as something of a surprise — he looked way more normal when the Aladdin cast was revealed last year on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, bizarre hairpiece aside.
Blue Will Smith aside, we're also excited to see Mena Massoud as Aladdin's titular character. He's one of PAPER's 100 Predictions for 2019. Aladdin hits cinemas May 24.


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He began his career with the Motherwell Bridge Group on a graduate programme where he worked as part of the in-house engineering and technical recruitment team. He left in December 2002 to take up a new challenge in Oil and Gas sector recruitment for Brunel International where he was responsible for permanent placements and in Autumn 2006 opened their Aberdeen office. Since joining Odgers, he has worked with on a wide range of assignments across Financial Services, Professional Services, Not for Profit, Public Sector, Education, Sports, and Engineering. Andrew has assisted clients in appointing key people in all functions including; Chief Executives, Finance Directors, Non Executive Directors, Legal Partners, Risk Management, and other senior management roles.
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Joe Vogel, Cotter class of 1996, was a devoted alum and community member. He passed away in August of 2010 from colon cancer. The Cotter community had a positive impact on Joe's life – leading him to often share memories or stories from his time at Cotter. Cotter was part of his family. Joe will always be remembered for his smile, sense of humor and his efforts to "Pay it Forward".
Created by Joe's Family, Friends, and co-workers at Frito Lay Inc., the Joe Vogel "Pay it Forward" Scholarship Fund has been established. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a Cotter Student who upholds and lives the spirit of "Pay it Forward". The award will be applied directly to their Cotter tuition.
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In a recent interview with Artemis, Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) said that it expects pricing in the reinsurance industry to decline by up to 5% during 2017 and possibly decline in 2018, highlighting a continuation of the myriad of industry challenges.
Reinsurance industry players have noted further, albeit moderated price declines at the key January 1st 2017 renewals, a trend that Brandan Holmes, Vice President (VP), Senior Analyst at Moody's, told Artemis he expects to continue in the coming months.
"We expect reinsurance prices to fall by 0% to 5% during 2017, and possibly into 2018. Ample supplies of alternative capital, including meaningful amounts waiting on the sidelines for pricing to improve, will likely cap any meaningful price increases, at least over the medium term," said Holmes.
Despite global, insured catastrophe losses in 2016 being the highest of the last four years, at a reported $50 billion, the highly competitive and overcapitalised state of the reinsurance market means that a truly substantial volume of capacity is likely required to exit the space before pricing starts to turn.
Further, yet reduced price deterioration was expected at the key 1/1 2017 renewals, and as well as suggesting this trend could persist into 2018, absent a major catastrophe, Holmes told Artemis that Moody's sees no catalyst for a meaningful capital reduction in 2017.
Times are challenging for global reinsurers, both the traditional and the more alternative market players, but the relatively benign loss experience and strong reserve releasing has enabled companies to keep their return on equity (ROE) above their cost-of-capital, for the most part, explained Holmes.
"ROE for Moody's-rated reinsurers fell to 8.4% in Q3 2016 from 12% in 2013. We expect further deterioration in normalized ROEs (i.e. adjusted for expected nat-cats and reserve releases) during 2017, with normalized returns falling below many reinsurers' cost of capital," said Holmes.
Exacerbating the negative impact of persistent price declines in the reinsurance sector, Holmes also told Artemis that the ongoing low interest rate environment would continue to hinder investment returns, suggesting that rates need to increase by 200 to 300 bps above current levels to reverse the current yield environment.
Amidst the challenges, demand for reinsurance throughout 2016 increased slightly, according to Moody's, and the financial services firm expects demand to continue to rise modestly in the coming months, which, as in 2016, could help to slow the rate of price declines in the sector.
Insurers took advantage of the buyers market landscape and utilized a greater volume of efficient reinsurance capacity to reduce earnings volatility, while the larger reinsurers saw increased demand for private, bespoke transactions in 2016, another trend Moody's expects to continue in 2017.
"Based on Moody's reinsurance buyer survey, published in September 2016, 24% of cedants plan to buy more property reinsurance in 2017, and 19% expect to purchase additional casualty cover," explained Moody's.
Alternative reinsurance capital continued to expand in 2016, albeit at a slower pace than in previous years, and while the additional glut of efficient capacity undoubtedly adds to pricing pressures, its size, permanence, and influence continues to provide reinsurers with an opportunity.
Holmes said; "As investors become more sophisticated and increasingly familiar with alternative capital structures, we expect that they will make a meaningful move into non-property lines, further increasing pricing pressure. At the same time, many (re)insurers are becoming more comfortable with deploying third-party capital in their own capital structures, in an effort to lower their blended cost of capital.
In recent times reinsurance industry M&A has mostly come from larger, more diversified companies acquiring mid-tier reinsurers, which Moody's says helped to alleviate some of the cyclical pressures felt by the less diversified players.
"Increased scale and market presence offer opportunities for reinsurers to bolster profits through operational efficiencies, and also enhance their appeal to cedants," said Holmes.
"We also expect the changing market place to encourage more research and development, expanding new and existing insurable risks (e.g. cyber (re)insurance and solutions)," he concluded.
With the possibility that price declines in the global reinsurance market could persist into 2018 it might not be too long before some in the space see their profitability diminish fast, as ROEs fall further and combined ratios increase.
Thinning reserves and normalised catastrophe losses exacerbate the situation for global reinsurers, so it will be interesting to see what companies do to try to navigate the ongoing, softening landscape throughout 2017 and beyond.


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It seems that more and more people have visions of someday being self-employed. There are plenty of good reasons to pursue this, but there's also a strong case to be made for the steady reliability of a 9-to-5 job working for someone else. Having spent eight years self-employed and now the last year working for someone else, there's pros and cons to both sides. However, many of the reasons that people use as pros to justify self-employment aren't the least bit valid.
There are these myths that we all tell ourselves to put self-employment on a pedestal, but only a tiny amount of them hold water. For many of these, if you're serious about making as big of a life change as quitting your job and starting a business, there are many less drastic measures you can take with much lower risk to address some of the factors that are likely nudging you towards self-employment.
More often than not, changing jobs can be a much less drastic solution that can improve your situation much more quickly and with much less stress. Sure changing jobs is difficult, but I assure you it's much easier than striking out on your own.
You hate commuting. Remote work is becoming increasingly common and accepted. Alternatively, if remote work isn't an option, finding a job closer to home is going to be much lower stress than starting a business.
You believe there's a better way to do things. There's always a better way, and there's always other teams doing it a better way. And joining a team that's already doing it better is a wonderful learning opportunity.
You want to spend more time on projects you're passionate about. This can backfire quickly. Once you're self-employed, it's 100% on you to take care of business. Finding time for passion projects quickly becomes even more difficult. Once I started on Sifter, every ounce of energy I had went into Sifter. The side projects I dreamed of never materialized.
You want more compensation. You may feel like you're not adequately rewarded for your contribution. You may simply want to make more money. Just realize that the path to self-employment almost invariably goes through the trough of low income. If you don't have a healthy financial cushion or the flexibility to get through that, you're going to end up disappointed. And your financial cushion will disappear as well.
You want to work fewer hours or take more time off. Unless you're incredibly disciplined, this one is a long shot. All of the pressure is going to be on you, and every day or hour you take off is one more that you won't be making money. Sure, at some point, you can get there, but it won't be in those first two years. That's not to say that it's not possible, but it's much easier to use vacation days at a regular job than to give yourself permission to take time off when you're self-employed.
You want to have a more positive impact on the world. This one is hard. Self-employment by itself isn't the most efficient way to do this. Working on a team that's working on a larger project is a great way to do this. Or taking less money and working for a good cause that you believe in is another way.
You're tired of bureaucracy and red tape. This is another one that can be improved by working for the right company and with the right team. Being independent doesn't relieve you of this kind of stuff. To some degree, it increases it because things like bookkeeping, taxes, payroll, hiring/firing, and more are now entirely on you.
If you want to go out on your own, make sure it's for reasons that can't be fulfilled by a regular job. There are plenty of great reasons to go out on your own. For me, I spent years being fascinated and obsessed with bug and issue tracking. I started toying around with ideas as a side project with zero intention of building a business, but too many people expressed and interest and encouraged me to do more. Turning it into a business was the only logical way that it could be sustainable.
I spent eight years self-employed making a good living working on something I loved, but it took a toll. I had a successful and profitable business bringing in low-six-figure revenue every year. Now, I'm working for a company that I love. I work on products I care about. I work with tools that I love. I work from home. I take more days off. I make more money. I'm surrounded by a team of really talented people that teach me new things every day. I no longer wake up in the middle of the night to put out virtual fires. I have better health insurance. Life is genuinely better in every measurable way.
Start your own business. Don't start your own business. Do whatever you want. Just make sure it is what you want and that you're doing it for the right reasons. Being self-employed can be great, but it isn't all it's cracked up to be. I imagine someday I'll re-join the ranks of the self-employed as well, but if I do, it will be carefully considered and under no illusions that it will be utopia.


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by Mal Lee 06 Jun 2016
The late great management guru Peter Drucker famously observed: "I never predict. I simply look out the window and see what is visible but not yet seen."
The pace, magnitude and uncertainty of the Digital Revolution makes that evermore important. No one can foretell exactly what technologies schools will be using in five years let alone ten.
Fortunately in considering the role of the digital in future schooling one has only to look at how society has embraced and normalised the use of the digital and social networking, at the young's 24/7/365 use of their personal technology and the digital transformation of all manner of organisations to recognise the likely scenario.
The challenge is to cease seeing schools as 'stand alone', seemingly distinct organisations, immune to the impact of the digital revolution. They – whether they like it or not - are part of the wider networked society where the digital is daily transforming our lives, thinking, expectations, work, education and the nature of all organisations, including schools.
Indeed the digital transformation occurring at pace in the pathfinder schools closely parallels that within the digital masters of business.
...moving schools from their traditional entrenched, risk-averse paper based culture and operational mode to a digital operational paradigm and mindset, where the school thrives on mess, seeming chaos, non-linear growth, risk taking and continued change. It is an immense cultural shift that takes years of astute concerted effort. What is evident is that the digital technology will underpin the total operations of most schools, impacting the teaching, administration and the nature of the schooling provided, continually transforming and enhancing their operations and productivity.
The use of the digital will be normalised, like it is already outside the school walls. The technology will become all pervasive and as invisible as the paper technology of the traditional school.
That normalised usage by the total school community will impact, often unwittingly, on every aspect of the school's culture, thinking, teaching, administration, relations, structure, performance, growth and evolution.
In moving to a digital operational mode and mindset the experience of the pathfinders (Lee and Broadie, 2016), society and business (Westerman, et al, 2014) suggests most schools will leave their world of constancy and continuity and move to one of continual, uncertain and often seemingly chaotic change and evolution.
In the process schools, like their industry and public sector counterparts, will use the digital to shape increasingly integrated, higher order, mature and more productive ecosystems to enhance their performance and customer appeal. As the school ecosystem grows so it will interact with other ecosystems, and will impact and be impacted by them (Lee and Broadie, 2016).
The digitally based ecosystem will be critical. It will be the desired totality that matters, not the parts or particular technology.
The likely roles to be played by the digital technology includes its:
Provision of an increasingly sophisticated and powerful operational platform
Normalised 24/7/365 use by all within the school community – the teachers, students, parents and extended families
Enhancement of organisational convergence, efficiency and synergy and reduction of operating costs
Fostering communication, collaboration and social networking
Shaping ecosystems that simultaneously address all the variables that impact student learning, in and outside the school walls 24/7/365
Facilitation of continual organisational evolution and enhancement
Markedly and continually enhancing school productivity
When one compares the productivity of the traditional paper based school with the digital it is obvious why all schools will have to go digital to remain viable (Lee, 2015b).
In 2016 only a small proportion of the world's schools have normalised the whole of school community use of the digital and are using it in the roles described. The reason why is simple, it is very hard to do.
Critically the research reveals it requires astute school principals with vision, digital acumen, persistent intent, willing and able to lead digital schools. It calls for principals who can simultaneously and successfully address the near fifty key variables, human and technological (Lee and Broadie, 2016) required for on-going digital evolution. It entails moving schools from their traditional entrenched, risk-averse paper based culture and operational mode to a digital operational paradigm and mindset, where the school thrives on mess, seeming chaos, non-linear growth, risk taking and continued change. It is an immense cultural shift that takes years of astute concerted effort.
Schools without those principals will struggle to make the shift.
Moreover it entails creating a teaching and learning ecology appropriate for a digital and socially networked society. Within that environment – that is largely antithetical to the traditional - the learner is placed at the centre, the young are trusted and empowered, and learning occurs 24/7/365, anytime anywhere. Within the classroom the students are
Encouraged to use their personal ever-evolving suit of digital technologies (BYOT).
Responsible for operating their chosen kit.
Trust is critical.
Significantly the pathfinder schools have relinquished their unilateral control of the teaching and learning - and the use of the digital – and distributed that control, genuinely collaborating with all the 'teachers' of the young, respecting their contribution, pooling the resources and expertise of the school and its homes, marrying the in and out of school teaching and learning.
Vitally it also sees the teachers being trusted, empowered and treated as professionals, and encouraged and supported to build upon the emerging opportunities, to take risks and push the envelope.
That type of ecology necessitates the school having an appropriate professionally governed and maintained digital ecosystem – not a part time ICT committee. The ecosystem needs to facilitate, support and advance the desired holistic teaching and learning, the realisation of the school's shaping educational vision and the continued growth and evolution of the school. One is looking at an astutely shaped, tightly integrated, increasingly sophisticated and ultra reliable school digital ecosystem (Lee, 2016) that allows empowered teachers their freedom. It too is antithetical to the traditional unilaterally controlled and managed ICT model.
Central to the operations and growth of that digital ecosystem is a comprehensive continually evolving school website and complementary digital communications suit, controlled and maintained by the school (Lee, 2015b). Together they provide the school's interface with the networked world.
Experience underscores the imperative of having ample and expanding bandwidth and a campus wide Wi Fi based network able to readily accommodate the escalating student and technological demands.
The pathfinder's journeys affirm the importance of every teaching room having the apt large screen interactive digital presentation facility/ies, able to interface with the student's chosen technologies. History has demonstrated that aptness can change over time and vary from teaching area to teaching area, with the needs of a senior art teacher likely being quite different to a special needs teacher.
The 'one size fits all' imperative, if it ever really existed, has passed its use by date.
The pathfinders in schooling, and business, have already reached the technology agnostic stage. With the IoT so long as it has Web access it matters not what is used. Schools don't have to use the one operating system, the one model of computer or the same IWBs. That is likely to be difficult for many school 'ICT experts' to accept.
The normalised use of the digital, its slipping invisibly into the background obliges schools largely replicate the conditions that makes that normalisation possible outside the school. All the students need to be trusted to use in class their personal choice of digital technologies, that which meets their particular learning style. One is looking at the evolving suit of digital technologies they already use 24/7/365, which they understand, maintain and refresh. Trusting the students to bring their own technology is critical to moving the school through the BYOT phase to digital normalisation (Lee and Levins, 2016).
The students who can will provide the personal technologies, while the school will support those who can't and provide the underpinning systems, technology and the support infrastructure.
In considering the likely role of the digital in future schooling it is vital to stop seeing all schools as the same. Each is at a different stage on the digital evolutionary continuum. The difference between schools in the use of the digital is already vast and widening at pace (Lee and Broadie, 2016).
Every school is unique. While as complex adaptive systems there will be many common variables each school has ultimately to determine the role the digital will play in its operations and growth.
- Lee, M (2015a) Lee, M (2015 a) 'The Changing Role and Importance of the School Website'. Educational Technology Solutions May 2015
- Lee, M (2015b) 'Schools Have to go Digital to Remain Viable' Educational Technology Solutions July 2015
- Lee, M (2016) 'The 'CDO' and Governance of the School Digital Ecosystem' Educational Technology Solutions February 2016
- Lee, M and Broadie, R (2016) A Taxonomy of School Evolutionary Stages Broulee Australia Digital Evolution of Schooling – www.digitalevolutionofschooling.net
- Lee, M and Levins, M (2016) BYOT and the Digital Evolution of Schooling, London EdFutures
- Westerman, G, Bonnett, D and McAfee, A (2014) Leading Digital. Turning Technology into Business Transformation, Boston, Harvard Business Review Press
Mal Lee
Technology Writer, Author & Blogger
Mal Lee is an internationally published educational consultant and author specialising in the digital evolution and transformation of schooling.
His focus in recent years has been on the structural transformation occurring in the pathfinder schools globally and the lessons flowing from those schools. In that context he has written extensively on the move to a 24/7/365 mode of schooling, the critical importance of BYOT and the importance of shaping increasingly powerful, digitally based school ecosystems.
Mal is a former director of schools, head of board of senior studies, secondary college principal, technology company director and a member of the Mayer Committee that identified the Key Competencies for Australia's schools.
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Keep Your Finances on Track with Money Dashboard
Laura Pourinski	 Comments March 25, 2018
Nearly everyone these days is looking to save more money and earn more money, too. While staying on top of financial goals can be overwhelming, there are companies that offer critical data, information and guidance to help a consumer keep of track of their finances. That includes Money Dashboard. The Edinburgh, Scotland-based website was founded in 2010.
"The mission is to help UK consumers make their money go further by empowering them to make informed financial decisions," said Sean MacNicol, engagement manager for Money Dashboard, who spoke to RewardExpert. Besides its desktop site, Money Dashboard is also available on mobile, iOS and Android apps.
All Your Financial Info in One Place
Money Dashboard offers a user a true account of their financial situation. "Our free Personal Finance Assistant integrates all the user's current accounts, credit cards and savings accounts into one secure app that then shows them exactly where their money goes," said MacNicol. "Consumers are increasingly benefiting from banking with multiple institutions as they go in search of better interest rates on savings accounts and additional benefits from credit cards.
The time and hassle involved in logging in to each individual account to retrieve information simply isn't efficient, and that's where Money Dashboard comes into its own." In addition, most transactions and balances are grouped by spending category, such as bills, entertainment and insurance. Account balances are also refreshed daily, so the most up-to-date information is available right at a user's fingertips.
Money Dashboard provides bank-level security to protect your data
Achieving Your Financial Goals
Besides providing a true snapshot of a user's financial health, Money Dashboard also provides tools to help a user achieve their financials goals. "Our market-leading categorization engine intelligently analyses the user's transactions to show them where their money goes, and helps them create budgets that they can actually stick to. This helps them to spend, save and borrow more efficiently." In fact, MacNicol told the story of one user named Daniel. "He recently took to Twitter to tell us how he used our cash-flow planning feature to forecast his future balances and make ongoing changes to improve his finances, which resulted in him and his wife being able to successfully buy their first home!"
A Savings Crisis
While users like Daniel show what's possible with Money Dashboard, there is no doubt that saving enough money is a challenge for people no matter where they live. In the United States, the personal saving rate hovers around 5.7%, according to government figures. And it's much the same in the UK.
"Twenty-one million UK adults have less than £500 in savings, leaving them unprepared to deal with unexpected bills or payments. Nineteen million don't have an approach to budgeting that they feel works, and four out of 10 do not feel that they are in control of their finances," said MacNicol. That makes companies like Money Dashboard, with their ability to help a user make informed financial decisions, all the more important.
You can see exactly what you are spending with graphics that show how your budget is allocated
Money's Next Frontier
As banking becomes even more digital, Money Dashboard is busy making sure it stays ahead of the curve for both its business practices and its user base. MacNicol said, "Innovation in the industry will only continue to accelerate, and Money Dashboard intends to be the market-leading tool, winning the custom of millions of consumers across the UK."
That includes playing a role in legislation involving Open Banking, which goes into effect in January. "The UK personal finance market will see radical change and growth starting in January 2018, meaning consumers will have access to a huge range of third party apps that they can authorize to help them manage their finances in different ways," said MacNicol.
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Idaho Steelheads Report: Steelies Take Advantage of Cross Conference Games
Posted by Stephen Meserve on January 30, 2013
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The Idaho Steelheads came out of the All-Star break with a three game road trip to the east coast as they took on the South Carolina Stingrays (Providence Bruins) and the Gwinnett Gladiators (Rochester Americans).
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Tristan King
King did not make the trip to Utah to take on the Grizzlies (Abbotsford Heat) back on Jan 21 and once again stayed home for the trip out east with an injury. He has not yet been placed in an IR spot, so I am imagining there is an outside chance for him to be back in the lineup this coming weekend.
Tyler Beskorowany
Since the New Year he has a record of 4-1-1-1 including a 51 save night against the Utah Grizzlies and a brief call-up to the AHL earlier this month.
Since the New Year he has a record of 2-3-0-0. He hasn't seen as much ice time as he did at the beginning of the season, but that is more due to the re-emergence of Tyler Beskorowany as the goaltender that was a contender for ECHL Goaltender of the year 2 seasons ago.
Notes: With the Dallas Stars putting Cristopher Nilstorp on the injured reserve list and calling up Richard Bachman from Texas, one of these two goaltenders are going to get the call to provide back-up for the Texas Stars. If I had to guess, I would lean a touch towards Robinson getting the call, due to the organization wanting to see if he has what it takes to advance to the next level. Either way, the positive for the Steelheads is that one of these goaltenders will still be on the roster and will see the ice just about every game.
Friday Jan 25th @ South Carolina Stingrays
The Steelheads made their first trip to South Carolina in their history and the first time that they played the Stingrays since the 2003-04 season when the Steelheads won their first Kelly Cup Championship.
Patrick Cullity was just reassigned to the Steelheads from the Springfield Falcons of the AHL and his presence was immediately felt on the power play as he assisted on the first goal of the game as well as the eventual game winner. Ian Watters and Andrew Carroll got credit for those two goals. Sam Carrick and Austin Fyten scored the other two Steelheads goals. Tyler Beskorowany continued his strong play as he turned aside 37 of 40 shots en route to the win. The Stingrays were able to put 17 shots on net in the first, but Beskorowany turned all of them aside. A late power play goal by the Stingrays in the third period (2 seconds left) made the final score 4-3.
Saturday Jan 26th @ Gwinnett Gladiators
The Steelheads hopped on a bus for a four hour ride for the second of three consecutive games and the first of two in a row against the Gladiators. Josh Robinson would get the start for the Steelheads and would play well enough to win; however, he would end up with a tough luck loss as the Gladiators would capitalize on a late power play to earn a 3-2 win. David Towes and Andrew Carroll provided the offense for the Steelheads. Once again the Steelheads allowed 40 shots against and once again Steelheads goaltender Robinson turned aside 37 of them.
Sunday Jan 27th @ Gwinnett Gladiators
The Steelheads had to work a little overtime on Sunday in order to walk away with four out of six points on the weekend. Andrew Carroll got the game winner in overtime as the Steelheads defeated the Gladiators 6-5 in OT. Beskorowany was back in net and was able to turn aside 30 of 35 shots against. Austin Fyten, Ian Watters, Ben Ondrus, Sam Carrick and James Isaacs scored the five other Steelheads goals en route to the win.
By getting 2 wins and 4 out of 6 points the Steelheads record now stands at 27-11-1-4 which is good for 59 points and 2nd place in the Mountain Division and 3rd place in the Western Conference. The Steelheads trail the Alaska Aces (independent) by 8 points for the Division lead, and lead the Stockton Thunder (Oklahoma City Barons) by 7 points for 3rd in the conference.
The Steelheads continue on the road this upcoming Friday and Saturday as they travel to Stockton to take on the Thunder with a chance to put a strangle hold on 3rd place in the conference.
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I affirmed in step one, that I am an alcoholic, that I am powerless over not only alcohol, but the defects of character that result from it. In step two they are asking me to believe that God, or some power greater than myself can restore me to sanity. I want to believe that, because I am in trouble. Kim and I have managed to make a bit of a mess of our relationship, and I own a good deal of that. I have pushed everyone else away and made as many bad choices as I could. Our finances are good and fucked, my health and happiness are greatly diminished and everyone around me suffers.
My part in Kim and I's troubles is big and last night I frightened her by being aggressive, yelling and pounding on my chest, it hurts very deeply that she wonders if I may start to abuse her, I feel like that is unfair. But then is it? If I am not myself, perhaps she wonders who I am?
For going on a year, almost every time I get her to open up to me, I then punish her for it by judging or pushing or in some way trying to fight or fix rather than listen and it is because I am angry with her, but too afraid to talk about it and too weak and I know I am not mad for any logical reason, that my reasons are unfair and I don't know how accurate some of the things I think are, because I am not sane. And that is the reality, that I am not sane right now. Not that I am dangerous or out of control, I am not, but I am not well, I am not truly sober and that drives me to make poor choices, to resent, to lose paitence, to behave in ways that are not my real character.
The tragedy is, she felt safe with me before, safer she said than she ever has and I cherished that so much and that the disease and defects are not on top of me 24/7 and there are times when I am truly present, but by the time I am, I have made her withdraw from me.
Kim and the boys have become the most precious thing I have ever had in my life and ironically, the last few days it has been that fact that has kept me wrestling with handing myself and my will over. The disease keeps telling me that if I am not running the show it will just stop. I have to have faith in god, the program and in Kim. Like it is hard for her to feel safe with and place trust in me, it will be hard to place faith in her, but I must. I have to to trust god and I have to trust her. Restoring her trust in me, will take time and I have to be patient.
I believe that a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity and I believe that if I let it and I work the program, my life and the live's of everyone around me will get better on their own without my "help". I don't want to help anymore. I want to enjoy, inspire, support, hold and be with my love and my family.
I knelt down last night, beside a sleeping Kim and I said the the third step prayer. I didn't mean it yet, but today I do. Today, right now, I am pleading with God to take me, guide me, relieve me of the pain, the misery and the impulse to run things. Fill me with strength and humility, more than anything humility and the willingness to do the right things, to listen more than I talk and keep letting go. Help me to be the best husband and father I can be. Help Kim too, help her back to herself and to find the forgiveness and love in her heart for me, help us come back together and be beautiful again, help us to be that safe harbor for each other again. Relieve me of anxiety, fear, guilt and shame and help me to just live, love and laugh.
I have made the decision to turn my will and my life over to you, higher power, god of my understanding. Help me to keep making that choice, each moment, of each day.
Kim, I know you will read this, you are my sheltering sky, my beautiful, wonderful wife, my Mo Anam Cara. I am sorry for faltering, for disappearing and for not taking the right action sooner. I am putting everything in god's hands and I trust that everything will be okay, this will pass and we will be beautiful again.


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New Hampshire Passes Law Prohibiting Harsher Restrictions On Churches During Pandemics
New Hampshire has passed a law that prohibits the state government from treating houses of worship with harsher restrictions during times of emergency than organizations and businesses deemed to be essential services.
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House Bill 542, an act "relative to the protection of religious liberty," was signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday, one of 30 bills signed into law in Concord on that day.
The new law states that during a state of emergency, the state will "permit a religious organization to continue operating and to engage in religious services to the same or greater extent that other organizations or businesses that provide essential services that are necessary and vital to the health and welfare of the public are permitted to operate."
"Nothing in this section shall prohibit the state government from requiring religious organizations to comply with neutral health, safety, or occupancy requirements issued by the state or federal government that are applicable to all organizations and businesses that provide essential services," the legislation continues.
"Provided, however, that the state government shall not enforce any health, safety, or occupancy requirement that imposes a substantial burden on a religious service unless the state government demonstrates that applying the burden to the religious service in this particular instance is essential to further a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest."
Greg Chafuen, an attorney with the religious freedom legal nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom, says the new law is an "important step in defending religious freedom in New Hampshire."
"While public officials have the authority and responsibility to protect public health and safety, the First Amendment prohibits the government from treating houses of worship and religious organizations worse than shopping centers, restaurants, or gyms," stated Chafuen in a statement Wednesday.
"This bill makes it clear that officials cannot use a public crisis to discriminate against religious operations without violating the Constitution."
The bill was sponsored by Republican lawmakers. Democrat critics argue that the legislation is unnecessary and that many houses of worship adapted and found other ways to connect during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to court decisions and protests from religious groups during the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple states have recently considered legislation to guarantee that houses of worship are not treated with harsher restrictions than secular entities during a state of emergency, such as a pandemic.
In April, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Enrolled Act 263, which officially labeled houses of worship as essential services.
"Religious organizations provide essential services that are necessary for the health and welfare of the public during a disaster emergency," the law states.
"The right to exercise one's faith, including the freedom to hold and attend worship services, is among our most fundamental rights," stated the ACLU of Indiana in January.
"But religious freedom does not entitle religious institutions to receive special exemptions from the law if it would pose a grave risk to the health and lives of individuals and the public health. SB 263, however, would authorize just that."
Also, in April, North Dakota passed Senate Bill 2181, which prohibits the state government from treating houses of worship with more restrictive measures than non-religious establishments during times of emergency.
The law states that "any orders relating to disease control measures" cannot substantially "burden a person's exercise of religion unless the order is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest."
The North Dakota Catholic Conference expressed its support for the new law.
"The nationwide pandemic has brought renewed attention to how government actions can, intentionally or not, restrict the exercise of religious freedom," the conference argued in its March 16 letter to state lawmakers.
"For the most part, North Dakota has been spared the imposition of rules and policies unduly interfere with religious activity. Nevertheless, both the state and people of faith could benefit from established protections and parameters in the law."
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