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The Program Operations Manager (POM), will be responsible for leading the implementation of Save the Children's dual mandate in Dollo Ado Woreda.
This will include managing the humanitarian response in Dollo Ado refugee camps and managing our development programming in the host communities.
S/he will have overall responsibility for Save the Children's developmental and humanitarian operational platform The POM, will play a key role in the implementation of, the restructuring of the teams in Dollo Ado to maximize the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of our interventions with the budget available; will be expected to strengthen and support all areas of Save the Children International (SCI) operations quality programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation, team management.
S/he will ensure that teams implement high quali ty programs at scale that impact positively on the lives of children and vulnerable refugees and that meet with Save the Children International's Humanitarian Framework, Standard Operating Standards, SPHERE standards and our commitments to donors, UNHCR and the Government of Ethiopia.
The POM, will work closely with our business development team in design quality proposals that are fitting to the practical program implementation on the ground to ensure the needs of children are being met.
University degree in a relevant academic discipline-Masters in international development, conflict and health an advantage.
Save the Children need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
The Consortium Manager is responsible for the effective and accountable running of the COSACA grant, the overall management and implementation of quality programming guided by the program proposal, and representation with relevant stakeholders. Training, mentoring and capacity building is also a crucial part of this position.
With the yearly flooding and cyclone season likely to begin in December there is an urgent need to put in place the joint operating and capacity building plans funded under this grant, along with prepositioning of stocks.
The recruitment of a COSACA Consortium Manager is critical to the success of this preparedness-response project.
Demonstrated 5-7years experience with humanitarian multi-sectoral humanitarian responses, including participatory assessment methods, in complex emergency contexts with an international NGO or UN agency.
Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train program staffs and also able to work in changeable situation in a sensitive and participatory manner.
Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and rough living conditions.
Good command of English and Portuguese.
The Roving Awards Coordinator will when in-country support the Award Manager in the planning, securing and managing of both development and humanitarian awards. The position plays a lead role in award information management and shares and coordinates information across departments when in country.
Additionally, the Roving Awards Coordinator will support the Head of Awards with dedicated support on high risk awards; and providing analysis; compliance capacity building and monitoring of all phases of awards.
Support the effective dissemination of award information so that all key contributing staff have a clear understanding of Save the Children processes and donor requirements and expectations throughout the lifecycle of an award (opportunity to close-out).
Assist with the coordination of Award Kick-Off meetings.
Support the Country Award Manager to improve the reconciliation process (reporting assurance mechanism) between Finance, Procurement, Logistics, Distribution, M&E that will ensure accountable reporting to donors.
Support and where appropriate coordinate the proposal development process.
Support and where appropriate coordinate the internal processes for preparation of donor reports.
Facilitate effective and prompt communication by relevant staff with members on their awards.
Support program staff to comply with Save the Children partnership policies and procedures, and ensure all implementing partners undergo legal vetting and that the appropriate agreements are completed prior to commencing work with Save the Children.
Support award close-out, helping project managers to ensure all tasks are completed as per the close out checklist and that all required close-out documentations are kept on file.
Ensure award close out processes are officially completed in AMS.
Resourcing Coordinator - To be responsible for maintaining and updating core HR administrative systems including the HR Database, filing system, induction processes.
Support the Regional office by providing a comprehensive and responsive resourcing strategy.
Support countries in the end to end recruitment process for international and other key senior national positions.
Providing advice on Job evaluation and reviewing JDs to ensure compliance with Save the Children policy and supporting the preparation of adverts and posting in internal and external jobsites.
Providing support to shortlisting and interviews and ensuring child safeguarding standards are met during the process.
With inputs from HR Director, advising on salary offer, liaising with SCI centre for preparation of international contracts.
Give full support on reference checks and secure documentations before hiring.
Providing training on Recruitment, Interviewing skills and others to relevant country program staff.
Update the HR information system (HRIS) in a timely and accurate manner. This includes setting up new starters, leavers, amending personal details, updating contract information, inputting performance ratings, training information and running of reports on a monthly basis.
Maintain accuracy and integrity of data through timely input to electronic and hard copy l personal files. Maintain confidentiality in respect of all candidates' and employees' records whether manual or computer maintained and ensure that all records are held securely.
In coordination with the Regional HR Director issue International staff contracts and set up personal files for each employee.
Assist with pre-employment medical screening administration for International employees.
Ensure successful completion of HR payroll information for International staff with all documentation submitted accurately and in line with payroll deadlines on a monthly basis.
Coordinate with the center HR the submission of applications for medical insurance membership, Life Insurance, and Long Term Savings plan enrolment for International employees, ensuring this is set up in advance of their start date; and notify new employees accordingly.
Respond to administration related queries on Insurance enrollment for International employees.
In collaboration with the Humanitarian Operation Director, Regional HR Director and HR counterparts in country offices throughout the region plan, coordinate and implement Emergency recruitment and staffing plan.
Supporting countries especially where capability is low, in the end to end recruitment process for international and other key senior national positions during the emergency response.
Work with country office HR managers to keep the Country Office prepared for emergency such as defining organizational structure, job profiles, pay and salary scale and recruitment procedures relevant to emergencies.
Development and maintenance of the Regional Emergency Roster for external resource and facilitating release/hiring.
Working closely with the rest of the regional HR team to deliver on the team objectives including any other duties not already prescribed.
Bachelor's degree in Human resources, general management or business administration.
Technical skills in most if not all aspects of human resource management with a focus on Recruitment and Selection, Learning and Development, Performance Management.
Experience of working with an HR database, with the ability to accurately input data and generate reports.
Ability to prioritise, work to tight deadlines and use own initiative.
Ability and confidence to communicate appropriately with people at all levels, both internally and externally within a diverse client group.
Respect the importance of confidentiality, particularly in relation to employees' personal details.
Experience of working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
I.T Officer - Under the general guidance of the Regional office Support Services Manager, the IT officer is responsible for the ICT systems of the organization including research, designing and developing application systems, and providing technical support and training to the users; updates and computerizes the major activities of the organization; plans, deploys and administers communication and application technology, through better and available infrastructure for information processing of the organization.
Overall in charge of the ICT systems at EARO.
Conduct IT induction to all new staff in EARO including visiting staff, others.
Bachelor in an area of Information Technology (IT) or equivalent.
Having excellent proficiency in spoken and written English with strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead team effectively.
Have commitment to work longer hours/weekends or on remote field visits whenever needed.
Regional Human Resources Manager East Africa - As a key member of the Regional Human Resources team and in close collaboration with the Regional HR Director, you will be responsible for supporting and advising the country programmes on the various HR processes and systems. This includes support and advice in setting up or enhancing Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development, employee orientation and induction, Performance Management, Compensation and Benefits and Employee Relations.
Coordinate Regional and Country Office HR Quality assurance and reporting, ensuring the Save the Children Management Standards is in place and implemented across the Country Office.
Ensure the right systems and processes are in place for recruitment, orientation and induction, compensation and benefit management, performance management and staff development.
Ensure compliance of Country Programmes to the Save the Children Quality standards and building country programme's capacity to adhere to the standards. Quality assurance and compliance across Country Offices.
In collaboration with the Regional HR Director, HR counterparts in country offices throughout the region and the Country Directors, plan, coordinate and implement regional training programs such as the Senior Management Development Program, Achieving Peak Performance, Management Development Programs and technical training in the region.
Leading on cross country support, exchange of lessons learnt, potential centres of expertise and potential areas for job swapping, peer coaching etc.
Coordinating potential areas for job swapping, temporary assignments and other recruitment opportunities.
Coordinate with the country office and establish orientation/induction and exit briefings for humanitarian deployments.
Coordinate with the Country offices to establish a psychosocial support system which can be used by the Regional office and Country Offices within their context and need.
Ensure the establishment of a complete data base system across the country offices using HRIS to effectively manage the staffing updates to be used by the Regional Office and country offices for all occasions and especially for emergency scenarios.
Coordinate with the country offices under transition to support them in recruitment, HR policy including advice compensation and benefit package as per their local context.
In collaboration with the Regional HR Director, providing back-up as required for HR managers in low complexity country offices. This may require occasional on-site support, but will primarily be provided virtually. This may be shared with other members of the regional HR team.
Admin Assistant - To provide administration support to the Administration department. Responsible for supporting the administration team in the fulfilment of all administrative requirements for Save the Children's East Africa Regional Office in accordance with SCI policies and practices.
With support from Administration Coordinator ensure that all staff and visitors are well briefed on the administrative procedures and systems in place in the organisation.
Responsible for managing the issuance of office stationery and general office supplies. Ensuring that all stock sheets are updated on a weekly basis and proper records of this are in place.
Support the Regional Office Administration team in ensuring that all procurement requests and procurement orders are processed in a timely manner and all supporting documentation are in place for any procurement being done.
Support the Events Officer in facilitating arrangements for conferences, meetings, workshops etc .
Initiate payments for administration services - suppliers, water bill, electricity bill, telephone bills, fuel, Lunch bills etc; by ensuring that all supplier invoices are processed in a timely manner and invoice tracker is updated.
Assist the Receptionist in the front office functions of the Regional Office; distributing incoming and outgoing correspondences; manage the reception of visitors to the office and deal with their queries; accommodation and transport bookings.
Together with others, ensure compliance with and promoting all SCI policies such as Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding, Whistle blowing, Fraud, and Health and Safety.
Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines Background in large international non-governmental organisation or other international relief/development body.
Regional Operations Project Officer - The Regional Operations Project Officer will support the regional operations team and country offices with the production, coordination and dissemination of quality and timely management information (including tracking of humanitarian response finance/grants and human resource deployments); communication products and regional analysis.
Build and maintain a understanding of the type of programme management information that is required for the evolving needs of Save the Children Regional Office, Centre and members based on on-going programme support; profile building and fundraising suitable for a variety of audiences.
Working directly with Country Offices and coordinating across the regional operations team and other departments to ensure the timely delivery of Country Annual Planning and Annual and monthly/quarterly reporting.
Work with country office project officers; information & communications officers and others to produce, consolidate and disseminate regular management KPIs, SitReps; Output Trackers, Funding and Grants; deployment trackers and Operation Management Information (OMT); regional humanitarian dashboard; as well as updated Q&As and Fact Sheets (according to in-country sign off procedures).
Work with the regional operations team to identify and support improved emergency preparedness and contingency planning across the East Africa region - including for the regional office itself.
Work with the regional operations team (and identified country focal points) to support identified backstopping needs to categorised humanitarian responses. Assist in the identification and coordination of resource needs and allocations (including tracking of funding and HR deployments).
Work with regional operations team and others within the regional office and country offices to support the production and dissemination of regional humanitarian trend analysis and early warning information.
Monitor internal and external humanitarian information sources to provide oversight of emerging and continued humanitarian contexts. Attend regional forum and networks as required.
Act as a key focal point within the regional operations team for the coordination of media visits and internal and external programme visitors, providing all necessary Nairobi level documentation & support - including transportation, accommodation, registration and security & child safeguarding briefings.
Act as a focal point across the country programs for media & information requests across the region.
Work with country programmes to ensure that all media and communication protocols are closely followed and the in-county sign off procedures are adhered to by all SC members.
Support the regional operations team and country offices in the identification of capacity building needs.
In liaison with the Humanitarian and Leadership Academy - Nairobi Learning Centre support the implementation of training, capacity building and mentoring initiatives across the region.
Provide training, mentoring and build capacity of country project officers and information communication officers or other designated staff to deliver usable response management information to meet region, centre and member needs.
Act as a link between country offices and centre and members to promote 2-way communication and accountability. Ensure country offices understand the value of the information they provide and that centre is sharing this information effectively.
Occasionally be deployed to country offices in the initial stages of an emergency response to assist with duties linked to this role.
Ability to work effectively to elicit information from a variety of stakeholders and to adapt this into concise materials in English to support and promote the work of Save the Children.
Excellent and proven communicator able to communicate to a wide range of audiences.
Builds capacity with hands on practical approach and can demonstrate experience of training.
Resourcefulness, flexibility, good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and to meet deadlines.
Good understanding of children's issues, rights, development and humanitarian issues, and the ability to relate Save the Children's work within this context.
Experience of operating multimedia equipment including digital cameras, video recording equipment, web cams, and voice recorders.
Experience of tailoring communication and advocacy messages for a variety of decision-makers and high level audiences.
Regional Office Support Services Manager, East Africa Regional Office - As a member of the regional team, the Regional Office Support Services Manager will have primary responsibility for the day-to-day Support Services of the regional office, supporting the regional team, regional programmes team and SCI member staff based in the EA Regional Office.
The East Africa Regional office hosts 75+ employees from various Save the Children Member organisations as well as regional programmes and SCI functional teams that provide direct country office support.
The key responsibility will be to provide excellent customer service to all EARO staff freeing up their time to deliver outstanding results for children. Role modelling and supporting the development of an organisational culture that reflects our values, promotes accountability and high performance.
Provide legal oversight in terms of work permits; registrations and staffing agreements with Member affiliates.
Oversee overall maintenance of office facilities and equipment. Responsibility for their security and efficient utilisation.
Line management and support to Regional Office Finance Officer ensuring monthly accountabilities and payroll effectively managed.
Diploma/Degree holder, preferably in a finance and admin management course.
Programme Director for Regional Programme - The Regional Programme (RP) is a specialized programme achieving results at scale by working primarily with Pan African and East African bodies such the African Union (AU), African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), East African Standby Force (EASF), East African Community (EAC) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Head of Programme Quality Support - As a key member of the East Africa Programme team, the Head of Programme Quality Support will manage cross-cutting Programme quality support initiatives for Save the Children International Programmes in humanitarian and development contexts.
Supporting CO's in East Africa region to meet or exceed the programme related Quality Framework Standards by co-developing and endorsing quality measurement tools; participate in CO assessments and functionally monitor CO's progress.
Responsible for driving the regional priority to develop; roll-out replicate and learn from Signature programming across the Country Offices and connect with the global agenda on this.
Building the evidence basis, programme development and thematic excellence by driving the regional programmatic analysis whether from humanitarian; development or resilience lens.
Responsible for capturing, feeding into and sharing best practices and lessons learned to drive innovation and continuous learning around our full spectrum work in the region as it speaks to the Theory of Change.
Providing key technical leadership towards programme cycle; specifically with project start-up oversight of High Risk awards; ensuring responsibility delineation between Operations and Programme Quality departments; programme interpretation according to donor requirements and mechanisms for reporting established at kick-off.
Coordinate with Awards functions to ensure Partnership progress audits are adequately done in all CO.
A degree in a relevant field either in relation to development, disaster management, management, or in one or more of Save the Children's thematic areas (e.g. education, public health, nutrition, child protection, HIV/AIDS, child rights, food security & livelihoods and humanitarian action) is considered a plus.
Direct experience of delivery of humanitarian Programmes, in a technical or operational role.
Willingness to travel (varying, but expected to be 50% of time).
Complying with and promoting all Save the Children Global policies such as Child Safeguarding, Whistle blowing, Fraud, and Health and Safety.
Ensure accountability assessments are conducted and capacity built of staff to undertake accountability assessments.
Reporting Coordinator - Under the supervision of the Programmes and Operations Manager, S/He will coordinate the timely submission of quality reports to donors as well as promote mechanisms for clear tracking of reports.
Work with Awards team and Finance Department to review the reporting timelines for each award from with roles and responsibilities of the relevant staff for the development of reports clearly defined.
Ensure processes are in place to remind and trigger report preparation for field and HQ staff.
Provide leadership on the documentation of case studies and impact stories from both Field and HQ staff ensuring that they are of good quality and use the standardised templates.
Reviewing and editing all external and internal reports produced within the country office to ensure that they are quality reports.
Providing feedback to report writers via email or phone on general ways of improving their reporting skills and overall quality of reports.
Design and deliver training of report writing skills to staff and partners at both the Field and HQ level promoting a greater focus on qualitative aspects.
Ensure that final reports are submitted on time to the member and updated on both AMS as well as the shared drive accordingly.
Work with IT to promote use of shared information portals e.g. the shared drive to increase access to final documentation by all staff.
Maintain details of reporting format and requirements for all donors and provide the same to staff and partners during key meetings including kick off meetings.
Ensure the appropriate Technical Advisor(s) has reviewed the narrative and that the budget submitted correlates with the activities described in the report.
In liaison with the Humanitarian Coordinator and Operations team, support to ensure reports on emergencies both within and outside of SC current operating areas are clear and use correct formats.
Prepare a monthly Reporting Indicators Report that provides a snapshot of the state of both financial and narrative reports for deliberation at the Awards Review Meeting, Awards - Finance meetings and SMT.
Support Awards team in the negotiation of project commencement and conclusion, budget and payment schedule, reporting dates and requirements with donors.
Demonstrated experience of reporting in the Save the Children's global areas: Child protection, Health, HIV/AIDs, Nutrition, Education, Food Security & Livelihoods.
Good reporting writing, organisational skills, time management and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
Good negotiation, communication, decision-making and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work as part of a team.
Leadership skills and ability to give guidance to both co-located and remote field teams.
Training / experience in key donor reporting rules and regulations e.g. ECHO, EC, DFID, OFDA.
Experience delivering targeted training on concrete skills to adult learners of varying literacy levels.
Understanding of donor compliance and key SC reporting procedures.
Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours to handle variable workflow levels.
Community Development Coordinator- Kenya Country - SCI Kenya is in the process of implementing a signature maternal and newborn health (UNH) that is expected to significantly contribute to achievement of Kenya's MDG 4 and 5 targets.
Provide technical support for the implementation of the community mobilisation and participation aspect of the Signature Programme, including training, materials adaptation and monitoring of outcomes.
Work with the SP manager and the Health/HIV Technical Advisor for the development, management and facilitation of the SP community engagement strategy, plan of action and activities for strategic communication and promotion for social and behavioural change in support of the Signature Programme delivery.
Promote and influence behaviour development/change at community/individual/household levels, social mobilisation of civil society organisations and increased community participation in development programmes.
Propose viable recommendations/cost-effective solutions on community development strategies, approach, plans, methods and procedures in the areas of participatory engagement, social mobilisation and behaviour change and on appropriate materials and media to reach target audiences.
Support the field officers in identification and training of community mobilisation and participation core teams and facilitators from the community.
Provide support and assistance in the development, pre-testing and production of culturally relevant communication materials to ensure effective and efficient programme delivery including facilitating behavioural change where necessary.
Develop close collaboration with various professional groups and non-governmental organisations implementing the community health strategy to facilitate cross organisational learning.
Represent Save the Children in county and national fora to share good practice and ensure the achievement of advocacy and policy objectives.
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team and the operations research partner for monitoring and evaluation of programme activities including preparation of monitoring reports, documents and lessons learned.
Supports the development and implementation of an accountability mechanism for participants in the Signature Programme.
Provides technical advice to programme staff, government officials and partners to coordinate and manage the evaluative elements of community development milestone meetings, such as mid-term reviews, strategy meetings, previews and reviews and annual reviews.
Has high-level communication skills', including engaging and informative formal public speaking.


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Q: Cloud Foundry SSH on Windows? I'm trying to connect via SSH to the running instance of a POC application running on our Dev CF installation. If I issue the cf ssh command then I'm unsuccessful:
C:\>cf ssh poc-app
SSHing to application poc-app, instance 0...
OK
SSH username is vcap
SSH IP Address is 10.92.240.14
SSH Port is 62330
SSH Identity is C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\gocf420090498/identity

Command: ssh -i C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\gocf420090498/identity -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o StrictHostKeychecking=no
-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -p 62330 vcap@10.92.240.14

If I've renamed PuTTY's SCP client to ssh.exe it complains that it can't process the -o option.
If I "remove" the -o options then it fails saying that Local to local copy not supported. I surmise that this error is because it cannot find the identity token specified in the -i option because the slash/backslash is in Unix format rather than Windows (and on checking the file system, there's nothing at that location).
Editing to incorporate the comments below. We've also tried this using putty -ssh and also OpenSSH. The errors vary, but ultimately (when we replace -p with -P on the PuTTY command line, relate to the file specified in the -i option not having been created in the Windows file system.
Unable to use key file "C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\gocf832783378/identity" (unable to open file)
Using username "vcap".
vcap@10.92.240.14's password:

Is there a way to get this working on Windows? I realise that if I stand-up a Linux machine that would be an easy solution but that's not something we can easily do. Additionally some of our developers' machines don't have the VT-X option set in the BIOS so "virtualizing" the command somehow is "difficult".

A: The ssh command was added to the cf CLI in version 6.13.0. Before that, there was a diego-ssh plugin for the CLI.
The output in your question (the status messages) does not match the output I see when I run the cf CLI built-in ssh command on my Windows machine. Hence my suggestion to try the latest cf CLI version (6.22.1 as we speak).

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Race double standard clear in rioters' Capitol insurrection
In this combination of photos, demonstrators, left, protest June 4, 2020, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, over the death of George Floyd and on Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump rally at same location. (AP Photos)
Had the mob been Black, "we would have been laid out," Newly sworn-in St. Louis Rep. Cori Bush said
Aaron Morrison
NEW YORK — Black Lives Matter protests, 2020: Overwhelming force from law enforcement in dozens of cities. Chemical dispersants. Rubber bullets and hand-to-hand combat with largely peaceful crowds and some unruly vandals and looters. More than 14,000 arrests.
The U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021: Barely more than a few dozen arrests. Several weapons seized, improvised explosive devices found. Members of a wilding mob escorted from the premises, some not even in handcuffs.
The key difference? The first set of protesters were overwhelmingly Black Americans and their allies. The second group was overwhelmingly White Americans who support outgoing President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud.
(Related: Use of force: Capitol vs. Standing Rock)
The violent breaching of the halls of power on Capitol Hill by the insurrectionist mob on Wednesday, which left one woman dead of a police gunshot wound, represents one of the plainest displays of a racial double standard in both modern and recent history.
"When Black people protest for our lives, we are all too often met by National Guard troops or police equipped with assault rifles, shields, tear gas and battle helmets," the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation said in a statement.
"When White people attempt a coup, they are met by an underwhelming number of law enforcement personnel who act powerless to intervene, going so far as to pose for selfies with terrorists," it said.
Broad and bipartisan condemnation of the insurrectionist mob came swiftly as they had a nearly unhindered, hourslong run of the Capitol building complex, the Senate chamber and the House speaker's office. The ordeal drew expressions of bewilderment and disbelief from some observers who believed such a display was impossible in a democracy as revered as America's.
However, the response to the mayhem is consistent with a long pattern of society's coddling of racists and downplaying the violent white supremacist ideology that routinely places the grievances of White people above those of their Black, often disenfranchised and downtrodden countrymen and women.
Since the founding of the democracy in the blood and secession of the American Revolution, White people's destructive and obstructionist conduct has been couched in patriotism. It's been a fundamental part of a national myth about whose dissent and pursuit of redress for grievance is justified, and whose is not.
Newly sworn-in St. Louis Rep. Cori Bush, who was among the protesters to face down police and National Guardsmen in 2014 after police killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, told The Associated Press that the race of the Capitol rioters played a big part in their ability to breach the congressional fortress.
Had the mob been Black, "we would have been laid out," Bush said.
"The thing is, these are the same people who called us terrorists," Bush continued. "Confederate flags, 'don't tread on me,' 'blue lives matter' flags, the Trump flags — all of it symbolizes the same thing. It symbolizes racism and white supremacy."
The show of force by law enforcement at the Capitol bore little resemblance to the lines of National Guardsmen and other police forces that assembled last year to protect luxury brand retailers against looting, government buildings against breaching and highways against marching by demonstrators across the country.
Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, the nation's largest digital racial justice advocacy group, told the AP that he sees it as "a clear example of how racism works in this country and the clear ways there are different sets of rules and different sets of outcomes based on what race you are."
Although Wednesday's events represented one of the most alarming attacks on democratic institutions in recent memory, it wasn't the only seen that day. Apparent Trump supporters forced disruptions at statehouses across the country, including in Georgia, New Mexico and Ohio.
And that wasn't the first time that such a disparate law enforcement response to such attacks drew national outrage and criticism of police. Last May, a large group of mostly White men carrying long rifles stormed the Michigan Statehouse building in Lansing over the governor's coronavirus pandemic shutdown mandates. There were few arrests and little condemnation from the White House.
In June, Trump administration officials had federal officers clear BLM protesters with flash bang grenades and tear gas, to facilitate a now infamous photo-op in front of a church near the White House.
BLM protesters and their supporters in Portland, Oregon, quickly pointed out Wednesday the huge disparity between Trump's response to racial justice protests in the Pacific Northwest city and his encouragement of the violence in D.C.
On July 27, following his deployment of U.S. agents to quell weeks of demonstrations, Trump tweeted: "Anarchists, Agitators or Protestors who vandalize or damage our Federal Courthouse in Portland, or any Federal Buildings in any of our Cities or States, will be prosecuted under our recently re-enacted Statues and Monuments Act. MINIMUM TEN YEARS IN PRISON. Don't do it!"
The thousands of Capitol building rioters, many who were egged on by the president's speech at a Wednesday afternoon rally over his election loss, heard a much more compassionate message from their leader, albeit a defiant one.
"I know your pain, I know your hurt," Trump said in a now-deleted video posted to his Twitter account. "You have to go home, now. … We love you. You're very special."
On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden noted the double standard, saying he had received a text message from his granddaughter, Finnegan, of a photo showing "military people in full military gear — scores of them lining the steps of the Lincoln Memorial" during a BLM protest last year.
"She said 'Pop, this isn't fair,'" the president-elect recounted.
"No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday ... they would have been treated very, very differently than a mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol," Biden said.
"We all know that's true. And it is unacceptable," he added.
Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter also weighed in with expressions of consternation, some of them placing blame squarely on Trump.
Adding to the cruelty of it all, some observers have noted, is the Capitol building's history. It was built with help from enslaved Africans, whose blood and sweat later allowed the union to meet there and strategize its battle against pro-slavery Confederates. On Wednesday, images emerged showing custodial staffers of color in the Capitol sweeping up the shards of glass and trash left behind by the rioters.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson said the people who violated the Capitol on Wednesday should not be seen as patriotic.
"This is not protesting or activism; this is an insurrection, an assault on our democracy, and a coup incited by President Trump," Johnson said.
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser requested National Guard assistance early on -- but because DC is not a state, the request had to go through the White House, and Trump refused to grant it. Only some time later did the White House lawyer get Mike Pence to call up the National Guard.
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"We love you, you're special, go home now". What?!
Global virus death toll hits 2 million
The bleak milestone comes amid a monumental but uneven effort to vaccinate people against the coronavirus
Years of white supremacy threats culminated in Capitol riots
Many say the insurrection echoed the deadly 2017 'Unite the Right Rally' in Charlottesville, Virginia, which brought together neo-Nazi, white supremacist and other extremist groups
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FBI tracking 'extensive' chatter about armed protests
FBI Director Chris Wray says the agency remains concerned about the potential for violence at protests in Washington and in state capitols
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Proposal includes $1,400 checks for most Americans
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Mission The C-145A's primary role is to support U.S. Special Operations Command's Aviation Foreign Internal Defense mission to assess, train, advise and assist foreign aviation forces in airpower employment, sustainment and force integration. Secondly, the C-145As provide the theater Special Operations Commands a light mobility capability. These
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Chrisie Santoni has been termed as "Wild and Greatly Talented". When one is trying to figure out what Chrisie's sound is she has been compared to many great artists but after seeing her and hearing her perform it must be determined that her sound and performance are "Chrisie"
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Articles liés à la principauté de Monaco

La principauté de Monaco est un État souverain européen.
 Histoire de Monaco
 Géographie de Monaco

Famille princière de Monaco

 Liste des souverains de Monaco
 Maison des Grimaldi

Culture et sport

Sport

 Équipe de Monaco de football
 Équipe de Monaco de rugby à XV
 Association sportive de Monaco
 Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club
 AS Monaco (basket-ball)
 Grand Prix automobile de Monaco – Circuit de Monaco
 Yacht Club de Monaco

Culture

 Palais de Monaco
 Cathédrale Notre-Dame-Immaculée de Monaco
 Jardin exotique de Monaco
 Musée océanographique de Monaco
 Prix littéraire Prince-Pierre-de-Monaco

Fondations

 Fondation Prince-Albert-II-de-Monaco
 Club de Monaco
 Fight Aids Monaco

Patronyme
 Alessandro Monaco (1998-), coureur cycliste italien.
 Kara Monaco (1983-), modèle et actrice américaine.
 Kelly Monaco (1976-), actrice américaine.
 Lorenzo Monaco (1370-1424), peintre italien.

Toponyme

 Monaco-Ville, un des quartiers de la principauté de Monaco ;
 Commune de Monaco, la seule commune de la principauté de Monaco ;
 Monaco est aussi le nom italien de la ville allemande de Munich, dite Monaco di Baviera ;
 Cap Albert-de-Monaco, un cap de l'Antarctique ;
 Îles du Prince-de-Monaco, îles de l'archipel des Kerguelen ;
 Monaco, une banlieue de la ville néo-zélandaise de Stoke.

Religion

 Archidiocèse de Monaco

Entreprises contenant Monaco dans le nom

 Heli Air Monaco, compagnie aérienne
 Monaco Info, chaîne de télévision
 Radio Monaco, station de radio
 Société des bains de mer de Monaco, hôtellerie et loisirs

Autres
 Maison dite des Princes de Monaco, bâtiment du  revenu aux princes de Monaco
 Régiment de Monaco, ancienne unité militaire française
 Hôtel de Monaco, hôtel particulier construit à la demande de Marie-Catherine de Brignole, princesse de Monaco
 Pro Monaco GP, Super Monaco GP et Super Monaco GP II, jeux vidéo
 Dodge Monaco, série de voitures de la marque américaine Dodge
 Monaco-New-York, course à la voile
 Monaco, un cocktail
 Monaco, une police d'écriture
 Monaco, un jeu vidéo indépendant
 TAG Heuer Monaco est un modèle de la marque Tag Heuer, rendu célèbre par l'acteur Steve McQueen dans un de ses films, Le Mans.
 Monaco un groupe de rock formé par Peter Hook l'ancien bassiste de Joy Division et New Order en collaboration avec David Potts.
 Monaco, une chanson de Bon Entendeur sur leur album Aller-Retour, reprise du titre 28° à l'ombre de Jean-François Maurice.

Mónaco

 Juan Mónaco, joueur de tennis argentin né en 1984

Voir aussi

Homonymie de monument
Homonymie de patronyme
Homonymie de toponyme

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The Antofagasta Region is the heart of the mining industry, Chile's main source of export revenue. It represents 53% of Chile's mining output, led by copper and followed by potassium nitrate, gold, iodine, and lithium. The mining industry accounts for 93.7% of the region's exports.
It is the second-largest region in Chile, rich in landscapes, culture, and contrasts: the blue of the Pacific Ocean bathes its 500-kilometer coastline and beaches while, in the interior, the reddish hues of the Atacama Desert enfold ancient settlements, intriguing valleys, and vestiges of cultures that existed thousands of years ago.
Most of the population lives on the coast in Antofagasta and Mejillones, or in Calama in the interior, the hub of the mining industry and the home of a large part of its work force. All three towns are closely linked to the development of mining and related financial, port, energy, and service activities.
This region became part of Chile following the War of the Pacific.
Antofagasta is known as the world's "copper capital." Most of the main international copper companies have offices there, as do the leading suppliers of services for the industry. Demand for supplies and services alone amounts to around 1.5 billion USD per year.
Chile's largest copper producer, the State-owned National Copper Corporation (CODELCO), has its main center of operations in Antofagasta. In recent years, CODELCO has accounted for over 18% of Chile's exports, close to 4% of its GDP, and, on average, 8% of total fiscal revenue.
This region, however, does not only extract wealth from its subsoil. In addition to its manufacturing, industry and mining-related services, there is a fishing industry –accounting for 12.5% of the national fishery output –, construction, and tourism, as well as scientific activity focusing on astronomy.
A major concern of the authorities is to foster Latin American integration. The Integration Zone of West Central South America (ZICOSUR) is designed to strengthen three bi-oceanic corridors connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic, helping to project the region towards Asia-Pacific markets.
The most important is the Capricorn Corridor, which, through the Jama and Sico Passes, connects the Chilean ports Antofagasta, Tocopilla, Mejillones, Taltal, and Chañaral with Argentina's Jujuy and Salta provinces, ending in Curitiba, Santos, and Paranaguá in Brazil.
The availability of infrastructure and services, due to the region's mining boom, together with its abundance of beautiful natural scenery, have opened vast prospects for the travel industry, both in the interior and on the coast.
One place that attracts visitors all year round is San Pedro de Atacama, a small town 2,438 meters above sea level. This was once the center of the Atacameño culture and is characterized by narrow streets, a beautiful square shaded by ancient pimentos, or allspice trees, and adobe houses roofed with straw.
Today, San Pedro is considered the country's principal archaeological center. Its Archaeological Museum houses an important collection of Atacameño exhibits. It is now managed by the Universidad del Norte, but the collection was started by Father Gustavo Le Paige, a Belgian who arrived there as parish priest in 1955. One of the most remarkable items is a female mummy – popularly known as "Miss Chile" – that was found in the desert in excellent condition, with even its hair intact.
Close to San Pedro are the Atacama Salt Flat, the Valley of the Moon, the Quitor Pukará, and the Puritama hot springs. At a distance of 65 kilometers and an altitude of 4,500 meters above sea level, the boiling-water geysers at El Tatio must be visited at sunrise. Lake Chaxa, in the middle of the Atacama Salt Flat, where parinas (pink flamingoes) nest, is a protected site.
Opposite San Pedro is Mt. Licancabur, a cone-shaped volcano (5,916 meters). Some distance to the south, Mt. Láscar (5,154 meters) is a very active volcano.
The Antofagasta Region has a remarkable number of astronomical observatories. The Very Large Telescope (VLT), the largest telescope in the world, belonging to the European Southern Observatory (ESO), started operations in 2003 on the summit of Mt. Paranal, at 2,635 meters above sea level, in the middle of the Atacama Desert. The facility, which represents a total investment of US$750 million, has four 8.2-meter primary mirrors, capable of working jointly or separately, and three ancillary telescopes, each of 1.8 meters.
On the Chajnantor plateau, inland from San Pedro de Atacama, at an altitude of 5,000 meters, the radio telescopes of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), a project sponsored by the main U.S. and Canadian astronomy centers through Associated Universities, and ESO, are already being installed. The project will be built on 17,000 hectares of land, transferred for 50 years under a concession from the Chilean government, and is expected to be fully operational by 2011. With an estimated investment of US$555 million, the project involves building 64 antennas, each 12 meters in diameter, simulating a radio telescope 14 km in diameter, with a resolution 100 times higher than any instrument currently in operation. It will permit the detection of galaxies and planets in the cold regions of the universe, and observation of areas that are darkened by interstellar dust.


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Public Release: 17-Jul-2014
Help wanted: Principals who love change
New roles for principals key to education reform
DALLAS (SMU) - Training principals for new roles is key to U.S. Department of Education school reforms, according to a new report by SMU researchers. But insufficient training and support for principals to meet the new expectations is leading to a leadership crisis. Twenty percent of newly minted principals leave the profession after two years and seasoned professionals are opting for early retirement.
Education researchers Lee Alvoid and Watt Lesley Black Jr. examine school districts at the forefront of supporting and training effective principals in their report "The Changing Role of the Principal: How High-Achieving Districts are Recalibrating School Leadership," published July 1 by the Center for American Progress. As former principals and current faculty members at SMU's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, both Alvoid and Black bring unique insight to the study.
Teacher evaluation is key to President Obama's Race to the Top education reform initiative, which in turn places demands on principals' expertise and time.
After analyzing six school districts across the United States with innovative support and training for principals, Alvoid and Black developed key recommendations for school districts.
Their recommendations include focusing principal training on coaching teachers, redesigning principal job descriptions to focus on teachers and student outcomes, and developing partnerships with universities to recruit and train future principals.
"Few reformers have paid attention to growing demands on principals and few districts have intervened to help reevaluate the tasks," says Alvoid, chair and clinical associate professor of education policy and leadership at the Simmons School. "The districts we feature in the report pay attention to the need of supporting practicing principals with deeper instructional training as they implement stronger teacher evaluation systems."
Strategies differ among school districts. The charter school district Uplift Education in Dallas added at each school an operations director, responsible for all non-instructional aspects of running a school, such as building maintenance and student nutrition.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools in Charlotte, North Carolina added a dean of students position to support principals with student issues. Other districts strengthened principal training, particularly on coaching teachers.
"The principal shapes the instructional vision and goals and is positioned to leverage his or her influence to effect substantial changes in instructional practice," says Black, clinical associate professor of education and policy at the Simmons School. "In short -- though the teacher has the most direct impact on students -- the principal has the most direct impact on the teacher.''
The Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development at SMU reflects the University's vision of serving the most important educational needs of our city, region and nation, graduating students for successful careers in a variety of fields and providing educational opportunities beyond traditional degree programs. The school is committed to rigorous, research-driven programs that promote evidence-based, effective practices in education and human development. SMU is a nationally ranked private university in Dallas founded 100 years ago. Today, SMU enrolls nearly 11,000 students who benefit from the academic opportunities and international reach of seven degree-granting schools.
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The blurred lines between reality and dreams frequently make our waking lives an inextricable mix of both. In his surrealistic paintings, S.Dwi Stya Acong explores this tension to great depths by presenting a disquieting mix of both the abstract and the physical. Acong's work commonly features men with their backs turned to the viewer, presenting forlorn figures amidst various isolated landscapes. Floating above these landscapes are gossamer-thin lines, which join to form otherworldly prismatic shapes suspended in mid-air. The jarring contrast between these strange glowing structures and the concrete, palpable colors of the background jolt the viewer into the realization that reality could be in either of these realms. Which world, then, do we live in? More importantly, which world should we choose? The idea that our existence is a choice is both disconcerting but also endlessly fascinating.


It's hard being a snow bunny in South Florida, because there's no snow—obviously. But being a South Floridian shouldn't mean you can't enjoy a winter adventure on top of some of the nation's best ski mountains.
Westgate Park City Resort & Spa, located in Park City, Utah, at the base of the nation's largest ski resort, is the luxury destination for Floridians looking to experience a true winter vacation. Here's how we recommend you spend a five-day vacation at the resort to get the most out of the mountains, the restaurants, the spa and more.
After spending your day flying across the country, all you'll want to do is relax. Check in to your spacious villa, suite or loft (or the Presidential four-bedroom suite, if you want to get extra luxurious), take in the mountain views around you and unpack your bags.
If you worked up an appetite from all the traveling, but are too tired to get dressed up for a fancy dinner, head to Drafts Sports Bar & Grill, Westgate Park City's sports bar that serves more than 50 beers from around the world, and features a menu of hand-crafted burgers and stone-hearth pizzas.
Sip on java at the Coffee Bar before doing what you came to do: hitting the slopes. Westgate Park City has its own ski valet, that will take your skis to the slopes and bring them back to the resort to store overnight, and its own rental shop for skis and snowboards.
Westgate Park City is located at the base of Canyons Village at Park City ski and snowboard resort, with more than 7,300 skiable acres, over 300 ski runs, 38 lifts, seven terrain parks, 14 bowls, six natural half pipes, one super pipe and one mini pipe. The ski slopes' levels range from beginner to expert.
After your day out on the slopes, curl up with a bottle of wine, available at The Marketplace & Liquor Store, and sit by the fireplace to relax.
You don't have to be a ski bunny to enjoy a winter vacation. Westgate Park City partners with a local dog sledding company and snowmobile company to coordinate other snow activities for its guests. Mush away or v'room your snowmobile engine as you explore Park City—both tours take guests around all four of the local Park City ski resorts.
If you get back from your tour thinking, "Whew, I need a break from the cold," then head to Westgate Park City's indoor/outdoor pool (the largest in Utah). The heated pool will relax your muscles and allow you to unwind before your dinner plans or night out on the town.
Waking up on your fourth day at the resort will probably be a little hard. You'll most likely be tired from the slopes and snow activities, and that's why we recommend dedicating a day to relaxation during your winter getaway. Head to The Yoga Studio for a group or individual workout before spending the day at Serenity Spa, ranked as the number one spa in Utah by the 2017 Best of State Awards.
Serenity Spa features massages, facials, body wraps, nail care, hair removal, sacred stone therapy and more. The spa also includes 25-minute options for kids aged 8 to 15.
Go out with a bang on your final day at the resort by going on a heli-ski trip with Powderbird. The company will bring you to the top of the Wasatch Mountains in a helicopter, where you'll then be dropped off to ski to the bottom. Thrill seekers, this one's for you.
Celebrate the end of your trip by dining at Edge Steakhouse on your final night at Westgate Park City. Led by chef Wayne Christian, Edge Steakhouse offers locally sourced and organically grown produce, including top-quality USDA Certified prime aged beef, Wagyu beef, wild-caught fresh fish and seafood that's flown in daily.
For more information about Westgate Park City Resort & Spa, or to book your stay, visit westgatewintervacation.com.


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Antiquorum was founded in Geneva in 1974. Antiquorum specializes on modern and vintage timepieces, and has become one of the premier auctioneers of its sort. Antiquorum has set numerous world sales records for timepieces at their auctions, some of which has belonged to celebrities and famous people, such as Elvis Presley, Mahatma Gandhi, and Einstein. Antiquorum is an internationally established auction house today, and conducts about ten auctions each year in Geneva, New York and Hong Kong. Antiquorum also has offices and agents all around the world, and strives to offer their clients a full service by their internationally recognized watch experts.
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Happy Thursday, everyone! I'm super excited for this upcoming weekend. We have friends coming to stay with us and we all have plans for our annual Coast Guard Festival! I'll have a fun post with some of the ships and festivities! This week flew by, but it was a great week. I've been dressing up everyday and it makes you feel so much better. Look good, feel good, right?
Our town is known for our blueberry fields. We have tons of you-pick fields and stands all along the main road. Brett and I ran into this field quick to take some photos... and I was naughty and kept stealing blueberries off the bushes and eating them. They were seriously so good! I couldn't resist snacking! Brett had to yell at me to stop so he could snap my photo. Haha!
I thought this dress felt very blueberry-ish! I received it last winter and wore it for a wintry photo session with Brett! It's so fun to see how you style items in different seasons. I should make it a point to style one item on the blog in each season and then round them up at the end of the year. These shoes were a gift from my darling friend, Veronika of Tick Tock Vintage. I absolutely love them and received so many compliments all day long!


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Jelly Batteries: Not for Eating (Unless You're a Robot)
September 14th, 2011 by Range
Researchers at the University of Leeds in the UK have invented some new batteries, that are smaller, cheaper, lighter and safer than current batteries. It's also possible they will even last longer than what you presently have in your devices.
These lighter lithium jelly batteries might someday replace polymer gel batteries. They will contain about 70% of a liquid electrolyte that can be molded in all sorts of funky shapes. This could mean the advent of non-rectangular phones and tablets. While the thought seems interesting, it's going to be a design challenge to get a device like that right.
These jelly batteries are supposed to cost as little as 10 to 20% of polymer batteries, easy to produce and resistant to damage. But they're still not edible.
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Hence, do let us know if there are other dating sims that have wowed you! You can go either to the Night club or Great River to meet up with Girls.Talk with several elf girls, in order to get a date and win their hearts.What does it take to impress an elf girl, charm, strength, perseverence? Can you catch a hot date or are you going to be playing with yourself all night?
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The Rockets seem to have offense figured out, already top five in the league. Defense, however, is another story.
Soundly beating the New York Knicks last night helped the Houston Rockets ease the pain of losing a close one to the Cleveland Cavaliers the night before. What hurt about the loss in Cleveland was not that the team didn't score enough points (they scored 120 against the defending champs, which is pretty freaking good). It was that they allowed a whopping 128 to be put up by their opponent.
Granted, they were playing a superteam. LeBron James and company are a scary bunch. But allowing seven players on the other team to shoot 50% from the field or better is unacceptable. The Rockets have no chance of being an elite defensive team, but it will behoove them to figure out how to be somewhat effective on the non-scoring end of the floor.
Some writers, like Jason Concepcion of The Ringer, though, think the Rockets would be better off continuing to ignore defense. In a curse-laden almost satirical article, he argues that Houston's best shot at regaining relevance would be to focus purely on scoring. Who knows? Maybe he has a point. James Harden would probably like the idea.
To say that D'Antoni doesn't care about defense is unfair; rebounds, turnovers, and steals are fuel for fast breaks. It's more accurate to say that, while he cares about it, he hasn't cared about it enough to craft a defensive philosophy to match his offensive one, or to create a detailed system beyond, "Hey, stay in front of your guy." D'Antoni's Suns basically played man-to-man defense and used Raja Bell and Shawn Marion to plug the most egregious gaps in the levee. There were leaks abound, but it didn't really matter. The Suns were there to outscore you.
If the Houston Rockets listened to The Ringer's advice and focused purely on offense, they'd have the right personnel. As USA Today's Michael Singer writes, James Harden is the perfect man to run Mike D'Antoni's offense. The Beard currently averages a double double and leads the league in assists, so the pair clearly works well together.
[Harden's] numbers, though, were ruthlessly efficient (13-of-20 on field goals) and deadly from three-point range (5 of 9). Perhaps most impressively, he had just one turnover while setting up his teammates time and again. Harden, known as a ball-dominant player for the past few seasons, showed serious basketball acumen in threading pocket passes to cutting big men or whipping behind the back bounce passes for easy finishes. When the Cavs sagged on defense or lost him in transition, he gladly found space to shoot a three-pointer.
D'Antoni is famous for making the most of what players he's given, and so far he's done that with new Rocket Nene. Averaging almost ten points per game on 70% shooting, the big man has been more productive than anyone expected him to be. According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, he even has the green light to fire away from beyond the arc. He's 1-1 on the season from long range, so it'll be interesting to see if he'll have the confidence to shoot that shot consistently.
The Rockets get a rest now, with their next game taking place on Saturday against the recently departed Dwight Howard. The Atlanta Hawks haven't lost a game yet this season, so Houston's defense (and offense, for that matter) will have their work cut out for them.
Keep up with SCS for updates on how/if the Rockets address their consistent defensive lapses in the coming weeks. The Rockets have been unpredictable over the past couple of years, so there's no telling how it will be handled. Either way, they'll continue to put points up on the board.


Silver and black Monday coming soon. With a disappointing season and possibility of finishing the season with a 6-10 record, which would be the same record for a team that started 0-9 across the bay. There are going to be some changes. We know for sure that the first to go would be Todd Downing. Is Jack Del Rio on the hot seat? He just signed an extension, would the Raiders be willing to part ways and continue to pay Del Rio? An inside source told me that the only way Jack would get fired is if two coaches wanted to coach the Raiders. The two head coaches are Jon Gruden or Jim Harbaugh. My source told me that if either of these coaches wanted to coach the Raiders, Jack Del Rio would be fired.
When the Raiders finished last year with a 12-4 record. We all thought the Oakland Raiders would be a Super Bowl contender but instead they were a pretender. This preseason should of told us that they would not be any good this year, not winning one game in the preseason sometimes can tell how a team is going to play in the regular season. I know, it's only preseason and the fact that the Raiders won their first two games, my hypothesis was incorrect. That night in Washington DC, a Sunday night game was the end of the Raiders Super Bowl dreams for 2017. It was down hill from there. So the Raiders played like they did in the preseason.
In two years the Raiders will be leaving Oakland and moving to their new home. They will be now the Las Vegas Raiders. I still think this was a dumb move but I do not own the Raiders. Since Mark Davis cannot afford to buy a stadium, he needs some help. So he will move the team to a city, where football is not going to be number one. Who will go to Vegas to watch a football game and what if the Raiders are losing. Would you rather waste your time with a bad team or go do Vegas. I could see the Oakland Raiders being bad for the next ten years and Las Vegas is getting a bad team. With one more week remaining and silver and black Monday approaching what will the Raiders do?


Best Technical SEO Tips for Improving your Search Ranking, The main purpose for search engine optimization is to enhance user experience onsite. You can enhance your websites performance by making use of search engine analytics tool. All the major search engines have their analytics tools. Anyhow, this article is about some technical SEO issues to avoid in order to give your site the best survival chance.
Developing quality content and optimizing the same for browser searches constitute SEO basics. Here are some vital technical SEO tips on how to optimize your website to remain top in the rankings.
The main purpose for search engine optimization is to enhance user experience onsite. You can enhance your websites performance by making use of search engine analytics tool. All the major search engines have their analytics tools. Anyhow, this article is about some technical SEO issues to avoid in order to give your site the best survival chance.
Cloaking involves webpages showing differently for different users. This is one concern you should look out for because search engines don't like SEO cloaked websites. So, just for the sake of your website, avoid cloaking and hidden links because they attract dire penalties.
There are plenty tools online that will help you check for cloaking on site. Use them to tweak your web pages appropriately.
When it comes to webpage redirects, it is only fitting that you do them appropriately. If not done well, this might compromise a website's overall performance. For temporary change in URLs, it is advisable to use 302 redirects while 301 redirects are best for permanent URL and domain changes.
It is crucial to remember that sneaky page redirects may attract ranking penalties. Bad redirects may also mean issues with link equity and filtering of duplicate pages. All these might impact your search engine rankings. If you can, just avoid page redirects altogether.
Google's panda algorithm penalizes for any content duplication. This is because it confuses search engines on the pages to index and rank if similar content appears on multiple pages. This implies that only one URL is allowed per content. Any content duplication would mean the search engine has to pick on what is most appropriate and filter out the rest.
For internal content duplication, like is the case when many URLs lead to the same content, you just need to delete and make use of 301 redirects to the original page. Alternatively, you can use canonical tags.
This is the page the will help your visitors at their point of need; when the page they are seeking doesn't seem to exist. You will need to create your own custom 404 error page and use the same to steer visitors to other relevant pages. That is to say you include relevant links and other options in the page. While creating a custom 404 error page, it is critical that you own the page. Make it resemble your other webpages in terms of color, font and general layout.
Once created, you will need to set up that new page as your 404 error page. This will depend on the website server you are using; Apache, Microsoft, WordPress etc. Note however, that some website hosts strictly do not allow set up of custom 404 error pages.
This is an online visibility killer. Avoid copying other people's content and using on site without their permission. Plagiarism might even cause your webpages to be filtered out of search engine results pages. It is in fact a capital online offence, if there is such a thing.
The good news however, is that there are online tools that can help you with this problem. There are more than enough online plagiarism checking tools. Use these to ensure that your content is unique, lest you be penalized for plagiarism. Copyscape and Google's Exact-Match Search are but a few of the commonly used tools.
These technical SEO tips will help your webpages rank well in the search results. Take advantage of these tips to ensure your website attracts huge traffic.


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Jail for the clothing company director
SmartCompany / Tuesday, November 20, 2007
A Toorak man has been jailed for two years for his involvement in making corrupt and secret payments to a former ANZ bank officer. Cedric Anthony, who was sentenced yesterday in the County Court of Victoria, will be eligible for parole after serving 18 months in prison.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleged Anthony, a director of Austasia Clothing (in liquidation) and an ANZ bank customer, received unauthorised and unapproved payments from Stephen Craig Jenvey, a former bank officer with ANZ, between June 2004 and March 2005.
In return, Anthony made secret and corrupt payments to Jenvey: $9000 in cash credited to a TAB account held by Jenvey, as well as a business class flight to Sri Lanka for Jenvey valued at more than $5000.
Jenvey, who had been employed by ANZ since 1981, was the Trade Relationship Manager. In April 2007, he pleaded guilty to six counts of theft and three counts of corruptly receiving an inducement or reward. He was sentenced to four years and three months imprisonment. He was sacked when ANZ discovered the theft.
Jenvey admitted to stealing approximately $7.3 million between June 2004 and March 2005 by making unauthorised and undocumented payments to the customer from other customers' trade facilities.
The payments were not properly recorded and Jenvey deliberately hid the true state of the payments from ANZ.


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