The Annual Directors' Conference, which is the Institute's flagship event, is around the corner. What are you doing differently this year and how are the corporate directors responding to it?
The conference is holding on the November 8, 2018 at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, with the theme: 'Global Best Practice in Corporate Governance: Way Forward for Nigeria'. From the theme, you will realise that we are still demanding more in terms of the need for Nigeria to embrace the spirit of good corporate governance. What we are doing this year is that we are looking at the global best practices, where it has been done and how it has been done right and bringing people to come and discuss that.
We are going to have foreign speakers and discussants from climes where internationally, they have been acclaimed to have very good corporate governance codes that are working and working very well for them. We are bringing them here to listen to their experiences.
We are also going to have Nigerians who are also in charge of implementing our codes, or contributed to our own governance code. Not only are we examining the issue ourselves, we will be looking at other places where they seem to be doing it better than we are. The special guest of honour is the Vice President and the keynote address speaker is Prof. Bola Akinteriwa. He has written so much on leadership especially as it affects Nigeria and you have the Chief Executive Officer, IoD Mauritius. Mauritius is regarded as one of the countries in Africa with the best corporate governance codes. It is working very well for them, if you look at the ease of doing business; they are even ahead of us. We are bringing the CEO of Mauritius IoD to talk about their own experience, about how they were able to entrench corporate governance code and how they were able to work in their country. Part of our speakers is the President, Nigeria Stock Exchange, Bimbo Banjo; Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Eyo-Ita; and Chairman Financial Reporting Council among others.
2019 is an election year. What are the institute's expectations, how prepared and what role will the institute be playing?
In terms of the institute's expectation, our expectation is the same with every other Nigerian. Our expectation is that we have a free and fair election that will bring out the best Nigerians to lead the country.Going forward, IoD will participate in the discourse that will lead to the emergency of good governance. As I speak with you, we are planning on holding a pre-election discourse with some major contenders for positions in this country, such as the presidency and governorship candidates of States where we have branches. We want to engage them and allow people to hear from them and see what they have in stock for corporate Nigeria and the country in general.
So as a body that is apolitical, these are the things we can do. We are hopeful that as the country is becoming older, we will continue to entrench the values and the right kind of leadership with other BMOs in the country for the development of the country.
Recently, you launched the Code of Ethics Committee. What informed it and how is the committee going to regulate the activities of directors in their various organisations?
The idea of setting up an ethics committee is to ensure that all our members at all-time are above board in their dealings and activities. Also, to play the roles they have been given as directors.
We believe that when put in place, the c ode will guide directors. Our aim is not to be punitive. We will give our members a code that will spell out their responsibilities. We believe that any point in time anyone has an issue, they will be guided on what to do in terms of blowing the whistle.The whole idea is that as a member of IoD, there is a particular level of standard that is expected of our members and if anyone falls below it, there will be sanctions. Also, the reason why I said it is not going to be completely punitive in nature is that when we notice that a member errs, standing on the existing ethics code that we have, we can write the member. So it is also going to be advisory in nature and that will not be within our control. Our code of ethics is within our control.
We are not going to be waiting on government and regulatory authorities. We will have our own committee. This ethic conduct will ensure that members are able to live above board as the conducts are concerned.
What is the relationship between the public and private sectors in Nigeria? Would you say it is collaborative or conflicting and what is IoD doing to connect the two sectors for the benefit of the economy?
The truth of the matter is that we are all – private and public sectors – working towards the same goal. There would be some noticeable difference in the aims, objectives and the target of each sector, but in the end it is like there is an entity called Nigeria that continues to host everybody. What is important for us is that once that entity continues to exist and there is peace and stability for those in the public and private sector, everyone will enjoy. So at the end of the day, for me, it is a collaborative effort. We are expanding our focus and capacity development programme into the public sector. We have trained federal and state government directors and permanent secretaries in the area of governance.
Chartered Directors is something that is present in other parts of the world where there is IoD. How far has IoD Nigeria gone in establishing Chartered Directors?
To have chartered director, the first thing you must do is that the institute itself must be chartered. As I speak with you, IoD Nigeria has gone very far. This is a race that started about three to four years ago. By the grace of God, we are at the last leap of getting a chartered status for IoD Nigeria. Once we have a chartered status, in the house, we will roll out our plans to ensure that we have chartered directors in Nigeria. We are hoping that will happen before the end of the year.
What are you doing to speed up the charter process of the institute?
The issue goes beyond speeding up, because you have to make sure that all that needed to be done are done. Don't forget that it is a legislative thing. It has gone to the National Assembly, and as I speak, it has passed through the Senate processes and they have passed it already. We are expecting that the House of Representative will pass it any moment from now. This is why I stated that within the year, it is possible. If it is passed any moment from now, then we will wait for Mr. President to sign it into law. I think we have waited long enough. We are hoping in the next few months we will be granted a charted status.
What is the institute's role in corporate governance and how does it differ from management's role?
The roles are quite different. You have different categories of staff and workers. In many organisations, you have what is called junior and senior staff. There are also management staff and directors. At each level, there are expectations.
There are job descriptions, there is Key Performance Index (KPIs) and everyone has a role to play. But then, people look more to the top, where strategy resides, and directions are given, this is where the difference between the director and the manager comes in.
It is believed that at the director level things are going well, it is most likely that they will hire the right set of mangers that will be the vision drivers. So the directors are the vision drivers. They set the standard and the strategy. Then they bring it down to the management level and implement. They continue to evaluate and review what management is doing. So if you have at that level people who are well trained, with the capacity and experience to deliver, there is likelihood that management will be well guided. So the directors guide the mangers to deliver on the set strategies put together by the directors.
The directors can be divided into executive directors, which include the managing director and other executives who are part of the daily running of the organisation. Then, the board that has non-executive directors, the board comes there daily but their liabilities are now so large you cannot be an executive director and say I don't know when they were doing this.
The rule now takes everyone into consideration. So, as a non-executive director, it is important you know what is going on. You must get the fact behind the figures. Directors can now go to jail when companies are not well managed. This is how the practice has gotten to now. Non-executive directors can now go to jail.
Various sectors have their regulatory bodies. Even quoted companies, there are new sets of guidelines from the Stock Exchange Commission (SEC), people are now expected to do due diligence on their companies.
So they are representing everybody including the staff because when the company goes down. The shareholder loses his investment and the employers lose their job. So the board is carrying heavy load. So much is expected of them and that is why an institute like IoD wants to continue impact positively on people who are boards and ensure they have enough knowledge to play that honourable task. There are big implications for not doing your job as a body.
What are the major contributions of the Institute to the economy?
The institute of directors is a prime membership organisation in Nigeria and it basically focuses on capacity development for directors, improving their abilities to deliver on the various mandates they have been given in the various boards, ministries, departments, and companies they are directing. The role of a director is different from that of a manager.
The institute is striving in all areas to make the Nigeria economy viable and useful to everybody. So, I believe that when directors direct well, organisations will be sustainable. When organisations are sustainable employments will always be retained and new employment will be created.
Organisations, especially those in the private sector if they are performing well will contribute meaningfully to the coffers of the government. They will pay tax as at when due if they are doing their job well, following due process and good corporate governance.
Then government will spend less on getting tax and get more from these organisations, who are doing well. So when you consider it from both sides, our organisation is in a position to help both the public and private sectors to ensure that members through their various capacities and interventions in their organisations move the country forward.
What are you doing differently from the past CEOs?
The institute has been here for 35 years before I came. Definitely, if you have an institute that has spent that long, there are things they are doing right and with the membership of over 4,000 career directors in this country, it is a very relevant organisation.
The first thing is consolidate on the things that have been done right which is basically in the area of director development, and look at new areas that are evolving in directing companies. Even those who are not members of the institute continue to be kept abreast of new development and ways to run their organisation well. The issue of governance is one major challenge we have in Nigeria. People have complained seriously.
We have had issues of improper governance. People ask questions what is an organisation such as ours doing in that regard and I tell them that we are not a regulatory, but an establishment authority. What that implies is that our role is to make a difference with our members and make a difference in the society. This is what we are doing and as the DG, what I want to do is to make sure that the strategic focus of the institute in terms of ensuring the integrity of directors, and the development of capacity of directors are achieved.
We want to make sure that we improve on the visibility of the institute. Visibility in the sense that people must know what we stand for. We must also intervene and influence government policies for the benefit of all.


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Snoop Lion – Reincarnated album review
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"There's so much death and destruction and mayhem in music…we losing so many great musicians and we don't love 'em while they're here. I wanna be loved while I'm here and the only way to get love is to give love."
Listening to the brief intro of Snoop Dogg's latest lifestyle project Reincarnated, it appears he knows the first thing on the listener's mind: What is this about exactly?
Calvin Broadus has worn numerous hats over the years, from LA Crip to Pimp to Slangologist to Father/Football Coach, all the while staying remarkably true to himself. He's like the charismatic actor who doesn't play a role, he plays himself in the role, and makes sure you don't forget it's spelled S-N-O-O-P D-O-G-G.
When news spread that he changed his name to Snoop Lion though, it seemed to many like either a gimmick that would be over as soon as it lost it's cache or finally a sign of him "jumping the shark'. Why does the gangster rap forefather want to suddenly turn his ever present blunt into a peace pipe?
Is Snoop's desire to be loved while he's still here the primary reason for his transformation? The answer is no. This album's perspective before anything else is genuine, which counts for something. The contentment and belief in his voice can be heard with every Wiz Khalifa inspired croon on the 16 track project.
There are no hypocritical moments, no street songs that can be justified by "duality", just the new Snoop's desire to bring music from the heart of Kingston to the rest of the world. The album stays true to itself sonically, going from Summery grooves such as "So Long" and "The Good Good" to Dubstep on "Boulevard". The production is top notch throughout, setting the tone that it's not about a rapper doing reggae inspired songs, it's full on deserving of the Reggae categorization.
Lyrically, Snoop spends most of his time basking in the glory of a simple existence: weed smoke, self awareness and love for himself and humanity. The hook of Lighters Up is the mission statement, as Lion pleads for the listener to "put your lighters up, get high with me, fly with me, ain't no dividing us".
The features on the album keep the ride smooth (aside from an awkward Miley Cyrus collab). From Angela Hunte's pleasant vocals on three tracks, to Mavado and Jordan Blakkamoore's rugged island grumbles, Snoop did a good job of making sure his co-pilots helped represent the hallmarks of the genre in ways that he wasn't vocally capable.
The fault of this album is most exemplified with his duet "Tired of Running" with Akon. When Snoop's not praising the almighty, he's not doing much else. What makes the best Reggae everlasting is the social commentary, and much like in his Hip-Hop career, Snoop treads relatively light on substance here. On an album celebrating spiritual awakening, one would think a song called "Tired of Running" would evoke all types of candor from someone who was a key player in the most violent period in Hip-Hop history, instead it's a bit of a paint by numbers tale of a person in jail reflecting on their past.
There is nothing wrong with an attempt at substance, especially from a king of the lowest common denominators, but perhaps Snoop Lion can stick around and truly delve into the societal conflict that makes the Rasta life so much of a pleasant alternative.
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Snoop Lion Drops New Track and Video Explaining "No Guns Allowed"
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SNOOP LION EXPLAINS THE MOTIVATION FOR "NO GUNS ALLOWED" IN NEW
BEHIND THE SONG VIDEO
Today, Snoop Lion releases an exclusive "Behind The Song" video, in which he sheds light on his motivation and message behind his recently released single "No Guns Allowed," featuring Drake and daughter Cori B.
Going back seven years when he had a run in with the law for gun possession, Snoop explains the danger he had put his family in and from then on – vowed to change his lifestyle. With this record and album, Snoop set out to not only educate the world about reggae but spread the message of what the music is all about: Love, Unity and Positivity — which underscores the entire REINCARNATED project. REINCARNATED the film is out in theaters now, go to SnoopLion.com for more information.
SNOOP LION RELEASES NEW SINGLE
"NO GUNS ALLOWED" FROM REINCARNATED NON-VIOLENCE ANTHEM FEATURES DRAKE AND DAUGHTER CORI B
Earlier this week, Snoop Lion released a new track off his highly anticipated reggae and dancehall themed album REINCARNATED, called "No Guns Allowed" featuring Drake and daughter Cori B.
Snoop Lion debuted "No Guns Allowed" on national TV last week alongside his daughter Cori B on CONAN and has also appeared on CNN's Piers Morgan, The Tavis Smiley Show and Real Time with Bill Maher to speak out on the importance of non-violence in today's society. The track will be available for purchase on April 2nd via iTunes and will serve as the instant grat track to pre-order the REINCARNATED album.
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Snoop Lion Premieres First Official Music Video "La La La" from Reincarnated Project
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Yesterday, Snoop Lion released the official music video for "La La La", the first single from his forthcoming Reincarnated album. Snoop Lion teamed up with acclaimed horror film director Eli Roth to create a fun, Halloween inspired music video filled with kids in Halloween costumes and imaginative scenery.
Fans also got a special Halloween treat last night as "La La La" debuted above the Las Vegas strip on the world's largest LED screen (Harmon Corner's LED/ Harmon Ave & Las Vegas Blvd), on top of Eli Roth's multi-leveled horror maze, the GORETORIUM. This is the first music video ever played on the Harmon Corner LED screen!!
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Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa & Game – Purp & Yellow video
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The official music video trailer for the upcoming Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa & Game "Purp & Yellow" LA Leakers SKEETOX Remix. Video premiering soon on Skee.TV! Video showcases some of the Los Angeles Lakers as well including Ron Artest, Matt Barnes, & Shannon Brown, plus DJ Skee & the LA Leakers, Sour Milk & Justin Credible. Directed by Matt Alonzo/Skee.TV
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Multi-platinum Rapper/Producer, Daz Dillinger, To Release New Album, "D.A.Z.", Featuring Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg
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Daz Dillinger of Tha Dogg Pound, Readies New Album For April, "D.A.Z.", Featuring Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg And More
Former Death Row Records and So So Def recording artist, multi-platinum producer and original Dogg Pound member, Daz Dillinger, will release a brand new solo album in April, entitled "D.A.Z. (Destruction Adds up to Zero)". The album will feature guest appearances from Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, W.C., Kurupt and more.
With many critically acclaimed albums under his belt, the Long Beach-born rapper recently revealed that the new album, will be a return to the classic West Coast sound. The first single, "D.A.Z.", will be serviced shortly.
Along with Kurupt, Nate Dogg, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Warren G, Daz Dillinger revolutionised a sound in the early 90s. His contributions to the legendary albums, Chronic and Doggystyle, quickly established him as one of the most deadliest gangsta rappers/producers on the West Coast. In '95, Tha Dogg Pound's (Daz and Kurupt) heavily-anticipated debut Dogg Food, moved nearly 300,000 units in its first week and shot to the number one spot on the Billboard charts. 2Pac then chose Daz as one of the lead producers for All Eyez On Me. He went on to become Death Row's main producer, producing Snoop's Tha Doggfather album amongst others, and releasing his successful debut solo album Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back, which reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 in '98.
Following the departure of Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, the death of 2Pac, and the imprisonment of Suge Knight, Death Row suddenly lost its momentum – Yet Daz Dillinger's career as a producer still flourished working with artists ranging from Black Eyed Peas, to the South's King, T.I.. Later signing with Jermaine Dupri at So So Def in 2006, releasing the album So So Gangsta, which debuted at number 35.
Distributed both digitally and physically, the upcoming new album "D.A.Z. (Destruction Adds up to Zero)" will be laced with 14 banging new tracks produced by Daz himself, and Ivan Johnson, with the exception of "I'm Cool On U" featuring Crystal and MacShawn100, produced by Tha Chill. Other tracks will include, "DPG-4-LIFE", "G-Spot", "Set It Off" featuring Snoop Dogg, "Don't U Eva 4 Get" featuring W.C. and Soopafly, "No Hand Outs Or Favors" featuring Sly Boogy, and "Iz U Ready 2 Die" featuring Ice Cube.
"D.A.Z. (Destruction Adds up to Zero)" out in April, on Dogg Pound Records.
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2pac/Tupac 50 cent Press Releases Snoop Dogg
SNOOP DOGG, TUPAC SHAKUR, & DR.DRE GIVE THE Ultimate Death Row Fan Something TO CELEBRATE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON SNOOP DOGG, TUPAC SHAKUR, & DR.DRE in the biggest unreleased box set of 2009
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The late Tupac Shakur, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Dr. Dre join 50-Cent and Alicia Keys with the high profile releases scheduled to hit shelves on November 24, 2009. Today, Death Row Records confirmed the release of the "Ultimate Death Row Collection" in preparation for this holiday season. The ultimate collector's edition is a collaboration of platinum selling hits from legendary Death Row artists Tupac Shakur, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre and more. The 3 discs set features 60 tracks from Death Row artist packaged with a DVD of popular music videos, unreleased footage, and a limited addition Death Row T-Shirt. The box set boasts 20 unreleased tracks from Snoop Dogg, Danny Boy, Kurupt, Dogg Pound, OFTB, The Lady of Rage, Crooked I and more. Legendary hits from the nineties such as "How do you want it", "California Love", and "Nuttin but a G-Thing", show up amongst other Billboard topping tracks. This release follows this years highly anticipated albums The Chronic Re-Lit and Snoop Dogg's Lost Sessions Vol.1. "I'm very proud of this collection. We've re-mastered a mix of classic tracks recently discovered in our vault. This is authentic Death Row." commented WIDEawake / Death Row SR. VP John Payne
DISCS 01
1. California Love – 2pac/Dr. Dre
2. Nuthin But A G Thang – Dr. Dre
3. Gin and Juice – Snoop Doggy Dogg
4. How Do You Want It – 2pac
5. Dre Day – Dr. Dre
6. Who Am I – Snoop Doggy Dogg
7. Regulate – Warren G
8. I Ain't Mad At Cha – 2pac
9. Let Me Ride – Dr. Dre
10. Doggy Dogg World – Snoop Doggy Dogg
11. 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted – 2pac / Snoop Doggy Dogg
12. To Live and Die In LA – Makaveli
13. Murder Was The Case – Snoop Doggy Dogg
14. New York, New York – Tha Dogg Pound
15. Afro Puffs – Lady of Rage
1. 6 Shooter – The LBC Crew
2. Everybody Needs To Slow Down – Kurupt
3. With Me Tonight – Jewell, Storm
4. Sticky Situation – J.Flexx
5. Rock, Roll, & Bounce – Danny Boy
6. Consider Me – Sixx Feet Deep
7. That Was Then This Is Now – OFTB, Kurupt, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Big Pimpin'
8. All Eyez On Me – 2pac
9. I Dont Care What The People Say – Tha Dogg Pound
10. These Reasons – Kurupt
11. Aint Got No Time – OFTB
12. Doggystyle 1996 – The LBC Crew, Warren G, Snoop Doggy Dogg
13. Sunday – Big Pimpin'
14. Super Ho – Lil C-Style, Snoop Doggy Dogg
15. Never Had A Friend Like Me – 2pac
1. Do It Again – Crooked I
2. All We Do – Swoop G
3. So In Love – Danny Boy
4. "Spit Game" by Petey Pablo
5. Natural Born Killaz – Dr. Dre, Ice Cube
6. 187 – Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre
7. Black Diamond – Jewell
8. It Might Sound Crazy (Remix) – Daz Dillinger, Too Short
9. Big Pimpin' – Tha Dogg Pound
10. Caught Up In The Game – Doobie, Danny Boy
11. Midnite Hour – Lady of Rage
12. Aint No Trippin – Soopafly
13. Aint No Fun – Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Kurupt
14. Real Thugs – Crooked I
15. This Type Of Flow – Soopafly
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Top 5: Hip-Hop Protégés
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Snoop D-O-double-G has been around for so long that it's hard to imagine him being the protégé of anyone. He is, though. Way back in the early nineties, Cordazar Calvin Broadus was fresh out of high school and a couple of convictions of cocaine trafficking. His freestyle over an old En Vogue song somehow made its way to The Dr. Dre's ears, and after an audition, Snoop Doggy Dogg found a home at Death Row Records. He certainly has a thing for doctors, as he not only caught the attention of Dr. Dre, but also The D.O.C. (from gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A.), who gave him pointers on how to craft some good rap. Random fact: Snoop is a spokesperson for "Chronic Candy," made in Switzerland and tastes like… you guessed it: marijuana. On second thought, maybe that's not so random.
Probably the most famous protégé in the history of hip-hop, Eminem made a huge name for not only himself when his Slim Shady and Marshall Mathers LPs came out, but also Dr. Dre, the man who seems to be some kind of talent magnet. That or he just knows how to pick those rappers; thanks to Em, his label, Aftermath Records, found its biggest star, and with Dr. Dre producing the bulk of his albums, Eminem became the rapper that you and your mom knew about. In any case, Eminem's undying obsession with controversy ensured that music listeners will always be likewise obsessed with Slim Shady – and how could we not? It's not everyday that a non-African-American rapper has the power to shock you like no gangsta rap has ever done.
From one rapper with an eye for talent to another, Eminem must've been taught well by Dr. Dre because when he picked up 50 Cent, he got Aftermath Records another multi-platinum superstar rapper. A little know fact about 50 is that he had some help before Eminem and Dre came along; Jam Master Jay was technically his first mentor in the art of writing songs. After 50 Cent got shot in the infamous nine-bullet-wound incident, one of his CDs found its way into Eminem's hands, he got flown out for an audition… and everyone knows what happened after that. The lesson here? If you want to make it big you've got to go straight to the top – that's where the people with the jets are.
You might know him as that guy in the wheelchair from that Degrassi show, but apparently, Aubrey "Drake" Graham raps even better than he acts. Actually, it might have something to do with the producers of his show getting rid of the entire cast, but that's a different story. After working on a bunch of mixtapes in his early career, Drake finally ended up on Lil Wayne's Young Money label, and was (still is, probably) one of the most hyped Canadian rappers in a long, long time. It remains to be seen if Lil Wayne, his mentor who's pretty young himself, can pull a Dr. Dre, but given how Drake is doing on the charts, the chances look pretty good.
Rappers aside, one of the biggest protégés in hip-hop music has to be "Danjahandz," or simply Danja, who's been the perfect student for Timbaland. This record producer has worked with Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Lloyd Banks, T.I., and of course, Timbaland himself, picking up a couple of Grammys along the way. Stepping out of his mentor's shadow though, Danja's experience with piano and drums sets him apart from other beat-makers who go completely digital and forgo their instruments, and this strategy earns him at least 50k per track at the last count. Not too shabby.
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EA SPORTS PRESENTS NBA LIVE 10 MIXTAPE HOSTED BY DJ MICK BOOGIE Featuring De La Soul, Snoop Dogg, B.o.B, Dead Prez, Afrika Bambaataa & more
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NBA LIVE 10 In Stores 10/6/09
EA SPORTS(TM) NBA LIVE 10 is partnering up with renowned DJ/Producer Mick Boogie to host the NBA LIVE 10 mixtape. The mixtape brings together the hottest tracks from the NBA LIVE 10 soundtrack to consumers on October 6, 2009, and can be downloaded at www.NBALiveMixtape.com
The mixtape features a collection of songs from the soundtrack, including never before heard tracks from 88 Keys, Afrika Bambaataa, B.o.B, David Banner, De La Soul, Dead Prez, Matt & Kim, Murs, Pete Rock, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Zion I and more.
Additionally, three NBA Live 10 exclusive tracks will be available at www.NBALiveMixtape.com in support of the video game release. These songs will also be available for download The first track will be Mick Boogie feat. Kidz In The Hall, Donnis & Daytona "Class Of Our Own," available for download September 28, 2009.
Followed by Mickey Factz & B.o.B. "Mind Got Blown," on September 30, 2009 and the third song will be De La Soul "La La La," on October 2, 2009.
The NBA LIVE 10 video game will be released on October 6th and features several innovations to the core gameplay experience and online game modes. The groundbreaking Dynamic DNA service, driven by Synergy Sports Technology, will make a return in NBA LIVE 10, with significant improvements that will allow players to connect their game to the NBA season like never before.
The NBA LIVE franchise has graced multiple generations of consoles for over 15 years, and has sold more than 35 million units lifetime. The game will be available for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. The game has been rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more information, log onto www.easports/nbalive10.com.
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DJ Drama Press Releases
DJ DRAMA RETURNS WITH ALL-STAR COLLECTION; "GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM VOL. 2" BLENDS WORLD FAMOUS DJ'S MIXTAPE STYLE WITH ORIGINAL TRACKS; AMONG THE SPECIAL GUESTS ARE T.I., SNOOP DOGG, AKON, FLO RIDA, GUCCI MANE, TREY SONGZ, AND BUN B; "GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM VOL. 2" IS OUT NOW
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DRAMA RETURNS WITH ALL-STAR COLLECTION; "GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM VOL. 2" BLENDS WORLD FAMOUS DJ'S MIXTAPE STYLE WITH ORIGINAL TRACKS; AMONG THE SPECIAL GUESTS ARE T.I., SNOOP DOGG, AKON, FLO RIDA, GUCCI MANE, TREY SONGZ, AND BUN B; "GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM VOL. 2" IS OUT NOW
Aphilliates/Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist Drama has announced this week's release of his eagerly anticipated new album, "GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM VOL. 2." The collection – which features the banging hit single, "Day Dreaming (Feat. Akon, Snoop Dogg, and T.I.)" – is available in stores and online now.
The ATL-based Drama is known far and wide for his legendary "Gangsta Grillz" mixtapes. "GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM VOL. 2" continues in the same flowing formula as 2007's "GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM," with all-new original material that gathers together a veritable who's-who of modern hip-hop. Among the rap icons included are Flo Rida, Gucci Mane, Trey Songz, LA the Darkman, OJ Da Juiceman, Bun-B, Nas, Ludacris, The-Dream, Busta Rhymes, Too $hort, Lil Boosie, Yo Gotti, and Willie the Kid. Production comes from such studio luminaries as Drumma Boy, Zaytoven, and Affiliates in-house beat maker V12 Da Hitman.
"This album broadens the movement and just brings good music to the table," says Drama. "With the albums, mixtapes and artists, I'm keeping the music alive for those who are coming up under us and representing hip-hop. I don't want to make it too complicated. It's just about giving everybody something to ride to and giving them what they want."
"Day Dreaming (Feat. Akon, Snoop Dogg, and T.I.)" has proven a major Urban radio success, while the track's companion video clip is in rotation at BET. The album's new single, "Ridiculous (Feat. Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti & Lonnie Mac)," is impacting now at Urban outlets nationwide.
Drama can be seen spinning on two upcoming installments of BET's 106 & Park, slated for Wednesday, May 20th and Friday, May, 22nd. What's more, he will be DJing at T.I.'s hugely anticipated farewell concert, set for this Sunday, May 24th, at Atlanta's Philips Arena.
For up-to-the-minute news and information, please see Drama's official MySpace page, www.myspace.com/djdrama.
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Angola's Industrial Revolution
To borrow from a proverb, Angola has already begun to sow its seeds and growth of the palm trees is imminent
by Cem Perdar
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I spent the beginning of December in Luanda, Angola. In this beautiful coastal country where I went on a business visit, I had the chance to examine the latest economic situation and the existing industrial reforms.
Frankly, Angola has impressed me a lot with the industrial transformation it has undergone in the last five to six years.
It is an admirable move that the country has turned to local production more aggressively than others on the African continent and has achieved this in a very short time. When we look at the short history of Angola, we see that these lands, which have been a Portuguese colony for many years, still have a serious Europeanness in their essence, especially from the moment you set foot on the capital Luanda, the modern buildings in the city. The synergy of people and the beautiful hills overlooking the ocean draw you in.
After drinking our coffee towards the Brazilian beaches on the opposite shore of the Atlantic Ocean, let's get started on sharing some information about Angolan economy. Angola is mainly sustained by oil and diamonds. It is a sub-Saharan country with a relatively high-income level. As there is no defect in security and terrorism in the country, with its stable structure, geostrategic location, rich water resources, climate diversity and fertile soils, Angola is a virgin and open paradise for investors. It is an untouched geography where features such as underground resources and mineral potential are remarkable.
Oil is at the centre of Angola's economy. Possible increases in oil prices directly affect the country's gross national product and imports. Oil plays a key role in government revenues in Angola, which is the second largest producer of crude oil in Africa after Nigeria, is the seventh in the world. Because the infrastructure was destroyed in the country's civil war, the population was largely displaced and mine fields, instead of farming, defined the land everywhere, especially in the southwest of the country. For this reason, agricultural production is still limited. Therefore, there is an important potential in the field of arable agriculture and food production.
Angola's economic development, prosperity, social development and stability totally depend on oil. Sixty-five percent of the country's oil reserves are located in the Cabinda region. Oil accounts for 85 percent of Angola's gross national product, 97 percent of exports and 83 percent of government revenues. Angola is the second country in the world after Libya in terms of its economy being dependent on oil. After oil, the country's most important export product is diamonds with 6 million carats produced annually.
One of the cornerstones of the country's economy is fishing and fisheries. In Angola, which has the richest coast in Africa, thanks to the cold Benguela current, mackerel, sardines, tuna and crustaceans, Angola is a leading county for fishing. The fishing and fisheries sector is the third most important in the Angolan economy after oil and diamonds. Annual production is around 300 000 tons. About half of this amount is of great importance for internal food supply.
Apart from these three main sectors, until five years ago Angola imported almost all food products. However, thanks to the steps taken by the Lourenço government, Angola has started to evolve rapidly from being a net importer of food to a producer of food. It has succeeded in attracting foreign investors by putting together the necessary incentive packages and reforms into effect at a speed that almost no other sub-Saharan African country has been able to achieve. Local production for flour, pasta, cereals, cooking oil, beverages, confectionary, and hygiene and cosmetics products started rapidly, and the country's foreign dependence for basic needs was considerably reduced.
Due to my job, I visited many food wholesalers and warehouses in Luanda. I saw the label of "Made in Angola" on the back of almost all products. Obviously, witnessing how Angola has achieved this in such a short time is a great success story. I can clearly say that the most important share in this success belongs to the government, which regulates the nation's industrialisation policies. In my personal opinion, Angola is one of the 10 largest economies on the African continent whose economy can only grow. The country, which is one of the stars of the southern African region with its increasing population and rapid urbanization rate, I believe that it will come to the fore in economically.
Reforms announced to support Angola's economic development, new opportunities in many different sectors paved the way for growth. The regulations prepared with a transparent approach of the government and the participation of all stakeholders created the infrastructure of a conducive business environment and opened the door to foreign investors. Angola's rich natural resources and young population, opportunities in different sectors are an advantage.
Angola's industrialisation drive first started with the banking institutions and financial system under strict control. Angolan banking and general the financial system is under the supervision of the National Bank of Angola (BNA), which outlines monetary and exchange policies with the aim of increasing national investment and stabilising the exchange rate, as well as controlling the current financial situation. It increases Net International Reserves (RIL) and keeps inflation rates at acceptable levels. BNA's strategy and policy are aligned with the 2018-2023 National Development Plan and the Macroeconomic Stability Programme of the government after 2017 elections and a number of reforms are being implemented. Thus, Angolan banking becomes more effective and contributes to achieving the goals in the two elements listed above.
BNA has won the technical advisory race of two of the largest international financial institutions to achieve these goals. In other words, the World Bank and the IMF contribute to the improvement of the business environment, giving more credibility and confidence to the reforms being implemented in this sector.
Improving the business environment, it aims to:
To facilitate access to the exchange rate;
Improve relations with correspondent banks;
Ensure exchange rate stability and manage inflation;
Provide financing to the private sector with less cost and risk; and
Analyse of assets of the largest banks operating in the country.
Sectors that follow the developmental vision of the Angolan government are primarily composed of agriculture and the agro industry, mining, natural gas, forestry, textiles, construction, health and information technologies. My interpretation from conversations with my business partners during my visit to Angola is that the government has mobilised all means to improve the current business environment.
Angola, which was a more closed country in the period before President João Lourenço who took office in 2017, did not sign basic economic and commercial agreements even with Portugal with which it has historical and cultural ties, and has turned its eyes to the world and new investors.
During my visit, I saw that Angola has already implemented industrial reforms very decisively. An Angolan proverb says: "Don't underestimate a seed as small as a nut because it will one day become a palm tree." Angola has already begun to sow its seeds and the growth of the palm trees is imminent.


O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 - Re-Pete Devries?
O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 — Re-Pete Devries?
Anyone who was standing on North Chesterman beach on that sunny and crisp Halloween Day in 2009 will never forget Peter Devries' smile as he emerged from the water — loved local surfer, now O'Neill Cold Water Classic Champion.
"I've see the Great Wall of China. I've climbed to the top of the pyramids in Egypt. But I have never seen anything like this," yelled contest emcee Dom Domic. The crowd roared in response. Grown men and women cried with joy. Fellow surfer, good friend and 2009 contest ambassador Noah Cohen waded fully clothed and without hesitation into the waves with a huge Canadian flag to drape over our hero's shoulders. Reporters rushed the champion as he made his way to the winner's podium on the shoulders of adoring friends. Photographers and videographers captured unforgettable images that are still being distributed by media outlets around the globe; images of a small town with a big heart, a town with enduring support for its people and land and a town now filled with pride for their new star.
And as Pete hoisted the beautifully carved traditional Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations weapon-paddle trophy into the air and was showered with champagne, the hundreds of locals and visitors who had flocked to the beach to watch him win felt a collective rush of admiration and pride.
All of the emotion of that day was captured, along with some extraordinary scenic footage of the Tofino area, by O'Neill's master filmmakers in "Cold Water Classic Canada: The Documentary" available from Tourism Tofino and online at www.oneill.com/cwc. This 26-minute film features many local personalities and showcases the majesty of Tofino's beaches and forests.
Tofino is once again welcoming the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada surfing competition starting October 9 and running through October 15, 2010. A World Qualifying Series 6 Star, the O'Neill Cold Water Classic is Canada's only professional surfing competition sanctioned by the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) — the foremost governing body in professional surfing.
As many as 144 professional surfers from around the world will be in town to compete for $145,000 US in prize money. Pete Devries and Noah Cohen will be joined by local Tofino surfers Raph and Sepp Bruhwiler in the competition which is already getting international media attention.
As it did last year, the success of the contest will rely on a mobile format – moving from beach to beach to take advantage of the best surf and wind conditions on offer. In addition to beaches within the District of Tofino (North and South Chesterman Beach, Cox Bay, MacKenzie Beach), O'Neill has received special permission from Parks Canada to move the competition to Florencia Bay and Long Beach within the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve if conditions are more favorable.
Domic pointed out that this year's contest has even more talent, with "wonder kids" Eric Geiselman, John John Florence and Julian Wilson along with Josh Kerr, Yadin Nichol and Mitch Coleburn all vying to make a push for the World Tour "elite 32." Additional drama exists with World Tour surfers who didn't make the mid-year cut like Tanner Gudauskas, Nate Yeomans and Ben Dunn, plus all the former World Tour surfers, and all the returning competitors who know now what to expect.
Excitement is definitely building as the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada approaches. Tofino would love to see a "re-Pete." But like all of us who love the sport of surfing in Tofino, we hope most for good swell and favourable weather so we can all witness the best surfers on the planet showcasing themselves in our waves.
For more information about the O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada including a list of contestants, event schedules, daily contest updates and Surf Shuttle schedules, visit the Official O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada website.
Lynda Kaye is a writer and marketing consultant living year-round in Tofino. Marc Fuller is the O'Neill CWC Canada Event Coordinator, surfer and an adventure designer residing in Ukee.
O'Neill Cold Water Classic Canada 2010 article about the hopes of Tofino's surf community for a 're-pete' of last year's win by Tofino surfer Pete Devries. Written by Marc Fuller and Lynda Kaye for Tofino Time Magazine in October 2010.


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'Enough is enough': Foodbank charity laments rise in handouts
Trussell Trust laments rise in foodbank use
'Enough is enough': Foodbank charity laments rise in handouts. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire
THE number of emergency food supplies handed out by a foodbank charity in Monmouthshire increased by 14 per cent in 2018.
Figures by the Trussell Trust show 2,852 packages were handed out the people in Monmouthshire over the course of last year, including 978 to children.
The Trussell Trust, which runs a network of foodbanks across the UK, said the period between April 2018 and March 2019 was the busiest since the charity was founded in 1997.
Other figures show 49 per cent of referrals to the charity's food banks were the result of delays in benefits – including Universal Credit – being paid.
Chief executive Emma Revie said ending the five-week wait for a claimant's first Universal Credit payment should be the UK government's top priority.
"What we are seeing year-upon-year is more and more people struggling to eat because they simply cannot afford food," she said.
"Enough is enough. We know this situation can be fixed – that's why we're campaigning to create a future where no one needs a food bank."
Across Wales, 113,373 packages were handed out in 2018.


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New York, NY, 7th July 2016– Deloitte is pleased to announce that Gartner, the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, ranked Deloitte #1 globally, based on revenue, in Security Consulting Services for the fourth consecutive year, in their April 2016 report entitled, Market Share: Security Consulting Services, Worldwide, 2015.
"We feel being ranked #1 in Gartner's security consulting report for the fourth consecutive year is a testament to our capabilities," said Ted DeZabala, Global Cyber Risk Services leader at Deloitte. "The strategies that our clients employ to innovate and grow are the very things that exacerbate cyber risk across multiple business and technology dimensions. Deloitte is ideally positioned to help them address these challenges. We believe clients and analysts alike recognize and value our strengths and capabilities in this field."
Discussing the broader risk landscape, the Gartner report notes, "The security consulting service market has grown from an estimated $15.3 billion in 2014 to $16.5 billion in 2015 with a growth rate of 7.6 percent, with a constant currency growth of 16.6 percent."
Gartner defines Security Consulting services as "security-specific advisory services designed to help companies assess, analyze and improve the efficiency of their business operations, IT operations and technology strategies for security and risk management activities. Security consulting services include security-related business and IT consulting, as well as security assurance, but they exclude security audit work that results in attestation of security controls used for audit purposes."*
*Source: Gartner Market Insight: Security Consulting Services, Taxonomy Update 2.0, Jacqueline Heng, 04, March 2016
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French citizens' convictions against enlargement are not firmly held
by Sandra Maksimović 02. 02. 2021. 02. 02. 2021.
Emmanuel Macron and Zoran Zaev; Photo: Wikimedia Commons
PARIS – A majority of people in France are opposed to the Western Balkan countries joining the EU, but for most this issue is not a salient one and attitudes are not firmly held, shows the new research on French public opinion on EU membership of the Western Balkans "It's the EU, Not Western Balkan Enlargement" conducted by the Open Society European Policy Institute.
The research found that approval or disapproval of Western Balkan enlargement is most closely associated with overall evaluations of the state of the EU, feelings of political control, and to an extent with attitudes towards previous rounds of EU enlargement, rather than with factual knowledge of the Western Balkans or explicit worries concerning them.
Srđan Cvijić, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Open Society European Policy Institute, member of the Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) and one of the authors of the publication said for EWB that given that opposition to enlargement to the Western Balkans is exclusively a manifestation of frustration with the EU among the vast majority of French people, and that the fact whether the six Western Balkan countries will join the EU or not is not too important, we have a situation that is ungrateful on the one hand, and extremely positive on the other.
"Figuratively speaking, when it comes to public opinion, even if you propagate enlargement from the top of the Eiffel Tower, the effect will be small because the essence of the problem is not in the candidate countries from the Balkans. On the other hand, the essence is that this issue is politically irrelevant to the French. What is needed is for French politicians to work on rebuilding trust in the EU, and not, as in the past, to place all the responsibility for internal political problems on the EU and Brussels", said Cvijić.
He added that the Western Balkans, of course, can and should be part of this broader political process of restoring confidence in the EU.
"The first positive steps are already visible through the preparations for the organization of the Conference on the Future of Europe. Involving citizens and politicians from the Western Balkans in this process as equal partners would have a positive effect on the general return of confidence in the EU and its institutions, and thus on enlargement policy", Cvijić explains.
The research found that three in four people in France believe that it would not affect their lives much or at all if Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia joined the EU.
Read more: EU and the Western Balkans in 2021: Searching for a Way Back to Normal
"Given the low salience of the issue amongst the French electorate, it is unlikely that a continuation of the Western Balkan enlargement process would have a significant impact on French internal politics in general, and the electoral process in particular. Fears that the French government might be penalised by the electorate for moving forward with enlargement do not find a basis in this research," reads the report.
Cvijić highlights that it is extremely positive for the candidate countries from the Balkans, that only 8% of French people think that the membership of the Western Balkan countries would have serious consequences for their lives, which means that the current practice of opposing enlargement as a way to collect political points at home is completely wrong.
"Most importantly, this study shows that French support for the progress of the Western Balkan countries towards EU membership would have no consequences for electoral policy in France. If we take as an example the opening of the first chapters with North Macedonia and Albania, if this happens and France does not oppose the opening, or even openly supports it, such a decision, contrary to popular opinion in the ruling majority in France, would have no effect on presidential elections scheduled for April 2022", underlines Cvijić.
It was stated in the report that when it comes to EU enlargement, France is not the only country with a sceptical public, but it is one of the countries with the highest rates of popular disapproval.
"Research participants, regardless of attitude and salience profile, acknowledged, for example, economic disparities in the union, potential labour migration and its impact on France's economy, and problems with the democratic stability of countries in the Western Balkans and the EU as a whole", reads the report.
It was added that across the spectrum of opinions in France, there is a sense that EU enlargement in the Western Balkans has more advantages for countries in the region than for the EU and its current member states, in terms of their economic opportunities, democratic development, and overall stability in the light of past tensions and conflict.
"In particular, the potential loss of jobs in France was a major and often personal concern, with some participants directly relating it to worries about their own financial situation. In contrast to economic concerns, cultural worries do not seem to be a prominent reason for opposing the integration of the Western Balkan countries into the EU," it was stated in the report.
However, Cvijić adds that almost all participants in the focus groups (even among those with strong negative attitudes) expressed the opinion that the membership of the Western Balkans in the EU, in geopolitical terms, would strengthen the region, France and the whole of Europe.
"Attitudes towards the membership of the Western Balkan countries in the Union, in 43% of respondents changed at the time when we confronted them with geographical maps of Europe and the region", Cvijić concluded.
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Journalist at the European Western Balkans portal. Former journalist and project assistant at the Novi Sad School of Journalism. Associate of Deutsche Welle and correspondent of the InfoMigrants portal.


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Until you arrive at the dental office, you should follow the instructions below to protect the tooth and ensure it stays healthy so your dentist can save the tooth and fix the problem.
The key to saving the tooth is to find it and preserve it. If your tooth has been knocked out, pick it up by the crown, which is the chewing edge of the tooth. If you pick it up by the root, then the root will become compromised with bacteria and putting it back in will be difficult.
Most dentists recommend trying to place the tooth back into the mouth where it fell out so that it is level with other teeth. Bite down on a piece of gauze or a wet tea bag to keep it in place. If you cannot reinsert the tooth, then put it in a small container with enough whole milk to cover the tooth.
Apply a cold compress to the mouth and gums to ease the pain and apply direct pressure with a gauze pad to control bleeding. Once you arrive at your dental office, they can take it from there. It's what we're here for!


Ok so we'd just finished our article on 'Deep Blue' and then this comes along. Robots ARE taking over. But until they do, lets marvel at how amazing they are.
Developed at Plymouth University, these little cyborgs are aiming to bring football home at the 'Robocup', which begins on July 2014.
Including representatives from the United States, Japan, China and Europe, the tournament has been going since 1997. The robots work by using wifi technology to communicate with each other. They also boast player tracking, a new inertial motion unit and a new gait design to improve passing and shooting.
The creators say their aim is to beat the human world cup champion by 2050.
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Your Collaborative Attorney typically spends a substantial portion of the first meeting with you describing the Collaborative Process and other Collaborative team members.
At the first meeting with clients and professionals, the clients and professionals (Collaborative Attorneys and any other members of your Collaborative Team that you have agreed should be present at this first meeting) review the process and tools. The Collaborative Process documents are then signed by all participants. The Collaborative Process is more likely to succeed when the participants understand and commit to the process together. The SCPG Guidebook is provided and introduced.
The first task in the Collaborative process is to gather information to assist you and your professionals in developing a creative and appropriate settlement. It is not just helpful, it is mandatory in order to be divorced in California.
Each party in a California divorce must give the other party his/her "Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure." This is part of the legal requirement that each spouse share with the other spouse his/her understanding of the marital assets and debts, separate property assets and debts, incomes, and potential opportunities and/or liabilities. There are specific forms that are used to disclose this information. A Final Declaration of Disclosure is normally completed and exchanged before the end of the process.
If you are working just with attorneys, they will provide you with your initial "homework" (forms and questionnaires) to assist you in gathering this information. If you have chosen to work with a financial professional, this professional will give you those forms and guide you through the disclosure process. The professionals and clients will together determine what additional information or documents will need to be gathered and who will be responsible for which items.
Sometimes a third party will need to be contacted to provide records or to appraise an asset. The work of the professionals will be coordinated to provide you with the best possible assistance in the most cost-effective manner.
Clients often need immediate agreements for financial support, parenting arrangements, and/or management of assets and debts. Either formal or informal agreements can be reached during the Collaborative Process. An informal agreement is usually captured in the minutes, and may not be written up or signed. Even so, the clients' commitment to the Collaborative process bind them ethically to follow through.
A formal agreement can be either in the form of a written agreement or can be a "Stipulation" which will be submitted to the court to issue a temporary order.
The Petition, in general terms, sets forth statistical details and "requests" regarding child custody, support, property, and attorney fees. These "requests" are not intended to cause the other party any distress, but are simply there to serve as an outline of what the issues might be if the matter were to end up being tried. For so long as you are participating in the Collaborative Process, the court will take no action on these "requests".
When the Petition is filed, the parties will be assigned a case number and file within the court system. A Petition must be "served" on the "Respondent", the person who did not file the Petition. The easiest method is for someone other than the Petitioner to mail the Petition and Summons, along with a form entitled "Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt", directly to the Respondent instead of personally handing the papers to the Respondent. Once the Respondent signifies that s/he has received the Petition by signing and returning the Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt, he/she has been effectively served. Alternatively, the parties can agree that the Summons and Petition will be handed to the Respondent during a collaborative meeting.
Technically, a Response must be served and filed within thirty (30) days of the service date of the Petition. Like the Petition, the Response sets forth the Respondent's information and "requests" regarding all issues. It is typical during the Collaborative Process for an "open extension" to be granted. This means that the Respondent will not be required to serve and file the Response unless the Petitioner gives notice that a Response will be required.
Once all factual information has been gathered and the spouses have exchanged information regarding their interests, needs, and values, the spouses and Collaborative team of professionals can begin to brainstorm possible settlement options.
During the brainstorming phase, Financial Specialists can provide projections regarding the impact of different options. Coaches help facilitate the process.
There are often many ways of putting together the "pieces of the puzzle", and an open-minded discussion of all the possibilities usually leads to the discovery of a good fit for your circumstances.
Once you have reached an agreement, the Collaborative Attorneys will prepare a Marital Settlement Agreement and any other settlement documents for your review. During this time period, a Final Declaration of Disclosure will be prepared, unless both spouses agree to waive its exchange. When everyone has agreed on the agreement and necessary court forms are signed and submitted to the court.
This is only a general outline of the typical marital dissolution process. Each couple's divorce is unique in its own way. Although the divorce process may be confusing and frustrating at times, our goal is to assist you both in reaching a satisfactory resolution.


In my years in ministry I have heard many excuses from professed Christians for not attending church, not serving, not giving, not _____, etc... The most annoying excuse is that the church is full of hypocrites. What is lame about that excuse is that "Everyone is a Hypocrite!" I am a hypocrite. You are a hypocrite. No one lives consistently with whatever they profess to believe. Twelve Step Recovery programs encourage honesty with oneself and others. We need honesty with ourselves, God, and others.
The Bible clearly calls on Christians to be in relationship with one another in a local body of believers.
"Let us" speaks of a community of fellowship of believers that are to encourage one another to love and good works.
"Let us" speaks against "Lone Ranger" Christianity which is the habit of some.
"Let us" speaks to how we can encourage one another. You cannot encourage someone that you do not know through a relationship. You cannot be encouraged unless someone knows and cares for you.
"Let us" live in relationship as we look forward to the Lord Jesus Returning in Glory.
A healthy church encourages those relationships. In reading the Bible the early church had relationship problems.
The Apostle Paul - under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit - was encouraging these two women to work through their differences to serve the Lord.
We don't need excuses, we need honest effort to serve the Lord together - within the messiness of the human condition - through a community of faith, a Bible-believing church.
13 And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
14a For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea.
We need to keep perspective as we think of the death of Christ.
1 Cor. 2:8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
16b—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!
The following is from -- Craig Brian Larson, "Strong to the Finish,"
It was a hot day--Tuesday, July 20, 1993, in Washington, D.C.--as Vincent Foster sat in the Rose Garden. That morning he watched as President Clinton announced his new FBI director. Foster returned to his White House Counsel's office after the ceremony. He took care of some legal business, then talked with President Clinton, his boyhood friend, for a few moments. He ate lunch that day at his desk.
A little after one o'clock, Foster left the office, telling his staff he would return. He pulled his Honda Accord onto the streets of Washington, D.C., and drove to a little-visited national park on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River. He got out, leaving his suit coat in the car. In his hand was an antique, .38-caliber revolver. He walked across an open field. Standing beside a cannon pointing out over the woods, Vincent Foster took his own life.
When President Clinton heard the news, he called together his staff to console them on the loss of someone that they all loved. Then President Clinton said these words: "It would be wrong to define a life like Vincent Foster's in terms only of how it ended."
Clinton is right in one sense. But the sad fact is that no matter how much Vincent Foster's friends, family, colleagues, and workmates try to put the end of his life out of their minds, how his life ended will always overshadow his memory. Because how a life, a ministry, a job, or a relationship ends defines and colors all that goes before it.
I've had the pleasure of knowing people who have finished their lives well. That is a joy to see. I have a friend who is in his late 80's living in a care center who has a young heart to serve the Lord. While his life (like most) has had its share of disappointments, he stills prays for people, serves others, and witnesses to the grace of God in the Lord Jesus.
I've also had the disappointment of seeing others who professed to know the Lord, but for whatever reason (lost love, disappointment with God, etc...) they walked away. When I was a new Christian in my first year college, that surprised and disappointed me. Now many years later it just disappoints. Sometimes people pursue the Lord thinking that it will get them what they want (fixed relationships, a new job, happiness, etc...). While God may give us some of those things we want, He does not owe us those things. However, God is still worthy of our worship and service for who He is, regardless of what we think we want.
Finishing well comes from pursuing knowing God better in all of the circumstances of our lives.
12:2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
"The Baby that Changed Everything"
See: Isa 9:6; Jn 1:14; Php 2:7.


The first battle of the American Revolution took place on a small wooden bridge in Concord Massachusetts. You can go and visit the national park here which is keeping the memory allive.
A very nice drive in New Hampshire is around the pretty Lake Winnipesaukee. This is a good place to spend a day or more if you got the time.


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    from textwrap import dedent
    cmds.evalDeferred(dedent(
        """
        import sishelf.startup as s

        s.execute()
        """
    ))

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        print("SiShelf startup script has begun")
        __register_sishelf_startup()
        print("SiShelf startup script has finished")

    except Exception as e:
        print("SiShelf startup script has ended with error")
        # avoidng the "call userSetup.py chain" accidentally stop,
        # all exception must be collapsed
        import traceback
        traceback.print_exc()

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Q: SELECT a value multiple time in SQL I have a code in PHP where I want to display multiple times values, and so, even if these values are the same between them. My code is simple :
$sql = "SELECT photo from table WHERE username IN ('1','2','2') ORDER BY id DESC ";

$res = array();
$result = mysqli_query($con,$sql);
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
  array_push($res, $row['photo']);
}
echo json_encode($res);

But this code only display (in json) an array of two values (because the values of photo of the username 2 are the same).
What I want to achieve is to make an array with the exact same number of values of the number of username I defined WHERE username IN ('1','2','2') (so here, 3 values).
I hope you understood me, thanks for helping me !

A: You would use left join:
select t.photo
from (select '1' as username union all select '2' union all select '3'
     ) u left join
     table t
     on t.username = u.username
order by t.id desc;

Note this will return rows, even when the user name does not exist.  If you want to filter those rows, remove the left so you are doing an inner join.

A: I think what you're after is to list even the duplicates in the end result.  As your SQL will only retrieve the unique items, the idea would be to include the username in the SQL result set.  Then use the original list of user names ($userNames) and add in the photo for each of them.
I've used mysqli_fetch_all() to simplify the process of fetching all of the data, then used array_column() to make the username the key for the photos.
$userNames = array(1,2,2);
$sql = "SELECT username, photo
          from table
          WHERE username IN ('".implode("','", $userNames)."')
          ORDER BY id DESC ";

$res = array();
$result = mysqli_query($con,$sql);
$photos = mysqli_fetch_all($result, MYSQLI_ASSOC);

$photos = array_column($photos, "photo", "username");
foreach ( $userNames as $user ) {
    if ( isset($photos[$user])) {
        $res[] = $photos[$user];
    }
    else    {
        $res[] = '';
    }
}
echo json_encode($res);

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With its traditional 'crow stepped' gables, this historical house sits just a few meters from Kirkwall harbour, and on the doorstep of Kirkwall's excellent range of restaurants and shops.
The iconic St Magnus Cathedral is less than a 5 minute stroll through the street, as is the Tourist Information Centre and Travel Centre. Jump in your car and in 10 minutes you are in the heart of Neolithic Orkney and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, or head in the other direction and you'll shortly be crossing the unique Churchill Barriers towards the beautiful Italian Chapel and beyond.
Back inside Bridge Street Apartment you'll find a separate kitchen/dining room and sitting room plus w/c on the ground floor, upstairs is a triple and a double bedroom, and bathroom with a shower and complimentary toiletries. Equipped throughout with stylish oak furniture, free WiFi, a 50" internet ready Smart TV, along with everything you'll need to make your stay amazing.


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Furniture, Appliances & Consumer Goods Joint Venture & Partnerships
NESTE and IKEA Take Leadership in Bio-based Home Furniture
by Axel Barrett September 9, 2016 December 1, 2021
1 Comment on NESTE and IKEA Take Leadership in Bio-based Home Furniture
NESTE and IKEA join forces to industrialize and lead the trend of renewable bio-based materials for home furnishing plastic products.
Il Bioeconomista and other specialized publications relayed that Neste (Finland) and Ikea (Sweden) announced on September 7, 2016 a partnership to deliver renewable, bio-based plastics. The two Scandinavian companies plan to join forces to take leadership in renewable bio-based materials, and invite other companies to jump on the bandwagon of the initiative.
The partnership reportedly includes the production of plastics and other materials utilizing Neste's renewable solutions in polymer production.The partnership combines IKEA's commitment to reduce their dependence on virgin fossil based materials and Neste's expertise in renewable solutions.
IKEA made a clear presentation of their commitment during the 10th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin in November 2015 as follows.
IKEA wants to have a positive impact on people and planet, which includes taking a lead in turning waste into resources, developing reverse material flows for waste materials and ensuring key parts of IKEA's range are easily recycled. IKEA's long-term ambition is for the plastic material used in their home furnishing products to be renewable or recycled material. The company is starting with their home furnishing plastic products, representing about 40% of the total plastic volume used in the IKEA range.
The PR announcing the partnership with NESTE repeats this commitment :
"IKEA wants to contribute to a transformational change in the industry and to the development of plastics made from recycled or renewable sources. In line with our goals, we are moving away from virgin fossil-based plastic materials in favor of plastic produced from more sustainable recycled or renewable sources such as waste and residues, not using palm oil and it's derivatives as feedstock", says Lena Pripp-Kovac, Sustainability Manager, at IKEA of Sweden.
"We believe that working with Neste will open up an important pathway towards industrializing the production of plastics from more sustainable feedstock", says Camilla Rööst, Material and Innovation Development Manager, at IKEA.
Whilst IKEA's pledge makes sense and seems to be an obvious fit with its strategy and imagen the choice of NESTE as key partner was more surprising to me. NESTE has expertise in the field of renewable chemicals like bio-fuel, bio-lubricants solvents and jet-fuels. I had no memory of them in the field of bio-based and bio-degradable plastics. A visit to their web site to update my information tends to confirm my first view: https://www.neste.com/en/companies/product-and-safety-data-sheets. Data sheets reflecting the existing commercial product range does not mention a single bioplastic or even a monomer that could lead to a bio-polymer. So I am still puzzled by the choice and have some doubt it would bear tangible fruit in the short term. The alliance might be for IKEA to assign NESTE the role of channeling a collaborative work with bio-polymer and ready-to-use bio-plastics producers. Hence the call for more partners to join: "The companies invite others to join the initiative. Neste and IKEA's target is to produce the first proof-of-concept during 2017."
.What is the added value of such and additional link in the value chain? Future will bring an answer. My understanding was that IKEA was both big and international enough to deal directly with the most advanced and or biggest players globally without needing a technical and supply chain broker. But the partnership might contain something which is not made public and actually brings value to both partners. At this stage it is an unknown to me. If you, my dear reader, have a clue, please let me know.
NESTE on their side stated:
"We are very pleased to form a partnership with IKEA. IKEA's commitment to initiate a change in the industry is an extremely important step in redefining how materials will be made and how raw materials are used in the near future. IKEA and Neste, together with partners, can enable the production of bio-based plastics that are produced from waste and residues of the customers' preference and choice, can be produced with the existing production assets, are fully compatible with customers' needs, and are recyclable in the current plastics pool. We are proud to work with IKEA on the initiative", says Tuomas Hyyryläinen, SVP, Strategy and New Ventures at Neste.
Does it bring more light to the value created by the deal? Not to me.
Tags: Finland Free Content Ikea Neste Sweden
Ahokas says:
Excellent value created for saving the planet. But world must join in.
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Soft, energy absorbing polymer foam.
3M earplugs 1100 for single use only.
Capsules with vitamins, trace elements, sea fish oil, borage oil, Lutein, and Zeaxanthin.
Capsules with vitamins, trace elements, sea fish oil, bilberry extract, Lutein and Zeaxanthin.
Stimulation of the warmth organism and Integration of metabolic processes in painful, inflammatory disorders originating in the nerve-sense System, e.g. inflammation of the outer ear (Otitis externa) and middle ear inflammation (Otitis media).
The ear protection combination for the trip.
Proven special wool from the sheep to Insert in the ear.


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Student. Mental. Health. Advocates was established at the U of O to continue the mission of UO Active Minds. This brand is owned entirely by the University of Oregon students, our logo has been designed by Sara Hsu and the logo below has been created by Nicole Wong. We are changing our name but we are not changing our mission, you can continue to help, and be part of the cause by following us on our new website! http://www.uoSMHA.org or clicl on the logo below to be taken there directly!


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Porn Reviews » Adult Movie Reviews » Dirty Little Schoolgirl Stories Volume 7
Dirty Little Schoolgirl Stories Volume 7
Studio: New Sensations » Review by cyber5 » Review Date: 8/18/18
Genres: 18+ Teens, Schoolgirls
Director: Paul Woodcrest
Cast: Paisley Rae, Khloe Kapri, Summer Brooks, Dolly Leigh, James Deen, Steve Holmes, Chad White, Ramon Nomar
Date of Release: April 23, 2018
Extras: Company Info, Fantasy Lingerie Commercial, Photo Gallery, Pick Your Pleasure, Non-Selectable Trailers, BTS 40:05 minutes
Bonus Scene: Cadey Mercury & Ramon Nomar 30:19 minutes
Bonus Scene: Jessica Nyx & Mark Ashley 26:59 minutes
Audio/Video Quality: Excellent on both fronts. Hi-def capture with an anamorphic widescreen presentation.
Overview: Paul Woodcrest is back at the helm for another round of showcasing the banging of barely legal schoolgirls. If pretty, young girls in plaid skirts are your jam then you really can't go wrong with this series. This company is known for their ability to identify and showcase the new talent that has a better than average chance of becoming tomorrow's superstars and fan faves. Check it out.
Scene 1: Paisley Rae & James Deen
Paisley is an industry newcomer that hails from Oakland, CA. At this point in time, she has a couple dozen credits to her name at IAFD and gets paired up with industry vet and superstar, James Deen. Paisley's parents are gone for the weekend and she wants James to show her the ropes, literally speaking. Now, James has been around for long enough that he can easily perform a simple chest and hand tie while carrying on a conversation but what strikes me as odd are the words that flow freely from our young starlet's mouth, "dominated", "submissive", etc. Apparently, 18-year-olds are much more familiar with these terms today than when I was at that age but I suppose that's progress in what should be a sex-positive, modern world.
In familiar Deen fashion, he starts issuing orders while having his way with a clean-shaven slut who seems to be a natural performer, making excellent eye contact as she obeys his every command while he smacks her tiny, teen ass as he uses her to his own ends. Dirty words spill from her lips as he slams into her, Rae only once or twice making brief eye contact with lens center and quickly correcting herself as she squeals her appreciation to James. After an intense romp through a number of positions, our big-eyed beauty smiles as she slurps and jerks James to completion on her face and into her auburn hair, probably earning herself quite a few new fans in the process. Keep your eyes on this up and comer ladies and gents!
Scene 2: Khloe Kapri & Steve Holmes
Khloe has been bouncing around the industry for a bit over a year now. Here she gets teamed up with AVN Hall-of-Famer, Steve Holmes, who is tasked with tutoring her. Khloe has a problem with that because she's attracted to him and just can't focus on her work. That's when she grabs him and starts kissing him. He tries to resist for a moment but ultimately gives in to the tiny tart, unbuttoning her blouse in front of a full-length mirror as she begs for his cock.
Before you know it, her mouth is balls deep on his shaft and his tongue and fingers are exploring the tunnel at the end of her landing strip. As he disrobes, she replaces his fingers with her own while spouting dirty talk in preparation for his penetration. As she shows off her rodeo repertoire, Steve shows off his percussion prowess with his hands on her ass. Holmes brings her to a gasping orgasm in spoon, then shows her a few more positions before draining himself on her face and they head back to the books.
Scene 3: Summer Brooks & Chad White
Like Paisley, Summer only has a couple of dozen credits to her name at this point, most of which are web scenes. The spinner sneaks into Chad's house through his doggie door to surprise him. Honestly, Chad is sporting a lot more facial hair than I recall him having, which is why I did not immediately recognize him! Since his wife isn't home, he decides to lay some ground rules for future encounters and then decides to lay some pipe. Chad offers some tips and tricks, in true teacher fashion, to Summer as she sucks on his schlong and then he contents her with some cunnilingus.
Brooks bounces her ass on his rod as she warms up in doggie, a smile growing on Summer's face. Once she's on top of him, he holds her close, driving into her from below. Her body rocks as he bangs into her from above, her dirty blonde locks bouncing to the beat. As he pulls out of her, she moves her head closer to him, sending his initial payload careening right over her head but he has enough manjuice to finish coating her face and chest much to her delight.
Scene 4: Dolly Leigh & Ramon Nomar
Dolly stops by her teacher's house with an assignment. It's a Saturday but she's still in uniform, so Ramon figures she has an ulterior motive and starts hitting on her in kind of a creepy fashion which is backed up by a creepy soundtrack. She doesn't resist so soon he has her panties in hand and is fingering her on his staircase.
Of all the girls on this disc, Dolly has been around the longest and may be familiar to regular pornoisseurs. Ramon should be familiar to everyone with his suave looks and his Latin-inflected voice that issues commands continuously while he has his way with a starlet. One by one they check off all the boxes of porn positions 101, Ramon's rod sliding in and out of Leigh's love tunnel while her white fingernails caress her clit. She has a screaming orgasm in missionary, almost simultaneously with Nomar who ends up landing most of his load on the pillow next to her head; Leigh gladly licking it up.
Final Thoughts: This is Volume 7 of this popular series. If you are a regular reader here at XCritic or a regular viewer of New Sensations' titles than you are familiar with the concept. Naughty schoolgirls show off their slutty sides in a formulaic format. I've reviewed quite a few of these titles and I always try to mention that the formula is there so that the "Pick Your Pleasure" option is available. New readers and viewers may not be aware of that extra but it's useful if you just want to see hot young starlets doing your fave act in a back to back ABCD comparison.
With that said, as usual, we have here a number of budding young starlets getting hammered by industry vets and loving every minute of it. If you ask me, Paisley stole the show here with her seeming natural awareness of how porn is supposed to work. Toss in the always excellent camera and lighting work of Paul Woodcrest and you can't go wrong. The four main titles cover over 2 hours and as always there are some bonus scenes that add another hour plus plenty of BTS goodies which leads me to say that this is porn that's worth your cash. If you already have a bunch of these titles, you might want to add this to the collection or not, depending on how serious of a collector you are. However, if you are looking to start a collection of some schoolgirl titles in your stash you really can't go wrong here. Recommended.
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Emma Vorlat (Antwerpen, 24 oktober 1929 - Leuven, 10 november 2017) was een Belgische germanist, vrouwenrechtenactivist en hoogleraar aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Ze was de eerste vrouwelijke vicerector van deze universiteit.

Levensloop
Emma Vorlat promoveerde in 1963 aan de KU Leuven tot doctor in de Engelse taalkunde. In 1985 benoemde rector Roger Dillemans haar tot groepsvoorzitter Humane Wetenschappen; ze was de eerste vrouwelijke vicerector van de universiteit. In haar latere carrière was ze eveneens voorzitter van de onderwijsraad en bestuurslid van de KU Leuven. Ze was een voorvechtter van vrouwenrechten. In haar pleidooi Open brief aan de vrouwen (1973) verdedigde Vorlat een nieuw humanisme waarin mannen gevoelig mochten zijn en vrouwen verstandig. In 1988 was ze medeoprichter van de denkgroep Vrouw en Universiteit en nog later leidde ze de interfacultaire raad Vrouw-Man-Universiteit. Ook was ze voorzitter van de Universiteit Derde Leeftijd Leuven.

Ze overleed in november 2017. In 2019 werd het auditorium in het Leercentrum AGORA naar haar vernoemd.

Belgisch taalkundige
Hoogleraar aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven