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College Football 2017, Week #7: the top 15 matchups
Posted on October 13, 2017 by Sandlapper Spike
The weekly explanation of this post:
On his college hoops ratings website, Ken Pomeroy has an algorithm called 'FanMatch', in which "games are rated for competitiveness and level of play with a lean towards higher-scoring games". It is a way to rate the potential watchability of various basketball contests. There is just a touch of whimsy involved, which makes it even better…
Mimicking this idea, I've created a remarkably convoluted and studiously hazy formula to produce game ratings; it is called "Tingle Factor", or TF. The higher the TF, the better.
To access a Google Document that has a complete schedule of televised/streamed D-1 college football games (including all the announcing teams), see this post: Link
I am excluding the game between The Citadel and Wofford this week, because that matchup dominates the rest of the slate to such an extent that it is unfair to compare it to other contests.
Outside of that matchup, here are the top 15 games for Week 7. All fifteen games will take place on Saturday.
Road Team Home Team Gametime (ET) TV/Streaming TF
Navy Memphis 10/14, 3:45 pm ESPNU 78.2
UCLA Arizona 10/14, 9:00 pm Pac-12 Network 77.1
Texas Tech West Virginia 10/14, 12:00 pm ESPNU 76.9
Oklahoma Texas 10/14, 3:30 pm ESPN 76.7
South Carolina Tennessee 10/14, 12:00 pm ESPN 76.1
TCU Kansas State 10/14, 12:00 pm FS1/FS-Go 75.9
Georgia Tech Miami (FL) 10/14, 3:30 pm ABC/ESPN3 75.2
UTSA North Texas 10/14, 7:00 pm ESPN3 73.8
Auburn LSU 10/14, 3:30 pm CBS 72.4
Texas A&M Florida 10/14, 7:00 pm ESPN2 72.1
Utah Southern California 10/14, 8:00 pm ABC/ESPN3 70.7
Toledo Central Michigan 10/14, 3:30 pm ESPN3 68.6
Boise State San Diego State 10/14, 10:30 pm CBS Sports Network 66.9
Villanova James Madison 10/14, 3:30 pm MASN2 65.5
Wyoming Utah State 10/14, 4:30 pm Facebook 65.1
Additional notes and observations:
– The Oklahoma-Texas game will be played in Dallas, at the Texas State Fair, where fans have the opportunity to gorge themselves on such food items as tamale donuts and funnel cake queso bacon burgers.
– CBS/CBS Sports Network games will also be streamed on CBS Sports Digital, as will the Villanova-James Madison game on MASN2.
– The games on the ESPN "Family of Networks" will also be streamed via WatchESPN.
– The UCLA-Arizona game will be streamed on the Pac-12 Digital network.
– The three highest-rated "TF" games on the board this week are also projected by sources to be the highest-scoring games among the top 15. Navy-Memphis has an over/under of 70.5, slightly lower than UCLA-Arizona (over/under of 74.5) and Texas Tech-West Virginia (72.5).
– San Diego State had the largest advantage in field position in any matchup played last week (+18.8, in its game versus UNLV).
– ESPN's College GameDay is in Harrisonburg, Virginia this week for the Villanova-James Madison game, a matchup which also landed in the TF top 15 (the only FCS game to do so). It is the second time JMU has hosted the show; Lee Corso and company were last in town in 2015. The Dukes hope to avoid what happened on the field that afternoon, when Richmond spoiled the party with a 59-49 victory.
– Bridger's Battle, a/k/a the Wyoming-Utah State game, is the first TF top 15 matchup to be exclusively streamed on Facebook. The rivalry trophy is a .50 caliber Rocky Mountain Hawken rifle.
– Streaky: Central Michigan has lost seven straight games to Toledo, a streak dating back to 2010. The Chippewas had won the five games between the two teams prior to that run; however, the Rockets had won 10 straight in the series before that stretch.
– The last time TCU played Kansas State in Manhattan (2015), the Horned Frogs (ranked #2 at the time) escaped with a 52-45 victory after trailing 35-17 at halftime.
– Miami has never lost to Georgia Tech in the facility known as Hard Rock Stadium (which was previously Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Land Shark Stadium, and Sun Life Stadium). The Hurricanes are 4-0 against the Yellow Jackets there, regardless of the name.
– In the last five seasons, the Texas Tech-West Virginia game has averaged a total of 64 points per contest. WVU has won the last three games in the series.
– South Carolina has played five overtime games in its history, going 2-3 in those contests. All three of the losses were to Tennessee (and all by three points).
– The contest between Texas A&M and Florida will be only the fourth meeting in the series, and only the second since 1977. The Gators have won two of the previous three matchups.
– It is a shame the Auburn-LSU game is not being played at night. That probably lessens the chance for a repeat of the 1988 "Earthquake Game".
It should be a fun afternoon of college football. There aren't any standout games (at least on paper), but the day does feature a bunch of pigskin battles that have the potential to be very entertaining. Keep that clicker handy…
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Social media and the SoCon: the age of Twitter and Facebook
Posted on July 17, 2013 by Sandlapper Spike
Last week, I saw a ranking of college sports twitter feeds posted at Tennessee's athletics website. I thought it was interesting, though I wouldn't want to draw any immediate conclusions from the data.
I decided to see how the SoCon schools compared to each other when it comes to Twitter and Facebook presence. This proved to be difficult, because schools don't necessarily approach Twitter and/or Facebook in similar ways.
The league is almost evenly split between schools that have football-specific twitter feeds and those that do not. Samford has nine different sports with dedicated twitter feeds; meanwhile, Wofford doesn't have any. There is significant variance in the number of Facebook pages created by the individual schools. Those are just a few of the differences.
Part of the reason for the contrasting approaches is probably manpower, and part of it is likely philosophical. Not everyone thinks having multiple Twitter feeds and Facebook pages is such a great idea for smaller schools. Says one social media consultant:
In college sports, unlike professional sports, fans usually have an allegiance to a school, not a team. To say that fans would be annoyed by news from other school sports in their Twitter feed might be an error…
We found that the majority of…fans appreciated news from other sports, and wanted one main feed where they could get all the news. Most of the sports communicators I've talked with at non-BCS schools say their fans feel the same way. Their allegiance is to the school, not a particular team.
The opportunity to showcase the team across multiple channels is much more important to a school than having a sport-specific Twitter feed or Facebook page…smaller schools (non-BCS schools) need to think about scale, not volume…Their fans bases are simply too small.
Another consideration is the percentage of people who use the different social media elements. A survey taken at the end of last year suggested that usage among internet users breaks down this way: 67%, Facebook; 16%, Twitter; 15%, Pinterest; 13%, Instagram; and 6%, Tumblr.
I would say that if your school decides to have a dedicated feed for a sport on Twitter, then it should have a Facebook page for that sport as well — and vice versa. I also am of the opinion that Instagram is on the rise, and that not using YouTube to promote your school and its teams is a major mistake.
Included in my mini-survey are all current SoCon schools, the school that just left (College of Charleston), and the three schools that will enter the league next year (East Tennessee State, Mercer, and VMI). The numbers listed ("follows" and "likes") are as of the weekend of July 13-14.
What follows are a few observations, and then some tables, with two caveats:
1) I may have missed a couple of school feeds/pages. If I did, it's not my fault. It's the fault of the school(s), for not making it simple for an easily confused person like myself to find their feeds/pages.
2) Twitter and Facebook are far from the only things happening in social media, of course. For example, The Citadel has done an excellent job in recent months using YouTube, and it is not alone on that front. A few schools have taken a spin with Pinterest. Instagram has been embraced by several of the league members (as well as the SoCon office itself). However, Twitter and Facebook are the focus of this post.
– The league website has a "Social Media Directory" that needs to be updated. For one thing, CofC isn't in the conference any more [Edit 8/16: the CofC links have now been removed from the directory]. The feeds themselves also need to be checked; some are not valid, and there are also a number of omissions.
I don't really blame the SoCon office for this as much as I do the individual schools. It's probably very difficult, if not impossible, for the league office to keep up with team-specific feeds.
On the other hand, someone at the conference probably ought to know that @CoachMikeDement shouldn't be the listing next to UNCG's "Head MBB Coach" line, since he hasn't been the Spartans' coach for over a year and a half. Wes Miller is clearly upset about this.
– Speaking of UNCG, its AD, Kim Record, is on Twitter, and she is listed as such in the SoCon directory…but her feed is protected.
– Furman's most-followed feed is its general athletics feed, which is not a surprise. The second-most followed Furman feed, however, is for a coach of a program that has yet to win a game. The Paladins will start playing men's lacrosse in 2014, and head coach Richie Meade (formerly the longtime lacrosse coach at Navy) has 1024 followers.
– The twitter feed for Furman's baseball program is run by players.
– Davidson, a basketball-first (if not only) school if there ever was one, doesn't have a dedicated feed for men's hoops, and head coach Bob McKillop isn't on Twitter.
– At least one SoCon head football coach follows two different Jenn Brown accounts.
– Chattanooga's wrestling feed has 2574 followers, which stacks up fairly well when compared to other programs across the country. The most I found for a collegiate wrestling feed was for Oklahoma State (11857). Defending national champion Penn State has 5750.
The other two SoCon schools with wrestling feeds are Appalachian State and The Citadel, though I should mention that UNC-Greensboro has a dormant feed as well (one that became inactive when the school dropped its wrestling program).
– Several SoCon schools have twitter feeds for their equipment room/staff. They tend to be fairly well-followed, too, partly because equipment room staffs from across the country all follow each other. Equipment guys circle the wagons.
– The new head football coach at East Tennessee State, Carl Torbush, isn't on Twitter. However, there are two different parody Carl Torbush accounts, though both are inactive. ETSU's athletics twitter feed is following one of them.
– I only found one other fake twitter feed for a conference football coach. Western Carolina's Mark Speir has been so honored. Also parodied: SoCon commissioner John Iamarino.
– As of this weekend, Samford only had 44 followers for its men's hoops feed, but that's because it only established the feed on July 2.
– VMI seems to have two different official university (non-athletic) twitter feeds. Neither has many followers; perhaps I'm just missing the "real" feed.
– Of the six SoCon schools that have dedicated twitter feeds for both baseball and men's basketball, five of them have more baseball feed followers, which may say something about the league's status in each sport. I didn't include College of Charleston in that group of six since it is no longer in the league, but it also has slightly more baseball feed than hoops feed follows.
– East Tennessee State doesn't have a football twitter feed yet, or a pigskin Facebook page, but it does have a notable fan "bring/brought back football" presence for Twitter and Facebook.
– Wofford athletics only follows one feed, that of PGA pro (and Wofford alum) William McGirt. Similarly, the Facebook page for Wofford athletics only "likes" one entity — the 2012 Southern Conference basketball tournament.
– GSU head football coach Jeff Monken takes it one step further than Wofford, however. Just like Jay Bilas, Monken doesn't follow anybody.
– With VMI being admitted to the league, the Southern Conference facebook page made sure it "liked" VMI's university facebook site. Unfortunately, it appears the actual "active" VMI school facebook page is this one.
– UNCG is the league school with the most sport-specific Facebook pages, having one for eleven different varsity sports.
– I found a few sport-specific facebook pages that are essentially dormant. However, they are still "official", and since they have not been deleted I included them in the tables.
– Of the lower-profile SoCon sports, volleyball may be the most active in terms of social media. Seven conference schools feature Facebook pages for volleyball, and that doesn't include CofC or ETSU, both of which also have pages for their volleyball teams. CofC and ETSU join six SoCon schools that also have twitter feeds for volleyball.
Some of the Twitter and Facebook statistics for follows/likes are grouped in tables below. I didn't list all the sports feeds/pages that are on Twitter/Facebook, just some of the ones that tend to draw the most interest.
Appalachian State 10644
The Citadel 2292
Davidson 3970
Elon 4300
Furman 2951
Georgia Southern 8493
Samford 3131
UNC-Greensboro 3466
UT-Chattanooga 4144
Western Carolina 3773
Wofford 3171
College of Charleston 4726
East Tennessee State 2651
Mercer 1578
Virginia Military Institute 1521
Appalachian State 1133
The Citadel 692
Furman 759
Samford 939
UT-Chattanooga 900
Virginia Military Institute 261
Mercer 679
Appalachian State 700
Elon 956
Samford 44
UNC-Greensboro 866
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Georgia Southern 730
East Tennessee State 412
Davidson 102
College of Charleston 590
Georgia Southern 12302
Western Carolina 13546
Western Carolina 235
The Citadel 74
Appalachian State 61
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We've only been in Colombia for 3 days but we've done so much already it's hard to decide what to tell you about first. If you know anything about me, you'll know that I love food, so maybe that is a good thing to write about for my first blog entry!
ever eaten in 41 years. It's called a 'piña dorada' (golden pineapple) and I would put a picture of it for you but I already ate it! So instead I will put a picture of some of the other strange fruits that we have bought in Colombia. Here is a picture of me and Brae with a 'tomate de arbol' (this literally means tree tomato but we call them tamarillos in English) and a 'naranja pomelo' (it's a kind of funny pointy grapefruit). We haven't eaten these yet so maybe next time I write the blog I can tell you what they are like. Come back to my blog soon and find out!
Hi Oren and Brae! How are you doing? I desperately want to try piña dorada! I hope you have a superb time in Colombia! I'm looking forward to reading your next diary entry!
Hi. What a lot of work! Great experience. Amethyst will enjoy reading this I'm sure.
it's Trinity. It looks like you are having a whale of a time; I'm not. We recently had a cycling day in a mini snow storm. Leah got blown away aies3nrsnd we haven't seen her since! Colby School is missing you very much and hoping you will reply back.
(Just kidding. Leah didn't get blown away, but Rhianna did fall into a river bank!) Oh no. Mud flew everywhere.
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Job: President and General Manager of Cigna's tri-state market, including New Jersey, New York and the southwestern corner of Connecticut. He started in the job on September 1, 2013. He spends half of his time in Cigna's Jersey City office.
Age: 50, an age that Evelyn said is significant for men, since they should consider getting colonoscopies to screen for cancer. He said Cigna has tools to help customers navigate such decisions.
What he does: Evelyn is charged with increasing Cigna's sales in the state and retaining customers.
What he brings to New Jersey: A fresh set of well-traveled eyes, including more than 20 years of benefits management experience. Evelyn, who is originally from Florida, has lived in San Diego, Milwaukee and Fort Wayne, Indiana, as well as Long Island.
Cigna's niche: The Connecticut-based company mostly serves employers with at least 50 employees, rather than the individual or small business markets that are receiving most of the attention on exchanges these days. While it does provide full health insurance services in which it pays a company's claims, 83 percent of its business is acting as an administrator for self-funded employers that pay their own claims, Evelyn noted.
Thoughts on the Affordable Care Act: Evelyn said the law has increased the uncertainty that employers have about the future of insurance. Cigna is "helping guide them through the new opportunities, the new plan designs," that result from the federal law. The law requires health plans to offer some additional benefits, including the elimination of limits on the amount of benefits that insurers pay. It also adds reporting requirements for businesses, including a mandate that employers with at least 50 workers provide insurance to all full-time workers or pay a penalty, starting in 2015, if the employers offer insurance to any employee.
Cigna and ACOs: Evelyn is enthusiastic about accountable care organizations, which encourage coordination of patient care while motivating providers to reduce costs and improve accountability by offering financial incentives. Nationwide, Cigna has formed 75 ACOs, including four partnerships in New Jersey: with Morristown-based Atlantic Health System, Hunterdon Healthcare, New Brunswick-based Partners in Care and Summit Medical Group.
Cigna has the most ACOs of any single insurer in the country and is pushing for more, Evelyn said, adding that he plans to have the company work more with hospitals and physicians in the state to increase accountability.
What strikes him about New Jersey: Evelyn started his work in the region in September after having worked for Cigna in South Florida. He said New Jersey is distinct from other markets in its reliance on large hospital systems, as well as high utilization of healthcare providers who aren't in insurance networks, even when an insurer offers a large network. Evelyn noted that some New Jersey healthcare providers choose to operate outside of any insurance network. Since business employ workers from geographic areas that span different hospital systems, Evelyn said it's imperative that their networks include a broad range of providers.
Evelyn added that this adds up to a challenge for insurers, with substantial fees paid to healthcare providers that are larger "than what I would call reasonable and customary," Evelyn said. He pointed to out-of-network providers seeking fees as high as $20,000 for services that would cost $1,000 within the network.
Wait-and-see approach on the marketplace: Cigna is participating in the ACA health insurance marketplaces or exchanges for individual customer in five states, but chose not to participate in New Jersey. "We're in the assessment period at this point," Evelyn said.
New Jersey's dynamics present a challenge for small-group plans for small employers, including plans to be sold through Small Business Health Options Program, or SHOP, Evelyn said. A primary way to make plans attractive to small groups is to make them more affordable by offering a narrower network of providers. But this may not work in New Jersey, where employers want networks to serve employees who are spread across a wide geographic area served by many providers.
What he sees as his employer's strengths: Evelyn is proud of what he described as several Cigna "firsts" – launching the first 24-7 insurance customer service help line, offering web tools to compare doctors' quality, and developing a model that predicts – with 83 percent accuracy -- which patients will result in higher claims over the next three years. This last tool allows the company to offer targeted "coaching," in which a trained staff member works with patients to prevent chronic problems.
"Members don't want to have a dialog with 15 different people -- they want to have a dialogue with one coach," Evelyn said.
Making information work for consumers: In addition to quality information, Cigna also provides cost information on providers. Evelyn noted that this is increasingly important as business and individual customers increasingly choose plans with high deductibles or coinsurance (in which a patient pays a percentage of costs).
"Employers and even individuals are looking to control cost – to have a more affordable cost," Evelyn said, adding that this is leading to more engaged customers. As Cigna focuses more on providing customers with information as well as tools and incentives for them to take charge of their own health, "we've really moved from an insurance company to a health services company," he said.
The metrics used to rate provider quality have grabbed the attention of doctors, Evelyn said. "We're actually sitting down with the providers to say, 'This is why you're an outlier," he said.


"I'll meet you on the roof." Rick told his friend as he entered the bathroom to care for his hand.
"Alright, don't take too long." Keegan replied.
Basically, our worst fears have been realized. When heading through [REDACTED], one of our shipping vehicles containing some equipment and an experiment or two was involved in an accident. We are still trying to piece together what happened, but the driver is unconscious and his dash cam is damaged so we don't have much to go on. There are the remains of a bicycle in the wreckage, and we have been unable to identify who it belonged to or how it ended up in the center of the road with no driver. We are establishing a quarantine covering a few blocks due to the classified nature of several of the items that are still being cleaned from the site.
Well, this is the part where I've mostly caught up with my writing. I have Part 6 almost ready, but not finished and nothing past it yet. Anyway, enjoy. Or don't. I'm not the boss of you.


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The story of the enigmatic beauty who captured the hearts of two extraordinary men. At 22, Marianne Ihlen travelled to the Greek island of Hydra with writer Axel Jensen. While Axel wrote, Marianne kept house, until Axel abandoned her and their newborn son for another woman. One day while Marianne was shopping in a little grocery store, in walked a man who asked her to join him and some friends outside at their table. He introduced himself as Leonard Cohen, then a little-known Canadian poet. Complemented by previously unpublished poems, letters, and photographs, So Long, Marianne is an intimate, honest account of Marianne's life story — from her youth in Oslo, her romance with Axel, to her life in an international artists colony on Hydra in the 1960s, and beyond. The subject of one of the most beautiful love songs of all time, Marianne Ihlen proves to be more than a muse to Axel and Leonard; her journey of self-discovery, romance, and heartache is lovingly recounted in So Long, Marianne.
So Long, Marianne will appeal primarily to [Cohen's] legion of die-hard fans wanting to fill in biographical gaps and read some of his previously unpublished poems. Yet the book's great delight is Hesthamar's sun-drenched evocation of life in Hydra during the years of its transformation into a Bohemian idyll for poets, painters, and musicians from around the world.
A quirky and unusual addition to the Cohen files, with previously unpublished poems, letters, and photographs.
Richly textured and revealing . . . Readers will be drawn to Ihlen as representative of a young woman's struggles in the changing society and artistic milieu of her time. Her story will provide an additional perspective for those familiar with Cohen's work. Rare letters, poems, and photographs enhance the text.
Hestamar sketches Marianne clearly: her insecurities and earned jealousies, her beauty and blandness, her feminine wrestling between art and domesticity . . . The photographs, folded like memories into the pages, show a woman whose eyes are filled with undeniable fire and presence.
A bohemian time and place so tantalizingly evoked by the famous snap on the back cover of Songs From a Room, and a mythologized affair that received a lasting benediction from the song that provides the book with its title, are explored in greater depth than the standard biographies allow through interviews with both Ilhen and Cohen. As a considerable bonus, there are some hitherto unseen Cohen poems.
Montreal Gazette
A vivid glimpse of life on the Greek island of Hydra where artists traveled to live, love and escape convention in the heady '60s, with excursions to Norway, Montreal and New York, this thoughtful story of a young woman finding her own way in and out of love is a good read in its own right. The glimpse into Cohen's memories and heart is a particular treat for his fans, and they will be pleased to find several previously unpublished poems.
While many muses' identities are confined to their role in the art they sparked, Hesthamar's thoughtful and empathetic biography centers on the woman herself, elevating her from an inspiration to a full-fledged human, interesting for her own life, on her own merits . . . Marianne is ultimately a likable and beautifully imperfect protagonist. It's the mark of a wonderful biography that we, too, fall in love.
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So Long Marianne is a dream of a book, beautifully written and nostalgic.
Owen Sound Sun Times
So Long Marianne is an empathetic telling of a love story between a man who would be famous and a young woman trying to make her way in a complicated world.
Lacombe Globe
It is an interesting biography about an interesting person who lead an interesting life in interesting places. Reading about life on Hydra was fascinating and more than 35 black-and-white photos complement the text.
Simco.com Blog
A book worth reading, which puts the 1960s in perspective.
Kåre Bulie, Dagbladet
(Original title: So Long, Marianne Ei kjærleikshistorie)
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Next Door Publishers, Spain
Trice, Serbia.
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NAM model simulated radar Tuesday night.
A strong cold front with low pressure will come in. Snow showers are possible in the morning, but impactful accumulation appears unlikely at this time.
A weak disturbance passes through the area today, bringing a chance of light snow or flurries in the afternoon. Temperatures should recover into the 40s tomorrow once the precipitation clears the region.
The main impacts will be gusty winds up to 35 miles per hour, slick roads and reduced visibility for the morning commute, and below-freezing temperatures.
A dry cold front will bring the FOX8 viewing area clouds on Sunday afternoon with highs for the day around 50 degrees. Freezing rain is not going to be a concern though. The drive to work Wednesday morning could be a little tricky.
How disruptive this event ends up will depend on how quickly temperatures fall, how heavy the snow is, and the timing of snowfall. This looks to be at least the coldest air we've had this season and possibly the coldest air we've had in years!
Most models shut off the snow pretty quickly, between about 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
Environment Canada is calling for an overnight low of -15 and a wind chill of -23 Friday night.
Highs on Wednesday should be only around 30, and could struggle to reach 20 on Thursday when the core of the arctic blast arrives. Northwest winds gusting over 35 miles per hour on the leading edge of an arctic-source high pressure air mass will produce unsafe wind chills to -30 degrees or colder later Thursday night into Friday morning across northeastern IL immediately to the north and west of Chicago.
Forecast high and low temperatures next 10 days in Washington from average of computer models. Snow showers are possible as early as midnight Monday into Tuesday.
But don't get use to the mild weather.


If you've been considering the implications of cloud computing when it comes to HIPAA compliance, a new article in Healthcare IT News is worth a read.
The article, penned by our own general counsel Lee Bendekgey, is entitled "Cloud computing reduces HIPAA compliance risk in managing genomic data." In it, Lee looks at the massive computational infrastructure required for handling new health data, such as genome sequences. "The resources required to process, analyze, and manage petabytes of genomic information represent a huge burden for even the largest academic research facility or healthcare institution," Lee writes.
While it may seem counterintuitive, he adds, moving data to a cloud environment can actually improve data security. Lee considers HIPAA requirements and historic breaches of HIPAA-secured data, looking at what factors may have improved security in those situations where personal health information was put at risk.
Breaches tend to occur on items that are portable — flash drives and laptops, for instance — so keeping data in the cloud means that sensitive data never actually lives on one of these easily stolen or lost devices. Cloud computing providers routinely encrypt data while it's in transit and at rest, adding to high-grade security. Medical organizations considering this route should ensure that a cloud provider guarantees security audits, certifications, and assessments associated with HIPAA compliance.
"By using a cloud-based service with an appropriate security and compliance infrastructure, an organization can significantly reduce its compliance risk," Lee writes.


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De Rode Lijst van de IUCN, opgesteld in 1963, is 's werelds grootste lijst van statusbeoordelingen met betrekking tot de instandhouding van planten-, diersoorten en schimmels. De lijst wordt onderhouden door de IUCN en jaarlijks opnieuw geëvalueerd.

Internationaal van opzet
De lijst is opgesteld aan de hand van exact geformuleerde criteria waarmee de kans op uitsterven van duizenden soorten en ondersoorten kan worden bepaald. Deze criteria zijn van toepassing op alle soorten overal ter wereld. Het gaat dan ook werkelijk om de kans op uitsterven op wereldschaal. De Rode Lijst van de IUCN moet daarom niet verward worden met de nationale of regionale rode lijsten. Die gaan namelijk over de kans (bedreiging) op uitsterven op regionale schaal. Zo staan de hazelmuis en de ortolaan (een zangvogel) in Nederland en Vlaanderen als bedreigd of uitgestorven op de rode lijst, maar zij worden op wereldschaal niet bedreigd met uitsterven en staan daarom dus als niet bedreigd (veilig, LC) op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN. Alle vogelsoorten die als ernstig bedreigd op de Nederlandse rode lijst staan, hebben de status veilig op de IUCN-lijst.

Criteria
De Rode Lijst is op een sterk wetenschappelijke basis gestoeld en is wereldwijd bekend als het meest gezaghebbende naslagwerk met betrekking tot de status van de biodiversiteit.

Het doel van de Rode Lijst is om het grote publiek bewust te maken van het belang van deze kwesties, maar ook om te bereiken dat de internationale gemeenschap tracht deze soorten van de ondergang te redden.

Soorten worden sinds 2001 onderverdeeld in negen groepen op basis van criteria zoals de snelheid waarmee ze in aantal afnemen, grootte van de populaties, verspreiding over de wereld, en een graad van populatie- en verspreidingsverdeling. De lijst wordt sinds 2002 jaarlijks herzien. Soms blijkt dat organismen minder kwetsbaar zijn dan gedacht, meestal blijkt, zoals bij ontbossing dat organismen er na jaren nog slechter aan toe zijn. Na onderzoek wordt in deze gevallen de lijst aangepast.

De volgende categorieën worden onderscheiden:

Onder bedreigde diersoorten worden de diersoorten verstaan die vallen onder de categorieën CR (ernstig bedreigd), EN (bedreigd) of VU (kwetsbaar).

Daarnaast 4967 soorten ongewervelde dieren, 12.700 soorten planten en 26.197 soorten korstmossen, paddenstoelen en algen met een vermelding bedreigd op de Rode Lijst.

Zoals uit Tabel 2 blijkt zijn de zoogdieren en de vogels het best onderzocht. De reuzenpanda is waarschijnlijk de bekendste bedreigde diersoort van de wereld (in 2016 niet meer als bedreigd maar als kwetsbaar op de Rode Lijst). Minder bekend is dat de naaste verwanten van de mens (Homo sapiens), de mensapen, bijna allemaal op de Rode Lijst een status als bedreigde soort hebben. Een van de bekendste bedreigde vogelsoorten is de Californische condor.

Zie ook
 Rode lijst
 Bedreigde soort
 Biodiversiteit
 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
 Habitatfragmentatie
 Habitatverlies
 Lijst van uitgestorven dieren
 Lijst van uitgestorven planten
 Massa-extinctie
 Ontbossing
 Status (biogeografie)
 Wereld Natuur Fonds

Externe link
 Rode Lijst van de IUCN

 Rode Lijst van de IUCN

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What are the four types of cases?
1 What are the four types of cases?
2 How to identify the issue of a case?
3 Do you know how to write test cases?
4 What are the components of a test case?
5 What makes a test case a test scenario?
6 Where can I find information on a case?
7 How is the test to case ratio determined?
8 How to write a test case with examples?
9 What types of cases are there in court?
10 What does court case name mean?
11 What are the 2 types of court cases?
12 How are criminal cases named?
13 What is criminal case examples?
14 What is the definition of a legal case?
15 How to search for a specific court case?
16 What does it mean to be involved in a court case?
17 How much does a family court case cost?
18 How are court cases start?
19 How do you search a court case?
20 How do you find a court case number?
21 What is a court case status?
More specifically, federal courts hear criminal, civil, and bankruptcy cases. And once a case is decided, it can often be appealed.
How to identify the issue of a case?
When you identify the issue of a case, you will need to include a statement of the point of law in dispute. This statement should be in the form of a question. The issue of a case is often stated explicitly by the court writing the opinion, but sometimes you may have to tease the issue out.
Do you know how to write test cases?
Writing effective cases is a skill. And you can learn it from experience and knowledge of the application under test. For basic instructions on how to write tests, please check the following video: The above resources should give us the basics of the test writing process.
What are the components of a test case?
A test case has components that describe input, action and an expected response, in order to determine if a feature of an application is working correctly.
What makes a test case a test scenario?
A Test Case contains test steps, test data, precondition, postcondition developed for specific test scenario to verify any requirement.
Where can I find information on a case?
Move to primary sources and look up statutes, regulations, and cases related to your case. You can often use the annotations at the end of the statutes to find cases. Return to secondary sources to clarify complicated or confusing primary authorities, or to follow up on new issues you may have discovered in your research.
How is the test to case ratio determined?
The WHO determined a test-to-case ratio greater than or equal to 10 as the minimum indicator of sufficient surveillance capacity. A test-to-case ratio of less than 10 tests per case might indicate restrictive testing, or that only symptomatic people are being tested and undercounting the incidence rate (primary criteria).
How to write a test case with examples?
1 A simple test case to explain the scenario would be Test Case # Test Case Description 1 Check response when valid email and password is entered 2 In order to execute the test case, you would need Test Data. 3 In order to execute a test case, a tester needs to perform a specific set of actions on the AUT. Weitere Artikel…
What types of cases are there in court?
State Courts in California
All civil cases (family law, probate, juvenile, and other civil cases);
All criminal cases (felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions, like traffic tickets);
Small claims cases and appeals of small claims cases;
Appeals of civil cases involving $25,000 or less; and.
What does court case name mean?
A case name is the name used by an agency for its internal file. The case name used by an agency may differ due to the system used by the agency to assign case names.
What are the 2 types of court cases?
Types of Court Cases
Criminal Cases.
Civil Cases.
How are criminal cases named?
The title in criminal cases always contains at least two names. The first name refers to the party that brought the action. The v. is an abbreviation of the Latin versus, meaning "against." The second name refers to the party against which the action was brought.
What is criminal case examples?
Criminal law deals with behavior that is or can be construed as an offense against the public, society, or the state—even if the immediate victim is an individual. Examples are murder, assault, theft,and drunken driving.
What is the definition of a legal case?
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. A legal case is in a general sense a dispute between opposing parties which may be resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process. A legal case is typically based on either civil or criminal law. In most legal cases there are one or more accusers and one or more defendants.
How to search for a specific court case?
The following Notices and Case Lists allow you to search by name and access case details for a specific case. Please select the Jurisdiction to view a specific case list. If you are unsure of the jurisdiction or location, please search All Criminal Cases or All Civil Cases.
What does it mean to be involved in a court case?
It was so important it was one of those court cases where the legal rock stars lined up against each other for and against. In addition a sample of victims from the court records was interviewed; other victims involved in court cases were sent a postal questionnaire. She tells me the court case makes her feel'incredibly vulnerable '.
How much does a family court case cost?
Many other families get no money to fund family court cases because of legal aid cuts, with many having to act in person rather than hire lawyers. Show more… US court case legal costs, 1.5 million. Collins! Collins! sail or sale? Drag the correct answer into the box. The white billows in the breeze. written or wrote?
How are court cases start?
Most court cases start when one party files a complaint, petition, or other legal documents with the court clerk. Usually the party that starts the court case is called the "plaintiff" or the "petitioner" and the party being sued is the "defendant" or "respondent."
How do you search a court case?
If you know the location of your case, go to the court links page. From there you can select the case that you want. If you do not know where your case is located, you can search for it using the case locator. When you access the case locator, follow the on-screen prompts to search for a variety of cases and documents.
How do you find a court case number?
The case number is usually located near the top of the document. The name of the court is typically identified throughout the document and is stamped and dated by a court official.
What is a court case status?
Court status can simply be defined as the statement which provides a vital information about the latest status of a case pending or disposed of by Supreme court, high court or any district court. All this essential information can be retrieved from the databases of the various courts via an online medium.
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Findings show strong evidence for unique regions that divide plant and animal communities – a major development in centuries-long debate.
The wondiwoi tree kangaroo (dendrogalus mayri) as depicted in the monograph entitled 'The Genus Dendrogalus' by Lord Rothschild F.R.S., F.Z.S. and Guy Dollman, published in the Journal of Zoology in March 1936.A major obstacle to nature conservation is the fact that we still know very little about the natural world. As confirmed, this summer, when an amateur biologist stumbled upon the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo while trekking through Papua New Guinea. The Wondiwoi (Dendrolagus mayri) is classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but no one had reported seeing the strange creature – a cross between a bear and a monkey – since before the Great Depression. So, it wasn't strange people presumed the species went extinct. But now it has been discovered, the question arise on how it can be protected.
A new Stanford-led study supports one approach to protecting all species in an area – the ones we know about and the ones, like the tree kangaroo, scientists don't even know need protection. That conservation scheme focuses broadly on what are known as ecoregions. These are geographically unique regions, such as deserts and rainforests, that contain distinct communities of plants and animals.
Scientists have long debated how well ecoregion borders separate species communities. If the borders are strong, protecting an ecoregion, like a rainforest, would effectively protect all of the species within. If not, each species would need to be managed separately – a much more uncertain undertaking, especially when we don't even know some species are there.
The new study, published on 5 November in Nature Ecology & Evolution, provides compelling evidence that ecoregions do meaningfully divide plant and animal communities. This opens a path to new conservation approaches that more affordably and effectively protect little-known species, such as the tree kangaroo, and valuable natural services such as disease control and water filtration.
Robust, scientifically based conservation depends on in-depth information about species, their habitats and their population numbers – a level of detail absent for the overwhelming majority of species and places around the world. Looking for a way to bridge the gap, Smith, Stanford biologist Gretchen Daily and their co-authors did a deep dive into plant and animal biodiversity data from sources such as the U.S. Forest Service and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, a clearinghouse for data from citizen scientists, museums and researchers.
From that, they unearthed support for thinking about all species – even highly mobile animals – as being clustered together in ecoregions around the globe. These results go far beyond previous work, which primarily characterized ecoregions by plant communities alone.
A transitional area between beach, mangroves, and grasslands – regions that host unique plant and animal communities – in Costa Rica.
These are crucially important findings. They illuminate where and how to invest in conservation and restoration for people and nature.
The future of Earth's life-support systems hinges on vast yet little studied regions of the planet. Establishing that ecoregions meaningfully divide different types of communities allows scientists and decision-makers to think more critically about conservation plans for these realms. This holistic approach to protecting biodiversity ensures we can better safeguard natural services, such as crop pollination and pest control, that are made possible by diverse ecosystems of plants, insects, fungi and small vertebrates.
The authors argue that ecoregions are one of many factors that should be considered when developing a cohesive conservation strategy. It's an approach already in play at some major global conservation organizations, such as The Nature Conservancy and WWF, as well as federal agencies, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


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The epitome of inclusion, connection and humbleness: Pastor John Hoover retires after 25 years of service to Puako and beyond Special to West Hawaii Today 2/28/17
Pastor John speaks from the pulpit
On Sunday, February 26, the Hokuloa United Church of Christ held a "Service of Recognition" for Reverend John Hoover, (Pastor John) who was with the church for 26 years, working tirelessly within the Puako community and South Kohala.
Pastor John's Hawaii sojourn began in the 1970's and after leaving in 1979, he returned 10 years later to take over the pastorate of the newly organized and renovated church. "It took several months to get the building ready. We put electricity into the building and did some renovations and opened the building for regular worship Easter Sunday, 1990," said Hoover.
The original church building, which has long historic roots, was built in 1858 through the efforts of Lorenzo Lyons, who arrived in Waimea in 1832.
 Over the years, the church's fate was tied to the changing community and eventually fell into disrepair. "There were over 300 sugar workers living there in dormitories. The sugar mill went out of business in 1920 and they literally packed it up, every screw and bolt and shipped it off to the Philippines. When the sugar mill went out of business, the regular services stopped," said Hoover.
Over the last 26 years Reverend Hoover has seen the make-up of the community change. "There was a major transformation in that whole area. The first two years the population was so transient that the congregation changed entirely both years. That was back in the days when there were fishing shacks that have now been replaced by multi-million dollar residences. There were 150 school age children on Puako beach drive in 1990 and there's probably a dozen today," said Hoover.
Regardless of all the changes Pastor John and the church have been a steady anchor for the Puako community and an advocate for the environment. "He made the church available to the community. Besides our annual meeting we have various speakers come in to talk about reef issues. We have research groups come and hold meetings and The Nature Conservancy comes for study groups there. John made the church a really valuable part of the community," said Puako Community Association Vice President George Fry.
A former Peace Corp volunteer in Ethiopia, Pastor John brought a wealth of multi-cultural experience as a consensus building advocate, which has been an invaluable contribution to the community. Along with his pastoral duties Pastor John served on the board of the Puako Community Association for 10 years, where his generosity of spirit added much to the efforts being made to preserve and enhance the Puako community.
 "He was very instrumental for Puako. John's a stand-up guy and a half. He's truly going to be missed," said Puako Community Association President, Peter Hackstedde.
 Pastor John used his consensus building skills while serving a term on the South Kohala CDP. "He was a representative for our area and it was helpful to us because it presented a lot of things we wanted to see in the master plan that related to our community. We miss his voice," said Fry.
Most recently, Pastor John had been working on a project to re-unite adjacent land remnants with the church's property. "For some reason the land was not recorded as belonging to the church. It was surrounded by remnants that were designated state land and one of those remnants had the old school house. They combined them with the existing church land and that has taken about 15 years," said Hoover.
"John really spearheaded that effort. There were quite a few entities, and coastal commissions. It was quite a feat to get that done," said Fry.
The project has just gotten underway with the clearing of the brush and overgrown trees to remove fire hazards and allow shoreline access. "The church has agreed to set a community example by taking care of that property. Those parcels of land aren't going to be used for high rise development because they're going to be used for landscaping purposes only," said Hoover.
As part of the project, Pastor John also worked to include the property in the Ala Kahakai trail, which will go through the parcel. "That makes sense. An historic trail next to an historic church," said Hoover.
The Puako Historical Society, an archive of photos and documents, was another of Pastor John's endeavors. During his time as president of the society, he worked with Mary Morrison and Audrey Woodall to create Puako: An Affectionate History, which tells some of Puako's special story.
At the heart of everything Pastor John does is the aloha spirit of inclusion, connection and humbleness. "It's where I learned the meaning of ohana. Technically I knew what the word meant but going beyond that it's where people can feel it and that can be attributed to what Pastor John has done there. He encourages everybody to accept everybody," said long time church member, George Winchell.
It's an ohana that is spread far and wide. "There were people who met there who came to visit every year. Friendships were developed with people all over the world. That place is very rich in those kinds of relationships," said Hoover. "One Christmas Eve we asked people to sing one verse of Silent Night in their native language and we counted 17 languages," he added.
Much of those warm connections are due to Pastor John's special abilities. "He knows how to read people and he can treat people differently based on what they need. He knew how to reach out. He's been retired for a year and the church still gets letters asking for his contact information. Notes that say how much a particular sermon meant to them and they want to touch base again," said Winchell.
He will be very much missed, but as he said, "I'm of age" and it's time for him to retire. "It was an awesome experience to be able to be in Puako and be in that little church that has so much history and be a part of that continuing history. I'm really honored to have had that opportunity," said Hoover.


The CA5350 programmable current amplifier is a variable gain type, current-input, voltage-output amplifier. Gain can be set from 104 V/A to a maximum of 1011 V/A. In addition, the included current suppression function enables the canceling of the dark current that cannot be avoided with photoelectric conversion elements such as photo-diodes. BNC connectors are used for input and output, so special cables or an external power supply are not required. The various settings, including gain, are easy to perform using the dial and keys on the front panel, and the set values are displayed on the screen. Since the GPIB and USB interfaces make remote control also possible, gain and other settings can be performed from a personal computer, making it easy to configure an automatic measurement system. With its performance, functions and operational ability, this programmable current amplifier supports the current amplification of signals from a variety of current output sensors.
The CA5350 realizes unprecedented high gain and broad bandwidth support from DC to 14 kHz at 1010 V/A, and from DC to 70 kHz at 109 V/A. In addition, it also supports high-speed signals from DC to 500 kHz at 106 V/A or less.
The fast response of 0.7 µs at 106 V/A gain enables support for fast pulse response signal processing in optical systems. Our unique circuit design technology enables stable operations even with the capacitance of the connecting cables and sensors, eliminating any concerns about oscillation. In addition, overshoot and ringing do not occur even for pulse responses. By achieving both fast response and broad bandwidth, as well as stable operation even with additional capacitance on the input side, the CA5350 supports a variety of sensor types.
For photodiodes and photo transistors, in the absence of incident light, a weak current called a dark current will flow. In a current amplifier with high gain, a small DC current input becomes a large voltage when output, and the amplifier is saturated and measurement becomes impossible. The built-in suppression current source is adjustable to cancel the input of such dark current. The current suppression setting can be selected in six ranges from ±8 nA to ±800 µA. In addition, the auto-suppression function can be used to automatically set the range and current value required to suppress the dark current.
Built-in filters and DC power supply The CA5350 achieves an ultra-low noise with an input-referred noise of 2.5 fA/vHz (at 1010 V/A, 55 Hz). In addition, in order to remove noise components and to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SN ratio), the built-in filter can be set to a response speed in the range of 1 µs to 300 ms to optimize the SN ratio and response speed depending on the application. And furthermore, in our pursuit of the low noise operation that is essential to the amplification of a weak current, we have adopted a low noise DC power supply in the power supply section using our own unique technology.
Interfaces, input and output terminals The standard-equipped USB and GPIB interfaces support remote control and integration of the CA5350 into an automatic measurement system. Since input and output terminals are provided on both the front and rear panels, you can choose the terminals depending on how you are connecting to sensors or other equipment. In addition, the half-rack size makes the integration of multiple units easy.


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7.2 The property-law consequences for an item intended for export shall be governed by the laws of the country of destination of the item concerned, if the retention of title based on the laws of the country of destination does not lose its force until the full price has been paid, unless otherwise decided by the Vendor.
7.3 The goods delivered by the Vendor that pursuant to paragraph 1 fall within the scope of the retention of title are allowed to be sold on only within the frame of normal business operations. It should be noted that the Purchaser is not authorised to pledge the goods or to create any other right to it.
7.4 Should the situation arise, the Vendor retains the right of pledge on the delivered goods that on account of payment have passed into the Purchaser's ownership and are still in the Purchaser's hands as referred to in Book 3 Article 237 of the [Dutch] Civil Code [art. 3:237 BW] as an additional security for the claims other than those mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article that the Vendor may have against the Purchaser for whatever reason. The authority referred to in this Article also applies in respect of goods supplied by the Vendor that have been treated or processed as a result of which the Vendor has lost his right of retention.
7.5 If the Purchaser fails to fulfil the obligations or there is reasonable fear that the Purchaser will not do so, the Vendor is entitled to take away or arrange to take away the delivered goods in which the Purchaser or third parties, who keep the goods on behalf of the Purchaser, has retained title referred to in paragraph 1. The Purchaser is obliged to provide all cooperation under penalty of a fine of 10% of the amount payable by the Purchaser.
7.6 If third parties wish to establish or assert a right to the goods delivered under retention, the Purchaser is obliged to inform the Vendor as soon as reasonably may be expected.
7.7 The Purchaser undertakes on the Vendor's first demand
- to insure and keep insured the goods delivered under retention of title against fire, explosion and water damage and against theft, and to give access to his insurance policy;
- to pledge all of the Purchaser's claims against insurers pertaining to the goods delivered under retention of title to the Vendor in the manner stipulated in Book 3 Article 239 of the [Dutch] Civil Code [art. 3:239 BW];
- to pledge to the Vendor the claims that the Purchaser receives with respect to the Purchaser's customers when the goods delivered by the Vendor under retention of title are sold on in the manner stipulated in Book 3 Article 239 of the [Dutch] Civil Code [art. 3:239 BW];
- to mark the goods delivered under retention of title as the Vendor's property;
- to cooperate in other ways in all reasonable measures that the Vendor wants to take for the protection of its ownership rights in relation to the goods and which do not unreasonably interfere with the normal course of its business.
Article 8 Defects
8.1 The Purchaser must examine the purchased goods or have the purchased goods examined on delivery or as soon as possible after delivery. In doing so, the Purchaser must examine whether the delivered goods conform to the agreement, namely:
- whether the correct goods are delivered;
- whether the delivered goods conform the Agreement in terms of quantity (such as the number and the amount);
- whether the delivered goods meet the agreed quality requirements or, if they are absent, the requirements that may be expected for normal use and/or business purposes.
8.2 In case visible defects or shortcomings are detected, the Purchaser must inform the Vendor in writing within 14 days after delivery.
8.3 Non-visible defects must be notified by the Purchaser to the Vendor in writing within 8 days after detection, but no later than 8 days after delivery.
8.4 If objections are not submitted in time, the delivery is considered approved.
8.5 Even if the Purchaser submits its claim in time, its obligation to pay and purchase the goods to be delivered remains. The goods can only be returned after the Vendor's prior written consent. Once the Purchaser has received the permission from the Vendor, the Purchaser must return the rejected goods at its own expense. The copy of the invoice, the packing slip and the complaint form must be enclosed with the rejected goods.
Article 9 Collection charges
9.1 If the Purchaser has not met one of its obligations, or has not met them in time, the agreed price and costs and all costs incurred to obtain an out-of-court settlement will be borne by the Purchaser, including the costs of drawing up and sending the reminders, making a settlement offer and obtaining information. In case of shortcoming, the Purchaser must pay in any case:
- 5% on the first Euro 3,000;
- 10% on the excess up to Euro 6, 000;
- 8% on the excess up to Euro 15,000;
- 3% on the excess.
If the Vendor demonstrates that higher costs have been incurred, they will also qualify for reimbursement.
9.2 In all instances, the Purchaser shall pay the legal costs incurred by the Vendor, except in so far as the Purchaser demonstrates that they are unreasonably high. This only applies if the Vendor and the Purchaser conduct legal proceedings regarding an agreement to which these General Terms and Conditions apply and a judgement of the court has become final and conclusive whereby the ruling was fully or mainly against the Purchaser.
Article 10 Liability
10.1 The warranty described in Article 6 (Warranty) of these Terms and Conditions applies to defects in the delivered goods.
10.2 All the Vendor's liability other than the liability in paragraph 1 is limited to the amount of the payment made by the insurer, unless the damage is due to the Vendor's or its management's deliberate intent or wilful recklessness.
10.3 If the insurer in appropriate cases does not pay or if insurance does not cover the damage , the Vendor's liability is limited to 5 times the value of the invoice plus VAT [BTW] with a maximum of € 2,500.
10.4 The Vendor is never liable for consequential losses and/or lost profits by whatever name.
Article 11 Intellectual property rights and copyrights
11.1 In so far as the Vendor uses samples that are developed by the Vendor, the Vendor retains the intellectual property rights and copyrights. Without the Vendor's written permission, the use by third parties is prohibited.
Article 12 Client data
12.1 The Vendor is entitled to store and process all relevant client data within the frame of current legal requirements.
Article 13 Settling disputes
13.1 The District Court in Tilburg has exclusive jurisdiction to hear all disputes that may arise between the Vendor and the Purchaser. However, the Vendor remains entitled to serve a summons on the Purchaser to appear in a court that has territorial jurisdiction in the Purchaser's domicile.
Article 14 Applicable law
14.1 The laws of the Netherlands shall apply to all legal relationships between the Vendor and the Purchaser.
Article 15 Amendments to the Terms and Conditions
15.1 The Vendor is entitled to amend these Terms and conditions. These amendments will become effective at the designated time of coming into effect.
15.2 The Vendor shall send the amended Terms and Conditions to the Purchaser in time. If no date of coming into force has been communicated, the amendments intended for the Purchaser will come into force as soon as the Purchaser is informed of the amendment.


Are You Going to Jail?
I have been incredibly blessed over the past few years by the opportunity to minister to female inmates. When God called me into a ministry behind locked doors I admit I was a bit afraid. I had no idea what to expect or how these ladies would react to me. I never could have anticipated the blessings that would come into my life because of these ladies and this ministry.
For a while now God has been speaking to my heart about expanding the ministry. Of course when the Holy Spirit begins to put something in your heart, the enemy comes along with a dozen reasons why it's not a good idea. I have to admit he had some very compelling arguments.
I have seen God do too many miracles, and touch too many lives to walk away from a calling so sacred. I have come to love these ladies I minister to. Seeing the hopelessness in their eyes, shrouded by a tough exterior designed only to hide the pain and desperation inside them haunts me. I think about how God rescued me, and I know He can and is willing to do the same for them.
Many of those ladies have a major calling on their lives, and the enemy has tried everything he can to destroy them. How will they know what God has in store for them if no one is willing to go into the desolate places to reach them? Some of them will walk out of those doors and go right back to the pit they came out of. They may come back to jail and end up in the church services all over again. Some of them will walk out those doors and in to eternity because of a relapse.
Others will come out and walk in freedom through the blood of Jesus Christ. Others may be led into ministry and become teachers or evangelists. Some will become jail ministers themselves and share how God rescued them from the prison of sin. There is no limiting the power of God, and the wonderful thing about God is He always uses the most unlikely people to do the most extraordinary things!
So, as I continued to contemplate what to do concerning the jail ministry, God began to give me a vision of a group of ladies who will go out into many different jails. Guided by the Holy Spirit, I will begin to train and encourage ladies to speak to these inmates and to believe God for miracles. God showed me His vision for "Story of Grace Jail Ministry," a while back and just recently He has been confirming over and over again the plan He has for this outreach.
Ladies, this is where you come in. I am looking for saved, Spirit-filled women who have a desire to minister. I need ladies who have compassionate and patient hearts. Ladies who are bold enough to speak the Truth but who do so in a loving manner are a necessity! I am looking for ladies who believe in miracles!
As I have continued to pray about this, God has begun to send ladies to me. Some have just approached me and asked how to get involved in jail ministry. Others have approached me and asked for training, and still others have expressed a desire to do something for God because they feel they have something to give. Other ladies have come to me because they feel unfulfilled in their current calling, and they desire to minister but do not know how to step out of the boat so to speak.
Maybe you fit one of these categories. Perhaps God is calling you to use your own story to reach someone lost and desperate. I won't say it is easy. It requires discipline. People will say negative things to you and tell you it's a waste of time. Others will constantly tell you that these ladies are not serious and they will never make it once they leave the jail. These naysayers have no idea what you will be seeing happen behind prisons doors! You will see miracles!
But, there will be many days when you feel discouraged, and you will wonder if you really are making a difference. There will be days when you just can't make it, or you need a break. This is why I feel this collaborative ministry is so important. We need encouragers, prayer warriors, and people who are willing to fill in the gap when we can't be there. There's nothing that I hate more than having my jail ladies sitting there wondering if I'm going to come that day, and not being able to be there for them. I need help, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. When I am traveling to minister, I simply cannot be in two places at one time.
It's a little scary to put your God-given vision out for the world to see, but I believe it is necessary to move forward at this time. I envision a team of ladies under the umbrella of "Story of Grace Jail Ministry." You will be going into various jails after you have received training, taken all necessary jail classes, and when you feel comfortable in doing so. I have three ladies who will be joining me after the first of the year. Will you be joining us?
You may be near or far. We can do live training classes online if necessary. There are ladies sitting in jails all over this nation who need Jesus. Will you be the hands and feet of Jesus? Pray and ask God what He would have you do. I'm believing God will go before us, and continue to give us favor. I believe prisons doors will open wide to welcome ladies who have a heart to minister to the lost and broken.
Seek God. Pray and search your heart. Please contact me to sign up for the informational class in January. It's not a commitment, just a class to gain more information. Blessings await you!


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One of the recurring themes in my how-to books is there are a lot of things in life that can be accomplished by everyone—no talent required—but most people can't do them because they take the attitude that since everyone can do it, no one need practice it.
That's wrong. And in many cases, the number of practice repetitions needed is minimal. For example, in football, if you give your kick returners practice giving the fair-catch signal, they will learn it in only about two or three repetitions. But if you give them NO practice reps, they will probably screw it up when the need arises in a game.
Baseball season is upon us and I wrote two books about how to coach that sport.
One of the chapters in those books is titled "Pitcher fielding" and one of the main fielding plays pitchers need to learn is the pitcher-cover-first play.
Once in a game where I was the manager of a minors team that my youngest son was on, there was a majors manager sitting in our dugout during the game. We ran a perfect pitcher-cover-first play in the game. I commented "We are the only team in this league that can run that play." The majors [a higher level of talent] manager added, "No one at the majors level can run it either" including his own team.
Most teams just hit infield to the three basemen and the shortstop. We also line up all the pitchers at the mound and all the first basemen at first and give each one rep of the play before each game.
The mechanics are these: Whenever a ground ball is hit to the pitcher's left, he must instantly execute the pitcher-cover-first play. The first baseman may call him off and just step on the bag himself, but initially the pitcher must assume he will be getting a throw from the first baseman. He does NOT have time to look back and assess whether he will be needed. He must instinctively run to first on all ground balls hit to his left.
Also, he must run to a spot about two-thirds of the way to first on the first base line, then run parallel to the line toward first. He must NOT run direct from the mound toward first base. I would put a cone or hat or glove on the ground at the 2/3 spot and make the pitcher run around it before heading toward first.
Finally come the eyes. There is an old, important saying in baseball: "first the ball, then the play." In this case, the pitcher must first watch the ball come into his glove, then and only then may he look for the base to step on it. Running parallel to the baseline makes it easier to be on target to step on the base. It also prevents a collision with the runner if both tried to run across the base. Of course, the first baseman must throw the ball to the pitcher early so he has time to find the base with his eyes after the catch.
Coaches and fathers of pitchers and first basemen, this simple addition to your practices and pre-game warm-ups will make you look like a genius and make your players look and feel like pros. True, the pitcher-cover-first situation only happens about two or three times a season.
But let me tell you what will happen on those two or three times if you do NOT practice this. You first baseman will go field the ground ball. Your pitcher will stay at the mound spectating. And the batter will cruise through an unoccupied first base with an infield hit that should be scored E1, or more fairly: E manager.
After the play ends, the manager publicly chews the players out in front of all the other players and parents. "Why didn't you go to first base?" the adult manager asks the pitcher loudly, thereby trying to absolve himself of responsibility for the embarrassing screw-up—by throwing the kid under the bus.
I have the answer to why the pitcher did not go to first base. Because the guy asking it did not read my book and follow what it said. And that's only one part of one chapter.
That chapter says almost everything you do in life is in part made up of learning mechanical tricks that everyone can learn IF THEY MAKE THE RELATIVELY SMALL EFFORT REQUIRED. There is a saying in coaching that "You don't need talent to hustle." Learning the mechanical tricks is one crucial form of hustle. And the people who come out of top in life are the ones who combine talent and hustle, not just the ones with talent.


Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the death of Mr Abayomi Ayeola, a member of the House of Representatives, as sad and shocking.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aiyeola (APC-Ibeju Lekki Federal Constituency) died on Sunday at a private hospital in Lagos, after a brief illness.
The two-term lawmaker had clinched the APC ticket at the party's last primary to seek a third term in the federal lower chamber come 2019.
He was the leader of the Lagos caucus at the Federal House of Representatives until his death.
Confirming the lawmaker's demise to NAN, Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Abiodun Salami, said the party was pained at the passage of Aiyeola.
He described the deceased as a committed and loyal party man who did his best to impact on his constituency.
"This is a great loss.
"In fact, we have lost a rare gem. He was a loyal and committed member who never did anything outside of the wishes of his people and the party.
"The confidence in him by people of his constituency earned him a ticket to represent them again in 2019 and that he was leader of the Lagos caucus showed the trust the party and colleagues had in him.
"We will sorely miss the departure of this perfect gentleman and a legislator par excellence," he said.
Salami said the party shared in the grief of his family and members of his constituency at this difficult time.
He prayed for the peaceful repose of his soul while asking God to grant those he left behind the fortitude to bear the loss.