Everything you need to know about the Service Management Office (SMO) and how it helps deliver on the promised of IT Service Management initiatives.
What is a Service Management Office?
A service management office (SMO) is a center of excellence within your organization chartered to improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of delivering services to your users and business functions. The SMO accomplishes this charter by leveraging industry standards and best practices – applying them to your organization's unique environment.
Service management has been a familiar concept for many years and has become a common framework for IT organizations to contemplate, plan and manage the activities they perform in support of the broader business organization. The challenge many IT organizations face when implementing service management is balancing the desire for centralized control and process consistency with the efficiency and scale that is the result of distributing (federating) service management activities to different parts of the organization. The service management office provides a solution to that challenge by creating a function with the explicit purpose of coordinating service-management activities throughout the IT organization.
When many different people are involved in delivering services, it is important to have clear accountability for all of the services your organization provides (both business and IT services). This includes owning the vision for and the execution of the design, delivery, orchestration and support of the services. This "all-up" accountability ensures users receive consistent service experiences, regardless of which IT teams are involved in service delivery.
The service-management-office concept is an adaptation of the Project/Program-management-office (PMO) concept used in the project management discipline for decades. Just like a PMO, the SMO provides a central point of focus within the organization to drive efficiency and effectiveness: efficiency through the sharing of common resources and effectiveness through centralized programs that provide education, techniques, processes, tools, etc.
The difference between a PMO and SMO is the context they are chartered to coordinate. PMOs coordinate projects – temporary endeavors to achieve a specific outcome. SMOs coordinate continuous activities of managing the end-to-end lifecycle of services. Because of the difference in scope, each of these concepts is likely to have a structure based on their own set of discipline-specific industry standards and best practices. PMOs often align to best practices from the Project Management Institute (PMI) while most SMOs leverage standards, such as ITIL and Lean IT.
Many organizations have recognized significant benefits with both a PMO and SMO that work closely together. PMOs are better equipped to manage coordinated delivery projects of new capabilities while SMOs are better equipped to coordinate the activities that help an organization use those capabilities to generate business value. Connecting these two functions enables an organization to execute more effectively continuous service-improvement initiatives that result in better quality services for end-users.
What does a Service Management Office do?
The scope and activities of a service management office varies significantly from organization to organization, based on the SMO's vision and charter, the size of the IT organization and the cultural preferences of centralized vs. distributed control. In some companies, the SMO will directly manage and oversee all employees working on service-management activities while, in others, the function of the SMO is to provide advice and guidance.
A typical SMO model oversees the service desk, incident management, problem management and change management, as these are typically centralized functions for multiple groups. The SMO also may own the service catalog, SLAs, service-level monitoring and reporting as well as service desk tools, asset management, the CMDB or other systems. In this model, the service-owner role (determining what services to offer and making operational decisions) resides within individual business or IT groups, which are closer to the end-users of services.
In other organizations where culture promotes a high degree of autonomy amongst teams, the SMO may have a much smaller charter and do little more than set policy and standards, define processes and provide training to service-management practitioners distributed throughout the organization. While this model may be less successful in achieving the SMO vision, it may be the most effective and practical method of working within the cultural constraints of a fragmented organization.
A SMO is almost always responsible for managing the service-management-process documentation for the organization, monitoring process conformance and providing operational insights to management about service-management costs and performance. The SMO is often considered an objective advisor on cost-containment initiatives, scalability issues and service management-related regulatory-compliance concerns.
The value your organization realizes from your service-management-office function will depend greatly on the strength of the charter and the authority granted to the function. A strong SMO charter will enable the function to achieve greater levels of standardization and efficiency while a weaker SMO charter will result in less organizational resistance. In general, the value of the service management office can be categorized according to 3 key areas: shared capabilities, shared expertise and service assurance.
These capabilities are ideal for centralization under a service management office because either they require a "big-picture," company-wide perspective or they contribute to a consistent experience for end-users to request and seek support for the services they consume.
The shared expertise and supporting capabilities SMOs provide to the organization are intended to provide resources and supporting functions to service-management activities occurring in distributed teams. Shared expertise can also be leveraged for centralized capabilities.
While it is possible to perform these activities in a distributed manner, the SMO can provide both an enterprise-wide perspective to drive management decision-making as well as cross-team coordination to ensure complete and consistent execution on service-assurance initiatives.
If your organization is considering implementing a service management office, then the good news is you don't have to start from scratch and invent everything yourself. The best practices gleaned from PMO implementation and with the work of ITSM efforts, such as ITIL, provide a wealth of information and insights as a starting point. Tool suppliers are also a great source of information to implement your SMO in a way that is sustainable for long-term operations.
There is no definitive standard for implementing and operating a SMO. As a result, you will likely need to leverage portions of multiple standards to cover the entirety of service-management-office activities. Some standards to consider are ITIL, for general ITSM reference; the Project Management Body of Knowledge from PMI, for best practices related to PMOs; and Lean IT, for guidance on establishing efficient operational processes. Once you've assembled input from various standards, you must customize them to your organizational culture and the charter of your SMO.
Processes are the core tool the SMO uses to drive consistent execution of service-management activities and to collect the data needed for effective decision-making. Defining service-management processes will require modeling process workflows, establishing decision-making criteria, assigning roles and responsibilities and defining data and automation needs. Managing your ITSM processes also requires determining how they will be monitored and controlled to ensure conformance and achieve performance objectives. Industry standards are a helpful source of reference, as are existing processes your organization is already using.
The most important factor in determining the success of your service management office is individuals' adoption of the SMO processes who are involved in the various aspects of service delivery. This requires both a solid change-management plan as well as a strategy for continuous training and skills development. Well-documented processes, easy-to-use tools, access to data and a clear understanding of how decisions are made are the essential components to foster organization-wide alignment to your SMO's guidance.
Service-management-office functions (like all other parts of a modern company) rely heavily on technology to support their operations. Most companies already have some sort of ITSM platform that serves as a good starting point. As you define and implement SMO processes, it is imperative you plan and coordinate changes with your ITSM tools – ensuring the people who need to execute the processes have the technological support and data they need to be successful.
In addition to your ITSM tooling, your SMO will need an effective means of managing the various processes it employs throughout the organization. This includes process models, decision matrices, roles and responsibilities, control mechanisms and other process documentation. A robust set of process-management tools can help save implementation time and costs, enable you to capture ITSM tool requirements as you're defining processes and plan your compliance activities from the start.
Who should own the SMO?
The enterprise-architecture (EA) function is typically accountable for the architecture of IT solutions and looking at the all-up impacts on business operations. Aligning your SMO function under EA provides a natural "top-down" perspective, a pre-existing governance relationship with operational teams and generally strong executive support. Many EA functions are already responsible for service-assurance functions, such as business-continuity planning, risk management and compliance. Organizing your SMO under EA also benefit your company by ensuring business services receive a similar level of attention as IT services.
The drawback of aligning your SMO under enterprise architecture is a potential cultural disconnect between the strategic focus of EA and the operational focus of many of the ITSM functions the SMO must oversee. The SMO must primarily influence the support operations staff, distributed project teams and specialized ITSM roles, such as problem managers and change managers. These employees tend to be very tactically and operationally focused on day-to-day activities that are often independent of EA's longer-term focus.
The IT production-support function is another common place to organize a service management office. In companies that have adopted standards-based ITSM processes, such as ITIL and many of the capabilities, processes and systems that a SMO must coordinate, are likely already implemented within various production-support functions. Aligning your SMO under production support provides the opportunity to harvest an increased level of grassroots support that can help to accelerate SMO adoption and results. Support managers are also likely to offer greater support for SMO functions aligned under production support because of greater opportunities for them to influence SMO activities to support their teams' productivity objectives.
The drawback of putting the ownership of Service Management in the hands of a Production Support group is that it may have limited upstream understanding of what is being developed and the strategic direction of the organization. Support Managers are often fighting very tactical fires that require a narrow focus, which could obscure their perspective of bigger-picture issues that the SMO may need to address. IT production-support teams are also often more concerned with IT services than with business services – leading to potentially less support in these areas.
The SMO should have an influential executive sponsor who understands service management and has a genuine interest in ensuring the SMO is successful.
The SMO should have the support of leaders with the power and accountability to solve problems early in delivery cycles. Most service-quality and performance issues are introduced during planning and design activities, so it is very important the SMO has strong influence during this stage of the service lifecycle.
Your SMO should have strong ties and coordinate closely with PMO and portfolio-management functions. This doesn't mean they must be in the same organization, it just means their activities must be aligned and the teams collaborate.
Another consideration for placement of your SMO within your organization structure is the changing needs of the organization, as the enterprise grows and as service-management processes mature. It may be easier to implement your SMO initially by aligning it with production-support functions; however, as the SMO matures, there may be a need to realign it with a more strategic function, such as enterprise architecture, as a way of supporting long-term goals and transformational business objectives.
The overarching purpose of your service-management activities should be to provide the best quality services possible to your users and business stakeholders. Your SMO is critical in driving continuous service-improvement (CSI) efforts and helps your organization balance service cost, quality and performance considerations when making CSI decisions. It does this with a combination of governance and compliance activities as well as continuous process-maturity efforts.
Sentiment is also an important part of driving continuous service improvement within your ITSM operations. There are many facets of service quality and performance as well as perceptions about support activities that aren't easily captured through traditional process-based metrics. Your service management office must develop capabilities to capture and assess the sentiment of end-users, business functions and management as a part of their CSI efforts.


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Regent Porto Montenegro on the list of 100 best hotels in the world
The Regent Porto Montenegro Hotel, located in the exclusive Porto Montenegro area in the resort town of Tivat (Montenegro), was ranked among the 100 best hotels in the world by the Traveler Made online community!
Within the framework of this contest, out of 740 different hotels the Traveler Made agency has selected and certified 217 hotels, which in the future were included in the process of evaluation and selection of 100 best hotels from around the world.
Among other things, Hotel Regent Porto Montenegro is now part of the Traveler Made* honor community, which presents only the best representatives of the tourism business from around the world. Membership in this network of Montenegrin hotel Regent Porto Montenegro is provided by the Cooperation Agreement.
* Traveller Made is a world-wide online community of the best tour operators specializing in providing unique and exclusive offers for individual travels and working only with highly qualified representatives of various tourism sectors that provide the highest quality services and strive to satisfy all the needs of their customers. All members of the Traveler Made group are oriented to experienced travelers whose personal wealth exceeds $ 30 million.
At the moment, in the Traveler Made community there are more than 600 elite hotels that are located in more than 60 prestigious resorts, as well as 310 travel agencies from around the world.
Note that this tourist consortium already has one representative from Montenegro - the elite hotel Aman Sveti Stefan, which is located on the territory of the unique closed island-hotel of St. Stephen.
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Voodoo Doughnut coming to Vancouver in November
New branch planned near Vancouver Mall
By	Anthony Macuk, Columbian business reporter
Published: August 6, 2021, 6:05am
Voodoo Doughnut plans to open a Vancouver location in this former bank building, now painted pink, near Vancouver Mall. At top, a neon sign that adorns the Voodoo Doughnut store in Portland's Old Town-Chinatown neighborhood. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Portland's landmark Voodoo Doughnut, known for its distinctive pink carryout boxes and wide range of over-the-top novelty offerings, is preparing to open a store in Vancouver. Voodoo Doughnut CEO Chris Schultz confirmed the plan this week.
"Ever since I've come to Voodoo, we've been on the lookout for a store in Vancouver," he said.
The new branch will be at 8203 N.E. Vancouver Mall Drive, on the outside of the Vancouver Mall loop, in a building that formerly housed a Chase Bank branch. The first Voodoo Doughnut sign is scheduled to be installed next week, but there's already a visible hint about the future of the site: The building has been painted pink.
The store is targeting a mid-November opening, Schultz said.
Schultz joined Voodoo about four years ago after serving as an executive at Starbucks and later MOD Pizza. He said Voodoo has received frequent requests for a shop in Vancouver, and his prior success operating Starbucks and MOD locations in the city made it a good candidate.
The former Chase Bank branch is one of three adjacent commercial buildings on a single piece of property west of the mall, according to Clark County property records. Like most of the other developed properties along the mall's perimeter, it is not owned by Vancouver Mall parent company Centennial Real Estate.
Schultz said the company has had its eye on the spot for about six months and appreciated that it was a high-visibility site with ample parking. It's also near several other big-name food establishments that have opened in recent years, such as the Chick-fil-A at the southwest corner of the mall loop, he said.
The store won't operate 24 hours a day like its downtown Portland counterpart, Schultz said, but will likely be open until 10 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends. The company plans to hire between 50 and 70 staff to operate the store, he said.
Voodoo Doughnut opened its first location in Portland's Old Town-Chinatown neighborhood in 2003, followed by its eastside Portland location in 2008. Subsequent expansions took the company beyond Oregon, with locations in Colorado, Texas, Florida and California.
One of the most recent additions brought things back to the Portland metro area with a new branch in Milwaukie, Ore., that opened in late 2019. Voodoo Doughnut currently has 11 locations, and Vancouver will make 12; although, it will be quickly followed up by new locations in Houston and Denver late in the year, Schultz said.
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Home » News » Bung Hammers Swing and Miss against Loons
Bung Hammers Swing and Miss against Loons
The West Michigan Whitecaps, going as the Beer City Bung Hammers, fell behind early as they fell to the Great Lakes Loons 6-2 in front of a season-best 9,135 fans Saturday at Fifth Third Ballpark.
For the fourth straight game, the Bung Hammers gave up an early lead and could not produce an offensive response, recording just six hits overall in the opener of a three-game series.
The Loons used a throwing error by Beer City starting pitcher Gio Arriera to score the game's first run in the second inning, then used a two-run single to push the margin to 3-0 after three. The Bung Hammers used consecutive singles by Wenceel Perez and Parker Meadows in the fourth frame off Loons starter Jose Martinez, but an untimely inning-ending double-play grounder by Andre Lipcius ended the opportunity. Consecutive extra-base hits off Arriera in the fifth brought another run home for Great Lakes as they extended their advantage to 4-0. The 'Caps put together only four hits through the first six innings but in the seventh Lipcius stroked a one-out single. One batter later, as the rain began to fall, Bung Hammer catcher Cooper Johnson deposited a home run over the left-field fence to close the deficit to 4-2. Reliever Yaya Chentouf came on in the middle innings for Beer City and pitched three brilliant innings of baseball, allowing only two hits, no runs, and tallying four strikeouts to maintain the score until the final stanza. In the ninth, the Loons Chris Roller put the game out of reach with a two-run home run off reliever Zack Hess, and the Bung Hammers went down in the bottom half of the inning to give the Loons the victory.
Arriera (3-8) pitched better than the numbers indicated, giving up seven hits and four runs in five innings, but only one run earned. Arriera did not walk a batter and struck out seven in the defeat. Martinez, whose only loss of the year came against Beer City in late-April, improved his record with 6.2 innings of five-hit, two-run baseball, striking out a season-high eight. Lipcius reached base twice with two singles of the six hits total for the Bung Hammers. Johnson's home run was his first of his pro career. Only three runs have crossed the plate in the last 27 innings for Beer City, as they drop their third straight and fall to 34-69 on the year, and 13-21 in the second half. Great Lakes, who punched their ticket to the playoffs by winning the Eastern Division first-half, improves to 64-38 and 20-14 since the All-Star break.
This three-game series against the Great Lakes Loons continues Sunday evening at 6:00 pm. Pitcher Austin Sodders gets the start for West Michigan against the Loons Jack Little. Broadcast coverage with Dan Hasty and Mike Coleman begins on the Whitecaps Baseball Network at 5:50 pm. Tickets are available for any Whitecaps 2019 home contest by calling the Whitecaps front office at 616-784-4131 or by visiting www.whitecapsbaseball.com.


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Posted on October 28, 2019 in Fact Sheets
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10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty A fact sheet prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Dr. Jennifer Glass, Executive Director, Council on Contemporary Families and Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Believe it or not, Halloween has its origins in folk customs designed to lower inequality between the rich and the […]
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CCF's Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times
Posted on October 1, 2019 in Members In The News
Experts: Stephanie Coontz
In a recent article for the New York Times, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz discusses the potential implications of paying stay-at-home parents, a role most often undertaken by women. Coontz notes, "without strong incentives for dads to take on some of those duties, this would simultaneously cement women's second-class place in the […]
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New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal
Posted on January 16, 2019 in Press Releases
Experts: Virginia Rutter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Sociology @ Framingham State University vrutter@gmail.com Sociologist Jill Yavorsky conducted a field audit on gender discrimination in hiring and shares this early exclusive summary and commentary with CCF. Her brief report, Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women's and Men's Career Options, shows that men as […]
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Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women's and Men's Career Options
Posted on January 16, 2019 in Brief Reports
Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women's and Men's Career Options A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Jill Yavorsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Organizational Science, University of North Carolina Charlotte January 16, 2019 Although many sexist prejudices have weakened over time, gender stereotypes still influence employers' decisions […]
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Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.
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3q: Per Coontz, Equality is an Agenda for All Working People, Not Just Feminists Virginia Rutter interviews Stephanie Coontz on the new Council on Contemporary Families brief, Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women's and Men's Career Options, by Jill Yavorsky. VR: You edited Jill Yavorsky's brief on hiring-related discrimination, where she reports […]
Who Goes to Jail for Child Support Debt?
Posted on June 19, 2018 in Brief Reports
A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Elizabeth Cozzolino Introduction Child support enforcement aims to increase child well-being by ensuring that noncustodial parents contribute to children's material well-being. Yet owing child support debt puts nonresident parents at risk for going to jail, triggering potentially […]
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Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can't Always Get What They Want
Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports
A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Kristine Hopkins, Celia Hubert, Kate Coleman-Minahan, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kari White, Daniel Grossman, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction Female community college students who have a child while in college are 65% more likely to drop out than […]
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The Impact of Information about Abortion Safety on Texas Voters' Opinions about Restrictive Laws
A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Kari White, Daniel Grossman, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction A substantial gap exists between the scientific evidence demonstrating the safety of abortion in the United States and public opinion about abortion safety. […]
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The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women's Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil
A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Letícia J. Marteleto, Abigail Weitzman, Raquel Zanatta Coutinho, and Sandra Valongueiro Alves Introduction The epidemic caused by the Zika virus has been a major public health shock for Brazil, particularly for reproductive-age women. The virus is […]
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What are the Effects of Mothers' and Fathers' Depression and Thoughts of Death on Their Children's Level of Parental Connectedness?
A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Susan De Luca, Yan Yueqi, and Yolanda Padilla Introduction Mental health outcomes such as depression are often passed down in families and these families use products similar to weed concentrates in an effort to help better manage their […]
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I couldn't emphasize better how important it is to wash make up brushes regularly. Cleaning makeup brushes is the best way to condition their bristles for smooth makeup application. It is also, the best way to extend their lives significantly. All kinds of cosmetic products, dead skin cells, sweat and oil easily clings to makeup brushes and if they are not cleaned, they instantly become a breeding ground for bacteria. Using a dirty makeup brush on your face can pose serious threats to your skin. I'm talking about acne and pimple breakouts, rashes, pore congestion – should I go on?
The easiest way to clean makeup brushes is to use commercial makeup brush cleansers. Most makeup brush cleansers can really burn a hole in your pocket so if you're looking for a cheaper or a more affordable way of washing and caring your brushes, continue reading this post. I'm going to show you how you can keep your makeup brushes clean by simply reaching out to a couple of items that you may already have in your kitchen and bathroom – olive oil and shampoo. Ready? Let's get started!
STEP 1: Take out all your dirty makeup brushes. Here are the dirty makeup brushes I gathered from my vanity this morning.
STEP 2: I have this bottle of baby shampoo for the sole purpose of washing my makeup brushes and as you can see, it's almost empty! If there's a baby in your house, chances are, you already have baby shampoo in the bathroom – lucky you. Also, get at least ¼ cup of olive oil from the kitchen. You will definitely need more if you're going to wash relatively big and dense face brushes.
STEP 3: Pour a quarter-size amount of olive oil into a tissue paper.
STEP 4: Get one of your dirty makeup brushes and gently wipe the brush head against tissue paper in a back and forth motion as if you're painting a blank canvas. As you can see, the olive oil helps break down all the nasty residues and impurities trapped in this face brush.
STEP 5: Squirt some baby shampoo on your hand.
STEP 6: Wet your brush with water and swish it into the shampoo on your hand to create a lather. This will help remove the rest of the remaining product build-up and impurities clinging on the bristles.
STEP 7: Give the brush head a tender squeeze to remove water and shampoo suds.
STEP 8: We're almost finished. Rinse the brush with running water until it runs clear.
STEP 9: Get a paper towel and blot excess water from your makeup brush.
STEP 10: On a clean, dry towel, lay all the brushes at a slightly downward angle to prevent the water from getting inside the ferrule which can weaken the adhesive securing all the bristles together. Let the brushes air dry overnight.
Viola! You now have clean makeup brushes waiting for their next makeup application challenge.
Thank you for that wonderful blog post. very informative and helpful, i'm looking forward for your next post.
Fantastic method! I clean my brushes with homemade detergent instead of baby shampoo. It works! I am trying to wash them once per week. I know it is recommended to clean them every day but it is impossible for me. Greetings!
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Pakistan Super League 2017 T20 league will see 8th game between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators on 17th February at 16:00 Indian Standard Time. The game is set to played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The game is set to be televised at Willow TV and Ten Sports.
Final XI:Ahmed Shahzad, Luke Wright, Kevin Pietersen, Asad Shafiq, Thisara Perera, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saad Nasim, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Nawaz,Anwar Ali,Umar Gul and Nathan McCullum.
Final XI:Dawid Malan, Mohammad Hafeez, Eoin Morgan, Kamran Akmal, Haris Sohail, Darren Sammy, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Asghar, Wahab Riaz, Anwar Ali and Chris Jordan.


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Ozcan is a non-practising Barrister and member of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn. He is the Chairperson of the Dialogue Society since 2008; was the Executive Chairperson of the same organisation between 2008 till 2014; the Executive Editor of the peer-reviewed biannual academic Journal of Dialogue Studies since 2014 and a PhD candidate in human rights at the University of Sussex since 2015. Ozcan is also a member of the the Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research. Between 2006 and 2009 he was a research student with Prof Kevin Boyle at the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, where he held the Scholarship Award of 2006. Ozcan was called to the Bar in 2005 after successfully completing the Bar course at the Inns of Court School of Law. He obtained his LLM in Human Rights Law from SOAS, University of London, in 2002. Academic interests include: human rights, freedom of religion or belief, social movements, Islamic social movements, British Islam, the Hizmet movement, Turkey, violent extremism claiming an Islamic justification, dialogue, dialogue studies.
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So we had Piff in today and it was amazing! Piff the Magic Dragon was one of the best guests that we've ever had. Dry – funny – and friendly – please be sure if you're a fan of "A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan" to go and hang out with him this weekend at the Orlando Improv! He crushed!
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The notoriously volatile price of Bitcoin is rallying, surging past the US$11,000 mark for the first time this year in late July.
The cryptocurrency set a new record high for 2020 on Sunday when it briefly surpassed US$12,000, marking an important technical and psychological milestone for cryptocurrency investors, before plunging more than US$1,000 within minutes.
There are several key factors fueling this price boost including the so-called "Bitcoin Halving," which occurred on May 11. The algorithm that controls market supply of Bitcoin was adjusted to reduce new market supply by half. In the 11 years since its inception, this inflation-fighting feature of Bitcoin's programming has historically been a driver of price movement.
Brian Mosoff, CEO of Toronto-based fintech firm Ether Capital, says a big part of the Bitcoin narrative has been a hedge against the inflation of fiat currencies, such as the U.S. dollar.
"The timing of COVID and the expansion of government and central bank balance sheets have investors nervous about inflation. Investors are seeking ways to hedge and Bitcoin stands to be an important beneficiary of this," he said in an email.
Bitcoin's algorithm dictates that only 21 million Bitcoin will ever be minted, leading many investors to draw the comparison to gold's scarcity. Industry watchers say many investors view Bitcoin as a kind of "digital gold" and for that reason, it has piggy-backed on gold's current rally.
According to Bilal Hammoud, CEO and Founder of a Calgary-based cryptocurrency exchange NDAX.io, Bitcoin is "the perfect long-term hedge" against both monetary policy instability and political instability. In an email he said ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China as well as "unlimited money-printing stimulus due to the pandemic" make the greenback a less attractive safe haven, driving the "smart money to deflationary assets such as gold and bitcoin as a hedge."
Another significant development driving the price of Bitcoin higher is a July 22 letter from the U.S. federal agency responsible for monitoring national banks and federal branches of foreign banks. It states that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency concluded providing custody of cryptocurrency is a modern form of traditional bank activities related to custody services.
"Banks can continue satisfying their customers' needs for safeguarding their most valuable assets, which today for tens of millions of Americans includes cryptocurrency," the OCC letter says.
The letter opened the door for all national banks to provide cryptocurrency custody services for customers, according to Taras Kulyk, a senior vice-president at Bellevue, Washington-based blockchain and Artificial Intelligence firm, Core Scientific.
Following the release of this letter, the price of Bitcoin jumped 10 per cent in the span of 48 hours. Kulyk said in a phone interview that "the market realized that this truly was a fundamental shift in regulatory positioning in the United States."
American law firm Sullivan Worcester LLP, which is based in New York City, described the OCC's letter in a July 24 note to clients as a potential "turning point in the notorious 'frenemy' relationship between banks and cryptocurrency." It goes on to say it's possible that this could lead to a lower barrier for consumer and merchant crypto transactions.
Kulyk said in addition to the OCC's statement, many U.S. consumer-facing fintech apps including Venmo and Paypal have recently announced plans to integrate cryptocurrency in their offerings.
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Mosoff said that historically, the majority of Bitcoin trading is done by retail investors, although institutional capital and interest is increasing.
"It's difficult and often impossible to know what leads to big, short-term price moves in crypto," he said. "Bitcoin is traded globally and traders often employ leverage; with leverage a lot of volatility is possible."
On Sunday, Bitcoin experienced a flash crash, with US$1,000 wiped from its trading price on major platforms within minutes. It has since somewhat recovered, and the move was attributed to profit-taking by so-called "whales" who own large amounts of the cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin's overall price increase has provided fuel for other major cryptocurrencies, including ether which runs on the Ethereum network, and was pioneered by Canadian Vitalik Buterin. Historically the largest cryptocurrencies tend to move in lockstep, though Mosoff says Ethereum, which marked its fifth anniversary at the end of July, is one to watch.
While Bitcoin is treated as a stock, commodity or store of value, Mosoff says Ether is poised to take a different path.
"Later this year, the network will begin to undergo a significant upgrade that will allow investors to generate yield in what we've termed 'a digital bond,' Mosoff said. "I believe this upgrade will put substantial upwards pressure on the price."
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GM mosquito project shelved in Malaysia and Brazil
Project not cost-effective
EXCERPT: GeneWatch UK director Dr Helen Wallace wrote in the New York Times recently that computer modelling of the findings showed that 2.8 million genetically engineered adult male mosquitoes would need to be released per week to suppress a wild population of only 20,000 mosquitoes, which was impractical on any scale. "There is no evidence of any reduction in the risk of dengue fever, which can continue even if the number of mosquitoes is reduced," she said.
GM mosquito project shelved
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http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/03/06/GM-mosquito-project-shelved-Plan-not-cost-effective-for-implementation-says-Health-DG/
The Government's plan to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes as a way to fight dengue has been shelved.
Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that after the field trials in 2010 and 2011, the ministry did not proceed further as it was not cost effective to be implemented.
"We did not proceed further after the initial study," he told The Star yesterday.
The purpose of GM mosquito dengue control was to reduce the Aedes Aegypti population – the GM mosquito would mate with the females in the wild and the eggs would hatch but the offspring would die before reaching adulthood.
In the field trial undertaken by the Institute of Medical Research and British-based biotech company Oxitec Ltd, about 6,000 male GM Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were released at an uninhabited forested area near Bentong, Pahang, on Dec 21, 2010.
An equal number of unmodified male mosquitoes were released at the same time for the purpose of studying and comparing the GM mosquitoes under natural conditions against their wild counterparts.
The study ended on Jan 5 and the area was fogged to destroy the mosquitoes the following day.
In response to public outcry over safety concerns at that time, Medical Entomology Unit & WHO Collaborating Centre for Vectors IMR head Dr Lee Han Lim said that the exhaustive studies lasting four years confirmed that the biology, behaviour, mating competitiveness and the capacity to transmit disease of the genetically modified Aedes aegypti were not altered.
Health Ministry vector-borne disease sector head Dr Rose Nani Mudin said Brazil, which had carried out a large-scale GM mosquito testing there, had announced that they would not implement the dengue-control method.
GeneWatch UK director Dr Helen Wallace wrote in the New York Times recently that computer modelling of the findings showed that 2.8 million genetically engineered adult male mosquitoes would need to be released per week to suppress a wild population of only 20,000 mosquitoes, which was impractical on any scale.
"There is no evidence of any reduction in the risk of dengue fever, which can continue even if the number of mosquitoes is reduced," she said.


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Our first point of call is Llangollen. Set on the banks of the River Dee, you will have ample time to explore.
Renowned for the surrounding hills and the River Dee, Llangollen has something for every visitor. Llangollen has an astonishing range of cafés, bars, hotels, restaurants, guest houses, B&Bs, and cottages to suit everybody.
We depart Llangollen and arrive in Betws-y-Coed in good time for lunch. This magical setting has a distinctly Alpine feel enhanced by the dense Gwydyr Forest surrounding Betws-y-Coed.
Mid-afternoon we depart for Swallow Falls. The cascade's name was recorded in 1773 as Rhaiadr y Wenol or the Waterfall of the Swallow. This is thought to refer to the way the water resembles the tail of a Swallow, where a large rock divides the flow into two streams.
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Living near a highway may increase dementia risk by 7 per cent
Dominic Lipinski/Getty By New Scientist staff and Press Association Living close to a motorway or highway may increase the risk of developing dementia, according to a study of more than six million adults in Canada. Tracking these people over a period of 11 years found a clear link between dementia incidence and living near a main road, comparable to the M1 or M4 in the UK, or major state or interstate highways in the US. Compared with those whose homes were more than 300 metres away from a busy road, people living within 50 metres of heavy traffic had a 7 per cent higher risk of developing dementia. This increase falls to 4 per cent in people living between 50 to 100 metres of a busy road, and 2 per cent in people living between 101 and 200 metres. At greater distances, there was no evidence of a link with the condition. "Our findings show the closer you live to roads with heavy day-to-day traffic, the greater the risk of developing dementia," says Hong Chen, at Public Health Ontario, who led the study. "With our widespread exposure to traffic and the greater tendency for people to live in cities these days, this has serious public health implications." The study also found that long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and fine particulates – two common components of air pollution – is associated with dementia, but that other factors are likely to be involved too. Other studies have also linked air pollution to dementia risk. However, the study was not able to determine whether roads and air pollution themselves help cause dementia. It's possible that something else that is associated with these factors may instead be to blame. "This study has identified major roads and air pollutants from traffic as possible risk factors for dementia, a finding which will need further investigation before any firm conclusions can be drawn about the relative risks of air pollutants for dementia versus other risks such as smoking, lack of exercise, or being overweight," says David Reynolds, at the charity Alzheimer's Research UK. Journal reference: The Lancet, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32399-6 Read more: Air pollution is sending tiny magnetic particles into your brain Headline and first paragraph was changed to better reflect the study's findings More on these topics:
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The Conservative leadership candidate attacks immigration and transit in one tweet.
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Born to Die (Lana Del Rey album)
Low (Flo Rida song)
Radio (2013 film)
Born to Die is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012 by Interscope Records, Polydor Records, and Stranger Records. Del Rey collaborated with producers including Patrik Berger, Jeff Bhasker, Chris Braide, Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Rick Nowels, Robopop, and Al Shux to achieve her desired sound. Their efforts resulted in a primarily baroque pop record, which sees additional influences from alternative hip hop, indie pop and trip hop music.
Contemporary music critics were divided in their opinions of Born to Die; some commended its distinctive production, while its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies were a recurring complaint. The record debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies; it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after moving one million units. Born to Die reached the peak position on eleven international record charts, and has sold 8.5 million copies worldwide as of May 2015.
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"Low" is the debut single by American rapper Flo Rida, featured on his debut studio album Mail on Sunday and also featured on the soundtrack to the 2008 film Step Up 2: The Streets. The song features fellow American rapper T-Pain and was co-written with T-Pain. There is also a remix in which the hook is sung by Flo Rida rather than T-Pain. An official remix was made which features Pitbull and T-Pain. With its catchy, up-tempo and club-oriented Southern hip hop rhythms, the song peaked at the summit of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
The song was a massive success worldwide and was the longest running number-one single of 2008 in the United States. With over 6 million digital downloads, it has been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA, and was the most downloaded single of the 2000s decade, measured by paid digital downloads. The song was named 3rd on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. "Low" spent ten consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, the longest-running number-one single of 2008.
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Radio is a 2013 Malayalam–language drama film directed by Umer Mohammed and starring Iniya, Sarayu, Nishan and Sreejith Vijay in pivotal roles. The film was produced by S. C. Pillai whose previous production Passenger was a critical and commercial success.
"Tune in for a change" is the tagline attached to Radio in the credits. The storyline is about a girl Priya who comes to the city for a job as a salesgirl in a jewellery shop,with a load of debt to pay off, played by Sarayu. She is new to the ways and customs of the city life. Her co-worker, Iniya character Shweta, gives her accommodation, since she has no place or relative home to stay in the city. Shweta goes out at every night, where Nishan's character Manu, comes to pick her up. Whole picture of the storyline is clear, Shweta. a five star prostitute and associate Manu as pimp,for securing her business. It is a shock to Priya when she realizes the truth about Shweta and decides to leave her friendship and apartment.
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Take It Easy, Rude Buddha
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How am i supposed to know, just how you feel, and what you're thinking, how am i supposed to think, that this is real, as you walk out of the door, and leave me wanting more
should i take it easy, to make you want me, it's not so easy being found when your lost, should i take it easy, to make you want me, it's not so easy being found when your lost
what am i supposed to say, to perfection, when there's a change in season, for no reason, and what am i supposed to do, to keep you here, i'm feeling like a ball and chain, your flying away from everything
cause all i know is your better than all the rest, around you,i feel stronger, this cannot rest, i'm gonna change for the better, i'll never digress cause i'm lost in you, i'm lost in you, cause i'm lost in you, i'm
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