I'm new to raspberry pi. I was wondering if it was possible to connect an android phone to raspberry pi so that Rpi can read the data from the phone's sensors. It could be a direct USB connection. Ideally I would like to use the phone for its 3g connectivity, gps and accelerometer. I'm going for this method, as the individual hardware meant for Rpi is quite expensive, and I have android phones just lying around.
If you install python on your phone it will help you accesses the sensors, i use qpython on my android tablet, the module that you want to use is androidhelper, it will contain the tools to read the sensors.
But this link is all of the documentation that i have managed to find.
Another way would be to write a program using java that could read the sensors, this method will most likely give you the most options but it will be the most challenging.
You can try using this app. It sends data from the sensors in UDP. It would only give you the information from the Accelerometer from the list you wanted.
The pi can run this program, since its python with only standard libraries.
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Published on 14 January 2022
UBank's Marek Hovorka: "UBank is complementary to the strategy of VPBank and aspiration of FE Credit"
Interviewed By Foo Boon Ping
In this Leadership Perspectives Series, Marek Hovorka, head of Ubank discussed the establishment of the bank, how it was positioned among the subsidiaries of parent company, VPBank and collaboration with sister company FE Credit. He also talked about the challenges in maintaining organisational and operational resiliency during COVID-19 pandemic and the goal to serve the Vietnamese consumer market.
Hovorka drove Übank to make the full range of products and services accessible to all customers 24/7 via its mobile app during the pandemic. He is focused on introducing new technologies to empower its retail banking customers, especially in developing fintech businesses and partnerships. .
He started his career with Boston Consulting Group where he spent many years around Europe and Northern America. Hovorka was part of a successful startup bank in Europe and the team that started FE Credit, the largest consumer finance company in Vietnam, with over 50% market share in key products.
UBank was born out of the need and aspiration of FE Credit, where Hovorka worked from 2009 to 2016 as CEO, deputy CEO, and member of the board of directors. FE Credit was acquired by VPBank in 2010, and after a decade, UBank was established as a full- fledged, mobile only bank in early 2020.
Hovorka said that the 10 million customers of FE Credit, about four million with an outstanding loan, provide an attractive opportunity to serve the underbanked population.
He serves as a global advisor and leader in digital finance at Internal Financial Corporation/World Bank, helping to launch and manage projects in Europe and Asia. Currently, he is a member of the supervisory board at Alfa-Bank in Belarus and at Financial Holding Respublika, member of Resmi Group in Kazakhstan.
The following key points were discussed:
Established in 2010 as a new, fully digital bank to serve the underbanked consumer market
Introduce new norms in fully digital bank services
Create synergy with FE Credit to serve millions of loan customers
COVID accelerates its development and growth
Vietnamese using bank account increase from 20% to 80%
Focus on value delivery for customers
The following is the edited transcript of the interview:
Foo Boon Ping (FBP): Welcome to this Leadership Perspective interview with Marek Hovorka, head of VPBank's latest digital banking initiative UBank. VPBank is one of the leading midsize consumer banks in Vietnam, and is known for its many digital initiatives. In mid- 2017, it launched one of the first digital banking initiatives in collaboration with VinaCapital called Timo and follow-up that with YOLO, an e-wallet and digital banking initiative.
Marek Hovorka (MH): Good morning and thank you for the nice welcome and introduction.
FBP: UBank is the latest venture into this space. I'd like to ask Hovorka about UBank if you can give us a brief introduction of UBank and how it is positioned amongst VPBank's various digital initiatives?
Established as a new, fully digital bank in 2010 to serve the underbanked consumer market
MH: Yes, thank you. You're right in mentioning that VPBank has a rich and plentiful experience in supporting, incubating and integrating various fintech players. It started before the Timo digital bank, which was a joint project of VinaCapital and VPBank. But it started even before that, with FE Credit, which was an independent consumer finance unit that VPBank supported and incubated until the moment when it became an independent consumer finance company with its own licence and independent legal status.
As a founding member of the FE Credit, this UBank idea and concept comes from the needs and aspirations of FE Credit. FE Credit has been established 11 or 12 years ago and it has become the most significant and dominant player in the Vietnamese consumer finance market with over 50% market share in most consumer finance segments. At FE Credit, we have been planning on expanding the range of services, particularly into banking since several years ago. These ideas and the strategy grew and matured into the stage where we made an agreement with VPBank in early 2020 and started to develop UBank as a technological fully mobile bank.
UBank has a very specific focus, as it's supported by significant consumer finance lender in Vietnam. We are focusing on lending, and we are targeting the mass market payroll segment. We are actively offering payroll accounts and accounts with a lot of functions around. Payroll accounts which automatically assigns you lending that you can use for a few weeks before your salary comes or two year, two and a half year, 18 months instalment cashflow.
At the same time, because we know that most of the salaried segment don't really have huge savings and amount of assets to invest, we have set up an automated investment and savings programme that will give you a very high interest rate on the deposits that you have to transfer on the account that you bank.
FBP: In the segment of customers that UBank serves, the segment is a bit higher than FE Credit. From what you described it sounds like UBank is more of an extension of FE Credit moving up to the upper segments rather than a VPBank digital banking subsidiary. Is it a separate subsidiary? Tell us about the segmentation between VPBank and FE Credit and UBank itself? Does it sit in the middle of the two?
MH: UBank aims to service basically the same segment as FE Credit, which is mass and upper mass. FE Credit focused on instalment cash loans, and predominantly services the salaried segment. The aim of UBank is to extend services to this segment, which means mass and upper mass. Our target segment is a little bit different from the majority or from a number of other players in the digital banking market in Vietnam, where the target might be younger vintages of population, younger segments or millennials. We go for the mass and upper mass and for the employed.
FBP: It's going into the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) segment as well. Has there been an offering for that segment?
MH: I'm not on the side of UBank and on the side so far, but we are more focusing on the micro merchant segment. At UBank, we develop interesting payment solutions, interesting ways on how to use and spend your money. That's why for us, cooperation in this area is interesting and important.
FBP: What is the one key opportunity and challenge that UBank faces in this age of digital innovation and disruption? What are your views on digital transformation driving organisational and operational resilience during COVID-19? How has the pandemic catalysed opportunities for digital transformation and how has it impacted your institution?
MH: We took upon ourselves a significant challenge and a little bit different challenge than most of the other players in the segment. Our biggest challenge is that we have decided to introduce digital banking and servicing a segment that didn't have experience with this type of digital and online servicing and aiming at products that have not been provided and serviced fully digitally before. When we talk about the segment, we are mostly targeting people who didn't have or don't have or haven't made yet an experience with digital banking. There are people who use smartphones, chat app and social networks and similar, but not necessarily fintech or online banking app.
Introducing the product as the main delivery and servicing channel to the people who have not yet embraced the technology yet, is the first challenge and we need to reinforce our efforts through our human resources and sales force and customer service. When I move towards a product, we are introducing lending that is fully managed by the customer and this is an element that is relatively new, because there is no application, no document that you have to collect, no signatures, no waiting for decision. Even though I would consider it a very positive and convenient experience, nonetheless, it is a new and unfamiliar experience for the local people. These are the questions that we sometimes get from customer service such as how can I get a loan, when there is no application? Where's my application? Where do I sign? These are some of the challenges.
FBP: UBank is set up to increase new to bank or new to FE Credit or consumer finance segment and target new segment. How important is it to scale acquisition aggressively? You set a target of five million customers by 2023, if I'm not wrong. Five million and that will be very close to what FE Credit and what VPBank has.
Are you kinda feel that you cannibalise existing customers of either, or the focus is, as I described earlier to acquire new to bank customers? At the same time, VPBank is collaborating with Be Group. With its Cake, which has a target of 10 million and it's got a bigger catchment. How do all these pieces fall together?
MH: Look, I can speak a little bit less about Cake, because Cake is obviously to some extent, it's a different proposition and we don't collaborate and exchange data as much but VPBank is our mother company. We are collaborating and coordinating our efforts.
UBank focuses on the FE Credit segment, so people who want and require unsecured loans. VPBank segmentation is a little bit higher. It starts with a credit card and goes into a car loan and secured lending. There are products that UBank does not offer and doesn't plan to offer. On the product level, there is quite a clear separation, like credit card is VPBank, and UBank --car, mortgage and house repair loans. There are products that are very clearly on the VPBank side, as well as various kinds of investment products. Different kinds of payment options; salary advance and auto loan are the products of UBank.
When we look at the fact that more than 20 million Vietnamese consumers have already applied for a loan at FE Credit, currently, more than four million people have an outstanding loan at FE Credit, there is a huge demand and pool of people that we can contact and offer our services. We believe and see that these people are probably underserved on the banking side. From the very basic logic that if they weren't underserved on the banking side, then they wouldn't apply for a loan at FE Credit. Before the bank will take the customer over and start providing the products and services and FE Credit is done, then, we feel that it's better than FE Credit makes the move and offers the products and services that currently the bank is not offering or not in the quality and level of comfort that we believe that we can offer.
FBP: Could you tell us about launching a digital bank amid a global pandemic, COVID-19? If you look around the region in Hong Kong, they also launched their digital banks, eight of them and they seemed to be doing okay. The COVID-19 social distancing has been a catalyst for customers to move digital. It's the same for the Philippines as well. They launched a number of digital banks during this period. But tell us a bit about how do you see launching this during COVID-19 and this whole push towards making banking services more accessible to your customers?
MH: Due to the nature of UBank, which is technological, fully online branchless bank, UBank has not been as strongly affected as the other players who have a much stronger presence in the physical world through branches and sales networks. Yes, we were launching and expanding our services during that time and we have been negatively impacted on various sides.
However, as the inherent nature of UBank is digital, its non- physical, we were not severely influenced by any of the restrictions and lockdown. UBank is a bank where, you can open fully independently by going to Android app store or Apple store, download the app, take a selfie, take a photograph of your Vietnamese ID, and the account is fully open. You can transfer money from other bank accounts or from a card and start making payments, set up your bill payments, and start automatically receiving interest on the outstanding balance that you leave in the UBank account.
Yes, there were some restrictions and limitations. We're sending, debit, MasterCard, the car deliveries were slowed down during the pandemic and the lockdown. People are not going around too much to the physical world. We have seen that the demand, downloads and the general number of transactions went down, but it didn't mean any severe impediment on our work and progress. Where I feel more the negative side of the lockdown is we have a relatively big task in educating people and getting them familiar with new technology and how to use it, and how it can be beneficial for them. We help onboard our payroll account customers, and we were not able to do it as much in the physical world as we would have wished. So, the progress has been slowed down on several fronts, but I'm saying luckily just slowed down I mean, not stopped or not severely affected.
FBP: How do you see acquisition number tracking, is it as per plan, as per budget?
MH: We have slowed down, delayed launching for some acquisition channels. Generally speaking, it's going well and according to a plan. We are focusing on offering a very strong value proposition for our payroll customers and for FE Credit loan customers. We offer a very convenient way on how to repay a loan and set up automated tools, which will repay a loan and automated investment tool. Generally, the response of the customer is solid, the stickiness of UBank is very good. We have a very high percentage of customers that stay and that increases the level of deposits and the number of transactions. We are with the overall development. We're pleased so far.
FBP: The primary proposition for a digital bank is to deliver very good customer experience, a differentiated customer experience based on using data to understand and customise needs and because of the digital nature of your delivery, it does it at a lower cost than your physical counterpart. In measuring the customer experience, how is the bank performing in its first year or one year plus, in providing that customer service in terms of customer engagement and net promoter score (NPS)?
MH: By most of the measures, UBank is performing well, and we can look at the valuation of the app on the app stores and we see that it's got one of the top rankings among the banking and fintech players in the Vietnamese market. Yes, we are aware of some of the parts that the customers and users complained and we've been working hard to fix it and to eliminate the problem. We're at a rapid pace of development, adding more services and improving comfort. We use data for optimising the offer that each customer can get.
UBank has special product, salary advance, which means that it can help you bridge your liquidity difficulties that you might experience a few weeks before the salary is being paid. This loan can be taken and fully obtained in less than one minute and in three clicks. We're doing it by, on the first page offering to you the five more probable loan amounts and the tenors that we can predict for you, based on the level of your income, spending habits, how little money do you have before your expected salary payment time. If you pick one of those options and confirm it, with your biometric signature on the next page, you can get such a loan in three clicks and less than one minute, using data and customer research.
FBP: UBank, because it's digital – it is a cloud-native bank, right? You work with a technology partner to introduce cloud features that accelerate your time to market new features and product. I understand 500 new features like different product offerings and stuff that you're able to bring to market faster. In this age, with application programming interfaces (API's) and connectivity, creating ecosystem and partnership is a very important aspect of the business. That kind of digital footprint, in this age of cyber security trends, tell us how do you ensure resilience in your operations and organisation?
MH: UBank is a bank that is fully in the cloud. Both our core banking system and front-end systems are in the cloud. We, as per the Vietnamese legislation are obliged to store some data locally and we are fully compliant with all Vietnamese legal requirements. We are part of an important banking group, VPBank which for this bank, it's not the first project as I said before, they are supporting and incubating but a project that lives its own life and has its own strategy, not always fully align, not always fully supporting VPBank because UBank is rather complementary to the strategy of VPBank. It does not service the same segment or the same products, it's a complementary to the strategy of VPBank. In security and customer data protection, I believe that we're all part of the same group and follow the procedures and requirements of VPBank that has been established a number of years ago. We are relying on the support of the specialists of data security and ID data security from VPBank. This is part of our contract for cooperation that we will be following in complying with the VPBank and channel regulation.
FBP: We've discussed earlier that the objective is to reach five million customers by 2023. Is UBank run separately, it got its own profit and loss (P&L) is that at the point, you see UBank turning a profit, becoming profitable on its own by 2023 or what's the target?
MH: It is a realistic target and a fairly realistic expectation. This expectation is based on our confidence that we have profitable products and FE Credit has a long track record of generating profits. We want to use our scales, competence and our know-how, and expand into new delivery channels and segments. I'm not talking about a new customer segment, but more about serving the same segment in a little bit different way and having a better approach to the customers and having better and much more convenient, friendly delivery and servicing channels.
FBP: Tell us about your business story and your career in the Vietnamese banking industry. In 2009, you were working on FE Credit. You were also the deputy CEO of VPBank, the CEO of FE Credit. In 2018, you joined TPBank, and another one of Vietnam's digital-savvy banks to head this digital banking unit. Tell us a little bit about your career and in the industry overall, how do you see the future of the banking industry in Vietnam?
MH: I have been involved with Vietnam since 2009. I would say, the first version of FE Credit has been established and started to do business.
When the liquidity crisis came in 2009 to 2010, I got the opportunity to work and develop business plan for what is today, FE Credit and this has been first established as a private company in 2009 and then subsequently between 2010 and 2011, sold to VPBank. VPBank has been developing, renaming, gaining the new name, FE Credit and growing it successfully until today.
The idea of setting up a digital bank like UBank is not new. We have been playing with the idea, discussing and developing since the last several years because in the consumer finance industry, it is nothing new. Every company, when it reaches the maturity of its products, it might have a tendency to venture into new segments. Venture into new products and services and the market develops. More and more people are using bank account when we were starting FE Credit only about 20% of the working population in Vietnam were using a bank account. Today, the percentage, which is 75% or 80%, if I'm not mistaken. The world changes, the banking environment changes and we have to adapt as well.
In the last time, yes, I'm happy that I have been given the opportunity to participate and lead the development of UBank. We can feel quite fortunate to be in the Vietnamese market, where the legislation and the regulators are quite positive about digital banking and new technologies and support the development by a number of legislative steps. The fintech segment in Vietnam, I consider it very vibrant and dynamic with a number of very interesting players offering a lot of new products and services that perhaps, players like UBank, we can use, integrate and offer to our customers here. I'm talking about products such as new payment channels and platforms, possibility of bill aggregation and online bill presentment and bill aggregation, possibility to pay bills online, possibility to make various payments, automated loan repayment. The buy now pay later (BNPL) is now coming to Vietnam, which is fully online lending. There are a number of services that we observe and we cooperate or some of the services we integrate, but I consider that the fintech segment in Vietnam is dynamic, vibrant, and it's good to be part of this dynamic and developing segment.
FBP: We discussed earlier about Cake and other digital banks such as TNEX. UBank and VPBank are digital initiatives. What insights into resilience for banks and banking can we gain from the entrance of this new digital bank and the response that it has created among incumbent banks?
MH: For me, resilience means 'always focus and concentrate on value delivery', no matter what. When I observe the market and unfold the success stories in the market, I see that perhaps, every period, there are different companies who come and go, but the principles of value deliver, they say, 'always the same'. The winner is very often and should be the company who provides the best solution to the customer's problem. As the technology goes and develops, the best solution might differ. There might be different best solutions at different times, given different technology, but, if you focus on solving problems of your customers and delivering value, then, these might be the principles of resilience that should perhaps, drive a company from strength to strength.
FBP: What part do you think COVID has played in strengthening or heightening this whole idea of resilience or to be prepared for resilience, whether it's at the organisational, operational personal level, among your staff and management team?
MH: We are in difficult times, with restrictions and with limitations. One of the opportunities or chances that they deliver is to focus on the core value. Because in this situation the business is a strip of many things. How do we engage with customers, promote and sell our products? This to me is perhaps a sign of resilience. Surviving with limited means in an environment that is not as friendly and as welcoming as it was before, having to sustain with less tools and resources. That is perhaps a sign of resilience.
FBP: Well said. What VPBank has been doing in the past years and with different initiatives are a reflection of resilience at all levels, at organisation's operations, and for you at your personal level. We want to thank you so much for speaking to us. It's a great learning on what VPBank has achieved and what you set out to achieve in the future. Thank you so much.
MH: Okay thank you so much. It was my pleasure.
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"Lies" is a song written by Beau Charles and Buddy Randell, performed by The Knickerbockers; the single was produced by Jerry Fuller. It reached #20 on the U.S. pop chart in 1966.  It was featured on their 1966 album Lies and is famous for often being mistaken for a Beatles track due to its similarities to their style and harmonies.

Background
Here is what original Knickerbockers member Beau Charles said about the song's behind-the-scenes story:

"We desperately tried to write something that sounded like the British Invasion'. We wrote 'Lies' in less than one half hour. We demo-ed it in New York." After a Jerry Fuller inspired re-arrangement, the track was recorded at Sunset Sound in West Hollywood with Bruce Botnick as the Engineer. Things were not quite right, so the multi-track master was taken to Leon Russell's house in Hollywood Hills. Jerry Fuller knew Leon and "Leon had this great little studio - just a four track". The band recorded the vocals there and overdubbed a new guitar part that was recorded from a beat up old Fender guitar amp that gave the guitar sound a meaty, edgy feel".

Other versions
The Ventures on their 1965 album Where the Action Is.
Nancy Sinatra on her 1966 album Boots.
The T-Bones on their 1966 album No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In).
Gary Lewis & the Playboys on their 1967 album Gary Lewis & the Playboys.
Lulu on her 1966 album From Lulu...with Love.
Styx on their 1974 album Man of Miracles. Record World said that it's "one midwestern hit that still sounds like a national smash."
Tarney/Spencer Band on their 1979 album Run for Your Life.
Linda Ronstadt on her 1982 album Get Closer.
The Delmonas on their 1985 album Dangerous Charms.
The Undead on their 1986 album Never Say Die!
The Landlords on their 1987 EP Our Favorite Songs!
The Basement Wall on their 1993 compilation album There Goes the Neighborhood! Volume 2 Featuring The Basement Wall.
The Fireballs on their 2006 compilation album Firebeat! The Great Lost Vocal Album.
The Brymers on their 2007 compilation album Sacrifice.
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 List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States

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1965 singles
The Ventures songs
Nancy Sinatra songs
Gary Lewis & the Playboys songs
Lulu (singer) songs
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The Fireballs songs
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Flow Chart: Diffusion, porcelain, vinyl, polystyrene, mdf, wire, 2014.
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Flow Chart: Vortex, porcelain, vinyl, polystyrene, mdf, wire, 2014.
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By October, the couple was living together in San Diego. "It was fast," Randone acknowledges. "But in that environment, it's equivalent to months of dating. We accomplished a lot more in a shorter amount of time."
And ultimately, Randone and Nielson say they're grateful for each other — and for the positive changes their relationship has brought to each other's lives.
"I was very thick-skinned and hard-shelled when I got to Paradise," Randone previously told PEOPLE. "I was not myself. I was trying to act like this tough guy, that I had an ego."
Senate Advances Trump Court Pick Who Fought Marriage Equality For Years
The Senate inched closer to making Howard Nielson Jr. a lifetime federal judge on Tuesday, despite objections from Democrats over his record of defending bans on same-sex marriage and authoring a memo that legally justified torturing civilians. The Senate voted 52 to 47 to advance Nielson's nomination to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Every Republican but one, Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), voted for him. Every Democrat present voted against him. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) did not vote. A final confirmation vote is set for Wednesday. Nielson, a partner at the Washington, D.C.
The Bachelor The Bachelorette Bachelor Pad Bachelor in Paradise : After Paradise The Bachelor Winter Games. Krystal Nielson & Chris Randone . On the reunion, it was revealed that Nielson and Randone are still engaged as of June 2019. ^ " Bachelor in Paradise ' s Carly Waddell and Evan Bass Are Married !".
Bachelor in Paradise has yet to produce a wedding since Carly Waddell and Evan Bass' s nuptials last year — which is actually a pretty good track record for the show. All eyes are now firmly fixed on Nielson and Randone , the vinegar-obsessed couple of the year.
Continued Randone: "She pulled me aside and said, 'You need to be more self-aware or you're going to lose friendships here and you're going to lose me.' I realized that this woman came out of nowhere to give me direction. I felt it from her heart and I realized that if I don't change now and be vulnerable, I'm going to lose this incredible woman."
Nielson, who, like Randone, grew up with a single mother, said she related to Randone's initial aloofness. "We were both hard-skinned because we went through tough times, and we bonded over that. I could understand him."
Now, the newlyweds say they're looking forward to the future — and to one day, starting a family.
"I've always dreamed of being a husband and a father," Randone says. "And I have the perfect partner by my side."
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Katharine McPhee and David Foster Marry in London: Details!.
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A service for Coach James E. Pardue, 78, of Hendersonville, who died Sunday, July 22, 2007, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Shepherd Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at a reception following the memorial service Thursday at the church.


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Paving the Way through Education
The Okala Foundation was born out of the desire to contribute to a better world for our children, brothers, and sisters. They say every little bit helps and this Foundation is our little bit.
In pursuit of the dream ...
One year ends, another begins: It is an understatement to say that 2021 will have been a particularly difficult year for all of us, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. COVID negatively impacted many across the globe, particularly in Africa where unemployment became more rampant. As a result, many children were unable to attend school. Another impact of COVID has been the disruption of the school year, where many children ended up having a school year of 16 months or more as opposed to the usual 9 months. I firmly believe education of our youth, especially that of young girls is primordial. To those, I would like to express here my admiration.
The development of Africa will inevitably pass through education, in addition to other parameters including in particular Good Governance. If we want to avoid early or forced marriages, unwanted or early pregnancies, sexual and gender-based violence, if we want to fight sustainably against genital mutilation and the feminization of poverty or even certain diseases , I believe that education is the key.
Education is a powerful lever for change. It improves health and livelihoods, contributes to social stability, and stimulates long-term economic growth. Education builds self-confidence, it can change the world, it can change interpersonal relationships. Education is the mine of opportunity in life. Higher education prepares children for a wider range of jobs and professions, thereby empowering them to change the cycle of poverty in their families and communities. As is often said, "As more children are educated, the world becomes a brighter place."
The OKALA Foundation – For Education has modestly made this its credo: to help Africans go to university. We started our activities in February with 3 scholarship recipients. For the 2021-2022 school year, we did even better by awarding 10 more scholarships, 6 of which were given to young girls. This is my opportunity to once again thank our generous donors who have supported us thus far by believing in what we are aiming to accomplish.
You too can be part of our journey by supporting us to help change the life of a young child, a family or community. You can help these young people who face so many daily hurdles to go to school with the hope of becoming our future doctors, sociologists, engineers, architects, journalists, teachers, nurses…etc. As the French writer Sylvain Tesson says, "to live is to make a memory of your dream".
To all of you, I wish you a Happy New Year 2022
If you didn't know, Here's a bit about us.
The Okala Foundation was born out of the desire to contribute to a better world for our children, brothers, and sisters. We believe that access to a good education is a human rights issue, and every child should be given the equal opportunity to attend school. Unfortunately, many are left behind due to a lack of finances and we want to change that. Through this foundation, we have an opportunity to give back to our roots and make a positive and lasting impact in our community.
We come from diverse backgrounds – yet are united by our passion for education, our shared experiences of being immigrants, of being of color and wanting to do our part to serve as models for others.
Schools waiting for sponsorships
Okala Foundation in Cameroon
Sponsor Students in Cameroon
Okala Foundation in Congo
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Okala Foundation in Zimbabwe
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What our sponsors are saying!
It's not very often that you see people continue to have the heart to help or give in Countries that they left a long time ago. The work that The Okala Foundation is doing is just heart warming.The students in Africa will have an opportunity to better their lives because of this Foundation. One thing I've learnt in life is that dreams have no measure. A child in Canada and a Child in Cameroon, Zimbabwe or Congo all share the same dreams in life. Circumstances and environment may differ but by helping out donating to the students in need will make each child one step closer to making their dream a reality.
Nakai Skincare and Cosmetics is proud to be a part of Okala Foundation.At Nakai Skincare & Cosmetics Education is important to us.We believe in empowering our future leaders through education. So being a part of Okala Foundation is such an honor to play our part on paving the students way through education.
We offer university scholarships
Sitting silently and idly is a sin, a crime, a complicity in mediocrity – we must act to give the less fortunate a voice, a chance to dare, to dream, to hope. We must pave their way through education.
Your support & our timely intervention change lives!
"Give hope to a student in need. You could be the difference between a life in the streets and dreams fulfilled"
"Sponsor a student today in Cameroon, the DRC or Zimbabwe – let's make a meaningful impact to a student's life together for a brighter future"
"Donate to build our community as we work to empower our future leaders"
It takes a village in Africa to raise a family. Meet our village that is making an impact to the Okala foundation.


The American Revolution (HIST 116) In this lecture, Professor Freeman explains the logic behind American and British military strategy during the early phases of the Revolution. First, she discusses the logistic disadvantages of the British during the war the difficulties shipping men and supplies from more than three thousand miles away; the vast expanse of countryside with no one central target to attack; difficulties in recruiting British soldiers to fight in America; and the fact that the British faced a citizen army comprised of highly motivated soldiers who didnt act in predictable ways. In addition, the British consistently underestimated the revolutionaries in America, and overestimated Loyalist support. Professor Freeman also discusses the four main phases of the Revolutionary War, differentiated by shifts in British strategy. During the earliest phase of the war, the British thought that a show of military force would quickly lead to reconciliation with the colonists. During the second phase, the British resolved to seize a major city - New York - in the hope that isolating New England from the rest of the colonies would end hostilities. By 1777, the war had entered its third phase, and the British set their sights on seizing Philadelphia and defeating George Washington. This phase ended with the Battle of Saratoga in late 1777. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpopen.yale.educourses This course was recorded in Spring 2010.


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Anti-US cleric's newspaper banned
The US-led coalition in Iraq has closed a newspaper sponsored by a popular anti-American Shiite cleric, accusing it of creating unrest and inciting violence against occupation forces.
Within hours of the closure, hundreds of followers of the cleric, Sheikh Muqtader al-Sadr, poured into the streets near the newspaper's offices in central Baghdad and into a slum area known as Sadr City in honour of the cleric's assassinated father.
Although the protests were peaceful, some observers feared the shutdown would inflame anti-American sentiment.
"Of course, it will provoke Muqtader al-Sadr's followers," said Hamid Bayati, a spokesman for the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, a leading Shiite political party.
"It will emphasise the suspicions of the Iraqi people that America says it wants democracy but is suppressing any view that is not convenient for them."
It was unclear why the coalition chose Sunday to close the paper, but the occupation administration has had a battle with Sheikh Sadr that extends far beyond his newspaper's articles.
Sheikh Sadr, in his early 30s, has routinely denounced the occupation in his sermons and has sought to raise his own militia, called the Mahdi's Army.
Initially a ragtag collection of unemployed youths, it has become increasingly organised, and now operates in several southern cities as well as in Baghdad's Sadr City neighbourhood. The US has been closely tracking his efforts to expand the militia.
The al-Hawza newspaper was shut down on Sunday when dozens of US soldiers arrived at its offices and ordered the staff out.
Troops handed the paper's editor, Sheikh Ali Yasseri, a letter from US civilian administrator Paul Bremer alleging it breached an order issued last year banning incitement of violence. The weekly paper is banned for two months.
In his letter, Mr Bremer gave several examples of articles said to impugn the coalition's work or lie about US-led forces in ways likely to inflame anti-US feelings.
Separately, US troops in the city of Mosul shot dead in a firefight on Sunday four rebels suspected of roles in attacks there, hours after gunmen tried to kill a Government minister, and the killings of a Briton and a Canadian.
The attack on the convoy of Iraq's Public Works Minister, Nisreen Berwari, left the driver and a bodyguard dead and two others injured. Ms Berwari was unhurt.
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ProspectNation 2011: #24 Leandro Castro
Leandro Castro was a key offensive cog for the South Atlantic League champion Lakewood BlueClaws during the 2010 season. A solid young talent, who played well throughout the entire season and led the 'Claws with 81 RBI, Castro, an outfielder, impressed fans, media and scouts alike.
A right-handed hitter, standing 5'11" with a 180 pound build, Castro will be 21-years-old until mid-June. Castro is an individual that plays ball the right way both on offense and defense, who rarely gives away at bats and seldom makes a mistake on the bases or on defense.
Castro, a native of the Dominican Republic, was signed by the Phillies as a 17-year-old free agent in 2007. He batted .257 in his longest season as a pro in 2010. Castro had previously never played more than 88 games in a single season and fatigue seemed to be a small factor, as his batting average dropped toward the end of the season (.219 avg. after July, .270 avg. until that point).
With plus speed, Castro could surely improve as a base stealer and should start with picking his spots a bit better. His success rate of 62.8% (22 steals in 35 attempts) in 2010 was certainly not ideal. As he moves up the ranks and has more coaches at his disposal, Castro should learn to read pitchers better as well. Keep in mind, at A Level ball, the first base coach is often a bench player there to fill the void, not necessarily there to assist the runners.
A bit of a free swinger, Castro struck out 92 times in 502 plate appearances in 2010, which is 16.5% of the time. His pitch recognition and contact ability saw improvement last season, as his strike out frequency in 2009, in time split between Williamsport and Lakewood, was 18.2 % of his plate appearances.
Castro's bat has some power potential. With 27 doubles, 9 triples and 10 HR in 124 regular season games as a member of the BlueClaws in 2010, his slugging percentage (.406) was the lowest in any of his professional seasons thus far. But as his ability to recognize pitches continues to develop and his strength increases, the capacity to drive balls should come along also.
Known to be a well-liked guy within the clubhouse, Castro, who spent much of his 2010 season playing leftfield for the 'Claws, is an apparent leader for other Spanish speaking teammates. Add to that his tendencies to display flash and flair, and Castro could very well be one of the more fun Phillies prospects to watch as he attempts to ascend toward the big leagues.
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Look no further for US-made gifts this holiday season.
"World News Tonight With David Muir" is gearing up for a "Made in America Christmas."
The average holiday shopper will spend $800 on holiday gifts and goodies this year, the National Retail Federation estimates. If each of us spent just $64 on US-made gifts during our holiday shopping, economists estimate that we'd create 200,000 new US jobs. Now we want to know, are you in?
See the below list for US-made holiday gift ideas, including the companies chosen by the members of "Shark Tank" and "The Nutcracker."


The overall number is similar to last year, but the breakdown was different. Most divers, except Red-breasted Merganser, were less numerous. The Double-crested Cormorant total is only about half of last year's. Bonaparte's Gull and Common Tern numbers are a bit higher.
Overall highlights include Harlequin Ducks, one - possibly two - Neotropic Cormorants, a Virginia Rail that flew in off the lake, Whimbrels, Marbled Godwit, Franklin's Gull and California Gull. The California Gull is extremely rare, and this one may have been the second observation ever in Ozaukee County.


It is fact that your Internet speed may seem to slow to a crawl over time. However, there are lot of troubleshooting tips you can imply before calling an IT professional.
It is one of the quick ways to boost your Internet speed. Just unplug the device, wait for a few minutes, then plug it back in.
It will take some time for everything to get up and start again; therefore, you should be patient.
Many antivirus programs scan your computer for viruses that thwart your Internet speed. Ask your IT department or manager to make sure your system has antivirus and antimalware installed and is configured properly. Make sure to run them at least once a week. You can even run the scans in the middle of the night.
Before opting for a bandwidth optimization, make sure to figure out your Internet speed. There are many sites where you can perform Internet speed test. Make sure to take a note of the day while running speed tests. The test should be conducted from multiple sites and more than one computer. If possible, consider the test for more than one time of day. Once you get a good idea of the speed you are getting, you can compare the stats to the service you are paying for. If it is not up to mark, it is time to consult your Internet service provider.
Another way to improve your Internet speed is to assess the devices connected to your network. May be unauthorized users sharing your bandwidth. Removing their pairing from your network can free up bandwidth for your workplace.
Over time, computer performance starts losing its efficiency. Older terminals are not that able to process Internet faster like before. Therefore, make sure to upgrade their configuration from time to time.
Ask your Internet service provider if they have applied any limit on the usage of data you can upload and download. If your data has exceeded the usage limit, the provider many throttle or slow down your Internet speed.
Internet hardware should be upgraded. Even if your modem and router have been dependable for years, they may not be keeping pace with a new technology. You can optimize Internet speed by upgrading or replacing them.
While going wireless has become the notion, you can get maximum speed if you are physically connected to the Internet. Wired connections are faster than Wi-Fi. Try to keep your desktop or a laptop plugged into the network. Switch to Wi-Fi only if you are away from the primary Internet connection.
The browser cache cleaning instructions vary based on the browser you use. Therefore, you can search online to find the ways to clear cache for your specific browser. Your browser cache stores files that you visit often to help load them faster. However, when it gets overloaded, it can thwart browser performance. Do this once or twice a year.
So this is how you can improve your workplace Internet performance. However, call an IT pro if there is no improvement despite your troubleshooting.
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A Bachelor's degree is required for admission. Rocky Mountain Seminary is for men and women who have chosen to make the study of the Bible a priority in their lives.
The Seminary enrolls Christians who have believed in Jesus Christ for eternal life. Students applying are expected to adhere to our doctrinal statement. Their lifestyle and relationships should reflect a commitment to a Christ-centered life and obedience to His Word. The Seminary expects applicants to be affiliated with a home church in their local communities.
Official transcript from all colleges/universities whether or not credit was earned.
An applicant wishing to transfer credits to RMS must submit a completed application and documentation as listed above. Transfer of credits with a minimum grade of 2.0 (C) earned at other accredited colleges and universities are accepted at full value to the extent that the course are comparable to RMS stated requirements. Transfer credit is always at the discretion of the receiving school and both RMS credits and transferred credits from other schools will be recorded on the student's permanent record.
Rocky Mountain Seminary is approved for students to receive VA (Veteran Affairs) benefits. You may secure forms from the registrar at RMS or from the regional Veterans Administration Office. Important Notes: Students eligible to receive financial aid should keep in mind that the funds may not be available for a number of weeks and should be prepared to meet registration expenses before classes begin. Under Federal law, authorized state and Federal personnel are provided access to a veteran's school records.
A limited number of applicants without the requisite bachelor's degree may be accepted for special student status in the Graduate Certificate program and in the Masters degree program (M.A. in biblical studies). Such applicants, constituting no more than ten percent of any program, will be considered on the basis of spiritual maturity, work experience, ministry involvement, and potential for academic and ministerial success. Applicants should complete the regular application forms and request information for admission with special student status.
Credit earned by distance-education studies through an accredited seminary may be accepted up to a maximum of one-fourth of seminary program credits.
Approved conduct in accordance with the seminary's code of conduct.
At least one year of resident study. This means a minimum of 30 credits earned at Rocky Mountain Seminary.
All financial matters with the seminary must be finalized (a student may not graduate owing money to RMS).
Complete required program credits (31-32 credits) with a minimum of 30 semester credits earned in residence.
Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C).
Complete required program credits with a minimum of one year in residence (30 credit hours).
Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale).
Normally, complete the program within a four-year period from the date of matriculation.
Complete 64 hours of course work and be approved by the Seminary faculty.
Satisfactorily participated in the leadership meetings of their local church as verified in writing by a senior pastor or chairman of an elder board.
Each student must adhere to the doctrines delineated in the RMS Doctrinal Statement.


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QuickStats : Percentage of Mental Health–Related Primary Care Office Visits, by Age Group — National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2010
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In 2010, 20% of all visits to primary care physicians included at least one of the following mental health indicators: depression screening, counseling, a mental health diagnosis or reason for visit, psychotherapy, or provision of a psychotropic drug. The percentage of mental health–related visits to primary care physicians increased with age through age 59 years and then stabilized. Approximately 6% of visits for children aged <12 years and approximately 31% of visits for adults aged ≥75 years were associated with mental health care.	Source: 2010 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd.htm.	Reported by: Donald K. Cherry, MS; Susan M. Schappert, MA.
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QuickStats: Percentage* of Currently Employed Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Reported an Average of ≤6 Hours of Sleep† per 24-Hour Period, by Employment Category§ — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018¶
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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 69(16):504
The percentage of employed adults who reported an average of ≤6 hours of sleep per 24-hour period increased from 28.4% during 2008–2009 to 32.6% during 2017–2018. During this period, increases were noted among private sector employees (29.5% to...
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, by State — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2018
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In 2018, the U.S. suicide rate was 14.2 per 100,000 standard population, with rates varying by state. The five states with the highest age-adjusted suicide rates were Wyoming (25.2), New Mexico (25.0), Montana (24.9), Alaska (24.6), and Idaho (23.9)....
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage* of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Reporting a Lot of Pain,† Among Those Who Report Pain on at Least Some Days in the Past 3 Months,§ by Poverty Status¶ and Frequency of Pain — National Health Interview Survey, 2016–2017**
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QuickStats: Percentage of Persons Who Had a Stomach or Intestinal Illness That Started in the Past 2 Weeks, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, 2018
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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 69(4):118
In 2018, 4.7% of males and 5.3% of females had a stomach illness that started in the past 2 weeks. Among children and adolescents aged 0–17 years, no difference was observed in the percentage of males and females who had a stomach illness that star...
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentages* of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Without a Usual Place of Health Care,† by Region§ — National Health Interview Survey, 2017¶


Trentino lies in the picturesque Alpine setting in the Northenmostpart of Italy, where the River Adige winds its way down beneath the towering peaks. The area shares borders of Austria and Switzerland to the North, the Veneto region to the East and Lombardy to the west. This region may be divided into three climatic zones: the valley of the lakes, with its Mediterranean climate, the Val d'Adige, with its sub-continental climate, and the lateral river valleys with their Alpine weather.
The composition of the soil is equally varied, and it is this factor that has permitted a wide variety of grapes to find their ideal individual habitat: The great variation in temperature between day and night during the days before harvest give the wines produced in the area their unique bouquet. Climate in this area is particularly suited to grape production; therefore the wine-making is an ancient tradition in the Trentino Region; archaeological findings confirm the existence of vineyards even as early as the Etruscan period.
Today the Trentino region offers a production of wines of excellent quality, light in style with a special fragrance of its own. The Gaierhof winery lies in Rovere della Luna – a small town that stands on a hill rising from the Adige Valley surrounded by peaks. Roverè della Luna is only a few hundred meters away from the invisible border with Austria, and owes it romantic name to the fact that a majestic oak tree once stood at the center of the town and the River Adige that runs through the center of valley here makes a turn that looks like a half-moon when seen from the road.
The Gaierhof Winery was founded in 1976 by its owner Luigi Togn and ownes its name to the mountain in front of it – GAIER – who shows its benfits by receiving the heat from the sun during the day and releasing that warmth to the vineyards during the night, preventing the frost of the winter.


A major factor in using hypnosis to facilitate pain relief is a power that we all have though don't often pay much attention to.
The power to shift our focus.
You could even say that hypnosis for pain relief is all about learning how to "forget to notice" pain.
A recent article on FoxNews.com, titled, Working Through Pain May Actually Reduce It, points to mounting research that we have the ability to reduce chronic pain through a shift in our focus. it's pretty much obvious that if you sit at home with your pain with nothing else to do you will actually feel it more than if you go to work and immerse yourself in other things.
German researchers used spinal functional MRIs to view the spinal cords of 20 men as they were exposed to painful levels of heat to their arms. At the same time, the study participants had to complete either a hard or an easy memory task.
When the men were given a hard memory task, they perceived less pain than when they were given an easier task. Moreover, the MRIs detected less activity in the spinal cord during a hard mental task. What that means is that fewer pain signals were being relayed to the brain.
Distraction may release natural opioids, which play a key role in pain relief, the authors wrote in their study.
As a practitioner of Hypnosis in Milford CT, I often work with clients who are dealing with chronic pain. After first making sure that they have seen a doctor for their pain I can give these sufferers numerous tools to reduce it.
Over eons, human beings evolved the ability to escape the physical body through trance. Whether it was because we were prey for lions and leopards and were given the merciful ability to leave the body, or for some other reason, it is common for people who have been in horrendous accidents to describe feeling no pain at all. The pain came in later after they were starting to recover from their wounds.
So we have the ability to transcend pretty intense sensations. Before the introduction of anesthesia in the 19th Century advances in surgery were made by using hypnosis to stop pain on the operating table.
For people today who are experiencing chronic pain or discomfort that drugs just can't alleviate, hypnosis is an excellent option. While it is certainly more than just "mere distraction" hypnosis works because the person deeply shifts their attention and awareness. If your unconscious mind can create more saliva in your mouth by merely imagining biting into a lemon, then it can reduce pain by shifting attention away from one area of the body to another.
Another tool that works well is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) also known as Meridian Tapping, which involves tapping on specific acupressure points. It is also an extremely silly (at first) thing to do and that very fact is a benefit because it is definitely a distraction.
When I'm working with all kinds of hypnosis clients, from people who want to stop smoking or lose weight, I will often assign a few rounds of "tapping" before the next cigarette or when faced with "challenge foods". Even if the tapping did nothing else but distract them from their habitual pattern, it works.
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Het Italiaans nationaal basketbalteam is een team van basketballers dat Italië vertegenwoordigt in internationale wedstrijden.

Italië deed voor het eerst in 1938 mee aan een officieel internationaal toernooi, de Eurobasket van 1938. Italië won de eerste wedstrijd met 34-18 van Frankrijk. De tweede wedstrijd werd met 23-21 verloren van Litouwen. De derde wedstrijd werd gewonnen van Polen met 27-19. De vierde wedstrijd werd gewonnen van Zwitserland met 58-8. Op doelsaldo werd Italië Europees kampioen. (er namen dat jaar 5 landen deel aan het toernooi).

Het Italiaans nationaal basketbalteam is een van de succesvolste nog bestaande landen van de Eurobasket. Het land heeft in totaal één gouden, één zilveren en één bronzen medailles behaald, waarmee het achtste staat in de medaillespiegel.

De goede prestaties binnen Europa heeft Italië nog niet kunnen voortzetten buiten Europa. Zo heeft Italië vijf keer deelgenomen aan een Wereldkampioenschap basketbal, maar heeft het land nog geen medaille kunnen behalen. Wel werd het nationale team van Italië één keer vierde (in 1975).

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Conrad Hansen (* 24. November 1906 in Lippstadt; † 22. Juni 2002 in Hamburg) war ein deutscher Pianist und bedeutender Klavierpädagoge.

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Als Achtjähriger hatte Hansen ersten Klavierunterricht in Lippstadt erhalten, bereits zwei Jahre später gab er öffentliche Konzerte. Vor allem als Interpret der Werke Ludwig van Beethovens machte er sich weltweit einen Namen. 1922 ging Conrad Hansen als Schüler Edwin Fischers, bei dem er gemeinsam mit Grete Sultan und Ferry Gebhardt studierte, nach Berlin und debütierte fünf Jahre später bei den Berliner Philharmonikern unter ihrem Chefdirigenten Wilhelm Furtwängler. Es folgten weitere Konzerte unter Eugen Jochum, Willem Mengelberg, Herbert von Karajan und sogar Richard Strauss. Die Aufnahme von Beethovens 4. Klavierkonzert aus dem Jahre 1943 mit den Berliner Philharmonikern unter der Leitung Furtwänglers gilt bei Kennern nach wie vor als Geheimtipp. Zum Kriegsende 1944 wurde Hansen auf die sog. Gottbegnadeten-Liste der wichtigsten Pianisten gesetzt und blieb hierdurch vom Kriegsdienst (auch an der Heimatfront) verschont.

Conrad Hansen erwarb sich weltweiten Ruhm als Künstler sowie auch als Musikpädagoge. Schüler von ihm waren unter anderen Reimar Dahlgrün, Konrad Meister, Renate Kretschmar-Fischer und Vera Schwarz.
Von 1934 bis 1945 war er Dozent am Städtischen Konservatorium der Stadt Berlin, 1946 Mitbegründer der Musikakademie Detmold, an der er bis 1960 als Professor tätig war.
Er gründete 1945 das Hansen-Trio mit Erich Röhn (Violine) und Arthur Troester (Violoncello), mit dem er während der dann folgenden über 30 Jahre nahezu alle großen Werke der Klaviertrio-Literatur zur Aufführung brachte.

1960 wurde Hansen Nachfolger von Eduard Erdmann an der Hamburger Musikhochschule. Studierende aus Deutschland, Skandinavien, Russland, Japan oder den USA kamen nach Hamburg und suchten seinen Rat. Später unterrichtete Hansen auch an der Musikhochschule Lübeck, wo er noch bis ins hohe Alter Kurse gab.

Er erhielt die Johannes-Brahms-Medaille der Hansestadt Hamburg, die u. a. auch Günter Wand, Yehudi Menuhin, Felicitas Kukuck und die Hamburger Symphoniker erhielten und war Ehrenringträger der Stadt Lippstadt. Am 24. Mai 2004 beschloss der Rat der Stadt Lippstadt, die Musikschule der Stadt Lippstadt nach Conrad Hansen zu benennen. Die offizielle Umbenennung fand am 24. November 2004 im Rahmen eines Festaktes statt.

Hansen machte während der Kriegsjahre eine Reihe von Aufnahmen für Telefunken und für die Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG). In den 1950er Jahren hat Hansen dann eine Reihe von Schallplatten eingespielt, zunächst wieder für Telefunken (Kammermusikwerke von Franz Schubert und Antonín Dvořák), dann für die Deutsche Grammophon (Sonaten von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, gespielt auf einem Hammerflügel) und schließlich noch für Ariola-Eurodisc (Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & Nr. 3 von Ludwig van Beethoven). Aufnahmen von Klavierwerken Beethovens, aber auch zeitgenössische Werke befinden sich überdies in den Schallarchiven deutscher Rundfunkanstalten.

Conrad Hansen hat in der Henle-Ausgabe der Klaviersonaten von Beethoven die Fingersätze vorgeschlagen.

Conrad Hansen war zweimal verheiratet:
 mit der Pianistin und Cembalistin Eliza Hansen
 mit der Sängerin Käthe Maria Hansen (Sohn: Holger Jansen (Violinist))

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Aufnahmen des Hansen-Trios: siehe dort.

 1940: Tschaikowski: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 op. 23 b-moll mit Berliner Philharmonikern, Willem Mengelberg

 1943: Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 4 G-Dur op. 58 mit Berliner Philharmonikern, Wilhelm Furtwängler

 1956: Tschaikowski: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 op. 23 b-moll mit RIAS-Sinfonie-Orchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch

 1956: Mozart: Klaviersonaten A-Dur (KV 331), G-Dur (KV 283), C-Dur (KV 545)

 1957: Mozart: Klaviersonaten C-Dur (KV 279), Es-Dur (KV 282), F-Dur (KV 280), B-Dur (KV 281)

 1960: Schubert: Forellenquintett mit Strub-Quartett

 1963: Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 C-Dur op. 15 mit Bamberger Symphonikern, Heinz Wallberg

 (Jahr unbekannt): Mozart: Klavierkonzert D-Dur KV 537 ("Krönungskonzert") mit Staatskapelle Berlin, Artur Rother

 (Jahr unbekannt): Beethoven: Klaviertrio op. 11 B-Dur ("Gassenhauer") mit Arthur Troester, Heinrich Geuser

 (Jahr unbekannt): Brahms: Klarinettentrio op. 114 a-moll mit Arthur Troester, Heinrich Geuser

 1997: "Conrad Hansen entdecken: zum 90. Geburtstag" (Aufnahmen von 1985 und 1990):
 Brahms:   Variationen über ein eigenes Thema op. 21,1
 Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze
 Liszt:        aus Chants Polonais: "Meine Freuden", "Mädchens Wunsch", "Frühling"

 2001: "Conrad Hansen spielt Beethoven und Brahms" (Aufnahmen von 1952 bis 1965):
 Beethoven:
 Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 Es-Dur op. 73 mit RIAS-Sinfonie-Orchester, Karl Böhm (aufgenommen 10. April 1952)
 Sonate Nr. 5 c-moll op. 10,1 (aufgenommen 22. Mai 1953)
 Sonate Nr. 32 c-moll op. 111 (aufgenommen 26. November 1952)
 Brahms:
 Klavierquartett g-moll op. 25 Hansen-Trio mit Ernst Doberitz, Viola (aufgenommen 1. Juni 1959)
 Sonate f-moll op. 5 (aufgenommen 18. Juli 1960)
 Intermezzo h-moll op. 119,1 (aufgenommen 21. April 1965)

 2007: "Conrad Hansen spielt Brahms":
 Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-moll

 2019: "Conrad Hansen - Beethoven Radio Recordings":
 Beethoven: Klaviersonaten:
 Nr. 21 C-Dur op. 53 ("Waldstein") (aufgenommen 26. November 1952, Hessischer Rundfunk: Altes Funkhaus Frankfurt)
 Nr. 25 G-Dur op. 79 (aufgenommen 22. September 1956, Süddeutscher Rundfunk: Krone Untertürkheim)
 Nr. 31 As-Dur op. 110 (aufgenommen 19. Juli 1963, Hessischer Rundfunk Frankfurt, Raum 3/B)
 Nr. 32 c-moll op. 111 (aufgenommen 22. September 1956, Süddeutscher Rundfunk: Krone Untertürkheim)

Literatur

 Beiheft zur CD Conrad Hansen spielt Beethoven und Brahms. ZEIT-Stiftung Bucerius, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-8319-0000-0:
 Heinz Josef Herbort: Conrad Hansen
 Philipp Adlung: Conrad Hansen und Hamburg (Interview)

Weblinks
 Artikel zu Conrad Hansen (englisch) auf soundfountain.org, einer Erinnerungsseite an das historische Plattenlabel Remington
 Video: Conrad Hansen spielt Franz Schubert: Impromptu op. 90, Nr. 3
 Video: Porträt des 82-jährigen Pianisten Conrad Hansen - Europäisches Musikfestival Stuttgart 1988

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Musikpädagoge
Klassischer Pianist
Hochschullehrer (HfM Detmold)
Hochschullehrer (Musikhochschule Lübeck)
Musiker (Nationalsozialismus)
Deutscher
Geboren 1906
Gestorben 2002
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Internal links should focus on using anchor text over images. And when you do use images, ensure that you've created a good alt tag description. Did you know that originally alt tags were created to make the web more accessible to people who were blind? If you imagine that your whole audience is blind, you'll start creating much more creative descriptions. These descriptions will be helpful to search engines as well as blind members of your audience.
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Nofollow links are great for helping you avoid duplicate content issues, such as when you have multiple sales pages for different platforms for the same product. For example, product A is sold on your site via ClickBank.com, Zaxaa.com, and JVZoo.com. But, if you're linking to a blog post or article within your site that is not a top-level menu item, make the link "follow", because that will help search engines know that this link is important and relevant to the content the user just read.
Finally, don't go nuts. You don't need to have 100 internal links on each page. Less is more. The reason is that you want the links to be super-relevant, and it might be hard to be targeted if you try to include a broad array of links. Of course, in some cases having more links is best and still relevant, so decide this on a case-by-case basis. To begin, go back to your old content that you've already published and add internal links that are relevant to each page.
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Criminal attacks – Electronic agents, such as viruses, malware, worms, and Trojans; criminal insiders like rogue employees or vendors; theft of data-bearing devices; and phishing (including spear phishing) attacks.
Data lost or stolen due to third party conduct – This includes protected data in the hands of outsourcers, cloud providers, and business partners.
Loss or theft – Laptops, backup tapes, USB drives, and smartphones, as well as paper documents may be lost or stolen, which can be a significant risk since the data on these items may not be protected by firewalls or passwords and may not require additional physical controls for access.
A computer malfunction accidentally distributes Association confidential information in a mass e-mail or on printed material, or posts sensitive data on a website.
An Association employee or board member mistakenly leaves a brief case with a DVD or physical file containing confidential association information on public transportation while traveling home from work.
An Association's employee's laptop or USB flash drive containing sensitive member and board executive session information is stolen.
A hacker breaks into a vendor's software program that records the Association's payments and card transactions at the point of sale.
A vendor's employee scans the association's credit card information and sells the information to a third party for illicit purposes.
WHY IS CYBER LIABILITY COVERAGE IMPORTANT FOR ASSOCIATIONS?
Traditional liability products may not address data breach exposures.
There are state and federal requirements that must be met.
The National Data Breach Market for small business (which includes most associations) is estimated at $1.5 billion.
Data breach incidents cost U.S. companies $194 per compromised customer record in 2011.
Associations whose data is not properly protected face expensive direct and indirect costs from cleaning up a data breach, as well as a loss in member confidence that could have long lasting ramifications.
Member credit monitoring – This policy could pay for a year of credit monitoring companies for all of the members affected by a data breach.
Personal information like social security numbers or street addresses?
Credit card or billing info for direct payments?
In today's fast pace, ever-changing, internet world full of electronic data, it is hard to keep up with all of the new ways that an association's computer system and electronic data can be hacked and result in liability to the association. The good news is that obtaining a cyber-liability insurance policy in advance can help protect the association if and when such a loss occurs.
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