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Report Finds IoT Network Deployments in 52 Countries
More than 100 operators in 52 countries have now either deployed or launched at least one of the NB-IoT or LTE-M technologies designed to support the Internet of Things (IoT), according to an IoT network deployments report from the Global Mobile Supplies Association (GSA). Of these, 20 operators in 19 countries had deployed or launched both NB-IoT and LTE-M, GSA said.
Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M are low power wide area network (LPWAN) radio technology standards developed by the 3GPP.
"The global momentum behind LPWAN deployments is testament to the revenue opportunities which operators are racing to win and monetize in a diverse range of new IoT applications. Significantly, it can also be seen as a precursor to operators replacing legacy M2M services such as GPRS-based trackers and preparing the ground for the eventual switch-off of their 2G networks," said Joe Barrett, president of GSA, in a prepared statement.
According to GSA, at the end of March, 149 operators in 69 countries are investing in one or both of the NB-IoT and LTE-M network technologies
22 countries are now home to deployed/launched NB-IoT and LTE-M networks
28 countries are home to deployed/launched NB-IoT networks only, and two countries are home to deployed/launched LTE-M networks only
140 operators in 69 countries investing in NB-IoT networks; of which 88 operators in 50 countries had deployed/launched their networks
60 operators in 35 countries investing in LTE-M networks; of which 34 operators in 24 countries had deployed/launched their network


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NUMBER 115 - NOVEMBER 8, 2018
LAST APRIL, SEAN MOY, THE PRESIDENT OF ASFCME LOCAL 1907 WAS OFFERED A NO-SHOW JOB THAT CAME WITH A $28,595.74 PAY RAISE. THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WILLFULLY AND KNOWLINGLY CONSPIRED IN THIS HOCUS POCUS EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THAT THIS AMOUNTED TO A SLAP IN THE FACE OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE UP THE MEMBERSHIP OF LOCAL 1907
Sean Moy Application for Chief of Code by al_crespo on Scribd
These documents establish beyond reasonable doubt that AFSCME union president Sean Moy, during the process of negotiating a settlement agreement between his union and the City of Miami in response to the lawsuit the union had filed against the city in case number 2017-001234-CA-01, managed to convince, persuade, hoodwink or extort the city into agreeing to accept language in the settlement agreement that would allow him to be appointed by the City Manager to the unclassified, executive position of Chief Of Code, yet maintain his status as a member of the union's, "bargaining unit and an affected employee," in order to remain the President of AFSCME Local 1907.
And it is after this occurred where the actions by the city reveal just how deeply involved they were not only in sanctioning this activity, but in trying to keep it secret for as long as they could.
DOCUMENTS NUMBER IV and V
Although Moy was offered and accepted the job of Chief of Code on April 16th, and the Personnel Action Form (PAF), established that this appointment was officially entered into the system on April 17th, the perquisite job application that Moy was required to have submitted before he could have been offered the job, as well as the qualification process required by Human Resources never occurred until 5 months later.
DOCUMENTS NUMBER IV
Because the Chief of Code was a vacant executive position, not only should it have been advertised - which it wasn't - but all the applicants for the job needed to fill out job applications.
Below is Moy's application, and you can see on page 6, that he submitted this application on September 18, 2018, FIVE MONTHS AND TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS OFFERED AND ACCEPTED THE JOB.
remember that this scam not only occurred with the knowledge and blessing of Francis Suarez, and his administration, but also with the open and willful support and assistance of Carollo, who when it comes to slime and scummy behavior is the embodiment of the kind of Cuban political corruption in Miami that has made Miami politics the laughing stock of so much of the rest of the country.
It's Miami, Bitches!
TO THE MEMBERS OF AFSCME LOCAL 1907
A number of you have reached out to me about this situation, and asked me to try and do something. This is what I'm able to do. I am not a member of your union, and have no legal standing to take this issue further, so I would say to those of you who are tired and angry over how your union has been run that you ignore trying to get the Mayor or the City Manager to behave ethically and do something about this, because they're the ones who sanctioned this bullshit to begin with, and don't waste your time with the corrupt State Attorney and her collection of unethical and unprincipled Public Corruption lawyers.
Your only possible solution is to go to, or contact the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), file a grievance and make your case to them. You're in luck in that they have an office in Miami.
THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
51 SW 1st Avenue
Room 13230
The real story about how the City of Miami operates and conducts business is not the crap found in the smoke and mirrors press releases about "seal level rise resiliency", or "global innovation festivals", or "master plans for affordable housing," that is so much fluff generated by a communications office whose job is to act like the shill in a game of Three Card Monti, where the goal is always to misdirect the players into believing the pea is under the wrong cup.
No, the real story about governance in Miami is the all too familiar story of public corruption; it's a story of lying, corrupt public officials whose sense of public service only extends to the self-aggrandizement of power, their misuse of public money and abuse of their offices, as well as the occasional acts of collusion with union officials that provide them with the union donations and the union manpower they've come to expect to be on streets at election time to help them either get elected, or reelected.
Today's story, is about an amazing, even for Miami, act of collusion between the administration of Francis Suarez and the union leadership of AFSCME Local 1907, who represents the general employees of the city and it's a story that reveals that union president Sean Moy, used his position for personal gain with the full knowledge and assistance of the city's administration.
The story starts shortly after Francis Suarez became mayor, and I started hearing about a secret deal that was being worked out between the administration and AFSCME Local 10907 that, my sources told me, would end up screwing some union members who would be removed from the union rolls in order that the Suarez administration could treat those jobs as parking places for political appointees.
The initial effort to accomplish this switcheroo had started during the Regalado administration in response to a lawsuit filed by the union who had their own reason for trying to decertify some city employees from union membership, including one individual who was seen as a possible political challenger to Moy's continued hold on the presidency of the union.
By April, the persistent rumors of this pending deal prompted me to write the following email to the Mayor, the members of the Commission, and the City Attorney on the morning of April 24th.
Good Morning Lady and Gentlemen:
It has been brought to my attention that on Thursday the City Commission will be asked to approve a settlement agreement between the City and the AFSCME union to settle case # 17-001234-CA-01.
The first thing I discovered when I went on-line to review the agenda and documents was that although the Agenda Item Summary Form stated that (See Settlement Agreement for full disclosure if terms and agreement), that document was not included in the Agenda Packet.
Given the past behavior of City Officials this is usually a sign that someone - always the taxpayers - are soon to be screwed without the benefit of lubricant.
Then, I got word that the rumors I had been hearing about a deal to do a loop-dee-loop deal promoting current AFSCME President Sean Moy to the position of Chief of Code Enforcement - with a salary increase and the ability to remain as President of the union - was true, and that there was also some hanky-panky involved regarding NET Administrators and the possibility that Commissioner Manolo Reyes was looking to get one of his pals placed in one of those positions on the sly, so-to speak.
Now I know that I, and no doubt many folks in Miami and elsewhere would be shocked, shocked I tell you, that any of this might actually be true, but the only way to get to the bottom of these dastardly rumors is to see what happens when they are exposed to sunlight.
I'm not sure exactly who is the best person to respond to this situation might be, perhaps it's is Colonel Klink, the city's new and photogenic City Manager, or perhaps it 's Madam City Attorney Victoria Mendez, who's always eager to show she's a team player, or perhaps it's Commission Chairman Hardemon for putting this item on the agenda, or perhaps it's Miami's Mayor who sees this as just one in a number of schemes and deals that he believes will make him Miami's first Strong Mayor?
Whoever it is, please get back to me ASAP with the answer to whether this is indeed a loop-dee-loop, and whether Sean Moy is in fact in line to be elevated to the position of Chief of Code Enforcement, or that Commissioner Manolo Reyes has begun the time honored tradition of planting his pals in cushy city jobs?
If I don't hear by noon that all of these allegations are false, I will feel obligated to post this letter on The Crespogram newsletter, as a warning to the citizens that a screwing is coming.
al crespo
Several hours later, Victoria Mendez respond, and in the process dismissed my allegations as "improper."
It was Carollo's behavior that prompted me to show up at the Commission meeting afterwards to call Carollo out.
In the days that followed, I attempted to get copies of any documents that would provide the details of how this deal between the City and Sean Moy had been arranged, but with the exception of the draft of the settlement agreement, I was unsuccessful.
I knew that in time documents would surface - they almost always do - and so I moved on to focus on other stories.
YOU CAN ONLY HIDE PUBLIC RECORDS FOR SO LONG
A couple weeks ago, I got to thinking about Sean Moy and this deal again, and so I started a new search for the documents related to his promotion, and this time, the documents that had previous been closely held in desk drawers back in April, had finally been entered into the city's data stream.
These documents provided a treasure trove of incriminating revelations that even I couldn't believe existed.
The critical thing to remember as you look at these documents, are the dates.
The dates are critical to establishing the level of duplicity and collusion that the administration of Francis Suarez and clearly sanctioned by City Manager Emilio "Colonel Klink" Gonzalez engaged in to try and keep the process secret in the hopes that over time it would be forgotten.
DOCUMENT NUMBER I
The first document is a deal memo dated APRIL 16th, from City Manager Emilio Gonzalez, to Sean Moy, offering him the position of Chief of Code, and Moy's acceptance of the offer.
This offer was made 8 DAYS BEFORE the City Commission voted to approve the terms of the settlement agreement with AFSCME.
DOCUMENT NUMBER II
The second document, dated APRIL 17th, is a Personnel Action Form (PAF), and is the top half of the document is the official record that Moy, on April 17th was officially given the job of Chief Of Code at a salary of $92,000. The PAF actually is a two page document, so I've inserted a Grey Bar to denote the two pages.
Cesar Nunez, a member of Local 1907 Executive Committee, Sean Moy, President of Local 1907, and Joe Carollo taking selfies during the campaign
I know that I have acquired a reputation for doggedly pursuing documents, but when I received the above response from Mendez, I did not immediately go to the city's website to see if I could find the proposed settlement agreement that I had not been able to find the first time, because I was at the time knee-deep in trying to finish Part II of my series about the campaign contributions and expenditures of Francis Suarez mayoral campaign, and so it was not until after the April 26th Commission meeting that I went looking for the proposed settlement agreement and when I did, I found this sentence snuggled deep in the agreement.
DOCUMENT NUMBER III
The third document, dated JULY 3rd, is a Working Out Of Classification Form (WOC), and provides both the date and an explanation of how the position of Chief Of Code came to be vacant, and identified Lazaro Orta, as having been appointed as the interim Chief Of Code on April 21st, 3 DAYS before the City Commission voted to approve the settlement.
DOCUMENTS NUMBER V
Here is the Qualification Procedure Form where Moy's failure to have an Associate degree is sidestepped, and where the Special Requirement of certification by F.A.C.E. is ignored, because in order not to have to deal with Moy's failure of certification, the city chose to end it's association with the F.A.C.E. organization.
When I discovered this sentence, I thought it was as close as one could get to a smoking gun, and I wondered, as I started looking for other documents why not one Commissioner had not considered this arrangement worth questioning.
The highlighted language above spelled out the fact that even though the position of Chief of Code was, and had always been an executive, unclassified position - non union - it would, as a result of this agreement become a classified - union - position, thereby making it possible for Sean Moy, to be appointed to the job, and remain both a union member, and better yet, the President of AFSCME Local 1907.
Not only had the commissioners not questioned this deal, but it was clearly in support of Moy and the union that Commissioner Joe Carollo, using documents that clearly could not have come from anyone other than union representatives, attacked city employee Jose Jair Espinoza during the Public Comments portion of the Commission meeting, after he spoke out against this agreement.
Espinoza was the employee who Moy and his union pals believed would challenge him at the next election, and it was clear, both from Carollo's efforts, as well as a bogus attack flyer that had been circulated among city workers days before the Commission meeting that the union leadership was doing everything it could to discredit him.
To truly appreciate just how deliberately corrupt this process was, and is, understand that from April 16th, when he was offered and accepted the position of Chief Of Code, until you read this today, Moy has not worked one single day, or one single hour as the Chief Of Code.
He was the President of AFSCME 1907 on April 16th, and he continues to serve in that full-time position today, November 8th.
In addition to collecting a $92,000 a year salary for a job he doesn't do, he also continues to collect a $36,000 salary as the President of AFSCME Local 1907, AND in addition to the take home car and the $75 monthly phone allowance he gets for a job he doesn't do, he also gets a phone allow and a car allowance from AFSCME.
How sweet is that!?!
So, when you hear Mayor Francis Suarez talk out of his ass about his commitment to accountability, integrity and transparency, and when you hear Commissioner Joe "Coco Loco" Carollo rail against the horrible, corrupt people he finds himself having to deal with since he became a commissioner, as he does in this little video clip:
PHOTO OF THE DAY - IT ONLY TOOK 34 YEARS AND THE PASSAGE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO FILL OUT THIS VOTER REGISTRATION FORM - WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT?
BILLIONAIRE JORGE MAS CONTINUES TO ADD TO THE FAMILY LEGACY ONE SLEAZY ACT AT A TIME
On Tuesday the folks supporting the soccer stadium deal were alleged to have illegally passed out soccer merchandise to voters, and an alleged campaign worker was photographed walking around inside Precinct 576 with a Tee Shirt supporting the passage of the soccer referendum. Both violations of Florida's campaign and voter laws, and the allegations of passing out merchandise prompted a strongly worded letter to be sent to the Miami City Clerk and the Supervisor of Elections.
On the day after the election, Joey Flechas from the Herald, and Erika Carillo of Univision got their hands on a memorandum written and circulated by Victoria Mendez, the Miami City Attorney, warning all of the city officials that they could not have any talks with Jorge Mas, because the Commission on Ethics found an ethics complaint filed by local attorney David Winker against Mas, his brother Jose, David Beckham and all of the other principles associated with Miami Freedom Park, to be credible in its claim that these people had failed to register as lobbyists, and at least in Jorge Mas' case, and perhaps some or, all of the others as well, they also might have failed to take a required Ethics class.
Some found Mendez's actions surprising, but no one should because any contract negotiated between the city and the Beckham group, where it was known that the principles were negotiating illegally could cause massive legal problems down the road.
As to why these supposedly smart guys - especially Jorge Mas - would have gotten this far without making sure that all of their T's were crossed and their I's were dotted speaks to my belief that this is just another example of what happens when a billionaire believes that he has little Francis Suarez in his pocket, and Mas, like a lot of very rich people also seems to operate with a sense of self-entitlement that comes with the suck-ass way that rich people are treated, and that in Miami, this allows him to behave like his father used to accuse Fidel Castro of behaving in Cuba.
The biggest self-lie in the Cuban exile community is that the current generation of Cuban exile politicians and their rich benefactors are behaving any differently than the Cuban ruling class and gangsters in Batista's pre-revolutionary Cuba, whose plunder and abusive treatment of the peasant class is what allowed Castro and his followers to chase them all out of Cuba to begin with.
The Miami of today, like the Havana of 1957-58 has a stench of corruption that cannot continue to be ignored, and just because an ill informed public went along with the soccer stadium hustle, doesn't mean that there is smooth sailing ahead for this deal.
- Miami Herald

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Archive News: Annual walleye operation attracts thieves, "Dirty Jobs"
SANTA ROSA – Gathering walleye spawn is a rite of spring for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Crews gather millions of eggs at lakes across northeast New Mexico, creating the next generation of this popular sport fish.
This spring the annual fisheries management task conducted at several lakes received a lot of attention, both good and bad. An individual, or group of people, stole spawning walleye from Stubblefield Lake, damaging Department equipment in the process. An investigation is being conducted. If you have information about this crime call Operation Game Thief at 1-800-432-4263. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the heist.
On the positive side, this spring the annual walleye operation caught the attention of the Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs" program. Mike Rowe showed up at Santa Rosa Lake to learn how to pick walleye out of gill nets, massage eggs and milt out of the fish, and prevent disease and decay in the hatchery. In all, Rowe helped collect 600,000 eggs for propagation. The program should be broadcast sometime in the fall.
So far this year, the walleye operation has gathered 8 million eggs. The operation continues through April 24.


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A New Government Shutdown Could Be Approaching
Gabrielle Seunagal
Despite last month's government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats still remain at odds over immigration. In fact, the tension is so great that a new government shutdown may be rapidly approaching, reports The Hill.
2018 Government Shutdown 2.0
Last month, the U.S. government shut down for roughly 72 hours after Democrats voted against a spending bill to preserve its functionality. Earlier reports from Newsmax affirm that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has essentially repeated this decision by shutting down yet another spending bill.
Hours ago, President Trump weighed in with his thoughts regarding the possibility of a further government shutdown:
"We'll do a shutdown and it's worth it for our country. I'd love to see a shutdown if we don't get this stuff taken care of. If we have to shut it down because the Democrats don't want safety and, unrelated but still related, they don't want to take care of our military, then shut it down. We'll go with another shutdown."
The troublesome existence of MS-13 gangs also serves as a factor in the battle over immigration. President Trump spoke about the "many gang members" and the importance of it being "taken care of."
However, Schumer and other Democratic leaders seem to have other matters much higher on their priority lists. The Senate Minority Leader expressed his party's concerns yesterday evening:
"Sending a cromnibus to the Senate, one that just funded defense and cut programs crucial to the middle class would be barreling head-first into a dead-end. There's no way we'll reach an agreement that can pass the Senate. It would jeopardize the positive discussions going on right now about the budget, immigration, disaster aid, and more."
What Do Americans Think About the Potential Government Shutdown 2.0?
Following last month's government shutdown, Republican and Democratic leaders blamed each other. While Democrats stated that the GOP's lack of concern for illegal immigrants prompted the closure of government, Republicans claimed that Democrats' refusal to support the spending bill caused the shutdown. However, in the midst of the scapegoating, some Americans cited the Democrats' and GOP's inability to compromise and work together as the real underlying reason for the government shutdown.
Nonetheless, with 2018's potential government shutdown 2.0 on the horizon, readers of The Hill have weighed in with their thoughts:
"Crisis management is not creating your own crises to manage."
"There is plenty of blame on the [Dems] for the shutdown because they refuse to get $hit done…their Trump HATRED fuels that."
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Universal Door Fixture – Rotating - OmniStructures, Inc.
The Universal Door Fixture (UDF) concept is simple. Hold the part on a bottom edge, stop the side to side slide and then provide a stop for the lean. Really it's just like leaning your bicycle against the garage.
Of course as soon as it seems simple "more" steps up. In this instant the request was for the holding system to rotate, once turned the measuring system would reestablish the part datums.
The final design has a standard UDF configuration supported on a turntable assembly with a rotation stop at specific degree increments.
The UDF is built with Omni's XTR System as the primary construction and then S75 components for the contact points.
The UDF holds the auto door on the lower hemmed edge in a pair of non-marring plastic Vees, the fore/aft (side to side) stop is a contact point on the main inner body and the lean is set to mimic the normal body angles with a contact point just under the window. Clamps can be added if necessary.
The customer measures with lasers but the UDF design works equally well with traditional touch-probe measuring.
The UDF fixture works for auto doors, lift gates, side glass, windshields and other similar parts.


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Oregon lawmaker faces outcry after state Capitol breach
By SARA CLINE - The Associated Press/Report for America
Sara Cline
FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2020, file photo, protesters hold a rally outside the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., as legislators meet for a special session to discuss COVID-19 relief measures. During the protest Republican lawmaker, Rep. Mike Nearman, physically opened the Capitol's door — letting protesters, who clashed with police, gain access to the building. There have been calls for Nearman to resign ahead of the upcoming 2021 Legislative session that begins Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Sixteen days before the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and nearly 2,900 miles away, an eerily similar incident occurred at the Oregon Capitol when 50 protesters breached the building — where lawmakers were working — and clashed with law enforcement. Security video shows an Oregon Republican lawmaker had physically opened the Capitol's door — letting protesters gain access to the building. Oregon lawmakers called for the resignation of Rep. Mike Nearman of Independence ahead of the upcoming Legislative session that begins next week. The legal consequences that Nearman, one of the chamber's most conservative Republicans, might face are still unfolding. He did not return an email seeking comment.


"New and Extended Trombone Techniques"
Effects of Public Funding on Programming Contemporary Music: Orchestras & Ensembles in Europe and the US. Part 2: Programming.
"Effects of Public Funding on Programming Contemporary Music: Orchestras & Ensembles in Europe and the US: Funding Structures"
Two short talks: "Notes on Video On Demand Networks" and "MPEG Audio Servers"
"IRCAM: Legitimation, Mythologies, and Indisciplines in Computer Music."


This is a brand new 2019 Chevy Colorado Z71 Crew Cab with the turbocharged 2.8-liter four-cylinder DIESEL engine with 181 hp and an impressive 369 lb-ft of torque and gets up to 28 MPG! This turbo diesel engine has a tow rating of 7,700 pounds! A six-speed automatic is standard, as is a more deluxe trailering package that includes a driver-selectable exhaust brake and an integrated trailer brake controller. This Colorado was upgraded with the Trailering package as well and that includes an integrated trailer brake controller!
The 4X4 Z71 model gets you 17" dark argent metallic alloy wheels, automatic headlights, daytime running lights, power-adjustable outside mirrors, front bucket seats, a 6-way power driver seat, 4-way power passenger seat, full power accessories, a leather-wrapped heated steering wheel, cruise control, OnStar telematics service, remote vehicle start AND heated front seats. Plus, you get an HD rear backup camera and rear park assist sensors for added safety.
Multimedia is a big part of today's vehicles, and this Colorado has the Chevrolet Infotainment system, with the 8" touchscreen. It has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support, enabling you to listen to music, use your phone's navigation app and much more! Of course, it also has bluetooth, a 6-speaker audio system with a USB ports, OnStar, 4G LTE connectivity and WiFi hotspot, and the rearview camera built into the screen. You can control most of what you need on the vehicle from the built-in steering wheel controls for cruise control, bluetooth and the multimedia system.
This Colorado also comes with a 3 year, 36,000 bumper to bumper warranty, a 5 year, 60,000 mile powertrain warranty with Roadside Assistance and Courtesy Transportation with No deductible! Plus, it comes with 1 complimentary maintenance visit including oil change, tire rotation and complimentary multi point vehicle inspection!


With such dazzling scenery from the turquoise crystal waters to the lush tropical foliage, one would imagine the Maldives to be an ideal venue for artistic inspiration. To enhance the inspiration, the resort Robinson Club is offering a special program of a art inspired events including 'Art in Full Bloom' and 'Cook n Art'.
Both events are full week long programmes with daily activity.


It is a commonly heard question as the day approaches, especially in areas like New England where winters are long and cold. Memorial Day has become most commonly associated as the opening day of summer.
Other historians point out one of the earliest Memorial Day ceremonies was held in Charleston, S.C. where black workmen reburied Union dead and held a cemetery dedication following the burial.
To that end, the National Moment of Remembrance encourages all to share a moment of silence at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day in honor of those who have given up their lives.


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A History of Currency: The Road to On-Chain Value
Blockchain will be central to the future of money. Just like seashells, paper and the internet before it, money is always first in line for innovation at the advent of new technology. The first writing wasn't a poem or a history note, it was an IOU. And no wonder: money is our human notion of value, and how we maintain peaceful societies that work together without descending into bloodshed. Money is defined as a unit of account, a medium of exchange and a store of value — the glue of our collective sense of individual and community worth. Humankind has always looked for the most elegant, most practical cipher to serve as representation of this value and, with the blockchain, they may just have found it.
Even the fiat currencies of national governments will eventually move on-chain, whether in the form of problematic CBDCs or in representative stablecoins. Despite the renegade shouting of the blockchain crowd and its treatment of fiat as anathema, the need for fiat representations of national currencies will be paramount as long as there are nation states.
So, how blockchain is utilized to bridge fiat denominations on-chain so national currencies can be exercised freely in the Web 3.0 economy is crucial. Onomy Protocol plans to offer a total solution — not just for retail, but for institutions and eventually governments too.
The Origins & Need for Money
People have always needed money. The history of currency dates back to over 40,000 years ago, but originated in the form of objects that could be directly exchanged. For example, the first Native American "money" was represented through different furs, teeth, and even blades. This method of exchange is commonly known as bartering, which is simply defined as the direct trading of goods and services.
Bartering relied upon a method of transacting items with different degrees of value in order for the parties involved to be satisfied with the end result. The issue with bartering was that it was slow and time-consuming, as you needed to find someone to take what you had to offer.
But as societies began to move along the continuum in terms of their development, they became more sophisticated in how they engaged in transactions as a whole. People would start to regularly trade utility-based commodities such as weapons, tools, animal skins, and salt as forms of currency that were widely accepted and therefore fungible.
While these forms of currency were useful in their own ways, they came with several limitations in terms of their qualities, such as durability and divisibility, to name a few. For instance, shells were easily broken and shattered, while also plentiful and less rare, making them increasingly unreliable to traders. There became an emerging need to shift to a more robust and feasible medium of exchange on national scales.
Money is often defined as needing to be portable, durable, transportable, and intrinsic value. In fact, not a single country in the world today uses a type of "money" possessing these qualities — instead, they all operate via currency-based systems where faith in these paper notes is derived from the promises of governments that issue them.
From Coins to Paper Notes: The Gradual Evolution of Money
Next came the transition to using precious metals as a medium of exchange. Dating back over 2500 years ago, the Greeks and Egyptians used gold and silver coins as mediums of exchange, deriving their value from their weight and size. These metals were given further authority by state power, where kings would stamp coins with emblems that guaranteed their weight and value.
The frequency of exchanges between people with coins increased dramatically, and rulers began to enforce taxes upon individuals, exercising their political control over societies and serving as a funding mechanism for the elite and armies to flourish.
However, over time, people began to manipulate precious metal money through adding cheaper metals or slimming down the coins. This disconnected the peg between the value of coins and the metal which underwrote them. Furthermore, while metal coins essentially represented the best form of money, they were divisible only to a certain point and became difficult to carry in large quantities, impinging upon economic growth.
The need for a more convenient type of currency, given increased global trade needs, led to the creation of paper money. Although paper money had no intrinsic value, the backing of government authorities or other units of power meant members of society trusted that it was worth what they were told and could be exchanged for precious metal coins backing their value. Paper bills were first issued by the Chinese, who carried folded money during the Tang Dynasty in the 7th century. The technology didn't catch on in Europe until the 17th century, where newly-wealthy nation states in a frenzy of empire building and international politicking needed a more convenient way to represent their soft power on the world stage.
The Origins of the Forex Market and the Dollar Replacing Gold
The first Forex market originated in Amsterdam almost 500 years ago, finally allowing people to trade paper money currencies across the globe. This led to the creation of exchange rates. Soon after in 1875, the Gold Standard was ordained, restricting countries to creating currency notes that didn't exceed their total gold reserves. This was to stop countries flooding the market with their currency and ensure that countries were staying within their means.
However, after World War 1, countries needed to print more money to cover their spending, marking the end of the Gold Standard and leading us into a historical frenzy of endless currency printing and manipulation. Still, precious metals have worth, and have long been considered a good store of value against the inflation caused by the printing of fiat. Indeed, in the age of computers, some — like silver and platinum — have developed highly useful 'real world' uses.
Now, however, the U.S. Dollar is currently the world reserve currency, serving as the most powerful and widely accepted medium of exchange across the globe — it's been continuously printed since the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank in 1913. This, naturally, means its purchasing power diminishes year-over-year, but it can be paired with currencies around the globe. Close behind the U.S. Dollar is the Euro, the second most traded global currency within European countries, introduced in early 1999. Following the Euro, the other highest traded world currencies are the Japanese Yen, Great British Pound, Canadian Dollar, and Swiss Franc, in order of size and liquidity. As electronification of money has grown, so has the size and rapidity of international currency markets.
The Emergence of Banks & Online Money
With the internet and digitization, money was one of the first applications of this new innovation. Online banking initially emerged in 1981, where New York City provided online home-banking services through the following entities: Citibank, Chase Manhattan, Chemical Bank, and Manufacturers Hanover.
Over the next two decades, banks all across the world began offering online banking services and officially turning the concept of digitized money into a reality. By 2006, over 80% of banks were offering internet banking services, spurring massive and unprecedented growth in this sector. Online money was now mainstream, where users could trade, exchange, send, and do much more with their digital currencies than ever before.
However, as time went by, people experienced many frustrations with the e-banking sector. Delays, high fees, slow customer service, and other considerably over-extensive security measures made the process of transferring and using digital money through intermediary and centralized banks often inefficient and undesirable.
The market began to demand more, and this is where cryptocurrencies truly emerged into the light as a viable alternative, taking the traditional banking world by storm. This is where the fork in the road took place, forever transcending the financial world as we knew it.
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Stablecoins: The On-Chain Financial Revolution
In 2009, Bitcoin was created by an anonymous individual named Satoshi Nakamoto who, in his whitepaper, noted that it was designed to serve as an open-source and decentralized form of digital money — one of its most attractive attributes is that it was deemed by many to act as a hedge against inflation. In essence, it was the first cryptocurrency to be introduced to the world and restored many elements of control back to individuals seeking financial sovereignty, hence instituting a brand new free-market formerly lost through the traditional monetary system.
Bitcoin operates on a blockchain, a digital ledger of transactions that is duplicated and distributed across the entire network of computer systems, providing an immutable record of information that's impossible to delete or modify. Since its development, Bitcoin has led the charge as a source of inspiration for developing many other advanced cryptocurrencies leveraging blockchain technology to create new and powerful digital financial systems.
One example is Ethereum, a decentralized software platform where developers can create and utilize smart contracts to build decentralized applications (dapps). Since its inception in 2015, Ethereum has held its ground as the second-largest cryptocurrency and opened the door to innovative projects and dapps that are transcending the financial landscape by allowing users to earn high-interest yields, lend and borrow assets, and much more — this is all made possible through DeFi (decentralized finance).
At this point, cryptocurrencies can undoubtedly be deemed as revolutionary financial instruments with massive growth potential; however, they've proven to be highly volatile in nature, keeping many potential traders and investors at bay. This is where the idea of stablecoins presented an extremely viable and effective solution to truly help bring crypto to the masses — henceforth, the stablecoin journey to mass adoption began.
In totality, the two largest USD-pegged stablecoins have a combined market capitalization of over $100 billion and have become powerhouses in regards to their use case and liquidity.
However, both of these stablecoins are merely backed by financial reserves being held by the companies that issue them, effectively switching the onus of trust from the federal (or equivalent) reserve and into the hands of the few individuals with levers of control of these private entities. The same can be said for CBDCs — government issued stablecoins that have the potential to act as command and control technologies for nation states who issue them, as they would have the opportunity to program 'what' the money could be spent on — as well as trace wherever it went. Therefore, it's key that there are decentralized solutions to stablecoin value that cleave closer to the central ideology of crypto, or we risk running the same mistakes as history.
And indeed there are, crypto-collateralized and algorithmic stablecoins have successfully maintained their peg even in the face of macro-economic and crypto-economic shocks and, should they continue to do so, they offer the safe haven stable-value alternative that not just crypto investors, but everyday users of financial systems, crave. Without them, the system does not work. You don't want your central everyday currency to be volatile, but with stablecoins — it doesn't have to be.
In terms of additional advantages, stablecoins are extremely desirable because they're permissionless and can be fast, allowing users to send any amount of money to anyone in the world with the click of a few buttons.
Currently, there's still a lack of representation for stablecoins pegged to other national fiat currencies outside the U.S. Dollar, but this is changing — albeit slowly. Onomy plans to offer decentralized stablecoin tokens pegged to the world's major currencies at any given time through one simple portal, as well as having easy fiat onramps and offramps for users and institutions alike. This will have obvious benefits for casual users, but where it will have the biggest impact will be on the Forex market.
How and Why the Forex Market Remains Opaque
When the gold standard went, and countries were at liberty to print as much currency as they like, the Forex market grew exponentially to accommodate the shifting sands of cross-border currency value, governed as it is by the myriad of economic policies of each nation state. Today, Forex is the biggest market with trillions of dollars in volume per day — an astronomical $6.6 trillion to be exact. Yet there is a problem, due to its complexity, and the importance of long standing credit relationships in order to be competitive, a select few have come to dominate this surprisingly opaque market.
The need for long standing relationships is due to the settlement risk inherent in trading currencies cross-border, and specialized but opaque liquidity pools drawn up between a tight concert of large actors. This drives out fair competition and reduces the equity of the market in a way that passes on costs to retail consumers exchanging currencies and businesses making international investments — all of which hinder global economic growth. Schrimpf and Shusko, in 2019, commented that the Forex market is increasingly less 'visible', and only an occasional snapshot can truly be seen. Whereas digitization has generally led to an opening of competition in most markets — e.g retail involvement in the stock market — with forex this electronification has merely led to more and more of the global market going through a few, dominant centralized hubs.
Although it's tempting to then consider that these hubs are maintaining a stranglehold on the market for their own ends (and this is, in some senses, true), the fact is that maintaining suitable liability cross-border is an expensive business that is a closed shop. These large institutions, as much as any other, would welcome on-chain Forex trading, as it eliminates the need for them to account for settlement risk, gives them more freedom in their transactions, and let's them integrate their assets in the Web 3.0 economy. This is what Onomy is setting out to achieve; to allow institutions already involved in the Forex market to deploy their vast assets for better return while also generating retail interest through the levelling of the competitive playing field.
Onomy Protocol: The Solution to Deploying Fiat Currencies On-Chain
Traditional finance is now at a crossroads, where even the most dominant players are beginning to accept the almost inevitable migration of worldwide fiat currencies to on-chain environments. Asset tokenization is fundamental in taking fiat currencies to the next level and creating blockchain-based digital economies that can scale.
Moreover, the blockchain happens to be the perfect mechanism to carry out this promising initiative. It contains features such as accessibility, immutability, and transparency that will help transcend the properties of digital fiat currencies. Ultimately, the blockchain is paving the way forward to an actual borderless and open financial market.
However, the market demands decentralization, and while we could technically have stable assets pegged to national currencies through real-world bank deposits, the crypto-sphere remains trustless in nature. For most future-thinking users, having their on-chain finances controlled by a centralized custodian who may or may not be able to prove they do indeed hold a 1:1 fiat resemblance is not the right way forward. Rather, decentralized and crypto-collateralized stablecoins may be the ones which truly help migrate foreign exchange on-chain. The market already has successful stablecoins that fit the criteria here, but most are pegged to the USD and are unable to move outside of the Ethereum ecosystem.
Forex is global, so it only makes sense to have global currencies that can be moved between blockchain economies. While Onomy's Denoms are a brand new concept, they hold the economic and infrastructural characteristics deemed necessary to support the natural evolution of money.
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If you don't mind me asking, how do yu feel about this? I ask because I've read a lot about minorities who are stripped of their culture by dominant groups and who fight hard to retain it, so it's a bit strange to see a member of a minority voluntarily walking away from their culture and its associated traditions. Or, I dunno, perhaps it wasn't so voluntary after all?
I think it's valid for people to decide to be assimilationist if that's what they prefer… I think the really strong pressure that says you *have* to assimilate is the problem. I think the pushback against that pressure can splash back on people who are voluntarily assimilating. But it's hard to pick out, in a sort of dual consciousness way.
I don't know much about my grandfathers mental state, except that he was a deeply troubled, unpleasant, and unhappy man. Family stories say he was "unhappy" in his childhood, but I don't know how dire that unhappiness was — at this point, I strongly suspect he was being treated in a way that we would now consider child abuse–possibly in a way that would have been considered child abuse then as well.
He maintained a relationship with his mother until the end of her life, and she remained a religious Jew. (I love the story about how she was always disappointed on Easter when the other women in the nursing home would receive cards and she didn't–because she was sufficiently insular that she didn't know what Easter was.) So, that's a factor I don't really know how to analyze.
He became an atheist before running away from his family, at a time just past World War II. I think really hard times like that can push people either toward their minority status (I know Jews who feel like they need to claim the identity more in the face of rising anti-semitism) or away from it. I suspect he disliked many of the religious traditions specifically –I suspect that he held them in disdain–so that also becomes a factor in walking away. So, there are a lot of reasons he may have walked away, or possibly all of them — the wake of the anti-semitic horror which killed any members of our family who had not already emigrated; a dislike for the religion itself; and a desire to separate himself from an abusive childhood.
Perhaps I'll do that to him sometime.
Judaism is a desert topping and a floor wax.
… and I spent all that time studying Talmud!
– the somewhat prideful assertion of secular Israelis that *their* cultural-but-not-religious definition of Jewishness was somehow more stable/viable than that of diaspora "Ethical Culture Society" secular Jews.
– the importance of some basic things like knowledge of Hebrew to even facilitate cross-sectarian discussion.
Yeah, I think knowing Hebrew is good. I don't — but I respect that it's important.
Is reading Hebrew enough? I also know a few words of vocabulary.
Of cours Hebrew would be considered vital in Israel. I recall everybody I met there as fluent in the language. It seems I've met a lot more folks in the USA who speak Yiddish than who speak Hebrew.


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25 dead, 100 missing
Jan 5, 2012 8:10 AM PHT
The landslide occurred in a small-scale mining site in Compostela Valley previously identified as landslide prone
MANILA, Philippines [UPDATED] – A landslide occurred early morning of Thursday, January 5, in Pantukan Compostela Valley.
Local government and police officials said they have already counted at least 25 dead from the landslide. Residents have told various radio stations that at least 100 people are missing.
The military said at least 50 houses were destroyed by the landslide at 3 am Thursday.
Initially, police reported at least 16 casualties from the landslide, which occurred in a mining site in Barangay Napnapan, Sitios Diat 1 & 2 of Pantukan. Around 100 others are believed to have been buried in mining tunnels affected by the landslide.
Residents living near the mining sites told radio stations they didn't observe any rains last night that could have caused the landslide. But Benito Ramos, Executive Director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said an earthquake occurred in Davao Oriental, which is beside Compostela Valley, shortly past midnight of January 5.
Rescue operations
Rappler learned from Maj. Jacob Obligado, battalion commander of the community military operations of the 10th Infantry Division, that military choppers from Cagayan de Oro City are on their way Compostela Valley to respond for possible rescue operations. DZMM also reported that the 71st Infantry Battalion has also responded to the the incident.
Pantukan Mayor Tok Sarenas has reportedly convened the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Committee.
Environment Secretary Ramon Paje told DZMM that he has ordered immediate geological assessment of the area because "we also do not want to endanger the rescuers."
Small scale mining dangers
Paje said that the area where the landslide occurred has been identified in geohazard maps as highly susceptible to landslides. Locals have been repeatedly warned of the dangers according to Paje.
He urged the LGUs to stop issuing small scale mining permits. "Small scale mining is highly dangerous, highly pollutive and very difficult to regulate." Read our story on small-scale mining in Compostela Valley here.
Provincial Governor Arturo Uy said there has been a ban on mining activities in the area affected by the landslide.
In April 2011, at least 26 people were reported killed when a landslide occurred also in Pantukan, Compostela Valley.
The province, where the Diwalwal gold mines is also located, thrives in small-scale mining, an industry that government has over the years failed to manage or stop. – Rappler.com


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Q: What is the difference between members on prototype object and on constructor function? My question is not about the difference between object's members and prototype members. I understand that. I think it is similar like C# object members and static members on the class.
My question is about difference between members on constructor function and on prototype object. Comparing to C# they both are "static". So what is the difference? I only observed, that prototype members can be called the same way on instances directly, or on Constructor.prototype. The constructor function members can be called only on constructor function.
When to use which approach?
To illustrate this, imagine I need count of Persons.

Example using constructor function members:
function Person () {
    Person.countOfCreatedPersons = (Person.countOfCreatedPersons || 0) + 1;
}

Person.Count = function () {
    return Person.countOfCreatedPersons;
}

var p = new Person();
alert(Person.Count());

Example using prototype members:
function Person () {
    Person.prototype.countOfCreatedPersons = (Person.prototype.countOfCreatedPersons || 0) + 1;
}

Person.prototype = {
    Count: function () {
        return this.countOfCreatedPersons;
    }
}

var p = new Person();
alert(Person.prototype.Count()); // or p.Count()

A: When you add a property to the prototype of an object, every object that inherits from that prototype has the property:
function Ob(){};

Ob.prototype.initialised = true;

var ob1 = new Ob();
alert(ob1.initialised);  //true!
alert(Ob.initialised); //undefined;

If you add it to the constructor, is like a static property. Instances won't have acces to them.
function Ob2(){};

Ob2.initialised = true;
var ob2 = new Ob2();
alert(ob2.initialised); //undefined
alert(Ob2.initialised); //true

Besides, if you add a method to the prototype, the this variable inside the method will point to your object (the instance of the class you've created with new). This is not true for class methods:
function Obj() {
    this.value = 1;
}

Obj.prototype.getValue = function() {
    return this.value;
};

Obj.getValue = function() {
    return this.value;
};

var ob3 = new Obj();
alert(ob3.getValue()); //'1'!
alert(Obj.getValue()); //undefined!

Hope this explains.

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The HCNC Subdivision Fraud Continues Unabated
There Has Been No Outreach For This Fraud
The massive fraud that has been perpetrated on the residents of Victor Heights, El Pueblo, and Solano Canyon that is the HCNC subdivision application looks like it will continue right up to the equally-fraudulent election tomorrow.
In this latest lie that has been told by Angelica Lopez Moyes, wherein she claimed falsely that her subdivision application had been endorsed by Cathedral High School, Martin Farfan, the President of Cathedral, refutes the lie in the following email:
The woman who is doing all the leg work for the subdivision approached Br. John last week and asked to host a community meeting to give information before the election. The only two people who attended the meeting were Br. John and I. The short story is that we are not in support of the subdivision [emphasis added]. We informed her that in our opinion there was no outreach in our community prior to putting it on the ballot for this Thursday election. Cathedral has been in the Solano Canyon since 1925 and Br. John and I have been at Cathedral over 20 years and first heard about the subdivision last week. Hopefully the subdivision doesn't pass! [emphasis added]
In other words, Angelica Lopez Moyes and her co-conspirators once again are telling a boldface lie. Asside from Brother John and the President of Cathedral, no one attended the meeting that Ms. Moyes claims is outreach. She apparently understands that, if she tells the same lie loudly enough and enough times, then perhaps enough people will believe it that her ill-conceived and entirely fraudulent HCNC subdivision application will pass. She can only hope to accomplish this fraud with the collusion of Mike Fong of DONE, and with the tacit approval of Carmen Hawkins, the Assistant City Attorney.
It is really worth reading about what a liar and a fraud Angelica Lopez Moyes really is here.


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Home > Grants & Awards > COSA Psycho-Oncology Awards
- Previous Recipients
- COSA Travel Grant
- COSA Trainee Travel Grant
Australia has a proud history of excellence in psycho-oncology care and research. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) and the Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group (PoCoG) have fostered the field and ensured its place as part of multi-disciplinary cancer care. Consequently, our organisations are strong with many dedicated individuals contributing to ongoing development and excellence in the field. These Awards recognise outstanding contributions to psycho-oncology from among our members.
Melanie Price Psycho-Oncology Award
This Award recognises the highest level of contribution to psycho-oncology from amongst the membership of COSA and PoCoG. In 2019 we acknowledged our colleague, peer and good friend Melanie Price and named the Australian Psycho-Oncology Award in her honour.
Professor Gail Garvey, the 2021 Melanie Price Australian Psycho-Oncology Award recipient
Professor Gail Garvey, a Kamilaroi woman from NSW, is currently Professor Indigenous Health Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. Prof Garvey has devoted her career to improving the health, particularly cancer, outcomes of First Nations peoples in Australia and globally. Professor Garvey has achieved significant and impactful research outputs during her career focusing predominately on the psychosocial aspects of cancer care and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and is committed to embedding research translation into her research projects to ensure research efforts will lead to positive policy and practice change..
Phyllis Butow New Investigator in Psycho-Oncology Award
This Award recognises research achievements and potential for an ongoing contribution to the discipline of psycho-oncology in Australia. In 2021 we were pleased to name the New Investigator Award in the honour of Professor Phyllis Butow in recognition of her leadership and generous mentoring of so many psycho-oncology researchers in Australia and internationally.
Dr Joanna Fardell, the 2021 Phyllis Butow New Investigator in Psycho-Oncology Award recipient
Dr Joanna Fardell is an outstanding psycho-oncology professional and researcher who demonstrates both breadth and depth of research experience spanning the translational pipeline. Dr Fardell is an emerging leader in implementing evidence-supported policy and practice change, who works tirelessly to translate her scientific work into real changes for young people affected by cancer.
For further information about these awards please contact: Dr Laura Kirsten, Laura.Kirsten@health.nsw.gov.au, Chair, COSA Psycho-Oncology Group


Gerda Ankenbauer-Spetch, BSc (Hons), Lic Ac, MBAcC of Healing the Whole You is a fully qualified, licensed and insured Acupuncturist and Cosmetic Acupuncturist and a Member of the British Acupuncture Council who currently practises in central Reading in Berkshire and Basingstoke in Hampshire.
She graduated in 2008 from the world-renowned College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading where the tutors are amongst the best practitioners of Chinese Medicine in the Western World after completing a 4-year Bachelor of Science Honours Degree course in Acupuncture which included treating patients under supervision for the last 9 months of the course.
At the College, Gerda was taught both Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), where the focus is on the patient's ailment, and Five Element Acupuncture, where the patient is seen as a whole, thus incorporating the best of both these systems of Chinese Medicine. Gerda is, therefore, able to offer holistic treatments where the whole person is treated on a physical, mental and emotional level rather than just the symptoms of a disease, illness or injury, hence Healing the Whole You.
She has also undergone post-graduate training in Cosmetic Acupuncture and Neuro-Muscular Taping, Zita West Training for Acupuncture and Fertility as well as many other courses (for further details see the Training Page). Gerda has been an Affiliated Acupuncturist Member of the Zita West Network for Reproductive Health since 2010 (see www.zitawest.com for further details) and one of her specialities is treating patients, both male and female, with fertility issues.
After a successful career in IT and IT Audit, Gerda came to Acupuncture through personal experience of its power as the Healer of the Whole You. It helped her tremendously through the very difficult period of her husband's illness and death and gave her the strength to carry on.
When the time came to decide what to do with her life, she wanted to give something back and give other people the opportunity to benefit from the healing power of Acupuncture.
In her practice, she has seen what Acupuncture can do to heal a person's mind, body and spirit and help to make them whole again, especially after a bereavement, divorce or stress in personal or working life as well as benefit patients with a wide range of physical ailments and pain.
The British Acupuncture Council is a registering body for professional acupuncturists whose aim is to ensure the health and safety of the public at all times. This is done by maintaining high standards of education, ethics, discipline and practice. Acupuncturists registered with the British Acupuncture Council carry the letters MBAcC after their name.
updates her practice skills by following an individual programme of continuing professional development.


TechSoup Global and GuideStar International (the UK-registered charity and not the US non-profit GuideStar) announce today that they are combining their operations in order to strengthen their respective capacity-building programmes for civil society organizations. The two organizations already share a commitment to a 'transparent, empowered and connected civil society'. They intend to develop a shared mission to benefit global civil society through the provision of technology, information and resources.


Should you hire an agency to do your branding?
There are many things that you can very capably do yourself, do in-house with your team or even get your skilled cousin to knock up. But helping you formulate your brand vision into a reality is not one of them.
Over the years working in the digital marketing space, the most critical part of getting a new web project live that everyone loves is the nature of the brand that we have been presented with.
Many small businesses make the mistake of just getting a 'logo done' rather than extending that process to have an entire branding process completed. I have seen this time and time again, when the end result, of say a new website, doesn't quite hit the mark. Because the client has a logo, not a brand, and the logo is not a fit with what they say they want.
So why should you work with an agency to have your branding developed?
I have 3 great reasons why I believe you need to consider an agency when you are rebranding or setting up a new business.
An agency (and they don't need to be a huge one) will have the skills and experience needed to develop your brand across all potential touch points. They will be able to picture your brand in a variety of mediums, uses, and real life scenarios, and thus, make sure that the final product they deliver to you will have the flexibility you need to work everywhere.
They will be able to provide you with key colours, wording, imagery, tone and voice that will be in keeping with your vision - enabling and guiding you with how you present yourself to the wide world.
I found this approach invaluable for both the development of a brand for my new business as well as our digital agency rebranded completely in 2015. The investment was sound.
Often when we do things ourselves, we can be a little blinded to how the outside sees us. Whether we just can't quite nail the delivery, or mix our messages, how the outside world sees us can often be different to how we see ourselves. We may understand our business vision, our why very clearly, but we may know it so well we only communicate that in shorthand to our team and so miss part of the important storytelling that is needed to communicate fully to others.
An agency allows this to happen, they are at arm's length and so don't have preconceived ideas of who you are. They just listen to your story and help you tell it visually.
A good agency, when developing your brand with you, will ask a series of questions to better understand you, your business, and your approach. Often these questions will be things that you never thought to ask yourself. Again, often we are too close or too busy to ask these questions, or reflect on the answers. An agency will get to the heart of who you are.
Of course it will be a given that a good agency will be across design trends, styles and classic features that never date. You should feel comfortable when you deal with them, confident that they get you. No brand can be developed without your input, your why.
Any make sure you secure the IP of all branding work when the job is done. Who knows what you might want to do in the future? But once this foundation is laid, then you yourself will have plenty of opportunities to have more of this work.
I am a digital strategist, creator and founder of the Summit School. I also jointly own, Big Blue Digital, a digital agency based in regional Australia with clients nationally. I specialise in helping small business owners, entrepreneurs and marketers use digital tools to grow their business.
Leanne, persuasively put. I second what you have written. When product, price and service are similar, the power of the brand makes all the difference in the purchase decision. A strong brand can turn a buyer's market into a seller's one. A strong brand attracts customers and the best staff. A strong brand increases the sale price of the business.
The fact that the potential value of a brand is rarely considered during its development is another failing of the DIY methodology. Your brand's value (as well as its associated IP) may one day need fund your retirement, or form the basis of a national franchise.Every brand must be devoid of fatal impediments that restrict your capacity to grow regionally, diversify into new market revenue streams or simply attract investment capital. Your enterprises brand represents its potential value and is what every business owner works each day to create and sustain.I always emphasise that a genuine commercial brand must never include any content that appears on an envelope addressed personally to the business owner. There are very few legitimate exceptions to this rule.


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If you cannot enroll in a digital driving course, traditional traffic classes with instructors are also available through various in-person providers. However, these driving classes are only offered at approved locations within Florida and may not be offered near your residence. Furthermore, scheduling for in-person traffic school is inflexible, and drivers are expected to attend classes no matter how inconvenient the time or location.
First time driver classes can also be taken in person at various local high schools in Florida. However, these traditional driving lessons can be even more difficult to fit into your schedule than the private company courses because of the restrictions presented by school hours. Furthermore, because taking TLSAE driving classes online provides students with the same material as in-person courses, most first-time drivers opt for online enrollment. New Florida drivers must complete a drivers education course in order to receive their learners permit. A Florida driving course consists of information on traffic laws, road signs and DUI regulations in the state. Additionally, first-time drivers will be required to complete Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education (TLSAE). To qualify for an FL driving permit, you must be at least 15 years of age. Young drivers in FL can enroll in an online drivers education course.
Drivers education in Florida is required for all young motorists who are seeking a learner's permit in the state. This means that all new drivers who are between 14-and-a-half and 17 years of age must take drives ed classes to earn a license. In FL, these courses are also known as Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education (TLSAE) programs. Moreover, students may enroll in drivers ed online through public classes or third-party courses.
A driver education course in FL will teach new motorists all of the important aspects related to driving. These include defensive driving techniques, the importance of avoiding drugs and alcohol and how to manage road-side emergencies. At the end of a drivers ed course, students will receive a certificate of completion, which must be submitted to the FLHSMV in order to obtain a permit. Keep reading below to understand what needs to be done in order to complete drivers ed school in Florida.
Who needs to take drivers ed in Florida?
Registration for drivers ed in Florida is required for teens who are between 14-and-a-half and 17 years of age. As such, all teenage motorists seeking to acquire a learner's permit must first complete drivers ed classes. Alternatively, drivers who are at least 18 years of age do not have to meet the same driver education course requirements.
Drivers ed classes in FL can be completed either online or in a classroom. Overall, most motorists are drawn to registering for drivers ed online as these programs offer more convenience and flexibility. However, various high schools throughout the state offer the Driver Education Licensing Assistance Program (DELAP), and third-party institutions offer different types of in-person classes.
Taking driver ed online classes is slightly different from undergoing an in-person course. For example, students who choose to take an online driver ed course will be able to complete their lessons at any time that suits them. Moreover, drivers ed online classes allow students to set their own learning pace. A provider like DriversEd.com offers this convenient online option for new motorists. Through this trusted third-party provider, residents can complete their driver education course online and gain access to the official permit test.
On the other hand, in-classroom drivers education programs are optimal for students who prefer the traditional approach to learning. This way, residents can have their questions answered by both peers and instructors. However, students must be mindful that they will have a set time to complete work on their driver education program taken in person.
What will you learn in a Florida drivers ed school?
At an FL drivers ed school, students learn about many important topics that will help keep them safe on the road. These topics range from traffic controls to special driving situations.
In addition, new motorists will learn how different mental and physical states and other motorists on the road may affect their own driving. By the end of drivers education school, students will understand FL traffic laws, defensive driving techniques and the best practices for driving under different weather conditions.
The primary FL drivers education requirement is the completion of the Traffic Law and Substance Abuse Education course. However, new motorists must also complete at least 50 hours of driver training. Of those 50 hours, 10 must consist of nighttime driving before they can apply for a full license.
Completing an FL driver education course can help make students better motorists. Drivers education classes teach residents how to operate their vehicles in different situations and mental states. Furthermore, they will learn about the importance of avoiding drugs and alcohol especially while driving.
Overall, a drivers ed school will provide new motorists with all the knowledge they need to effectively handle driving situations and keep themselves and others safe on the road. As a result, they can decrease their chances of being in an accident or stopped for violating a traffic law.
Furthermore, students who register for an online drivers ed course can earn credits toward their online learning requirement that leads them to obtain full licenses. Generally, completing these courses will count as a half credit.
Before enrolling in a Florida drivers ed school, motorists need to find a provider who is approved by the FLHSMV. In general, both in-person and online drivers ed course providers are available in the state.
As an example, first-time motorists who are 18 years of age and older and need to complete an online drivers ed course can sign up with DriversEd.com. Through this third-party provider, drivers can complete the class on any device, take unlimited practice permit tests and feel confident in DriversEd.com's 99.5 percent permit exam pass rate.
Students need an FL DMV drivers ed certificate in order to apply for a learner's permit. That is because this certificate is one of the most important documents that applicants need to bring to their FLHSMV appointment.
The Florida driver education course certificate, otherwise known as a TLSAE waiver, is awarded to students after they complete their course. Sometimes, this certificate is automatically sent electronically to the FLHSMV.
Enrolling in FL drivers ed is a requirement for new residents who have never held or do not possess a drivers license from a different state or country. As such, these motorists must complete drivers education classes before applying for a Florida license. This is a requirement for new residents who are younger or older than 18 years of age.
There are several key differences between FL drivers ed and traffic school. First, a drivers ed course is for new motorists who have never held a license. This type of course is primarily for teens between 14-and-a-half and 17 years of age.
Additionally, first-time drivers who are 18 years of age and older must also attend drivers education classes if they have never held a license in any other state or country. In both adult and teen driving school, students learn about vehicle operation and safety in depth in addition to the importance of avoiding alcohol and drugs while operating a car.
In contrast to a drivers education school, traffic school is for experienced motorists. Drivers are typically required to attend traffic school after receiving certain citations such as speeding or driving while under the influence. Unlike drivers education, traffic school programs focus on correcting negative driving behaviors rather than providing a brand-new overview of vehicle operation.
Driver education in Florida has a wide range of costs. Certain courses are even available for free. However, most drivers ed prices offered by third-party providers will range between $8 and $29.


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Amy Robidas is originally from Pennsylvania, but relocated to Maine after serving as an Electronics Technician in the US NAVY. She attended the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine School of Law. After graduating from law school with honors, she worked as an associate at a firm in Portland, where she practiced exclusively family law and criminal defense.
Amy's practice is 100% litigation and continues to focus on criminal defense and family law, including divorce, parental rights and responsibilities, enforcement of orders, protection from abuse, protection from harassment, and post judgment custody issues. Amy is admitted to practice in both state and federal courts and is a member of the Maine State Bar Association, the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Maine Trial Lawyers Association, and the Edward Gignoux Inn of Court.
Maine, 2007
U.S. District Court District of Maine, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2012
University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine
J.D. cum laude - 2007
University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine
B.A. summa cum laude - 2003
Major: Sociology
Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2007 - Present
Maine Trial Lawyers Association, 2007 - Present
Maine State Bar Association
Edward Gignoux Inn of Court, 2007 - Present
Zerillo Law, LLC, Senior Associate, 2007 - 2014
Lawyers in Libraries, 2013 - Present
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