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Nonprofit Research Based Revenue Generating Businesses
I don't have the answer for the question raised by the New York Times article on Universities and the revenue generating ventures that arise out of their research activities but I do wonder: are other types of nonprofits engaged in activities that could lead to similar opportunities? Certainly a question each nonprofit board and staff might annually visit wearing their "generative" hat.
Nonprofit Risk and Mitigation Plan
The recent occurance at Sesame Street should provide nonprofits a couple of risk and mitigation planning reminders. One reminder should be focused on emergency succession planning. Key employees can not be guaranteed to be "on duty" for ever and certainly, unplanned events may expedite this reality. This would suggest then that a nonprofit venture's business plan risk and mitigation section should likely include an emergency succession plan when the founders or producer's absence would seriously impact the production and delivery of an organization's service or product.
Nonprofit-Business Partnerships: A business strategy
A Wall Street Journal article noted the partnership between Sears and Rebuilding America. Sears will be providing "up to 30% discounts on the cost of appliances and services. For those who don't know, I believe Sears remains as the largest seller of applainces in the US.
Partnerships continue to play an important role in ensuring that a nonprofit achieves its mission. Successful partnerships between nonprofits and for-profits often require a win:win:win formula where the business, the nonprofit, and the nonprofit's customer all gain.
I must say I see the win for Sears (distribution and sales of more appliances); a win for the nonprofit (getting appliances into the homes they will renovate); but the win for the customers doesn't "feel" as significant to me as maybe it should. Is 30% off all Sears could do given the volume it will ultimately be handling? But maybe this is just part of the lesson of business-nonprofit partnerships.
Nonprofit Doing What it's Passionate About and Generating Revenue
There is a saying in the world of small business: do what you love and the money will follow.
Well, I don't know the finance specifics but the Idelshon Society in New York is about preserving Jewish music and a by-product -- special muscial releases. I imagine that the market is not necessarily huge while at the same time there is likely enough demand to more than cover the costs of this nonprofit's efforts. The real challenge: a really good communications strategy. At the same time, having the New York Times take an interest is a reasonable strategy to me.
Nonprofits Might Apply
I saw this ad on TV and decided to check-out the posted link and lo-and-behold I'm thinking this is a business planning competition where 10 winners get $10K and a new car, and, "mentors". Worth checking out if you are in the arts.
Nonprofit Capitalism
In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, Dan Pallatta argued that if we gave the tools of capitalism to nonprofits, solving the world's challenges would be less challenging.
More specifically, Dan says that "If we free the nonprofit sector to hire the best talent in the world, take fundraising risks, use marketing to build demand and invest capital for new revenue-generating efforts, we could bring private ingenuity to bear on those problems and would not need to look to government to fill the gaps."
I kind-of agree but I stumble a bit thinking about what exactly keeps nonprofits from using the tools of capitalism. And one quibble I have with Mr. Pallotta in particular is his emphases on the idea that organizations must pay big salaries to get the "best talent". I won't dispute that there are occasions where the "best talent" might slip away for more money and that nonprofits aren't always the place for the really big salaries but I do believe that many of the best talents in the world do work for nonprofits despite the salary level.
Regarding the use of marketing (communications) strategies, there are number of nonprofits that are at the forefront of innovative uses of social media and other marketing communications strategies. Alas, most don't need to build demand for their services (there's plenty who want to make use of a nonprofit's offerings) but I suppose there's plenty of room to build demand by donors. Building demand by donors and using current marketing communications strategies is a really right idea anyway.
But, I have to agree that there is certainly a shortage of capital especially for innovative revenue generating ideas. I however think the problem may lay more in the development of innovative than a singular shortage in capital. Now, offering financial returns on capital investment, that is a whole other topic.
So Mr. Pallotta, thanks for continuing to think about the nonprofit sector. I look forward to your continuing ruminations.
Nonprofit Brand
Marketing communications folks have said over and over that brand matters. Brand identity particularly supports consumer choice between one provider and another and between one offering (product or service) and another. Brand identity also provides an understanding of what an organization is about.
So, I'm scratching my head just a bit when I read recently that the Andy Warhol Foundation is having a liquidation sale of, well, Andy Warhol art. When complete and there's oodles of money (they've already generated $17 million), the foundation will be just that -- not the keeper of Warhol but a grantmaker with a pretty health endowment from which to make gifts -- but not the keeper of Warhol.
But it probably won't take long for grantseekers to get past the idea that the Foundation is just, well, a grantmaker.
Nonprofit Celebrity Business Model
A number of nonprofits have lived well and prospered with the affiliation of a celebrity. Really, just name a celebrity and you can probably find an affiliated celebrity. But some nonprofits are started by celebrities and they too live and prosper with that celebrity's involvement. Michael J Fox comes to mind to me as does Willie Nelson (FarmAid) and quite a few others.
We know for a fact that celebrity status and brand can be a plus for any product or service (does William Shatner count?) but the risks are also clear and I for one do not have at my fingertips the research that indicates what happens to the value of a service or product when the celebrity's name is sullied.
I bring this up because in today's Chronicle of Philanthropy news the story on Lance Armstrong and the charity he founded, Livestrong, says that a celebrity can walk away and not negatively affect the brand value of the charity. In fact, Livestrong claims to have had an increase in income since Mr. Armstrong's departure.
One explanation could be that Mr. Armstrong's strategy was to create a charity whose offerings are so desireable, his presence would not be relevant. I'm willing to accept that this was indeed his business strategy, at least according to the evidence.
Lessons are plenty here -- feel free to share your thinking.
Nonprofit Revenue Generating Venture Planning Update
You've been operating your revenue generating for a long time and it's going swimmingly and according to the business plan -- correct?
Not likely I would offer or suggest you've probably formally or informally tweaked your plan on multiple occasions. Good for you if you have! Business plans are not documents that should sit on a shelf but should be a working resource to inform the decisions you make about your venture. And periodically, taking a more formal step and revisiting your market research and analysis might pay off and you might even then want to revisit your business model (4 ps, operations and finances).
For inspiration check-out 14 year-old Olivia, a Girl Scout and a major success story in the world of cookie sales (according to Time). I would note that her real secret of her success: adoption of social media -- not something around when cookies were introduced. The article also offers some other factors that have changed the industry.
Thank you Olivia and the Girl Scouts for reminding us that doing our homework and maybe changing our business model can possibly make a difference in achieving our goals.
Nonprofit Market Research
I hear it all the time: we've got no money to pay for good data! This is the response to the questions about the basis for designing and offering (service or product) in addition to the pricing, distribution and communications strategies. Yes, it does appear that folks would rather go with their instincts than make fully informed decisions and strategies.
Necessary? I don't believe so. While I love doing market research to fully understand the needs, wants, interests and characteristics of a prospective customer (aka client or beneficiary) and even more love learning about that prospects alternatives to the offering you would like to provide, there are some softer-cost approaches that can compliment the cost of a fancy consultant like myself.
Here's two. First, if you have email addresses or can get them, develop a Survey Monkey survey -- reasonably simple to construct, little or no cost for compilation -- you just do the analysis. Next, there are a whole lot of undergrad and grad students taking survey and interview and data collection courses. You can be one of their projects. Yes, you have to be very specific about what you want to know and very time aware and maybe even adding more hands-on management. But in the end, you might be surprised by what you can learn and maybe even build some new constituents for your organization.
Don't make market decisions without understanding your market. Data is way cheaper than the alternative of developing an offering and having no one show up.
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What a wild few years it's been for the labor market. We've lived through COVID-induced layoffs on one end to The Great Resignation on the other. The job market boomed thanks to a labor shortage where there were regularly 10 million more jobs open than candidates available. Then the layoffs hit this year in the tech industry. It was a wake-up call to many of us in the labor force, leaving us wondering if tech workers can get laid off and what's next for the rest of this. All of this as inflation rises and talk of a recession looms.
Most job candidates these days look for stability, a living wage, and good working conditions. If you're looking for your next opportunity, which industries will fit these requirements? We looked at some of the predictions for next year. Here's a list of three industries that seem relatively stable for 2023.
1. IT
Despite the recent layoffs, IT is still booming. Information Week laments the talent shortage for 2023, stating that "Global tech spending will rise, hitting $4.8 trillion in 2023." They call it a "talent recession" in tech, pointing out the reality that there are more than enough jobs to go around if you have tech skills. Jobs in tech security, data, and some of the newer technologies, like AI and robotics, are still hot. It seems like, even in a recession, we still need our digital tools and the staff behind the scenes to keep them going.
2. Healthcare
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the healthcare field will grow by 13% in 2023 and beyond, which is faster than most industries. Not only is this faster than most other fields, but predictions say more than two million jobs will pop up between now and 2031. When we say "healthcare," we don't mean you need to be a doctor to land a secure, well-paying job in this field. One of the fastest growing roles in healthcare is home health and personal care aide positions. These positions require patience but often train on the job as you travel to group homes or individual homes to help out the elderly and infirm with basic tasks. There are also online certifications that can get you started. But that's just one example of the meaningful work you can find in healthcare. Just look at your local hospital's career page, and you will find a variety of positions from housekeeping to cafeteria and so much more.
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Another area expected to grow in 2023 is light industrial and manufacturing. These are two separate job areas that are lumped together in industry predictions. Light industrial can include everything from working on an assembly line to operating a forklift in a warehouse. Manufacturing jobs like machine operators and welders require similar skills. A new study shows that 2.1 million of these jobs could remain unfilled by 2030. Like IT, manufacturing is an infrastructure type job category. The country still depends on these roles, which is good news for job candidates trying to break into this sector.
Perhaps ironically, 1.4 million of these roles were lost during the pandemic. But the industry bounced back with a vengeance. The study indicated that manufacturers say it's nearly 40% harder to find candidates now than it was when the pandemic started. This is good news for job candidates because there are literally hundreds of well-paying entry-level (and higher) positions waiting in this field.
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Fanfara Shukar numită și "Speranța" (în limba română) este o fanfară, din satul Zece Prăjini, Iași., care s-a remarcat prin muzica cu tonalități balcanice, stilul lor fiind asociat cu cel al lui Goran Bregović.

Traseul muzical
Drumul formației a căpătat avânt odată cu remarcarea ei de către Speranța Rădulescu, etno-muzicolog la Muzeul Țăranului Român din București, în ediția din 1989 a Cântării României.. Anul 1993 a fost momentul în care muzica lor a fost lansată peste graniță, odată cu vizita la Montreux făcută fostului suveran al României, Mihai I..

Fanfara a fost angajată de către Bartabas în Teatrul Ecvestru Zingaro. concertând la Festivalul de Teatru de la Avignon în spectacolele "Battuta" (2006-2009)

Printre colaborările notabile cu muzicieni consacrați, se numără cea avută cu Ovidiu Lipan "Țăndărică", Mioara Velicu, Alexandru Recolciuc, rezultate fiind hituri precum "Margareta", "Natalis" (în colaborare cu Stelu Enache), "Tango Toledo" (în colaborare cu Margareta Pâslaru). Înregistrarea melodiei  "Margareta" împreună cu fostul baterist al trupei Phoenix, a constituit momentul deplinei consacrări în România.

Membri
 Costică Panțîru - clarinet (conducătorul formației)
 David Panțîru - percuție
 Liviu Panțîru - percuție
 Mihai Panțîru - saxofon
 Constantin Panțîru - saxofon
 Sergiu Mavroian - trompetă
 Nicușor Cantea - trompetă,
 Vasile Gavril,
 Nicolae Dumitru,
 Florin Diaconescu

Din fanfară au mai făcut parte Jenică Panțîru, Andrei Panțîru, Marius Panțîru, Gheorghe Dumitru, Dumitru Gavril, Vasile Gavril, Ștefan Trifan, Costel Alexandru Codru, Iancu Florin, Vasile Dobrin, Maricel Mavroianu, Vlăduț Alexandru

Discografie
 1996 CD Fanfare Paysanne De Zece Prăjini - Roumanie, vol. 2 - Buda Records, Ethnophonie, Muzeul Țăranului Român, Musique Du Monde – , Collection Dominique Buscail, Le Jardin des Poiriers - 92655-2
 2000 CD Peasant Brass Bands From Moldavia / Fanfares Paysannes De Moldavie - Ethnophonie, Muzeul Țăranului Român, Fundația Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș - CD 002
 2001 CD Ovidiu Lipan Țăndărică & Fanfara Din Zece Prăjini - Renașterea - Intercont Music - IMCD 1187
 2001 Cass Ovidiu Lipan Țăndărică & Fanfara Din Zece Prăjini - Renașterea - Intercont Music - IMCD 1187
 2002 CD Mioara Velicu și Fanfara din Zece Prăjini - Bate Toba Mărunțel! - Electrecord - EDC 479
 2002 Cass Mioara Velicu și Fanfara din Zece Prăjini - Bate Toba Mărunțel! - Electrecord - STC 001462
 2004 CD Ovidiu Lipan, Stelu Enache, Fanfara Zece Prăjini - Bachița - Intercont Music - IMCD 1246
 2004 Cass Ovidiu Lipan, Stelu Enache, Fanfara Zece Prăjini - Bachița - Intercont Music - IMCD 1246
 2013 CDs Ovidiu Lipan Țăndărică & Fanfara Din Zece Prăjini - Renașterea - Gazeta Sporturilor
 2011 Cu cântecul prin lume

Vezi și
 Fanfare Ciocărlia
 Zece Prăjini

Referințe

Literatură suplimentară
 Fabricants d'émotion : Musique et malice dans un village tsigane de Roumanie , (Collection de la Société française d'ethnomusicologie); Stoichiță, Victor Alexandre; Paris-Nanterre: Société d'ethnologie, 2008; ISBN 978-290-1161-85-1

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U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution acknowledging and apologizing to Native Hawaiians the illegal United States–aided overthrow of the sovereign Hawaiian nation.
The reparations payments from 1994-2016, with the exception of Virginia Governor Mark Warner's 2002 apology and Georgetown University's actions, are taken from "Black and Blue Chicago Finds a New Way to Heal" by Yana Kunichoff and Sarah Macaraeg, YES Magazine, Spring 2017; and Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations: From 40 Acres to Atonement and Beyond by Charles P. Henry, 2007, NYU Press.
In 1992, at a summit meeting of the Organization of African (OAU), the Heads of State of Africa appointed Ali A. Mazrui and eleven others to constitute a Group of Eminent Persons to explore the modalities and logistics of a campaign for Black reparations world-wide.


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'And you can find the moon/Concealed in Homerton'
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Carol Ann Duffy, UK Poet Laureate since 2009, wrote a poem called Homerton to celebrate becoming a full College of the University of Cambridge
Dame Carol Ann Duffy is one of Britain's best-known and most admired poets. She is Professor and Creative Director of the Manchester Writing School. She has written extensively for both adults and children, and her poetry has received many of the most prestigious poetry awards. In 2011, her poetry collection The Bees won the Costa Poetry Award, and in 2012 she won the PEN Pinter Prize awarded to a writer who shows "a fierce intellectual determination … to define the real truth of our lives and our societies". Her work is as comfortable dealing with everyday experience as with myth, written in a style that is immediately engaging and accessible.
In 2009, Carol Ann Duffy became the twentieth Poet Laureate – the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly LGBT+ person to hold this position. Duffy took over the role from Sir Andrew Motion, another Honorary Fellow of Homerton College and like him will hold the position for a fixed term of ten years. Duffy's work as Poet Laureate has covered topics ranging across species extinction, HIV/AIDS, climate change and David Beckham, as well as royal events such as the marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
In 2010, Carol Ann Duffy was elected an Honorary Fellow of Homerton College. To mark the occasion of Homerton becoming a full College of the University of Cambridge, she wrote a poem called Homerton. This plays with words that can be found in the letters of 'Homerton', and repeats the motto 'respice finem' or 'look to the end', in a way that encourages us to think about the meanings that might be found at the College. The poem was set to music by the late Peter Maxwell Davies – at that time Master of the Queen's Music, and also an Honorary Fellow of Homerton. The piece was premiered by the Charter Choir at the Charter Garden Party in June 2010, and it was also recorded for the Charter Choir's debut CD, Audite Finem.
Carol Ann Duffy was awarded a damehood in 2015 for her services to poetry.
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Mr. B leads his Joybox Express tour. At left rear is Brian Delaney and at right rear is Pete Siers.
Local blues and boogie woogie pianist Mark Lincoln Braun, better known as Mr. B, hasn't just been tickling the ivories lately; he's been hauling the ivories, by bicycle, across the state for the second Joybox Express tour in two years.
Covering about 300 miles in two weeks, Mr. B and his band — Pete Siers (drums), Brian Delaney (guitar), and Carl Hildebrandt (bass) — kicked off the tour in Saugatuck on July 2, and they'll be stopping in Ann Arbor for a Top of the Park show on Sunday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. —Â the last night of ToP this year. Earlier in the day, he'll be at the Chelsea District Library at 1 p.m. (This year's Joybox tour will conclude in Detroit.) The tour aims to not only share live music experiences in a unique way, but also to raise money for arts and athletics organizations for young people.
This year's tour mileage is about twice the amount Mr. B covered last year, when he traveled with his former student Lance Wagner from Flint to Ann Arbor. But before all this could happen, Braun needed a custom-made bike, built for the specific purpose of taking his show — which is to say his piano — on the road.
Custom-made bikes are expensive, of course, so Braun applied the proceeds from a CD ("9 Pianists, Our Town, Our Time") that featured music by accomplished local pianists, and had been recorded during a benefit concert at Kerrytown Concert House.
The bike, built by former Ann Arborite Mark Nobilette, allows for two additional riders to hook onto the back, after removing their front tires, as "pusher" bikes, and keeps the piano stable behind Mr. B.
Under normal conditions, hauling a piano by bike would be a challenge; but a rash of uncomfortably hot, sticky days has added an extra obstacle this year.
The other band members, meanwhile, are hauling their own instruments; and Hildebrandt — a Pittsburgh-based pediatrician — closed his practice for two weeks in order to be part of the tour.
and it'd be hard for me to overstate this, really, but I know a lot of really, really fine musicians all over the world, few of which would be interested or would be capable of doing what we're doing physically," said Braun. "And then I know a bunch of really physical people, very, very few of which would be able to do what we're doing musically.
"People have been so positively moved by what they see and what they hear," said Braun.
Who: Blues and boogie woogie pianist Mark Lincoln Braun, known as Mr. B, and his band: Carl Hildebrandt (bass), Brian Delaney (guitar), and Pete Siers (drums).
What: Part of the Joybox Express tour, wherein Mr. B and his band haul their instruments, by bike, from Saugatuck to Detroit to play music and raise money for arts and athletics organizations for kids (including Ann Arbor's Wild Swan Theater).
Where: Top of the Park, 915 E. Washington St.
When: Sunday, July 11 at 6:30 p.m. An earlier stop will take place at the Chelsea District Library, 221 S. Main in Chelsea, at 1 p.m.
How much: Free, with a suggested donation of $3 per person, $5 per family.
Braun and his band play scheduled shows throughout the tour, urging listeners to donate directly to charities like Wild Swan Theater and Chelsea Center for the Arts. But inevitably, spontaneous, unexpected performances are part of the Joybox Express tour, too.
On the Fourth of July, for instance, Braun and his band found themselves on a dirt road. "We were in farmland — large farms, dirt roads, neighbors far, far away from each other, practically zero traffic, hot hot hot," said Braun.
A young couple in their 20s, in a car with two kids, directed the band to a paved road.
"They were about to drive off, and I said, 'Wait a minute, we've got a present for you,'" said Braun. "We lifted up our tarp and showed them the piano, and they're eyes just got huge.
So I played some boogie woogie. And you have to wonder what that means to people.
Fri, Jul 9, 2010 : 11:52 a.m.
Go get em Mr. B. My sister, Mary Helen is smiling down on you!
Fri, Jul 9, 2010 : 10:39 a.m.
Bike helmet's off to the man - go Mr. B.
Fri, Jul 9, 2010 : 8:47 a.m.
Mr. B never fails to amaze and mesmerize his audiences and friends. A class act thru and thru! Keep on playin' that boojie - woojie music.


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When I started to take discipleship seriously, I sought to find out about discipleship through a combination of study and practice. I began reading the Bible seriously for the first time in my life. I also started reading a lot of John Wesley's writings—the founder of the Methodist movement in the eighteenth century who wrote a great deal on grace, salvation, and the Christian life. In many ways, Wesley became a spiritual mentor to me. His writings helped me understand the biblical witness much more clearly.
Together with my studies, I began to take the practice of my discipleship more seriously. I came to the realization that discipleship wasn't just about "doing the right thing" out of a sense of duty or obligation. Instead it was about loving the Lord my God and loving my neighbor. If I got those things right, then all the activity of day-to-day life would follow. I was fortunate at this time to have mentors and friends much wiser than me, who showed me the right path again and again. They were God's instruments in my life.
The right kind of community is essential for true discipleship because none of us can go it alone. There's a reason that Jesus called twelve disciples together instead of just one. There's also a reason that the church stuck together as a community after Jesus' resurrection rather than splitting up. Without a community around you to teach you, support you, and hold you accountable, you will never grow to be a mature disciple.
We also need discipline in order to become real disciples of Jesus. For the same reason that an athlete will never achieve excellence without dedication and practice, we will never become the kind of disciples God wants us to be without those same things. It took me a while to come around to this understanding. I knew it was true for sports, just as I knew it was true for academics and business. However, I never applied the same standard to my faith. When I began to realize that my faith was the most important part of my life, I also saw how much I had missed by approaching it in a lackadaisical and haphazard fashion.
The last thing we must have for true discipleship is the experience of transformation. This one is a little tricky, because we can't make it happen. We don't transform ourselves. Rather, we experience transformation by God's grace. Yet, the very way that God's grace works means that we can expect to be transformed as we commit ourselves to the practice of discipleship within a community of faith. In other words, God promises us that we will be transformed when we live faithful lives over time.
I really think that these three elements—community, discipline, and transformation—are very counter-cultural today. They make up what I would call the "way of discipleship." Our culture gives us a different pattern for how to live. We will call it the "way of the world." Where God calls us to be a part of a community, the culture promotes individualism at every turn. Likewise, where true discipleship calls for true discipline, our culture encourages rabid consumerism (which means nothing more than saying "yes" to every felt desire we have). And where the gospel promises transformation, our culture promotes a kind of materialism that says we should not put our faith in God but rather in the things of this world.
I spent long enough embracing the way of the world that I came to realize how empty it is in the end. I am still very much a disciple-in-training. There is plenty that I don't do well, and there's plenty else that I still have to learn. I need all the help I can get! But I am convinced that the only life worth living is a life following Jesus Christ. It's in that kind of life that the only true happiness can be found.
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2017 Trans Am Champion Gar Robinson and sportscar racing ace Shane Lewis will be competing for the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge GTS crown in 74 Ranch Resort Mercedes-AMG GT4s prepared by Robinson Racing. Known most recently for capturing two of the past three championships in the Pirelli Trans Am Series, and historically for very successful IMSA GT and Grand Am prototype programs that includes wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the family-owned, family-style Robinson Racing is excited for the new challenges and opportunities in Pirelli World Challenge.
"This is a big, positive move for everyone at Robinson Racing," says team owner George Robinson. "In the nearly 30 years this team's been racing together, it's probably been at least 20 years since we've entered a paddock so ripe with manufacturer presence and support. That's huge, and not just for the opportunities it presents to all the drivers, but it has also had very real benefits to teams like ours through the ability to campaign factory-built cars with factory support on- and off-track in terms of engineering support, parts and spares, and of course the marketing power that we all get to enjoy. This is one of the few series we haven't raced in, and we're very excited to compete there."
Second-generation racer, Gar Robinson, will campaign the #74 with which his dad and storied co-drivers such as Hurley Haywood, Wally Dallenbach Jr, Johnny O'Connell, Jack Baldwin and others enjoyed success. Gar has been competing professionally for the past three seasons, a short span that has seen him capture a pair of Trans Am championships and a podium finish in the 24 Hours of Daytona, and he can't wait to bring his often-sideways-always-fun style to Pirelli World Challenge and the 74 Ranch Resort Mercedes-AMG GT4.
"The GT4 segment is getting more and more popular," said Tobias Moers, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-AMG GmbH, "After achievements in GT3 Racing, the Mercedes-AMG GT4 is opening another valuable platform for us to prove our competence as a globally successful sports car performance brand."
"Pirelli World Challenge has some of the best racing out there, and such a diverse field of awesome cars and manufacturers," says Gar Robinson, driver of the #74 74 Ranch Resort Mercedes-AMG GT4. "Sometimes my friends give me a hard time because I don't always like change, but I'm really looking forward to this one. Plus, my crew is my dad's old crew – the same guys I've been racing with since they were running prototypes for my dad and quarter midgets for me, so no matter where we're racing, it always feels like family. And while this is a new car in a new series with some tracks that are new to us, or at least new to me, the only thing I can imagine that's better than going racing with this team is going racing with this team and Mercedes-AMG!"
Continuing that theme and continuing a long association with Robinson Racing and the Robinson family, Shane Lewis will pilot the #72 74 Ranch Resort Mercedes-AMG GT4. Universally-recognized as one of the premier race and development drivers, and an endurance racing expert with over 40 24-hour races to his credit (including wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, and the 24 Hours of Dubai) and the 2017 Trans Am West Coast Championship, Shane Lewis is even more energized than usual when asked about joining Pirelli World Challenge.
"I don't have words to describe how great it is just to be able to know this team and call the Robinsons friends, so that I also get to race with them and now we're adding Mercedes-AMG and Pirelli World Challenge to the mix, it really is a dream come true," says Shane Lewis. "This is a bit of a homecoming for me as I raced in World Challenge earlier in my career, though there's obviously a typo in the record books because it's impossible that that was nearly 22 years ago. No matter how long it's been, Pirelli World Challenge is without peer in its ability to attract and engage global manufacturers. Couple that with forward-thinking media and marketing platforms that combine social media savvy with partners such as Motor Trend OnDemand and CBS Sports, then add in great venues and a smart mix of standalone weekends and pairings with established marquee events like Long Beach and St Pete with IndyCar, and it's easy to see why we're so excited."
Robinson Racing will campaign full time Mercedes-AMG GT4s for Gar Robinson and Shane Lewis in the Pirelli World Challenge GTS championship, and another for Robinson and Lewis to contest the Pirelli World Challenge Sprint-X championship.
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Alberto Octavio, prince de t'Serclaes de Tilly, est un général espagnol, né à Bruxelles le  et mort à Barcelone le .

Biographie
Alberto Octavio t'Serclaes de Tilly est le fils de Jean Werner, comte de t'Serclaes-Tilly, sénéchal héréditaire du comté de Namur, chambellan de l'Empereur, et de Marie Françoise de Montmorency (fille du 1 prince de Robech). Il est le frère de Claude-Frédéric t'Serclaes van Tilly.

Il passa au service de la principauté de Liège en 1689, comme général en chef des troupes liégeoises.

En 1698, il devient maître de camp général des troupes aux Pays-Bas.

Alberto Octavio est fait prince en 1693 par le roi Charles II d'Espagne.

Il sert durant la Guerre de Succession d'Espagne aux côtés du roi Philippe V d'Espagne contre l'empereur Léopold . Il participe d'abord à la campagne dans les Pays-Bas espagnols en 1701 et 1702 puis à la campagne portugaise en 1704.

En 1705, il y eut une conspiration dans laquelle , capitaine général de Catalogne, prit le parti de Charles d'Autriche. Alberto Octavio mit en garde les autorités centrales. Pour cette aide, Philippe l'éleva à la dignité de Grand d'Espagne.

Il servit comme vice-roi de Navarre de 1706 à 1709. Il est nommé  en 1711, puis de Catalogne en 1714 (en remplacement de FitzJames). Il mourut à Barcelone l'année suivante.

Descendance
Alberto Octavio t'Serclaes de Tilly épouse Marie Madeleine de Longueval (fille de Charles-Albert de Longueval) puis sa nièce Marie Madeleine, comtesse de T'Serclaes-Tilly.

La légitimité de sa fille, "Albertine-Josèphe t'Serclaes-Tilly" ou "Albertine-Josèphe t'Serclaes, comtesse de Tilly et du Saint-Empire", a été contestée juridiquement au  car elle était issue d'un "mariage putatif" avec Alexandrine de Bacq.

La fille d'Albertine, Isidora de Ruiz de Castro y T'Serclaes de Tilly, Princesse de T'Serclaes, Grande d'Espagne, épousa à Grenade le  le comte Juan de Dios de Guzmán y Maraver. Leur fils, Don Andrés de Guzmán y Ruiz de Castro t'Serclaes de Tilly, comte de Guzmán, joua un rôle trouble pendant la Révolution française et fut guillotiné en 1794.

Notes et références

 « t'Serclaes de Tilly (Albert Octave) », in Biographie nationale de Belgique, Académie royale de Belgique
 André de Guzman, « Mémoire et consultation sur la légitimité de la princesse Albertine de T'Serclaes-Tilly », 1784

Naissance en décembre 1646
Naissance à Bruxelles au XVIIe siècle
Décès en septembre 1715
Maison t'Serclaes
Grand d'Espagne
Général espagnol d'Ancien Régime
Vice-roi de Navarre
Capitaine général de Catalogne
Chevalier de l'ordre espagnol de la Toison d'Or (XVIIIe siècle)
Décès à 68 ans
Militaire espagnol de la guerre de Succession d'Espagne
Prince de t'Serclaes de Tilly


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Discounts - You must make sure to contact every automobile insurance company and ask the discounts that you are eligible for. Companies generally offer good discounts on anti-theft devices, low mileage, automatic bill pay, paperless billing, and more. This depends on the company and you must enquire about the discounts. This will enable you to save up on a lot of money.
Comparison shopping - Also, there are multiple quote sites that do not require you to go to the website of every individual insurance company. You can just go to these multiple quote sites and enter the information as required. Based on the amount of coverage that you need you will then receive the quotes of all the companies at one go. This will make it easier to do comparison shopping. You will also be able to get the rates faster and choose a policy within a few minutes.
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So this is what happens when you watch Castaway and Life of Pi with in one week. Besides the fact that you never want to go on a plane or a boat again, you think about what it would feel like to be in a tiny raft during a sea storm. In this scene our character has been lost for days and wakes up one morning to see a storm approaching. The small rain drops (high piano part) hit his face, waking him in time to brace for impact. Its a scary storm, but more in an awe inspiring way then the, "I'm gonna die and be eaten by sharks" kinda way. The key to the storm feel was the tempo and the waves. I found the tempo of the piece by imagining myself in a storm and swaying back and forth making "buuash" sounds with my mouth. Awkward I know. This storm is 85 bpm if you were wondering. For the waves I used a bunch of cymbal swells with different textures to represent the crashing. After the storm subsides, our hero has a deeper appreciation for the storm, the life boat, and God.
I had a friend who always thought about life as being adrift in a vast ocean. I think these two movies communicate this idea. There were two things I appreciated about both characters. One, they had to relate to survive, whether ball or a bengal. And two, they couldn't stay on the island, they had to try and reconnect with the world even if that meant risking there lives. It was faith that held them up and hope that drew them forward.


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International ideologies: Paradigms of ideological analysis and world politics
Benjamin Martill
Recent years have seen significant interest among scholars of International Relations (IR) in ideological analysis. By treating international theories as international ideologies, this trend entails both a radical reconceptualization of IR's disciplinary foundations as well as the emergence of important new lines of inquiry for scholars of ideology. And yet, as a research programme, ideological analysis in IR has failed to establish a significant foothold in the discipline. This article locates the source of this weakness in the fractious nature of IR as a discipline, which has contributed to the emergence of five distinct paradigms of ideological analysis: analytical, historical, philosophical, critical and reflexive. Reviewing these five distinct bodies of scholarship, this article demonstrates that ideological analysis is 'alive and well' in IR, but argues that greater engagement between divergent paradigms will be required in order to fully understand the complexities of international ideologies.
Journal of Political Ideologies
Published - 2 Sep 2017
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Martill, B. (2017). International ideologies: Paradigms of ideological analysis and world politics. Journal of Political Ideologies, 22(3), 236-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2017.1345139
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Cast: Choi Kang Hee, Kwong Sang Woo, Lee Da Hee and Park Byung Eun.
This drama continues where the last left off.
Yoo Seol Ok (Choi Kang Hee) got divorced from her prosecutor husband, and now lives with her best friend Kim Kyung Min (Kim Hyun Sook). The two are both trying to get into the police academy, though Seol Ok still helps Ha Wan Seung (Kwong Sang Woo) with cases during her free time. Unfortunately, Seol Ok isn't able to make the cut for the academy, even though Kyung Min does. And while trying to study and/or find places to do so, she gets involved in several cases - which she, with Wan Seung, tries t solve.
After watching season one, I was intrigued to watch this season, since I felt the previous one had been lacking a lot of different things. I like that they tried to make the love story of these two with a sense of humor, unfortunately that became boring half way through, and I lost interest. Even the "jealousy" parts were boring, though I admit, I laughed at them. I like that we were introduced to the families of the characters, and I like that they added new characters that recurred. Though the main story was boring - the thing with Wan Seungs past - the small stories were alright. Truth be told, this drama isn't memorable. It has funny moments, but fails, if you ask me, in the serious parts, and has a bad story line.
My verdict is the same as I mentioned in the first season: this drama is okay, with decent acting.


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:- use_module(library(irc_client)).

:- initialization run.

% assert_handlers/2 is used for asserting event handlers. These event handlers
% must have an arity of 1. The first argument is the Id of the connection. The
% Id of the connection is established as the alias of the thread of the actual
% connection. The second argument is a list of event goals to be be applied to
% incoming server messages. The connection Id _must_ be ground.

% Below, we have use assert_handlers/2 as a directive, but they may not be in
% in your application. If assert_handlers/2 is used in a module file, then you
% must make sure that your module exports the event predicates that you want to
% use with assert_handlers/2.

:- assert_handlers(ct1, [output, echo_connected]).
:- assert_handlers(ct2, [output, echo_connected]).

% The next two predicates below (output/1 and echo_connected/1) are the actual
% implementations of the event goals that process the incoming server messages.
% As mentioned in the README of this pack, this is a very low level protocol
% library. Hence, not even outputting IRC messages is included by default!!!
% However, this is easy enough to implement, as shown by the output/1 predicate
% below. It is a mere 3 line event handler. The other handler, echo_connected/1,
% simply echoes to the user terminal that a successful connection to a server
% has been established when it reaches IRC message code 352.

output(Id-Msg) :-
	% This is the basic format of an incoming server message. It is a compound
	% term of the format: msg(Server, Code, Params, Text), or in other words,
	% msg(string, string, list(string), string)
	% The third argument is a variable list of strings that represent specific
	% IRC parameters
	Msg = msg(Server, Code, Params, Text),
	format("~s: ~s ~s ~w ~s~n", [Id, Server, Code, Params, Text]).

echo_connected(Id-Msg) :-
	% Every incoming message relayed by the server takes the form of a pair ...
	% Id-Msg. The Id is the aliased Id of the connection when the thread for it
	% is created. The Msg part of the pair is the actual message itself.
	Msg = msg(Server, "352", _, _),
	format("Successfully connected to ~s on ~s~n", [Server,Id]).

run :-
	% Here we create two threads that attempt to connect to the same server
	% the alias of each thread represents the connection Id. One can conceivably
	% connect to many servers each with many channels, under different user names.
	% We merely attach the threads to separate consoles for demonstrative purposes.
	% (attaching to a debug console is not required)
	thread_create(connect, Connect, [detached(true),alias(ct1)]),
	thread_signal(Connect, attach_console),
	sleep(0.1),
	thread_create(connect_2, Connect2, [detached(true),alias(ct2)]),
	thread_signal(Connect2, attach_console).

% Each connection uses the connect/6 predicate.
% connect(IRC Server, port, password, username, names, channels) or in other
% words, connect(atom, integer, atom, atom, list(atom), list(atom).

% ... and this is the basic idea of irc_client. It's not meant to be a framework
% for bots, or a complex system to hold your hands. It is a light abstraction
% over protocols that can conceivably allow you to make _any_ type of IRC client
% software. For more information on the protocol API, see the README.

connect :-
	connect('chat.freenode.net', 6667, pass, userbot, [host,server,real], ['##prolog','#coq']).

connect_2 :-
	connect('chat.freenode.net', 6667, pass, userbot2, [host,server,real], ['#math']).

connect_3 :-
	connect('irc.choopa.net', 6667, pass, userbot3, [host,server,real], ['#iphone']).

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Finland is known as the Land of a Thousand Lakes but actually holds over 180,000 lakes. That's the most lakes of any other country in the world. If you're into islands, there are over 179,000 islands surrounding Finland.
Finland is also known to host many interesting events. Some included are the Wife Carrying World Championships and the Air Guitar World Championships.
Finland is also the start of many technologies including the first Interest browser for users, Angry Birds, SMS, and Linux OS. They've also invented the heart rate monitor and ice skates. Pretty crafty!
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Piedmont Appoints Primero Group as Preferred EPC and Operations Contractor
May 7, 2021 June 23, 2020 by Sarah Wells
PRESS RELEASE | June 23, 2020 | NASDAQ:PLL | ASX:PLL
Piedmont and Primero have entered into an MOU for the delivery of the proposed Piedmont spodumene concentrator on an Engineer, Procure, and Construct ("EPC") basis
Primero to contract operate the spodumene concentrator for a period of up to six years following construction
Primero is a world leader in the design, construction, and operations of spodumene concentrator projects
MOU significantly mitigates the execution risk of Piedmont's integrated lithium hydroxide business
Piedmont Lithium Limited ("Piedmont" or "Company") is pleased to report that the Company has entered into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with Primero Group ("Primero") relating to the Company's planned spodumene concentrator located in the historic Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt in North Carolina, USA.
Piedmont and Primero have partnered since early 2018 and Primero has been the lead engineering consultant for Piedmont's scoping studies, concentrator design, and metallurgical testwork management. Building on this strong relationship, Piedmont and Primero have entered into the MOU to work together on an exclusive basis to agree binding documentation relating to the definitive feasibility study ("DFS"), front-end engineering design, EPC delivery, commissioning, ramp-up and contract operations of the spodumene concentrator.
The EPC and operations contract models contemplated by the MOU provide incentives for Primero to achieve safety, schedule, budget, process performance, production, and recovery targets. The arrangements contemplated by the MOU create a delivery framework which significantly reduces technical, operational and commercial risks associated with the concentrator. The Company continues to evaluate other strategic partnerships that could enhance performance in the design, construction and operations of other aspects of Piedmont's integrated lithium hydroxide business.
Primero is recognized as a world leader in the design, construction, optimization, and contract operations of spodumene projects globally. Primero's client list includes the existing operations of Pilbara Minerals, Altura, Alliance Minerals and Galaxy and engineering services performed for Sigma Lithium, Savannah Resources, Core Lithium and many others. Primero's EPC and contract operations services at Alliance Minerals' Bald Hill mine notably achieved nameplate capacity within two months of plant commissioning.
Cam Henry, Managing Director of Primero commented: "Piedmont is a world-class project surrounded by infrastructure and ideally located near potential customers in the USA's auto alley. We are excited to continue the relationship we have established with Piedmont Lithium over the past three years and we look forward to applying our specialist expertise in project implementation and operations to assist Piedmont in advancing the only spodumene project currently under development in the United States."
Keith D. Phillips, President and CEO of Piedmont, commented: "We are very pleased to be working with Primero as we advance our integrated lithium hydroxide project. Primero is the world-leader in the design, construction and operation of spodumene concentrate plants, with extensive involvement in many of the producing operations in Western Australia and leadership roles in projects in Canada, Brazil and Portugal. This is a key milestone as we build out our project execution team, with an emphasis on working with proven processes and experienced professionals."
To view the full ASX Announcement, click here.
Keith D. Phillips
Timothy McKenna
Investor and Government Relations
E: tmckenna@piedmontlithium.com
Categories ASX Announcements, Press Releases Tags 2020 Post navigation
Piedmont Lithium Limited Announces Closing of Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters' Over-Allotment Option
Piedmont Achieves Milestone with Production of Battery Quality Lithium Hydroxide


And, the reachability check explained below is now also present in Klicko 1.1 (189).
M. Uli Kusterer emailed me to say I'd forgotten that some people still have non-broadband connections. I had supposed that NSURLConnection would simply return an immediate error if the internet link is down – it turns out that it may autoconnect if the user has a dialup connection, for instance.
This changes the alloc/init pair to return nil whenever the URL host is unreachable… you'll have to test for that of course.
Update: the downside to the above approach is that the SCNetworkCheckReachabilityByName() function will block until it gets the information – which may take several seconds, perhaps more on some systems. The solution I'm actually using is more complex, installing a reachability transition callback, which sets a global flag that is tested before activating the NSURLConnection.
which accesses that URL from the server, presents it to you as NSData and/or gives you an error object. The problem, however, is that it's synchronous; if your server is down, it may take some time to time-out, and all that time your UI is inactive.
somewhere inside, say, a cancel button's action.
This takes care of nearly all common cases. The only non-obvious part is the connection:didReceiveResponse: method; according to the docs, you need to discard already-received data there, as it may be sent multiple times before you get the final data. In this method, you could also ask the NSURLResponse for the data size, to set a download progress indicator.
Finally, note the performSelectorOnMainThread: messages which pass the results back to your own code; they neatly insulate you from threading effects.
Maybe I should, after all, implement regular automatic version checking? I dislike such automatic processes myself, but I'll look into doing it less obtrusively.
So, it's done; Klicko 1.1 (187) has automatic version checking.
And the first bug is fixed: you had to click twice in Exposé in some cases. So I pushed out 1.1 (181). This also has, again, the French localization, thanks to Ronald Leroux for rewriting it on short notice.
I think I'll continue doing small, immediate bug fixes just by incrementing the build number, instead of doing lots of dot-dot versions like 1.1.2c15. The downside is that these small updates won't get press releases or special mention on the version tracking sites; for now, I'll just post a "developer note" on those when possible.
Currently the user has to check for updates by opening System Preferences, going to the "Installation" tab, and clicking on "Check for Updates". I do get the impression that relatively few users do so regularly, or when they run into a bug. Maybe I should, after all, implement regular automatic version checking? I dislike such automatic processes myself, but I'll look into doing it less obtrusively.
Details on the product page. More about it later here… must run.
It's been a while since the last post, but I've finally gotten past the boring parts of the new Klicko System Preference pane & background process. The latter is actually a per-user Launch Agent. I'd used launchd before in the last Quay implementation, but didn't fully understand what I was doing.
Well, I still can't claim I fully understand all, but I'm definitely getting better at this. As soon as Klicko 1.2 is out and working (hm, maybe that should be the other way around?) I'll back-port everything I learned to Quay.
One important part of messing around with launchd agents is that you have to set everything up just so – permissions of the executable and of its containing folders, as well as of the controlling plist if it's a global agent; and you have to run launchctl to load (register) the controlling plist with launchd. Only then, and if the conditions inside the plist are satisfied, launchd will run your agent for you.
Uninstalling your agent, usually for putting an updated version in its place, must also be done carefully. You have to unload it if it's loaded (even though it may not be running at the time) before swapping in the new executable and plist. Ideally, to avoid wasting time, there should be an easy way to test if your agent is properly loaded – the user might have unloaded it manually, or whatever. Unfortunately, the only "official" way to do so is to run launchctl again, passing in the "list" parameter, and parsing the output; not ideal.
daemons checking in with launchd (ala SampleD).
It is not really designed for job management.
management by fork/exec of launchctl.
and examine the dictionary. If it's nil, some error happened, or your agent isn't loaded into launchd.
If you do get a dictionary back, it will be autoreleased, and the "Label" key's object should be equal to the string you passed in. There are two more keys that might be interesting to check: "PID" will contain your agent's pid if it's running, and will be missing if it's not; and "LastExitStatus" will show you what your agent's main() returned on its last run.
Note that most of the code above is actually based on the launchd source, converted to use Foundation objects instead of CFTypes.


Performs various administrative and clerkship duties for the assigned department. Frequently contacts are made with judges, Clerk of the Courts, Administrative Office of the Courts, State Attorney, Public Defender, private attorneys, law clerks, state and local law enforcement, witnesses, bailiffs, criminal justices, social service professionals and the general public. Work is often of a sensitive and confidential nature. The Volunteer/Intern must observe high standards of conduct. Work requires independent judgment and is performed under the general supervision of a Judge or Attorney.
Managing the Judge's court and professional calendar coordinating and scheduling motions, pretrial hearings, trials, conferences, and committee meetings; maintaining trial dockets, continuances and trial orders; assisting attorneys with procedures on filing motions and hearing dates.
jury instructions and a list of pending cases; ordering jurors; and coordinating in-house services, such as interpreters.
Reviews case files for accuracy, format compliance and completeness before scheduled hearings.
Acts as the Judge's liaison to assist and inform litigants, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and witnesses concerning court procedure and policy.
Screens telephone calls and visitors to the judge's office; provides information, resolves issues, directs caller/visitor to proper personnel or agency, or takes messages.
Performs routine clerical tasks such as reviewing, distributing and responding to incoming mail; performing data entry, ordering office supplies, maintaining files/records, faxing or photocopying.
Composes and/or edits correspondence, memorandum, directives, notices, orders, e-mails, and other documents observing strict confidentiality.
Researches information on hearing dates for other agencies; prepares notices of hearings for cases put on the calendar by the judge.
Interacts with attorneys and litigants and their family members to resolve problems such as scheduling conflicts or other case-related issues.
May conduct limited case law research using an electronic database such as Lexus-Nexus.
Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds. Position may require significant amount of standing, lifting, bending, sitting down and walking.
Must speak English. Some positions may require to speak a second language.
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1971 Eisenhower Dollar - Philadelphia - Uncirculated - Capsule The Most Trusted Name in Collecting!
In 1971 the U.S. Mint brought back a dollar denominated coin for the 1st time since the Peace Dollar Series ended in 1935.
It's theme on the obverse was to celebrate the life of President, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 10/14/1890 - 3/28/69, nicknamed "Ike". He was a Five Star General in the U.S. Army, a U.S. Politician, and the 34th President of the United States (1953-1961). He served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during WWII. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.
As President, the accolades continued with the overseeing of the cease-fire of the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority, launched the Space Race, enlarged the Social Security program, and began the Interstate Highway System.
Then on the reverse of the coin, the Apollo 11 moon landing is commemorated. Due to the signifigance of the year 1969, the same year of Eisenhower's death.
These dollars were issued between 1971 and 1978 and struck at the Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Mints. In 1971 the Eisenhower Dollar was only released as a special "silver" collectible and never released into circulation. This special "silver" version was struck at the San Francisco Mint in Uncirculated and Proof conditions. Its popularity resulted in a Copper Nickel issue being released into circulation in 1973. The series was last struck in 1978.
Between 1971 and 1978 the U.S. Mint issued 32 different issues. They were made out of 2 metals - Copper Nickel or Silver, and then stuck in Uncirculated or Proof condition. This 1971 Philadelphia Uncirculated ranks #27th out of all issues by Mintage Figure and is ranked # 6 out of 8 out of all issues struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
This piece is in Uncirculated condition and is presented in a capsule and comes in a protective black pouch.


Full Story Authors Note: This is not the first study to reveal that computers do not enhance learning. Like everything, if you really want to know what is going on, "...follow the money."
"...the idea that you can just have better training and then there are all these jobs, all these places where there are shortages and we just need the trained people is fundamentally an evasion." " The core problem is that there aren't enough jobs. If you help some people, you could help them get the jobs, but then someone else won't get the jobs. "
"Not all students need programming but they need to easily make the most of technology."
4) W. Antoniotti duration and continuation not speed are important.
1) Peter Drucker believed "Students Should Have Studied What They Do Well" "Delivering literacy--even on the high level appropriate to a knowledge society--will be an easier task than giving students the capacity and the knowledge to keep on learning, and the desire to do it."... "All it requires is to make learners achieve. All it requires is to focus on the strengths and talents of learners so that they excel in whatever it is they do well." But schools do not do it. They focus instead on a learner's weaknesses." The New Realities pages 236 and 237. Peter thinks that student who do poorly with math should not be let anywhere near algebra. This should make students happier but remember algebra teachers need jobs.
3) Tyler Cowen believed education can create potentially valuable workers by helping them improve their value by using smart machines and that these two are stronger complements than ever. Students may not be able to calculate like computers but we can teach students to be better readers of character and emotion and to be the best interpreters of the masses of information provided by the behavioral sciences and big data. Not all students need to do programming but they need to easily make the most of technology. He sees educators as motivators and online managers rather than as a professor. From Average is Over, 2013 by Tyler Cower Could a majority on workers hurt by Geekability add to A. Greenspan's fear of unrest?
1909–33 "A system of "concentration and distribution..." with general examinations and tutorials introduced.
6) Paul Krugman "When asked to make economic comments as if he were looking back on 1996 from 2096..." Paul mentioned "...the devaluation of higher education."... "Or consider the panic over downsizing that gripped America in 1996. As economists quickly pointed out, the rate at which Americans were losing jobs in the nineties was not especially high by historical standards. Why, then, did downsizing suddenly become news? Because for the first time white-collar, college-educated workers were being fired in large numbers, even while skilled machinists and other blue-collar workers were in high demand. This should have been a clear signal that the days of the ever-rising wage premium for people with higher education were over, but somehow nobody noticed." The Accidental Theorist and Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science Editor's Note: They are still not listening and only change is 1.5 trillion dollars is owed by former college students.
11) James Heckman "The highest rate of return in early childhood development comes from investing as early as possible, from birth through age five, in disadvantaged families. Starting at age three or four is too little too late, as it fails to recognize that skills beget skills in a complementary and dynamic way."
W. Antoniotti graduation is about finishing, many student drop out, teacher is in deep do do.


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Rajab Taieb is a journalist in TOLOnews covering security and political topics.
US Restricts Imports of Some Afghan Antiquities
The United States has imposed restrictions on the importation of certain categories of Afghan archaeological and ethnological materials into the US, the State Department said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the restrictions are aimed to prevent trafficking materials into US art markets. "These import restrictions are intended to prevent illicitly trafficked materials from entering the US art market, thus reducing the incentive for pillage of Afghanistan's cultural heritage and combating profit from the sale of these cultural objects by terrorists and criminal organizations," the State Department said.
The State Department said considering the situation in Afghanistan, imposition of these restrictions was needed. According to the department, the restrictions are imposed to protect the cultural heritage of the people of Afghanistan.
The State Department said the move was made to protect the Afghan people's cultural heritage.
Afghanistan, China, Pakistan Sign Cultural Cooperation Agreements
Afghan Conflict Threatens Ancient Sites, Artifacts: Official


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Andeavor Announces Results of Marathon Petroleum Corp. Acquisition Conversion Election
SAN ANTONIO, TX - September 28, 2018 - Andeavor (NYSE: ANDV) announced today the preliminary results of the stockholder election consideration related to the previously announced acquisition by Marathon Petroleum Corporation ("Marathon") (NYSE: MPC). On April 29, 2018, Andeavor, Marathon, Mahi Inc. and Andeavor LLC (f/k/a Mahi LLC) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") providing for the acquisition of Andeavor by Marathon through a merger of Mahi Inc. with and into Andeavor, with Andeavor surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon and the subsequent merger of Andeavor with and into Andeavor LLC (the mergers together, the "Merger"), with Andeavor LLC surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon.
As previously announced, under the terms of the Merger Agreement, subject to the proration, allocation and other limitations set forth in the Merger Agreement and the election materials separately provided to the applicable stockholders, stockholders of Andeavor had the option to elect to receive (subject to completion of the Merger), for each share of Andeavor common stock held by them of record as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (except for excluded shares as more particularly set forth in the Merger Agreement):
1.87 shares of Marathon common stock, including cash in lieu of any fractional share of Marathon common stock (the "Stock Consideration"); or
$152.27 in cash (the "Cash Consideration").
The election deadline for the foregoing election expired at 5:00 PM, Eastern Time, on September 27, 2018. Today, Andeavor announced that, based on preliminary information received from the exchange agent for the Merger, (i) election forms were received with respect to approximately 104,722,352 shares of Andeavor common stock in the aggregate and (ii) the cash election option was selected with respect to approximately 4,257,779 shares of Andeavor common stock, which is less than the Cash Election Number in the Merger Agreement, in each case, assuming that notices of guaranteed delivery are properly delivered pursuant to the terms of such notices of guaranteed delivery.
Because the Cash Consideration option was undersubscribed, the consideration to be received by the holders who validly elected the Stock Consideration will be prorated pursuant to the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement. Based on the preliminary prorationing and assuming (i) the Merger is completed on October 1, 2018, as currently expected, and (ii) all shares of Andeavor common stock subject to notices of guaranteed delivery are properly delivered pursuant to the terms of such notices of guaranteed delivery:
Stockholders of record of Andeavor who validly elected to receive the Stock Consideration and those that failed to make a valid election prior to the election deadline will, following the Merger and subject to rounding, each receive the Stock Consideration for approximately 87.32% of the shares of Andeavor common stock in respect of which they had validly made elections for the Stock Consideration, or failed to make a valid election prior to the election deadline, and the Cash Consideration with respect to each remaining share of Andeavor common stock held by them of record as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (except for excluded shares of Andeavor common stock as more particularly described in the Merger Agreement).
Stockholders of record of Andeavor who validly elected to receive the Cash Consideration will, following the Merger, each receive the Cash Consideration for each share of Andeavor common stock held by them of record as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (except for excluded shares as more particularly described in the Merger Agreement).
Following and subject to the completion of the Merger, the Andeavor stockholders will receive in the aggregate approximately 240 million shares of Marathon common stock (which excludes shares to be issued under certain Andeavor equity awards that vest as a result of the Merger) and approximately $3.5 billion in cash. The final prorationing and the final calculation of the number of shares of Marathon common stock issued and the final cash consideration paid in connection with the merger will be made post-closing after the expiration of the notice of guaranteed delivery period applicable to the cash/stock election.
The expected issuance of shares of Marathon common stock in connection with the Merger was registered under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Marathon's registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-225244), declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 3, 2018. The joint proxy statement/prospectus (the "Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus") included in the registration statement contains additional information about the Merger and incorporates by reference additional information about the Merger from Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by Marathon and Andeavor.
About Andeavor
Andeavor is a premier, highly integrated marketing, logistics and refining company. Andeavor's retail-marketing system includes approximately 3,330 stations marketed under multiple well-known fuel brands, including ARCO®, SUPERAMERICA®, Shell®, Exxon(TM), Mobil(TM), Tesoro®, USA Gasoline(TM) and Giant®. It also has ownership in Andeavor Logistics LP (NYSE: ANDX) and its non-economic general partner. Andeavor operates 10 refineries with a combined capacity of approximately 1.2 million barrels per day in the mid-continent and western United States.
This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws regarding Andeavor ("ANDV"). These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the proposed transaction between ANDV and Marathon Petroleum Corporation ("MPC") and include expectations, estimates and projections concerning the business and operations, strategic initiatives and value creation plans of ANDV and Andeavor Logistics ("ANDX"). In accordance with "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, these statements are accompanied by cautionary language identifying important factors, though not necessarily all such factors, that could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "design," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "goal," "guidance," "imply," "intend," "may," "objective," "opportunity," "outlook," "plan," "position," "potential," "predict," "project," "prospective," "pursue," "seek," "should," "strategy," "target," "would," "will" or other similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the companies' control and are difficult to predict. Factors that could cause ANDV's actual results to differ materially from those implied in the forward-looking statements include: the ability to complete the proposed transaction between ANDV and MPC and on anticipated terms and timetable; the ability to satisfy various conditions to the closing of the transaction contemplated by the merger agreement; the ability to obtain regulatory approvals of the proposed transaction on the proposed terms and schedule, and any conditions imposed on the combined entities in connection with consummation of the proposed transaction; the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; disruption from the proposed transaction making it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; risks relating to any unforeseen liabilities of ANDV; future levels of revenues, refining and marketing margins, operating costs, retail gasoline and distillate margins, merchandise margins, income from operations, net income or earnings per share; the regional, national and worldwide availability and pricing of refined products, crude oil, natural gas, NGLs and other feedstocks; consumer demand for refined products; our ability to manage disruptions in credit markets or changes to our credit rating; future levels of capital, environmental or maintenance expenditures, general and administrative and other expenses; the success or timing of completion of ongoing or anticipated capital or maintenance projects; the reliability of processing units and other equipment; business strategies, growth opportunities and expected investment; MPC's share repurchase authorizations, including the timing and amounts of any common stock repurchases; the adequacy of our capital resources and liquidity, including but not limited to, availability of sufficient cash flow to execute our business plan and to effect any share repurchases, including within the expected timeframe; the effect of restructuring or reorganization of business components; the potential effects of judicial or other proceedings on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows; continued or further volatility in and/or degradation of general economic, market, industry or business conditions; compliance with federal and state environmental, economic, health and safety, energy and other policies and regulations, including the cost of compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard, and/or enforcement actions initiated thereunder; the anticipated effects of actions of third parties such as competitors, activist investors or federal, foreign, state or local regulatory authorities or plaintiffs in litigation; the impact of adverse market conditions or other similar risks to those identified herein affecting MPLX LP and ANDX; and the factors set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in ANDV's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017 and in the Form S-4 filed by MPC, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We have based our forward-looking statements on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and you should not rely unduly on them, as they involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that we cannot predict. In addition, we have based many of these forward-looking statements on assumptions about future events that may prove to be inaccurate. While our management considers these assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, our actual results may differ materially from the future performance that we have expressed or forecast in our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements except to the extent required by applicable law.
Investor Relations: Brad Troutman (210) 626-4757
Media: media@andeavor.com (210) 626-7702


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