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Which Nigerian state has the largest number of coronavirus cases?
12 December 2022 by Africa Check
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
As of 12 December 2022, Lagos had the largest number of Covid-19 cases with 104,204 lab-confirmed cases. ...
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How many registered psychiatrists does Nigeria have?
30 October 2022 by Africa Check
Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria
Nigeria has an estimated population of roughly 200 million people, with about 250 psychiatrists currently practising in the West African country, according to the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria. This means there are 0.0125 psychiatrists per person in Nigeria. ...
How many Nigerian women die from cervical cancer in a year?
"HPV Information Centre: Human Papillomavirus and Related Diseases in Nigeria Summary Report - 22 October 2021 "
A 2021 report from the HPV Centre estimates that every year more than 12,000 Nigerian women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and almost 8,000 of them die from the disease. ...
How does Nigeria's obesity rate compare globally?
Adeloye D, et al. Estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Nigeria in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis
About 12 million people in Nigeria were estimated to be obese in 2020, with prevalence considerably higher among women. This amounts to a prevalence rate of 5.82% (based on Nigeria's 2020 population estimate.) ...
How widespread is drug use in Nigeria?
UNODC World Drug Report 2021: pandemic effects ramp up drug risks, as youth underestimate cannabis dangers
According to the latest UN global estimates, about 5.5% of the population aged between 15 and 64 years used drugs at least once in 2021, while 36.3 million people, or 13% of the total number of persons who use drugs, suffer from drug use disorders. In Nigeria, at 14.4%, the drug use prevalence is si...
What share of Nigerian children under five years are stunted?
Unicef Nigeria: Nutrition
Nigeria has the second highest burden of stunted children in the world, with a national prevalence rate of 32% of children under the age of five. ...
What is Nigeria's suicide rate?
World Health Organization: Suicide worldwide in 2019
In Nigeria, the rate of suicide is considerably high at 6.9 per 100,000 of the population in 2019. This translates to roughly 7,019 people a year. The current rate is less than the average global rate of 9 per 100,000. However, the rate is likely higher as underreporting related to the stigma and il...
Which drug is most commonly used in Nigeria?
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control - The Problem Of Drugs/Substance Abuse In Nigeria
The most commonly abused drugs in the country are tramadol and codeine. Tramadol is a synthetic opioid analgesic used to treat moderate to severe pain and is the most abused medicine among addicts. Codeine is an opiate and product of morphine mainly used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhoea. Codei...
What is Nigeria's total fertility rate?
World Bank Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Nigeria
Nigeria's total fertility rate was 5.2 births per woman in 2020. ...
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There must be very few times where you'd wear someone else's work shoes. Perhaps some vegetable farms have a communal selection of wellies for pickers to fight over at the start of a shift? May be scientists working in nuclear power stations share protective white boots? Generally though, sharing shoes in the world of work is not something to be encouraged. However, there is one time when it pays to get down low and smell the inside sole of someone else's work boot.
Mr Hargreaves slips off his left shoe revealing a dark brown sock with his big toe poking through the end.
The interviewer stands back. Mr Hargreaves reaches forward.
"Here, take off you left shoe and pass it to me".
"It's just that, well you said I've got the right technical skills. I just want to make sure I am the right fit".
Of course, we're not talking about examining shoes as some kind of new interview technique. But placing yourself in the shoes of a prospective employer is a cornerstone of creating a targeted and effective CV. You don't write a CV for yourself. You write it for the reader. You write it so an employer cannot help but find you are a convincing match for the requirements for the role. You write it so that they will invite you to interview.
It may seem obvious. But writing CVs can be a very long drawn out process. It's easy to forget when thinking about all those career highlights that you are not writing it for yourself. That's why you should spend as much time in the planning stage. Research the types of organisations and jobs you will be applying for. Look at the person specifications of the jobs themselves. See what qualities and skills they are looking for. This is what you will be assessed against. So make sure your CV is a perfect match for every application.
If you are open about your next career move then that is fine. It just means you need to do a bit more ground work. You will need more than one version of your CV. Each targeted towards different career pathways. The important point is to do all this before you put pen to paper.
So, if you are thinking about writing your CV, then it pays to do your homework first. Put on the employers shoes and write it from their perspective.
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Stephen Kilcar Ritchie (born 17 February 1954) is a Scottish former footballer. Ritchie played for Bristol City, Greenock Morton, Hereford United, Aberdeen, Torquay United and Yeovil Town. He scored a goal for Aberdeen in the 1978 Scottish Cup Final, but the team lost 2–1 to the Rangers. Ritchie mis-hit a shot, but it deceived Rangers goalkeeper Peter McCloy.

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CEO of Rome-based shipping group d'Amico Dry passed away
15:1522 February 2021
According to a statement from the Rome-based shipping company d'Amico, Luci Bonaso, CEO of d'Amico Dry, has died.
"Paolo and Cesare d'Amico, together with all their colleagues, mourn the passing of Lucio Bonaso, CEO of the Dry Cargo business unit of the d'Amico Group," said the statement of the company.
In 1998, Bonaso joined the company to drive the creation of bulk carrier fleets and was responsible for all the operations of the dry cargo division.
Over the years, Lucio Bonaso has made a decisive contribution to the company's growth and development, contributing to business growth through important commercial agreements, particularly in the Asian and Japanese markets, and managing the recent fleet renewal programme.
After graduating from the University of Genoa as a naval engineer in 1973, Bonaso spent two years in the Navy and then entered the shipyard of Officine San Giorgio del Porto in Genoa.
He was hired by Gestion Maritime, based in Monaco, in 1980, where he stayed until 1998, steadily improving his position until his appointment as CEO.
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Годув () — сельская гмина (волость) в Польше, входит как административная единица в Водзиславский повят, Силезское воеводство. Население — 12 395 человек (на 2004 год).

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» Think you're going to avoid child support by quitting your job? Think again.
Think you're going to avoid child support by quitting your job? Think again.
1 Texas Child Support Overview
1.1 Calculating Texas Child Support
1.1.1 Where does the child support money come from?
1.2 What if I quit my job?
1.2.1 Unemployed vs Underemployed
1.2.2 Evidence of an intent to avoid child support…
2 Common Texas Child Support Questions
2.1 How Is Child Support Calculated in Texas?
2.2 What If My Spouse Refuses to Pay Child Support?
2.3 How Can I Modify My Child Support Order?
Texas Child Support Overview
Calculating Texas Child Support
Determinations of a child support obligation are determined in part by the child support guidelines of § 154.125(b) of the Texas Family Code. Simply put, the guidelines recommend child support payments be 20% of the obligor parent's monthly net resources for one child, 25% for two children, and in increasing increments of 5% for up to 5 children. Tex. Fam. Code § 154.125(b).
Where does the child support money come from?
However, "[t]he duty to support a child is not limited to a parent's ability to pay from current earnings but extends to his or her financial ability to pay from any and all sources that might be available," Schaban-Maurer v. Maurer-Shaban, 238 S.W.3d 815, 826 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2007, no pet.). In particular, "[a] parent who is qualified to obtain gainful employment cannot evade his or her support obligation by voluntarily remaining unemployed or underemployed." Id. Thus in situations where the obligor is intentionally unemployed or underemployed, § 154.066 of the Texas Family Code allows a trial court to apply the child support guidelines to the earning potential of the obligor.
What if I quit my job?
Unemployed vs Underemployed
Until recently, there was a split among the courts of appeals over this statute. Some appellate courts have determined that this section requires a finding that the obligor's intent was to avoid paying or to reduce child support obligation before the guidelines could be applied to earning potential. Other courts have only considered whether or not the obligor was voluntarily unemployed or underemployed. Compare In re Z.B.P., 109 S.W.3d 772, 783 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2003, no pet.) (holding "for a court to find that a parent is intentionally underemployed or unemployed under section 154.066, there must be evidence the parent reduced his income for the purpose of decreasing his child support payments") with Pharo v. Trice, 711 S.W.2d 282 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1986, no writ) (not evaluating the obligor's intentions but applying the guidelines to her earning potential because she chose to be unemployed). Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Texas resolved this split in Iliff v. Iliff, No. 09-753 (Tex. April 15, 2011).
Evidence of an intent to avoid child support…
The Supreme Court found that though many courts embraced the standard of In re Z.B.P.—requiring evidence of an intent to avoid child support payments before § 154.066 could be applied—the lower courts "provid[ed] little or no analysis of how the particular facts of the case indicate a parent's intent to avoid child support." Iliff, No. 09-0753 at 6. For example, in Schaban-Maurer, though the court stated that it required evidence of the obligor's intent to avoid child support payments, the court only analyzed evidence of the father's habits of sleeping late, watching television, and playing computer games and his general dislike of working before deciding that the father was intentionally unemployed and that the guidelines should be applied to the father's earning potential. However, laziness is "not particularly indicative of a parent's motive or intent to avoid child support obligations." Iliff, No. 09-0753 at p. 6.
In Iliff, the father was a chemical specialist and account manager and made $90,000 to $100,000 a year. Id. at p. 2. In January of 2006, he voluntary quit his job. Approximately 6 months later, the mother filed for divorce. The father had no steady employment during the divorce proceedings. He had sporadic work as a business consultant and tractor operator and earned $3,600-$4,800 a year during the pendency of the proceedings. The trial court determined that the father was intentionally unemployed or underemployed and applied § 154.066 of the Texas Family Code. The father argued that this statute could not be applied absent evidence of his intent to avoid child support payments. The Court disagreed.
The Court looked at the language of the statute, which states "[i]f the actual income of the obligor is significantly less than what the obligor could earn because of intentional unemployment or underemployment, the court may apply the support guidelines to the earning potential of the obligor." Tex. Fam. Code. § 154.066. Grammatically, the adjective "intentional" modifies the phrase "unemployment or underemployment" and cannot be interpreted to modify "reduction of child support," not least of all because those words do not appear in the statute. Iliff, No. 09-0753 at p. 7-8. Additionally, "there is nothing in the statute requiring further proof of the motive or purpose behind the unemployment or underemployment," and such a requirement could not be added by the courts. Id. at p. 8.
The Court seemed to soften this blow by pointing out that § 154.066 "simply states that a trial court may apply the child support guidelines to the earning potential of the obligor"—and only when the obligor is making significantly less than he once did—and that such language "creates discretionary authority." Id. at 9 (quoting Tex. Gov't Code § 311.016(1)). It further reminds lower courts that "in child support decisions, the paramount guiding principle…should always be the best interest of the child." Id. (internal quotation omitted). Courts should not so narrowly interpret § 154.066 and base child support on earning potential only because the obligor makes less than he once did. Id. Whether or not to apply § 154.066 must be a case-by-case determination. Id. at 10. Trial courts must keep in mind that merely receiving more child support itself is not always in the child's best interest. See id. at 11. A trial court should consider the benefits that may come from the obligor's career choice, e.g., a particular job may allow a parent to live closer to his family, one job may have greater flexibility or fewer hours and allow a parent to spend more time with his family, or one job may provide better health or education benefits to dependents. Id. Further, trial courts must also consider "a parent's right to pursue his or her own happiness" and consider whether the parent is unemployed or underemployed to start their own business, to go into public service, to go back to school, or for another laudable reason. Id. at 10 and 12 (quoting In re E.A.S., 123 S.W.3d 565, 570 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2003, pet. denied)).
Though Iliff eliminated the requirement to find evidence of an intention to avoid paying child support before the guidelines are applied to an obligor's earning potential, this requirement was not being fulfilled even among courts that avowed this interpretation. Further, the result is not as harsh as it seems, as the Court tempered its holding with reminders to consider the positive results—for both the parent and child—that may accompany an obligor's career choice.
Common Texas Child Support Questions
How Is Child Support Calculated in Texas?
What If My Spouse Refuses to Pay Child Support?
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The focus of the video is to document how our current NSF DR K12 project is designed to advance STEM education by providing 'all' students (grades 1-2) with a quality, interdisciplinary science and literacy program and demonstrating empirically student achievement outcomes on norm-referenced tests in science and reading comprehension. The video features the Science IDEAS Model and how its implementation in the classroom can provide the means by which educators can address a number of persistent educational problems in elementary science instruction. Specifically, the video segments will illustrate how the project (a) addressed a curriculum focus on standards and practices, (b) how to apply a theory of learning (Bransford, et al., 2000) to the design of instruction to support student conceptual understanding in science, © how an interdisciplinary approach to instruction which links science investigations/inquiry with reading, writing/journaling and propositional concept maps supports in-depth science learning and key literacy outcomes (e.g., reading comprehension, writing, reasoning from evidence), and (d) how the combination of the Science IDEAS curriculum focus on core science concepts along with the 6 instructional elements increased learning outcomes in science and literacy, was feasible for teachers to implement in authentic and diverse classrooms, and provided more time for science instruction. In effect, the Science IDEAS instructional model, by design, and each of the project outcomes have been shown to address 'modifiable' factors that, in the past, have been seen as reasons as to why gaps in science achievement have persisted across time.
May 16, 2016 | 04:33 p.m.
Very interesting video and program!
First, you tell about gains in student achievement as measured by norm-referenced tests. Do you have such tests that you feel are adequate measures of students' understanding of the practices? Are you using comparable data in seeing the transfer to 5th-6th grades where both the content and the practices are somewhat more sophisticated?
Second: How have you teased out the respective impact of curricular/pedagogical elements of the program, as opposed to the "mere" increase of time spent on science (every science teacher's dream :) ?
May 16, 2016 | 05:20 p.m.
Thank you for sharing information on your project! I was wondering if you could also share some ways you have adapted the IDEAS model to address particular grade level science and literacy skills in the lower grades (1-2nd grade) from upper elementary grades.
May 18, 2016 | 09:40 p.m.
Hi! Thanks for your question. Primary Science IDEAS is a grade-level adaptation of the original Science IDEAS project for grades 3-5. Modifications were made in terms of aligning the science concepts to the District's scope and sequence as well as aligning to some of the general themes of the Framework and NGSS. Our model for reading specifically addresses a reading comprehension routine and does not emphasize many of the popular but often weak skills (text features) which do little to link new concepts with students' prior knowledge and relevant experiences.We have a good number of published articles describing the model. The main aspect of adaptation was the suitability and grade-appropriateness of the concepts and concept sequences to be taught.
May 19, 2016 | 01:20 p.m.
Thanks Nancy! I'm very interested in reading more about your work. I've done some work incorporating prior experiences students have in the classroom and have noticed that these are truly varied involving both home/community experiences and interactions with the natural worlds /environmental/local ecology. Can you share a few ways that teachers are encouraged to link new concepts with students' existing, relevant experiences?
May 17, 2016 | 12:33 a.m.
The professional development piece seems to be an important part of this work. Can you say more about the PD experience that teachers have (how they are recruited, what they do during the PD, and how they are supported/evaluated throughout the year)?
May 18, 2016 | 05:48 p.m.
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May 18, 2016 | 06:24 p.m.
Very much looking forward to your answers and to the conversation. Great video! I love this early linking between STEM and literacy. Just this morning I was in a very interesting conversation with an instructional coach at one of the Cambridge Public Schools, and this topic came up. I've been fascinated by this "marriage" between STEM and literacy (and other non-STEM areas) because of my own work as a linguist as part of a team of education specialists and STEM experts promoting Kreyòl-based STEM education in Haiti—a country where literacy usually happens in French that is spoken by only … 5% (!) of the population. You can easily imagine what kind of barrier this mis-use of language constitutes for the majority of the population—-the Kreyòl-only speakers. Thus my deep personal interest in your work that also combines STEM with literacy. Going outside of my own interests, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the other questions raised above.
Hi! Bryan: Thanks for your questions. We have consistentlt used the ITBS for assessing science learning and reading comprehension. We use it acrss grade levels and for the controls. However, the more in-depth answer to your questions would take more time typing that talking with you. So, he's some ideas: I would be happy to email you several recent publications that describe in detail the project and its assessment. Also, please feel free to stop by our poster at the PI meeting or call: 561-297-3577.
May 19, 2016 | 11:12 p.m.
Looking again at the video, I noticed how articulate the little girls were who expressed their love for science and hands-on experiments. Then I realize that your university is in Boca Raton South Florida which does have a diverse population—linguistically and otherwise. So I was curious how you would link the STEM activities with literacy for students from different language backgrounds. This is, of course, especially relevant to my own interests in introducing active learning of STEM to Kreyòl-speaking students in Haiti where literacy is typically taught in French, leading to disastrous results, both in STEM and in literacy!
May 20, 2016 | 09:20 a.m.
Hi! Michel: Great question. The best thing about integrating science and literacy is that the children love every minute spent learning, exploring, writing about and even reading about what they are learning. The main outcome is strong achievement in science and reading and writing. Some of our schools were 90% Free Lunch and about 88% diverse. It didn't matter. Science is a great equalizer. It is the best way to develop literacy (speaking, comprehension and writing) because the topic is 'real'.
May 20, 2016 | 02:01 p.m.
Hello Nancy, I'm at MIT in Boston. Can you please tell us about the language background of your students, and whether/how their home language (if different from English) was used in your science-and-literacy programs? Please, please. Thank you!
May 23, 2016 | 02:26 p.m.
There is one participating school that has a dual-language program. In this school the students are taught Science in Spanish and Reading in English. These students have done very well. The teachers who teach in Spanish have seen a marked improvement in these students reading and writing skills. In many of the schools there are English Language learners from South America and Haiti.


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Selling or Flipping a House? House decor tips to attract today's buyers.
If you are a homeowner or a house flipper thinking of renovating your home with the aim of selling down the line, there we have some hands on tips that are an absolute must have for today's buyers that you should pay attention to.
If you are going to renovate the kitchen and bathrooms, white and light grays are always a safe bet, says Joe and Nick Santoro of Personal Property Managers.
For the kitchen, think simple; like white Shaker-style cabinets. "Nobody wants ornate moldings" on the cabinets, Nick Santoro says. Brushed-nickel knobs, light-colored quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances work well for most people, he says. In the bathroom, you can't go wrong with white subway tile.
You'll want to appeal to today's buyers, who for the most part are what is described as 'minimalists;' clean, simple, not cluttered and not busy, Santoro says.
We have found that if a house has wallpaper, it must go; it must be removed. It is dated and too busy for today's buyers.
We advise that sellers paint walls neutral colors to make rooms look larger and feel more contemporary.
Our most recent house flip achieved rapid success by painting the whole house in light grays and whites and staging it with furniture. There were multiple offers during the first week and it was on the market for less than two weeks.
"It made a world of difference," Santoro says. "The buyers of today, the millennials (age 36 and younger) simply have no time" to plan and undertake renovations.
Buyers see carpeting in much the same way they see wallpaper: as something they will have to remove. The longer it stays on, the more damage it can do to your floors, the Santoro's warns. "When wall-to-wall carpet is removed in heavily trafficked carpeted areas we see the backing of the carpet and the foam padding sticking to the wood floors," Nick says. After removing carpeting, refinish the floors and stain with a low-gloss finish."It will bring a renewed life to your home," Joe says.
If kitchen and bathroom renovations aren't in the budget, pay attention to the small details, such as the condition of your front door, the doorbell, curb appeal and the mailbox, the Santoro's say.
Explore new light fixtures and floor-to-ceiling drapery. "LED lighting is an inexpensive way to brighten up and cheer up any space," Joe says. If a home has built-in furniture from the 1980s, Nick Santoro suggests taking it out and getting inexpensive modern pieces.
The Santoro's say regular upkeep goes a long way. "If you invest in it and keep it on trend, your investment will pay off," Nick says. Or don't renovate — and price accordingly.
Joe Santoro cautions that if a home needs work and the owners need to sell quickly, he will tell the client to set the asking price to reflect the home's condition.
Personal Property Managers, can take care of all your home selling needs along with downsizing, content liquidation and renovation work. With Personal Property Managers, one call does it all.
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If you're thinking of selling your home over the next few months, then you will need to make sure it's ready. Although you can put it up for sale at any time, it certainly pays – literally – to take some time and do some work in it before you commit to putting it on the market. A few hours and for a few dollars spent here and there, will give you a healthy return on your investment when it comes to selling.
This is part of an on-going series of real estate articles by Nick Santoro and Joe Santoro of Personal Property Managers ( www.personalpropertymanagers.com ) who service Pennsylvania and New Jersey and specialize in real estate, home content downsizing, senior transition services, property management and estate sales.
Your house could be the cleanest, most lovely, most perfect house in the world, and it could be a real bargain too, but if your windows are dirty (inside or outside) then prospective buyers could be put off before they even step through the door. It takes a lot to change someone's first impression of a property, which is why you want to make sure it's a good one for as many people as possible. Consider having your windows professionally cleaned or you can simply take a few hours to do it yourself. Make sure you don't just focus on the glass, but that you clean the sills and facias too. Not only will washed windows look much nicer, but the effect inside your home is better too, as more natural light can be let in, showing off the rooms as they are meant to be.
There may be many elements to the outside of your home that you don't really notice anymore because you're so used to them. It's time to step back, and go across the street if you can to appraise what you can see. If you need to invest in new outdoor lighting, a welcome mat, some flowers, or even a new front door itself (or just paint and maintain the current one) then do it. Making the outside of your house attractive will ensure that more people take a second glance at the realtor's brochures, or on the webpage your house appears on.
If you've lived in a house for a while, there will be signs of life's wear and tear. There might be scuff marks on the walls, or greasy fingerprints. There could be marks where pictures were hanging, and the sun has bleached around the frames. A freshly painted home (not costing a lot of money) can restore your home's beauty. Fix everything up for you so that it looks well-kept. This can help you score you points with today's buyers, and add thousands to the selling price of your property. It's a job that needs doing, and if you do it rather than the new owners, they will pay for that thoughtfulness.
When you're showing prospective buyers around your home, lighting can be key. Change your bright white bulbs for something that is much softer and inviting. A more flattering wattage that gives your home a cozy feel and welcomes people into each room will go a long way to helping people make a decision.
If you have rooms that aren't really used for what they were originally designed (a spare bedroom currently being used as a junk room, a dining room being used as a study and so on), when you put your house on the market, turn those rooms back into what they are supposed to be. It's easier for prospective buyers to see themselves in a property if you dress it right. It may inconvenience you for a short while as you try to sell, but if you make the house look great, that sale shouldn't be too long in coming. Dress that spare bedroom as a bedroom – you can simply use a cheap bed frame (or borrow from a friend) with an inflatable mattress on, but be sure to dress it with complementing bed linens. Make your home have a dining room by tidying up your paperwork and renting a dining set – or, again, borrowing a table and chairs from someone. It will be worth the effort.
We've all heard of the idea that baking bread or cookies, or brewing up a pot of coffee before someone comes to view the property as a sure way to promote how homely and cozy the place is. The thing is, it's not a myth. The sense of smell is the sense that is most closely related to memory and feelings. If you can evoke the feeling of comfort, a memory of childhood or happy times, then the potential buyer will automatically feel right at home, which is exactly the kind of thing that will lead them to buy it. If you're not a baker, don't worry; using scented candles can do the same trick.
You obviously can't make your house bigger physically, but you can make it feel that way. You can, for example, lay down a striped rug, which will give the impression of a longer room. You can hang floor to ceiling drapes, which will give the illusion of a room with high ceilings. You can clear away clutter to show more floor space. In the yard, make sure there are no huge toys such as trampolines which take up a lot of space. These can be stored somewhere for the duration of the sale, or just until you have secured an offer. Above all…de-clutter your home. Clean out closets, basements, garages. We know this can be a challenge, especially if you have lived in your home for many years, but this is important, and we can help you with any of your downsizing needs.
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Take advantage of buying opportunities. True Bargains exist in the Fall and Winter.
We are often asked if the fall or winter is the right time of year to buy a house or should a buyer just wait around till the springtime. We have outlined 5 reasons that now is a great time to buy.
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Fall is here and the days are getting shorter; however, the benefits of buying a home continue to grow. The real estate market reflects the seasons – when the flowers and sunshine appear in the spring, the market starts hopping; and when the days get cooler and leaves start to change, the market starts to slow. A slower market is good for buyers, and here are five reasons why.
1. Price reductions from leftover spring inventory.
Spring is a common time for homes to go on the market. Sellers often list their homes too high to start, which results in a series of price reductions over the next few months. Generally, after Labor Day, sellers' chances of capturing spring buyers begins to diminish. However, in the fall, buyers are likely to find sellers who are more motivated to sell, which may result in reduced prices, which may be below spring market value.
2. Less is better. There are fewer buyers on the market.
The coming of fall means back to school, sports and extracurricular activities. Families who are in the market for a new home usually aim to be settled by the beginning of the school season, which means they may remove themselves from the market in the fall and winter months. Fewer buyers competing against one another with means more opportunities for bargain buyers.
3. Tax advantages of closing before the end of the year.
A home is a major investment. Therefore, it has tax consequences. If homeowners want take advantage of capital gains or losses during this tax year, they will be motivated to sell. When shopping around, buyers should ask sellers if they are willing to make a deal if closing is before December 31st. Buyers will likely find many sellers eager to do so to get those tax benefits.
4. It's a hassle for sellers to show a home during the Holidays.
The holidays bring gift giving, cooking, cleaning and entertaining. The last thing sellers want to worry about during this busy time of year is selling their homes and keeping it spotless for possible spur of the moment buyers. If homes are still sitting on the market come November, the homeowners are likely very motivated to sell before the hustle and bustle of the holidays begins.
5. Buyers will see a home's true colors.
Once a homes pretty landscaping fades in the winter and fall, and the rain and snow set in, a home is truly exposed. Fall and winter are the best times for property inspections, as the weather reveals home flaws. It's better to see these flaws before making an offer instead of getting unwanted surprises months after closing.
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In the build-up to our Asia-Pacific Executive Brainstorm next week in Singapore, 3-5 Dec, this week's review focuses on the region.
China: Chinese smartphone market erupts
Android: The coming fight for Chinese Androids: Lenovo vs Samsung
India: Bharti Airtel deploys mobile money across 17 markets
Digital Commerce 2.0: Facebook, Twitter had "zero effect" on Black Friday sales
The Market and the Consumer: The Android paradox - a preview for China?
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China's smartphone market is about to explode, blogs Kai Fu Lee. A year ago, there were 50 million smartphones, with typical pricing $500 for the device and $30/mo for service. Now, there are 250 million, "basic" Androids cost $100, and "acceptable" ones $200, and 58% of subscribers have access to wireless broadband.
And who's going to scoop the pot? Gartner reckons Lenovo is likely to be the biggest manufacturer, although at the moment they're behind Samsung, the great beneficiary of the Android disruption. Here's a moderately critical review of their Ideapad Yoga 13, an Ultrabook-based laptop-tablet which has the interesting feature that it converts by simply folding the screen all the way back through 360 degrees. Jeff Atwood is more positive.
Samsung, for their part, audited their Chinese suppliers after criticism from China Labour Watch.
Meanwhile, HTC denied claims that it was paying Apple a $8/phone royalty on Android devices. A court has ordered HTC to publish the terms of the agreement, at Samsung's request, so we'll know soon enough.
Huawei's G330 model, a sub-$100 Android, will be appearing in the UK fairly soon.
Indian hacker claims to have a zero-day exploit of Google Chrome. It looks like Android users are less forgiving of crashy software than iOS users.
Here's a preview of the Android future in China. OK, so China Mobile sells a lot of those MiFi pocket-hotspot WLAN devices, backhauled by their 3G network. Apparently 80% of them are sold in Shenzhen, which is interesting as it's Huawei HQ and they produce enormous quantities of these things. Legally, there's an EIRP cap at 100mW transmitter power, but there are apparently black-market ones, or possibly hacked ones, that crank it up to 11.
Which is a serious problem, because the Shenzhen Metro system chose to use the 2.4GHz band for its signalling system, and now the 2.4s are flooded with pocket hotspots. For obvious reasons of safety, the signals are designed to fail on red and stop all the trains. Apparently, 7 of them in a train are enough to constitute a denial of service attack on a whole line. The Metro got China Mobile to turn off 3G data for a day in order to rule out interference between the cellular network and their network, but of course this will only help if the users also turn them off.
CallMeInChina lets you map a local phone number in your home country to a Chinese number, saving your friends the pleasure of dialling 17 digit numbers and paying sky-high international rates.
Pakistan banned cheap late-night phone plans for being immoral. And here's an interview with Mayasahi Son of Softbank about his plans for Sprint.
Bharti Airtel has expanded its mobile money transfer service across 17 African markets, using the HomeSend hubbing service from Belgacom's International Carrier Services division.
In other bottom-of-the-pyramid news, here's Nokia's Asha 205, a Series 40 device with a QWERTY keyboard, heavily optimised for social networking and backed by their Xpress Opera Mini-like cloud-compressing browser. More at the Nokia blog - they're also proud of the dual-SIM capability, which lets you switch between SIMs on the fly and remember the settings for up to five of them, and the battery life.
The GSMA thinks Africa could benefit by around $34bn if it could find some more spectrum to accommodate mobile data traffic growing at 46% annually. Which would be handy if Ethan Zuckerman is right in saying that African hackers are the world's leading innovators.
Microsoft is experimenting with a data centre that generates power from biogas extracted from a sewage works.
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry has a mobile application! Get notified if your wife leaves the country. It's compulsory.
It was Black Friday last week and now it's Cyber Monday. It must be time for some Retail 2.0 news. Business Insider quotes a report suggesting that the impact of Facebook and Twitter referrals on sales was basically zero. Oddly, no link to his pre-IPO Facebook predictions.
However, Horace agrees that Android users (at least in the US) are less valuable, as the percentage of shopping traffic from them actually fell as the Android installed base surged. It's baffling, but he works through it with typically superb charts, to arrive at this.
Perhaps price- and marketing-push driven adoption has brought the late adopters in early, and they struggle to get the best from the devices?
It's not down to a lack of shopping apps. Here's Ars Technica's suggested collection. Interestingly, AllThingsD points out that a lot of users aren't shopping on mobile devices but rather with them, going to the shops and then looking for price comparisons and product reviews on their phones. This implies that a VRM or customer experience approach may be more interesting than an advertising one.
And the FTC is apparently struggling to find evidence that Google has harmed consumers in their anti-trust case.
RIM shares hopped 5 per cent after one of the most vocal bears changed his mind, having heard that BB OS10 is now on time. Mind you, the US National Transportation Safety Board also dropped their BlackBerry fleet this week.
Nokia's HERE app for iOS dropped this week, and it gets reviews. The app is here.
Here's a really interesting point about the iPhone - because it requires substantial handset subsidy to shift the units, Apple has to constrain its availability in order to create a competitive advantage for the carriers that subsidise it.
Google's Nexus 4 has LTE support in stealth mode, covering only the 1700MHz and 2100MHz bands. The XDA-Dev crowd identified it and, inevitably, there's now an app that lets you select it as a preferred network.
Microsoft Kin usability testing - the outtakes!
Jolla, the startup trying to revive Maemo/Meego Linux, has shown off their Sailfish OS, and they claim to have their first distribution deal in place. Shiny is expected for MWC.
And the chief of cameras at Nokia quits.
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In contrast, Peter Eavis (who you may remember exposed much of the fraud at Enron) argues that the practices HP mentioned accounted for possibly 10 per cent of Autonomy's revenues and can't possibly explain the massive write-off. He suspects HP of kitchen-sinking the Q3 numbers in order to make next year's, the first ones under the new CEO Meg Whitman, look better by comparison.
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OFCOM has issued a consultation paper on how white-space spectrum would work in the UK. The document is here.
The FCC has set conditions for DISH's effort to rehash the LightSquared concept. The 3G & 4G Wireless Blog explains the benefits of LTE.
And Google is seeing 1% of traffic over IPv6 for the first time ever.
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Ericsson Research's Bowser now supports videoconferencing and is available as an app.
Did the shutdown of filesharing site Megaupload actually reduce the movie business's income? A group of researchers think it might, with the effect being concentrated on smaller productions. They argue that the filesharers tended to transfer information from people with a low willingness to pay - i.e. themselves - to people with a higher willingness to pay, who then paid.
Pulselocker is an all-you-can-eat music service for DJs, which stashes the whole library locally but encrypts it. That's probably not going to last.
Google has launched a huge augmented-reality game.
BBC Research has had an interesting workshop on how the Internet of Things integrates with content and media, which is a refreshingly creative way to think about it.
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Louis Jacobs' Doctrine of Revelation – A review of 'A Jewish Theology' by Menachem Kellner
Originally published in Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought, 14:4 (Fall 1974), pp. 143-7.
Jewish theology seems to be enjoying something of a renaissance today. It reached its high-point in the middle ages with the Jewish Aristotelians and their critics. Its marked decline since that period has been interrupted only by the brief flourish of kabbalistic creativity centered around 16th century Safed and the work of some of the early hasidic masters. Shallow eddies of theology were associated with the rise of Reform and Conservative Judaism but these were almost always banal and invariably tainted with polemics.
Recent years, however, have witnessed an exciting recrudescence of serious Jewish theological activity. One of the most prolific of today's Jewish theologians is Louis Jacobs. His most recent work, A Jewish Theology,[1] is the first systematic presentation of Jewish theology to appear in more than half a century. It is distinguished by its comprehensiveness, the author's lucidity of style, and his stunning erudition. It is neither narrow nor sectarian in perspective. Jacobs' methodology is intelligent and simply stated: for each of the problems he discusses he presents brief but responsible descriptions of the relevant Biblical, rabbinic, and medieval materials. In this he follows the structure of his earlier Principles of the Jewish Faith. In the present work, however, he extends his discussions to include representative kabbalistic and hasidic views.
He presents his theology as an "invitation to others to consider, to criticize, to improve on, to challenge. At present the important thing is to get theology on the move again in Jewish circles" (p. 6). I shall, therefore, try to consider and criticize some of the material he presents in this book.
Jacobs sees his task as discovering what it is that Jews can believe in the present. This conception of the task of Jewish theology has respectable antecedents. Jewish theology, and especially medieval Jewish philosophical theology, has always tried to demonstrate that the teachings of Judaism do not conflict with whatever the dominant philosophical conception of the world happens to be at the time. This is as true of Ibn Gabirol and neo-platonism, of Maimonides and Aristotelianism, as it is of Hermann Cohen and neo-Kantianism. Thus, Jacobs argues,
the contemporary theologian must endeavor, however inadequately, to do for our age what the great medieval theologians sought to do for theirs. He must try to present a coherent picture of what Jews can believe without subterfuge and with intellectual honesty (p. 4).
The problem that I find with this methodology is the way in which Jacobs applies it. He seems too willing to judge the teachings of Judaism by what he takes to be the standards of "modernity" and not willing enough to judge these standards by the teachings of Judaism.
This problem is further compounded by the fact that the author's criterion for what is acceptable to "moderns" (a term he uses constantly) really seems to boil down to what is acceptable to Louis Jacobs. The book thus threatens occasionally to degenerate into a highly idiosyncratic or possibly even narcissistic affair.
These points can be illuminated by examining Jacobs' treatment of the question of why one ought to keep the mitzvot once it is recognized, as he insists it must be, that there is a human element in the Torah. He distinguishes five answers to this question. The first is that of the "fundamentalists" whom Jacobs identifies with the followers of Samson Raphael Hirsch. Their answer, he says, is to deny the problem. Nothing has changed, they maintain, since Maimonides' time to make us reject his claim that the Divine authorship of the Pentateuch is a fundamental principle of Judaism. "Either you accept the view that every word of the Pentateuch was dictated by Moses or you might as well give up Judaism altogether" (p. 216). Jacobs disdainfully rejects this position on the grounds that it denies to Judaism any intrinsic (as opposed to divinely commanded) value and because it so totally fails to deal with the evidence of contemporary historical scholarship.
Classical reform takes a position diametrically opposed to that of the "fundamentalists." Since no convincing reason can be given for observing the mitzvot, they maintain, Judaism should be conceived of as basically a religion without ritual, a purely ethical or prophetic faith. Jacobs faults this understanding of Judaism with a failure to take seriously enough the complexity of the human psyche: "there are depths in the human soul which only ritual can reach" (p. 219).
The historical school is associated with scholars like Frankl, Graetz, Schechter, and Ginzberg. The adherents of this approach to Judaism follow Schechter in claiming that "the source of Jewish authority is not in the Bible but in the historical experience of the people of Israel" (p. 222). Jacobs recognizes the important contribution of the historical school but criticizes it for its lack of theological clarity and insists that to render it satisfactory the theologian must build upon it and go beyond it. This he does himself, after describing the fourth approach to the question, that of Mordecai Kaplan.
Kaplan describes the mitzvot as beautiful, intrinsically valuable, significant and meaningful folk-ways. They are thus worth observing for their own sakes and because they foster human values. Jacobs criticizes this view in the following words:
Our objection to this solution of the problem is to its excessive emphasis on human values as the true aim of religion. What has become of the Jew's eternal quest for God with the mitzvot as the means for its realization? Is it not true that, for all the laxity in the matter of observance today, the modern Jew still wishes to observe the mitzvot as mitzvot (the word means, after all, "Divine commands")? The believing Jew wishes to know how his Creator wishes him to behave. The whole point of the Jewish emphasis on Torah and mitzvot is that there is a splendor in the idea of submission to the will of God (p. 223).
Jacobs' "theological approach" builds on the findings of the historical school.
It will see the whole area of Jewish observances as growing naturally out of Israel's experience. But it will see the hand of God in all this, will see the "tree of life" that is the Torah as yielding no less nourishing fruit because it began its life as an acorn. We believe in the God who speaks to us out of Israel's experience; Israel, the covenant people, dedicated to God's service and the fulfillment of His purpose. We believe in the God who, as Frankl said, reveals Himself not alone to the prophets, but through Kelal Yisrael, the Community of Israel, as it works out and applies the teaching of the prophets. Yes, it is true, in a sense the whole of Torah is minhag, custom, growing through the experiences of human beings and interpreted by them in response to particular conditions in human history. But we go on from there to say that since this happened, since this is how God revealed Himself then the minhag of Israel is Torah.
Either one sees power in the idea of submission to God's will or one does not see if. If one does, and very many sensitive religious people do, then there can be no greater value than the idea of a mitzvah as an opportunity of doing God's will . . . We need a vocabulary of worship and this is provided by the mitzvot. That is their sanction (pp. 224-225).
I have quoted this beautiful passage at length because I think that it is radically misconceived and I want to allow Jacobs to speak for himself before I criticize him.
The problem here is that lurking under all this beautiful prose we find very fuzzy theology, Jacobs seems to be trying to have his cake and eat it, too. He is trying to preserve the idea that mitzvot are commands while discarding the idea that the Torah in which these mitzvot find their original source is the direct expression of the will of God. He is quite right in trying to preserve the commanded character of the mitzvot. Without it there is no reason to observe the halakhah in the face of persecution or if better means can be found to achieve the same ends. It does not, however, seem that he has succeeded.
Either Torah is minhag or mitzvah. It can't be both. Jacobs tries to account for this by saying that the minhag of Israel is God's revelation. But if we are to take seriously the claim that the actual practices of the Jewish people are Torah, and if we are to understand this assertion literally—and Jacobs gives no reason to assume that we should interpret it any other way—then we must ask a number of questions. It is clear that this Torah is constantly changing. Are we to infer that God's will is constantly changing and evolving? If Jacobs replies that it is not God's will which changes, but merely man's perception and understanding of it, how do we preserve the commanded nature of the mitzvot?
There are many technical problems with the idea that God reveals Himself through Kl'al Yisrael. These problems relate to the fact that Jacobs does not describe the mechanism we must use to determine which practices of Israel are to be taken as normative. Jacobs' attempts to explain this position are not terribly helpful. Louis Ginsberg observes the Sabbath "because it can bring him nearer to God as it brought his ancestors" (p. 225). But what if there are other tools available? Similarly, Jacobs claims that the mitzvot provide a vocabulary for worship. That hardly preserves or explains their commanded nature: many other vocabularies are available; why should we choose this one? Indeed, most contemporary Jews have shown by their actions that this vocabulary has little relevance for their lives. In the face of this testimony of Kl'al Yisrael, why preserve it?
That Jacobs fails to preserve the commanded character of the halakhah is made clear by his admission that one who observes what he calls the "significant" halakhot will likely be less scrupulous in his observance than his "fundamentalist" brother, "since on his view, the fear of transgressing a direct Divine command does not affect his choice of what and what not to keep" (p. 226).
This admission that Jacobs' Jew does not obey the mitzvot because they are direct Divine commands raises another question: why does he obey them? To answer this question Jacobs introduces the concept of "religious significance" and the test of modernity. These two ideas follow directly from his general position. Having downgraded the status of Torah he must, to balance the traditional triad of God, Torah and Israel, elevate Israel (assuming that God is beyond elevation). By making the contemporary practices of the Jewish people normative he is left with no choice but to adopt as the test for the normative character of mitzvot the decision of the Jewish people that these mitzvot are or are not "religiously significant." Similarly, since God's revelation is constantly unfolding through the historical experience of the Jewish people, and the Jewish people are now participating more fully than ever before in the cultures around them, it follows that the latest stage of historical development is the latest revelation of God's will: hence we must apply the test of modernity to our concepts and practices.
There are a number of serious problems with these ideas. How can the test of "religious significance" avoid the charge of subjectivity? Are we not treading dangerously close to the idea that Israel is a second God, a partner rather than an agent in the working out of the Divine will? Is not the whole idea based on the typically 19th century idea of constant human progress? There is no way Jacobs can avoid adopting some naive idea of progress or other. If not, why ought the conceptions of contemporary moderns count more heavily with us than the conceptions of hellenist moderns who thought the Sabbath ludicrous and circumcision downright barbaric? Are we not further in the danger of falling into a fit of premature self-congratulation: after all, our contemporary practice is Torah; what we do is the latest manifestation of God's will. It is the best and most complete manifestation of that will. Instead of seeing how far short of achieving that will we are we elevate our present practices and make them identical with it. But I don't want to end on a critical note. The publication of A Jewish Theology is a significant event in Jewish intellectual life. If the questions I raise here are of any value or interest it is a tribute to Louis Jacobs and his stimulating invitation to Jewish theology.
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All eyes will be on Charlotte FC at this year's Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
By virtue of being the league's newest expansion club, Charlotte holds the No. 1 pick in Tuesday afternoon's draft and will look to bolster its roster from the NCAA player pool ahead of its MLS inaugural season in 2022.
Toronto FC looked set to be a major player in the draft, as it held the third overall selection. But the club announced on Monday that it had traded the pick and veteran forward Dom Dwyer to FC Dallas in exchange for $50,000 in general allocation money.
With Toronto out of the picture, the Canadian focus in the first round now turns to CF Montreal (11th) and Vancouver Whitecaps (16th), who are both in positions to select solid NCAA prospects.
Here's what you need to know about the 2022 MLS SuperDraft.
The Draft Order
The first round breaks down like this:
• 1-5: Charlotte FC, FC Cincinnati, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Austin FC
• 6-10: FC Dallas, Chicago Fire, San Jose Earthquakes, Inter Miami, Colorado Rapids
• 11-15: CF Montreal, Columbus Crew, D.C. United, FC Cincinnati, New York Red Bulls
• 16-20: Vancouver Whitecaps, Minnesota United FC, Orlando City, Atlanta United FC, Seattle Sounders
• 21-25: LA Galaxy, Sporting Kansas City, Colorado Rapids, New England Revolution, Real Salt Lake
• 26-28: Nashville SC, Portland Timbers, New York City FC
The Vancouver Whitecaps have two picks in both the second round and third rounds. Toronto FC has a single pick in the second and third rounds. CF Montreal has a third-round pick.
According to the league's website, 176 players will be available for selection.
Canadian Players Available
There are nine Canadian players eligible for this year's draft:
• Creighton midfielder Charles Auguste (Montreal)
• Marshall defender Nathan Dos Santos (Oakville, Ont.)
• St. John's goalkeeper Luka Gavran (Hamilton, Ont.)
• St. John's midfielder Tani Oluwaseyi (Mississauga, Ont.)
• Florida Gulf Coast forward O'Vonte Mullings (Toronto)
• Notre Dame midfielder Mohamed Omar (Toronto)
• Charlotte forward Preston Popp (Montreal)
• Providence midfielder Simon Triantafillou (Burlington, Ont.)
• Texas Rio Grande Valley forward Reshaun Walkes (Toronto)
Oluwaseyi, Mullings and Omar are projected first-round picks.
"Generation Adidas" Players
NCAA underclassmen are especially attractive draft options because they've already signed Generation Adidas contracts with MLS, and therefore they do not count against the league's salary cap. Generation Adidas players usually earn a much higher salary than the league minimum, so there is extra incentive for non-seniors to leave school early in order to pursue pro careers in MLS. After several years, these players graduate from the Generation Adidas program and their wages are charged against a team's salary cap.
As you can imagine, Generation Adidas players tend to get selected early in the draft – every No. 1 pick in the draft since 2003 has been a Generation Adidas product, including Canadian forward Cyle Larin in 2015, who went on to be named MLS rookie of the year. Other notable Canadians who came through the Generation Adidas program include Richie Laryea and Tajon Buchanan.
Generation Adidas players in this year's draft class include: midfielder Ben Bender (Maryland), forward Ousseni Bouda (Stanford), defender Erik Centeno (Pacific), goalkeeper Roman Celentano (Indiana), defender Kipp Keller (Saint Louis), forward Isaiah Parker (Saint Louis), goalkeeper Patrick Schulte (Saint Louis), forward Thorleifur Ulfarsson (Duke).
Who will go No. 1?
There isn't a consensus No. 1 pick, so expansion club Charlotte FC could go any number of routes with the overall top selection.
Maryland's Ben Bender is an attack-minded, box-to-box midfielder who has been mentioned as potentially going first overall. He needs to develop a bit more, but considering he is a Generation Adidas player (which means he won't count against the salary cap), Charlotte could invest in the youngster and give him time to grow.
The other most likely option for Charlotte is Kipp Keller, a highly rated central defender who also played in midfield for Saint Louis University. Keller is also a Generation Adidas player.
Montreal and Whitecaps look to fill roster holes
CF Montreal has solid depth in all areas of the field except for up front, with only four forwards currently under contract, so the expectation is that club sporting director Olivier Renard will be looking for attacking options in this draft.
With this in mind, two players stand out. The first is forward Kyle Holcomb, a senior who scored 33 goals in four seasons at Wake Forest. The other is Icelandic forward Thor Ulfarsson, a Generation Adidas player from Duke who was voted the ACC Offensive Player of the Year and was a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann award (the soccer equivalent of the Heisman Trophy).
The Vancouver Whitecaps have a pretty full roster at the moment, so this year's draft could be just about them picking the best available athlete regardless of his position. Another tact the Whitecaps could take would be to select one of the nine Canadian players who are eligible for this draft. If that's the case, then they'll be eyeing forward Tani Oluwaseyi.
Born in Nigeria, Oluwaseyi grew up in Mississauga, Ont., and spent the last four seasons at St. John's where he has scored 20 goals and tallied 10 assists, and was named the Big East Offensive Player of the Year as a sophomore.
John Molinaro is one of the leading soccer journalists in Canada, having covered the game for over 20 years for several media outlets, including Sportsnet, CBC Sports and Sun Media. He is currently the editor-in-chief of TFC Republic, a website dedicated to in-depth coverage of Toronto FC and Canadian soccer. TFC Republic can be found here.


When life brings pain or we have a yearning for something more, something better, we may need help to reach that goal or to change our circumstances or how we feel. Counseling can help you clarify your goals and beliefs, identify barriers and learn new skills necessary to achieve our goals and to live a more satisfying life.
To take action for change by participating in counseling represents an act of courage, one worthy of respect. My approach is to establish a working relationship based on this respect and to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with each client as we examine the beliefs, thoughts and emotions associate with your current circumstances. As a licensed professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, Master Addiction Counselor and Board Certified Professional Christian Counselor, I believe you have the capacity to change and that you possess valuable knowledge, skills and resources which can be used to bring about the desired results.
The counselor-client relationship is meant to be temporary. If you and I agree to work together, we will do so knowing my goal is to make myself unnecessary by helping you get results as quickly as possible! This means during our time together we may work to identify your core values and beliefs, challenge (with humor and compassion) your patterns of behaving and thinking (thinking itself is a behavior) and practice new ways of communicating and interacting with others. In addition, I'll help you make good use of time between sessions to promote your growth and desired change. This may mean I suggest reading or other activities to help you develop new ways of responding to the circumstances of your life. With more than 30 years of experience as a mental health practitioner, I have helped hundreds of individuals, couples and families make changes which have produced a happier, more satisfying life. I specialize in helping clients improve their relationships and helping to improve the lives of those struggling with excessive use of alcohol and other drugs. Evening hours are available. The office is handicapped accessible and the setting is peaceful and supportive of healing. You'll be asked to complete some paperwork before your first appointment, so plan on arriving about 20 minutes ahead of time.


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They say the best things in life are free. Sometimes though, they also come in pretty gift boxes like this one. Made of high quality cardboard, these gift boxes are reusable and are great for keeping travel souvenirs. Our gift box can fit one pair of Suelas.


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Home > Natural Gas > Energy and commodities highlights: China upstream, OPEC's output discipline and Chevron in Kazakhstan
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Energy and commodities highlights: China upstream, OPEC's output discipline and Chevron in Kazakhstan
China announced landmark reforms in upstream oil and gas policy this week, lifting restrictions on foreign investment in conventional oil and gas projects.
The city gas distribution sector is also being opened up, in a move that could attract oil majors and energy companies eager to tap into China's growing appetite for LNG.
Chinese LNG imports were up 20% year on year in the first half of 2019, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics data. The country's Blue Sky policy targeting air pollution is expected to continue to drive gas consumption higher.
Meanwhile, Australia is challenging Qatar for the top spot among LNG exporters, with the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science projecting exports of 74.8 million mt in fiscal year 2018-19 (July to June). But the Australian LNG sector is facing political challenges, after a minor party reached a deal with the government that could lead to stricter export controls for Queensland.
In oil markets, the latest meeting of OPEC and its partners confirmed an extension of its 1.2 million b/d supply cut agreement. Oil prices dipped following the announcement, however, and later in the week growth concerns and US stock data also provided a bearish inflection.
To keep its finger on the pulse of the market, the coalition said its delegate-level Joint Technical Committee would begin meeting monthly, instead of every other month.
Separately, political tensions centered around the Middle East continued to play out when the Gibraltar authorities and the Royal Marines seized a VLCC carrying crude oil from Iran to Syria in breach of EU sanctions.
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LISTEN: ASIAN NAPHTHA CRACK SPREAD REBOUNDS FROM 11-YEAR LOW
Refineries worldwide have been consuming more light sweet crude oil, resulting in an oversupply of light distillates products. In the second quarter, naphtha was the worst performer across the barrel in Asia. Editors Sue Koh and Wendy Cheong examine why the market expects naphtha cracks to remain bleak and what factors might affect prices in the second half of 2019.
Chevron under pressure over Kazakh oil field violence
Senior Kazakh officials have had exchanges with a senior Chevron executive following unrest at the giant Tengiz oil field, operated by the company's Kazakh joint venture Tengizchevroil (TCO), although the company denied any snub by the country's leadership.
Chinese steel consolidation under way with Baowu in driver's seat
China's central government has battled for years to consolidate the country's fragmented steel sector by establishing a handful of giant high-quality producers. Beijing wants the top 10 steelmakers to account for 60% of China's steel output, before consolidating further into perhaps three or four steel groups producing more than 80 million mt/year each by 2025.
Amid record US crude exports, WTI Midland trades in London MOC
The development of a more transparent market for growing US crude exports into Europe took a further step forward this week, with the first ever trade of a delivered WTI Midland cargo in the S&P Global Platts Market on Close assessment process.
"Thinking in terms of the next nine months, you are going to see the fundamentals moving solidly in the right direction. What I can predict is that we can see [oil] inventories going down."
– Khalid al-Falih, Saudi Arabia's energy minister, addressing journalists following the OPEC meeting held in Vienna July 1-2.
Tags: gas, LNG, naphtha, oil, OPEC, upstream
Emma Slawinski, Editor, Platts Insight
Emma Slawinski is Editor of S&P Global Platts Insight, delivering in-depth analysis and context about the global commodities market. Emma has nine years' experience in business journalism and previously specialized in European natural gas markets. She holds an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies.


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Key GOP lawmaker: No 'cut and paste' of Texas abortion law
2021-09-20 - By Gray Rohrer
TALLAHASSEE — Florida's Republican leaders, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, House Speaker Chris Sprowls and Senate President Wilton Simpson, have all said they're open to passing a Texas-style bill banning abortions after six weeks. But another key GOP lawmaker has concerns over part of the law.
Sen. Kathleen Passidomo, who is slated to become Senate President after the 2022 elections, told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune she objects to the Texas law's provision allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers to enforce it.
"I do have concerns with the neighbor versus neighbor," Passidomo told the newspaper. "That's very troubling."
The Texas law lets people sue anyone abetting an abortion, including medical providers, but also anyone who pays for the procedure or even gives a ride to a woman to get one.
If successful in court, the person could be awarded $10,000.
Passidomo has described herself as "pro-life" and is in favor of some abortion restrictions, but doesn't want a "cut and paste" of the Texas law.
GOP leaders in control of the Legislature have passed several abortion restrictions since gaining control of the chamber in the late 1990s but haven't advanced such a strict measure as the Texas law.
Abortions in Florida are banned after 24 weeks, and lawmakers in 2020 passed a law requiring a parent to consent if a minor seeks an abortion. But a bill that would have banned abortions of fetuses "capable of feeling pain" or after about 20 weeks in the womb didn't receive a hearing last year.
Renewed national attention to the Texas law came last month when the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the law to take effect. Activists on both sides of the issue saw the ruling as a potential first step to dismantling Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 case enshrining a woman's right to an abortion.
DeSantis, Sprowls and Simpson have all said they're open to a law similar to Texas' in Florida but haven't signed on to specific details of the measure. The next regular legislative session doesn't start until Jan. 11, and no bill like the Texas law has yet been filed.
Still, Democrats and anti-abortion activists are gearing up to defeat any GOP move to pass a ban on abortions after six weeks, generally when the first fetal heartbeat can be detected. They have said it would be a de facto ban on all abortions since most women don't discover they're pregnant until after that time has passed.
Simpson also made the path for a strict abortion restriction bill clearer last week when he removed Sen. Lauren Book, a Plantation Democrat, as chair of the Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Committee.
Book is opposed to restrictions on abortion rights and could've had the power to block a Texasstyle bill from receiving a hearing if her committee was assigned the bill. Simpson said the move was related to her position as Senate Democratic Leader, not as a way to ease the path for an abortion bill.
WILFREDO LEE/AP Florida Sen. Kathleen Passidomo is seen during a legislative session April 30 at the Capitol in Tallahassee. Passidomo, a key GOP lawmaker, has said she has concerns about parts of the Texas abortion law.
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Bryan White, who has co-written hit songs for the likes of Diamond Rio ("Imagine That") and Sawyer Brown ("I Don't Believe in Goodbye"), has also charted 17 singles himself, including six No. 1 hits ("Someone Else's Star," "Rebecca Lynn" and others). Below, White shares with The Boot what he remembers about hearing himself on the radio for the first time.
This would have been, I'm guessing, '95 ... and I was maybe all of 20 [years old] at the time. I was on an independent label, and we were on a real extensive radio tour on the West Coast.
We were on our way to Tucson, [Ariz.], to visit a radio station. On the way, I heard my single, which was a song called "Eugene, You Genius;" it was an uptempo, fun kind of thing -- a tongue-in-cheek kind of song. I heard it on the radio, and I freaked out so much so that I made the label rep find a convenience store to pull over, because we didn't have cell phones then. We pulled over, and I got the number from my rep and went in and called the station from the pay phone, and they put me on the air.
I was so jazzed, because that was literally the first time I had heard my voice on the airwaves. I thanked them and just told them how much I appreciated that. I made sure that they knew that was the literally the first time I heard myself, just driving down the road!
I wish I still had a copy of that audio of me calling in; that would be so special to have. I can visually see it: I can still see where I'm at, what the gas station looked like and the rep who was with me was smiling.
This story was originally written by Pat Gallagher, and revised by Angela Stefano.


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The Hunger Games: Chapter 5
1. While Katniss undergoes three hours of waxing, removing all of the naturally growing hair on her legs, arms, torso, and underarms, she contemplates how her prep team doesn't even seem human to her. In fact, she's not embarrassed to stand naked in front of them because of how inhuman they seem. What is unusual about the prep team? How does that make them seem less than human? What are your feelings about these kinds of alterations in today's world?
2. While Katniss is thinking about her prep team appearing inhuman because of their alterations, the prep team doesn't think she looks human until she's been altered. Why do you think they feel this way? How is today's world like the prep team? Do you think our society will become more or less like the prep team in the future? Why or why not?
3. After the prep team is finished with her, Katniss smiles and thanks them, explaining that District 12 members don't have much cause to look nice. Is this how she really feels? Why do you think she says this?
4. Although Katniss was not embarrassed by her prep team seeing her without clothing, she is self-conscious when Cinna looks her over. Why does she react differently to him?
5. Katniss imagines what it would take to assemble her lunch with Cinna. She also wonders what the Capitol people do with their free time, with food appearing at the touch of a button. Discuss the differences between the Capitol and District 12.
6. Describe Katniss' costume for the opening ceremonies. How does the costume reflect District 12's principal industry? How does Cinna allow the real Katniss to shine through the costume?
7. Katniss realizes that Cinna has given her a great advantage. What is the advantage and why will it be important in the coming games?
8. Why is it "not really fair to present [Katniss and Peeta] as a team?" How might this change the games? How does this foreshadow what is coming?
9. After the opening ceremonies, Peeta lets his feelings for Katniss show through. Instead of believing him, what does Katniss think of Peeta? What does Katniss do to hide what she is thinking about Peeta?
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Q: Getting SQLite DELETE LIKE result I want to delete several rows from a table by using DELETE LIKE query in C++. I know how to do it and it works. But also I want to know which rows were actually deleted. Is there a way to do it via 1 query or it is impossible and the only way to do it is
1. SELECT LIKE
2. DELETE LIKE

A: As alternative to SELECT -> DELETE you could also use a TRIGGER.
The following example shows/demonstrates a relatively generic way (a little inefficient as such) for both :-
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mytable;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mytable_deletions;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mytable_deletions2;
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS mytable_deletions_trigger;

/* MAIN TABLE */
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mytable(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, mydata TEXT);

/* CREATE TABLES TO RECORD DELETIONS (first for 1. select->delete the other for 2. trigger)*/
/* Note that these are created based upon the source table, with an additional column srowid so as to be able to definitively delete rows (extra column may not be needed) */
CREATE /*TEMP option? */ TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mytable_deletions AS SELECT 0 AS srowid,* FROM mytable WHERE mydata <> mydata;
CREATE /*TEMP option? */ TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mytable_deletions2 AS SELECT 0 AS srowid,* FROM mytable WHERE mydata <> mydata;
/* Create the BEFORE DELETE Trigger */
CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS mytable_deletions_trigger BEFORE DELETE ON mytable
    BEGIN
        INSERT INTO mytable_deletions2 SELECT rowid AS srowid,* FROM mytable WHERE rowid = old.rowid;
    END
;
/* LOAD TESTING DATA */
INSERT INTO mytable (mydata) VALUES('A'),('B'),('C'),('D'),('E');

/* CLEAR PREVIOUS DELETIONS */
DELETE FROM mytable_deletions;
DELETE FROM mytable_deletions2;

/* 1. RECORD DELETIONS PRIOR AND DELETE ACCORDING TO RECORDED DELETIONS */
INSERT INTO mytable_deletions SELECT rowid AS srowid,* FROM mytable WHERE mydata >= 'C';
/* DO THE ACTUAL DELETIONS (will fire trigger 2.) */
DELETE FROM mytable WHERE rowid IN (SELECT srowid FROM mytable_deletions);

/* Display results from TRIGGER */
SELECT * FROM mytable;
SELECT * FROM mytable_deletions;
SELECT * FROM mytable_deletions2;

/* CLEANUP */
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mytable;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mytable_deletions;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mytable_deletions2;
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS mytable_deletions_trigger;

Running the above results in :-
Remaining data :-

Deleted Rows (select->delete)

Deleted Rows (trigger)

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Published schedule of the Ecumenical Patriarch's visit to the United States
By James L. Mitchell	 On Sep 30, 2021
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will welcome Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos to the United States for an official visit from October 23 to November 3.
The visit, originally scheduled for May 2020, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is the Ecumenical Patriarch's third official visit to the United States.
According to the official calendar released by the Greek Archdiocese of America, the visit will begin in Washington, DC and is expected to include official meetings, lunches and dinners with US President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, secretary of State Antony Blinken, Ambassador of Greece to the United States Alexandra Papadopoulou, and Ambassador of Turkey to the United States Hasan Murat Mercan.
Events planned for Washington, DC include a Pan-Orthodox Patriarchal Chorostasis at St. Sophia Cathedral; followed by the inaugural enthronement of the Senators for Orthodoxy and Hellenism; a lunch with the Hierarchs; a Tribute Dinner by the Order of AHEPA; the blessing of the permanent exhibition of Orthodox Christian cultural heritage at the Museum of the Bible and an ecumenical reception on Capitol Hill by the National Council of Churches.
On October 30, the delegation will attend the Patriarch Athenagoras Human Rights Award Banquet in honor of Pfizer CEO Dr Albert Bourla and BioNTech CEO Dr Ugur Sahin & Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Co-Founder, Chairman and Scientific Director , Dr. George Yancopoulos at the New Hilton York Hotel.
On November 1, the American Jewish Committee will honor Vartholomeos with its award for interfaith relations and the advancement of Orthodox-Jewish relations.
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Any story with Spanish/Italian characters is bound to be passionately narrated if the writer has done his/her research properly or is a native of Spain/Italy. At the risk of stereotyping, all Spaniards/Italians I know are quite spirited. That combined with the book summary got me interested in the book. The cover however, was a dampener as it wasn't really tastefully done.
Carolina, a teacher by profession learns about her biological parents and embarks on a complicated mission to find them. She has her original birth certificate, a photograph of them, a paper with words in a weird language and gypsy talisman which leads her to them. She teaches at an orphanage school and is in charge of three students with high IQ, whom she involves in her search. Eventually she finds love and magic.
The story had my attention right from the start. I'm not really the type to mark down quotes and make notes to write a review. I go with the flow and rely on memory, however, the prologue of this book began with a very interesting quote which hit a nerve in me and made me note it down – "Kud ce vjestica do u svoj rod?", translates to Where should a gypsy go if not to her kin? –Sounded oxymoronic yet philosophical for me. Only when I finished reading the book I realized, that saying was a literal giveaway to the story. The story was crafted well but it did have fair share of minor flaws which can be overlooked. The writer obviously has done her research and explained in detail about the gypsy literature. That explanation was tastefully done and didn't bore me like it would normally. More often than not, the writers overdo the history part of such a story leaving the readers bored and tired. I'm thankful that this writer did no such thing. Added to that, the description of the sleepy Italian village was such a pleasure to read. Rich history, quaint little village and a passionate gypsy – hard not to cook up a beautiful story with that mix. The characters were well sketched out with one exception – Larry's character. His character somehow lacked that conviction and depth the other characters had. The writing was perfect, breathing life into each character.
MY SAY: Tastefully narrated story.
HOW I GOT THIS BOOK: Review copy from iRead book tours in exchange of an honest review.
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Ballet 5:8 Spring Season Master Classes are an opportunity for advanced dancers to gain insight and inspiration as they interact with Ballet 5:8's unique style, created by Ballet 5:8 Artistic Director Julianna Slager with both Vaganova and Balanchine influences.
Attending a Spring Season Master Class is the perfect way to audition for Ballet 5:8 training programs and summer intensives.
Attendees may elect to audition may be considered for open Ballet 5:8 professional artist contracts, and for positions in the Ballet 5:8 Trainee Program, Conservatory & Men's Programs, Studio Company, Summer Intensive, and Collegiate Summer Intensive. Additional application information, such as letters of recommendation, is required for some positions. Applicants will be notified to submit additional information following the audition if applicable.
Classical ballet attire is required.
Dancers should be at least 12 years of age and have a solid background in advanced classical ballet technique, including pointe.
Women should bring pointe shoes.
Recommended: those interested in applying for professional contracts and Trainee Program positions should bring a headshot, first arabesque photo, and current resume.
Registration is required and may be completed online or in person during the pre-class registration period. The cost to register and attend is $30, payable online via credit card, or in person via cash or check.


Size: approx. 100-150 mm. Photo: 09/01/18, 9 pm.
The Mediterranean Gecko has sticky toe pads and vertical pupils. Its skin is bumpy/warty. This introduced old-world species is almost completely nocturnal. It is firmly established in Florida and always found close to human developments. Geckos can make squeaking or barking noises. The small photos were taken on 08/08/11 around 11 pm.