KAYSPA (also known as SPA Foundation) is the biggest Spa chain in Indochina, is building SpaCoin, an Ethereum – based token regulated by smart contracts. This blockchain platform supports the beauty community by gathering all beauty care solutions from Spa members and feedback from clients worldwide in order to improve the quality of beauty care. The company will hold a crowdsale between 13th – 26th November 2017.
Hereinafter the writer will provide a brief on SpaCoin, their upcoming Crowdsale as well as her investment – related thoughts on the project.
SPACOIN is the Ethereum – based blockchain platform regulated by smart contracts. SpaCoin develops the beauty care industry as well as creates market information via a cryptocurrency reward system, motivating and inspiring community to join the network.
SpaCoin is the first cryptocurrency using a transparent decentralized platform in order to pay the rewards to clients and beauty care technicians who are recognized with positive contribution to the community.
SPACOIN is also the first blockchain in the beauty and healthcare industry that can help to solve the constraints of cross-border cosmetics trading and beauty care services through blockchain and smart contract.
By creating and implementing the first Blockchain platform for reliable spa reviews, Spa Foundation will facilitate the voice of the clients to be heard more. Beauty technicians will have access to valuable market research data and use them as strong tools to enhance the service quality as well as maintain the relations with loyal clients. Through a self-made smart agreement, Spa Foundation's review platform will ensure optimum autonomy, confidence, speed and safety, thereby minimize any technical related risks.
Through this platform, users can find specific beauty technicians to support them with anonymous reviews. Each review shall be linked to blockchhain Ethereum and rewarded with a certain amount of SpaCoin. In return, the earned SpaCoin could be used to pay for the next treatments at one of our partnership Spas as well as to our beauty technicians.
 Once entering blockchain, the reviews can't be adjusted nor replaced.
 Users will have access to reviews of each individual beauty technician. After making their own decision to choose a specific beauty technician, they can investigate further on the information provided by that technician.
 Users are entitled to present their ideas and made sure that their voices would be heard.
 Spa rewards system is flexible. Each review is rewarded differently based on the shares that they own at Spa Foundation.
The SPA token (SPA) is a native Ethereum divisible digital token with up to 8 decimal places.
Investors will use SpaCoin that they purchased to invest in the Spa Foundation projects in the future, thus earn shares dividends from those Spas.
2. Earn SpaCoin via work.
The presale will start on 6th November and end 12th November. The presale price will be 1 SPA = 1000 sts (0.000010 BTC). The total presale token distribution is 40,000,000.
The crowdsale will starts from 13th November and end 26th November. The Crowdsale price of SPA will be 1 SPA = 1200 sts (0.000012 BTC). The Token sale has a minimal objective of 6,000 ETH and a maximum cap of 24,000 ETH.
The maximum total supply of SPA tokens will be 150.000.000, with 57% being distributed to crowdsale participants and 25% for presales participants. 3% of bounties (equivalent to 5 million) is allocated to bounty campaigns (for individuals, groups or companies who want to promote SpaCoin) and will be distributed after the Crowdsale has completed.
The development team will receive 17% (equivalent to 25 million SPA), which is not to be sold nor launched to the market until the transformation from token to coin has been completed. Afterwards, these 25 million SpaCoins will be blocked and used either to burn coins to stabilize the market price or for the rewards.
After the Token sale, 40% of the Token sale funds will be allocated to business development activity such as headhunting legitimate CEOs, building sales team, establishing new SPA premises. 20% will be reserved for marketing, direct consumption and B2B channel. The rest is divided equally for software & infrastructure and reserves.
 Develop independent blockchain system with the commitment to transform tokens to coins after 6 months for investors holding our SPA token with a ratio of 1: 1.
 Develop phone application includes the functions of pre-order booking for Spa Foundation, locating your nearest Spa Foundation branch, latest promotion information as well as the most up-to-date effective beauty care tips.
 Integrated payment method via app using SpaCoin, transactions using SPA coin will be discounted from 5-10%.
Spa Foundation is the biggest Spa chain in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia with 30 existing premises and over 300 dedicated beauty technicians. More than 3.000.000 clients have been served and fully satisfied with their chosen services. Spa Foundation employs more than 8 state-of-the-art technologies and uses only natural solutions instead of cosmetic surgery. The company aims to spread all over Southeast Asia with 55 Spas to be established till the end of 2019.
To facilitate the transactions via mobile app with Spacoins, Spa Foundation has signed strategic partnership agreement with Trustpay. Trustpay is one of the leading pioneer company in Vietnam launching prepaid Visa/ Mastercard TRUSTcard. TRUSTpay is in operations with more than 220.000 TRUSTcard issued, 30.000 users accounts, 1,200 accepted transaction locations, 450 locations giving discounts rate if transactions are done via TRUSTpay, 3.800 online shops, 220 franchise partners. TRUSTpay's strategic partners are well-known in the industry such as VNPT EPAY, Telepay, Webmoney Vietnam, Peacesoft. Having TRUSTpay as its strategic partners in this project, users can be at ease will all their Spacoins payment transactions via SPA mobile app.
Basically the use of blockchain technology is enable to trust. Similar to the other healthcare related blockchains that were launched before, this is quite relevant to beauty care industry and its need of information exchange and beauty knowledge sharing. SPA Foundation is building a platform for Asian market that potentially could have a great impact. Transaction costs can be significantly reduced and information on beauty care solutions without using cosmetic surgery could be enriched. Issues with cross-border beauty products and services could be avoided and the voice of customers could be heard better via incentive review platform. In addition, as more people will earn Spa Coin and sue them in various ways, the value of this cryptocurrency will be widely recognized and thus leads to the increase in the value of Spa token.
Thus, from the writer's point of view, especially at the position of regularly beauty care users, there is a huge demand for the product that Spa Foundation wants to build.
Being the first real beauty care project with an Crowdsale, SPACOIN could likely achieve a pioneer advantage. If they succeed to introduce their product in the Southeast ASIA, it could be a disruptive factor in the beauty industry that could possibly lead to a revolution to transform the whole way beauty industry operates.


5. Dr. Mark Hyman -- Because of his pop culture appeal coupled with the gravitas of "Cleaveland Clinic". This man will stop at no mangling of the facts for personal enrichment.
4. Gary Taubes -- Despite his own funded study (and countless before that), he continues to cling to his deliberately misrepresented hodge podge of facts supporting TWICHOO. Still given legitimate ink in the press. Sigh.
3. Dr. Arya Sharma -- Big on the Canadian and international obesity stages. Torch-carrier for obesity as an incurable disease that needs to be managed medically through useless pharmaceuticals. Wears that darned red sweater too much (grin).
2. Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian -- Heads up Tufts' nutrition research, big into sustainability and other things, huge pusher of veggie oils as "healthy fats", seemingly funded by anyone and everyone at some time that explains some of his more absurd commentary. This high on the list as he is a frequent "expert" cited in reporting. Teams up with #1 writing ludicrous editorials and going against everything smart they wrote back in 2010 about nutritionism.
1. Dr. David Ludwig -- He's #1 because he is seemingly *the* go to "expert" these days. Despite his own study demonstrating his circulating energy ideas to be wrong, he wrote a diet book on the concept. Can be seen on the obesity stages championing the failed ideas of #4 and doggedly clings to another failed idea -- that being the glycemic index. Hater of the lowly white potato.
Honorable Mentions too long to list. Feel free to discuss/add in comments.
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EDIT: Why does the protosite "look up" slfea.org and "get data" from success-and-career.ch? What's that all about?
I'd seen that myself and did make me worry for a moment, what with all the virus and hacking that Puppy's websites are used to. Then I remembered that I'd got those tiny little flag images in the banner from random places in Google Images. Basically the images aren't stored on the server and are fetched from different sites all over the world, thus the reason for strange server addresses appearing whilst pages load. Naturally, I will be changing this by using LOF's recommendations of formal flag sets.
In honour of this welcome development I propose that we all talk (and write) like pirates for a while.
what with all the virus and hacking that Puppy's websites are used to.
You're quite right! I've just deleted them.
Okay, I've signed up with hostgator.com. My domain puppylinux.com is the primary domain, and I'll be moving over from Servage soon.
As announced earlier in this thread, forum member WhoDo has also signed up with Hostgator, and puppylinux.org will be moved there. Thanks for your generosity WhoDo.
Hey guys, my primary domain is pointing to directory 'public_html', but do you know if it is possible to change that? In Cpanel, I see that additional domains can be set to a particular directory, but there does not seem to be any way to change the directory of the primary domain.
Probably it doesn't matter really, as I suppose the directories of additional domains can be alongside 'public_html', not in it, so there should be no interference ...well, I hope so.
I've signed up for the 'baby' account, but I notice the next one up, 'swamp', has unlimited downloads ...can that really be true?
# Only apply to URLs that aren't already under folder.
# Don't apply to URLs that go to existing files or folders.
# Rewrite all those to insert /folder.
# Also redirect the root folder.
Here is the commentary on the above code.
Apache's Rewrite Module is surprisingly powerful, but its complexity agitates me as I'm never sure of the complete ramifications of using it -- how will it work with subdomains, PHP, future additions, etc. That's a lot of code for something as simple as, what might be called, a symlink!
"Unlimited downloads", mmm, I'm not sure either! To be honest I very much doubt 'unlimited' actually means 'unlimited', maybe they just call our bluff and hope that not too many people really push it to the limits. I wouldn't be surprised either that it comes with certain conditions like, downloaded media has to be connected to HTML files or something like that.
Barry was trying to centre the pages on his new website. By they are all left-aligned in my Firefox - should they be?
As Tom will attest, here in the UK some ISPs advertise "Unlimited downloads!!! (see the small print)" and there in the small print is a "Fair Usage Policy" which allows them plenty of wiggle-room when things get busy.
And that's quite apart from the increasing use of "virtual servers"
I gave up on that, because although I got it to work with IE6, it behaves differently than Seamonkey/Firefox. In SM/FF, the centered page stays centered even if big images or reformated long lines of text are displayed -- they just go over the right margin. IE6 on the other hand, moves th entire page to try and keep the most extreme right element -- image or text or whatever as the actual right margin. So, everything pushes over to the left, on top of my vertical menubar.
Then, considering some people might be back on IE5.5 even, I have stayed with CSS absolute positioning -- I think IE5 has basic CSS support.
@Barry, I have had unlimited bandwidth specified on my hosting accounts and found that since these are shared hosting, they restricted my resources if they noticed that the network usage affects any other domain hosted on the same server or if it exceeds whatever they think is reasonable. You can contact their customer service and see what they have to say about this.
Have read the first 6 pages of this thread, greatly appreciating Tom's job (real cool!) as well as everyone else's senseful, expert and positive contribution.
Then with sore eyes and little time left, I jumped to the last page since my contribution can't by any means go further than pointing out that the large light-blue paws in the page background still have only 3 toes -- the small black paws at the left of each link are OK with 4 (BTW, the mouse-on dotted underlining is nice but I'd prefer links to be underlined as usual).
Just a consideration: the rather messy and confusing impression given by the intricate overlapping of official Puppy sites actually indicates a lot of pulsating life! Barry's creature runs and plays, and will conquer ever more fans like us because it brings new life in any PC-related activity.
just let it breathe freely, don't educate it too much :wink: "
I've tested out the registration process too and it works, so if anybody would like to register and have a go with those links above that'd be great. I find them easy to use, buts that's because I made them, so if anything isn't very clear I liked to make using the site as straightforward as possible. Oh, all those links have RSS feeds too!
Oli has been very busy on the manuals and is currently working his way through integrating his third one -- the Spanish version of 3.01.
There are have been lots of general bits and bobs added, some of them probably worth mentioning but I can't remember at the moment.
Does anyone have any thoughts on the automatic welcome email template?
This is a one-time login, so it can be used only once.
After logging in, you will be redirected to !edit_uri so you can change your password.
Is this Barry's site in a new coat?
Is it an own initiative?
I am afraid that different flavors of sites can confuse newbies.


Faith formation is catechesis (teaching the faith) which aims to deepen people's contact with Jesus Christ through educational and enrichment opportunities. Designed to touch the intellect as well as the heart, these programs help people live and experience a more Christ-centered life.
The mission of St. Mary's Faith Formation, is to provide effective ways (programs) of catechesis for people of all ages and backgrounds. Ultimately, faith formation is oriented toward the question: How do I practically and authentically live the Catholic faith?
At St. Mary's, groups like the Religious Education Program, RCIA, and Bible Study are the tools to help us better understand the heart and mind of Jesus Christ and His sacrament, the Catholic Church. And in so doing, we are better able to share with others, to evangelize, our understanding of our Catholic faith.


Hard to call games here, and incredibly important ones for Liquid. Mirage and Inferno here, two maps that could potentially be really close. SK did not really look up to their level yesterday and I believe some of them had high pings, which probably was a factor or partially in their some what poor performances. The other is most likely due to the fact these games don't mean a whole lot to them. They are currently sitting pretty at the top on 45 points, and with not so many games left, there is no way they won't make the playoffs. Liquid are currently in 3rd on 39, and could really do with a win or 2 to really make sure they don't miss out. Looking at the maps, I do think Liquid has a chance on both, but would most likely do better on Mirage than Inferno. REALLY LOW on Liquid for the first map and then will see how they do.


What's blue-green algae doing to our brains?
Study showing toxins in the brains of dead dolphins makes an urgent case for lowering Lake Okeechobee level; it's the only way to reduce discharges and algae now.
You would have liked my cousin Jay.
He was once described by his wife as a "Tigger" personality — if you recall the old Winnie-the-Pooh stories, bouncy and fun, fun, fun. He was an awesome dad to his four daughters, a fantastic musician. Then, at age 44, he was diagnosed with ALS.
That's amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gerhig's disease. He managed to write a church musical a year after being diagnosed; the San Jose Mercury News wrote about it. By then he was in a wheelchair. Last time I saw him, he was in a hospital bed with a breathing apparatus, unable to speak.
Jay died in 2009, and is still desperately missed by his family.
Though ALS can be inherited, no one else in our family has had it. Some researchers think it could be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
But there's also growing suspicion that a neurotoxin called beta-Methylamino-L-alanine — BMAA for short — could trigger ALS. Research on Guam and elsewhere has suggested ALS, along with Parkinson's disease and dementia — think Alzheimer's — is related to BMAA.
I don't know that Jay was ever exposed to BMAA.
But you might have been.
Remember those blue-green algal blooms that choked the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries in recent years? Researchers believe BMAA might have been present in the blooms. Indeed, earlier this month scientists from the University of Miami announced they'd studied 14 dead dolphins that washed ashore in Massachusetts and Florida.
All but one tested positive for BMAA, as well as brain disease.
"Is this a location where people are going to die of ALS as a consequence of living here?" he asked.
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Scare tactics? Perhaps. But consider what University of Miami researcher Deborah Mash told the Naples Daily News about those dead dolphins: "The question is: are they a sentinel species?"
In other words, canaries in the coal mine.
And understand this: We who live along these waters are in that very same mine.
As such, this new study is yet another piece of damning evidence of the harm these blooms may be inflicting upon our community, though the damage may not become fully apparent for some time. Ten to 20 years from now, what will the incidence of brain disease be in Stuart, Fort Myers or Cape Coral?
It is also an urgent argument we need to do something about these blooms right now, because we cannot wait any longer.
It is, in fact, an argument for the very "solution" Congressman Brian Mast has proposed — lowering the level of Lake Okeechobee during the dry months to reduce the need for discharges over the summer.
Communities south of the lake oppose this, fearing the impact on water supplies and irrigation. I wrote about this last month, wondering what, if any, adversity those in the Glades communities who oppose Mast's measure are willing to assume, to share.
Because the adversity borne of discharges and algae has been borne almost entirely by the coasts.
That triggered letters from Glades advocates and public officials saying I mischaracterized their positions. They wish us no harm, and wish to work together on solutions that would be beneficial for all.
We'd all like that. But chief among those "solutions" is storing more water storage north of Lake O.
It's a valid suggestion, as so much of what winds up in the lake flows downstream from the Orlando area.
But how long would it take?
Recall the fight over the reservoir south of the lake, an idea hatched decades before the Florida Legislature actually approved a small-footprint reservoir in 2017. Would northern storage happen any quicker? How much would it cost, and where would the money come from?
In the meantime, how many years — decades — of additional discharges, perhaps algae blooms, are we along the coast to endure?
No. No more. The discharges have wreaked environmental havoc for years. Now, with ever-mounting evidence toxins in the algae may wreak havoc on human health, the time for patience, for waiting, is over.
It is time, now, for action.
That action will not please anyone, but failing to act may inflict unforgivable injury upon those who have already borne so much for so long.
Human health must take precedence.
If it doesn't, our priorities are skewed. And we'll pay for that.
But some of us will pay more than others.
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Poll: Should legal age for tobacco be 21?
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I have missed three editions of weekend herb blogging so it is time to get back on track! My windowbox is growing wildly and so this caught my attention because it uses mint. The sauce is really simple and was inspired from a recipe I saw in an Australian Woman's Weekly book. Of course I added garlic and lemon juice but it all came to the same thing. Plus right now the salmon is fresh wild and inexpensive. Use it or lose it.
I am quite excited about seeing which of my herbs can survive the winter. According to my reading my mint should certainly be able to handle it since it is a perennial and can tolerate partial shade. Sadly it sounds like it is the end of days for my basil though it hasn't started flowering yet. I guess that means more pesto in my future! Plus I will have to think of what to do with that prime window spot… A large rosemary perhaps?
This weekend herb blogging is taking place back at it's origin Kalyns Kitchen. I have been reading her blog for awhile now and always count on it for fabulous inspiration and beautiful pictures. Plus I get to vicariously live through her the life of someone with a garden full of tomatoes. Sigh. Don't forget to check out the WHB recap on sunday on her website.
Mix all above ingredients together and let stand in the fridge for a few hours for ingredients to really gel.


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It turned out that the tinkle was actually a real warning that we hadn't heeded; it was the sound of the swings moving gently in the abandoned playground. Lest imaginations begin to work overtime, there were no axe-wielding fiends just out of scene, but the wind was steadily increasing, and with that comes a commensurate increase in the degree of difficulty in navigation.
Winds that in a sailing boat on an open water would be welcomed create near havoc in shallow draft boat in a narrow space. Seen in a positive light though, fighting its attempts to convince us that it was possible to fit ten metres of boat sideways into a five metre wide lock on a couple of occasions put us in good stead for when we arrived at Châtillon.
Mooring in the wind can bring out the inner Tourette's in anyone. Mooring in the wind in a crowded harbour is the time when words long repressed rise involuntarily to the surface, whispers become shouts which in turn can be misinterpreted and become shouted replies over the roar of an engine in full astern, NO ahead, NO the other way. This is one of those activities which entirely more fun to be a spectator than to be a participant.
So perhaps it was to everyone's surprise, not the least of them ours, when we managed through a combination of miracle and accident to slot without fuss, neatly in the only available position in the harbour, with millimetres to spare all round apparently using little more than telepathy. Here we will sit for a day or two in the shadow of the Chateau hoping that our departure will appear to be equally controlled.


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Through the rigorous tenant screening which involves a thorough criminal background check, tenants are assured of worry free neighbors. The apartment staff obtains a police clearance as well, and can be easily identified through their IDs. Having in house maintenance personnel also lessens the entrance of outsiders within the apartment premises. This is done to prevent potential security issues and to guard the safety of everyone in the apartment complex. Pathways, hallways, staircases, elevators, laundry facilities and other common areas are provided with enhanced lighting systems and safe entryways. Security cameras are also installed and maintained in working order. Gates have proper locks and are restricted to residents and employees. Fire and smoke alarms are also a must, as well as easily accessible fire exits. But most of all, the tenants and the apartment staff must also be vigilant and ready to report any kind of suspicious activity around the complex. The property management company must be able to coordinate with the local police whenever there's a need for immediate assistance.


President Rouhani congratulated the eradication of ISIS terrorist group in Syria to the Supreme Leader, armed forces of the IRGC, the Army and the Quds Force, especially Major General Qasem Soleimani, as well as Iranian diplomats.
Speaking at the Fifth National Congress of the House of Farmers on Tuesday in Tehran, Dr Rouhani added: "I thank all warriors of Islam, our diplomats, the government and the nation, as well as the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, armed forces and the Iraqi and Syrian nation for their efforts to put an end to a group that did not bring anything for us but evil, misery, destruction, murder and savagery".
"ISIS is a terrorist group that was fed and armed by major world powers and some reactionary countries of the region, outperforming historic criminals by their crimes," he continued.
Stating that the rooting out of ISIS terrorist group from Syria was very good news for the Iranian nation and the peoples of the region, he said: "The bulk of the work was done by the people and armies of Syria, Iraq and Lebanon and we helped them out of our religious and Islamic duty".
"What they plundered from Iraqi and Syrian museums were sold by the same world powers in the markets," said the President adding that they also sold the girls and women in these markets and committed crimes that surpassed the history of crime.
He continued: "We never imagined that in the 21st century, criminals backed by western countries, Americans and the Zionist Regime would commit such crimes," continued Dr Rouhani adding that they thought they would stay in the region for many years, and will continue looting and crimes.
"Today, with the help of God and the attempts of the peoples of the region, we can say that this evil has either been removed or reduced. Of course, the remaining ones will continue working, but their foundations have been dismantled," said the President.
President congratulated this great victory on the Supreme Leader, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds Force, especially Major General Qasem Soleimani, and all those who worked in this direction, especially the diplomats of the country who were working had in Astana Summit to find a diplomatic solution for the problem, saying: "Tomorrow, the presidents of Iran, Turkey and Russia will meet in a tripartite summit to discuss the future of Syria and the region".
The eradication of ISIS terrorist group from Syria was very good news for the Iranian nation and the peoples of the region, he said, adding: "The bulk of the work was done by the people and armies of Syria and Iraq with the help of countries of the region, especially the Islamic Republic of Iran but it is regretful that in this situation, the foreign ministers of an old, worn, exhausted and ineffective organisation named Arab League gather together and speak about why the Yemeni people have been able to respond after enduring two years of aggression, denouncing the Yemeni people's missile attack on Riyadh".
Pointing out that the countries of the region are in a great test today, he said: "When the Iraqi people were under the attack of the ISIS and the Syrian people were fighting ISIS in Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor and the Yemeni people were under the bombing of the Saudis and the Lebanese were struggling with the terrorists, where was the Arab League? And where is it today when the Palestinian people are being explicitly oppressed?".
Dr Rouhani added: "It is disappointing that some people who call themselves Muslims and Arabs are expressing disappointment that an innocent nation has been able to respond to the hostile acts against its people, saying why the Yemeni people and army were able to do this with a missile they owned".
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Pin stripes are one of my favorite techniques. Go bold with two colors or create an understated style with two shades of the same color. Paint the wall the lighter color first and let it dry completely. Then lay out your stripes with painters tape. Paint again with the darker color. Peel of the tape and voila! Perfect stripes. I like to use this technique beneath a chair rail, with a solid color above the rail. You can do small or wide stripes, depending on your preferences.
Faux picture frames are another paint technique that just requires tape. Tape off a square or rectangle on the wall. Measure out a few inches and tape of a second larger square around the first. Paint the space between the two with a paint that contrasts with the surrounding wall. The result in a perfect square frame to hang artwork inside of.
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Student debt's at a record high, and this company's cashing in by trying to help
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Students celebrate their graduation.
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The average debt burden weighing on students graduating from college this year will be a record high.
That spells good news for student-loan-focused marketplace lending startup CommonBond.
The New York-based firm announced Tuesday that it has taken on another $35 million in the form of a Series B round of funding. August Capital led the new funding round, according to CommonBond chief executive David Klein.
Big-name investors in earlier funding rounds included former Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit and ex-Thomson Reuters chief Tom Glocer.
The startup is also adding a new member to its advisory board: Hans Morris, a former executive with Citigroup and ex-president of Visa, now a partner with venture-firm Nyca Partners.
The Series B funding round follows the hire of former Macquarie and Morgan Stanley banker Morgan Edwards as its chief financial officer and ex-Citigroup banker Vinayak Gurjar as chief risk officer earlier this year.
The firm in June closed its inaugural securitization of graduate student loans, raising $100 million in the process. In February, it inked a partnership with Nelnet, a Nebraska-based loan servicing firm that has committed to buying a portion of the loans the startup generates.
Student loan delinquencies (in red) have risen as late payments in other types of debt have dropped.
Startups like CommonBond, SoFi, and Lending Club have gained traction in the student-lending arena by seeking out qualified borrowers and marketing refinancing products.
CommonBond has gone out of its way to tap into the most reliable segment of student borrowers — graduate students — instead of undergrads.
The emergence of these lenders has come at a time when banks have withdrawn from the student lending arena and student debt has been ballooning.
The class of 2015 will graduate with more than $35,000 in debt on average, according to research from Edvisors.com. In 2010, student-loan debt overtook auto loans and credit cards as Americans' largest source of nonmortgage debt.
Student loans are especially attractive to investors. Unlike other forms of consumer debt, including home loans and credit-card debt, it cannot be discharged via bankruptcy, so the borrower will always face the expectation of repayment.
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Made in 4 hours – You Dirty Rats!
Tonight was the first FlashGameLicense.com coding competition.
You had 5 hours to create a game based around the theme of "Lies" (you were free to interpt that theme however you wanted).
The competition winners should be announced on Monday. I don't expect to win (some of the other entries were brilliant!) but it was great taking part all the same.
Well it was quite a hard slog, but in the end I finished my Flash remake of the Atari ST classic game Abombinaball. I am extremely happy with the end results. It's polished until you can see your face in it, and has gone down really well in the final round of beta testing.
My new game Way of the Chook is out!
All I can say is "phew!" – it was quite some work, and I actually finished this game over a month ago, but Cartoon Network have just released it onto their web site Way of the Chook is a side-scrolling beat-em-up, in the same vein as Kung-fu Master.
I created a new Games page where you can read all about the development process, obstacles I ran into, see lots of screen shots and of course find a link to play the game!
Woohoo Here's a screenie to whet your appetite….


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Leadership Henderson Class of 2023 Selects Positively Arts for Annual Philanthropic Project
Foundation Class Commits to Supporting Youth-Focused Arts Nonprofit
with Fundraising Efforts and Hands-On Service Projects
Henderson, Nev. – Leadership Henderson, a non-profit organization led by the Henderson Chamber of Commerce Foundation, announces the Class of 2023 has selected Positively Arts to support with fundraising and community service efforts.
Founded in 2014, Positively Arts is a Southern Nevada-based nonprofit that aims to ensure all students across the valley have access to high quality, high impact programs that build confidence and self-esteem through artistic expression, peer support and empowerment.
Leadership Henderson will support Positively Arts through fundraising and community service efforts.
Leadership Henderson's Class of 2023 is comprised of 33 designated business professionals from across the Las Vegas Valley representing various industries including financial services, education, construction, communications, real estate, insurance, automotive, nonprofit, health care and more. Participants were tasked with reviewing four proposals from various Southern Nevada-based nonprofits to support for the program's Class of 2023 philanthropic project.
"This year's Leadership class is focused on legacy and building a better tomorrow, so the incredible work of Positively Arts perfectly aligned with their vision," said Kelly Green, Executive Director of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Positively Arts helps students build confidence through artistic expression, and peer support.
During Leadership Henderson's current eight-month program, the Class of 2023 will help Positively Arts to continue building out and professionalizing its newly constructed black box theater, recording studios, and classrooms through financial aid, in-kind contributions, and hands-on support.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with the 30+ business leaders that make up the Class of 2023," said Pilita Simpson, founder and CEO of Positively Arts. "This group of local professionals couldn't have come to us at a better time during our organization's journey, and we look forward to their guidance, support and expertise as we continue to grow and serve the kids in our community."
Leadership Henderson's Class of 2023 will help with building a theater, studios, and classrooms.
About Positively Arts:
Founded in 2014, Positively Arts is a Southern Nevada-based 501 (c)(3) non-profit that empowers kids by building confidence through performance and artistic discovery. Through master classes, camps, private lessons, and performance opportunities, Positively Arts seeks to ensure local youth have access to experiences designed to empower next-generation leaders, strengthen resilience, build self-esteem, and enhance social-emotional development.
Since inception, Positively Arts has served over 20,000 students through arts-learning empowerment and mentorship programs, and provided over $200,000 in scholarships and tuition assistance to more than 10,000 low-income and at-risk students. For more information, visit Positively Arts online at https://www.positivelyarts.org or at @PositivelyArts on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
About Leadership Henderson:
Founded and led by the Henderson Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Leadership Henderson is a non-profit program devoted to educating and empowering civic-minded professionals with a goal of building and maintaining a strong network of effective community leaders. During an eight-month course, Leadership Henderson participants learn about current economic, government, social and industry issues that affect our community through panel presentations by community leaders and experts, simulations, and hands-on experiences. For more information, visit https://www.hendersonchamber.com/leadership-henderson.
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    Take two datetime objects and return the time between d and now as a nicely
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    # Convert datetime.date to datetime.datetime for comparison.
    if not isinstance(d, datetime.datetime):
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    if now and not isinstance(now, datetime.datetime):
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    # ignore microseconds
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        # d is in the future compared to now, stop processing.
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        count = since // seconds
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            break
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def timeuntil(d, now=None):
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Home Culture Environment Chesapeake Techies: When Bay conservation meets technology, everyone wins
Chesapeake Techies: When Bay conservation meets technology, everyone wins
by Cate Reynolds
By Ann Powell
Let me guess—you want to be interesting, stay young, become prosperous, and achieve all your goals. Well, here's a little secret the Millennials already know: You've got to keep up with technology.
Keeping up with technology is exactly what the Chesapeake Conservancy and its CEO Joel Dunn are doing. In its ief 10-year lifespan, the Chesapeake Conservancy has become one of the most tech savvy environmental groups working to preserve the Chesapeake Bay.
The organization has moved into a leadership role in the regional conservation movement and works alongside larger organizations such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Joel and his colleague, Conservation Technology Director Jeff Allenby, are polished, energetic, and easy-to-like young leaders. Most importantly, they are "Chesapeake techies."
The nonprofit Conservancy recently marked its first decade with the launch of the Chesapeake Bay High-Resolution Land Cover Project. Wait, I know what you're thinking—what in the world are we talking about, right?
Getting Up Close But Not Too Personal
The Chesapeake Bay High-Resolution Land Cover Project datasets convert photographic images (Annapolis is pictured) to digital data in order to show simple land classifications, each in a different color: structures are shown in red, all water is blue, all roads are black, and all tree canopy is dark green, among others.
The High-Resolution Land Cover Project is a mammoth digital map of the 100,000-square mile Chesapeake Bay watershed and surrounding counties. This newly created map—technically called a dataset—depicts the watershed in "one-meter by one-meter" resolution. For all you non-metric folks, that works out to about "three feet by three feet."
Maps like this aren't photos like those you see on Google Maps. Instead, they are actually datasets that computers can manipulate. The datasets essentially convert photographic images to digital data (ones and zeroes) in order to show simple land classifications, each in a different color. These include categories such as: low vegetation, bare earth, tree canopy, wetlands, structures, roads, other impervious surfaces, and, of course, water.
The analysts started with satellite and aerial photos that are produced every two years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Imagery Program. For land elevation data—hills and valleys—the staff also used LIDAR (which stands for Light Detection and Ranging). Then they did some coding and other computer voodoo to convert the photos to digital data that can be manipulated by computer models.
They taught their programs to recognize twelve different land classifications in the photos and assign a color to each. These computer models are designed to recognize what the human eye might see at ground level.
In the datasets, all structures are shown in red, all water is blue, all roads are black, all tree canopy is dark green…you get the picture. These maps are really colorful—and they provide 900 times more information about the challenges facing the landscape than did earlier watershed mapping tools. The cool thing is that the maps are open data, meaning they are free to download and completely accessible to the public.
Jeff Allenby's staff has invested countless hours over the past two years to create the new datasets. He is pleased that "the High-Resolution Land Cover Project is free to download for anyone, anywhere." He adds, "With a growing human population having an ever increasing impact on the Chesapeake's land, water, and climate, we are looking now to provide regular, timely updates to this information."
The Chesapeake Conservancy is located here in Annapolis, and within the Conservancy is the small but mighty Conservation Innovation Center. Led by Jeff Allenby, the Center's team of young geospatial analysts created the High-Resolution Land Cover Project in 2016. Funded by grants and donations, the Center also develops a variety of other computer tools for Bay restoration.
The Chesapeake Conservancy came up with the High-Resolution Land Cover Project at the bidding of the Chesapeake Bay Program, which is a regional partnership managed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to coordinate Chesapeake Bay restoration. Partners in the Chesapeake Bay Program consortium include the EPA, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, other nonprofits, academic institutions, and the governments of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and the District of Columbia.
Perhaps you've heard of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, which is a water quality improvement plan to limit nutrient and sediment runoff in the Bay. The multi-state Blueprint spells out how to achieve by 2025 the EPA's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) targets, sometimes called the "pollution diet." A TMDL is the calculation of the maximum amount of a particular pollutant allowed to enter a body of water while still meeting water quality standards.
Pollutants entering the Chesapeake are generally either sediment washing off exposed land or excess nutrients carried into the water with stormwater runoff and wastewater disposal. These pollutants cause water quality problems and fish and wildlife degradation, due in part to algae growth that blocks sunlight and causes oxygen reduction in the Bay.
The Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint is intended to ensure that the involved states share the pollution reduction responsibility. It sets two-year incremental pollution reduction milestones to keep progress on track, and it imposes consequences for state and local governments that fail to meet their responsibilities. The datasets created by the Chesapeake Conservancy provide solid data that is critical for evaluating progress in meeting TMDL reduction targets.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is one of the organizations that work in tandem with the Chesapeake Conservancy. CBF is the largest nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to saving the Bay and implementing the Clean Water Blueprint, sometimes utilizing the Conservancy's datasets in its work. CBF's "Save the Bay" motto is well known as a watchword for Bay conservation efforts. The two organizations have similar objectives but play different roles in the conservation movement. For example, CBF was recently instrumental in litigation that defended a legal challenge to the Blueprint's continued existence.
Chesapeake Innovation Center staff from left to right: David Saavedra, geospatial analyst; Margaret Markham, geospatial analyst; Cassandra Pallai, geospatial project manager; Chigo Ibeh, geospatial analyst, Jeffrey Allenby, director of conservation technology; Kathryn Wesson, geospatial analyst; and Louis Keddell, geospatial analyst
Precision Conservation Saves Money
The High-Resolution Land Cover Project provides a good baseline tool and accountability measure for conservation goals, The Chesapeake Conservancy also creates other tools, such as maps depicting water flow patterns parcel by parcel. Using these surface flow maps and the land cover datasets together can pinpoint areas with the greatest potential to reduce sediment and nutrient runoff into the Bay.
The maps, or datasets, exist to save money for the Bay conservation work of governments, nonprofits, academic institutions, and businesses. "Precision conservation" uses good data to make effective decisions about where to target on-the-ground conservation work. The idea is to use the limited supply of available conservation dollars at the right place, scale, size, and time in order to reap—dollar for dollar—the greatest actual improvement in Chesapeake Bay water quality.
As Conservancy President and CEO Joel Dunn describes it, "Think of this as an MRI for the landscape, with results that are focused and deployed to practice precision conservation. The more data backing any conservation decision, the more cost effective it becomes." Mr. Dunn continues, "Just as technology changed the corporate world and the health care industry to make them more efficient, data can do the same for the environment."
Most restoration efforts implement "Best Management Practices" or "BMPs," a menu of options that can be physically installed on a site to achieve conservation goals. BMPs use the body of knowledge developed by conservation experts about which techniques in agriculture, commerce, industry, and land development work best for conservation and water quality improvement.
BMPs include things like bioswales, forest buffers, living shorelines, rain gardens, and coastal plain outfall devices. The datasets and maps can help to track how effective BMP restoration efforts actually are once they are installed.
Large datasets can also be used to monitor and track changes in land cover over time. They can be used to plan for targeted BMPs, conservation easements, and smaller land acquisitions by governments and nonprofits. These large datasets can help to prioritize restoration projects and substantiate funding awards, as well as identify areas that could qualify for credits in ecosystem service markets.
The tools are also used to analyze data about climate adaptation and sea level rise to find ways to make coastlines more resilient. And the data can help to track wetlands, forest buffers, habitat fragmentation, and riparian buffer gaps, as well as help to protect wildlife and endangered species.
Joel Dunn, President & CEO of the Chesapeake Conservancy
Other Tools in the Toolbox
The latest geographic information system, or GIS, technology is costly because it requires expensive software licenses, high-powered computers, specialized training, and a steep learning curve. The Chesapeake Conservancy helps organizations and governments to overcome these challenges by developing custom web applications that reduce their costs.
As an example, the Conservation Toolbox is a web application for looking at individual parcels and assessing how well they meet conservation and restoration criteria. Users can view ecological and cultural data, perform simple landscape analyses, and export their work in clear and concise reports. The Toolbox allows practitioners to incorporate scientific data into their decision making.
The Conservation Innovation Center can help with studies to see where nutrients and sediment are flowing unchecked off the land. They can detect areas where water concentrates and potentially overwhelms the filtering capacity of riparian buffers. And they can find ecosystems and forest stands already present in the natural landscape that should be preserved because they are functioning as buffers to remove pollutants before they reach the Bay. Other tools can map stream headwaters that may be contributing downstream nutrients and sediment.
Learning by Example: Local Planning projects
The Chesapeake Conservancy works with many regional partners to use technology to better allocate limited local resources. Those partners include land trusts, community organizations, conservation districts, private environmental firms, and local, state, and federal agencies.
For example, the Conservancy recently completed a high-resolution land classification and stormwater runoff flow analysis for the entire Chester River watershed on Maryland's eastern shore. The Conservancy's study helped the Chester River Association and Chester Riverkeeper to understand where water flows across the land and which stream restoration projects and Best Management Practices would be the best use of conservation dollars.
Elsewhere, the Conservancy helped the Washington, D.C. Urban Forestry Administration to decide where to plant trees on public lands by analyzing existing tree cover and surface water accumulation. The Conservancy team works with other local governments to identify where stormwater retrofit projects would best be installed.
Technology can also help with managing a "viewshed," meaning an area that is visible from a certain vantage point, in order to preserve the view for aesthetic reasons. The National Park Service worked with the Conservancy to identify important viewsheds along the Captain John Smith National Historic Trail, and George Washington's Mount Vernon sought help with determining the estate's natural viewshed across the Potomac River.
In Conclusion The Chesapeake Conservancy has come into its own as a tech savvy catalyst for change. This small organization has worked for ten years to provide good data for conservation and restoration, advance public and private partnerships, and develop new ways to connect people with the Bay. The High-Resolution Land Cover Project provides the power to make effective decisions and practice precision conservation.
Dunn believes that "the High-Resolution Land Cover Data Project will fuel a conservation revolution born of hope, evidence, partnerships, and strong community support by leveraging technology to raise all ships in the conservation movement." If he's right, he adds, "then data can make everyone smarter, more efficient, and more effective at conserving our great rivers and special places."
Learn more about how the Chesapeake Conservancy is connecting people to the Chesapeake Bay to encourage conservation by visiting their website. An overview of additional programs, including the Captain John Smith National Historic Trail and links to Wildlife Webcams is available online.
Community Today Chesapeake Bay Conservancy April Annapolis 2017 Eastern Shore Year Issued: 2017 Month Issued: 04


To prepare for Monday's showdown against the other party leaders, Jean-François Lisée has tapped into the Marvel Comics universe.
QUEBEC CITY — To prepare for Monday's English language debate, Jean-François Lisée has tapped into the Marvel Comics universe.
The Parti Québécois leader says he watched the action movie Deadpool 2 during a break from the campaign trail this week.
Kidding aside, Lisée may be the most proficient English speaker among the four major party leaders.
His willingness to trade barbs with anglophone reporters and his tendency to get the better of those exchanges speaks to an ease with the language rarely seen in Quebec politics.
Earlier in the campaign, after being asked an English question about medical cannabis during a press scrum, Lisée needled the reporter.
"What do you know about weed?" he asked.
"I never inhaled," the reporter replied.
It may seem strange that a politician whose goal is to make Quebec a sovereign, French-speaking nation would be so proficient in English, but the PQ has a tradition of anglophile leaders.
The late Jacques Parizeau, who led the charge for a sovereignty referendum in 1995, earned a PhD from the London School of Economics. René Lévesque, who founded the PQ, served as a war correspondent in the U.S. army during the Second World War.
The current PQ chief says he learned English by watching sitcoms as a teenager.
But he's also an avid observer of U.S. Politics. During a rare break from the trail in Gaspésie two weeks ago, the leader was spotted burning through an English copy of Bully Pulpit — a biography of President Theodore Roosevelt.
He'd just finished reading Team of Rivals — a 944-page biography of Abraham Lincoln. Though Lisée admits his interest in Team of Rivals came after seeing the Steven Spielberg film inspired by the book.
Some of his interest in American politics is a natural byproduct of his days as a White House correspondent during the Reagan and Bush administrations in the 1980s.
As he prepared for Thursday's debate, Lisée was asked to list some of his favourite televised debates, two of the three ones he mentioned were American.
The first, Richard Nixon vs. John F. Kennedy, is considered the gold standard of political TV. The 1960 contest was the first televised presidential debate in American history.
The second, the vice presidential tilt between Dan Quayle and Lloyd Bentsen in 1988, is a slightly less obvious choice that betrays a deep knowledge of American political culture.
As for Monday's exchange — which will be broadcast by CBC — Lisée says he feels confident he'll do okay.


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Park-Lane's performance not enough to see out victory for Seton Hall over Villanova
Home » Basketball » Park-Lane's performance not enough to see out victory for Seton Hall over Villanova
Posted By Brendan Balsamo on Jan 7, 2021
Coming off a 12-point comeback victory over Providence on Sunday which included 20-point performances from Lauren Park-Lane and Mya Jackson, the Pirates sought to go above .500 in Big East play on Wednesday with a win over Villanova.
The Pirates got off to a hot start, going ahead by as many as 10 points with one-minute left in the first quarter. However, the defense allowed the Wildcats to make a big run that propelled them ahead of the Pirates and saw them take a 40-33 lead into half time.
Early in the second half, the Pirates went on a swift 9-0 scoring run to regain the lead, but a three-point basket from the Wildcats put them ahead by one once again. Villanova did not relinquish their lead in the game after that.
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The Pirates posted a late 8-0 run led by Alexia Allesch and Mississippi State-transfer Andra Espinoza-Hunter but ultimately fell short in a 78-71 loss at the Walsh Gymnasium.
Park-Lane continued her early-season tear with 27 points along with Desiree Elmore's 15 and Espinoza-Hunter's 10. These three alone unfortunately could not negate Villanova's near-50% shooting percentage and +13 rebound differential.
"We collapsed defensively, and we looked for Lauren Park-Lane to bail us out every second," head coach Anthony Bozzella said. "This is a joke. We have to play a lot better and we have to play a lot more together. We're not sharing the ball, we're not playing together. 10 assists we had, they had 21. That's terrible."
It is time for the Pirates to rely on a lot more than just their sophomore guard to drop over 20 points per game in order to get them over the hump and be a competitive team in Big East play. If they cannot find other sources of production, it will be a long year for the Pirates.
Brendan Balsamo can be reach at brendan.balsamo@student.shu.edu. Find him on Twitter @brenbal.
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On the morning of August 3, the Donetsk team conducted an open training session for media representatives. The reporters received an opportunity to interview Shakhtar goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov and striker Gustavo Blanco Leschuk.
The injured Maksym Malyshev has still been recovering. Ivan Ordets also trained individually today.
The champions of Ukraine have a pre-game session scheduled for Friday, after which the team will leave for Kharkiv.
The meeting between Shakhtar and Mariupol in the domestic Premier League round 4, will be held at the OSC Metalist on August 5. The game kicks off at 19:30. It will be aired live on Futbol 2 channel. Follow the text commentary at shakhtar.com.
You can purchase tickets at the stadium ticket office, online at the official club site and at the partner sites.


What's orange and black and comes with an oar? Ural's limited edition 2012 Yamal. Why is it the only motorcycle to ever come with a factory installed oar. It's named after a boat, of course.
Like the ship, the sidecar of the Ural Yamal is constructed with a double hull and grimaces with the same toothy grin as its floating namesake. The fenders and the bottom of the Yamal's sidehack also feature weather-proofing for additional protection. Ural painted the Yamal bright orange to make it easily seen (presumably overhead by low-flying rescue planes). The Yamal also comes equipped with additional lighting, a spare tire and hand guards.
No word from Ural if the Yamal will float in the case of it breaking through thin ice, but don't count on it. As for the oar, it can either be a weapon for warding off an animal attack, or as an after dinner toothpick for a well-fed polar bear.
For more information about Ural and its sidehack models, check out our review of the Ural Gear-Up from last year.


Community Workshop: Georgetown RISE and Black River United Way have partnered to host an Interactive Dialogue on Flooding and other Climate Issues on May 2nd, 9:30AM – 12:00PM at the Andrews Church of God, 310 N Morgan Avenue, Andrews, SC.
This is a FREE event, but registration is required. Refreshments are provided.


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The award-winning Ancora Ensemble is preparing to ring in the winter with a series of concerts celebrating the season.
Under the artistic direction of Terry Logan, the 15-member Ancora Ensemble will be presenting "Wintersongs" at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 23 at Vernon's Peace Lutheran Church, and again at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24 at First United Church in Salmon Arm. Logan says the ensemble's upcoming debut winter-themed show is a departure from their annual, February "Heart Songs" concerts, driven by a mix of public interest and a desire to do more performances.
"We have excellent singers in the group, it's a fully auditioned group, and we were thinking we could move along a little faster, because we used to get together in September and have a concert in February," said Logan.
Logan said the concert program will be filled with warm, melodious harmonies in up to eight parts designed to ease you into the holiday season.
The concert will include Dona Nobis Pacem, Schubert's Ave Maria, some Christmas holiday classics as well as two pieces by Norwegian composer Frode Fjellheim, from the Disney movie Frozen.
The concerts will also feature Salmon Arm sisters Grace and Jessica Neudorf, who will provide piano accompaniment.
Rehearsals for the upcoming concerts and all the ensemble's shows, take place at Logan's Armstrong studio.
Tickets for the Salmon Arm concert are $20 and available at Acorn Music. Ages 16 and under admitted free. First United Church is a scent-free venue.


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When preparing for a job interview, most candidates are told to be ready to answer questions such as, "Tell me about yourself," "What's your greatest weakness?" and "Why are you right for this job?" While some companies may pose unusual hypothetical questions to assess your problem-solving skills or personality, you can almost certainly count on at least a couple of the old classics.
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Tell me about yourself.
Related question: What are your interests outside of work?
Some interviewers are moving away from this relatively open-ended question, but it still comes up in many job interviews. A Sample Questionnaire infographic advised job seekers to confine their answer to work-related items. If you're asked about personal hobbies and interests, do your best to connect those activities to the skills in your professional life.
What is your greatest weakness?
Related question: Describe how you handled a difficult situation.
Job seekers are often advised to answer this question with a strength in disguise, like "working too hard" or "being too detail-oriented." While these can be legitimate weaknesses, they often comes across as empty filler answers for candidates who don't want to admit to their shortcomings. William Vanderbloemen, CEO and president of Vanderbloemen Search Group, said hiring managers want people who aren't afraid to acknowledge their flaws, but they also want to know that the candidate is working on those weaknesses.
"Give a tangible example of something you tried but failed at ... and then give examples of how you [overcame] that weakness in the workplace," Vanderbloemen said. "Perhaps you took a class or spent extra time honing a new skill."
Why are you looking for a new job?
Related question: What do you think of the last company/boss you worked for?
Although strained workplace relationships often lead someone to seek a new job, it's always in poor form to badmouth a current or previous employer. In another https://www.businessnewsdaily.com, Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of job-listing site FlexJobs, said to reframe negative issues around yourself to avoid speaking badly of your old boss. It's important to discuss why you are leaving, rather than why you feel the employer is driving you away: Explain that you're ready to grow and develop your career in new ways, or you feel you're ready for something fresh, Sutton Fell said.
What makes you qualified for this position?
Related question: What are your strengths?
If you feel like you're bragging when you answer this question, you're probably doing it right. An interview is an opportunity to sell yourself, and you don't want to be self-deprecating or bashful, said Jane Sunley, CEO of employee engagement company Purple Cubed and author of "It's Never OK to Kiss the Interviewer" (LID Publishing, 2014). It's your chance to stand out from the crowd in a genuine and relevant way.
"Think carefully about the role ... and how what you have to offer will be valuable to [the company]," Sunley told Business News Daily. "Put yourself in their shoes — if you were them what would impress you? Give practical examples to demonstrate success."
Michael "Dr. Woody" Woodward, organizational psychology coach and author of "The YOU Plan" (Keynote Publishing, 2012), advised describing your qualifications using the "SAR technique," which stands for situation, actions and results.
"[It's] a good way to script out your past experiences," Woodward said. "[Tell the hiring manager] what the situation was, the actions you took to resolve it and the positive results that directly came from those actions."
Why are you interested in working here?
Related question: What do you know about our company/our work?
Your answer to this question is a great opportunity to demonstrate how well you researched the company. While the employer may offer a competitive salary and benefits package, that's not what you want to focus on: Instead, show a genuine passion for the company and what it does.
"Spend time researching the company to come up with reasons why this opportunity resonates with you," said Ed Donner, CEO and co-founder of financial tech job search site untapt. "[For example], 'I signed up on your website over a year ago and I loved the platform. After a while, I wanted to learn more about the team that created it and read your profiles. One day I saw your job opening and knew that I wanted to be a part of this team.'"
Vanderbloemen recommended discussing talking about how the company's mission and vision resonates with your personal values. If they don't resonate with you, it might not be the right job for you, he said.
Related question: What can you bring to this company?
This is similar to the previous question, but instead of talking about your interest in the company, you can turn the tables and discuss why the employer should be interested in you. Sunley said that job seekers should show an understanding of the company's overall goals, and explain why you're the one who can help it achieve them.
"You want to make them start to feel that you're 'in the business' already through your understanding of their situation," Sunley said. "Use the company's values and mission as a basis — what are they trying to achieve? Then, when they ask, tell them that you will help them to get there and [explain] how."
It's smart to think through your potential answers to any of these questions ahead of time, but the best way to prepare for a job interview is truly knowing — and being — yourself.
"Worry less about preparing for specific questions and more about knowing your story and what sets you apart from the average candidate," Woodward said. "A great set of talking points along with some powerful anecdotes about past successes can be easily crafted as answers to most questions. It is up to you to get your selling points across as effectively as possible regardless of the questions you are asked."
"Be you," Vanderbloemen added. "It is always evident when an interviewee is trying too hard or embellishing [his or her] accomplishments. The best thing you can do is show that you know yourself well. Be honest about your strengths and weaknesses. No one is perfect, and everyone is bad at faking perfection."
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Nicole received her Bachelor's degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She began freelancing for Business News Daily in 2010 and joined the team as a staff writer three years later. Nicole served as the site's managing editor until January 2018, and briefly ran Business.com's copy and production team. Follow her on Twitter.
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Jack Charles: 'Australia is particularly – oddly still – racist against its First Nations people'
By Benjamin Law
January 25, 2020 — 12.07am
Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we're told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they're given. This week he talks to Jack Charles. The 76-year-old survived an abusive childhood in a boys' home and heroin addiction to become an acclaimed actor, musician and activist. He is the author of Jack Charles: A Born-Again Blakfella.
"My time's nearly up, but I often reflect on where I've been and what I've done, where I've come from and where I'm still going." Credit: Kristoffer Paulsen
You're a Wiradjuri, Boonwurrung, Djadjawurrung, Woiwurrung and Yorta Yorta man. But before you knew that, you had Christianity.
Absolutely. I grew up whitewashed with the blood of the lamb of Jesus bloody Christ, at the Box Hill Boys' Home in Melbourne. I left there a devout Christian, even though I'd been abused with callous punishments and sexual deviations. But I was an Orphan Annie – the only registered Aboriginal kid in that home at that time – and going in there at the age of two, it's easy to brainwash a little fella like that.
What's your relationship like with the church and Christianity now?
Proper buggered me up. I still have this profound sense of pissed-offedness, that I had to suffer this abuse at the hands of God and these modern day disciples – Salvation Army officers – at the boys' home. The callous punishments delivered still rankle with me; the sex abuse still rankles with me. But I never wanted to sue the Salvos, given the Salvos do a lot of good things. It took me a long time for my class action lawyers to convince me, but I did give evidence in Melbourne and Adelaide [at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse].
You've said before, "I've employed my Aboriginality as my religion now. Instead of God, I found that the godhead is within me." What do you mean by that?
Well, I am "JC" – and brown like the original! [Laughs] I'm walking by my community, full of it,
but with a sense of my Indigeneity, of being the elder statesperson.
In the early 1970s, you auditioned to play the Indigenous title character in the Australian TV show Boney. They gave the role to a white actor in blackface. What did that teach you?
I was really disappointed. They occasionally use Aboriginal people in advertising, but I still believe we're behind the eight ball. It's white Australians in the arts telling Indigenous people, "We're still not totally ready to accept you." That's why Bob [Maza], others and I developed the National Black Theatre in Sydney's Redfern and Nindethana Theatre in Melbourne – the black arts, as it were.
How confident and comfortable do you feel as an Indigenous man today?
I feel comfortable and confident, because I'm a known article. I have felt animosity, and I do get occasionally screams from people crying out "abo" from the back of the car. Australia is particularly – oddly still in this modern day and age – racist against its First Nations people. Truth in history needs to be taught. It's as though they're still paranoid – successive Australian governments – that we're going to take the land back.
You're in your 70s now. How are you finding ageing?
Well, I can't do the things that I used to do. I run like a girl nowadays. I'm short of breath … well, because I'm still smoking cigarettes. I gave up everything else: heroin, all the drugs. I'm suffering from emphysema now. That comes with being a smoker. I'm still able as a professional to perform on stage. My time's nearly up, but I often reflect on where I've been and what I've done, where I've come from and where I'm still going.
How many near-death experiences have you had?
Believe it or not, every time I came out of jail, I always OD'd on that first whack [of heroin], at a very good mate's place. He would put me over his shoulder and carry me down to the front door to the waiting ambulance and I would be given the shot of naloxone. I've died several times, as a matter of fact.
You mean medically died?
Medically died, then been brought back to life. I've also attempted suicide … but it just hurt too much. I said, "Bugger this."
What's your advice for people feeling vulnerable and having suicidal thoughts?
Don't do anything that puts you in this insidious position. You've got to find a safe spot for yourself. Be truthful. Be honest with yourself. Express yourself clearly. It's difficult. Many of us don't know how to. We've never been able to talk about deep-rooted problems confronting us. And take yourself seriously. We don't know our full potential unless we take ourselves more seriously.
What's kept you alive during all this?
I like to believe it's Bundjil, the great wedge-tailed eagle [ancestor spirit and creator of the Kulin land and its people]. He returns every now and then to check how our handiwork has fared, and has kept an eye on me, keeping me from slipping down into the deep doldrums.
You said you've technically died. Is there anything on the other side?
I never saw anything.
Does that worry you?
No, it doesn't worry me. I only worry about what's gonna happen in the body after. I want to donate certain parts of it, then I want the rest burned. I don't want to be buried in the cold, old ground. I'm going to be judged by the fire! That's how I'm going, mate.
Any special requests for your funeral?
I'd like it to be in the theatre in Spring Street [Melbourne]. And no religion!
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Uncle Jack Charles performs in Black Ties as part of the Perth Festival from February 13 to 16, and at the Arts Centre Melbourne from February 20 to 29.
To read more from Good Weekend magazine, visit our page at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and Brisbane Times.
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