Few days back, I was discussing something with one of my friends at his office. There I met a young man who was travelling in various offices in search of a suitable job.
Seeing his interest, I shared with him an idea of self-employment instead of running here and there for a job so that he would not only be the owner of a business entity, but would also be able to create job opportunities for others.
In our country, it is usually taken that one should find a job after finishing study. That means the purpose of education is to do a job. But, the purpose of education should be to acquire knowledge and to practice that in the workplace. Here the workplace is not a place for job only. The work might be a job or creative work or doing business.
As I feel, the factors that can be attributed to the success or prosperity of a business organisation are - cooperation, open mindedness, partnership, integrity and mutual trust. And these are not just the key to business and trade, but those can also serve as the base for establishing a safe, prosperous, just and enduring modern world. However, in the context of reality, the question of application of those factors in Bangladesh remains unanswered. In order to make the present generation self-reliant, I would like to reiterate that both the public and private sectors can play a vital role in creating a business-friendly environment in the country by creating new business establishments or by encouraging and extending necessary cooperation to the existing business establishments for their development and strengthening. In addition, to make the production and marketing of Bangladeshi products at international standard, proper attention and care should be given in innovative work. Goods of international standard not only bring foreign currency for the country, but place country's reputation and identity to the world.
Cooperation: No business can be developed or expanded without cooperation. It needs cooperation from the dear ones to the peoples of different levels of society and state machinery. Cooperation is a crucial issue for the business organisations involved in production. Cooperation could come in two ways – externally (from outside organisation or individual) and internally (from own employees). And this cooperation has to be continuous, from the inception until the business survives. We know that in the present world, working jointly with others can bring better results. In that system, work experience or knowledge, ability and resources will be brought into a comprehensive network. Though the possibility of quick abolition of hierarchy system from our organisations seems difficult, but it is a good indication that the inter-employee cooperation has already been started in many establishments. Gradually, if this process could be established, there might be a remarkable change in the economy of Bangladesh. The most beneficial sectors will be the information-based products and service providing companies. Such cooperation can also contribute to solve many problems existing in our society.
Open mindedness: Free or open-mind mentality is usually praised by everyone. In an open mindset, one can find many qualities like clarity, transparency, freedom, flexibility, excitement, commitment and accessibility. An open minded leadership can lead an organisation to its expansion and strengthening. The present world is also progressing towards transparency in all public and private sectors, especially in economic activities.
Transparency guarantees accountability and at the same time, establishes commitment. Besides, the acceptance of open minded is known to everybody. It can change past thoughts or ideas in the light of establishment's strategy, management and obstacles, if necessary information on demand of products and services to the customers reaches to the employees of that establishment. In this way, the company is able to survive by taking necessary steps by producing customer friendly products.
We can see that the society is advancing everyday towards open-mind mentality with economic development. The society or the country is progressing as faster as this mental openness is spreading. One time which was considered secret, today that is being revealed to the public very easily. This is a good sign. This process deserves our immediate involvement.
Partnership: If it is open mindedness to share information among the members of any private or public establishment, then sharing the capital that generates profit of an organisation is known as partnership. That's why partnership means sharing of work, thoughts or planning. Here, capital does not mean the money. To meet the market demand, an organisation needs a strong base built through sharing of practices, knowledge or experience, quality and technology. And these are resulted from the collective efforts of the public and private sectors.
The issue of partnership is not very familiar to our business or industry sector, although its partial practices may be seen in many organisations. In fact, it takes an organisation towards development by strengthening its internal discipline. It has given better results while applied in business organisations or manufacturing industries in many developed countries of the world. Because, partnership binds all employees with the responsibilities of the organisation and it also creates a sense of belonging. Everyone believes that their lives and livelihoods are associated with good and bad of the organisation. The only way remains open - how to improve the organisation.
Integrity: Integrity is very important for a company or organisation. It presents the organisation to the people elaborately, focuses good and bad correctly. However, it is essential in order to ensure transparency in the present complex network era.
Transparency of an organisation means publication of all financial information as well as the bargaining position starting from the motivation of the employees; disclosure of the effect of environment on the new company, factory or organisation; looking after the interests of others and ensuring accountability as per commitments. With the transparency of these three values, namely honesty, understanding and accountability, trust and integrity are built. Trust in business or society is the expectation on others that they would be honest, considerate, accountable and open minded.
When an organisation is based on trust, then its network would be collaborative in character. On the other hand, lack of trust creates disputes, conflicts and inefficiency. If it happens, the organisation has to waste time and resources for defensive measures.
Business management is not an easy job in keeping with the same speed as people's changing demands. The joint efforts of business leaders and government, with their far-sight, talent and communication skills, can convince other leaders of the society to agree in taking the responsibility to face the challenges of the next generation. Government and non-government organisations must be committed to the society in maintaining greater consistency in social and environmental issues. At the same time, they should have the ability to find practical and profitable solutions for the well-being of all.
Interdependency: Mutual dependence can guide any organisation, especially industrial or business organisation, in many ways, its working system or decision making. We know that as much connections and interdependence between the different communities will grow, the more we will know and understand each other, and create a bond. The dependency will create trust, which will accelerate everyone's welfare through mutual cooperation. In particular, following the new labour formation, four key pillars such as business, government, city and internet will inspire every person of the society.
In the present world, the way of living alone is shrinking. That day is not far away, when trust, transparency and cooperation will be the way to make stability longer. And in that case, these would be the most important factors for business and industry sectors.
Conclusion: Whether it is good or bad, we can see the introduction of a new framework of connectivity in our society that is bringing remarkable changes in every field of life. Nobody can guarantee that these changes would always bring our welfare. However, it would bring prosperity for the society and the country if a person or an organisation runs the social and economic innovation following the above mentioned policies.
Innovators always show the way to advance. Our responsibility here is to utilise the systemic creativity and its expansion for social changes. Each of us has a role and we can all participate directly. The new world of possibilities depends on how earnestly we can develop innovative products and services or new social innovation that will solve social problems. I believe the people of Bangladesh, especially the young generation, will move forward with that responsibility to set themselves properly. The educated youths, instead of roaming around in search of work, will not only attain self dependency by organising own workplaces, but will play a significant role in solving the country's unemployment problem as well as poverty. In this context, I would like to mention that we should come forward to help them in our ways. And in this way we can encourage our youngsters to build a prosperous Bangladesh.


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Recovery Plan – Commission must be clearer on social fairness and just transition
The European Commission's Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy, published on Thursday, provides few clues as to how it intends to deliver greater social fairness that it commits to in its €750bn Recovery and Resilience Plan, warns the ETUC.
The Survey is supposed to show the next steps for the EU's recovery, but does not reveal the next steps for social fairness and just transition.
ETUC Confederal Secretary Liina Carr said "The ETUC has strongly advocated an ambitious EU Recovery Plan. It has broadly welcomed the adoption of the €750bn Plan in June, and supports strong investment in climate action and digitalisation.
"The ETUC fully agrees with the Commission that fairness needs to be addressed, including in public health and social protection, care services and accessible and affordable quality health care.
Skills are important but by no means the only issue in coping with climate and digital transformations: a sound process for just transition has to be put in place through social dialogue, to boost quality job creation and active labour market policies so that no one is left behind.
We ask the Commission to be more ambitious and explicit in ensuring that the social and just transition dimensions are fully integrated in the ASGS and in #NextGenerationEU.
"Going through the figures attached to the ASGS, it seems the Commission has recovered part of the funds the Council cut on 21st July, such as the Just Transition Fund, the Solvency Support Instrument, the Health Programme and Horizon Europe. We now expect the Commission to secure these changes in the tripartite negotiations that will start soon with Council and Parliament.
"Social investment is desperately needed to tackle the inequalities and drive economic growth. While everybody keeps repeating that we shouldn't repeat the mistakes of the past, the fact is that the ASGS mentions several times the need to respect the austerity-driving Stability and Growth Pact. There must be no return now or in future years to the disastrously damaging austerity following the 2008 financial crisis.
"Finally, we welcome the Commission's recommendation in the ASGS to Member States to involve social partners in the preparation of their recovery and resilience plans. This has been a weak point throughout the EU's economic governance and now when abandoning the usual Semester process is even more important. National reform programmes and recovery and resilience plans cannot be prepared properly without employers and unions contributing to their design, implementation and monitoring. That's why we ask the Commission to make sure that this happens through its country desks and by making this a condition for MS to get the funding."
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This article contains in depth information about E-commerce market of UAE and various other ecommerce business aspects like, ecommerce website builders, most popular ecommerce websites in UAE and most trending products purchased online. Please use the table of contents if you want to jump right in to the sections describing the content you are looking.
Based on the latest ecommerce numbers, the internet penetration in the UAE stands at 99%. So when we talk about the ecommerce figures as a percentage of the internet users in the country, we are taking into account nearly the entire population of the country. Out of this total number of internet users in the UAE, at least 85 percent have searched for a product online and 91% have visited an online retail store over the past 30 days. At least 63% have actually made a purchase online. Both mobile and desktop users contribute equally towards the total number of purchases.
Ecommerce market in UAE have witnessed a substantial increase during the period 2014 to 2018. In fact, from just $2.5 billion in 2014, the ecommerce market in the UAE is projected to reach $10 billion in 2018.
WHAT DRIVES UAE'S ECOMMERCE MARKET GROWTH?
The UAE has shown incredible acceptance towards mobile devices and the internet in general. In fact, the country is number one in terms of global smartphone penetration. This proliferation of mobile and internet technology has been a major contributing factor towards the growth of ecommerce in the country.
There are very few countries in the world that are as encouraging of entrepreneurship and startups as the UAE. The country's many business friendly policies, designed by a very progressive government, offer a fertile environment for new and young ecommerce businesses to flourish and grow. Additionally, the country has been successful in attracting quality talent and labour from around the world at globally competitive rates.
Businesses in the UAE are supported by a host of efficient and modern infrastructural and technical implementations that facilitate trade, transactions and deliveries. The advanced logistics, connectivity and trading establishments are the foundations upon which the modern technology driven enterprises have found their incredible growth.
2017 was a big year for ecommerce in the UAE. Amazon bought Souq.com, the biggest ecommerce brand in the country and Emaar Properties launched Noon, an all-new $1 billion ecommerce venture. In addition to these, a slew of other FDIs and startups in the ecommerce have also contributed significantly to the growth of ecommerce in the country.
Thanks to the variety of ecommerce platforms now available in the market, it is easy for everyone from established businesses to startups to set up an ecommerce website and start selling. Each of these platforms has its own strengths. While some offer drag-and-drop editing and can be maintained with zero technical knowledge, others are more code-intensive and feature-rich, and offer higher degree of customization. Below we take a look at the most popular ecommerce platforms in the UAE.
WooCommerce is the most used ecommerce solution in the world, it is a powerful, open-source e-commerce plugin built for the WordPress CMS. If you've spent some time using WordPress, working on WooCommerce should come naturally to you. While the basic plugins are free, you might need to buy premium extensions if you need added features. And if you need even further customization, you can get paid extensions to do that for you.
WooCommerce is Free (but some extensions and customization are chargeable).
Magento has a very huge database of themes and it is one of the popular ecommerce website development platform. Magento's backend uses fairly advanced programming and hence it is going to be almost impossible to use if you have no prior experience in web development. You might need a magento developer to customize and develop your ecommerce website using magento.
Magento has 2 editions. The Community edition is free, and you can download it from Magento's main website and install it on your server. The Enterprise edition has a subscription plan that ranges from $22,000 to $75,000 yearly, based on your store's total revenue.
The back-end provides all the code editing tools you need.
There are wishlist, discount and up-sell functionalities to market your product.
Lots of apps from third-party developers.
Primarily used by SMEs, MonsterCommerce is a feature-rich and user friendly option with a lot of in-built tools and SEO-friendly capabilities. MonsterCommerce's customizable storefronts are easy to manage and can be scaled for a variety of different product volumes and varieties. MonsterCommerce was acquired by Network Solutions in January 2006, and it is now available at networksolutions.com.
The Starter Plan is available at $9.95/month.
OpenCart is an easy to use and easy to develop platform that's based on PHP and MySQL. The free to use platform offers multi-language and multi-currency support. One of its best features is the multi store support, wherein you can manage multiple stores through a single admin panel.
customize, and even someone with little to zero web development knowledge can setup a Shopify store.
Shopify offers flexible monthly subscription plans at $9, $29, $79 and $299.
WixStores is one of the easiest to build ecommerce solutions in this list. Storefronts on WixStores are built using HTML5 templates and can be managed with little to zero programming knowledge. Based on a freemium model, WixStores is a cost-effective cloud-based ecommerce solution that is remarkably fast and secure.
pages, bandwidth and email marketing options.
Best for creating simple online stores using drag and drop feature.
Allows monthly payment, where most other ecommerce platforms only allows yearly payment.
Attractive ecommerce website design templates.
PrestaShop is an open source e-commerce solution with lots of capabilities and built-in functionalities. It is a great choice of platform for new businesses starting off with low capital. Though the platform is open source, it is very user friendly and can be used by even those with little technical skills. There is a highly active and responsive community of users where you can find help with development and maintenance.
Easy installation and fast deployment of online store.
Virtuemart is another open source ecommerce solution. Built as an extension for the Joomla CMS, it is compatible with many other extensions on the platform. Virtuemart offers statistics tools to help with easy analysis of sales numbers to support your marketing efforts. One of Virtuemart's biggest advantage is its support for multi-category and multi-feature products. This can be really beneficial for brands with huge portfolios.
As per latest figures there are nearly 135 ecommerce websites operating in the UAE. Even with this variety, the UAE ecommerce market seems to be polarized with one player drawing in most of the sales. Souq.com is right at top with nearly 37 million monthly visitors (as per January 2016 figures). Souq.com is also the 9th most visited website in the UAE. The distant second in the list is Awok.com with 2.4 million visitors . Wadi.com, Namshi.com and Landmark Shops take up the 3rd, 4th and 5th positions respectively.
Similar to global trends, electronics and software seem to be the most popular types of products being purchased online in the UAE. They account for a massive 69% of the total online purchases in the country. This is followed by clothing and accessories at 17% and 14% respectively. What we can derive from these figures is that the UAE has not yet begun experimenting with online purchases and it has a primarily young online shopping audience.
The growth of ecommerce in the UAE is part of a series of larger changes shaping the country and the region as a whole. In spite of this, when compared to other countries, ecommerce purchases in the UAE contribute the least percentage towards overall GDP. This means that there is still a lot of untapped potential for ecommerce in the UAE.
If you are a business looking to set up a new digital storefront or trying to improve your existing ecommerce website, we can help you out. With over 16 years of experience in digital technologies, web development and design, GMI's teams of experts can help you identify the perfect platform for your needs, and also build you that perfect ecommerce website you need to attract customers and drive sales. Get in touch with us today.


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95% of the sessions at JAOO are non-commercial. A popular decision among participants! This means happy participants, open to explore the sponsors and the exhibition, because they themselves decide when and where they want to be exposed to commercial information.
The conference's participants are from some very specific target groups: developers, project managers and decision makers. In the fields they represent (Java, J2EE, JDO, .NET, XP, MDA, etc.) they have industry-wide influence on the IT-strategic decision making process.
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It seems that last week youth had a great influence in the outcome of the elections. Their turnout was firstly surprisingly high: Labour MP David Lammy claims it reached up to 72%, although a YouGov survey only puts it at 66%. With an overall turnout at 68%, it would mean that under 25s went out to vote in quite similar numbers to their older counterparts, which hasn't been since since 1964.
There are no official figures for voting by age, but a long-running academic study, the British Election Study, provides reasonably consistent survey-based data for General Elections.
This surprise was definitely in favour of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is very popular among young voters. Indeed, constituencies with higher proportions of young voters generally saw a large increase in Labour votes compared to 2015. According to polls by Lord Ashcroft and YouGov, at least two-thirds of under 25s' votes went to Labour.
Corbyn's 'authentic' character and very youth-appealing policies seem to have worked, and it looks like he has inspired and attracted the younger population into the polling stations.
Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party rally, Canterbury. Image by Chris Beckett, BY-NC-ND 2.0
But what about the under 18s? Those who weren't eligible to vote were not asked what they thought last Thursday. It is true that even young adults have a hard time being represented in the country's politics, so who would care to ask the under 18s?
Represent's poll about lowering the voting age has however received more than 4,300 answers and over 60% of voters seem to agree or strongly agree on letting 16 and 17 year olds vote:
48% strongly agree on lowering the voting age
This is quite encouraging, it shows that people potentially care about young people's opinion.
However, looking at the demographics, it seems that mostly under 25s voted, partly explaining this enthusiasm:
Even though over 35s also seem to have mostly voted in favour of letting old teens vote, they have not voted in big enough numbers for it to be representative.
It is also interesting to note that men tend to strongly disagree more than women in this poll, meaning they're more sceptical in letting minors vote:
The number of men who disagreed or strongly disagreed is over 120 (red)
The number of women who disagreed or strongly disagreed is around 50 (red part)
Note: Not all voters register their gender, this is why it does not include all voters.
But why is that? It is possible that men feel like they are already being well represented in politics and don't believe giving more power to the youth will benefit them? Women, however, may relate to under-representation more, and therefore may be more empathic towards younger people's cause. All this, however, is hypothetical.
Looking at the gender-neutral comments and reasons for people to vote either way, it is interesting to note that some people believe that politics is an 'adult's thing' and that the young generation is often 'ignorant' and 'selfish' and therefore should not be granted the right to vote.
In her recent article, Times Columnist Clara Foges called people to challenge "the naive, unaffordable views" of under 25s and declared that treating young people like "political sages" is a grave mistake, as they are entitled and selfish. In BBC Radio 4's recent 'Moral Maze' programme about generational voting, the panel was mostly unenthused and frankly patronising towards young people's unprecedented turnout, often portraying them as 'self-interested', idealistic and pretty gullible.
It is true that under 25s aren't more credible than any other adults. However, I personally disagree with the rest of these views and the labelling of millennials. Moreover, young adults are far from being considered 'political sages', they are simply listened to more than they used to, and going out to vote in bigger numbers. They're entitled to do so even though they may have less experience. The accepted idea that the youth fell into the trap of the unrealistic and dishonest promises of the Labour leader, and that is why they went out to vote, is widely spread. They have made a statement last week and this should be taken into account anyways, and as one of the guests on Moral Maze's programme said "Politics is fundamentally about competing interest" anyways.
So even if young people mostly had mostly gone out to vote only in their own interest, they're technically not the first ones to do so. Hence it is wrong to stigmatise a whole generation for that reason.
Being almost 16, I also believe that older teenagers should be asked for their opinion, because the decisions taken today also impact their future. This may be by having the right to vote or by another system suited for minors, like Represent. The world we are going to work and live in is being modelled by today's politicians and voters. I believe we are also aloud to have our say in our own way, and letting us vote would potentially be a step forward for democracy. However, we do have different rights and responsibilities within society, which puts us on a different level than over 18s. For instance, most of us are not economically active, and therefore maybe not entitled to have the same political right as over 18s.
Another problem is that young people often show disinterest in politics. Talking to friends who are around 16, I observe that many are not aware, misinformed or simply uninterested in the current political events. But who can blame them? No one teaches us about politics at school and from an outside point of view, it's true that it is not a very appealing domain. Many politicians don't try to connect with young people and very few adults make an effort for us to understand what's happening. We're rarely invited into politics. This is also why you can't blame first-time voters to be uninformed. It is society's shared responsibility to make sure young people are well-informed and curious.
Again, we can't generalise. I also have friends who are extremely passionate about current issues, and would like to be heard about them. This may be refugees' cause for example, valuing a vision of family within society, protecting biodiversity, the environment, even assuring gender equality. I think we should not be stereotyped and given 'selfish' or 'ignorant' labels, and like adults may often share very different views.
Furthermore, Undivided's campaign has shown that many young people do have aspirations and demands for their country and their future after Brexit, even in our tense political climate. They also seem like they are quite aware of the current issues surrounding our departure from the EU, clearly disproving the thesis that young people just don't know. Even though many aren't eligible to vote yet, they show passion and motivation when it comes to their country's issues, and often for issues that don't concern them directly.
But where do political parties stand on votes for 16 and 17 year olds?
This table shows how much the main political parties agree on letting 16 and 17 year olds vote, and is part of a very detailed table with many other policies.
"Lower the voting age so that 16 and 17 year olds can vote." This is based on the parties' manifestos.
Then, if we compare the results of the question about lowering the voting age with how people answered to "What political party do you most closely associate with", this is what we see:
How people who voted for one question voted for the other one?
Now here are the results by individual party, to see where people who associate with a particular party stand on 16 and 17 voting:
How people who associate the most with Labour think of minors voting
How people who associate the most with the Conservatives think of minors voting.
When only comparing the two main parties, a very clear difference is observed: 75% of people who associate with Labour believe that the voting age should be lowered, whereas 72% of Conservatives do not want the voting age to be lowered.
This difference is coherent, as when comparing these two parties in the table above, they strongly disagree: Conservatives strongly disagree and Labour strongly agree' (deep red/deep green).
It is hard to speculate on the reason for this clear divergence, as there can be many reasons for voting either ways, many of which aren't necessarily inherent to a specific political view.
Letting 16 and 17 year olds may not be the solution for democracy, but I believe we should continue encouraging anyone to go out and vote, instead of ridiculing their motives because of their age.
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On Monday General Electric Co (GE) announced that they would be merging their petroleum related operations with Baker Hughes Inc to create the second largest oilfield service company in the world. This new company will be one of the biggest players in the oil industry, and will bring together the oilfield services, equipment manufacturing, and technology from both GE and Baker Hughes. The deal is expected to close by mid-2017.
Under the terms of the deal GE would own 62.5% of the merged company, with Baker Hughes shareholders owning the rest. The new company will have annual revenues of 32 billion USD, and have operations in more than 120 countries.
"Oil and gas customers demand more productive solutions" "This can only be achieved through technical innovation and service execution, the hallmarks of GE and Baker Hughes" said GE Chief Executive Jeff Immelt, who will be chairman of the new business.
The deal still needs the approval of Baker Hughes shareholders and US regulators, which may not be smooth sailing after the failed merger with Halliburton in 2014 that was rejected by antitrust regulators this year.


I've been thinking a lot lately. I've been thinking about throwing my worries in the Grand Canyon. And about how perfect tiny strawberries can be turned into edible gems! And I've been thinking about strawberry shortcake, and how I want to eat every single remix of it. You can't have too many shortcake versions. Just like you can't have too many chocolate chip cookie variations!
This shortcake remix is just about as good as the Mariah Carey Fantasy Remix. Sometimes I eat this shortcake before dinner. Sometimes I play that remix on the jukebox. Sometimes I get high fives for both.
Slice the strawberries and toss with sugar and grand marnier in a medium bowl, stirring until the sugar begins to dissolve. Cover and let stand for 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring every so often.
Chill mixture for a couple hours and then freeze in your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.
These shortcakes are cookie-sized. Perfect for a nice round scoop of sorbet, while maintaining a ladylike image. Although, I ate my shortcake sundae pre-pepperoni pizza last night. Sooooo, I'm not the best with tips about maintaining a ladylike image.
Preheat your oven to 400F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Whisk together the flours, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Grate the frozen butter over the dry ingredients. Rub into the flour with your fingers until mostly incorporated.
Whisk together the buttermilk and honey in a measuring cup. Pour over the dry ingredients and stir gently with a wooden spoon. Pour onto a floured surface and knead a few times, adding a few more handfuls of flour until the dough holds together nicely and isn't too wet.
Using your favorite biscuit cutter cut out mini or not-so-mini shortcakes. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 10-13 minutes or until lightly golden and baked through. Cool thoroughly on a wire rack.
Sandwich a scoop of sorbet in a halved shortcake. Top with whipped cream* and a teeny perfect strawberry. There may be more shortcakes than sorbet, but there is enough to fill at least six. Simply double the sorbet recipe to fill all 13 minis.
* Beat together a cup of heavy cream, vanilla, and sugar to taste.
that I sometimes wear suspender shorts.
I would love some for breakfast…you know me and biscuits..short or tall cakes..yum.
Suggestions to maintain a ladylike image include eating dessert clandestinely before dinner so you eat a ladylike amount of pizza. Clearly you where behaving in THE most ladylike fashion possible. I applaud you.
Whoa! Thanks! I'm glad to know that I was totes being a lady.
teeny strawberries, heart skewers, and suspender shorts are just all signs of a classy lady! that sorbet is the prettiest too!
Mmm, I love all the shortcake variations. Delish!
Being a lady is super overrated. And not fun anyway.
Thanks Deanne! And for realz, right?!
What can I say… there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with suspender shorts. Just so you know. p.s. I want this dessert for supper. Stat.


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Last Saturday, a road test happened in church. You know, the kind where you go from zero to sixty?
This one happened inside the building.
Start your engines and read on. Vroom vroom!
I was asked to play 3 hymns for an event on Saturday. Several area congregations were invited. Various workshops and a worship service were planned.
Then came the group welcome segment. Each workshop leader said a few words. Someone handed me a sheet indicating the order of worship.
At the end of the segment, the leader told us that the guitar player had called earlier. He had been up all night and was ill, so he would not be there.
What had happened that no one called me? There were ministers from many locations participating in the day's organization. My guess is that one person told someone else who told a third party, and the organization had no one person providing oversight.
None of that mattered, but I wasn't expecting the day to be completely different, either.
The order of worship and what I had been asked to play no longer matched. Not even close.
Someone asked me if I could "play something" during communion.
Reality check: I was prepared to play 3 hymns! I had no other music with me. And, as you know, I am not someone who is comfortable playing by ear.
There was also an offertory and a postlude. We omitted the "Music Ministry" that would have been played by the guitarist.
Fortunately, a generous member of our congregation had given me a "music library," 5 volumes of selections from many genres. Included are keyboard, vocal, opera, oratorio, operetta, and "light" selections.
I looked through this collection unobtrusively while a workshop was being held in the same space.
I settled on 2 pieces I had played many times, since there was no opportunity to practice before the service. (Both the organ and the piano are in the sanctuary, which hosted workshops throughout the day.) Technically, I suppose that would not be characterized as sight-reading….
The prelude was the Prelude in C Major from Bach's Well-tempered Klavier.
For communion, I chose "Ombra mai fu" by Händel (from Xerxes), omitting the elaborately harmonized verse that may have been added by the publisher. That turned out to be too little music (there were still several people in line for communion). So I leafed through a hymnal until I came to something that I knew and that would be appropriate.
… is why sight-reading is crucial to a job like this.
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When you read a score at the piano, what are your eyes doing?
I've never attempted to put this into words before!
While teaching a piano lesson recently, my student was having problems negotiating the syncopation between the hands in "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin. It isn't that easy, especially if you're new to these requirements.
She would begin the piece well. But when playing the tune the 2nd time, she made it through 1/2 a bar, omitted a bass note, and skipped a note in the right hand.
As I was analyzing what happened in order to help her, I found myself needing to play the phrase in question. I was sure my student was missing the bass note because she hadn't seen it, and I needed to figure out what to tell her. When would she need to move her eyes down the page?
Taking in all the notes may be impossible unless you move your eyes around the page.
Looking from right hand to left hand notation vertically (directly up and down the page) will get you stuck.
I found that my eyes were moving in a zig-zag pattern, more or less, like this: \/\/\/\/\/. When you have a long note or an easy passage in one hand, you need to be looking at the music for the other hand; then as soon as you've seen that music, look at the music for the opposite hand.
When collaborating with a singer or instrumentalist, we should be looking at the solo part. Glancing at the piano part is all that is necessary if we have practiced enough.
Choral music may or may not have a piano reduction. When it doesn't, your eyes will be busy! In a rehearsal today, I looked ahead for entrances in a 6-part piece. When we rehearsed a faster piece later, I listened for parts that needed help and played those. Solid chords on strong beats are helpful, especially during harmonic transitions between key levels.
If the parts are really spread out on the page, it is usually important to keep the bass line going. The soprano part, which is easiest to hear, probably doesn't need much help. Inner parts are more difficult for the singers to hear, so concentrate on playing those.
The more parts there are, the more your eyes need to be actively scanning the page. Once you've seen the notes, you can play them. It takes a little time and some work to arrive at that point, but it is possible.
Don't feel like you have to play all the notes. If you can, great. If not, focus on what matters most. More notes will fall into place if you have a plan.
Pitches in advance following solo passages, compositional sections, etc.
More percussive, slightly louder playing when a part needs help getting back on track.
When there are instrumental parts added (as an obbligato, for instance), play those parts plus the bass line (of the piano part, if there is one; of the chorus otherwise) once the singers are fairly secure.
Every piece is different. Every rehearsal is different. What you play will change, too. Stay alert, listen, and scan the page all the time. Looking through a score quickly before you play anything can save you at page turns, repeats, key and tempo changes.
How do you read scores? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below!


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Bob Iger shared more details about Disney+ including new Marvel shows and pricing information at an investor meeting this week. The entertainment world just got a little excited. Here are all the details you want to know about Disney+ including pricing, launch date, and details about the amazing Disney+ original content that is in the works!
The new Disney+ streaming service will launch on November 12, 2019, and will cost $6.99 a month or $69.99 ($5.83/mo) for the year. During the presentation, they described the service as "ad-free" which makes the news even more exciting. Fans were thinking the service would be much higher and rival other streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, now they are expressing their joy for the pricing on social media.
You can visit DisneyPlus.com to register your email and receive updates on the service. Maybe they will offer a nice discount for the first subscribers like DC Universe did for their service.
One cool feature of Disney+ movies being offered on the platform is that you can watch the bonus features like they offer with the digital or Blu-ray releases. The platform will have profiles that you can program as a kids or adult profile that will filter the content to be age appropriate.
There is no Disney Vault anymore, the classics are going to be available on day one of launch.
There will be over 7,500 past episodes on air and off air shows from the vast library of Disney and Fox properties. With 500+ movie titles to share as well. By year five of the platform Disney plans to have over 10,000 shows and over 620 movies.
One of the most exciting announcements about Disney+ isn't that all the Disney Movies will be available to watch, even though considered "in the vault," but that Walt Disney Studios has plans to create original programming from all of the Disney properties. Disney+ will release more than 25 original episodic series and 10 original films, documentaries, and specials by some of the industry's most prolific and creative storytellers. By year five there will be over 50 new original series on the platform.
The Mandalorian – Jon Favreau is the executive producer and writer of "The Mandalorian." The world's first scripted live-action Star Wars series. More details on this show can be found here.
The untitled Cassian Andor series starring and executive producer Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk reprising his role as K-2SO.
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier live-action series with Anthony Mackie returning as Falcon and Sebastian Stan reprising his role as Winter Soldier.
WandaVision live-action series with Elizabeth Olsen returning as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany reprising his role as The Vision.
Marvel's What If…?, the first animated series from Marvel Studios, taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name. Each episode will explore a pivotal moment from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and turn it on its head, leading the audience into uncharted territory. The first episode will feature Peggy Carter as the super soldier Captain Marvel and Steve Rogers stayed a scrawny kid who uses a special suit built by Howard Stark.
Marvels 616 – is an anthological documentary series exploring the intersection between Marvel's rich legacy of stories, characters and creators and the world outside your window. Told through the lens of a diverse group of filmmakers, each documentary will dive into the rich historical, cultural and societal context that has become inseparable from stories of the Marvel Universe.
Marvel's Hero Project – reveals the remarkable, positive change several young heroes are making in their own communities. These inspiring kids have dedicated their lives to selfless acts of bravery and kindness, and now, Marvel celebrates them as the true Super Heroes they are.
Lamp Life – short film about Bo Peep and the time between Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 4 when Bo Peep's lamp was given away.
Monsters at Work – Billy Crystal and John Goodman will reprise their roles as Mike and Sulley.
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 – documentary series showing the hard work and imagination that go into making one of the most highly-anticipated Walt Disney Animation Studios features. Cameras followed the production of Frozen 2 to give a huge behind the scenes look at making the new film.
The Phineas and Ferb Movie: Candice Against the Universe (working title) animated film featuring many of the original voice cast. Candice is abducted by space aliens, Phineas and Ferb need to prove their love and admiration for their sister and they set in motion a giant plan to rescue her.
Lady and the Tramp – live action of the cutest pups! Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux who voice the pups!
Noelle – Is starring Anna Kendrick. Noelle is the daughter of Santa. Her brother Nick is next in the line to become Santa but when Nick goes missing it's up to Noelle to leave the North Pole and head to the real world to track him down.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series – A story about the kids at East High School, the school where the High School Musical movies were was filmed who end up as stars of that school's production of High School Musical: The Musical. You get a blend of the original songs and new songs throughout the series.
Togo – Based on a true-life adventure in the Alaskan tundra. The story takes place in 1925 when an epidemic of diphtheria breaks out in a remote Alaskan town, causing countless children to fall gravely ill. The necessary antitoxin is hundreds of miles away across treacherous terrain with a massive storm on the horizon. As the crisis grows more desperate, the village leaders realize their only hope lies with one man, Leonhard Seppala played by William Defoe and his lead sled dog Togo.
Timmy Failure –Based on the book series. Helmed by Tom McCarthy. Timmy, a corky deadpan hero and who along with his 1,500-pound polar bear partner, Total, operates Total Failure Inc. A world-class detective agency, at least in Timmy's mind.
Stargirl – Based on the New York Times best-selling young adult novel of the same name. This teen coming of age story is about Leo Borlock, an average 16-year-old who is content to fly under the radar until an offbeat, unconventional new student named Stargirl shows up at his high school turning his and everyone else's world upside down forever changing the way they see themselves and each other. Grace Vanderwaal, winner of America's Got Talent will play Stargirl.
Encore! Executive produces by Kristen Bell. An unscripted musical series where she helps to reunite old classmates back on their high school stage.
Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering documentary series – The series will feature exclusive interviews and never before seen footage Disney's Parks from around the world.
Rogue Trip – Bob Woodruff and his 27-year-old son, Mack, take fans to all the places the average tourist wouldn't typically visit—frequently overlooked (and even misunderstood) destinations whose hidden corners surprise, amaze, and inspire. It's the family vacation most of us are unlikely to take—but now is our chance to venture to these amazing locales via Disney+.
Shop Class – Youthful ingenuity is on display in this new competition series that features teams of inventive students tasked with designing, building, and testing new contraptions to vie for the title of Shop Class Champs. In each episode, they'll present their work to a panel of experts who will rate their projects based on engineering, design, and the final test of the build.
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Magic of the Animal Kingdom – documentary series which takes viewers behind the scenes with the highly respected animal-care experts, veterinarians, and biologists at Disney's Animal Kingdom and Epcot's SeaBase aquarium. From the miracle of birth to the heroic effort to rehabilitate injured species to the work being done around the world to protect wildlife. The show will bring to life the wonders of this wild and often exotic world and shine a spotlight on the unsung Disney Cast Members that dedicate their lives to these animals.
This content will join an impressive collection of more than 7,500 television episodes and 500 films including blockbuster hits from 2019 and beyond.
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My Grandparents George Joseph Cuff and his wife Mildred Sarah Baverstock were the Publicans of the 'Golden Cannon' pub, St Georges Road, Brighton from 1935 to 1949.
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Supreme Court justices express support for cellphone tracking privacy
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a group photograph at the Supreme Court building on on June 1. They heard a case involving the FBI's use of cellphone tracking data without a warrant Wednesday. Photo by Olivier Douliery/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to back digital privacy rights in a case involving the FBI's use of cellphone tracking data without a warrant.
But in the evolving age of digital technology, they struggled with how far to allow privacy.
"A cellphone can be pinged in your bedroom. It can be pinged at your doctor's office," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said during arguments. "I am not beyond the belief that someday a provider could turn on my cellphone and listen to my conversations."
The high court's case concerns the government acquisition of cellphone records against Timothy Carpenter that revealed his approximate location over 127 days, placing him in the area of armed robberies. Authorities did not have a warrant to obtain those records.
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The American Civil Liberties Union, which is defending Carpenter, said in briefs that AT&T received 75,302 requests for cellphone location information from July 2015 to June 2016.
Conservatives justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, questioned whether permitting police to get information from wireless carriers could be unconstitutional.
Justice Stephen Breyer said he was concerned about "highly personal" information being obtained.
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Despite those concerns, consumers should realize their locations aren't private, Justice Anthony Kennedy said.
"I think everybody, almost everybody, knows that," Kennedy said. "If I know it, everybody does."
Several justices said Congress may decide rules on privacy instead of the courts.
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With advanced technology, cellphones' location information has grown more precise.
Facebook, Google, Apple and other companies filed a brief in support of neither party but advise the court to "forgo reliance on" outmoded rules.
"The court should refine the application of certain Fourth Amendment doctrines to ensure that the law realistically engages with Internet-based technologies with people's expectations of privacy in their digital data," Seth Waxman, a lawyer for the companies, argued.
Carpenter is appealing his conviction for a series of armed robberies of Ohio and Michigan Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores in 2010 and 2011. The appeal is on the basis that Carpenter thinks the FBI violated his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure.
Specifically, Carpenter says the FBI should have needed a warrant to pull location data from his cellphone providers, MetroPCS and Sprint.
In 2014, Carpenter, 29, was sentenced in federal court to 116 years in prison for his role as a lookout in six robberies to obtain smartphones. Police used cellphone technology to link him to the robberies.
The government argued the Stored Communications Act of 1986 allows location data to be searched if the government believes it will be relevant to a criminal investigation.
In 2014, the high court unanimously said that a warrant was needed in most cases before searching a cellphone. In a 2012 Supreme Court ruling, attaching a GPS device to a vehicle and tracking its movements constituted a search under the Fourth Amendment.
Alito wrote in a concurring judgment for that case that "society's expectation has been that law enforcement agents and others would not -- and indeed, in the main, simply could not -- secretly monitor and catalog every single movement of an individual's car for a very long period."
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Winferd Upchurch, age 93, of Glen Allen; passed away on March 9, 2012 at his residence.
He was born February 25, 1919, second son of Oscar and Octa Rhodes Upchurch. He married LaVerne Aliene Woods at Corning Arkansas on November 9, 1945 shortly after returning from military service. He served his country in the US Army for 4 years in the Pacific, Australia, and New Guinea with the 43rd Engineers.
To this union three children were born; Winferd Lynn, Sharon Jean (Dwight) Robbins of Fredericktown, and Steven (Marcia Thiele) Upchurch of Glen Allen; seven grandchildren, Michael Dwight (Tonya) Robbins, Lara Merielle (Robert) Owens, Jonathan Lynn Robbins, Robert Oscar (Tiffany Jordan) Upchurch, Karen Rose (T, J,) Null, Matt Winferd (Lacy Welker) Upchurch, Jenna Dawn (Lucas) Simmons, fourteen great-grandchildren; Mya and Anna Robbins, Matt and Drew Owens, Daniel, Ethan, Ariel, Jared and Cole Upchurch, Levi, Dinah and Lydia Null, Abbigail and Garret Simmons. Sisters Mary Elizabeth Woods, Jacquelyn (Keith) Huffman both of Ironton also survive.
He is preceded in death by his parents, son Winferd Lynn, brother Oscar Jr., and sister Sada Josephine.
Winferd learned carpentry and farming at an early age. He and LaVerne purchased a farm west of Glen Allen after they were married where they raised their family. A good steward of the land and a wise manager, he and LaVerne worked together through difficulty and joy, Winferd was an avid reader, and loved visiting people. He was known for his quick wit and interesting memories. He became a Christian in his youth and made a covenant with God to serve him faithfully if he returned safely home from World War II. He was raised in the Baptist faith and later joined the Glen Allen Methodist church where he had served as a Sunday School Teacher and sang Tenor in the Choir.
He also served his community as a member of the Bollinger County Co-operative board for many years, and the Woodland R-4 School board as they built the School on Highway 34. Winferd will be remembered by family and friends for many strong character traits, hard work, determination, neighborliness, a sense of honor and the triumph of a life served in faith.
Visitation will be Monday, March 12, 2012 from 11:00 to 1:00 PM at the Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. Funeral services will be Monday at 1:15 at the Glen Allen United Methodist Church with Pastor Kim Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in the Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery with full military honors provided by the Missouri Honors Team.


I would like to introduce a function of logging of Script Task/Service Task (Add-on) which has been newly added to Version 11.6.
A Script Task is a Step that allows the Workflow engine to perform some kind of automatic processing. It is a function for engineers, which allows describing contents of automatic processing with ECMAScript.
A service task (Add-on) is a modularized version of the automatic processing performed at those Script Tasks. By importing a modularized definition file, you can add a corresponding auto-step item. You can also create your own definition files.
In order to facilitate debugging of these Script Tasks/Service Task (Add-on), we have added a logging function. Since it is used in the Add-on of "Google Drive Folder Generate", you can refer to the codes of the script in the definition file.
For log output method, use engine.log(). The character string specified as the argument of the method is output as it is as a log.
Line breaks are entered for each method, and newlines in the string are kept intact and logged.
The output log can be checked in the detail screen of the Process on Administrator mode.
Below is an example of the log output from the "Google Drive Folder Generation" Add-on I mentioned earlier.
Until now, I suppose that there was no way other than saving the log in a String type Data Item in order to examine the behavior in the script in detail.
This method has a weak point, that is, a Script Task/Service Task cannot be failed, if it does, the log is not stored in the Data Item.
The logging function has an advantage that the log can be saved in either of success or failure of the Script Task/Service Task. You will not need to disguise the Step which should be naturally recorded as a failure, to a success.
I hope that from now on, you can use the logging function for debugging Script Task/Service Task (Add-on).


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Teachers must 'capitalise' on year of scientific progress
A behavioural psychologist has highlighted the importance of talking to children about the ways science affects our day-to-day lives to keep them motivated
Jo Golding
A behavioural psychologist has encouraged teachers to capitalise on a year of significant scientific progress to help motivate children to change the world.
This comes after new research revealed that 9 in 10 children want to take an active stance in changing the world, but lose hope in their ability to do so as they get older.
The research, commissioned by the British Science Association (BSA), found that 52% of parents with young children starting primary school reported that their child didn't feel confident they can make a difference in the world. This rises to 63% when it comes to parents of 14-18 year olds.
However, BSA also found that children have been spurred on by major world events such as Covid-19 and the climate crisis, with 1 in 5 children being interested in careers tackling climate change, and 23% wanting to explore careers related to solving medical emergencies and pandemics.
Behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings said: "As school closures begin to end and children begin to get a semblance of normality back in their lives, it's really important we continue to motivate them to pursue their dreams.
"It's important that both teachers and parents capitalise on new scientific visibility and in some cases their newfound knowledge, by talking to their children about the many ways in which science affects our day to day lives, making it informative, exciting and fun, so that they stay motivated, and encouraging them to start thinking, even at an early stage, what sort of role they could play in this brave new world as they go through their schooling."
As school closures begin to end and children begin to get a semblance of normality back in their lives, it's really important we continue to motivate them to pursue their dreams – Jo Hemmings
Hemmings said this year's British Science Week (5-14 March) comes at a "crucial moment" in the development of the next generation.
This year's event focuses on showing young people that it is possible for them to act on their desire to change the world. There are free activity packs for teachers, as well as events put on by universities, museums and zoos taking place throughout the week.
Katherine Mathieson, chief executive of the British Science Association, added: "The last few months have seen some incredible developments for the subject, from the Covid-19 vaccine to the landing of Nasa's Perseverance Rover on Mars. These achievements remind us just what we're capable of when we work together to make science a priority."
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Help was slow for flood victims – Mat Sabu
A house still under waters in Sri Muda, Shah Alam as of late Monday afternoon.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 – Many people were stranded for hours during the floods in Klang and proper help was slow in coming, said Member of Parliament for Kota Raja, Mohamad Sabu at the Dewan Rakyat today.
Many fishermen were ready to use their boats but this was not proper as what was really needed were the boats of the armed forces, police and civil defence forces, and these were late in coming, said Mohamad Sabu as the subject of cash assistance for those affected by the weekend floods took stage at the Parliament today.
Mohamad Sabu said more than immediate cash assistance, people needed to be rescued from the floods, he said, adding that he himself was stuck in a petrol station for eight hours.
The police and armed forces boats should have come earlier and not 24 hours later, he said.
At the height of the floods in Klang on Saturday night, many residents in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam, trapped in their homes with the ground floors of their houses fully inundated in flood waters, started resorting to Facebook postings and calling relatives and friends to help them.
Some could not get through the busy hotline numbers they had in hand, and instead reached out to voluntary groups that were working overnight from Saturday to Sunday and continuing on to Monday to coordinate help for these individuals.
Many NGOs took an active role in bringing help to those stranded. Later Sunday, they also started working with the armed forces and other authorities in locating those who needed help.
They also kept track of those who were rescued and stayed online with those who waited for more than 24 hours before help reached them.
Seven people were reported to have died in the floods and some people are yet to be accounted for.
While National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) director-general Datuk Aminuddin Hassim said many had refused to evacuate when flood waters began to rise in Taman Sri Muda, one resident who was rescued along with his family late on Sunday, said unlike in 1995 when a siren sound was alerted to warn residents of an impending flood, there was none this time.
He said the siren warning came quite late and only after the water had risen and it was too late for the residents to evacuate.
Meanwhile, National news agency BERNAMA reported that 21,000 people nationwide had been evacuated to various relief centers in the country following the floods in parts of the country.
The rescue operations were carried out through the Malaysia Emergency Response Services (MERS) 999, an integrated system combining the emergency services of five agencies which consist of the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP), Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (FRDM), Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and Department of Civil Defense (DCD) in one ICT platform to handle and channel calls and emergency information through one number, which is 999.
Personnel from different departments were mobilized to rescue people from vehicles marooned in floodwaters and from flooded streets outside their homes.
Housing and Local Government minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina was reported saying that the Taman Sri Muda area which has around 4,400 houses will be the main focus area of the rescue operation.
"Apart from that, the assets that we have here include 41 rescue boats, and this does not include boats from non-governmental bodies. Rescue efforts are quite difficult and there are homes where water is stagnant. However, efforts to distribute food are going on," the minister said during a press conference at the Taman Sri Muda relief centre Monday afternoon.
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Selangor registers 32,044 people at 162 flood relief centres as at 10am Monday
Financing facility available for MSMEs affected by floods – Bank Negara


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