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British Prime Minister David Cameron's government may be imposing controversial austerity measures across the U.K., but, this time he may be on to something.
Cameron announced on Thursday that he'll be giving 250 million pounds to prop up the "Big Society" initiative, a campaign he kicked-off in 2011 to get behind British entrepreneurs, manufacturers and builders in the hopes that investments will create jobs.
The quarter of a billion pounds will be available, in part, to communities so they can open up their own pubs, shops, community centres and village greens, reports the Daily Telegraph.
"Everyone knows how vital institutions in our towns and villages are, like village halls, playing fields, local pubs. And everyone knows how, despite the best efforts of parish and local councils, these can face closure. I want our social investment funds to give people the opportunity to take them over and run them," he said.
The money comes from the Big Society Capital and the Big Lottery fund, for the rest of the decade, notes the Telly.
Earlier this year, one of the big news items coming out of Cameron's budget was that the price of a pint of beer was reduced by one pence.
Meanwhile, council or local municipal governments have struggled under Cameron's austerity agenda. Northern English towns have suffered more than those in the richer south because they have relied on more support from London. In Liverpool, for instance, they are closing libraries, local sports programs are in trouble and food banks have sprung up across the city.
Liverpool was forced to trim $221 million from its budget in the last two years and during the next four years, another $224 million must be chopped.
The anti-austerity crowd believe increasing government infrastructure spending during times of economic woes will stimulate the economy and create jobs.
Not sure if this is what they had in mind.
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Sheffield Trade Union Council supports NEU (National Education Union) members at Westways Primary School who have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action on Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th, Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th December. There is the potential for further action after the Christmas break should there be no settlement of the dispute. The school will be largely or fully closed on strike days.
The NEU held a community meeting to update parents and community members on Wednesday 29th November at the Burton Street Foundation, 57 Burton Street, Sheffield, S6 2HH.
Trade unionists and other supporters are encouraged to visit the picket line outside Westways School, Mona Avenue, Sheffield, S10 1NE from about 7 to 9am followed by breakfast.
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This purchase by Lenovo will make them the third largest smartphone maker in the world, with successes like Samsung and Apple already under their belt. A blog post by Strategy Analytics, a market research firm, has said that Lenovo's buy was a 'good move'
Google paid around $12.5bn for the company just under two years ago. The purchase was their largest acquisition was considered to show the company's moving into the hardware market.
Although they sold Motorola, Google plans to keep the majority of its lucrative patents, which include a piece of android software.
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Although many experts seem to have encouraged the deal and deem it to be smart on both parts, Lenovo's shareholder stats did not reflect the same confidence as their shares in Hong Kong fell by 8% following the announcement.
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Bruce Arena: Australia & T&T are the two weakest teams in the 2006 WC.
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just goes to prove what an arse he is
Pure Pipe
I wonder what Bruce Arena is up to now.... he paid for his big mouth....
What was the USA record at the 2006 world cup I forgot can anyone remind me....
Filho
Quote from: Star Child on March 04, 2007, 06:10:35 AM
He is the coach of the NY/NJ Red Bulls in the MLS
USA record at the WC was 0-3 I know that was a rhetorical question
And since you open back up the can of worms you should go back and read what he really said. This long thread was a result of ignorance and dislike of US soccer. Fact is Bruce Arena said there are no weak teams in WC2006. He said if you look at the field you would think that T&T and Australia were the weakest teams because of their lack of experience at the WC. But T&T has Dwight Yorke who was once arguably the best striker in the world and the practically the entire Australian team plays in the EPL. So they are both dangerous. I obviously am not quoting his exact words, but that is the gist of it. Of course the tabloids like bachanal and their headlines read that Arena say T&T and Australia were the weakest. Sine then a transcript and online video of what he actually said surfaced and this should be dead and buried.
But his mouth real big and his arrogance was astounding. Nobody really like him so noone cares his mouth did cost him his job, but only because he stood up against the USSF and their bull. If we had a coach he stood up against the TTFF and he got fired..he would be a hero. So I actually give him some props for that.
Quote from: Filho on March 04, 2007, 10:21:05 AM
it was actually 0-2-1 (W-L-D)
Live life 90 minutes at a time....Football is life.......
Quote from: kicker on March 04, 2007, 10:25:08 AM
oh yeah..they did tie against Italy
Mango Chow!
But seriously though Filho, even based on what he did actually say, shouldn't have bruce arena been wise enough and media-savvy enough to know that somebody somewhere would take what he said out of context and, to avoid any controversy, just simply declare something along the lines of "....there are no weak teams in a World Cup. Everybody that makes it there deserves to be there...." kinda ting,....and leave it at that? Maybe (again) I am being a little too ideal in my views, but bruce and the USA (regardless of their result against Italy) could hardly have looked at their group going into the WC and really expected to do all that well. I woulda tell them/that reporter "....I have my own tough group to worry about , blah, blah, blah" and leave it at dat. Maybe that is asking too much of his level of arrogance in truth.
Not because a man ears long and he teet' long dat it make him a Jackass!
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WARRIORS BUSS THE NET AGAIN!
Quote from: Filho on March 04, 2007, 12:20:01 PM
Well they did not score, it was an own goal
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Quote from: grskywalker on March 05, 2007, 09:42:20 AM
Does that mean they lost?
all goals count. but if you want to go there....they scored against Ghana. so the US scored at least 1 'legit' goal.
Quote from: Mango Chow! on March 05, 2007, 06:58:29 AM
Yeah Chow u have a good point. Wasn't the wisest way to answer the question. I still don't think there was anything mean-spirited behind his statement. But he was a kind of idiot when he was ready, so no surprise that people easily believed he said that. It was inkeeping with his public persona
Man, we are always taught, and end up learning many times over,that you should not judge a book by its cover, but if it's one person you could look at and instantly tell is a imps....is he. I think he most times, just couldn't help himself.
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f**k arena and that shit ass us team
Police face and dog heart.
Will Bruce is back as US coach.
Faster than a speeding pittbull
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I forgot about this thread....hoping we can beat them in June just for his comments
Well with Bruce Arena back at the helm there is no chance for T+T to qualify for WC 2018.
The eventual results of the Hex would be as follows:
Sorry fans it's over.
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Respectfully, disagree. Not out of emotion. Time to teach surly Bruce Arena a lesson. And I am not convinced by Panama's endurance. Long journey.
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2 games in and you're already throwing in the towel? Yes it's a bad start and there might be conflict in the office as well but we still have a long way to go and plenty of room to improve. We can do this!
The team arena had back then was alot better than the current team now.
A dream you don't fight for will haunt you for the rest of your life.
We doh smoke or drink or pop pills. When we light the mic is strickly jess skills
What some folks seem to realize about the modern game is that it's modern. Nothing is what is used to be. Yanks are still gonna struggle. Hopefully we can do enough but as we've shown in the past. We can play with CR, Mexico and the USA.
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We will qualify as long as David stays out of our coaching and team selection.. he is the reason we are losing..
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the bully football is back, and that's what works best for them. these boys could not play klinsman system, it was too high for their little minds to comprehend, it's like feeding sponge cake to hogs.
now watch those hogs roll over every body, hard luck T&T, qatar here we come???
The pen is mightier than the sword, Africa for Africans home and abroad.Trinidad is not my home just a pit stop, Africa is my destination,final destination the MOST HIGH.
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A little respect in the Caribbean.
A good day for Caribbean football
Haiti ties Asian soccer power house, world cup bound Japan 3-3 in Japan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jkm9CGmvTk)
Curacao beats Qatar 2-1 in Qatar (by the way Qatar recently defeated Russia 2-1)(Both, future host of the next world cups )
Trinidad eliminates USA 2-1 for the 2018 world cup.
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It would seem that you are not satisfied with the responses that I wrote in response to your response. You want something more "careful." I hope the present work satisfies your exacting standards.
You charge that I ignored your first argument in which you argue for the sufficiency of Scripture alone to guide a concerned seeker.
I have written extensively on the subject of your first argument and you have ignored what I have written on the subject. Either way, your first argument is not relevant to the discussion at hand. Even you recognize that God appointed a remnant of living Jews to act as His witnesses and preserve the testimony or else you cannot face Isaiah 43:10. The only difference that divides us is our disagreement over the identity of this remnant. But it is here were you ignore the explicit word of scripture which identifies the community with which He preserves His covenant by the sign of the Sabbath (Exodus 31:15). You also ignore the Scripture (Deuteronomy 4:35) which tells us that this remnant sees Sinai as the bedrock of their covenant with God and see no need to minimize Sinai.
You further accuse me of "sidestepping" the "central question" which you claim is the identity of the messenger that was worshiped at Sinai.
The fact is that no messenger was worshiped at Sinai or anywhere else for that matter. But even according to your distorted interpretation which posits that a messenger was worshiped, it is still completely irrelevant to our discussion. Because when God commands us about future worship He points us away from every messenger and He points us to the testimony of our ancestors (Deuteronomy 4:15,35).
Allow me to remind you what it is that the Scriptures say. The Scripture points to the experience of Israel at Sinai as the bedrock of the covenant, not only for that generation, but for every subsequent generation. The only people who see Sinai as the bedrock of their covenant with God testify that they were taught by their ancestors to worship the One who is above and beyond ALL that inhabit the heaven and earth – He is above EVERY form of finite existence including Jesus. And it is you who completely and utterly ignore the testimony of God's witnesses that is confirmed by God's Scripture. I am not engaging in hyperbolic usage of words. It is you who are playing word games in an effort to dodge the words of God.
You claim that Isaac Lichtenstein was the chief rabbi of Hungary. This is a blatant lie according to any stretch of the imagination. Even the Messianic liars couldn't exalt this unknown fellow beyond claiming that he was a chief rabbi of an unnamed region in the backwaters of the Hungarian countryside. I challenge you to provide a shred of original documentation which would show Isaac Lichtenstein ever held the position of chief rabbi of Hungary.
You challenge me to support my charge that you claimed that six other passages from Scripture contradict Deuteronomy 30:1-10.
Your premise is directly contradicted by Scripture. Scripture speaks of a full-hearted repentance BEFORE the divine circumcision of our heart (Deuteronomy 30:2). It is this very passage that you consistently refuse to face.
You charge that I attempt to make a "rhetorical impression" when I state that you devoted one line to explain the passage in question (Deuteronomy 30:1-10). You argue that you have written several pages explaining the difference between the Sinai covenant and the one described in this passage in Deuteronomy, all of this to justify your interpretation of this passage.
It is you Charles who is engaging in creating rhetorical impressions and hyperbole. Yes, you devoted several pages in an attempt to establish the premise that Sinai was a failure and a new covenant will come and provide successful mediation. You didn't quote one passage from Scripture that states this theory clearly and unambiguously. What you have done is attempted to demonstrate that there are hints and clues for this Christological theology that lurk in the shadows. But you fail to address the direct words of Moses which clearly and unambiguously describe the new covenant. Instead you point to the fact that the covenant is addressed to the nation in the singular and argue on this flimsy basis that it is referring to one man. You don't explain to your readers how one man can be scattered to the ends of the earth. You don't tell your readers that the Sinai covenant is also introduced in the singular as is much of Scripture. My statement to the effect that you devote one line to explaining the passage in question is completely justified.
You charge that my failure to see the discontinuity of the Moab covenant from the Sinai covenant governs my interpretation of Deuteronomy 30:10.
My interpretation of Deuteronomy 30:1-10 is governed by the words of Deuteronomy 30:1-10. My challenge to you is that you face those same words and allow them to tell you what Deuteronomy 30:1-10 is saying instead of dictating to the text what it ought to say according to your conjectures.
In response to my point that Deuteronomy 18 speaks of a mediator in the sense of prophet you respond by pointing out that Moses sometimes acted as an intercessor as well.
Indeed he did as did many human prophets and righteous people until this very day. But if you read Deuteronomy 18 you will realize that the Scripture is not talking about that type of mediation. Again, you refuse to allow Scripture to talk.
Throughout your dissertation you claim that the Sinai covenant demanded "perfect" obedience.
How could God demand perfect obedience from human beings who are not capable of presenting perfect obedience? God never demands from people that which they are not capable of producing (Psalm 103:14). And if you understand that when the Torah speaks of observing ALL the Law with ALL your heart then how can you justify your interpretation of Deuteronomy 30:2 which speaks of the same obedience BEFORE the circumcision of the heart. And since you contend that this passage is talking to Jesus can you please explain how Jesus experienced the blessing and the curse and finds himself in ALL of the lands that we were scattered. While you are at it, can you please explain how this is not a complete mockery of the word of God?
Charles; all I am asking you to do is to face the word of God without your Christological conjectures and allow the words to talk for themselves.
I am honoured to be favoured with such attention, and I seek to reply to both of your posts, when occasion provides, but I have a great deal of other pressing work to attend to at the moment, and it will take some time. I request your patience in the meantime.
First, it's proper to tackle my own error. I unreservedly apologise for describing Isaac Lichtenstein as a chief rather than a district. It was indeed my mistake, not that of my sources. It was an inadvertent slip based on my ignorance of his history, and if that is 'blatant lie', then I alone bear the fault, but the metric seems a little harsh and I shall not apply the same criteria to you.
Now the bedrock of Sinai's bedrock is Moses' prior experience of HaShem's self revelation</a at Sinai. There the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob appeared to Moses, as He had appeared visibly (causative of ראה to see) to each of the patriarchs before (Gen.12.7, 17.1, 18.1, 26.2,24, 35.9, 32.30). The identity of the Revealer, the One who is about to redeem Israel is foundational to the foundation stone of Sinai. Why else does He there first reveal the meaning of His Name (Ex.6.3)? Yet HaShem in the absolute is never seen or observed (Ex.33.20). Yes, the people saw no 'similitude' (Deut.4.34), but Moses had before and did again since (Nu 12:8). Underscoring this paradox is not sidestepping the issue, it is at heart of the issue between us, Who is God? How can we please Him? It is the bedrock of your texts, 'the LORD he is God' (Deut.4.35) – Who is the LORD? Is He an unmediated and invisible Simplex or is He the One revealed in His Word, the Memra? Who is the similitude of the LORD whom Moses saw, though the people did not (Deut.4.15), if Moses never actually witnessed His 'face' (Ex.33.20)? These are not incidental issues, even to your own chosen texts, they are very basic questions of fact and of understanding.
As to oral law, ancestors can and do lie, only God can be relied on the reveal Himself. In the time of Manasseh, and even early in Josiah's reign, as I argued, 'rabbinic' traditions would have been dangerous quicksand, 'their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men'. (Isa.29.13) The basic problem is we must have a fail safe discriminant, and that is only found in written Torah (Jer.23.28,29).
You ask, 'How could God demand perfect obedience from human beings who are not capable of presenting perfect obedience?' It's a good and a painful question, but since the Fall, for which we bear responsibility, being in our parents, man is incapable of real good, 'Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.' It goes to the heart of Job's other seminal question, 'how should man be just with God?' David says, 'If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?' Where then is the covenant of sacrifice by which alone we can justify God's justice and find solid peace with Him? (Ps.50.2) Not in Sinai, by which even Moses, Aaron and a whole generation was denied entry into the promise (Deut.32.51), and all their children left uncircumcised as a sign till the passage over the Jordan (Jos.5.5).
You ask about evidence for the equivalence of heart circumcision to repentance and ask me to exegete Deut.30.1-10. I accept heart circumcision (at least in the NT) is broader than repentance, it stands for the whole new birth, the new heart (Col.2.13, Rom.2.27, Eph.2.11). But in the Tenach its first signs are what the Messiah and His forerunner and all the prophets sought, repentance. In Deut 10.16, though it is the gift of God, it is commanded to the unjust, stubborn and impenitent. For this, the Messiah depicted by His spiritual work in commanding the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the dead and lame to rise. Left to ourselves, we cannot repent by nature. In Lev.26.46, the humility that accompanies repentance is the first sign of addressing 'uncircumcised hearts'. In Jer.6.10, the uncircumcised ear will not hear because it is impenitent, it won't break up the hard fallow ground of the heart. Yes, in Deut.30.1-10 circumcision succeeds repentance, as repentance deepens and bears fruit in all the fullness regeneration, in ever deeper heartfelt obedience to God's law.
It is well to raise the Sabbath. The Sabbath of Sabbaths (שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן) is indeed the sign of the Sinaitic covenant (Ex.31.15), and its crown (שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן) the great Atonement. Yet have God's people found peace and sabbath rest with Him? For there is no peace to the wicked. Do they, as Sabbath requires, remember His redemption (Deut.5.15) not from Egypt only, but more importantly from the slavemaster of this evil generation, the greater Pharoah? It can only be found by a redemption by better blood, a redemption that Jacob tasted (Gen.48.16), at the hand of the Angel, the One speaking, with whom Jacob pleaded being and wept before, being described as 'the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.' (Hosea 12.4-5) It is a redemption known in the wilderness by the only Saving God, the glory of which deliverance Isaiah also ascribes to the Messenger of His presence (Isa.63.9) – two redeemers or One, two saviours or One, two gods or One? I chose One, you seem to choose two. The Day of Atonement is the great culminating Sabbath, because it provides relief from dead works. Yet to this day, is there any blood atonement and is there any solid redemption in rabbinic Judaism?
If I am to be accused of harbouring an idol for adoring the Word of HaShem, then I share company with the prophets and priests whose testimony you reject. Real idolatry is to fashion a view of HaShem, derived from the concealed Antiochene snares left behind by the Hellenes, as the Philistines before (1 Chr.14.12) but this time with far more devastating effect. Their pursuit of an absolutely sterile Deity, per Rambam, was not that of the prophets, One devoid of true mediation, by the claim mediation is either unnecessary or impossible, and that our own works mingled with His lenience will suffice the fire of His scrutiny.
Is this not as sure a rejection of the Prophet as the construction of a golden calf?
I just wonder: does Charles actually desires to hear anything that calls his belief in his godman into question? Methinks he is quite happy to just ignore what God's revelation to His people so clearly teaches. Never mind he is an idolater. Never mind he foregoes a relationship with his Maker on his Maker's terms, not his own terms. Never mind he has to repudiate almost everything his own religious tradition has produced ("They were not REAL Christians…"). Never mind he has to ignore the greatest miracle God has ever done: the continued presence among men of the faithfully preserved authentic SInaitic revelation.
Let the man live in blissful ignorance. Who has ever told us that we are to try to disabuse idolaters of their errors? If Charles Soper comes with genuine questions and wants to LEARN, THEN we have an obligation to teach him. If he merely comes to ascend his soperbox – forgive the pun – to "share the good news", yawn, yawn.
No one is more blind than those who refuse to see.
The tragedy, of course, is that the truth is not difficult to see at all. It is not in heaven so that we would have to mount an expedition to bring it down from heaven in order to hear the truth AND ACT UPON IT, nor is it in some distant land, written in a very difficult foreign tongue, so that we would have to travel around half the globe to get it, hear it AND ACT UPON IT. It is in our mouth and in our heart TO ACT UPON IT.
Charles Soper is a moral man, an ethical man. He fears and loves God. He just does not fear and love God ENOUGH to humble himself before the Creator and admit his mistake. He would rather continue to believe in a counterfeit religious belief system. So be it.
Charles may not be aware of this but he is in the prayers of every Torah faithful Jew every single day. Charles is not likely to study the following words very carefully. They are in complete and utter contradiction to his Jesulatry. But they are at the core of what it means to be a Jew: constantly pray for the entire family of mankind and continue hoping – even in the face of Charles' evidence to the contrary – that one day ALL of mankind will TRULY know and serve the God Who chose to entrust His Truth to the nation He Himself created.
Upon us rests the duty to give praise to the Lord of All, to give greatness to the Former of Creation, Who has not made us like the nations of the lands, nor made our position as the families of the earth, Who has not made our portion like them nor our destiny like their multitude. For they bow down to emptiness and vanity and pray to a god that cannot save but we bend our knee and prostate ourselves and acknowledge the King over the kings of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, Who spans the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, Whose Glory dwells in the heavens above, Whose Presence of Power is high above. HE is our GOD. NO ONE ELSE, in truth our KING, NONE BUT HE ALONE, as it is written in His Torah: KNOW THEN TODAY AND LET IT PENETRATE YOUR HEART THAT THE L-RD IS GOD IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE AND ON THE EARTH BELOW, THERE IS NO OTHER.
And it is for this reason that we put our hope in You, L-rd our God, that we may see soon the beauty of Your might when all idols will be removed from the world and the counterfeit gods will be cut off decisively and the world will return to its correct state: the kingdom of the Almighty, and ALL FLESH will call on Your Name, and all evildoers will be turned in repentance to You. All the inhabitants of the earth will recognise and know that to You every knee will bend and every tongue will swear. Before You, L-rd our God they will humble themselves and bow down and the honour of Your Name they will consider they most precious thing and all of them together will accept upon themselves the yoke of Your Kingdom and You will reign over them soon for ever and ever. For kingship, it belongs to You alone! And You will reign as King eternally in glory. As it is written: The L-rd reigns forever! And it is said: Then the L-rd will be King over the entire world; on that day the L-rd will be ONE and His Name will be ONE.
Charles is free to ignore this. He is well-advised to ignore this. It is the only way he can continue believing in his godman.


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Plains es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Sanders en el estado estadounidense de Montana. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 1048 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 680,06 personas por km².

Geografía
Plains se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Plains tiene una superficie total de 1.54 km², de la cual 1.54 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0%) 0 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 1048 personas residiendo en Plains. La densidad de población era de 680,06 hab./km². De los 1048 habitantes, Plains estaba compuesto por el 94.66% blancos, el 0.19% eran afroamericanos, el 2% eran amerindios, el 0.48% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.19% eran de otras razas y el 2.48% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 2.39% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Localidades del condado de Sanders


If you are a veteran or military spouse who is interested in the exploding field of software development, Deloitte and Code Platoon have teamed up to offer a free, hands-on seminar designed just for you.
"Code Camp: Make Tech Your Next Step" features the team at Deloitte, a Top Four professional-services firm with more than 250,000 employees worldwide. Deloitte embraces a holistic approach when supporting veterans and military spouses, focusing on physical health and recovery, education, and employment.
No experience is required to attend the half-day event, which will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at Deloitte's Chicago headquarters at 111 S. Wacker.
Jon Young, Code Platoon's lead instructor, has put together an afternoon's curriculum that will walk students through the fundamentals of coding as well as explore cutting-edge concepts such as cloud computing and the popular Ruby language.
The event also includes lunch, followed by ample time to ask questions of the panel members, who will share their experiences and offer advice on a successful career in technology.
The hands-on portion of the event will also position participants to apply for the upcoming cohort at Code Platoon, a nonprofit programming "bootcamp" that helps veterans and military spouses transition into the civilian workforce via 14 weeks of technical training followed by career placement. Significant tuition assistance is available, and veterans or military spouses who successfully complete the program are eligible for internship with sponsor companies.
Also on the agenda are tools that move developers from working on their own computer to collaborating on the Internet.
Rod Levy, Code Platoon's founder, said he is eager to talk with participants about the bootcamp's curriculum, success rates and unparalleled teacher-student ratio.
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Amazon signs MoU with K'taka Govt to drive e-commerce exports for lakhs of MSMEs in the state
Amazon India to work with Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Karnataka to enable the MSMEs in the state to export to over 200 countries and territories across the world
(L-R Top): Chetan Krishnaswamy, VP Public Policy, Amazon India; Abhijit Kamra, Director - Global Trade, Amazon India
(L-R Bottom): Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce & Industries Department, Govt. of Karnataka; Shri Jagadish Shettar, Hon'ble Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries, Government of Karnataka; Gunjan Krishna, Commissioner, Industrial Development & Director of Industries and Commerce, Government of Karnataka ; Manish Tiwary, VP, Amazon India
Amazon India today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Karnataka to help drive e-commerce exports from the state. As part of the MoU, Amazon will train and onboard MSMEs from the state on Amazon Global Selling, its Exports Program, enabling them to sell their unique Made in India products globally to millions of Amazon customers across 200+ countries and territories. Amazon Global Selling lowers the entry barrier for motivated Indian MSMEs to expand their business and launch their brands globally from anywhere in India. With this program, homegrown businesses get instant access to global markets from Day 1, benefiting from Amazon's distribution capabilities and global footprint to scale rapidly, creating a sustainable exports business.
"Karnataka has a vibrant automobile, agro, aerospace, textile and garment, biotech, and toys / handicraft sectors which is held together by lakhs of MSMEs. Our partnership with Amazon India will encourage our MSMEs to leverage Amazon's global presence and showcase their products to customers across the world. "
Shri Jagadish Shettar, Hon'ble Minister for Large and medium scale Industries, Government of Karnataka
Amazon will conduct trainings, webinars and on-boarding workshops for exporters from key MSME clusters like Bellary, Mysore, Channapatna and others. The workshops will focus on sharing knowledge and imparting trainings to MSMEs about B2C e-commerce exports and selling worldwide through Amazon's 17 international marketplaces to over 300 million customers worldwide. These workshops aim to enable MSMEs with the knowledge and tools to launch their brands and grow their business in international markets through Amazon Global Selling.
Shri Jagadish Shettar, Hon'ble Minister for Large and medium scale Industries, Government of Karnataka said, "Karnataka has a vibrant automobile, agro, aerospace, textile and garment, biotech, and toys / handicraft sectors which is held together by lakhs of MSMEs. Our partnership with Amazon India will encourage our MSMEs to leverage Amazon's global presence and showcase their products to customers across the world. This is also an effort to display the strength of the state's manufacturing and innovation prowess and our government remains committed to make Karnataka an attractive business and investment destination."
"This partnership with the Government of Karnataka is a step towards elevating lakhs of MSMEs from across the state to a global level. We remain committed towards making exports easy for Indian businesses and empower them to tap into their true potential, thus contributing to the vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat."
Abhijit Kamra, Director – Global Trade, Amazon India
Abhijit Kamra, Director – Global Trade, Amazon India said, "This partnership with the Government of Karnataka is a step towards elevating lakhs of MSMEs from across the state to a global level. The Amazon Global Selling program has enabled more than 70,000 Indian exporters to cross $2billion in cumulative exports, which showcases crores of Made in India products. The program, which had hit cumulative exports of $1billion in 2019, saw a 100% increase in the next 18 months to cross the $2billion milestone. We remain committed towards making exports easy for Indian businesses and empower them to tap into their true potential, thus contributing to the vision of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat."
.@amazonIN signed an MoU with the @governmentofkar to enable #MSMEs in #Karnataka to export to over 200 countries and territories across the world. Members of #Amazon leadership team, @Chetankrishna and @manish_tiwary were at the event. #InvestinKarnataka pic.twitter.com/5YPY4J5Ros
— Invest in Karnataka (@investkarnataka) January 28, 2021
The program is rapidly boosting exports from India and helping build global Indian brands. In January 2020, Amazon had pledged to enable $10 billion in cumulative exports by 2025 helping Indian businesses grow by selling online worldwide.
More about Amazon Global Selling
Amazon Global Selling program provides transformative opportunities for Indian MSMEs including manufacturers, retailers, brands & traders to grow and scale through e-commerce exports. The program was launched in India in 2015 with a few hundred sellers and today more than 70,000 exporters are benefiting by selling worldwide on 15 Amazon websites globally. In 2019, Amazon Global Selling program was accelerated through key partnerships with various trade bodies such as Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED), Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) and with export promotion councils from Ludhiana, Kolkata, Mumbai, Agra and other towns
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Ivo Mattozzi (Pescara, Itália, 6 de junho de 1940) é um historiador italiano. Professor na Universidade de Bolonha e na Universidade Livre de Bressanone, ele ensina Metodologia e Ensino de História. Ele tem dado palestras em Itália, Espanha, Brasil e Argentina e serviu como o presidente da "Clio 92" (associação de história). Suas publicações foram traduzidas em espanhol, português e grego.

Bibliografia
"La cultura storica: un modello di formazione", Faenza editore, Faenza, 1990
"Un curricolo per la storia: un proposta teorica e resoconti di esperienze", Cappelli, 1990.
"La storia: formazione temporale. Progetto di aggiornamento a distanza", Irrsae Lombardia, Milano,1991.
"Insegnare storia. Courseware per la formazione dei docenti di storia", MPI-Dipartimento di Discipline storiche, Roma- Bologna, 1999.
"Intraprese produttive in Terraferma in Storia di Venezia dalle origini alla caduta della Serenissima", vol. VII, La Venezia barocca, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma 1997, pp. 435–478.
"Le cartiere nello Stato veneziano: una storia tra strutture e congiunture (1450-1797)", in M. Grazioli, I. Mattozzi, E. Sandal (a c. di) Mulini da carta. Le cartiere dell'Alto Garda. Tini e torchi tra Trento e Venezia, Verona, 2001, pp. 97–161.

Publicações recentes
"La didáctica de los bienes culturales: a la búsqueda de una definición", in J. Estepa Giménez, C. Dominguez Dominguez, J.M. Cuenca López, Museo y patrimonio en la didáctica de las ciencias sociales, Universidad de Huelva Publicaciones, Huelva, 2001.
"L'arxiu simulat", in G. Tribò (coord), Didáctica amb fonts d'arxius (Libre d'Actas.Primeres jornades Ensenyament-Arxius, 5-6-7 setembre de 2002), ICE-UB, Barcelona, 2002, pp. 45–58.
"Adottare un metodo. Prologo alla trasposizione consapevole nella didattica dei beni culturali in S. Fontana" (a c.di), Un monumento da adottare. (Atti della giornata di studio, 30 novembre 2001, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milano), Milano, 2002, pp. 48–60.
"Pensare la nuova storia da insegnare in "Società e storia"", n. 98 (a. 2002), pp. 785-812.
"L'histoire scolaire de ce treize dernières annèes en Italie dans le contexte européen", in "Le cartable de Clio", 2003, pp. 127–139.
"cura del fascicolo monografico di "Rassegna"", La formazione iniziale degli insegnanti, Istituto Pedagogico, Bolzano, 2003.
"Formazione iniziale degli insegnanti: avvertenze per pensarla", ibidem, pp. 5–20.
"Storia e studi sociali: se trenta ore e duecento pagine vi sembran tante", ibidem, pp. 92–98.
"Imparare storia in biblioteca", Clio '92 - Polaris, Faenza, 2003.
"La didattica laboratoriale nella modularità e nel curricolo di storia", in "I Quaderni di Clio '92", n. 4, dicembre 2003, pp. 41–54. - Didattica della storia: insegnare il primo sapere storico, corso di formazione a distanza, Firenze, Giunti, 2004.
"Προσεγγίζοντας την ιστορική εκπαίδευση στις αρχές του 21ου αιώνα (Γιώργος Κόκκινος, Ειρήνη Νάκου)", Ivo Mattozzi, Γιώργος Κόκκινος, 2006.

Ligações externas
Clio '92

Historiadores da Itália
Naturais de Pescara
Humanistas da Itália
Professores da Universidade de Bolonha
Ateus da Itália


With Origin, I've compiled the vast majority of my signature work (including exclusive work unavailable anywhere else) in magic and mentalism, a multitude of effects and essays over 280 pages.
5020: Become a human lie detector!
LOKI: Determine which poker chip resides in which of your Spectator's pockets with no peeking and no gimmicks.
TURNOVER 23: Place down an odd backed prediction of a named card and be right every time!
SYLLACODE: A two person coding concept.
MORSE: A spectator as mind-reader effect.
SYN: One coin bends visually as the other bends in a spectator's hand. They will admit to feeling it bend EVERY TIME.
MIRROR: Is it possible to predict a spectator's shuffle? It is now.
MACHINE: An incredible demonstration of automatic writing. One spectator thinks of a word and the other writes it without knowing how!
THE NEW BLACK: A thought of word is written on a thought of ESP card, sat in an envelope in full view!
TURNOVER BEND: A spoon bending technique.
SIX:SIX: A unique forcing technique based on a very old magic effect.
EX: Prove that you know what item would be named before it is.
DICHOTOMY: FINALLY, an Out of This World that can be done effectively in the hands!
SEVENS: A spectator pushes an envelope freely into the spectator shuffled deck. The card in the envelope matches the card they find in the deck!
ASHES: Any named suit burns.
IMPRINT: A simple marking system.
LEGION: An expandable concept with cards that needs to be set up only once and can create completely hands off forces, hallucination effects and more!
CRONOS: A full locked box prediction system that also allows you to perform an incredible feat of psychokinesis!
TECHNOKINESIS: Push a button on a Blackberry phone with your aura.
THE TOUCH: A two person coding concept that will work everywhere and anywhere, under any conditions.
SCAR: Visually HEAL a scar on your hand!
EPOCH: Know the date and value on any coin handed to you from within your closed fists.
CAST: An amazing booktest gimmick that fits in your wallet and is completely invisible in plain sight!
DREAMCATCHER: A full impromptu thought reading routine with a great premise!
VANITY: The veins in the back of your hand visually twist themselves into thought of initials!


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MARITIMO JOINS IN SANCTUARY COVE FESTIVAL
The Sanctuary Cove Festival being held this Sunday will celebrate the finer things in life, with displays of luxury and classic cars and the latest luxury Maritimo cruising motor yachts, plus a full program of free live entertainment and world-class dining.
Last year's inaugural Sanctuary Cove Festival saw close to 10,000 people converge at The Marine Village to enjoy a slice of life at the Gold Coast's premier lifestyle destination.
Maritimo's International Sales and Marketing Manager, Greg Haines, said the combination of some of the world's most celebrated luxury brands in one location and in such an environment was unique.
"Maritimo is delighted to be involved in the Sanctuary Cove Festival and we will be displaying four of our most popular models including the recently released and highly successful M61 cruising motoryacht," he said. There will be new and pre-owned vessels on display.
The Sanctuary Cove Festival will feature exhibits of vehicles and vessels, with latest releases from premier marques such as Mercedes-Benz, Maserati, Bentley and Ferrari, as well as big boating brands such as Maritimo.
Head of marketing and events at Mulpha Sanctuary Cove Johan Hasser said he was delighted to see Sanctuary Cove Festival evolve into an annual event.
"Feedback from the inaugural Sanctuary Cove Festival last year was overwhelmingly positive, with many people saying the event was one of the best we have ever held," Mr Hasser said.
"We are proud to present the next edition of this unique event, which encapsulates the coastal lifestyle and celebratory spirit of our community here at Sanctuary Cove, while also providing our visitors with a taste of what dreams are made of, with amazing displays by so many luxury brands who have signed on to be part of the Festival.
"We invite local residents and visitors to join us for a day of live entertainment, delicious food and fun for all, alongside displays from many of the Gold Coast's and Brisbane's premier car and motor yacht brands."
In 2016, a range of recreational vessels including sport and trailer boats and jet skis will join the exciting showcase, which is set against a backdrop of non-stop live music and fun for the kids spread throughout the precinct, culminating in a stunning fireworks finale.
Visitors can also enjoy a great range of gourmet food and beverages from Sanctuary Cove's finest restaurants and cafes, while the eclectic boutiques of The Marine Village will curate an array of upmarket sidewalk stalls, sure to entice the stylish shopper.
Sanctuary Cove Festival is a free, all-ages event taking place from 10am to 6pm at The Marine Village, Sanctuary Cove.
For more information or to view the full event program, please visit www.sanctuarycove.com


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Zambian President (then Minister of Home Affairs) Edgar Lungu at the 64th Executive Committee Meeting of the UNHCR. Photo via Photo Unit of UNHCR.
By less than 3 percent of the vote, President Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front defeated Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development in his re-election bid for the presidency. According to the results announced on Monday, Lungu won a very slight majority of the votes, obviating the need for a run-off election. Immediately after the outcome of the election was announced, the opposition rejected the results, claiming that the elections were fraudulent. Protests and riots soon followed in the country's South.
Zambia has held multiparty elections since 1991 and has enjoyed numerous peaceful transitions of power since democracy's inception. So the question beckons – why are these elections different?
While unusual for Zambia, the current instability in the country follows a rather predictable pattern. Democracy protests, and others forms of collective action, often arise around elections in weakly democratic states when there is an economic crisis. Crises tend to increase support for the opposition while also reducing the amount of patronage governments have at their disposal to curry favor with the public. Opposition forces, meanwhile, are more likely to organize protests when vote totals suggest that they would have significant support if they did, and that the opposition would have won the elections had the elections been more free and fair. A small margin of victory for the incumbent does both.
Given the current unrest, it is not surprising to see many of these conditions at work in present-day Zambia. First, Zambia's economy has declined sharply in the last few years. Copper prices have fallen, triggering high inflation and unemployment, a reduction in economic growth, and the devaluation of the country's currency, the kwacha. Agricultural production has also dropped, while electricity shortages have arisen as a result of droughts. Hichilema, a wealthy businessman, campaigned on his ability to fix the economy, accusing the government of damaging the country's economy through runaway corruption and wasteful spending.
Second, the opposition has accused the government of stealing the elections by registering ineligible voters, interfering with the opposition's campaign, distorting the media's coverage of the election, and manipulating the vote tally. Some of the UPND's claims have been backed up by independent election observers, including the Christian Churches Monitoring Group and the European Union. Their reports may help precipitate further protests by giving authenticity to the opposition's claims.
Hichilema has not yet called for protests. He has, however, promised to challenge the results in the country's constitutional court. According to recent scholarship, courts – even when they exhibit a pro-incumbent bias – can dissuade the opposition from organizing protests in close elections. Unfortunately, most post-election protests, when they do occur, are met with government force. In light of these challenges, let's hope Zambia's democracy is able to overcome the current unrest and maintain its track record of peaceful transitions of power.


To ask the Scottish Government how many consultation events were held regarding the report, Consultation on Social Security in Scotland; how many of these events were open to the public, and how many members of the public attended each event.
Just over 120 events have been held as part of the engagement in relation to Consultation on Social Security in Scotland.
Many of the events were hosted by partner organisations with a view to ensuring those with lived experience and those who support them were able to have their say. It was important for many of the engagement activities that individuals were able to have their say in a safe space therefore these were not public facing. However, there were other events which were widely promoted and that were open to the public.
On occasions, where individuals asked to attend events, the Scottish Government worked closely with partners to ensure that appropriate events were identified where possible.
The engagement has reached thousands of people across Scotland with the Scottish Government working in partnership with key organisations to engage fully with those who receive benefits and have experience of the current system.
The events have been a mix of large events, some with over 350 attendees, and smaller focus groups where we have been able to talk in depth about people's experiences and our plans for social security in Scotland.


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Insider: With yet another rebuilding project, Mike Gillin has found the magic again at Mooresville
WHITELAND – Mike Gillin found a quiet spot in the visitor's locker room and took a seat on a wooden bench. Fifty years ago, almost to the day, he scored a fourth-quarter touchdown as a 142-pound senior quarterback to break a tie and lead Decatur Central to a win over Ben Davis. That team in 1968 had come from nowhere, a three-win team the previous year, to become the first undefeated and untied team in Decatur Central history.
It set the stage for Gillin, who has spent his coaching career taking over down-and-out high school football programs and rebuilding. Mooresville is the latest project. And, as the 67-year-old sees it, will be his last. Folks in Mooresville approached him several years ago, after Mark Bless left to take the Avon job. The timing was not right. "I said, 'That's not what I do,'" Gillin said. "I don't want to follow a guy who has been (that successful)."
Mooresville slumped to six losing records in seven years. Gillin agreed to take the job last year after a 16-year run at Indian Creek. Last year, after seven weeks, Mooresville was 0-7. This year, after a stunning 21-17 last-minute win on Friday at Class 5A third-ranked Whiteland, the Pioneers are 6-1. The magic is back.
A few minutes before Gillin found that quiet spot in the locker room, senior quarterback Karson Goodman — plucked off the bench last year at midseason — found his white-haired coach and gave him a big hug.
"People in the community are kind of shocked," Goodman said. "They say, 'Did you know this was coming?' We're like, 'Uh yeah, kinda.' Maybe not like this. But we put in the work."
Gillin, almost always a step ahead as an offensive mind, does not claim to have all the answers. He struggled to find many on Friday night against a solid Whiteland defense. "We hung in there," Gillin said.
His special teams made a play. The defense got a stop. And the offense — led by a special star receiver — put together a drive that no one on the Mooresville side will soon forget.
Jon Eineman is one of those All-American types. He is 6-2, 195 pounds and can fly with the football. He plays basketball and baseball and carries a 4.0 grade-point average. Last season, on a 3-9 team, Eineman caught 93 passes for 1,556 yards and 13 touchdowns.
"You just get the ball to the guy in charge," Goodman said. "That is him."
Whiteland took the lead, 17-14, on a 21-yard field goal by Dalton Spangler with 1:50 left. The Warriors left the door open when a holding call on first-and-goal wiped out a 1-yard touchdown run.
But it still looked bleak. Mooresville had no timeouts. After a touchback on the kickoff, Goodman's first three passes fell incomplete. On fourth down, he knew where the ball was going.
"People joke around about it, but the plan on fourth down is to get the ball to Jon," Goodman said. "He'll catch it as long as I can get it to him."
Goodman found Eineman for a 12-yard gain on the right sideline for a first down. Three plays later, on third-and-9, Eineman caught an 8-yard pass. No worries. On fourth-and-1, Eineman picked up four yards on a catch. Then another 11 yards to the Whiteland 44. But with just 47 seconds left and Whiteland playing double coverage on Eineman, it appeared the Pioneers might run out of time.
On second down, with 31 seconds left, Eineman lined up split to the left. He put a move on the cornerback, who fell down. The safety did not roll over in time. Goodman was almost startled to see Eineman running all alone in the Whiteland secondary. He let it fly.
"All I saw was Jon on an island," Goodman said. "When Jon Eineman gets open, you get him the ball."
Eineman raced for a 42-yard gain, to the Whiteland 2. The Pioneers rushed to the line and James Mabry scored on a 2-yard run with 17 seconds left to set off a wild celebration on the Mooresville sideline. Earlier in the fourth quarter, trailing 14-7, Dominick Oldham blocked a punt inside the Whiteland 10-yard-line. Blake Garrett returned it to the Whiteland 1 and Mabry scored two plays later on a 2-yard run to make it 14-14 with 7:57 left.
"It shows we are resilient," said Eineman, who finished with 11 catches for 158 yards.
Gillin's roots for turning around football programs begins in 1968 as a senior quarterback for Devere Fair at Decatur Central. The Hawks were 3-5-1 the previous season. The next year? A perfect 9-0.
Passing teams at the high school level in 1968 were few and far between. Most coaches preferred the security and safety of handoffs. But Fair opened it up. Gillin passed for 1,092 yards and eight touchdowns as a senior to earn him all-Marion County honors.
"(Fair) transitioned from a big-time running game and started throwing the ball a little bit," Gillin said. "Then I went to Indiana Central (now the University of Indianapolis) and played there for Dick Nyers, who was also a throwing guy."
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Gillin bounced around playing semi-pro football for several years, including five years for the Indianapolis Caps of Midwest Football League. One of his Caps' teammates was Dave Enright, a former Butler standout. Gillin's first experience in coaching was on Enright's staff at Hamilton Southeastern, then a tiny school in the country with 350 students.
What Gillin learned in those early days of coaching was to listen. He listened to Hall of Fame coach Dick Dullaghan at clinics. He chased Florida State coach Bobby Bowden around, picking up ideas. Many of his friends played at Franklin College under Red Faught, recognized as one of the pioneers of the passing offense. He implemented those ideas.
"I have taken a big ol' potpourri of passing stuff and fit it into what we do," Gillin said. "I went to a lot of clinics over the years. I tried to find guys who had the philosophy I had and learn. I tried to make it so it's not real complicated, but it looks complicated. It has worked out pretty well."
After coaching on Wayne Stahley's staff at Monrovia, Gillin was hired at Tri-West in 1979. The team had won two games in a three-year period. After a 1-9 mark in his first year, Gillin never had another losing season at Tri-West. The Bruins played in the Class 2A state finals in 1989.
Fair, his old high school coach, placed a call. Fair was the athletic director at Decatur Central. The Hawks had suffered through four consecutive losing seasons. After going 4-5 and 3-7 his first two seasons, Gillin led the Hawks to eight winning records over the next nine seasons.
"We couldn't beat Ben Davis," Gillin said. "But we had a lot of success there. We won five conference championships."
In 2001, Gillin moved on to Indian Creek. The Braves had just one winning season in the previous six years. In 16 years, Gillin led Indian Creek to a 140-45 record and never had a losing season. Everywhere he went, his offenses were cutting edge and his teams won.
"The formula doesn't change," Gillin said. "The X's and O's change. But the philosophy and mentality doesn't change."
Gillin knows what works. With a 314-127 record, he is third among active coaches in victories and tied for sixth overall. Gillin said he does not like to say his age because 67 sounds old. He does not feel old. His kids believe. The community is coming back to the games.
This is fun.
"I know it sounds kind of crazy," Goodman said. "But I don't think anything is stopping us from a state championship."
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Mooresville 21, Whiteland 17
Mooresville 0 7 0 14 – 21
Whiteland 0 7 7 3 – 17
M – Jon Eineman 28 pass from Karson Goodman (Christian Swigert kick)
W – Jake Perry 1 run (Dalton Spangler kick)
W – Brock Christianson 1 run (Spangler kick)
M – James Mabry 2 run (Swigert kick)
W – FG Spangler 21
M – Mabry 2 run (Swigert kick)
Rushing — Mooresville, Mabry 15-46, Breken Greene 1-4, Blake Garrett 1-2, Brayden Evans 1-(minus-3), Goodman 1-(minus-5); Whiteland, Perry 27-145, Melvin Taylor 9-72, Christianson 6-17, Brylar Metz 5-16, Gavin Lutz 3-16, Austin Kirkman 5-(minus-20).
Passing — Mooresville, Goodman 18-31-2 205; Whiteland, Kirkman 4-8-0 41.
Receiving — Mooresville, Eineman 11-158, B.Evans 4-39, Austin Gage 1-9, Mabry 1-1, Kyler Evans 1-(minus-2); Whiteland, Metz 1-19, Jaylen Dunlap 1-12, Max Brock 2-10.


Over 25 sports associations and federations have endorsed the candidature of Ben Nunoo Mensah, President of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation as the new incoming President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC).
The GOC goes to the polls in March 15, 2017, and the sports federations have found it idea and better to work as a team to put Ghana Sports in shape again.
Over the past years, Ghana Sports has not been the way Ghanaians want to appreciate because they have not been winning medals at the highest levels of competition like the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and even the Africa Cup where Ghana dominated in the past.
The over 20 sports associations have identified two major problems which are funding for development of sports infrastructure, competitions and training for the national teams as well as inability of the least financed sports to lobby government, parliament, media and other stake holders to support issues affecting their development.
After series on meetings, they have thought it wise to create a transparent and accountable GOC, which will involve all stakeholders in sports to work together at the board or in sub committees.
They want to lobby the Ministry of Works and Housing to name the GOC secretariat as "Olympic House" and invite the current president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to visit Ghana and unveil the new building.
The incoming GOC want the proposed Olympic project at Amasaman in Accra to be put up and developed for use by Ghanaian sports men and women.
As part of the renaissance agenda, federations would be supported by the GOC to pay international affiliation fees and make them active.
Various federations would be supported in their international assignments with the engagement of government to ensure that institutions like GNPC, BOST, GCB, ADB, GOIL and others adopt some national teams or sports disciplines.
The new GOC to be led by Ben Nunoo Mensah is aiming at raising a minimum of GHC 500,000 in its first year to support the GOC and other federations.
They also want to bring back the National Sports Festival in their second year and create opportunities and avenues for the media to upgrade their knowledge on various sports disciplines as well as support in branding and promoting all disciplines.
Ben Nunoo Mensah says he wants the GOC constitution reviewed to address grey areas like the creation of more membership from non-Olympic sports, organization of truly independent Elections and the serious involvement of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) and the Security Services Sports Association (SESSA).
"I am a team players and I want every stakeholder to get involved to make Ghana Sports work again. I want 100% support and contribution" he expressed.
The new GOC want the Ministry of Youth & Sports to retrieve all outstanding monies owed to the federations and lobby parliament for tax exemption on sports equipment coming to Ghana from abroad.
They also want to create an annual awards scheme to reward outstanding and distinguished sports personalities as a way of motivation and inspiration.
The new GOC would also ensure that outstanding sports personalities are granted the opportunity to travel outside to improve their talent and skill.
The GOC goes to the polls on March 15, 2017, as nominations have opened for the various positions and sports analysts and observers are anticipating an incident free election.
Members of the EC for the GOC elections are Messrs Ken Ashigbe MD of Graphic Communications and Vice President of the Ghana Table Tennis Association, Thaddaeus Sory of the Ghana Football Association and Peter Zwennes President of the Ghana Boxing Authority.
There is also a Disciplinary/Grievance and Dispute Resolution Committee comprising an Appeals Court judge, Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu; President of the Handball Association of Ghana, Ken Dzirasah; former GOC boss, Benson Tongo Baba; GOC honorary member, Peter Kpordugbey; and former Ghana Rugby Association President, Gifty Annang Myers.
Nominations for the elections open from February 21 to March 7, 2017 with forms available at the GOC office located at Ridge in Accra.


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Q: Increasing nature of inverse function Let $a+b=k$ where $a \lt k/2$ and $\frac{d(g(x)}{dx} \gt 0$ if $b-a$ increases then the question is to find which of the following options are correct
$$A. \int_0^a g^{-1}(x) dx +\int_0^b g^{-1}(x) dx \text{   increases}$$
$$B. \int_0^a \frac{1}{g^{-1}(x)} dx +\int_0^b \frac{1}{g^{-1}(x)} dx \text{ decreases (given that $g^{-1}x \neq 0$ for any x)}$$
$$C. \int _0^a g(x) dx +\int_0^b g(x) dx \text{ increases}$$
Since $a \lt k/2$ it implies $b \gt k/2$ and $g(x)$ is a increasing function if $b$ increases or $a$ decreases. Therefore since $b$ increases and $g(x)$ increases therfore $\int_0^b g(x) dx$ increases. I couldnot conclude anything from this. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

A: If $b-a$ increases, $b$ increases. $a=k-b$ and $b\gt a$. Let
$$I_1=\int_0^{k-b}g(x)dx +\int_0^{b}g(x)dx$$
It's increasing,
$$\dfrac{dI_1}{db}=-g(k-b)+g(b)=g(b)-g(a)>0$$
because $g'\gt0\implies g$ is monotonically increasing.
Now,
$$I_2=\int_0^{k-b} \frac{1}{g^{-1}(x)} dx +\int_0^{b} \frac{1}{g^{-1}(x)} dx$$
Decreasing
$$\dfrac{dI_2}{db}= \frac{-1}{g^{-1}(k-b)}+ \frac{1}{g^{-1}(b)}=\frac{1}{g^{-1}(b)}-\frac{1}{g^{-1}(a)}\lt0$$
because
$\left(\dfrac{1}{g^{-1}}\right)'=-\left(\dfrac{1}{g^{-1}}\right)^2=-(g')^2\lt0$ so is, $(1/g^{-1})'$ is monotonically decreasing.
$$I_3=\int_0^{k-b}g^{-1}(x)dx +\int_0^{b}g^{-1}(x)dx$$
It's increasing
$$\dfrac{dI_3}{db}=-g^{-1}(k-b)+g^{-1}(b)=g^{-1}(b)-g^{-1}(a)\gt0$$
because
$(g^{-1})'=\dfrac{1}{g'}\gt0$, $g^{-1}$ is monotonocally increasing too.

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Government publishes response to sexual harassment at work consultation
Charles Pallot
On 21 July 2021, the Government published its response to the consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace, with the aim of tackling sexual harassment in all its forms, and to prompt employers to take steps to make a positive difference.
The response confirms the Government's intention of re-introducing employee protection against third party harassment, meaning employers could be held liable for harassment against their employees by customers or suppliers if they have failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent third-party harassment from occurring – although there is limited detail as to how this will work in practice.
The previous system held an employer liable for a customer or third party's action if two previous incidents occurred (which meant it was called the 'three strikes rule').
34% of the respondents to the consultation agreed that new protection against third-party harassment should not require the need for a previous incident, but it is unclear from the Government's response as to what approach will be taken under the new rules.
The consultation asked whether interns and volunteers should be protected from discrimination, harassment and victimisation under the Equality Act, and 80% of the respondents agreed with this approach. However, in response the Government has rejected this proposal, saying that:
most interns, who are working to gain professional experience, would be considered to be workers, so would therefore already be protected by the Equality Act; and
it would be disproportionate to provide statutory protection for volunteers (who carry out work on an ad hoc or informal basis, or support small, volunteer-led organisations), as such protection could outweigh the value of the services being provided.
Nevertheless, the response does state that volunteers who 'give their time for free to support their community or an issue they care about' should be protected from harassment, discrimination and victimisation.
Although the government's response has not provided a definitive answer, it seems likely that the time limit for individuals to bring claims in the Employment Tribunal will be extended from three months to six months for all Equality Act based cases. The extension will avoid individuals feeling pressured to choose to the initiate the tribunal process whilst internal grievance processes are ongoing, in order to avoid falling outside of the time limit.
In addition to benefiting individuals, the government has recognised that the pandemic has put additional pressure on the entire courts and tribunal service, so any extension to the time limit will benefits tribunals in restoring its existing levels of service.
The result of the consultation means that employers will be expected to take more action to prevent workplace harassment. Although we do not know when these changes will be implemented, there are a number of steps employers can be taking now to prevent workplace harassment, including:
ensuring that discrimination and harassment policies are up to date;
providing regular equality and anti-harassment training to employees; and
spreading awareness around the workplace.
The government's response can be accessed here.
For more information on the article above please contact Charles Pallot.
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KLM Mari liveaboard is a teak and ironwood traditional phinisi schooner offering diving cruises to some of the best locations in the 'Coral Triangle'. You can choose from short trips to 2 week charters around Komodo National Park, Raja Ampat National Park, Banda Islands, The Forgotten Islands, Alor, Flores and Ambon.
There is heaps of space aboard the 30 metre Mari for the 14 guests who are accommodated in the 7 upper deck cabins. The Deluxe double/twin bed cabins and Superior bunk bed cabins are bright and airy and include safety deposit boxes for your valuables. All cabins have en-suite bathrooms, with basic toiletries.
With 10 crew to a maximum of 14 guests, you are assured of personal service. Diving these diverse Indonesian marine locations is via 3 dive dinghies, allowing for comfortable transfers to the dive sites. Diving is in small dive groups with a maximum of 4 divers to 1 divemaster. A bathroom is located on the dive deck for your post-dive comfort.
The open-air social areas are the ideal spots to enjoy the tropical breeze and scenery. Between dives you can relax and catch up on some reading from the library or match your wits and skill against fellow divers with a friendly game of chess or backgammon. There are 2 sun decks to choose from. The smaller of the two is on the upper deck, in front of the bridge, has comfortable sun loungers and is partially shaded. The larger sun deck is on the top deck. Here you can laze on the mattresses and soak up lots of vitamin D.
Meals are served on the spacious, covered deck. You can expect variety and fresh ingredients while dining onboard KLM Mari. The friendly staff may even request for your input in the menu. End the day with a chilled beer or cocktail from the bar and toast your Indonesian liveaboard diving adventure.
Get 5% off any trip you book more than 9 months in advance!
Cruise price per person includes: Cabin accommodation with air-conditioning, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinking water, hot drinks, return transfers to the boat from hotel / airport, dives (as detailed in the trips above), experienced English, German and Indonesian-speaking divemaster(s) (4 divers per DM), DIN adaptor, tanks, weights and weightbelts.
Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): National Park Fees, Local Fees, Port Clearance and Harbor Tax (US$ 157 per person per trip), scuba equipment (US$ 46 full set per day). Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival (cash or credit card).
Optional extras: Alcoholic and soft drinks, dive insurance, 15l tanks. Unless otherwise stated, all the listed items need to be paid on arrival.
How to get there: Raja Ampat: The KLM Mari liveaboard charters normally depart from Sorong in West Papua. You can fly directly to Sorong from Jakarta, Ujung Pandang (Makassar) and Manado. From Bali there are convenient connections via Ujung Pandang (Makassar) and Manado. We will help you arrange return domestic flights between Bali or Jakarta and Sorong. There is a transfer service from the local airport or your hotel to and from the boat.
Komodo: Mari departs from Labuan Bajo, Flores. The domestic flight from Bali to Labuan Bajo takes approximately 1 hour. There is a transfer service between the boat and airport (or local hotel) in Labuan Bajo.
For safaris using other departure ports in Indonesia, we will assist you with information on how to get there.
The KLM Mari departs at approximately 12:00 noon for all trips. The last dive of the trip will be at around 12:00 noon on the second last day of the trip. Please wait at least 18 hours before flying after diving.
Whole boat charter rate (per night): 2018/19 for up to 10 guests: Komodo - US$ 2 791, Raja Ampat US$ 2 918, The Forgotten Islands US$ 2 866.
All cabins aboard the KLM Mari are on the upper deck each with an en-suite bathroom. They are bright and well ventilated with windows, fans and individually controlled air-conditioning. The 3 Deluxe cabins can either have 2 single bed beds or 1 double bed (and 2 can accommodate a third diver) and the 4 Superior cabins have bunk beds.
The owners believe that good food is an important aspect of your Mari liveaboard charter. Variety and fresh produce are the basis of their menu. Each cruise will have different dining dishes.
International cuisine, Chinese and Japanese cuisine, local specialities and BBQs are to be found on Mari's varied menu.
Main meals comprise pre-breakfast, breakfast, lunch, snacks & dinner.
Bread/toast, fruit, candy bars, ice-cream, tea & coffee and water are available free of charge.
Wine, spirits, beer, fruit juice and soft drinks are available as additional extras.
The menus are not fixed and meals are served in the outside dining area with waitress service.
The dive operator rates the onboard catering as very important.
Catering starts with lunch on the first day of the cruise and ends with breakfast, and or lunch (depending on your departure time) on the last day of the tour.
14 x 12 litre aluminium tanks with international fittings.