The price of the consumable filter media represents a significant portion of the cost of a Pure Paani filter device. This includes the price of pre-filters, fine-pore membrane cartridges/media and any activated charcoal.
The second Pure Paani model is designed to reduce this cost with a system of nesting chambers that are easily removed for media service and replacement. It has an interior perforated pipe wrapped in a sack of activated carbon. This pipe is encapsulated in another perforated pipe wrapped in fine-pore filter cloth. The inlet to this chamber is fed thorough a course, non-leaching foam that removes sediment.
When the media is due for replacement, microentrepreneurs and other device users would have their units serviced at nearby station. Thus, while this model could offer significantly reduced operational costs, it would pose an inconvenience to the operator who would be obliged to return to a specific location on a routine basis.


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The complete first series of BBC Radio 4's 'The Correspondent', four bittersweet comic monologues starring writer and comedian Tom Allen. In this series, Tom starts a new job at Brooks Furniture, 'A world of furniture that makes a world of difference', where his letter writing gets him into trouble; and deals with Auntie Leslie's funeral, learning a painful lesson when he hits 'Reply All'... This comedy series was originally broadcast on Radio 4 from 26 March - 16th April 2007.
The Acts of the Apostles: Michael Williams reads the fifth book of the New Testament, in which Luke describes how early Christianity spread throughout the world. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Sue Reid.
In 1958 Phil and Jill's first children were born - the couple were blessed with twins, daughter Shula and son Kenton.
Vintage Archers part one of two? So short!
By 1967 Phil and Jill were the proud parents of the perfectly balanced family: Two girls and two boys. David and Elizabeth completed the family, but there were concerns about little Elizabeth's heart.
8 soundtrack episodes from the popular TV series, narrated by James Corden. Join Little Charley Bear in these fun-filled adventures!
The Gospel of Mark: Juliet Stevenson reads St Mark's account of the life and teachings of Jesus. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Michael Jones.
Paul's Letters to The Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Thessalonians and The Epistles of Timothy: Timothy West reads 'Paul's Letters to The Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Thessalonians', and Denis Quilley reads his two 'Letters to Timothy'. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Anthony Kearey.
The Gospel of Matthew: Derek Jacobi reads St Matthew's account of the life and teachings of Jesus. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Catherine Czerkawska.
The complete second series of BBC Radio 4's The Correspondent, four bittersweet comic monologues starring writer and comedian Tom Allen. In this series, Tom distracts himself from a looming job appraisal, and his domestic situation, with the discovery of a new mystery friend in the workplace; gets a new laptop and searches for a new boyfriend online; takes on the task of informing his late Aunt's pen friends of her death; and decides on an unplanned trip to France.
Paul's Letter to the Romans: Roger McGough reads the first of the 'Letters of Paul', in which he explains how salvation is offered through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Delia Paton.
The Revelation of John: John Gielgud reads from the 'Book of Revelation', the final book in the New Testament in which St John the Divine reveals his vision of the Apocalypse. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by William Roberts.
Paul's Letters to The Corinthians 1 and 2: Peter Jeffrey reads the second and third of Paul's Letters, in which he writes to the Christian community in Corinth, Greece. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury.
A woodcutter and his wife are desperate for a child - even one as small as his father's thumb. So Merlin and the Faerie Queen grant their wish, and Tom Thumb is born! A magical retelling of the classic tale, read by Stephen Mangan.


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Peggy Whitson is adding more time to an already record-breaking mission after signing an agreement to stay on the International Space Station for an additional three months.
Instead of coming back to Earth with her Expedition 51 crew mates, Oleg Novitsky from Roscosmos and Thomas Pesquet from the European Space Agency, Whitson will remain on the ISS and join NASA's Jack Fischer and Roscosmos' Fydor Yurchikhim for Expedition 52.
Whitson first launched to the ISS with Expedition 5 for six months in 2002. She returned for another six months for Expedition 16 in 2008, then for the third time when she launched in November 2016 on Expedition 50/51. On April 24, 2017 she will officially break Jeff Williams' record of 534 cumulative days in space.
Whitson already holds the record for most spacewalks by a female as well as being the first woman to command the space station twice.


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Frank Romeo is a lifelong resident of Bay Shore New York and still very active in community affairs. While enjoying his teenage years at Bay Shore High School he was active in student government and athletics and was once scouted by a Major League Baseball team. Frank graduated in 1967 at the height of the ground fighting during the Vietnam War. With the likelihood of being drafted Frank joined the military after graduation to fight for their country.
Due to his physical gifts Frank was assigned to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade a small elite air mobile unit designed for search and destroy covert missions. This specialty unit existed for only four years and was the prototype of today's most elite fighting forces. Living and fighting in heavy jungle Frank lived and worked in enemy held territory while performing daily missions to locate and destroy enemy base camps and munitions caches. While on a covert mission into Cambodia he was separated from his unit and engaged the enemy alone. Frank held off an enemy attack but was critically wounded and sustained several gunshot wounds. Left for dead by the enemy he woke up a month later in Japan and began the arduous task of healing. Upon returning home he spent the next year in recovery and began showing signs of what would later be known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.
Living with the devastating effects of PTSD Frank battled his condition for the next two decades finding it impossible to get his life on track. During a crisis Frank had an epiphany and discovered art as a means of dealing with his trauma and began to paint incessantly about trauma and about the war. As a condition of PTSD his stories were too painful to share so he hid his artwork away never to see the light of day. In the 1980's his art was discovered and took on a life of its own while the news media dubbed Frank the first "Closet Artist" of Vietnam. He began to search out other veterans with the same condition that also used art as a means of healing. He found the subject matter to always be the same, trauma and the war experience. Frank began collecting art created by other veterans as a cathartic release of their experiences and put together an impressive collection.
It was then that he realized what he had done! Not only was he documenting American history through art but he was documenting the emotional history of our country. He was documenting the story of PTSD from its inception to its use today. This was the beginning of a new life for Frank, a life of awareness and teaching. Frank felt the need to share his new discovery and began to show his collection of trauma art and talk about PTSD, its diagnosis, and it's treatment. Frank travelled the country with his art collection talking to anyone that would listen. Many times he slept in his van alongside the artwork due to lack of funds just to get his message out. Frank's artwork hangs in the "National Veterans Art Museum" as part of a permanent collection to enhance the PTSD learning experience.
Frank used his artwork to developed "THE ART OF WAR" educational programs for students as a living history experience combining hands-on art exhibits coupled with PTSD and trauma-focused workshops followed by lectures. For the next thirty years, "THE ART OF WAR" travelled throughout the country and touched tens of thousands of lives in a spirit of education and healing. Frank believes that education before the fact will lessen the burden of social issues we face afterwards.
Frank felt if he was going to educate about the realities of war and the devastating effects of PTSD he needed to travel back to the birthplace of his trauma. To heighten the learning experience Frank travelled back to Southeast Asia in his senior years. Once again he lived in the jungles, the rice paddies, and in grass huts comparing his experiences then and the present. He met the former enemy and studied PTSD from their perspective and wrote an online daily blog while students in America followed him as a lesson plan. Frank made history as he held lesson plans from former battle zones via Skype from the jungles of Southeast Asia right into the classrooms of America in real time. Several of these learning sessions were aired by a New York City based cable company for public education.
His innovative learning programs continue to inspire and give hope to many with his program Walk With Frank. In 2019 at age 70, to shed light on veteran issues and enhance the learning experience, Frank walked 750 miles across New York State while living in veterans homeless shelters and eating in soup kitchens. To connect the dots between mental health and homelessness veteran community, he documented the lives of homeless veterans suffering with PTSD. Once again he wrote a daily Blog for students and the general public to follow while always allowing for their questions. His findings are put together in an educational documentary film in hopes to better understand PTSD and how to better serve those who suffer.
Making history once again Frank, in conjunction with Bay Shore School District, created a first of its kind curriculum in America. "The Experience of the American Soldier" is based on Frank's teachings and philosophies and was piloted by Bay Shore School District to all 11th grade Social Studies, American History, and Government classes in 2018. Incorporating today's veterans into the program students will not only study the war, a battle, or policy but they will study the soldier and the veteran throughout history. Frank believes this will instill a sense of sacrifice and country in students and will impact all future veterans. In the Fall of 2020 his curriculum "The Experience of the American Soldier" will be made available to school districts throughout the state as a two year pilot project.
As a viable source for PTSD education he incorporates his fifty years of trauma based knowledge along with his thirty years of education programs into his work. The Veterans Administration has had Frank lecture to their employees on several occasions about the sensitivity of PTSD in today's veterans. These departments will determine their future. Frank has addressed the BVA (Benefits Veterans Administration Department) in the Buffalo Regional Office as well as the New York City Regional Office. Frank has received numerous accolades for his work. In 2019 he received the New York State Senate Liberty Award, the highest civilian award in New York State, for his 30 years of PTSD education programs. In 2020 Frank was recognized by the New York State Senate as "Veteran Of The Year". Other recognitions include the United States Congress, the Australian government, and New York City's Mayor's Office as well as state and local governments. Frank continues to lead the way in reality based education programs that touch social issues, veterans, and the hearts and minds of the American people.
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As the tiny house movement seems to be gaining quite a bit of ground in the United States, north of the border in Canada, things seem to be picking up as well. Besides its first tiny house festival a couple of years back, we're now seeing a number of high-quality tiny houses come out of Canada.
The 28-foot long house was commissioned by a client living in California, but has been winter-proofed as a four-season type of home, as the client may someday move to the northeast US, or potentially sell it to someone living in a colder climate. Most notably, it is built with a large 2-kilowatt roof solar system to go completely off-the-grid, but contains all the amenities: dishwasher, washer, refrigerator and so on.
Coming in, the space hosts the living room right in the middle of the home. Since the clients have a dog, the main door has a SureFlap pet door that uses an electronic collar worn by the pet to unlock it.
To the right is the kitchen, and a stairway going up to the main sleeping space. The stairs are beautifully done, with the storage drawers well-integrated enough so that they are not too apparent. The propane heater is also hidden within the stair itself. Safety is kept in mind with a custom-made industrial pipe railing on the outside of the stair.
The U-shaped kitchen offers a lot of counter space; there's an 18-inch dishwasher as well as a full-sized stove and medium-sized refrigerator.
The modern-industrial theme is kept in the bedroom upstairs, from the railing to the shelving.
The bathroom is pretty big thanks to the layout: there's a stainless-steel shower, a composting toilet, and a combination washer-dryer.
Above the bathroom is the secondary loft, which can be used for guests or for storage, and is accessed with a ladder that can be put away when not in use.
According to the company, the house cost about USD $90,000 to $100,000 to build -- which is definitely on the expensive end of the scale, but costs add up when you use quality materials, high-end appliances and size in a big solar system. In any case, it's a beautifully executed design, and we'll be watching for more from Minimaliste.
Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.


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New courses allow EBRD partner banks access to internationally recognised qualifications
The TFP is proud to launch two training courses offering internationally recognised qualifications in financial crime compliance. Up to 120 TFP partner banks will have the chance to train their staff to the standard of leading international banks. The training is jointly funded by the EBRD and International Compliance Association (ICA).
Why is this training being introduced?
A survey carried out by the Banking Commission of the International Chambers of Commerce in 2015 identified a number of difficulties posed by various legal and regulatory requirements. These multiplied both the cost and complexity of compliance and created barriers to trade finance.
For example, 70 per cent of the participating banks said that they had rejected trade finance transactions due to the regulations on know your customer (KYC) and trade-based money laundering, with 46 per cent of respondents experiencing termination of correspondent relationships due to related costs and complexities.
In addition, 91 per cent of respondents expected compliance requirements to increase over the next year. And 53 per cent considered the lack of compliance harmonisation between jurisdictions a great challenge to the trade finance industry.
To address these challenges, two institutions – the ICA and EBRD – are for the first time jointly funding scholarships for two training courses that will be offered to the EBRD's partner banks: the ICA Certificate in Know Your Customer (KYC)/Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and the ICA Specialist Certificate in Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML).
The courses will also be offered to the central banks in selected economies where the EBRD invests.
This new collaboration between the two institutions has made it possible for EBRD partner banks to access the training undertaken by leaders in trade finance, minimise costs of compliance and, therefore, stimulate trade finance transactions in the EBRD's regions.
"We are very excited to offer our partner banks this unique opportunity to train their trade finance staff in compliance to the standards of leading international banks," explained Kamola Makhmudova, EBRD.
"These qualifications will be another step closer to removing trade barriers and facilitating trade between the countries where we operate, helping them establish correspondent connections with wider networks around the world."
Echoing these comments, Bill Howarth, ICA President, said: "We are excited to be working with another like-minded entity that aligns with our vision for the professionalisation of compliance. Enhancing the knowledge and skills of regulatory and financial crime compliance professionals in developing economies is an ongoing priority for us. We look forward to working with the EBRD to empower these professionals to perform to the highest standards and to be able to fight financial crime more effectively."
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46% of respondents experience termination of correspondent relationships due to related cost.
A modest initiative: strengthening anti-financial crime control
With correspondent banking relationships taking a hit in recent years, many small banks have struggled to meet international compliance standards. With this in mind, the EBRD and ACAMS teamed up to provide free anti-money laundering training to bolster trade finance and cross-border payment services
EBRD joins The KYC Registry
To encourage global and local financial flows and ensure their transparency, the EBRD has signed up to SWIFT's Know Your Customer Registry
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More than 100 banking professionals from local and international commercial banks took part in the first factoring conference in Uzbekistan
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Expert Roland Guennou explains why it's important for banks to use the new Wolfsberg Questionnaire as a basis for due diligence
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Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority, the economic zone covering the Dubai International Airport and surrounding areas, is developing the world's first commercial digital platform for free zones that will allow companies from all over the world to connect and trade through Dubai.
Dafza will develop the world's first digital commercial platform for free zones. The project will allow companies from all over the world to connect and trade through Dubai. Dafza announced on Sunday the development of a business-to-business platform called Dubai Blink that will use artificial intelligence, blockchain technology and virtual business licenses.
The Business-to-Business platform called Dubai Blink will use artificial intelligence, blockchain technology and virtual business licenses, which will transform the mechanics of the global supply chain, Dafza said in a statement issued on Sunday by the official news agency of the United Arab Emirates. United, Wam.
The initiative will allow both global companies and small and medium-sized companies to establish digital businesses in free zones in Dubai without the need to maintain a physical presence there. Dubai is following its futuristic 10X agenda, an initiative designed to put the Emirate 10 years ahead of time by adopting disruptive innovations. The broader strategy aims to reduce bureaucracy and could save millions of man hours through the use of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies in smart government operations.
Blink is part of the Government's digitization plans. Dafza is working closely with the stakeholders and has formed a team to share their experience. Dafza, which houses companies such as Boeing and Airbus, GE Aviation, Rolls-Royce and Panasonic, among others, is working to boost FDI flows through the development of virtual platforms. The work that is being done between free zones and government agencies will help to create a new intelligent trade model in the international industry and an attractive future for foreign investment within the free zones of Dubai.
Dafza accounted for 18% of the total trade in the Dubai Free Zones in 2016. It is at the forefront of efforts to increase FDI as part of broader measures to boost the contribution of the non-oil sector to the economy of the United Arab Emirates to 80% by 2021, from the current 70%, after the slow economic growth due to low oil prices. The United Arab Emirates registered 10.3 billion dollars of FDI inflows in 2017, 6.7% more than the 9,600 million dollars in 2016, according to the Federal Statistics and Competitiveness Authority.
With Blink, Dafza aims to accelerate trade in free zones by providing solutions for companies to search for services and products, negotiate and make purchases online through a unified platform using blockchain smart contracts and machine learning. It will also solve the problem of the long processes of identification and validation of suppliers.
Blink will radically reduce cross-border transaction costs and time. It will give global companies the opportunity to obtain a virtual business license, which will be known as a cloud commerce license, which will allow them to explore business opportunities and test and test the regional market and explore the opportunities offered in Dubai.
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Open letter calls for publishing boycott of Trump administration memoirs
By Alison Flood
Five-hundred American authors and literary professionals have signed a letter calling on US publishers not to sign book deals with members of the Trump administration, saying "those who enabled, promulgated, and covered up crimes against the American people should not be enriched through the coffers of publishing".
Lyga's letter comes in the same week that rightwing Missouri senator Josh Hawley was forced to find a new publisher for his book The Tyranny of Big Tech, after it was dropped by Simon & Schuster over his backing of baseless claims that the election was stolen.
'A force to be reckoned with'– fantasy world pays tribute to Storm Constantine
By David Barnett
Although garnering a huge fanbase in the 1980s and 90s, Constantine became disillusioned with the publishing industry and in 2003 created the independent imprint Immanion Press.
S torm Constantine, the fantasy author and book publisher who has died at the age of 64, was a prolific novelist and short-story writer.
Closure of an iconic Paris bookshop alarms French bibliophiles
By Julia Webster Ayuso
Gibert Jeune, a popular chain, has announced it will be closing its flagship shop in the Latin Quarter in March – the latest in a series of closures and appeals for help that threaten the future of the city's booksellers.
Gibert Jeune once attracted long queues of students in search of cheap secondhand books before the start of each academic year; most students who have studied in Paris will have paid a visit to the six-floor shop at some point to find a book for their course.
'People in their 80s and 90s are bloody brilliant!' Kate Mosse on writing – and being a carer
By Emine Saner
Mosse's move into historical fiction changed her life with the success of Labyrinth – a Holy Grail adventure story – in 2005, and the following two books in her Languedoc trilogy, so this return to the genre has felt exciting, she says.
I t was 10 years ago that Kate Mosse got the idea for her latest series of historical novels – and immediately tried to talk herself out of it.
Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh review – a survivor's story
By Sean O'Hagan
Known to locals through oral stories passed down the generations, they are vestiges of an older, stranger Ireland, their resonance still palpable, Kerri ní Dochartaigh suggests, to those attuned to their otherness.
When she began writing Thin Places, the invisibility of the border between the two counties of Donegal and Derry was threatened by the looming possibility of a hard Brexit.


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This hard-to-find ranch offers rich, hardwood floors throughout the foyer, kitchen, dinette and continues into the dining room and living room. The living room is enhanced by a stunning tray ceiling and inviting fireplace. The expanded kitchen has beautiful white cabinetry, granite countertops and conveniently opens to the dining room for everyday meals or family gatherings. The master bedroom suite provides a nice getaway with a private bath with oversized shower and large walk-in closet to keep everything in place. You'll want to hurry, as this one won't last long at $319,900.
This Discovery IX open floor plan is great for entertaining. Under construction offering the opportunity to personalize this home with an anticipated end of summer closing. Featuring a large kitchen with Granite counter tops and oversized island, hardwood flooring, recessed lights, spacious family room with maintenance free fireplace, ample natural light throughout, large master bedroom with private bath and walk in closet, second floor laundry, Pella windows, upgraded cabinetry, 8 foot basement, high efficiency furnace, great curb appeal, 2 story foyer and priced perfectly at $369,900.


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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe has expressed concern over the attack on office of 263 Chat, Harare based local media organization.
PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter, has condemned the attack on the reporter and office of 263 Chat and urged the authorities to immediately investigate the matter and hold the officers responsible for attacking media.
According to Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), Lovejoy Mutongwiza, reporter of 263 Chat was covering a joint operation of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Harare municipal police to arrest the vendors operating in a locality of the 263 Chat offices.
While covering the operation, a uniformed officer asked Mutongwiza to stop taking photos of the operation. As the reporter was obeying with this order, a mob of plain clothed officers started running towards him, the reporter fled for the safety of his life and his equipment.
A number of uniformed police officers and around ten plain clothed municipal officers followed Mutongwiza all the way to his office. While entering the premises of 263 Chat, one of the officers fired a teargas canister directly at the reporter attacking him with the shell on the abdomen.
The officers than thrown two other teargas into the offices and some of the officers blocked the doors preventing the staff from escaping the offices.
The police officers also seized cellphone of one of the staff of organization, because he was recording the attack through his cellphone. Mutongwiza reported the incident at the Harare Central Police station.


Tribal communities have criticised the Centre's new committee an attempt to make political gains by including communities which are not "historically" NT, DNT and SNT.
Ahmedabad: The leaders of the Nomadic Tribes, De-notified Tribes and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (NT/ DNT/SNT) are up in the arms against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's newly set up committee to identify and then include new communities within SC, ST or OBC reservation categories.
Tribal leaders feel that this politically motivated move is nothing but a conspiracy to deprive them of their rights.
During the interim budget, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal had announced that the Centre will form a panel under the NITI Aayog to identify Nomadic, Semi-Nomadic and De-notified communities, who were previously left out of the reservation pie and all welfare scheme meant for backward communities.
As per the report prepared by the National Commission on DNT, NT, SNT headed by Bhiku Ramji Idate, over 260 extremely marginalised communities have never been identified or included in any of the reserved categories. The report has been pending implementation with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment since January 2018.
Speaking to News18, Dakxin Chhara, Convenor of the National Alliance Group of Nomadic Tribes and De-Notified Tribes (NAG-DNT) objected the Centre's recent new committee calling it an attempt to make political gains by including communities which are not "historically" NT, DNT and SNT.
"After India got Independence, the government had then identified 200 such tribes. There may be few tribes left out which may need to be included into scheduled category but it can't be 260 communities claimed by Idata Commission," Chhara said.
The Chhara led-forum was founded by Magsaysay, Gyanpith award winner and writer-activist Late Mahasweta Devi in 1998 with 125 NT and DNT communities from 16 states.
He said via this move to include more, many communities, who are at present in general category and historically or traditionally do not belong to NTs, DNTs or SNTs, are being made to fit the definition.
"But, this is unacceptable to us," Chhara declared.
Leaders from NAG-DNT communities have said that they are going to meet Bhiku Ramji Idate in the first week of April to lodge their protests against the government's move.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha Polls, they also forewarn nationwide protests if the demands they place before the commission are not met with.
"Our first demand is to give NTs-DNTs and SNTs 10 percent sub-quota within OBC wherever they are included in OBC category," Chhara said, reasoning a historical policy paralysis because of which some tribes were included in different categories of reservation in different states.
"There is an urgent need to make a uniform approach to the development of these tribes," he added.
According to NT, DNT leaders, due to the historical and systematic injustices committed against them, both during pre and post-Colonial India, these tribes have been socially distressed, economically broken and politically excluded.
"Even today the tag of criminality attached to DNTs and nomadic way of life of NTs leads to suspicion about them in the minds of the people. DNTs get stigmatized as criminals. Also, The Prevention of Atrocities Act, which is currently applicable to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, should be extended to NT-DNT and SNTs,'' Chhara demanded.
Leaders are also demanding a Permanent National Commission for the De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes. According to an estimate, there over five crore Nomadic, De-notified and Semi-Nomadic tribes in the country.


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September 24 is National Voter Registration Day
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RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia Department of Elections is pleased to participate in National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Volunteers and organizations from all over the Commonwealth will encourage all eligible Virginians to register to vote and increase awareness of voter registration opportunities.
On that day, the Department, in coordination with OnTheSquareVA, will host an "Everything Elections" NVRD event. The table will be set up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Capitol Square near the Bell Tower. At the table, the public can register to vote, update their voter address, request an absentee ballot, obtain voter photo ID information, or sign up to be an Officer of Elections.
Department employees will be on hand to answer any questions about elections and the voter registration process.
Every year, millions of Americans are unable to vote because they miss a registration deadline, do not update their registration information, or are not sure how to register. National Voter
Registration Day seeks to raise awareness of voter registration opportunities around the country.
"At the Virginia Department of Elections, we are committed to making the voter registration process as easy, convenient and transparent as possible," said Christopher Piper, Virginia Department of Elections Commissioner. "We are thankful for all those who help us fulfill that mission."
The deadline for registering to vote in the November 5, 2019 general election is Tuesday, October 15, 2019. All eligible Virginians can register to vote, update their voter address, or verify their registration status at vote.virginia.gov.
As of August 31, 2019, the Commonwealth of Virginia has 5,588,740 registered voters.You can find out more about National Voter Registration Day at NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org.
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Richmond Circuit Court upholds Executive Order Forty-Nine
RICHMOND—The Richmond Circuit Court today upheld Governor Ralph Northam's decision, outlined in Executive Order Forty-Nine, to temporarily ban firearms on Capitol grounds from 5:00 PM on Friday, January 17, 2020 until 5:00 PM on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. The Governor said that law enforcement intelligence analysts had identified credible threats of violence surrounding the event, along with white nationalist rhetoric and plans by out-of-state militia groups to attend.
Governor Northam issued the following statement:
This is the right decision. I took this action to protect Virginians from credible threats of violence. These threats are real—as evidenced by reports of neo-Nazis arrested this morning after discussing plans to head to Richmond with firearms.
I'm grateful to the Circuit Court for recognizing the seriousness of these threats, and for upholding this reasonable, legal action to protect all Virginians, including demonstrators and policymakers. I will continue to do everything in my power to keep Virginians safe.
Governor Northam declares State of Emergency in advance of Capitol Square demonstration
On January 15th, Governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency in advance of expected demonstrations on Capitol Square on Monday, January 20, 2020. According to the Governor, law enforcement intelligence analysts have identified credible threats of violence surrounding the event, along with white nationalist rhetoric and plans by out-of-state militia groups to attend.
The Governor's declaration prohibits all weapons, including firearms, from Capitol grounds, and will provide joint law enforcement and public safety agencies the resources they need to keep demonstrators, policymakers, and all Virginians safe.
This emergency declaration is temporary, and extends from Friday, January 17 at 5:00 PM until Tuesday, January 21 at 5:00 PM.
The full text of Executive Order Forty-Nine is available here.
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Attorney General Herring says he'll continue to fight to protect student borrowers
~ Herring joins coalition of attorneys general in commending Congressional effort to reject the U.S. Department of Education's 2019 Borrower Defense Rule that would hurt students ~
RICHMOND (January 14, 2020) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring has joined a coalition of states in supporting Congressional efforts to reject a final rule by the U.S. Department of Education that fails to protect students and taxpayers from the misconduct of unscrupulous schools. In a letter to Congress, Attorney General Herring and his colleagues commended efforts to reject the U.S. Department of Education's 2019 Borrower Defense Rule. Previously, Attorney General Herring won a victory in federal court after he challenged the U.S. Department of Education's plan to abruptly rescind the 2016 Borrower Defense Rule.
"Time and again the Trump Administration has shown that it favors protecting for-profit colleges over protecting student borrowers," said Attorney General Herring. "This new Borrower Defense Rule will hurt student borrowers and leave them without options to discharge their loans if they have been defrauded by one of these for-profit schools. I will continue to fight to make sure that for-profit colleges are held accountable and student borrowers are afforded the protections they deserve."
According to the letter, the final rule provides no realistic prospect for borrowers to discharge their loans when they have been defrauded by predatory for-profit schools, and it eliminates financial responsibility requirements for those same institutions.
"If this rule goes into effect, the result will be disastrous for students while providing a windfall to abusive schools," the letter states.
The U.S. Department of Education's new rule would rescind and replace its comprehensive 2016 Borrower Defense Rule, which involved a thorough rulemaking process addressing borrower defense and financial responsibility, in which the views of numerous schools, stakeholders, and public commenters were involved. The 2016 Borrower Defense Rule provided defrauded borrowers with a transparent process to seek debt relief and protected taxpayers by holding schools that engage in misconduct accountable.
According to the letter, the Department's new rule provides an unworkable process for defrauded students to obtain loan relief and will do nothing to deter and hold accountable schools that cheat their students. Instead of ensuring that borrowers are not bearing the costs of institutional misconduct, the Department's new rule empowers predatory for-profit schools and cuts off relief to victimized students.
In October 2018, Attorney General Herring announced that a federal judge rejected the Trump Administration's challenge to the Borrower Defense Rule, ordering its immediate implementation for students nationwide. This ruling followed a victory Attorney General Herring won in federal court after he and a coalition of state attorneys general challenged the U.S. Department of Education's plan to abruptly rescind its Borrower Defense Rule which was designed to hold abusive higher education institutions accountable for cheating students and taxpayers out of billions of dollars in federal loans. The immediate implementation of the Borrower Defense rule meant that the U.S. Department of Education had to automatically discharge $381 million in loans for students whose schools closed.
Attorney General Herring has taken major actions against for-profit colleges for misleading students. In November 2015, for-profit education company Education Management Corporation announced it would significantly reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and forgive more than $2.29 million in loans for approximately 2,000 former students in Virginia through an agreement with the Attorney General and a group of state attorneys general. Nationwide, the agreement required the for-profit college company to forgive $102.8 million in outstanding loan debt held by more than 80,000 former students.
In December 2016, the Attorney General announced that more than 5,000 Virginia students formerly enrolled in schools operated by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. may be eligible for loan forgiveness. This came after the U.S Department of Education found that Corinthian College and its subsidiaries published misleading job placement rates for many programs between 2010 and 2014. Following this announcement, Attorney General Herring urged Secretary DeVos and the Department of Education to follow through on their commitment to cancel student debt for students in Virginia and around the country who were victimized by Corinthian Colleges' practices.
Attorney General Herring announced in January of 2019 that he and 48 other attorneys general reached a settlement with for-profit education company Career Education Corporation. The terms of the settlement required CED to reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and forgo collecting about $493.7 million in debts owed by 179,529 students nationally. In Virginia, 3,094 students will receive relief totaling $8,022,178.
Joining Attorney General Herring in sending today's letter are the attorneys general of California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.
December 2019 General Fund revenue collections up 7.6% from previous year, fiscal-year-to-date collections up 8.3%
On January 13th, Governor Ralph Northam announced that total general fund revenues rose 7.6 percent in December, driven by solid growth in payroll withholding, sales and use taxes, and recordation tax collections. On a fiscal year-to-date basis, total revenue collections rose 8.3 percent through December, well ahead of the annual forecast of 1.9 percent growth.
"This continued strong revenue performance gives us confidence that we can achieve the forward-looking agenda I have laid out, while also putting money into our cash reserves," said Governor Northam. "As the General Assembly session gets underway in Richmond, we have a unique opportunity to invest in our shared future, grow and diversify our economic base, and continue building on our progress."
Collections of payroll withholding taxes rose 9.2 percent in December, with an additional deposit day compared with last year. Collections of sales and use taxes, reflecting November sales, rose 5.1 percent in December. November represents the beginning of the holiday shopping season and this year had fewer shopping days after Thanksgiving than last year.
"A clearer assessment of the season will be possible after receiving December sales tax payments due in January," said Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne. "January non-withholding payments will also give us a better indication of taxpayer behavior for calendar 2019 tax returns."
Collections of wills, suits, deeds, and contracts—mainly recordation tax collections—were $40.4 million in December, compared with $32.0 million in December of last year.
December is a significant month for corporate income tax collections as quarterly estimated payments are due for most corporations and refunds from extension returns are processed. With the main refunding season completed and the first two estimated payments received, collections of corporate income taxes grew 19.2 percent on a year-to-date basis, compared with the forecast of 2.2 percent growth.
Fiscal-year-to-date, payroll withholding collections have grown 5.8 percent, well ahead of the annual estimate of 4.7 percent growth. Collections of sales and use taxes have risen 8.1 percent, ahead of the annual estimate of 6.0 percent growth and recordation tax collections are up 29.0 percent, far ahead of the annual forecast of 13.2 percent growth. On a fiscal year-to-date basis, total revenue collections rose 8.3 percent through December, well ahead of the annual forecast of 1.9 percent growth.
The full report is available here.
Absentee voting for March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary starts this week
Registered voters may now request an absentee ballot for the March 3, 2020, Virginia Democratic Presidential Primary be mailed to them by going online to www.elections.virginia.gov/citizen-portal or find the form to fill out and mail to their local voter registration office at www.elections.virginia.gov/forms.
Virginia Republicans will choose delegates to their national convention at a state convention. Therefore, no Republican candidates will appear on the ballot in the March 3, 2020, Presidential Primary.
A list of the 20 acceptable reasons a voter can give to vote absentee in Virginia is available at www.elections.virginia.gov/absentee.
In-person absentee voting will begin on Thursday January 16, Friday January 17, or Saturday January 18, 2020, depending on office hours and observation of state holidays. If a voter is unsure when in-person absentee voting starts in their locality, they should contact their local voter registration office. They can find information about their local office at www.elections.virginia.gov/vro.
Other important absentee ballot dates to remember if voting in the March 3, 2020, Virginia Democratic Presidential Primary, include:
The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is at 5pm on Tuesday February 25, 2020.
The deadline to vote absentee in-person is on Saturday February 29, 2020.
The deadline for returning your ballot by mail is on Election Day, Tuesday March 3, 2020.
Virginia voters casting an absentee ballot either in-person or on Election Day must show an acceptable photo ID. Voters can get a free Voter Photo ID at their local voter registration office. Voters who do not have an acceptable form of ID may still vote absentee in-person after completing the Virginia Voter Photo Identification Card Application and receiving a Temporary Identification Document from their voter registration office. Find out more about Virginia's voter ID requirements at www.elections.virginia.gov/voterid.
The last day to register to vote or update voter registration information in order to vote in the March election is Monday February 10, 2020. More information on voter registration can be found online at www.elections.virginia.gov/registration.
For more information on the March 3, 2020, Virginia Democratic Presidential Primary or other election-related inquiries, go to vote.virginia.gov, send an email to info@elections.virginia.gov, or call the Virginia Department of Elections at (800) 552-9745.
Former Case Manager at Northwestern Community Services Board pleads guilty to federal charge
A former case manager at the Northwestern Community Services Board [NWCSB] pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg to illegally accessing the health care information of another individual, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.
Melissa Thomas, 45, of Winchester, Va., pled guilty yesterday to one count of accessing the individually identifiable health care information of a minor child for whom she was not the case manager.
According to court documents, Thomas worked as a case manager at NWCSB from September 2009 through January 2014. In December 2013, an individual lodged a complaint that Thomas had accessed her minor child's health record, breaching confidentially. Thomas was subsequently investigated by the NWSCB and the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services and it was determined she willfully and knowingly violated the law by illegally accessing the record of the minor child. Thomas was terminated from her employment for the illegal access on January 7, 2014.
The investigation of the case was conducted by the United States Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services Roanoke Field Office. Assistant United States Attorney Ronald M. Huber is prosecuted the case for the United States.


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The artist Hans Hofmann said, "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." The same rings true at Slovenia's Čotar winery, in the Karst region of Slovenia. Here, Branko Čotar, and his son Vasja and daughter-in-law Andreja, tend eight hectares of vineyards, and this trio and their vines produce spellbinding natural wines that have taken the wine world by storm in recent years.
By deciding to minimise their intervention in the cellar, they have further amplified the natural aromas found within their grapes, and through patience, these aromas find an intrinsic harmony in the wines. Drinking a Čotar wine is like visiting an exhibition of your favourite artist for the first time: it might have taken a while to finally have the opportunity, but it's well worth the wait.
Meet Andreja, Vasja and Branko
Like so many wine lovers, Branko Čotar's wine journey began in a restaurant. In this case, it was their family restaurant, and tasting, serving (and drinking) wines inspired him to give viticulture and winemaking a go himself. The year was 1974, and making a little bit of wine for home consumption was a tradition in the village. This is an important part of the Čotar story — their winemaking journey began as a hobby. The wines have never been made with a certain market or audience in mind, nor were they made with any sort of commercial strategy or business plan. Rather, there was one simple goal: to make wines they love to drink.
That goal remains unchanged, and although it may seem simple, aren't the simple ideas often the best ones?
Andreja, Vasja and Branko Čotar's eight hectares are found in the Karst region of Slovenia. When they planted the vineyards, field blends featuring old indigenous varieties, such as Vitovska, Malvasia Istriana and Teran, were the norm. That was the local tradition. These varieties were then joined by Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. They were popular choices in the post-Soviet era, and also happen to thrive here. The region's climate and soils create delightful conditions for growing vines, and this transfers to the bottle. Andeja describes,
"In our wines, you can smell our region. A lot of herbs grow here, and you find the mineral notes from the soil, too — the earth is red with a lot of iron content. We are also close to the sea, just 5km away, and you feel that in the wine. We also have a lot of sun here — very little rain, but lots of wind. All of these elements you can find in the wine. It's difficult to put it into words. We don't try to complicate it, but rather let the drinker experience it for themselves."
Vasja Čotar
Farming is organic, and simple: just sulphur and copper for treatments, and composting where needed. The vineyards are left in a fairly wild state, and depending on the soil type, some feature lots of grasses, whereas others are rockier, with shallow topsoil. Andreja says,
"Our focus is to achieve very ripe grapes, always harvesting when the grapes are very mature. If you have good grapes, you don't need to add anything. The wine makes itself — we do very little in the cellar."
Working organically is a philosophy of life. She adds,
"We work organically because we feel better when we drink organic wines — not just our wines, but wines in general. At home, we also like to eat and drink organic and natural produce. It's healthier for us, and it tastes better, too. Like food, wine must feel good."
For their first few years of winemaking, they made wine like so many others did at the time — with sulfites, fining them with bentonite and filtering. Until 1988, the wines were only sold at their restaurant (and drunk by themselves, of course). Then, in 1991, they began selling a little bit. It was around the same time that Branko realised that he wasn't such a fan of the more modern winemaking methods. He says,
"My grandfather had made wines with his feet, not machines, and by using the traditional maceration period in casks. After looking around at other winemakers' methods in the 80s and 90s, I realised that this is what is best for our terroir, so I make our wines how they used to be made. Like that, they are alive."
Branko explained that in the old days, the white wines of the region were made with a period of skin contact (between five and seven days). Before sulfites were brought to the region, winemakers had found that this additional skin contact acted as a natural protection and antioxidant for the wines.
Next, the sulfite additions also disappeared. Andreja says,
"Vasja — Branko's son, my husband, is allergic to sulfites, and he gets awful headaches, so we decided to make wines differently to the other winemakers. Then, they realised that the wines also tasted better: they liked them a lot more. It was always about quality, not quantity."
At first, it was tricky to sell these wines — it was unusual at the time to return to these ancestral methods. Andreja says,
"The first few years were hard, because there's still not that many people in the world that drink this kind of wine. We take a lot of risks working this way. But, like we always say, we don't make wine for others."
As it turned out, the timing corresponded with a growing movement of other winemakers who had similar ideas. The Triple A group in Italy was formed, which Čotar remains a member of, and the family met Nicolas Joly through the Rennaissance des Appellations group. Branko remembers,
"Together, we went out into the world in 2002, at the first Verona Triple A fair. Then, we met our first three importers, and began exporting our wines to Germany, Italy and the USA. Now, we export to 35 countries — 90% of our production goes overseas."
Obviously, they were onto something. But the irony is, there's really no secret recipe — in fact, it's the opposite — their success came when they threw the rulebook out of the window and followed their intuition instead.
They also follow their gut feeling when it comes to ageing the wines. There's no predictability when it comes to when a new vintage will be released, it's simply a matter of when they feel they are ready. Andreja says,
"The wines are not high in alcohol, around 12% ABV, but they have good acidity, which means they can age for 20+ years with no problem. Every year is different. Sometimes they need three years, sometimes they need ten years."
Branko says,
"Some vintages are better if they stay in the bottle for a long time, and other vintages are better if you drink them when they are younger."
Andreja adds,
"When we like the wine, we bottle it. The wine needs to taste good to us: this is our work, our lives. We live though this process."
These are the sort of thoughts that make us think: why don't more people work in this way? For the Čotar family, everything is carried out through contemplation, which means following their nose in the direction of quality. Beauty lies in simplicity, and that's the case here. Andreja muses,
"We enjoy nature, and we like to produce natural wine. We don't have any big story, and we don't promote much, because we believe it's important to be modest. We don't mind if you don't like our wine. But we do think that when you start to drink natural wine, then you don't tend to change and go back to conventional wine. When you drink natural wine, it's very different. You can feel the region, you can feel the people who make the wine, and when you meet the people who make the wines, then you can feel the relationship between the person and what's in the bottle."
We nod; in such a simple and eloquent way, Andreja has emphasised what we so often notice when drinking natural wines — the wines reflect the character of the person who made it. We tell her this, and she smiles, nodding:
"Exactly. That's why we have the fingerprint on our label. It's our signature as winemakers. It's not that we're trying to say our wines are good wines — we don't want to force the idea that our wines are good on anyone. That decision is for you to make! If you don't like the wine, that's totally fine. Rather, the fingerprint means that we believe in the ideas behind the wines."
As wine drinkers, isn't that what we ultimately hope for? Courage, character and culture, bottled.
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Eisner-nominated and New York Times bestselling thriller writer CHELSEA CAIN returns to comics with a new ONGOING SERIES! A mutation in Toxoplasmosis causes menstruating women to turn into ferocious killer wildcats—easily provoked and extremely dangerous. As panic spreads and paranoia takes root, the fate of the world rides on the shoulders of one twelve-year-old girl. Part Cat People, part The Handmaid's Tale, MAN-EATERS will have everyone talking. From the creative team behind the Eisner-nominated series Mockingbird: writer CHELSEA CAIN, artist KATE NIEMCZYK, colorist RACHELLE ROSENBERG, letterer JOE CARAMAGNA, and joined by LIA MITERNIQUE, KATIE LANE, and STELLA GREENVOSS. This September… the cat wants in.


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RS online will usually supply "one offs". It's just a bit of a chew on sometimes finding the listing of the component, so you have my sympathy there.
Cricklewood are a good reliable supplier in my experience and for one off purchases probably as good as anywhere.
There are the big three - Farnell/CPC do most components in ones or two's, but CPC often sends incomplete orders with components arriving months later and you need to spend £20 ex VAT at Farnell to get free postage. there is a similar handling fee at CPC. The other big dealers are Digikey and Mouser, but stock comes from the states, however delivery is fast from Digikey - next day, free postage on orders over £30. Never ordered from Mouser.
Then there's Rapid who are pretty good, but for one off bits Ebay is pretty good, but stuff costs more (and some stuff is counterfit), after all most vendors get their components from the big three, then bung their cut on top. Still, sometimes if you want a couple of 5w resistors say, in a rush Ebay is pretty good.
Agree with all those sources. Regularly order from Mouser - free delivery over £30, and they deliver quicker than Farnell. Farnell have definitely gone off the boil regarding delivery.
I think Mouser and Digikey have European distribution centres. I seem to recall that Mouser's is in Germany.
I have trade accounts with both Farnell and RS (as a sole trader) so I neatly sidestep the delivery charge regardless how small the order.
https://www.hotroxuk.com/ - Mostly guitar amp related but good for capacitors etc.
http://www.jellyfishaudio.com/ - Good for capacitors, their yellow axial film caps are ideal for vintage radios and very reasonably priced.
The only time I ordered anything from Mouser, delivery, IIRC, took about a week, and the parts were sent via a distribution center in France via, again, IIRC, a rather roundabout route. Never ordered from Digikey so cannot comment on them. Mostly I use CPC (Postage free if you have an account with them, and order over £10.00 worth of items, Cricklewood & Rapid Electronics.
I agree about Mouser - very quick (a few working days typically) given that they're shipping from the USA.
But I'm surprised about your Farnell experience, especially given that we only live a few miles apart. I make a few orders a month and if I get the order in before about 18:00 I can't remember the last time it wasn't in my hand 20-22 hours later. They went through a phase a year or two back where (physically) very small orders were sometimes sent Royal Mail 1st Class. That often took 2 days and sometimes more. But it's been a while since I've had anything from them that didn't come via UPS.
I have always found Mouser very reliable with 2 day delivery. RS always next (working)day.
Farnell rather more variable - sometimes 17.30 order - next day at 0900, other times, particularly if the order is on Friday for a Monday delivery it skips a day and comes Tuesday.
I also have trade accounts with RS and Farnell so can avoid small order charges.
I regularly order from Mouser and enough for free delivery, usually arrives in 4 days, shipped from Dallas.
Not bad when you consider things posted in Adelaide 200km away can take up to a week to arrive.
I suppose I'm lucky in having a RS place a mile away, so it's order today and pick up tomorrow. But for those with no depot on the doorstep ,postage under their limit can be expensive. Problem with RS is minimum quantity. Takes a bit of trawling through the catalogue to find least number of items. Not too bad if it's for a project, as the common items are always useful in future .
If you want pots with switch, vintage type, a company called Blore Edwards, based in South Wales, can supply, tel. 01685882043, or just search for name.
But for those with no depot on the doorstep, postage under their limit can be expensive.
Open a trade account with them. I just made up a company name and did so with no problems. I pay by debit card.
RS for me, next day free delivery with an account. That said, I use eBay for most small quantity components. Spiratronics and Cricklewood both have stores on eBay.
I get a lot of stuff from RS - not the cheapest but next-day free delivery means I don't need to hold so much of an investment in 'dead stock' parts.
for stuff in the past. Many of these are not cheap but they've got proper traceability of parts, which is important if you're providing any kind of warranty on your work.
Many thanks for all your suggestions. I didn't realise there were so many component suppliers still around. I must admit that I've been a little sceptical of some of the suppliers on the net, many only seem to be able to supply certain values which makes me wonder if they have old stock that's been sitting around for years. I'm going off now to explore some of your suggestions.


KRON News report from July 11th 1978 at the San Francisco Hall of Justice, where writer Armistead Maupin is shown at a press conference. SFPD's Inspector Dave Toschi (lead investigator for 9 years on the Zodiac killer case) admitted to sending fake fan letters about himself to Maupin in the Fall of 1976 but denies Maupin's recent observation that this correspondence resembed in tone the latest letter from the Zodiac killer, from April 1977. Toschi denies any involvement with the Zodiac letter and has been taken off the Zodiac case and re-assigned to the Pawn and Burglary Department. Includes views of Toschi speaking about a different case. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.


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Los Angeles is not all about Hollywood and celebrities, there is so much art to explore. Take the Museum of Folk Art, where I met an extraordinary artist: Sonya Clark who usually works with fabric but presented an exhibition about the relation between hair and identity.
This is a very close subject for me, an Italo-Congolese grown up among girls with straight-easy-to-comb hair, who at some point decided to get rid of her everlasting braids and celebrate her natural hair.
I choked a "seriously?? you are wearing a wig!!!" and smiled calmly.
But that told me something about the different ways people define themselves. I came to realize I didn't need fake-straight-hair to feel better about myself. For someone who might be different, fair enough. But don't try to tell me my Congolese roots are better or worse visible because of the style of my hair!
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(VAN NUYS, CA) -- Award winning London-based studio Harmony Films officially opens its American operations in Van Nuys, adding to its staff to better serve its customers and expand its business.
Orders are fulfilled from the company's library of titles at the facility. Linda Alcala, formerly of Evil Angel, was also named sales and marketing assistant for the office.
The first movie to be released since Harmony Films moved its American sales and distribution in-house is Gazzman's ''Young Harlots: Dirty Secrets,'' starring Susana Abril, Eve Angel, Sandy Cage, Carmen McCarthy, Carmel Moore, Robyn Truelove and Poppy Morgan on Nov. 19. Strangelove's ''Ladies of Pleasure,'' featuring Sofia Valentine, Jools Brook, Zafira, Renee Richards, Black Angelika and others will be released a week later.
''Young Harlots: Dirty Secrets'' and ''Ladies of Pleasure'' will also be the first sold in the Us with the same covers, o-cards and branding Harmony Films uses globally.
To discuss accounts, contact Jason Maskell at +44-208-559-2736 or email jason@harmonyuk.com.
Harmony Films' myspace page can be found at www.myspace.com/harmonyfilms.


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In three years, analytical thinking, active learning and creativity will be the three most wanted skills.
Analytical thinking remains the top must-have. But active learning will replace complex problem-solving, and creativity will trump critical thinking as the second and third most important job skills, respectively.
Forbes, in its report Ten HR Trends In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence, highlighted these critical human skills from the World Economic Forum's Future Of Jobs Report 2018.
Given these in-demand capabilities, the smart employee will actively learn (practise) how to analyse situations on macro and micro levels, as well as hone his creative thinking.
Consider this the strategic part of your plan: The ability to look at the big picture.
It means while you are attending to daily deadlines, e-mails and meetings, you are also keeping in mind how the small things you do add up to a broader goal.
That is, how you want your achievement to benefit the company and in turn your career.
For instance, instead of merely posting social media messages about your company's product or service, think about leveraging industry partners in joint campaigns. The aim is to get those postings to lend to sector-wide recognition in time.
Here is how to have a helicopter vision while keeping tabs on daily must-dos.
In every challenge or opportunity, first ask why. For example, why is this happening, why now, and why is this important to me and my company's business at this stage?
Having a bird's-eye view lets you better see what matters and what might be a distraction.
This follow-up stage involves questions like how will a plan be organised, how will it impact my daily work, and how can I involve those who need to be part of the implementation?
It might take several rounds of asking the "how" questions to get at the issues and come up with an innovative plan.
Consider this the tactical part of your work game plan.
Creativity is tomorrow's skill to own. That is because consumers and clients constantly seek level-ups - faster, more varied and value-added service. So the ability to meet higher standards is crucial.
Ensure you keep abreast of news and immerse in the world of creative thinkers. Also, brainstorm "seedling" ideas and write down a goal.
Put the ideas on the back-burner and mull over them. Revisit them at a pre-set time with a fresh pair of eyes.
Over time and thought, the seedling ideas take root. It is the moment when you realise how the jigsaw pieces might come together in a coherent whole.
For example, envision different elements of a business development plan.
Verify or test out a couple of the strongest ideas, before applying them.
For example, consult with peers or clients on how the best elements might come together in the business development strategy.
Get buy-in or approval, then roll out the plan.
Being able to analyse situations from elevated and base-camp views, and being creative about solutions, require practice.
Just as you need to use the right muscle for the right movement, you will need to flex your mental capacity towards active learning and analytical and creative thought.
This article is by Right Management (www.rightmanagement.sg), the global career experts within United States-listed HR consulting firm, ManpowerGroup.


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François Pérusse (born October 8, 1960) is a Québécois comedian and musician famous for his radio sketches featuring puns and absurd humour. His best-known sketches are from the series Les 2 minutes du peuple (The Peoples' 2 Minutes).

Biography
Pérusse was born to Charlotte and Adélard Pérusse. At 12 he made his debut in local radio, and by age 17 he was playing as a bassist in bands with his older brother Marc.

Les 2 minutes du peuple first aired in August 1990 on CKOI-FM as part of the program Y'é trop d'bonne heure (It's Too Early). After a little over a year, a compilation of his best sketches and songs was released, L'Album du peuple – Tome 1 (The Album of the People – Volume 1), which has sold more than 80,000 copies. Pérusse released nine more "Albums du peuple" in the main series, plus two albums in France and a spinoff titled L'Album pirate (The Pirated Album). His fourth album, which he expected to be his last and which he called L'Album du peuple final – Tome 4 (The Final Album of the People – Volume 4), sold well, prompting him to continue making albums.

Les 2 minutes du peuple made its debut in France in autumn 1995 on Europe 2 radio, with Pérusse changing his accent and vocabulary to imitate European French. His work has been broadcast in Belgium since 1998 and in Switzerland since 2002. He moved into television on February 8, 1999 with Le JourNul de François Pérusse (The LameNews by François Pérusse), a satirical news program. Animated versions of his sketches "Le Spécial du peuple" ("The Special of the People") and "La Série du peuple" ("The Series of the People") aired on the TVA network. He has released a DVD, Le DVD du peuple (The DVD of the People), containing highlights of La Série du peuple and Le JourNul de François Pérusse.

New sketches in the Les 2 minutes du peuple series air on the FM network Énergie as part of C't'encore drôle (It's Still Funny, alternatively It Could Surprise You) broadcast across Quebec. In 2006, his JourNul characters returned in a talkshow style segment called On s'écoute parler (Listening to Ourselves Talking). A great Beatles fan, he was hired by the Cirque du Soleil to work on the show The Beatles: LOVE in Las Vegas.

He received three Ruban d'or from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters in the humour category.

In 2022, he had his first significant film role in his entire career, playing Alain Lamothe in the film Niagara.

Discography
1991 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 1 (Quebec)
1992 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 2 (Quebec)
1994 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 3 (Quebec)
1995 : L'Album du peuple final – Tome 4 (Quebec)
1996 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 5 – La poursuite (Quebec)
1997 : L'Album du peuple – Volume 1 (Made for France) (France and Quebec)
2002 : L'Album du peuple – Volume 2 (Made for France) (France and Quebec)
2002 : L'Album pirate (Quebec) – (Platinum)
2003 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 6 (Quebec)
2004 : Le DVD du peuple (Quebec and France)
2007 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 7 (Quebec)
2011 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 8 (Quebec)
2013 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 9 (Quebec)
2015 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 10 (Quebec)
2017 : Best Ove! (Quebec)
2020 : L'Album du peuple – Tome 11 (Quebec)

See also
Culture of Quebec
List of Quebec comedians

References

External links
François Pérusse's official website (in French)

1960 births
French Quebecers
Living people
Comedians from Quebec
Musicians from Quebec City
Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year winners
20th-century Canadian comedians
21st-century Canadian comedians
Canadian stand-up comedians
Canadian male comedians

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Richard Mosse's latest work in colour infrared, The Enclave, is opening at the Venice Biennale this week and running until November 24th. I've previously noted his work in the Congo with medium format infrared Aerochrome/Ektachrome. This time it's a multiscreen movie, shot on 16mm and shown in an HD transfer. A 240 page book is being published by Aperture to coincide with the event.
I'm curious as to where he got the 16mm film stock but perhaps it's the Super-16 made for the Wristcutters project but never used.
The venue is the Irish Pavillion, Fondaco Marcello, San Marco 3415 (Calle dei Garzoni), 30124 Venezia which is near the Traghetto San Tomà. Sadly my May culture has been provided by the rebooted Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and I won't be in Venice. Richard is representing Ireland at the Biennale and there is more on the Ireland at Venice web site.
It's very sad that Simon Marsden's refrigerated and dwindling stock of Kodak HIE outlasted him. He was, to my mind, the finest and most consistent user of that idiosyncratic film stock with its haloed highlights and exaggerated grain. That's not to understate his abilities in the darkroom, but it's the classic HIE look that I will remember him by.
The goal of my work has essentially always been the same: to demonstrate that magic is real or that reality is magic. I have used infrared film for its ethereal quality, day is turned into night and nothing in this twilight world is quite as it seems. The unusual texture of the film's grain produces a timeless feature that lies somewhere between an etching and a photograph.
The trail that began with ruined Irish castles has finished with an eerie collection of Russian landscapes in the book Russia: A World Apart. Some are unkempt ruins, which always lend themselves to the increased contrast that infrared brings. I sometimes think that our ruins here in England are too neat: should a derelict monastery be set in manicured grounds? Not all the places visited are ruined: the Winter Palace in St Petersberg is not, but stands under a brooding cloudy sky while the sun fails to break out from behind the Alexander Column. Backlighting is another hallmark of much of Simon's work.
I should not forget the text. Duncan McLaren, who collaborated on those Irish Ruins (indeed he instigated that first project) and a post-USSR venture beyond 'the wall', accompanies the photographs and photographer again. He tells the stories of not only the artefacts' past but often what is happening now; the people he and Simon met on their journey.
Russia: A World Apart is an atmospheric book; in keeping with the best of Simon Marsden's work. Infrared photography is a genre that you either love or just don't get. This book demonstrates one aspect of it at its best.
The ITV channel in the UK are repeating the Perspectives documentary where David Suchet "follows in the footsteps of" his grandfather, photographer James Jarché, known as Jimmy. It's on Sunday May 12th at 2215.
Although this documentary doesn't touch on it (but don't let that stop you watching), Jarché was one of the pioneering photographers who, in the 1930s, experimented with the new infrared film and had several of these photos published in the Daily Herald. One of them, showing children watching a cartoon in the cinema in 1934, was included in the Infrared 100 exhibition. He was originally asked by Ilford to document the process of making film, which happens in the dark, and he used Ilford's infrared film for that.
You can see the cinema photo in the National Media Museum/Science and Society collection and Wikipedia have an article about him.


Tackle urban planning challenges at Future City Lab.
1. New York at Its Core: Opened in 2017, this exhibit is the cornerstone of the Museum. It spans 400 years of history over three separate galleries. You'll learn about the city's humble roots in the first gallery, Port City: 1609-1898; its growth into a World City: 1898-2012 in the second; and help imagine what comes next in the Future City Lab. All the galleries have kid-friendly artifacts and interactives to explore, including some old-school Sesame Street footage in the World City gallery, but the Future City Lab is always our first stop. Touchscreens allow kids (and adults) to tackle urban planning challenges by re-imagining housing, parks, and retail strips fit for the city's next era. These futuristic creations are projected on a wall-size screen and you can insert yourself into the image by standing on specially marked spots on the floor.
2. Timescapes: This 28-minute film is housed on the lower level of the museum and traces the history of the city in a compact, 28-minute film. Narrated by actor Stanley Tucci, the movie plays every 40 minutes throughout the day. It's a true crash course in Big Apple history.
The Stettheimer Dollhouse is a two-story, twelve-room dollhouse, created by Carrie Walter Stettheimer (1869-1944) over the course of twenty-five years.
3. The Stettheimer Dollhouse: Located in a second floor corridor, this dollhouse is the handiwork of Carrie Walter Stettheimer and was decorated in the early 20th century with handmade furnishings that capture the culture-filled world Carrie and her sisters grew up in. The 12-room house is filled with intricate details and there are even miniature replicas of works by Marcel Duchamp and other well-known artists.
4. Family Programming: There's truly always something kid-friendly happening at this museum. The Education Department at MCNY puts on a wide variety of family-friendly programming meant for children and parents to participate in together, which encourage visitors to engage with the exhibits in a deeper way. Programs range from the annual Herstory Day, to holiday-specific activities like an upcoming Easter wreath-making class, and programs emphasize the message of current exhibitions in a kid-friendly way. Bonus points for the fact that all family programs are included with museum admission and include snacks, too. School breaks are always filled with kid-friendly programs, and even special camps like its I Spy New York photo camp, which has been presented as a FREE Stem Matters program. Preschool-age kids and their caretakers might enjoy the weekly, registration-required NYC Tots classes that include songs, stories and arts and crafts.
5. Activist New York: Another of the museum's permanent exhibitions, Activist New York traces the roots of social activism in the city, beginning in the 17th century and continuing through the present day. Best for tweens on up, it's an inspiring look at the role of grassroots organizing in creating a sea change in social policies.
Delve into the complex stories of New York City's long battle against infectious disease, inspired by the exhibition "Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis."
6. Rotating Exhibitions: Beyond the big permanent displays, the Museum of the City of New York is seemingly always opening a new exhibition. Current short-term displays are dedicated to Corduroy and all of author Don Freeman's work, the trailblazing ballplayer Jackie Robinson, and Germ City where everything is interactive, touchable, and guided by an education team member. Bottom line: It's always worth another visit, because there's always something new to see.
Take your best photo of the Starlight installation for a chance to be featured on the museum's social media channels.
7. Starlight: This installation is hard to miss with its 5,283 sparkling lights accenting the beautiful circular staircase leading from the entrance up to the second level. Meant to reflect the museum's mission of connecting the city's past with the present, the installation even has its own hashtag; share your best photo with #StarlightSunday for a chance to be featured on the museum's social media channels.
8. The Cafe and Gift Shop: I don't usually call out these extras, but both are lovely at the Museum of the City of New York. The reasonably priced Chalsty's Cafe features Amy's Bread products and coffee and occupies the second floor space atop the grand staircase. But its best feature might be the sweeping views of Central Park directly across Fifth Avenue. The ground-floor gift shop carries a carefully curated selection of awesome NYC-themed items and unique gifts, books, and more.
The Museum of the City of New York is located at 1220 Fifth Avenue between 103rd and 104th Streets. It's open seven days a week. Suggested admission is $18 for adults and its free for children under age 19. If you live or work in zip codes 10029, 10035 or 10037, just say "I'm a neighbor" and you get in for nothing! Bonus: With your admission, you also gain no-cost access to El Museo del Barrio one block north.
A previous version of this post was published in August 2016.


The world is a scary place. It is not as though we are intentionally trying to live dangerously, it kind of, sort of just happens. I am being more than a little bit facetious when I say that because surely there is more to it than that. Sure, natural disasters happen without provocation or warning but there are dozens of other scary events that occur that are not-so-natural. Sickness, war, civil unrest, nuclear Armageddon – these things that are within our sphere of reality.
Rather than fear and cower at the thought of these disruptive and frightening events, we prepare. This is not by chance. If you are reading this than you recognize that being prepared and living a preparedness lifestyle is purposeful and intentional. It does not happen by accident and it does not happen without of bit of work coupled with time and resources.
But the payback? The payback is knowing that if a disaster comes along, you will be able to take care of yourself and your family. It is your my life. And heaven forbid, you will avoid a trip to Camp FEMA if you can possibly help it.
This all brings me to today's article from Backdoor Survival contributing author, Rebecca Schiffhauer. Although she does not consider herself a prepper, per se, she is a champion of self-reliance in her own right, especially when it comes to health care and essential oils. Today she shares a fantastic list of essential oils for preppers along with suggested uses.
I wouldn't call myself an alarmist, prepper or a survivalist but I do feel very strongly that all who call themselves such, have an important message for everyone. Too many natural disasters have me paying a lot more attention to being a lot more prepared.
As I said, we've seen enough natural disasters over the last 10 years to realize that no one is immune and Mother Nature isn't selective. We could be expected to fend for ourselves and our families for some time should the power go out or our water supply gets rendered unfit to drink or, cut off. What about your family's health needs? Ask yourself these questions?
1. What would you do if your one of your children had an asthma attack and you couldn't find the inhaler?
2. What would you do if someone in your family developed a bacterial infection and no medical help was available?
3. What would you do in the case of a bad toothache and you had no access to a dentist?
4. How would you handle the stress and anxiety associated with a natural or man-made disaster, economic crisis or act of terrorism?
Here's an important list of what many essential oil experts consider to be the most important Emergency EOs to have on hand.
Lavender: This is the Swiss Army knife of EOs. Heals burns, cuts, relieve insomnia, reduces stress, a powerful antihistamine, bug bites, bruises, sleep deprivation, inflammation, sunburn, lice. Soothing to skin irritations, earache and depression. Lavender is the number one essential oil to have in your survival kit, in fact I would keep two bottles.
Lemon: known for it's cleansing ability. Add a few drops to water to purify (this was suggested in a seminar I attended but I have no proof, however, in dire circumstance, I would do it). Great for intestinal parasites, dissolves petrochemicals in your body, effective for colds and flu, helps digestive and liver work, gout, sore throat, disinfectant, antiseptic.
Peppermint: effective for nausea, digestive issues, allergies, menstrual problems, reduces fever, increase alertness, focus and oxygen absorption. Great for headaches, muscle aches. Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, use for shock, colds, colic and heartburn.
Oregano: effective in treating bacterial infections and yeast infections, relieves back and joint pain, inflammation, cold and flu, kills warts and skin tags, athlete's foot, effective cleanse for GI health.
Melaleuca: can be used as a first aid ointment, useful for skin irritations, bug bites, athlete's foot, eczema and psoriasis. Aids in immune function and supports against throat and respiratory pathogens, helps with slivers in the skin.
Helichrysum: for painful bruising, sprains, swelling. Stems bleeding. Used to treat shock, help with broken bones, help with allergies, beneficial against infections and viruses. Excellent for wounds, speeds healing and reduces pain.
Myrrh: good for antiseptic needs, pain relief and swelling of cuts, wounds or bruises. Can be applied on open wounds. Stimulates the immune system and blood circulation, promotes tissue regeneration. Astringent and analgesic properties, eases coughing/tonsillitis and other infections.
Clove: with antibiotic and analgesic properties Clove helps relieve toothaches, headaches, and other pain. Can be used to draw toxins and infections from the body. Aids in relieving nausea or constipation.
Frankincense: enhances the effects of other essential oils, reduces inflammation, relieves headaches, supports skin tissue recovery, soothe hyperactivity, restlessness, facilitates clarity and focus of mind. With it's regenerative properties, Frankincense is important EO in all manner of emergency.
Lemongrass: soothes sore and cramping muscles, naturally cleansing, warms feet in winter, an effective bug repellent.
Respire Blend: oil blend helps ease respiratory distress by opening the airways, clears the lungs and sinuses of congestion, promotes restful sleep and relaxation. Ideal for those with asthma and allergies.
Shield Blend: oil blend that eliminates airborne pathogens, supports immune function, prevents colds, sore throats and influenza, inhibits MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria, stops growth of viruses and bacteria and aids in mold inhibition.
Digest Blend: oil blend that relieves digestive discomforts such as food poisoning, acid reflux, nausea, constipation, or diarrhea, helps support digestive function.
Jeddy's Blend: In stressful times, especially in an emergency…I would want this naturally calming blend for the whole family. Jeddy's Blend helps with focus, while balancing emotions.
It's important to note here that most EOs will outlive you and I. There is no shelf life for pure plant essence with the exception of citrus EOs which should be replaced annually.
A wonderful tidbit about EOs is that they don't contain any fatty acids that can turn rancid or mold AND the environment of a pure EO is too tough for bacteria to grow in. This is a very special benefit and, an economical one!
When you invest in pure essential oils like Spark Naturals you're providing your family a security and empowerment knowing that you can take care of most health needs efficiently, without side effects.
Sometimes I wish I was James Bond 007 – impervious to the danger and boundless in the energy to prevail. Instead, I will have to settle for MacGyver – or the female version whoever that might be.
That said, during this past year I have embraced essential oils in a big way. I am not alone. Many practitioners of alternative medicine are now encouraging the use of essential oils for minor ailments such as wounds, insect bites, nausea, headaches, digestive disorders and more.
This is not hocus pocus. We are talking about the use of pure essential oils from plants and flowers that adapt to nature organically. It is my opinion that as superbugs are introduced into our world, essential oils will become an important line of defense that will insure our health and well-being over the long term.
Note: This article includes affiliate links for essential oils from Spark Naturals. I aligned myself with Spark Naturals after asking a lot of questions and doing a lot of research plus my own trial and error. These essential oils are well priced – a bargain actually – and of the highest quality. You will not be disappointed.


As a default, Tend captures email addresses in forms before the form is submitted. This is one of the things that make Tend easy to set up.
However, you can change this default setting to require people to opt-in prior to collecting an email address.
From the dashboard and click the gear icon, then Fields.
Under the "Required Opt-in Checkbox" section enter the name of the checkbox you want to be required before collecting the email address.
Go to the form on your website using Chrome and right click (or Control + click on a mac) on the checkbox.
In the "input type" find "name=" and copy the name.
Paste the name into the field under "Required Opt-in Checkbox".


The Wild Geese's Gerry Regan, right, brings gifts Monday to a family in need on behalf of The Wild Geese's 1,500+ members, Heritage Partners, and just good ol' friends. On the left is Órla Kelleher. executive director of Aisling Irish Community Center, who took delivery in one of the center's offices. The family, hit by some hard luck, was identified by the staff at Aisling. Nollaig shona to our family's benefactors and indeed all our members, who day by day continue to inspire us to find new ways to explore and celebrate the epic heritage of the Irish ... worldwide.
Fantastic. Well done by everyone who played a part in this. Nollaig shona, gach duine!


Be careful any time you have toddlers and water together.
Montessori classrooms and our own homes may have several things in common. For starters, the classrooms are meant to look homelike. They are also "mixed age" classrooms, meaning you may have a 2 1/2 -year-old, a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old all doing an activity together (just like you may have at home but without the bickering!).
Even my cheap husband agrees that our huge swing set was one of the best purchases we've ever made!
Okay--I confess... This is the beach, but even a 16-year-old can enjoy playing in the sand!
This $9.99 set of sidewalk chalk paint lasted 2 days!
Get some good basic tools to use.


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date: 2017-04-02 15:19:19+00:00
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title: My Fireman - Udacity Digital Marketing Nanodegree
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Actually, I graduated from Udacity Front-end Web Development Nanodegree last August. I know NOTHING about digital marketing, meanwhile I'm a Chinese so I don't know that much about US culture or the platforms people use in the US.

Recently, I got a chance to have joined in a startup on Feb 23, 2017, as a digital marketer and designer. Not my major, but at least it's a chance for me to start making money. What attracted me more is the product the startup offers is the world's first smart ukulele - I love music and ukulele, and tech as well! During the daily digital marketing process and the ads budget that seems doesn't perform well, I knew this is my circumstance: handle the professional relevant skills or get fired.

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OMG, what should I do? How could I get the skills in a short time and help to get a nice ROI? How could I analyze the confusing data and work out the copywriting? I really need someone that can teach me and interact with me on the following days.

Fortunately, Udacity just released Digital Marketing Nanodegree right on the vital time! I know Udacity a lot because I had experienced the whole learning process and I absolutely love the "learn and practice" style! That's why and how I came to enhance the important instruction and handy videos of Udacity. It's just a week's learning, but I can feel there has already a big map of digital marketing in my mind. Udacity is my fireman who successfully saved my biggest problem!

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