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NWSL Set to Add SF Bay…
Only Teams, Leagues & Broadcasters Can Prevent Persistent Sports Betting Advertisements
Last week, the American Gaming Association (AGA) – a trade group representing the interests of the U.S. casino industry – introduced 'The Responsible Marketing Code for Sports Wagering'; a series of guidelines designed to keep operators and suppliers out of government regulator crosshairs. In recent months, multiple foreign governments have begun to crack down on gambling advertisements as addiction rates rise. AGA vice president of public affairs Sara Slane explained that "perception drives policy and if the perception is that the industry is over advertising (see: DFS circa '15) and it's leading to problem gambling, then it's likely to result in arbitrary policies and regulations." The AGA's Responsible Marketing Code calls for a ban on advertising in locations where the majority (71.6%) of the audience is too young to gamble. Advertisements in collegiate newspapers and the use of cartoon characters in marketing campaigns is also prohibited.
Howie Long-Short: AGA members were wise to learn from others' mistakes and to take a proactive approach to self-regulation. Slane says that "one of our takeaways [from following the gaming markets abroad] was that there was this consistent regulatory backlash to overt and persistent advertising and if we want to play the long game on sports betting – which we do – then we need to self-regulate to prevent what's happened in the U.K., Belgium, Italy and Australia from happening here. Each of those countries has implemented (or is planning to implement) some sort of a ban on gambling advertising.
To be clear, the Responsible Marketing Code was designed to keep attorney generals and state legislatures at bay, not out of concern for the gambling addict. That's not a criticism of the AGA – it's unclear if there is even a direct correlation between advertising and problem gambling; and it's not exactly as if the government's actions are being done to protect the public. Slane says "the assumptions [governments] use to address this issue are often not even based in science, they're policies instituted to address the perception of problem gambling. Silly rules like requiring that an ATM machine be at least 20 feet from the casino floor – as if that distance somehow gives problem gamblers the cooling off period needed to restrain themselves from withdrawing more money."
The Responsible Marketing Code is a start, but there's currently little in place to prevent AGA members from overstepping its boundaries. Slane said that "the hope is that phase two will add the teeth or the regulatory mechanism needed to review instances where advertising doesn't fall in line with Association standards and to provide the follow through to bring members back in line." Some might assume that the bylaws would hamstring AGA members in competition with unscrupulous licensees, but Slane believes that it provides her organization with the opportunity to "go to FTC or FCC and to point out the bad actors in the space that are causing the industry as a whole to be painted in negative brushstrokes."
While all AGA members (operators & licensees) have agreed to abide by the terms of the Responsible Marketing Code, Slane explained that the only way to truly prevent overt and persistent advertising is to get the rights holders to act responsibly. It requires "getting the leagues, teams and broadcast community to take ownership of [the issues causing government intervention]. They're the ones who are going to have to set frequency limitations because they're the ones who control the pipes and tubes."
Those critical of the code say that it doesn't go far enough as it fails to address television or in-game advertising, but Slane said that "it's one step at a time and the code can always be updated. Getting the industry to align behind the regulations as is, was not easy. Our members are all competitors and they're hesitant to do to anything that might put them at a disadvantage. As far as TV is concerned, it's a non-issue. We're not at critical mass where you are going to see national ad campaigns. It's too expensive and the advertising needs to be far more micro targeted."
Fan Marino: Despite reports to the contrary, AGA members can advertise on college campuses. While advertising in the school paper is off limits, as long as it's "tasteful and responsible" licensees can market to college students in other parts of campus life. Slane cited UNLV and Nevada (Reno) as proof that the casino industry could successfully work in tandem with administrators.


If you know Dan Shipe, you know that he loves to fish. From native brook trout to cutthroat to steelhead to drum—if it has scales and fins and lives in the water, he's interested in convincing it to attach itself to the end of his line. It takes a lot this time of year to get him off the water.
But music is another passion, one he has shared for many years with a variety of friends in a variety of bands. One of the most popular, at least in these parts, was Burnt Toast. An upbeat, bluegrassy band, Burnt Toast formed in the mid-1990s and played to enthusiastic crowds at numerous local festivals and venues. Members, some of whom had played together in North Fork Alliance, another regionally popular band, included Dan (vocals, guitar), Craig "Laz" Vance (guitar), Fred Lantz (mandolin, banjo, really "anything with strings," Dan says), Tom Hoover (guitar, mandolin, vocals), and Steve Belcher (bass). The group enjoyed several years of making music together, both with the original lineup and with the other musicians who occasionally sat in; by about 2000, though, the members of Burnt Toast had all moved on to other bands.
"We've all established our names in the music business individually," says Steve.
In March of 2017, Tom Hoover died. Both Dan and Steve, the band's only local residents, were out of town at the time; the other Burnt Toast members were not living in the area, either, so there was not an opportunity for any sort of band-based memorial.
Enter the Deane Center for the Performing Arts as the venue for the April 20 show, commitments from the remaining original Burnt Toast members to play, and positive responses from invitations to two other musicians—Jeff Wisor (fiddle) and Chad Darou (dobro).
Tickets are twenty dollars and you can call the Deane Center at (570) 724-6220 to reserve seating. The show starts at 7:30, and guests are welcome to bring adult beverages and snacks. Burnt Toast will play the following evening, April 21, at the Bullfrog Brewery in Williamsport.
Fish all day, sing all night!


London is one of the most prestigious capital cities of the world, and is well-known by tourists for its wonderful attractions including the expansive Houses of Parliament and other historic monuments. It is not only a top tourist destination, but is also a place which attracts thousands of students each year to study various subjects.
One of the most common topics studied by students coming to the city is accounting and finance. This is not only studied by people who are looking to get university degrees or diplomas at college, but also people who are looking to improve themselves professionally and progress in their careers. Yet why is this city so popular with people looking to advance in accounting and finance?
Part of the answer to this question is that London is one of the top financial centres of the world and is indeed the most financially competitive global city as noted in the recent analytical studies by Z/Yen Group. Indeed, the city has recently overtaken other world leaders such as New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong to take the title of top centre of finance in the world.
This is one of the main reasons that people come looking for a finance or accounting course in London, whether at a professional level or as an undergraduate going to university. As this city is top for finance it attracts a great number of leading experts and professionals in this particular field, which is of great interest to students.
Some of the leading accounting and finance schools and universities include London School of Economics, Queen Mary University of London, City, Middlesex, Westminster, Brunel University London and several more, all of which cater to people looking for different finance or accounting courses in London with very specific needs and requirements.
There are also many people who choose to study here to advance their professions, including many existing experts in finance. Indeed, London is one of the largest cities in the world for professional training, and this is another reason many people fly here to expand their knowledge and their skills to help them get ahead.
There are many other advantages to studying in the city, and one is that many of the programmes here am allow students to network and gain access to the best jobs. This is true for undergraduates, as well as for professionals who are looking to start or advance a career in finance and accounting in the city.
Many universities will have links to give students with internships which can help them make the most of their connections and get off to a good start in a great job, and for existing professionals it is a chance to meet others in a field and make partners and valuable contacts that will also work to their advantage.
Another of the main reasons that London is a particularly successful city when it comes to finance is that it has a very international nature, and people from all over the world are welcome to study here and make a career here. This provides global links to business and excellent international networking and collaboration opportunities.
It is also worth mentioning that another major advantage of studying finance here is that London uses the English language, much like many of the leading finance centres in the world such as Hong Kong, Singapore and New York; this means that people will also be improving their language skills which can help them get ahead.
These are just some of the main reasons why London is one of the top places to study accounting and finance. If anyone considering taking an accounting course in London or further education in finance would be well advised to considered study in this particular world capital as it is often an excellent choice to make.
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Archduke at Mark Taper Forum
World Premiere of Rajiv Joseph Play
By: Jack Lyons - May 19, 2017
L-R: Stephen Stocking, Patrick Page, Ramiz Monsef and Josiah Bania. Craig Schwartz photos
Stephen Stocking (center)-Craig Schwartz photos
Stephen Stocking and Joanne McGee. Photos Craig Schwartz
Playwrights can generally get away with a lot when dealing with subject matter that is uncomfortable to some, and fraught with danger to others, but nonetheless, need to be discussed in a public forum format.
The only vehicle for the exploration of odious and repellent subject matter often comes via the clarity that the genre of comedy provides. Satires or farces are the favorite choices of playwrights that want to get a 'tough sell' message across. The great French, 17th century playwright Moliere employed the genre in order to have his head remain firmly attached to his shoulders during his lengthy writing career during the Divine Right of Kings era in Europe.
Cleveland-born playwright Rajiv Joseph, a journeyman writer, really had his breakthrough theatrical moment with his highly successful play "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo", when it premiered at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, CA. in 2009. "Bengal Tiger", then performed at the Mark Taper Forum (MTF) in 2010, before moving to Broadway; becoming a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Mr. Joseph hit his stride with "Guards at the Taj", in 2016, again premiering at the Kirk Douglas Theatre; establishing him as a major American playwright. "Archduke", his current dark, comedy, had its world premiere Sunday, May 7th on the MTF stage in Los Angeles.
It's the story of three dim, hapless and hungry young men suffering from tuberculosis who fumble their way through history as they take on a mission of martyrdom on the eve of World War I. They are wonderfully played by: Stephen Stocking, as Gavrilo, the lead assassin, Ramiz Monsef, as Trifko, the enforcer, and Josiah Bania, as Nedeljko, the most gullible of the three. Todd Weeks does a nice turn as Dr. Leko, the only sane grown-up in the room who attempts to keep Gavrilo from throwing away his life for a useless gesture of faux patriotism, Sladjana played by JoAnne McGee, Dr. Leko's cook and housekeeper manages to get in a few zingers of her own.
The gallows humor comedy is set in 1914 in the Balkan cities of Belgrade and Sarajevo. The question playwright Joseph explores is: are these three, uneducated, rural, village youths capable of becoming human bombs and martyrs? Those choices are still resonating with individuals fighting in many Middle East war zones today. It appears that the suicide bombers in "Archduke" have become the template for recruiting zealots and followers today.
The young men have been radicalized, recruited, and trained by the cynical, sly, and duplicitous Serbian Army Captain Dimitrijevic (a mesmerizing Patrick Page in a staggering performance), who is in need of naïve and gullible civilians. These three young men are easy marks who willingly sign up for the mission to assassinate the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Princess Sophie. They will be striking a blow, they believe, for an independent greater Serbia for the price of new clothes, and a few meals along the way. Results of that mission has since been attributed as the event that set in motion WW I, 'the war to end all wars' … which, of course, it didn't. War is far too profitable an industry to be totally done away with.
"Archduke", is skillfully staged by long time Joseph collaborator and award-winning director Giovanna Sardelli, and features a fabulous Scenic Design by Tim Mackabee, whose unique, creatively designed, on-stage replica of the Orient Express train brought a round of audience applause to open the second act. Also, visually eye-catching is a huge map of the Balkan countries that subliminally keeps the focus on the narrative of the story, as well as on the talents of its gifted ensemble cast.
Despite mentioning all of its pluses above, one gets the feeling that this fine production will undergo more tweaking, pruning and rewrites. Broadway is a demanding mistress constantly in search of perfection. The first act is a tad long and a bit talky, but the second act is worth the wait. Thanks to Sardelli's direction and Joseph's dialogue, the production seamlessly flows along bridging its 103-year history arc. Bittersweet comedy indeed, takes the sting out of ignored history lessons; easing the pain, the loss and the folly of war. Or at least, that's the hope.
"Archduke" performs at the Mark Taper Forum and runs through June 4, 2017.
Reposted courtesy of Jack Lyons and Desert Local News.

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Two-year-old girl taken to hospital after being bitten in the face by dog at Winterton Show
A Japanese Akita bit Isla Williams in the face as she stroked it while on a family day out at Winterton Show
Isla Williams received hospital treatment after being bitten in the face by a Japanese Akita
A two-year old girl suffered facial injuries after a dog lunged and bit her as she enjoyed a day out with her family.
Isla Williams had to undergo five hours of hospital treatment and bandaging after being attacked by a Japanese Akita.
She had been standing next to the medium to large-sized animal as she and her family were about to leave Winterton Show on Saturday afternoon, where they had spent several hours.
But as Isla stroked the dog, her mother Megan Lester watched horrified as it bit her face.
Megan said: "I figured the dog would be friendly with it being at a show full of kids and surrounded by a lot of people, so I said Isla could stroke it.
"She was only a few yards away from me.
Isla Williams, pictured after being bitten in the face by a Japanese Akita
"Isla is very good with dogs - we have a large Labrador, so she knows what to do and what not do."
Megan, of Powells Crescent in Scunthorpe, said her daughter stroked the dog on the side of its head and was terrified to see the Akita open its mouth and bite Isla.
She said: "It was obviously extremely terrifying.
"The dog bit Isla and she was instantly bleeding - I panicked and tried to get her medical attention as soon as possible."
The family took Isla to the emergency tent at the show, before heading to Scunthorpe General Hospital.
Isla was immediately referred to a doctor and after evaluation, they chose not to stitch up her wounds as they did not want them to become infected.
Isla Williams was bitten by a Japanese Akita
After five hours, Isla was allowed to leave the hospital and her mum said she was lucky her injuries had not been worse.
Megan said: "I can't believe how lucky she was to get off with just bandaging on her head.
"She is a tough cookie and already thinks it's better. She's amazing, she just takes it on the chin and carries on, but I was mortified.
"When the Akita opened its mouth, it was as big as Isla's head - if it properly latched on to her, I don't even want to think about what could have happened."
View 51 pictures from the Winterton Show 2019
At the time, the family did not speak to the dog's owners as they looked to seek medical attention for Isla, although the owners later offered an apology.
Megan said: "At first, they gave no apology to us. They looked over and then just looked away and carried on doing their thing.
"Eventually a woman came over and ask if she was all right, then someone who was with them said to my sister that Isla just appeared out of nowhere. When I was in the first aid tent, I remember I saw them walking around still - but I was panicking and was concentrating on Isla.
"Their apology just said 'due to an unfortunate event I'm sorry your child got hurt'."
Isla is now back at home with her family and recovering from her injuries (Image: David Haber/scunthorpelive)
Megan, and Isla's father Danny Williams, said they were furious with the perceived lack of empathy shown to Isla by the dog owners.
However, they said Isla had handled the whole situation as well as possible and she was in full spirits yesterday.
Danny said: "Isla is doing good, she's handled it really well.
"She is definitely lucky to only get away with minor injuries and I think it would be good to use this to raise awareness on how dangerous some dogs can be, especially to children.
Isla Williams, pictured at home with her mum Megan Lester (Image: David Haber/scunthorpelive)
"If you have aggressive dogs, it might not be the best idea to take them to a place where hundreds of children will be."
Nigel Ogg, chairman of show organisers the Winterton Agricultural Society, said: "The whole of the show committee were deeply saddened to hear about the incident on Saturday involving Isla.
"We have never had any problems in the past with any dogs at our shows.
"We always have paramedics on the showground, and in fact were only metres away from the incident and we treated Isla immediately.
"A full investigation into this will be looked into by ourselves so that nothing like this ever happens again.
"We wish Isla a speedy recovery."
Scunthorpe General Hospital


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Cross the River, Patriot!
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Nowadays, if you want to cross just about any major American river, all you need to do is find the bridge. But in 1776, as our American colonists geared up for full-scale war, it was not that easy! In fact, some of the most spectacular moments of the war involved sneaky water crossings, whether on the Hudson River, where soldiers strung a huge chain near what is now West Point, or the Delaware River, where Washington made his famous crossing.
So this Fourth of July, try this fun, history-inspired maths and logic puzzle for your kids to play to celebrate the holiday and our country's history.
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"Cross the River" playing board (Download here)
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This is a game for two players. One will be a "patriot" (blue star) and one will be a "redcoat" (red asterisk star).
The first player—let's say it's the patriot—will draw a "bridge" line between any two adjacent blue stars, either across or down, like this:
Then the redcoat may connect any two adjacent red stars either across or down, like this:
Neither patriot nor redcoat may draw a diagonal line (this would go through the other side's symbolic "territory," and neither one may draw through a line that has already been made on the board.
Keep going, with patriots and redcoats alternating moves.
The patriot wins if she can make a successful bridge from the top row of stars to the bottom, but the redcoat wins if she can make a bridge from the left to the right. Whoever can make their bridge and get their soldiers over to their other side, wins the game!
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Learn more about the Mississippi River and the good it does for the country with this fact-filled social studies worksheet.
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Get to know some of the friendly, furry, feathery river wildlife that live near American rivers, then match each one to its home.
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Movie Answer Man (11/17/1996)
Q. I just rented "The Usual Suspects' and noticed it was produced by Bad Hat Harry Productions. I wonder if that's in reference to Roy Scheider's line in "Jaws," when he tells the old man on the beach who prods him to talk about his fear of water, "That's some bad hat, Harry.' No one I ask seems to even remember the line, so needless to say they aren't much help to me. Any idea? (Richard Wolfe, Turtle Creek, PA)
A. According to Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of "Usual Suspects," the name for Bad Hat Harry Productions was indeed a reference to Roy Scheider's line in "Jaws." McQuarrie says "Jaws" is Bryan Singer's favorite movie and the two of them came up with the company name.
Q. Do you have a recipe for timpano, the special dish in the movie "Big Night?" I can't find one in my cook books, from Italian friends, or on the Internet. (Joan Phillips-Sandy, Waterville, Maine)
A. You are referring to the lovingly-prepared dish which, when it is sliced open at last, causes the audience to emit a collection "ahhhh!" Rysher Entertainment, which is distributing the film, says co-director and star Stanley Tucci and his cousin have deliberately (italics) not released a recipe for timpano because they are writing a cookbook in which they'll include that recipe.
Q. I rented a copy of John Wayne's "The High and the Mighty" at my local video store, and I was unpleasantly surprised to discover the quality of the tape was terrible! Is anyone aware of this obviously unauthorized (I hope) video? When I rented it, I was hoping that it was a new authorized version (like John Wayne's "McLintock"), but I was sadly mistaken. I watched the whole thing because I was so looking forward to seeing this classic again after so long, but it was really b-a-a-d! It looks like a fourth generation copy of something taped off of TV. The sound is as poor as the picture. The opening credits (only) are in widescreen with yellow. (Hyde Flippo, Reno, Nev.)
A. The John Wayne estate, which brought out a restored version of "McLintock," has not authorized a video version of "The High and the Mighty," and major video catalogs such as Facets and Movies Unlimited do not list it.
Q. There was a shooting at a movie theater in Chicago last week, and a young black woman lost her life. The movie was "Set it Off", and the anchor folks on TV mentioned that you gave it three and a half stars. I should have called that station and told them, if the movie received no stars, what difference would it make? The movie and the act of violence were totally separate incidents. Someone could have stepped on someone's toes in the theater. (Myrin New, Chicago)
A. This is a tough call, but if the title of the movie is newsworthy, then perhaps it is also newsworthy that many major critics have given "Set it Off" highly favorable reviews. I agree with you that the movie should not be held responsible for the shooting, which might just as easily have taken place during a different film.
Q. As I cashiered tonight, I sold a copy of the video of "Hoosiers" to a satisfied customer. As the receipt printed out, I looked at the back of the video and saw a quote that said "Hip Hoop Hooray! Four stars--Roger Ebert." It didn't sound like something you'd say, and when I looked at it closer it was attributed to a Roger Ebert of The New York Post. I'm sure you have no problem endorsing the movie as you really did give it four stars, but I doubt you would want to be stamped with a quote you didn't say from a newspaper you don't write for. (Rhys Southan, Richardson, Texas)
A. Actually, my syndicated reviews did appear in the New York Post for several years. I would never, however, be capable of writing such a moronic phrase as "Hip Hoop Hooray!"--or even "Hip Hip Hooray," for that matter. My guess is that the film's distributors are quoting the (italics) headline from the New York Post, which is unethical, since critics do not write their own headlines.
Q. I may just be losing my mind, but I rented "Fargo" last night and the credits appeared to list the symbol for "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince," turned on its side, as having played "Victim In Field." Now, when the car containing the eventual "Victim In Field" drove by, it appeared to contain a pudgy white guy, so maybe this is just the Coen brothers playing a little Minnesota joke on us all. Or maybe my eyes are just going. (Adam Weintraub, Newport, Ky.)
A. The Answer Man dealt with this when the movie was first released, but now that "Fargo" is out on video, a new wave of queries has arrived. As explained earlier, Ethan Coen told Premiere: "That was our storyboard artist, who played the guy who drives by in the car with the red parka. He asked us if he could have that credit." If you look closely, I understand, you can even see a Smiley Face worked in as part of the symbol.
Q. What are the "love seats" and "stadium seating" that General Cinema is advertising in conjunction with the mid-Nov. opening of its two newest theaters in the suburbs? Sounds almost salacious (the love seats, that is). (Celeste Lengerich, Chicago)
A. Love seats are seats wide enough for two to sit in: A dating couple, or a parent and child. Stadium seating refers to auditoriums where the seats are so sharply-raked that every member of the audience can see easily over the head of the person in front.
Q. Hey, I've been wondering about this. Why, after the advent of the VCR and the dollar-a-day video store, are mega-cinemaplexes being built all over the place? People seem to be flocking to these newly built movie halls. What part of the movie experience ARE they slapping that cash down for???!!! (Jim Carey, New Lenox, IL)
A. I take it that love seats have not yet reached New Lenox.
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Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana) on Skinner Ridge.
Douglas Iris, which blooms from as early as February to as late as June, currently appears to be at the height of its display for this year, so we're making it our Wildflower of the Week. The Iris family (the Iridaceae), named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow is, of course, highly esteemed for its beauty and Douglas Iris upholds the family tradition with brilliant flowers that never fail to attract attention and admiration. The "Douglas" refers to Scottish botanist and explorer, David Douglas, who encountered and described the plant somewhere near Monterey around 1830.
Douglas Iris is found in damp spots, mainly near the coast, from somewhere around Santa Barbara north into Southern Oregon. The tough strands of fiber along the edges of the leaves were painstakingly removed by Native people, using special abalone and mussel-shell cutting tools, and woven into fishing nets, ropes and baskets. Slender iris ropes were apparently strong enough to snare game as large as deer.
In spite of its remarkable beauty and limited range, the State of California lists Douglas Iris as a noxious weed, due to its unpalatability to cattle. Good places to find it include Pt. Lobos, Bottcher's Gap, and the Little Sur Trail in the vicinity of Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp.
Thanks to its underground rhizomes, Douglas Iris springs back quickly after fires. This one was blooming before anything else had even sprouted in an area near Espinoza Camp burned to bare soil by the 2008 Chalk Fire.
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It's a banner year for iris on Long Ridge & in the Rocky Creek baisn, for sure. I saw the first flowers back in January, and there are huge clumps covered with blooms today.
My FAVORITE coastal flower. They are a wonderful sight in the forest.
I love hearing about the slender iris ropes. Thanks as always.


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Ten critical questions
At Think Global, we work to support critical and creative learning about our complex, interdependent world. A global learning approach recognises a range of perspectives on any situation or issue, questioning and exploring why different individuals and organisations hold the views that they do, the evidence on which those views are based, and the values that underpin them. We've developed a set of 10 questions which illustrate what this critical questioning looks like in practice. Through applying these questions to a global situation or issue, and seeking answers, a student (or teacher, or any learner) will be a global learner, exploring issues of power, voice, equality and the impact of actions. The questions can be applied to any issue or situation – from malaria, to child trafficking, to bitcoins. (The example below uses the issue of food waste, but you could slot in whatever issue is relevant to your lesson.)
10 questions for global learning
1. Where is [food waste] an issue? 2. What are the effects of [food waste] on people/environment/jobs etc. (as appropriate)? 3. What things can people do in relation to [food waste]? 4. Who has the power to make decisions about [food waste]? 5. Who does not have the power to make decisions about [food waste]? 6. Are there people who will benefit from [food waste]? 7. Are there people who will lose out from [food waste]? 8. How does your life/work link to [food waste]? 9. How do we talk about [food waste] in our community? 10. How can the effects of [food waste] be shared equally? Of course, teachers use questioning as part of formative assessment and good classroom practice all the time. And there are a whole range of existing resources and teaching methods based on critical and philosophical questioning, such as Philosophy for Children and The Little Box of BIG Questions. If you already use approaches like these, or you'd like to, our 10 questions offer a flexible way to support global learning on any issue, and an easy way to get started. We already know of teachers using our questions in the classroom, as a way to explore Typhoon Haiyan. Where is the Philippines and what do you know about it? What are the effects of the typhoon? Will anyone benefit from the typhoon, who will lose out and how? How does your life link to the typhoon? Of course, different people, websites and organisations give different answers to these questions – and comparing the differences helps answer the questions themselves. How do people around us talk and write about the typhoon and why does that matter? We'll update you on students' answers to these questions in a blog coming soon – and if you are interested in other ways to explore Typhoon Haiyan with your students, you can find more ideas in our recent news article about the typhoon. Our questions can be applied broadly and at a high level – as with the above example. Or they can be applied specifically. For example, within Tesco's UK operations, where is food waste an issue? How much food is wasted? As the first major UK retailer to publish levels of food waste across their UK operations, one perspective on this question is available from Tesco themselves (PDF): 28,500 tonnes of food was wasted in six months in 2013. Our questions are designed for 11-16 year olds, but we think it's a good test of anyone's understanding of a situation or issue to be able to give answers to these questions that would be understood by a young person. And a useful test of an organisation's transparency if they are able to answer all these questions, clearly and simply. For example, while we think it's great that Tesco are publishing data on the food wasted in their operations and their approach to tackling this, we'd also like to see them make this information accessible to a 12 year old, along with their perspective on who has the power to make decisions that affect the food wasted in their operations, and who benefits and loses out from this waste. This is just one example, and, of course, these questions are imperfect. What situations and issues would you like to see these questions applied to? What questions would you add? Kate Brown is Head of Programmes at Think Global.


Staggering wall map of India.
The East Indies, with the Roads.
This is a staggering wall size map of India and Ceylon issued in 1768 by Thomas Jeffreys. Covers the Indian subcontinent from Mekran in the west to Assam and Aracan in the east, and from Bhutan in the north, south to Ceylon and the Maldives. Offers extraordinary detail throughout, with numerous notations on matters geographical, historical, and cultural. Shows roads, caravan routes, oases, temples, cities, treaty lines, archeological sites, mountain ranges, lakes, swamps and rivers. This map offers a smorgasbord of information for the historian interested political changes in India during the 18th century. Identifies Delhi (or Shah Jehan Abad), Agra, Bombay, Goa, Calcutta, Pondicherry, and countless other major and minor cities.
Our map predates the definitive Alexander Dalrymple mapping of India in the 1770s and so is quite vague in a number of areas - especially those controlled the independent Maratha Confederacy southwest of Bihar. In this area there are several speculative rivers as well as large lake, labeled Chilea or Ganga. This is most likely an erroneous mapping of Chilka Lake (Chilika Lake). Chilka Lake is the second largest salt water lagoon in the world - but was clearly missed by early mapmakers working on the Orissa coast.
Far to the north, just outside the border of the map, a note reads, 'A cow cut in the rock.' This is supposed to refer to the source of the Ganga or Ganges River. In Hindi this site is called Gomukh, which translates literally as, 'The Cow's Mouth.' The site itself is a cave that does in fact somewhat resemble the mouth a cow - but in this case something seems to have been lost in translation.
In Assam, Jefferys maps the 'supposed' locations of the apocryphal Lake of Chiamay. Early cartographers speculated that such a lake must exist as the source of four important Southeast Asian river systems including the Irrawaddy, the Dharla, the Chao Phraya, and the Brahmaputra. This lake began to appear in maps of this region as early as the 16th century and persisted well into the late 18th century. Its origins are unknown but may originate in a lost 16th century geography prepared by the Portuguese scholar Jao de Barros. It was also heavily discussed in the journals of Sven Hedin, who believed it to be associated with Indian mythology that a sacred lake linked several holy river systems. There are even records that the King of Siam led an invasionary force to take control of the lake in the 16th century. Nonetheless, the theory of Lake Chimmay was ultimately disproved and it disappeared from maps entirely by the 1780s.
On the far east of the map, Jefferys identifies the Kingdom of Arakan, which flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries. The city of Mrauk-U, marked here as Arakan, was once described by Portuguese merchants as one of the most beautiful locations on earth, is today a spectacular but derelict ruin.
All in all a spectacular map with much to offer and a welcome addition to any serious collection focusing on the subcontinent. This map was prepared by Jefferys and originally published by Sayer and Bennet. This is the second edition, and was published by Laurie & Whittle in Kitchin's 1794 General Atlas.
Thomas Jefferys (1695 - November 20, 1771) was one of the most prominent and prolific map publishers and engravers of his day. Jefferys was born in Birmingham and was apprenticed to the engraver Emmanuel Bowen in 1735. Later, in the 1740s he engraved several maps for the popular periodical The Gentleman's Magazine. Around 1740 Jefferys was finally able to go into business for himself and in 1746 received an appointment as 'Geographer to Fredrick, Prince of Wales,' which shortly after translated to the position of 'Royal Cartographer to King George III.' Jefferys specialized in compiling and re-engraving the works of earlier cartographers into more coherent cartographic wholes. While not salaried position, Jefferys appointment as 'Royal Cartographer' allowed him preferential access to the most up to date cartographic material available. He his best known for his maps of the America, particularly posthumously published 1775 American Atlas, which included some of the finest and most important late colonial era maps of America ever made. Despite his prolific publishing history, royal appointments, and international publishing fame, Jefferys lived most of his life in dire economic straits. It is recorded that he had to be bailed out of bankruptcy by the Sayer firm during the production of the plates for the American Atlas. In the end, Jefferys died with very little. Nonetheless, his cartographic legacy survived him, even after his death in 1771, many of his important maps continued to be published and republished by Sayer and Bennet, Conrad Lotter, Georges Louis Le Rouge, and others. Many attribute some of Jefferys best maps to the colorful and criminally inclined cartographic genius Braddock Mead, who is considered the 'secret behind Jefferys.' Jefferys was succeeded by his son, also Thomas, who had little success as a cartographer and eventually sold his stock and plates to William Faden.
Kitchin, Thomas, Kitchin's General Atlas, describing the Whole Universe: being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant; corrected with the greatest care, and augmented from the last edition of D'Anville and Robert with many improvements by other eminent geographers, engraved on Sixty-Two plates, comprising Thirty Seven maps., Laurie & Whittle, London, 1797.
Very good condition. Four sheets joined. Professional restoration of some minor damage - left center.
Rumsey 0411.033, 0411.031, 0411.032. Sotheby's: Printed Books and Maps - 27 November 1997; Sale LN7638. Bancroft Library G5200 1794.A5. Shirley, R., Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.LAU-1c (1799 ed.). National Maritime Museum, 375 (3rd ed. 1801).


A Second Take on Meeting the Press: From an up-close look at Rachel Maddow's sneakers to an in-depth look at Jon Krakauer's latest book -- it's all fair game in our "Meet the Press: Take Two" web extra. Log on Sundays to see David Gregory's post-show conversations with leading newsmakers, authors and roundtable guests. Videos are available on-demand by 12 p.m. ET on Sundays.


A structured CV is one of the important factors during the job-searching. Therefore, we, in cooperation with personal agency Trenkwalder, a.s., decided to provide the less experienced in this area with a little guidance on how to master this formidable task.
Our Law Office, similarly to the most of the employers, prefers the so-called structured CV stating in short phrases or sentences all the significant details. A CV structured in this manner shall allow the easier orientation and division in the group of the other CVs from which we will choose. The following lines bring you a template of the CV which you may use when contacting our Law Office.
it is very convenient to enclose your photograph to the CV.
it is not necessary to mention elementary school, it is expected that this institution was attended by everybody.
optional contact to a reference person to be contacted by the potential employer to get some more information.
list of programs you can use and exams or certificates, if any.
do not hesitate to mention other abilities and skills in your CV which you might use in your new job.
Each structured CV should end with the date of formation and the signature in your own hand. In the case that you send your structured CV via electronic mail, the signature in the form of a scanned picture does not need to be inserted, it is enough to state your name and surname.
As a sample, we offer you a template of a CV which you can download here.
A brief cover letter should be a part of the structured CV. In the cover letter, state the reasons which led to your decision to apply for a job in our Law Office. While the structured CV should contain facts only, the cover letter offers more space to voice your personal opinions, up to a level. Do not hesitate to praise yourself if there is a reason. At the end of the cover letter, refer to the structured CV enclosed in which the addressee will learn more details. This page shows only a tip for the structured CV. We do show a template for the cover letter, as well, although, it is meant just for your inspiration as it is very difficult to create a template – each personality is unique and cannot be pressed into any specific boxes. The cover letter is important for us mainly to have a certain picture of your personality. Please, state your name and contact details at the end of the cover letter.
Please state the job you react to or you apply for in the subject of the message.
Please, save the structured CV as an individual document and enclose it to the brief e-mail with your contacts as an enclosed file in doc or pdf format.


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till the old dog woofed an alarm.
in the barnyard to land 'er.
Unhitch and nibble some hay.
give the cute ones a wink.
were not black and white.
when Rudolph gave a shout.
and his nose shorted out!
the night's journey just begun.
It was time for the reindeer to go.
a heifer under the mistletoe.
the best in life's all about.
a holiday greeting to you.
and blessings the year through.


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package org.dmfs.httpessentials.executors.authorizing.authorization;

import org.dmfs.httpessentials.HttpMethod;
import org.dmfs.httpessentials.executors.authorizing.Authorization;
import org.dmfs.httpessentials.executors.authorizing.Parametrized;
import org.dmfs.httpessentials.executors.authorizing.Tokens;
import org.dmfs.httpessentials.executors.authorizing.UserCredentials;
import org.dmfs.httpessentials.executors.authorizing.charsequences.SingleCredentials;
import org.dmfs.httpessentials.types.Token;
import org.dmfs.jems.optional.elementary.Present;
import org.dmfs.jems.pair.Pair;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.net.URI;

import static org.dmfs.jems.optional.elementary.Absent.absent;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;

/**
 * @author Marten Gajda
 */
public class DigestAuthorizationTest
{
    @Test
    public void testParameters()
    {
        Parametrized mockChallenge = mock(Parametrized.class);
        doReturn(new Present<>("testrealm@host.com")).when(mockChallenge).parameter(Tokens.REALM);
        doReturn(new Present<>("dcd98b7102dd2f0e8b11d0f600bfb0c093")).when(mockChallenge).parameter(Tokens.NONCE);
        doReturn(new Present<>("5ccc069c403ebaf9f0171e9517f40e41")).when(mockChallenge).parameter(Tokens.OPAQUE);
        doReturn(absent()).when(mockChallenge).parameter(Tokens.ALGORITHM);

        UserCredentials mockUserCredentials = mock(UserCredentials.class);
        doReturn("Mufasa").when(mockUserCredentials).userName();
        doReturn("CircleOfLife").when(mockUserCredentials).password();

        Authorization authorization = new DigestAuthorization(HttpMethod.GET, URI.create("/dir/index.html"), mockChallenge, mockUserCredentials);
        for (Pair<Token, CharSequence> param : authorization.parameters())
        {
            System.out.println(String.format("%s: %s", param.left(), param.right().toString()));
        }
        System.out.println(new SingleCredentials(authorization).value().toString());
    }

}

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Q: Cannot redeclare class in my MVC <?php

class OrdersModel
{

    public static function wishlistcreate($item, $user, $username){

        $database = DatabaseFactory::getFactory()->getConnection();

        $btc = System::bitcoinconnect();

        //get the wishlist product, where username and still for sale
        $wishlist = $database->prepare("SELECT * FROM products INNER JOIN wishlist ON wishlist.wishlist_product=products.id WHERE wishlist_username=? AND products.enddate > NOW() AND products.quantity > 0 AND products.enabled=1");
        $wishlist->execute(array($user));
        $product = $wishlist->fetch();

        if($product):

            $get_user_information = $database->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username=?");
            $get_user_information->execute(array($user));
            $user_result = $get_user_information->fetch();

            $createorder = $database->prepare("INSERT INTO orders(orders_username,orders_amount,orders_product,orders_firstname, orders_lastname, orders_address1, orders_address2, orders_zipcode, orders_city, orders_country, orders_btcaddress, orders_status,orders_wishlist, orders_wishlist_user) VALUES(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)");
            //get btc address, check it's valid, then if isset run query below
            $createorder->execute(array($username->username, $product->price + $product->shippingcost, $product->wishlist_product, $user_result->firstname, $user_result->lastname, $user_result->address1, $user_result->address2, $user_result->zipcode, $user_result->city, $user_result->country, $btc->getnewaddress(), 0, 1, $user,));

        else:
        echo 'nahhh'; //dbg
            //error, item has ended or item not in users watch list.
        endif;
    }

I am getting the error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class Bitcoin

Which is a class in a another file, here's is my $btc function:
public static function bitcoinconnect() {
    include Config::get('PATH_LIBS')."jsonRPCClient.php";
    //connect to bitcoin rpc use https ALWAYS!!
    $bitcoin = new Bitcoin("yadda");
    return $bitcoin;
}

I am using an mvc so each function counts as a page, but I have used
$btc = System::bitcoinconnect();

in another function/page, how can I go about only declaring the above code for all of that file so I don't get the cannot redeclare class.

A: public static function bitcoinconnect() {
include_once Config::get('PATH_LIBS')."jsonRPCClient.php";
//connect to bitcoin rpc use https ALWAYS!!
$bitcoin = new Bitcoin("yadda");
return $bitcoin;
}

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{{Infobox TV-program
| titel = Masters of Sex
| bild = Masters of Sex title card.png
| alt =
| genre = Dramaserie
| skapare = Michelle Ashford
| caption =
| originalverk = Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love av Thomas Maier
| skådespelare =
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| musik = Michael Penn
| land = USA
| språk = engelska|
| säsonger = 4
| avsnitt = 46
| exekutiv producent =
| plats = New YorkLos Angeles
| speltid = 55–60 minuter
| bolag =
| distributör = Sony Pictures Television
| originalkanal = Showtime
| år = 29 september 2013–13 november 2016
| webbplats = http://www.sho.com/sho/masters-of-sex/home
| imdb = 2137109
}}Masters of Sex är en amerikansk dramaserie för TV som hade premiär i USA den 29 september 2013 på TV-nätverket Showtime. Serien blev snabbt kritikerrosad med en Golden Globe-nominering för Bästa dramaserie'' år 2013.

Serien handlar om två forskare, William Masters, spelad av Michael Sheen, och Virginia Johnson, spelad av Lizzy Caplan, som gör en studie om sex i USA på 1950- och 60-talet. I november 2016 avbröts serien av Showtime, efter fyra säsonger.

Rollista i urval

Huvudroller
 Michael Sheen – Dr. William Masters
 Lizzy Caplan – Virginia Johnson
 Caitlin Fitzgerald – Libby Masters
 Teddy Sears – Dr. Austin Langham
 Nicholas D'Agosto – Dr. Ethan Haas
 Annaleigh Ashford – Betty Dimello

Återkommande roller
 Beau Bridges – Barton Scully
 Allison Janney – Margaret Scully
 Rose McIver – Vivian Scully
 Heléne Yorke – Jane Martin
 Kevin Christy – Lester Linden
 Julianne Nicholson – Dr. Lillian DePaul
 Ann Dowd – Estabrooks 'Essie' Masters
 Mather Zickel – George Johnson
 Cole Sand (säsong 1–2) och Noah Robbins (säsong 3) – Henry Johnson
 Kayla Madison (säsong 1–2) och Isabelle Fuhrman (säsong 3) – Tessa Johnson
 Greg Grunberg – Gene Moretti
 Finn Wittrock – Dale
 Betsy Brandt – Barbara Sanderson
 Christian Borle – Francis 'Frank' Masters, Jr.
 Keke Palmer – Coral
 Jocko Sims – Robert Franklin
 Sarah Silverman – Helen
 Courtney B. Vance – Dr. Charles Hendricks
 Danny Huston – Dr. Douglas Greathouse
 Artemis Pebdani – Flo Packery
 Adam Arkin – Shep Tally
 Josh Charles – Dan Logan
 Emily Kinney – Nora Everett
 Ben Koldyke – Paul Edley
 Colin Woodell – Ronald Sturgis

Referenser

Amerikanska TV-serier från 2010-talet
Engelskspråkiga TV-serier
Amerikanska dramaserier
TV-seriestarter 2013

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The word Samsung means "three stars" in Korean. Samsung is known globally for its electronic products and it is one of the successful brands in the electronic industry. It is an established company almost all around the world.
While the Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It is the flag ship subsidiary of the Samsung Group. With assembly plants and sales networks in 61 countries across the world, Samsung has approximately 160, 000 employees.
In1938, the Samsung's founder Byung-Chull Lee set up a trade export company in Korea, selling fish, vegetables, and fruit to China. Within a decade Samsung had flour mills and confectionary machines and became a co-operation in 1951. From 1958 onwards Samsung began to expand in too the industries such as financial, media, chemical's and ship building. In1969, Samsung Electronics was established producing what Samsung is most famous for, Televisions, Mobile Phones (throughout90's), Radio's, Computer components and other electronics devices.
In 1987, Byung-Chull Lee passed away and Kun-Hee Lee took over as chairman. In the 1990, Samsung began to expand globally building factories in the US, Britain, Germany, Thailand, Mexico, Spain and China until1997. On the other hand, Samsung has developed the 'lightest' mobile phone of its era. Then they developed smart phones and a phone combined mp3 player towards the end of the 20th century. To this date Samsung are dedicated to the 3G industry such as making video, camera phones at a speed to keep up with consumer demand.
Introduction of Product Brand Line A product line is a group of products that are related and manufactured by the same company. Product lines are not to be confused with product bundling, which combines various items into one type of product. For example, Samsung home appliances product line might include refrigerator, washing machine, air conditioner, vacuum cleaner and others. Other example, Samsung's mobile phones are divided into product lines based on the following features; touch screens, slider or folders, QWERTY keyboards and ar phones base on the product price, product quality, who the product is aimed at target group, and product specification. Product lines help to manage their products as product strategy can be designed around product lines. Samsung has offered more than one product line with the product that are all closely related. Different type of product line might toward different type of segmentation based on the customer. Samsung try to expand its business is by adding to its existing product line. This is because people are more likely to purchase products from brands with which they are already familiar and confident.
Product Introduction The introduction of Samsung Galaxy Note in the year 2011 popularized the term Phablet, mainly because of its large display screen. Now, the updated version of Galaxy Note is released. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 comes with many high end features and it runs on Android 4. 1 (Jelly Bean) OS. The phone is powered by a 1. 6 GHz quad-core processor. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is wider than the previous version. The display screen measures 5. 5 inches and it offers visuals at a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The phone weighs about 180 grams and it is 9. mm thick. The super AMOLED display screen of the phone is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2. The phone sports an 8 MP camera for capturing images at a good resolution. Users can also record HD videos using this handset. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 also comes with a 2 MP secondary camera. The powerful 3100 mAh battery in the handset offers ample talk time and standby time. The phone comes with 16/32/64 GB internal memory capability. This is expandable further up to 64 GB through a microSD card. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has multiple platforms for connecting to the internet.
High speed internet is possible through 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi connectivity. The phone has Bluetooth and micro USB port for file transfer with other devices. The A-GPS feature can guide you when you are lost in an unknown city. The phone comes with a stylus stick and it offers many high end features for users. Samsung Product (Luxury Product) Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is a luxury good. A luxury good is a product that not necessary but which tend to make life more pleasant for the consumer, often more expensive and primarily purchased by people with more wealth and income.
Substitution effect is always negative for Samsung, that is because consumers will always switch from spending on higher-priced goods to lower-priced goods ones. For example, if they are not satisfied with the price of Samsung Galaxy note II, definitely they will seek for other products which have same function and cheaper than Samsung's smartphone such as Sony Ericsson, Iphone5, Nokia N9. Those competitors's product is strong enough to compete with Samsung because their products are quality and cheaper than Samsung Galaxy note II.
In conclusion, those threats will definitely decrease the demand for Samsung Galaxy note II. But, the one reason which differentiates the Samsung Galaxy note II with another product is their complementary products. The complementary products which exist in Samsung Galaxy note II is a removable battery, memory expansion via a micro SD slot and a built-in stylus, The S pen, that help users work well in their handwritten note and simple drawing. Those complementary products helped in increase of the demand of Samsung Galaxy Note II.
Market Structure Samsung Company had been categorized as oligopolistic market structure because they have only a few sellers such as Nokia, Apple, Sony Ericsson and HTC. Even with such small amount of firms, they manage to control all the market. Other than that, Samsung products are classified as differentiated product because they set the price on different product with different design. This market structure had high barrier to entry because it is too costly or difficult for potential rivals to enter the market. Besides that, irms that are interdependent such as Samsung and LG are mutual interdependence. A firm operating in a market with just a few competitors must predict the potential reaction of its closest rivals when making its own decisions. For example, if Samsung Company wishes to increase its market share by reducing price, they must also predict the possibility that close rivals such as Nokia and HTC, may do such action too. Furthermore, the firms under oligopoly market structure are price maker; this is because they set the price by themselves, not determine by the government.
The Samsung company also do a lot of advertisments to promote their products so that the comsumers will know about their products through multimedia such as televesion, radio, newspaper and internet. Part 2 Compare the price of Samsung Galaxy Note II with Nokia N9 The price of Samsung Galaxy Note II with 1 year contract is about RM 1899 than will be higher the Nokia N9 for RM 699. The price of Samsung Galaxy Note II without contract is about RM 2299 and for Nokia is RM1199. The price gap between the Samsung Galaxy Note II and Nokia N9 will be RM 1200 with contract and RM 1100 without contract.
The reason the price of Samsung Galaxy Note II will higher than Nokia N9 is the technical specifications of the phone. The product differentation would be Samsung Galaxy Note II is counting on a totally different approach across the entire Android ecosystem with diversity but for the Nokia N9 is just using the normal windows software as the processer. This cause the Samsung Note II became the world best smartphone for now and the customers will be proud and happy when using the phone. Besides that, the Samsung Galaxy Note II has a Quad-core 1. GHz Cortex-a-9 chip as the processor and with 2GB of RAM as for the Nokia N9 used 1 GHz Cortex a-8 ship as the processor with 1GB of RAM.
Obvious the Samsung Galaxy Note II will react faster than the Nokia N9 because of the internal build-in. The customers now a day would prefer better and faster software even through the price will be higher but they will statifisfy with it. Other than that, will be the advertisement of Samsung Galaxy Note II and Nokia N9. The Samsung Galaxy Note II was released at 30 August 2012 that will be 1 day before Merdeka day. The Samsung Company rabs this opportunity to promote their new product by giving discount to attract more customers in the day of Merdeka. They also promote through television, internet, newspaper and as a banner at roadside. With this huge promotion, they are able to profit their sales. As for the Nokia N9 was released at 21 June 2011. At that time the Nokia company do not promote their new product rapidly and there are just several people know about the Nokia N9 and also don not notice that it was quite a useful smartphone. Because of the lack promotion of Nokia Company, they are not able to set the phone at higher price.
Furthermore, in this modern world the Samsung Company already achieved a standard brand name compare to Nokia Company because the qualities of the products is better. The Samsung product automatically will have a greater cost of production than Nokia product. The costs of production of Samsung Galaxy Note II also higher than the Nokia N9. Because Samsung Galaxy Note II is more advance in design, body shape, internal software used and better sound system than Nokia N9. So the cost of production also will be higher. The Samsung Company is willing to produce and sell a greater quantity of Galaxy Note II because the product price is high.
Samsung Company hopes that the brand new Galaxy Note II will be the greatest smartphone for the year so they put effort on it. Conclusion is that Samsung Galaxy Note II is better, faster and performance well than Nokia N9. Samsung company promote their new product but Nokia company do not and with the reason above will be why the price of Samsung Galaxy Note II will be higher than Nokia N9. Part 3 The market structure of Samsung company is oligopoly which proven by a few characteristic. The first one is a few sellers which control the most of the market. It sells differentianted and high barriers to enter the market for new firms.
From the Samsung firm's viewpoint, there are a few advantages and disadvantages of being an oligopoly. The first advantage for the firm is high barriers of entry for new firms. This is because the exclusive financial requirement to start the business which can prevent the small firm from entering the market. This can avoid the profit being shared to other new firms. The company also needs to spend money on the Research and Development (R&D) to do new products which needs large money. This is to prove that the new entrants no easily if they want to enter the market.
Secondly, oligopoly encourages firms to make efforts to innovate and produce more advanced product because all the firms are crazy about winning a more competitive place in the whole market. For Samsung Company, it tries to design the phone that suit for most of the consumers with the latest technology and resources they have. For example, Samsung galaxy note II is a popular phone among the consumers because of the design, the function, and the size of screen which preferred by the consumers. This can increase the profit of the Samsung Company when the sale of phone is increasing.
On the other hand, the disavantage from firm's viewpoint is high cost spent on adverstiment and Research and Development for the product. This can increase the input cost and the firm will set higher price for the product to cover the cost. The company has to spend money to develop a new product. After developed a new product, the company has to promote the product through television, internet, newspaper and radio. This is to inform the consumers that there is a new product launched by Samsung Company. Furthermore, there are strong competitors like Apple Company, Sony Company and somemore which can compete with Samsung Company.
Some of the consumers like to buy iphone and some like to buy Sony phone. Samsung have to launch new products which can give the cosumcers high satisfaction to maintain the position in the market. If other company able to produce a new phone which bring higher expactation than the consumers expact, the consumers will buy the new phone. This can reduce the buyers to buy the Samsung Company's product. In the consumer's viewpoint, the advantages of buying a product under oligopoly market structure is the consumers can easily make price comparison among the few companies.
Consumers can compare the phone price between the phone companies such as Samsung, Nokia, Iphone, Sony and somemore. As comparison done, they will choose the phone with suitable price which equivalent to the quality of the phone. For example, the consumers will think about the features of the phone and look at the price. When the consumers are the office workers, they will prefer Samsung Galaxy Note II because the screen is bigger and there is a pen used to write things on the phone which makes the phone act like a note book. The second advantage for the consumer is the consumers can expenrience new phone with different features.
Because of strong competitors between these companies, the companies have to design new phone with the features that can attract consumers to buy it. This can make the consumers have many choices of phones which have different features. However, the disadvantage of consumers buying the product under oligopoly market structure is the firm is a price maker which means the companies can determine the product by themselves. This can harm the consumers because as the company is a price maker, the company can set higher price to earn more profit. But this can make the consumers have to pay higher price.
Besides, the disadvantage for consumers is the differentiated products. The consumers have to choose which one phone is better. Sometimes, it will be confusing when chosing the phone with different brand, different quality and different price. At this time, they have to think deeply before purchasing a phone because one phone is very costly. Part 4 In conclusion, the assignment is very useful to us. we find out that Samsung Company is operated under oligopoly market structure. Byung-Chull Lee has set up the Samsung Company with small business and takes over by Kun-Hee Lee after Byung-Chull Lee has passed away.
The business start to expand globally at the end of 20th century. This can show that Samsung Company is slowly developed and required a large financial requirement. Under Samsung Company, it sell different types of products such as refrigerator, washing machine, air conditioner, vacuum cleaner and others. But in this assignment, we only focus on the Samsung mobile phone. In mobile phone market, there are only a few sellers such as Samsung, HTC, Apple, Nokia and Sony who control most of the market. Samsung Company is selling differentiated products which mean the phones have different in term of price, features, design, and quality.
This can let consumers have different choices of chosing a phone. Samsung Company is a price maker which means the company can determine the price of the phones by themselves. Under oligopoly market structure, there is high barriers to entry for new entrants because the start-up cost requires large money to set up the company. Samsung Company also do a lot of advertisment when a new phone is launched through television, radio, internet, newspaper and the banners along the road. In my observation Based on the research done on this assignment, we find out that the concept of oligopoly can apply on he realistic life. The characteristic of a firm under oligopoly is shown as above and is applied in real life. Besides, we have come out an assumption about the price changes and the demand. If the price of the product increases, the quantity demanded for the product would decrease. Using the logical thinking of a consumer, people would definitely buy more of a certain product if the prices were lower. Besides that, according to the law of diminishing marginal utility, buyers would receive less satisfaction when they buy more units of a product.
Hence, consumers would only buy if the prices were lowered. Another reason is because when the price increases, the buying power of consumers would decrease as they are unable to buy as many at higher prices as at lower prices. This is basically known as the income effect of a price change. Besides that, if the price of the product increases, consumers could choose and buy other substitutes available in the market. Hence, the quantity demanded would also fall. This is known as the substitution effect. As for the supply, if the price of the product increases, the greater the quantity supplied.
This is because the higher prices are an incentive for the producers to produce more of a good in the form of profits. My empirical findings in this research does not fulfilled my expectations regarding economics. This is becauset the concept of price decrease and demand will increase will not very appliable in real life because there are many factors to influence the decision of consumers to buy a new phone which are brand, quality, the features, the income of the buyers, and the promotion such as free gifts and free vouchers.
Better quality of phone even though with higher price, the demand of the phone still increase. Phone with many features will cost higher price. If we intend to establish a company, we will chose to enter oligopoly market. This is because the market is only a few sellers but many buyers. With the characteristic of a few sellers and many buyers, we can control most of the market and earn profit in the long run. Our company also sells differentiated products like phones which can give consumers a lot of choices to choose the phone which suit them.
Our company also needs to advertise our products to stimulate the awareness of the consumers through television, radio, internet, newspaper and banners along the road. Even though oligopoly market structure has the characteristic of high barriers to entry for new entrants, we can start from a small company and slowly become a big company like Samsung Company or we can team with other people to set up one big company and divide the profit equally.


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Published: 17 Jan 19
Singtel, Ericsson and Singapore Polytechnic open first live 5G facility
The facility will serve as a training centre and laboratory to boost 5G adoption.
Telecommunications firms Singtel and Ericsson have partnered up with Singapore Polytechnic (SP) to open what they said to be Singapore's first live 5G facility at SP's Dover Road campus, an announcement revealed.
Dubbed as the 5G Garage, the facility will serve as a training centre, test bed and ideation laboratory to develop and drive the adoption of 5G by enterprises. According to the announcement, 5G Garage is connected to Singtel's pilot 5G network located at Ayer Rajah and runs on 3.5GHz trial spectrum which was granted by the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA).
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5G is expected to be the fastest generation of cellular technology to be rolled out on a global scale, and is set to transcend industries such as transportation, logistics, healthcare and manufacturing, according to Ericsson's latest mobility report.
The three parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build and operate the 5G facility, as well as co-develop and deliver 5G solutions to Singapore's workforce. Additionally, the parties will develop a 5G wireless technology curriculum for SP's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
"As Singapore advances its digital economy and becomes a smart nation, the benefits of 5G will first be seen in enterprises, especially in their digital transformation when they integrate technology into their processes, services and products," Singtel's group chief technology officer Mark Chong said in a statement. "With 5G standards largely established, now is an opportune time for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and enterprises to join us in shaping the 5G future."
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Air Products (Allentown, Pa., www.airproducts.com) is providing hydrogen for two hydrogen-powered lift trucks through its mobile hydrogen fueler technology for the Fuel Cell Lift Truck Demonstration Project in Columbia, S.C.'s Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge.
The Challenge is a collaborative effort between the City of Columbia, the University of South Carolina, EngenuitySC and SCRA. Launched in the summer of 2006, the Challenge has already awarded 10 projects.
Six commercial warehouse facilities in the greater Columbia area are evaluating the two lift trucks, equipped with Hydrogenics fuel-cell power packs, until December. LiftOne installed the power packs in electric lift trucks manufactured in Summersville, S.C.


I was reading through the Ransomeware information for Box Apps and I have a question.
"Ransomware can only affect files via the Box Sync or Box Drive applications on a user's computer. If Box Sync is enabled, only those files set to Sync will be affected. "
I wanted verification that only files that are MFO are susceptible to Ransomeware and not all files visible through Box Drive. I'm pretty sure this was covered at Box works last year but I can not find my note for that.
Thanks for the question and it's good to clarify this part for Box Drive. If you do have Ransomware affecting your computer, it is possible for all files in your Box Drive folder to be affected, not just the local MFO files.
As you pointed out, we do however, have the ability to revert files to the previous version not affected by Ransomware, pointed out here in this article.
"For our Business & Enterprise customers, we maintain previous versions of a user's files and can revert to those previous versions should a user be impacted. The Box Drive client and the software itself is not impacted by the ransomware event."
I hope that help clarifies, but our Box Product team is considering additional advanced features that may help with detecting, flagging, and automating decisions associated with certain undesirable data access patterns. These may also assist in limiting the impact of ransomware attacks.


This entry was posted in Humor, Uncategorized and tagged Donald Trump, parody, Randy Rainbow song, Songs, Trump on August 27, 2018 by lifelessons.
The Ragtag prompt is spoof.
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This is a hilarious parody of the 'Share Your World" prompts that I'm sure we all love. They are great ways to get to know each other and to reflect on happenings in our own lives. Things get sinister, however–a great reminder to us all that we need to be circumspect regarding what we share online. It starts out great and I'd love to hear people actually answer #s 1,2,3,5,6 and 8 and then to heed the warning the rest of the questions project.
I've seen many "Share Your World" challenges over the last couple years, so I figured maybe I could do one, in my own unique style of course. So, here goes.
What is your most wonderful memory as a child before age 7?
If you could relive any moment of your life, what would it be?
We all remember our first kiss. Without describing the kiss, what led up to it?
If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money you don't keep for yourself?
What are the first 5 digits of your SSN?
What was the name of the first street you lived on?
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Confounds the Science: Priceless Parody of Sound of Silence re/ the Donald.
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There is something quite special about motorcycles built in the 70s. It was a golden age of design where things were built with aesthetics in mind, and with the quality to be able to enjoy for decades to come.
Enter Lars and Finn from Haywire Cycle in Bondi Beach. Based on Curlewis Street in Bondi Beach, the collection of classic machines lined up in the front yard of their brown brick apartment building is a clue of the motorcycle workshop concealed in the lounge room within.
The apartment is not your typical Bondi Beach pad. Instead of the usual indoor plant or succulent that you might otherwise find in a Bondi Beach living room, cans of spray paint, oil, and tools line the walls of the Haywire Cycles HQ. Instead of carefully curated books on the coffee table, the boys have installed a vice and bench grinder for machining custom parts for their bikes.
For years these boys have been giving new life to bikes that would have been otherwise neglected to ruin. Frequenting Curlewis Street on my way to the beach, I would often greet the boys working on their bikes in the front yard. A greasy handshake and a quick progress update on their latest build would usually follow. It was always nice to appreciate the bikes and the hard work that had gone into them.
We caught up with Lars and Finn on one of their morning rides around Bondi to get a few snaps and chat bikes. I asked Lars about his favourite bikes to work on. "My daily ride is a 1975 Honda CB750 Supersport. She was in a sorry state after spending over 25 years rotting away in a shed, this gave me an excuse to design and rebuild absolutely everything, a process that I really enjoy", says Lars.
Perched on the headland at Ben Buckler point overlooking Bondi Beach and the beautifully calm Pacific Ocean, the bikes looked at home in the early morning light. Lars was riding his recently completed Honda CB 750 while Finn was riding his Honda CB 350. Lars and Finn build most of the parts themselves, including the hand upholstered seat Finn sewed for his CB 350, and the custom instrument panel Lars built and installed on his CB 750 - tastefully finished with a watch face from a vintage wrist watch. The bikes were a joy to look at, with the ruggedness of a well used machine and the intricate touch of a builder who appreciates the fine details.
Make sure you check out their instagram at @haywirecycles for more info on their builds and bikes.


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ICAO: cabin crew to be better equipped to prevent human trafficking
With the launch of the new on-line training to support the implementation of the guidelines
United Nations efforts to prevent trafficking in persons took an important step forward yesterday, with the launch of the new online training to support the implementation of the ICAO-OHCHR Guidelines for Training Cabin Crew on Identifying and Responding to Trafficking in PersonsDeveloped in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the free...
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We cannot be Christians without the Cross. The Cross tells us sin has been "crossed out" and dealt with. The Cross tells us what a holy God thinks about our sinful nature—it had to be judged. Someone had to be punished for our sin.
It was either going to be us or a substitute. The Cross gave us our substitute: Jesus Christ, who died in our place.
Most of the world doesn't even know what it is doing to Jesus Christ. To count him of no worth, to misunderstand his work at the Cross, to live as if he had never lived or died, to reject his claims to be master of our lives, or to relegate him to a brief hour on Easter or Christmas is to despise him as surely as the soldiers crucified him on that hill far away. To reject Jesus is to throw away the only chance for forgiveness.
Jesus died in our place on a wooden cross two thousand years ago so we could be forgiven. We only have to accept that forgiveness. We have to accept the Cross. The Roman army officer realized that something extraordinary had happened and said, "Truly, this was the Son of God!" (Mark 15:39).
We can attend church regularly, teach Sunday school, and sing in the choir, yet if we refuse to accept the Cross, we will be shut out of heaven. You and I cannot get to heaven except through the door shaped like a cross.


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