Avdasheva, Svetlana and Goreyko, Nadezhda and Pittman, Russell (2011): Abuse of collective dominance under the competition law of the Russian Federation.
In 2006, Russia amended its competition law and added the concepts of "collective dominance" and its abuse. This was seen as an attempt to address the common problem of "conscious parallelism" among firms in concentrated industries. Critics feared that the enforcement of this provision would become tantamount to government regulation of prices. In this paper we examine the enforcement experience to date, looking especially closely at sanctions imposed on firms in the oil industry. Some difficulties and complications experienced in enforcement are analyzed, and some alternative strategies for addressing anticompetitive behavior in concentrated industries discussed.
Andrey Shastitko, Collective Dominance Through the Lens of Comparative Antitrust, CPI Antitrust Chronicle, August 2011 (2).
M. Ivaldi, B. Jullien, P. Rey, P. Seabright, and J. Tirole, The Economics of Tacit Collusion, Report prepared for the European Commission, IDEI, Toulouse, 2003, http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/review/the_economics_of_tacit_collusion_en.pdf.
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NFL players ratify new labor deal
NFL players on Thursday ratified a 10-year collective bargaining agreement, officially ending the labor dispute that had threatened to delay the start of the 2011 season, the league said.
Most of the deal was agreed last week, when the NFL owners ended a 4½-month lockout and allowed most players to return to work and sign contracts. But some details needed to be ironed out, and teams' new signees couldn't practice until those details were settled and the final deal ratified.
"Congrats to our players & teams and thank you fans for your patience. The NFL will be better than ever," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell posted on Twitter Thursday evening.
The season's first regular season game is scheduled for September 8, when the Green Bay Packers host the New Orleans Saints. All preseason games are intact except for the Hall of Fame Game, which was supposed to be played this Sunday but was canceled because last week's agreement came too late.
Some new signees joined their new teams' practices as they were in progress Thursday afternoon, after the deal had been ratified. The Detroit Lions' new players began participating only 10 minutes after practice for the rest of the team began, according to the Lions' website. The Cleveland Browns, wary of having the new players jump in before the ratification was announced, took the new players' helmets away until the word came down, coach Pat Shurmur told reporters, according to the Browns' website.
"That kept them from jumping in there without us seeing it," Shurmur said.
The NFL's office said it learned of the ratification at 4:54 p.m. ET, league spokesman Greg Aiello posted on Twitter. NFL.com reported that Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith will sign the new agreement on Friday morning at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
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Governments of Canada and Ontario Celebrate New Affordable Housing in Brampton
Archived Bulletin
June 26, 2015 3:00 P.M.
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Brampton, ON - The governments of Canada and Ontario, and the Region of Peel, visited Norton Lake Residence today to formally announce the 200 new affordable housing rental units that have become home for local residents. The project was supported by more than $15 million in funding through the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program. The construction of this property has supported economic growth and helped create 500 jobs in Brampton while providing more affordable housing options for local seniors, families and persons with special needs.
Parm Gill, Member of Parliament for Brampton-Springdale, on behalf of the Honourable Candice Bergen, Minister of State (Social Development); Harinder Malhi, Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton-Springdale, on behalf of the Honourable Ted McMeekin, Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing; Martin Medeiros, Regional Councillor for Wards 3 and 4, on behalf of Frank Dale, Region of Peel Chair; and Linda Jeffrey, Mayor of the City of Brampton, made the announcement today.
Norton Lake Residence is located at 1155 Queen Street East. The project received more than $15 million to build 200 new rental housing units through the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program Agreement. The federal and provincial funding is complemented by more than $22.2 million in municipal financial incentives from the Region of Peel.
Located in the community of Bramalea, the 25-storey apartment building features one- to three-bedroom units, including 56 accessible units and 39 units that provide support services. Norton Lake Residence is operated by Pathway Housing and Support Services, and features space designed to be used for a variety of community programs. Each suite is designed with central air conditioning, open concept kitchen and living room, accessibility features, as well as common on-site laundry facilities, underground parking for residents, ground-level parking for visitors, a bicycle storage room, areas for socializing, and an outdoor playground area.
Annually, the Government of Canada, through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) invests approximately $2 billion in housing. These investments improve the quality of life for low-income Canadians and households living in existing social housing, including individuals who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, seniors, persons with disabilities, recent immigrants and Aboriginal people. Economic Action Plan 2013 continued this commitment with a federal investment of more than $1.25 billion over five years to extend the Investment in Affordable Housing Program to 2019. The Government of Canada will ensure that funds provided to provinces and territories support the use of apprentices, which will support training of skilled labour.
Ontario continues to build new affordable housing and repair existing units for Ontarians with housing needs. Since 2003, the province has committed more than $4 billion in funding for affordable housing, which has helped support more than 20,000 new affordable rental housing units, more than 275,000 repairs and improvements to social and affordable housing units and rental and down payment assistance to more than 90,000 households in need. Ontario's Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy has set a strong foundation for a more efficient, accessible affordable housing system and now the province has launched consultations to support a renewed Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy. Participants can submit their views to the government online, by telephone or in writing by July 3, 2015.
Investing in affordable housing is part of the Ontario government's economic plan to build Ontario up. The four-part plan includes investing in people's talents and skills, making the largest investment in public infrastructure in Ontario's history, creating a dynamic and innovative environment where business thrives, and building a secure retirement savings plan.
To find out more information on:
How the Government of Canada and CMHC help Canadians meet their housing needs, visit Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or call CMHC at 1-800-668-2642.
Affordable housing in Ontario, visit ontario.ca/housing and Ontario's Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy
Housing in Peel Region, visit peelregion.ca/housing
"Our Government is giving a hand-up to those in need, which is why we are proud to have invested in this project here in Brampton. Norton Lake plays a vital role in the community and is more than just a safe and affordable place for seniors, families, and people with special needs to live. It is the key to a better life for those who will call it home."
Parm Gill
Member of Parliament for Brampton-Springdale
"An affordable and secure home provides a stable foundation that can help people rise out of poverty. Investing in affordable housing can reduce costs elsewhere in the service system. Norton Lake is another example of how we are making a meaningful difference in the community by improving access to suitable and affordable housing for people in need."
Harinder Malhi
Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton-Springdale
"When governments work together we can accomplish great things. Brampton is now home to Norton Lake, an integrated housing complex that is meeting the diverse and complex needs of our community."
Linda Jeffrey
Mayor of the City of Brampton
"Norton Lake is a great example of what we can accomplish when all levels of government, private sector partners, non-profit organizations and local neighbours work together to contribute to the well-being of our community. I want to express my gratitude to everyone involved in this development and am especially grateful to the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 609 for giving us the opportunity to develop this land into a home for Legion members, seniors and families in Peel."
Frank Dale
Region of Peel Chair
Angelina Ritacco
Public Affairs Central, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Mark Cripps
Office of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
David Hodkin
Communications, Region of Peel
Conrad Spezowka
Communications, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Government Health and Wellness Home and Community Jobs and Employment People with Disabilities
This document was published on June 26, 2015 and is provided for archival and research purposes.


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The realistic accuracy of Family History is what makes the novel a work of art. Dani Shapiro 's writing is poetic, intimate, and alarmingly truthful, and because of these factors, we find ourselves right in Rachel's shoes living the horror of the situation as well. Family History is extraordinarily intense, so much that your eyes will tear up multiple times throughout your reading. I could feel Rachel's pain so severely that I genuinely wanted a happy ending for her and her family.
From a personal standpoint and as a mother myself, I had to ponder whether author Dani Shapiro really is a mother too; if so, does she, like me, also feel as if motherhood does not come naturally to her a lot of the time? Perhaps Rachel's intermittent detachment from her children is due to Shapiro feeling similarly, if she even has any children herself? Shapiro writes the role incredibly well either way, which is part of the reason I am so impacted by Rachel's sorrow.
My one and only disappointment with Family History is with the ending, which I feel is too abrupt. The ending may have been more satisfying with an epilogue and update status on the family weeks, months, or even years down the road. Family History is particularly difficult to put down and it's another one of those novels you never want to end; it simply reads way too fast.
The rest of Dani Shapiro 's novels have found their place on my wish list. Her latest novel is Black and White (2007), with previous novels entitled Picturing the Wreck (1996) and Fugitive Blue (1993).


Many people ask about Akon Height and Weight 2016, size, age, body statistics and measurements. Akon is an American Rapper, his birthday is on April 16, 1973 in Senegal, his birth sign is the Aries, and his Birth name is Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam. So how much does Akon weigh in 2016? How tall is Akon, and what are his body measurements? How much is Akon Height and Weight?
Akon is she has been popular for being a Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist, and for his first album Trouble.
Akon had been married to Keri Lewis from 2001 to 2013.
In 2005 Akon's single "Lonely" reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100.


Are you ready to spend some time with your family? This weekend is available for you to do just that. Relax and enjoy the fellowship of your family, AND with your church family at the peaceful Deerhaven Conference and Retreat Center. This campus is large enough to enjoy so many activities together. There is a huge pool for swimming, and a lake for fishing and canoeing (no swimming in the lake). There is a small game room with foosball, table tennis and pool. There are other activities such as, Basketball, Volleyball and Shuffleboard in a covered court area. There is a nursery and a playground for the kids. We will also be bringing games, cards, puzzles, and sports equipment to keep us busy. And of course, there will also be plenty of time to just relax and sit by the fire. Will you join us?
First Church budgeted funds to make it affordable for your family. Costs will depend on your desired accommodations. Last year's rates are listed below and are subject to change.
Cabins: If you and your family would like to be split in cabins or if your kids want to hang out with their friends, then cabin living might be for you. Separated by guys and girls, The cost would be $25 per night/person. One cabin bathroom for every 10 people.
Motel Style Room: Wanna place for just the two of you? The motel style dorm has two twin beds and a bathroom and shower like an old Florida Motel Style Room. This option would be $33 per night/person.
Dorm Room: This is a room, great for the whole family. 3 or more would be happy in this 1 room that sleeps 5 people.(3 twin bunk beds and 1 double bed). It can even link, via a closable door, to a friendly family room next door if you wish. Each room has it's own bathroom & shower. This option would also be $33 per night/person.
Tent Camping: If you want to experience the beautiful outdoors, there is tent camping available for $6 per night/person. You must bring your own tent.
Non-Overnight Visitors: Just was to come for the day? The retreat center charges $6 per person/day to use their facility.
Come with us for a fun time of fellowship and retreat! Register Here!
Signups and a 50% Deposit Due before February 17th. Please turn in final payment to office on/or before March 24th.
Located in the Ocala National Forest about forty-five minutes west of Daytona. The 70-acre campground includes undeveloped forest areas for primitive camping as well as a modern conference center and dining facility serving up to 200 persons, with housing for about 175+ persons. A beautiful new 2500 square foot pool can be heated for use year-round. A lake on the grounds is used for canoeing and fishing.


Some changes here (among others, I switched to Android; bye, bye Nokia, hope to see you sometime in the future...).
But the reason to post here is to point to an article about batteries: Why your smartphone battery isn't as good as your martphone.
The currently most important limit of our smartphones is battery duration.


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Five Microgrants of $500 will be awarded to artists to create new browser-based artworks.
For the current cycle, CAA will award grants of $10,000 each to outstanding students who will receive their MFA and PhD degrees in calendar year 2016.
Carmen's article swerves back and forth, intermingling his own experiences with his reaction to Tamba's work and they time they spent together.
The Embraced: The International Community exhibition examines the influence the Center for Book Arts in New York City has had on the international book arts scene.
Piksel is an international event for artists and developers working with Free/Libre and Open Source technologies in artistic practice.


Peanut Snake: Celebrate The Mooz!
Lovely artwork by Tim Smart.
My friend Martin, aka PowderedCows, has put together an amazing album, entitled Moozikk, that will be available to download from this Saturday, April 9th, from here, with limited CD copies available from the launch gig at Champions in Bournemouth (and possibly directly from the man himself?).
All proceeds are going to help The Tree Foundation and their work to help the critically endangered three-toed sloth.
Musicians were invited to contribute basic tracks (a vocal plus one instrument) which were then put through the Powdered Cow's magical mystical blender.
I've contributed the Hardsparrow song Ghost Castle, a much better re-recorded version of a tune from my Half-Bakes album. He has made it sound well spooky.
There's also a ton of stuff by loads of great Dorset musicians, including Expedition Guide (Lee Jones of Dutch Husband/Head of a Cuban Trojan), and the ladies' fave, Michael Wookey.
Please check out and join the Facebook group here.
And check out the Tree Foundation's homepage here.
Here's Expedition Guide's tune, click the link to hear more on the PowderedCows Soundcloud.
Here's the full track listing..


This post categorized under Silhouette and posted on May 3rd, 2018.
This was one of the first sunny day this spring. Bike trip with camera and here you have a nice pack of 19 Nature Photoshop Brushes.
Broadbill Hummingbird Yellow Background. Broadbill Hummingbird on Branch Profile Pose Colorful Camel silhouette in Pushkar. Silhouette of a camel chewing during the annual camel trade festival Pushkar India Call for help concept.Callie Hegstrom. Bushel and Peck Fonts and Logos. Ive had a crazy number of requests for a smooth farmhouse script. Apparently there are a lot of folks out there with Cricut and Silhouette machines.


When Les Moonves left CBS in September, the company said his severance would be subject to the results of its investigation into harassment allegations.
Former CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves will depart the company without his $120 million payout, the CBS board of directors said Monday night.
Moonves, who had led CBS since 2007, left the company in September after he was accused by 12 women of sexual harassment and intimidation in two New Yorker articles published in July and in September.
At the time of his exit, the board said his nine-figure severance package would be subject to the result of its investigation into Moonves, CBS News and cultural issues at the company raised by the New Yorker stories. A month earlier, soon after the first New Yorker story about Moonves was published, CBS hired two firms—Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton—to invest the allegations.
On Monday, the board said the investigation had been completed, and that Moonves would be fired for cause after he misled the company and its investigation into the allegations.
"We have determined that there are grounds to terminate for cause, including his willful and material misfeasance, violation of company policies and breach of his employment contract, as well as his willful failure to cooperate fully with the company's investigation," according to a statement from the CBS board of directors.
Three weeks ago, the New York Times printed some of the damning allegations unearthed by investigators, including that as the harassment allegations between to swirl this year, Moonves had tried to silence one accusing by getting her a role on a CBS show.
Moonves and CBS said when he left the company that they would donate $20 million, originally earmarked for part of his severance, to organizations that support the #MeToo movement and equality for women in the workplace.
On Friday, CBS announced the 18 organizations that would be receiving the $20 million, including the National Women's Law Center, RAINN, Time's Up Entertainment and the Women's Media Center.


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SF Court Blocks State's Planned Foster Care Cuts
by Bay City News | November 4, 2009 6:49 pm	| in News | 0
A federal judge in San Francisco today temporarily blocked a planned 10 percent cut in state payments to group homes for foster children.
The temporary restraining order issued against the state Social Services Department by U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel will remain in effect until Patel holds a hearing Nov. 13 on a nonprofit group's request for a preliminary injunction to continue blocking the cut.
The planned 10 percent reduction in payments was one of a series of cuts in social services enacted by the Legislature last summer in response to the state's budget crisis.
Patel wrote that the state "is navigating a severe budgetary crisis … however, this temporary hardship does not outweigh the irreparable injury likely to be sustained by the foster children living in group homes that may have already begun terminating staff and cutting services."
About 7,500 children statewide are in group foster homes.
Carroll Schroeder, executive director of the California Alliance of Child and Family Services, said most children in the homes are under court protection either because they were abused or neglected or because they are on probation for juvenile offenses.
The alliance, which represents 87 group homes serving up to 3,720 California children, filed a lawsuit to block the cut in September.
It claimed a 10 percent cut in already-low reimbursement rates to group homes would harm some of the most vulnerable children in the state and violate the U.S. Child Welfare Act.
The law requires states to make adequate "foster care maintenance payments" for basic items such as food and shelter as a condition of receiving some federal funding.
Patel wrote that the lawsuit raised "serious questions" as to whether the state is complying with the law.
Schroeder said the alliance was gratified by the ruling. He said, "Although rates are still inadequate, agencies will not be forced to choose between closing, significantly downsizing or providing substandard care for kids."
Social Services Department spokeswoman Lizelda Lopez said the agency will comply with the order, but said, "The state will continue to defend this reduction in court."


The Baldrige Excellence Framework is a strategic management framework that focuses on and promotes organisational alignment – a critical component to performance and success. This programme offers detailed insights into the framework, its values and concepts,criteria and scoring system. During the course we will share relevant tools, systems, approaches and case studies to enable you to implement a successful business improvement practice in your own organisation.
Your Organisational Profile & Setting the Scene - The introductory module is designed to give you an understanding and overall perspective of the key features of the Criteria for Performance Excellence (CPE). As such, it is a compulsory module prior to attending any of the other modules. Within this module, the facilitator will cover the evolution of business improvement and world-class characteristics. He will explain the alignment between the CPE categories and cover the importance of an Organisational Profile. You will go on to complete an Organisational Profile for your own organisation of the duration of the rest of the programme, therefore this overview is a key component of the introduction.
The Challenge of Organisational Leadership - In Module 1, participants will learn about the key requirements of Leadership including its application to both Senior Leadership and Governance & Social Responsibility. This "top-down" approach aligns with the CPE and allows participants to gain clarity on the over-arching aspects of the organisation prior to getting down into the more detailed areas. This module will also cover Process Attributes, which is a key aspect in an organisation's approach to the different areas.
Focus on the Future: Strategy & Planning - This module will cover the key requirements of strategic planning and its relationships and linkages to the other categories. Different strategic planning processes will be discussed, alongside innovation, work systems, core competencies and action planning. Strategic Planning answers: What do we do? Who do we do it for? How do we excel?
Measurement, Analysis & Knowledge Management – The Foundation - This module focuses on the importance of performance measurement and performance management. Learn how to select and ensure effective use of data to support operational and strategic decision making and innovation. The facilitator will cover key measurements areas, inputs and outputs and explain how it all links together.
Customer Focus - This module focuses on the management philosophy of being 'customer-driven'. It explains the importance of agility and listening to your customers, covering customer support, segmentation and relationship and complaint management exercises.
Workforce Focus – HR Management - This module will focus on the key requirements of the CPE and its relationships to other Categories. Learn how you build an effective and supportive workforce environment, and how to engage with the workforce to achieve organisational and personal success.
Operations Focus – Adding Value through Processes - In this module participants will learn about the Core Value of Systems Perspective and gain an in-depth understanding of their organisation's core, and related value chains. Learn how to organise and manage the workforce to achieve set objectives, and how to foster an organisational culture that is characterised by open communication, high performance work, and an engaged workforce.
Organisational Results – Prove It! This module focuses on the key requirements of one of the most important CPE categories – Results – and how it aligns with the other Categories. Learn about the attributes of Results and the importance of benchmarking, targets and trends, as well as differentiating between those results that are applicable and meaningful, and those that are not. This module will cover all areas of the CPE results section, providing an in-depth look and review of each category's results, aligning with the prior modules.
– Individuals who are responsible for leadership, strategy and planning or quality improvement in your organisation.
– Organisations that are considering entering into either the NZ Business Excellence Business Excellence or Achievement Awards programme.
– Teams of organisations who are wanting their staff to begin implementing a Business Excellence programme.
The Business Excellence Foundation course is provided in a modular, learning format with participants gaining knowledge and understanding by using a wide variety of tools and approaches. It is underpinned by the Baldrige Excellence Framework, with practical exercises and " live" examples and case studies from award winning organisations. These actual experiences will provide you and your organisation with the knowledge and understanding to support a business excellence approach in your organisation or department.
This course encourages a fully interactive forum and the exchange of ideas is part of the learning process.
Complete the form (one per person) and submit to NZ Business Excellence.
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A certified nurse aide is a vital part of the healthcare industry. These professionals help the RN or LPN by providing nursing care and fulfilling the basic needs of the patients. In order to work as a nursing assistant, students must take state approved classes and qualify a competency exam conducted by the respective states. Enrolling for CNA classes is a great investment in vocational education.
Why to enroll for CNA training classes?
Helping the patients with their everyday activities and performing personal care duties, like dressing, bathing, feeding, shifting them from one place to another in the hospital, etc., can be a complicated task. Without a good training, a CNA may find all these duties more difficult to perform. It is, therefore, very important to take training classes before beginning the practice. These classes prepare prospective nurse aides for the upcoming challenges in their career.
CNA classes are deliberate to offer nursing assistants with the requisite training to provide patients with proper comfort and care when they are at discomfort and unease. In cases of emergencies, it becomes life threatening for the patients if they don't get instant care from a trained medical professional.
The rising number of old age people has increased the demand of certified nursing assistants in the USA. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected 20% growth in the demand of nurse aides by the year 2018. These professionals earn a good salary, but for pursuing this career, you need to register for an accredited CNA class and qualify the respective state's certification exam.
What are the requirements to enroll for nursing assistant classes?
A high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED).
Applicants should submit a formal application duly dated and signed.
Proficiency in speaking, reading and writing English and also possess knowledge of Mathematics.
Submit TB and criminal background check report.
Students may also require acquiring CPR certification during or before the training program.
Some institutes conduct pre-screening test. Aspiring candidates are ought to qualify this test for seeking admission in the training programs.
Personality traits, like professionalism, patience, compassion and desire to help others are also essential.
The duration of nurse aide classes is 6 to 12 weeks. However, the duration may vary from state to state. Online programs are also offered for the aspiring candidates. Online classes provide you flexibility and convenience, but for clinical practice, you will have to search for a healthcare center or nursing home in your locality.
The fees of certified nursing assistant classes differ in different states of the USA. You may have to shell out $400 to $2000 depending on the state in which, you reside. However, some institutes and facilities also offer free CNA training to the eligible candidates.
From where CNA classes can be taken?
Recording vital signs, like temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, etc.
Training programs must be approved by the accreditation body of the respective state; otherwise, it's wastage of both the time and money if you enroll for an unrecognized program.
Check the track record and history of the institution for the percentage and number of students qualifying the certification exam.
To get further insights about the institution, check the Alumni network and investigate the teaching staff credentials.
Verify the salaries earned by the ex-students of the institute and placement assistance provided by the school.
Make sure that the school, in which you are going to take admission, provides the mandated hours of training.
Ensure that the program covers all the subjects and equips you with all the skills required for certification.
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Nigeria facing new dimension of threats – Defence Minister
08 November 2021 | 2:32 pm
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the prevalence of the various security threats in Nigeria has adversely affected food security thereby
[FILES] Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd)
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the prevalence of the various security threats in Nigeria has adversely affected food security thereby posing new dimension of threats to the country.
Magashi stated this at the opening of a retreat for Defence Advisers/Attaches Conference, organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) on Monday in Abuja.
The conference/retreat has the theme, ''Advancing Counterterrorism Efforts through Enhanced Inter-Agency Cooperation: A Whole of Government Approach".
He said the attacks by Boko Haram Terrorists and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the North East as well as banditry and herder/militia in the North West and Central had continued to pose serious security threats to Nigeria.
According to him, the littoral states in the South-South region are plagued with illegal oil bunkering, piracy and militancy while the South-East is challenged with secessionist activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
He added that the South-West region is equally faced with secessionist inclination driven by ethnic agitators as well as occasional tension between herders and farmers.
"The threats currently facing Nigeria and understanding their socio-geographic context is pivotal for adapting appropriate and lasting counter-measures.
"Regrettably, the prevalence of these threats has continued to endanger not only national security and economic growth, but also food security.
"In particular, food security has been adversely affected with the attendant rise in the prices of food stuff across the country which portends a new dimension of threat.
"This makes it imperative for the various security agencies in the country to continue to collaborate to tackle these menaces in order to create an enabling atmosphere for economic activities to thrive and to attract Foreign Direct Investment.
"It also means that the security agencies must explore all avenues within their respective systems to come up with innovative ways of identifying and confronting the challenges facing us as a nation," he said.
Magashi said that the Defence Advisers/Attachés system had crucial roles to play by forging understanding and cooperation with the security and defence architectures in their respective countries of accreditation.
He said the conference would provide participants the opportunity to appraise the shared vision of stemming the tide of insecurity through the integrated efforts of all government entities, the objectives of the government approach.
He said the recent achievement of the military and security agencies who took the fight from all angles to the door steps of the adversaries leading to the surrender of over 14,000 terrorists, is reassuring.
The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, said the defence Attachés/Advisers were considered as critical stakeholders in surmounting the myriad of security challenges facing Nigeria.
Monguno, represented by his Principal General Staff Officer, Maj.-Gen. Abubakar Ndalolo, said that Nigeria had been adopting both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches in dealing with security challenges, adding that both approaches had been yielding results.
He said that the government also laid emphasis on the integrated approach, which recognised the roles of ministries, departments and agencies as well as the entire society in "tackling our security challenges".
According to him, this involves participation of critical stakeholders from different sectors of the society, such as religious actors, youths, teachers, women, civil society, media, law enforcement as well as the security and intelligence agencies.
The Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Maj.-Gen. Samuel Adebayo, said the conference is an annual event which affords DIA a medium to assiduously review the activities of all its defence sections.
Adebayo said the conference was also an avenue to identify new lessons and challenges, discuss modalities for overcoming such challenges as well as restrategise for the future.
According to him, this conference comes at a time when the nation is facing unusual daunting security challenges characterised by a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment.
"That is why the theme for this year's Conference, "Advancing Counterterrorism Efforts through Enhanced Inter Agency Cooperation: A Whole of Government Approach", was carefully chosen.
"This theme will undoubtedly guide our deliberations and contributions to the current efforts of the Federal Government towards attaining an approach in our counter terrorism strategy and create an atmosphere for sustainable national security and development.
"It is therefore in this regard that I urge the participants in this conference to address the issues squarely and deliberate with open minds to ensure that the objectives of the conference are achieved," he said.
The CDI noted that the Nigerian armed forces had made tremendous progress in confronting the nation's security challenges as evident from the massive surrendering of terrorists in the North East and intensified operations against bandits in the North West and North Central regions.
He said the fluid nature of the threats posed by the enemies had reinforced the need for collaborative efforts, be it government to government, within the security Services and even through foreign diplomats and Defence Attachés System (DAS).
According to him, the need for a continuous reappraisal of our strategies, operational tactics and methods of intelligence gathering and sharing in order to efficiently deal with our security challenges, is therefore paramount.
He said the forum would provide the opportunity to tap from the vast experiences of the participants.
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, urged attachés to use their position to support the fight against drug abuse and trafficking in Nigeria.
Marwa said there is a strong connection between drug and insecurity, saying that taking drugs out of the hands of peddlers would reduce the effects on security.
He said the recent seizure made by the agency revealed that large quantities of drugs used by criminals are finding their ways into the country.
Experts canvass strict monitoring of tax revenue expenditures
Professional tax administrators from the Society of Women in Taxation (SWIT) have argued that lack of openness, accountability and transparency in budgetary spending by authorities has inflicted more poverty than blessing to taxpayers.
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The world today is going through momentous changes unseen in a century, changes that are consequential to the world, to our times, and to history. The COVID-19 pandemic still drags on with cases surging here and there. The world economy is getting more fragile. The geopolitical environment remains tense. Global governance is seriously inadequate. Food…
Four million farmers received N800b under CBN Anchor Borrowers' Programme, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, disclosed that four million farmers across different value chains received N800 billion under the Central Bank Anchor Borrowers' Programme (ABP).
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One to One Marketing at your 'Beacon' Call
By Peter Stamos, President & CEO, Ping HD
Peter Stamos, President & CEO, Ping HD
It wasn't a very good movie, but those of us who are technology watchers might remember Minority Report starring Tom Cruise. The plot was horrible, but I was struck by the specific technology that 'big brother' used to track people in that advanced society. They used eyeball biometrics to track the people's whereabouts along with delivering personalized one to one marketing messages via digital screens when the character walked past. It was cool!
Science Fiction has Become Science Fact
Let's fast forward to 2016, considering the stadium and arena venues worldwide and the rise of the Millennials and their unique buying habits. People have a choice. Go to the stadium and spend $400/$500 or more for a family of four or stay at home to watch the game on 80" 4K televisions in the comfort of their own living rooms. This has now become the challenge to team and venue ownership and the food service concessionaire's that serve the fans. Every team wants to better engage their patrons, from season ticket holders to corporate clients to that family of four that can afford one or two events a year. It's about fan engagement, entertainment and the experience that will compel them to head to the venue.
"Beacon technology is being rapidly adapted in the retail, hospitality and healthcare segments"
Enter Smartphones
It all starts with an "app". Teams and retailers today have or will have apps that fans can download to receive offers, coupons, food and merchandising deals. Fans and consumers can opt in an out. Today, through integrated beacon technology and Digital Signage based displays, "Minority Report" comes alive. A few digital signage software providers can now integrate a team's "app" with the digital screens throughout the venue. Through the Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons the venue management can now communicate with the fan on a one to one basis in real time, right there, right now for maximum impact. Millennials want info where they want it, when they want it, and how they want it.
Enter the Beacon
The Beacon itself is simply a device that transmits small amounts of data via BLE up to 150 feet.
Shedding light on how the technology works; the team or venue's selected mobile application is installed on a user's smartphone. The app will now be looking for Beacons in the background. Once detected, the content management platform and the mobile application will perform a search in the Cloud, using cellular data or Wi-Fi, to see what content is associated with that Beacon. Once the connection is made, the user or customer can receive customized content to his or her smartphone. Alternatively, the team or venue management can use mobile phone signals to post customized messages on already existing digital signage displays. This allows you to better target your fans and patrons with personalized ads, promotions, product information and calls to action. The possibilities for exciting fan and/ or customer engagement with this new technology are limitless.
I have the venue's app on my smartphone. I walk past a 65" advertising screen. The Beacon pings my smartphone and I see a personal message on the screen. "Hello Peter, Welcome to Busch Stadium. Glad you could be with us today. The nearest beer stand is 100 feet behind you. The nearest restroom is 100 feet ahead. Here is a code for 10 percent off any jersey purchased in any of our retail stores today. Enjoy the game." It may not be biometric eyeball scans, but it's pretty darn powerful nonetheless.
The content management software powering this one to one marketing effort is a key component of success. The API must be easily accessible; built with the latest HTML5 integration tools and ridiculously easy to use. After all, the teams business is selling tickets and merchandising along with putting a good product on the field and not worrying about the technology that enables their objectives.
After all, isn't that what technology really is, an enabler?
• Good tech enables that fan engagement experience, the brand promise and a call to action.
• Good tech remains quiet in the background.
• Good tech is seen and not heard, unlike the millennials who are a very vocal group.
Beacon technology is being rapidly adapted in the retail, hospitality and healthcare segments. Moreover, when digital signage is strategically placed it leads to increased purchase and a better patron, fan or customer experience.
We are entering the age of beacon technology, enabled by content management platforms and it is coming to life on digital displays all over the world. One to one marketing is now a reality, and even Tom Cruise would be proud of it.
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A Weekend in the Cotswolds | Where is Yvette?
I was in the UK for a meeting last week in Oxford, and in my world that translates into "what's nearby for a weekend trip?" The Cotswolds were the obvious choice- the area filled with lovely rolling hills and tiny villages just west of Oxford- so my fellow astronomer-in-crime Jess and I rented a car to go out and explore. We were actually quite lucky with the weather- it didn't rain buckets until the last day, and there were even times of blue sky- so lots of rambling (hiking to the American lot), exploring picturesque villages, and making various bets on the Euro Cup matches playing in the tiny village pub ensued. All in all a great place to spend a weekend, and certainly a picturesque one!


This crazy video is completely fake. Yet it's been watched 14 million times on Facebook — including by me. Here's why fake news is still a thriving business.
The Facebook video is nuts, but I can't tear my eyes away. A plane, struggling in a huge storm, does a 360-degree flip before safely landing and letting out terrified passengers.
It turns out the video is totally bunk, spliced together from a computer-generated clip and unrelated real news footage. But that didn't stop the Facebook post from arriving in my News Feed via a friend last month. I watched it. Maybe you did, too: It has nearly 14 million views.
Everyone now knows the Web is filled with lies. So then how do fake Facebook posts, YouTube videos and tweets keep making suckers of us?
To find out, I conducted a forensic investigation of the fake that fooled my social network. I found the original creator of that CG plane clip. I spoke to the Facebook executive charged with curbing misinformation. And I confronted my friend who shared it.
The motives for a crazy plane report may be different from posts misdirecting American voters or fueling genocide in Myanmar. Yet some of the questions are the same: What makes fake news effective? Why did I end up seeing it? And what can we do about it?
Fake news creators "aren't loyal to any one ideology or geography," said Tessa Lyons, the product manager for Facebook's News Feed tasked with reducing misinformation. "They are seizing on whatever the conversation is" — usually to make money.
This year, Facebook will double the number of humans involved in fighting constantly morphing "integrity" problems on its network, to 20,000. Thanks in part to those efforts, independent fact-checkers and some new technologies, Facebook user interaction with known fake news sites has declined by 50 percent since the 2016 election, according to a study by Stanford and New York University.
But if you think you're immune to this stuff, you're wrong. Detecting what's fake in images and video is only getting harder. Misinformation is part of an online economy that weaponizes social media to profit from our clicks and attention. And with the right tools to stop it still a long way off, we all need to get smarter about it.
No real commercial plane did a 360 roll so close to the ground, but an emergency landing really did happen that August day in Macau.
Four days later, in Los Angeles, film director Aristomenis Tsirbas started getting messages from his friends. A year earlier, the computer graphics whiz had created and posted to YouTube a video he'd made showing a plane doing a 360. Someone had taken his work and used it at the beginning of a fake news report.
"I realized, oh, my God, I'm part of the problem," Tsirbas told me. The artist, who has worked on "Titanic" and "Star Trek," has a hobby in creating realistic but implausible videos, often involving aliens. He posts them on YouTube, he said, in part to demonstrate CG and in part to make a little money from YouTube ads.
Satire, in particular, can lose important context unless it's baked into an image itself. Another doctored fake news image, first posted to Twitter in 2017, appears to show President Trump touring a flooded area of Houston, handing a red hat to a victim. Artist Jessica Savage Broer, a Trump critic, told me she Photoshopped it to make a point about how people need to "use critical thinking skills." But then earlier this year, supporters of the president started sharing it on Facebook — by the hundreds of thousands — as evidence of the president's humanitarian work.
Why would someone turn Tsirbas's airplane video into a fake news report?
There's no clear answer, but there are clues. Time News International, the page that published it, did not respond to requests I sent via Facebook, an email address or a U.K. phone number listed on its page.
Facebook's Lyons said pages posting misinformation most often have an economic motive. They post links to articles on sites with just-believable-enough names that are filled with advertisements or spyware, which might attempt to invade our online privacy.
Lyons's team shared with me a half-dozen samples of fake news. But the links to money aren't always immediately clear. The Time News International page doesn't regularly link to outside articles, though it posts a lot of outrageous photos and videos about topics in the news. That has attracted it a following of 225,000 people on Facebook — a base it could direct to content it might capitalize on in the future.
Facebook and other social media companies deserve some of the blame. It's easy to grow an audience for outlandish stories when publishing doesn't require vetting, and algorithms are tuned to share the stuff that garners the greatest outrage. I saw that crazy video because Facebook decided I should.
Fake news producers also use our friends to add to their credibility. When I saw the plane video, my suspicions weren't on high alert because it came from my friend, who I trust as a smart guy. He told me he realized later the video was a fake but thought comments on his post would alert his friends. "It's just funny thinking about the steps by which we get duped," he said.
Facebook's response to the plane video shows how far it's come in the fight with fake news — and how far we have to go.
On Sept. 17, a few days after it was posted, the video was detected by Facebook's machine-learning systems, programs that try to automatically detect fake news. The company won't disclose exactly how those work, but it said the signals include what sorts of comments people leave on posts.
Once detected, Facebook passed the video to its network of independent fact-checkers. After Snopes labeled it as "false," Facebook made it show up less often in News Feeds.
That comes in the form of a label. Now when the video appears in a News Feed or someone attempts to share it, up pops "Additional Reporting On This," with a link to reports from fact-checking organizations. Facebook said it also notified people who had already shared it, though my friend doesn't recall seeing a warning.
It's also an issue of new media literacy. Facebook and others have produced fliers such as "Tips for spotting false news," but it's hard to change a response that is both human and pretty fundamental to the social media experience. There have always been hoaxes, but perhaps we need time to internalize just how easy they've become to create.
Lyons is already tracking the next generation of CG images dubbed "deep fakes" that don't even require the expertise of a creator like Tsirbas. Instead, they use artificial intelligence to splice together bits from lots of existing videos to create, for example, a fake speech by a president.
Maybe we'll eventually learn to be less trusting of our friends — at least the online ones. The people we count on for important information in the real world aren't always the people who fill our social media feeds.
Or if you want to avoid being that friend: Before you spread the latest outrage online, stop and consider the source.


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As for steel pinions, Hobbythek is really the only option I'm aware of. The Carson/XTM/Duratrax/Smartech are all pretty much the same except maybe for anodizing and electronics.
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Tuberculosis (TB) in elephants is a re-emerging zoonotic disease caused primarily
June 16, 2017 Mia Hayes
Tuberculosis (TB) in elephants is a re-emerging zoonotic disease caused primarily by and a single was in an African elephant with from trunk washes. (giraffes, rhinoceroses, and buffaloes), which were found to have been infected by four different strains of (13). In zoos and circuses, TB is more frequently recognized in Asian elephants (in 1996, the National Tuberculosis Working Group for AT13387 Zoo and Wildlife Species was founded to develop the best strategy of disease control for a variety of exotic animals. As a result, through the concerted effort of this group in conjunction with the United States AT13387 Division of Agriculture (USDA), the were developed in 1997 (updated in 2000 and 2003). The guidelines include TB screening protocols and recommendations for antimicrobial therapy (25). The only USDA-recommended diagnostic test for TB in elephants is definitely mycobacterial tradition of trunk wash samples. However, there is a growing body of evidence indicating that this method of analysis has poor level of sensitivity, as it can only identify animals with extensive dropping of the organism that typically happens late in the course of disease. Recent efforts to identify acceptable alternatives for antemortem detection of TB in elephants using traditional techniques (i.e., tuberculin pores and skin test) have been unsuccessful (13, 23). In contrast, antibody-based tests appear encouraging, but improved platforms and antigenic focuses on are needed (12, 31). Multiantigen print immunoassay (MAPIA) was developed as an efficient tool for the recognition of seroreactive antigens in human being TB (17). More recently, this method was used to determine antigen acknowledgement patterns in cattle, white-tailed deer, reindeer, and Western badgers infected with (9, 18, 33, 34). In the present study, we used MAPIA to characterize antigen acknowledgement profiles and AT13387 kinetics of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody reactions to a panel of 12 defined AT13387 antigens of and in sera from elephants with culture-confirmed TB. Serial serum samples collected before, during, and after treatment were tested. In addition, a rapid test (RT) for TB in elephants (ElephantTB STAT-PAK kit) was developed using lateral-flow technology and selected recombinant antigens. With the limited quantity of elephants tested, the RT showed the potential DCHS2 to be a simple and useful screening assay for early detection of TB in elephants, while MAPIA exhibited an added potential for monitoring of treatment and prediction of relapse. MATERIALS AND METHODS Animals and disease status. Five feminine elephants (L, C, K, N, and I) which range from 30 to 47 years from different places in america were identified as having TB by mycobacterial lifestyle between 1997 and 2000. Desk ?Desk11 summarizes epidemiologic, diagnostic, and treatment data for these animals. Two of these (L and C) acquired a brief history of contact with based on trunk washes, and one African elephant (N) was lifestyle positive for at necropsy. The four Asian elephants had been treated with antimycobacterial substances for 12 to 20 a few months, whereas the African elephant didn't receive therapy, as the medical diagnosis was produced postmortem. Two from the treated pets, L and K, received therapy following the preliminary training course frequently, as they created positive civilizations of in posttreatment follow-up trunk clean examining. Disease was verified postmortem by lifestyle and histopathology evaluation in the neglected African elephant contaminated with and two from the four treated Asian elephants contaminated with and various other mycobacteria was performed on the Country wide Veterinary Providers Laboratories (Ames, IA) relative to (25). The task for collecting triple trunk clean examples was.
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Подгора () — село, Подгоринский сельский совет,
Кобелякский район, Полтавская область, Украина.

Код КОАТУУ — 5321885801. Население по переписи 2001 года составляло 511 человек.

Является административным центром Подгоринского сельского совета, в который, кроме того, входит село Чкалово.

Географическое положение
Село Подгора находится на правом берегу реки Кобелячка, которая через 2 км впадает в реку Ворскла, на противоположном берегу — город Кобеляки.

Рядом проходит автомобильная дорога .

Происхождение названия
На территории Украины 2 населённых пункта с названием Подгора.

Экономика
 ООО АФ «Прапор».

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Historic Minardi Day 2019: Minardi F1 V12 Lamborghini, Tyrrell P34, McLaren MP4/5 V10, FW14
This video is about the fourth edition of the Historic Minardi Day, an event born in 2016 in order to celebrate the Minardi F1 team after 10 years from its last F1 season. Now it's more like a two-days motorsport festival where old Formula cars could "stretch their legs" on track together with GT race cars, prototypes and supercars divided into groups and sessions on track. Hope you like it! List of the cars in the video: Minardi M191B F1 V12 Lamborghini Ferrari 412 T1 F1 V12 Ferrari 126 C4 Turbo V6 Ferrari 312 B F1 Flat-12 Ferrari 643 F1 V12 Williams FW14 F1 Renault V10 Williams FW07 Cosworth V8 Ferrari F93A F1 V12 McLaren MP4/5 Honda V10 Minardi M189 F1 V8 Minardi PS05 F1 V10 Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti 1996 Alfa Romeo 33/3 V8 Tyrrell P34 F1 V8 Cosworth Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti DTM 1994 Tecno PA123/3 F1 Flat-12 Ligier JS P3 Mygale M10 FPT F3 Lancia Beta Turbo Gr. 5 Renault 21 Turbo Europa Cup Lucchini SR2 V6 Morgan LMP2 Evo Scuderia Lavaggi LS1 LMP1 Ferrari 642 F1 V12 Wolf WR7 F1 V8 Osella FA1L F1 Alfa Romeo V8 Turbo Arrows A11 F1 V8 Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo IMSA Ultima GTR Lancia Delta Integrale Gr. A #MinardiDay #MinardiDay2019 #HistoricMinardiDay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have to thank my friends and youtubers Italiansupercarvideo (https://www.youtube.com/user/Italiansupercarvideo) and Davide458Italia (https://www.youtube.com/user/davide458italia) for letting me use their shots taken during the event and for the great collaboration done. Don't forget to subscribe to their channels!! -- Subscribe to my 2nd channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XVG02cKYsLyUUewv-qkoQ You can also find and follow me on: - Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/19bozzy92/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/19Bozzy92YT - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ste19bozzy92 - Camcorder: Canon Legria HF G40 & G30 + Canon DM-100 Microphone - Event: Historic Minardi Day 2019 - Where: Autodromo di Imola, Italy Link To My Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/19Bozzy92 THANKS FOR WATCHING AND SUBSCRIBE!!!
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What You Need to Know About Trump's Executive Order on Health Care
President Trump on Thursday took his biggest step yet toward accomplishing what Congress could not: dismantling the Affordable Care Act.
Saying he was starting the process of Obamacare repeal, Trump signed an executive order that he and his allies say will provide more options and lower costs in the health care market. "We are going to also pressure Congress very strongly to finish the repeal and the replace of Obamacare once and for all," the president added.
Here's what you need to know about the executive order (which Trump nearly forgot to sign) and its anticipated effects.
What the Executive Order Does:
It instructs federal agencies to study how to make it easier for small businesses, trade groups and possibly individuals to band together to buy health insurance plans that would be cheaper — and could provide skimpier benefits — than required under Obamacare.
It directs agencies to consider expanding the use of short-term insurance plans — stopgap policies that don't cover pre-existing conditions or offer other costly benefits. Coverage under such plans was limited to three months under Obamacare, but could be extended up to a year.
It also direct agencies to expand so-called Health Reimbursement Arrangements, employer-funded accounts that use tax-free money and repay workers for health care expenses.
What It Means:
Analysts warn the executive order could sabotage Obamacare markets by drawing younger and healthier Americans away from the individual exchanges, leaving older and sicker enrollees facing costs that spiral higher and higher. "Likely losers with the executive order: People with pre-existing conditions," the Kaiser Family Foundation's Larry Levitt tweeted. "Winners: Healthy people (and their small employers), lawyers."
While President Trump said Thursday that his executive order would cost nothing, analysts warn it is likely to drive up costs for the federal government as premiums for subsidized plans rise due to the deteriorating risk pool.
The executive order will not take effect immediately, and it's not clear yet how or how quickly the departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor can implement it. But some experts are predicting severe consequences will come quickly. "Within a year, this would kill the market," Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation who worked on health care reform at HHS during the Obama administration, told Politico.
"The potential damage to Obamacare rests largely on how far the Trump administration pushes its authority to unilaterally rewrite the rules," Politico's Adam Cancryn writes. At issue will be who the administration classifies as an association — the main question is whether self-employed individuals would qualify — and how radically it seeks to reinterpret ERISA, the federal law governing many employee benefits. Legal challenges are likely if the administration pushes the envelope.
The potential benefits of the order are somewhat limited — the administration says tens of millions of Americans may benefit over time — but the potential damage may be broader. "This is a case where doing something is worse than doing nothing," Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist who helped craft Obamacare, said on CNN. "It won't do anything for a lot of the people on the exchange who are not members of franchises or trade associations. So this is more show than actual reality in terms of making health care affordable for Americans."
Until federal agencies write new regulations to implement Trump's order, the health care market will be subject to continued confusion.
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As editor in chief, Yuval Rosenberg oversees all aspects of The Fiscal Times' website and email newsletter. His writing has appeared in publications including BusinessWeek, CNBC.com, CNNMoney.com, Fast Company, Fortune, Newsweek, Money and Time.


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Obama: Jesus would back my tax-the-rich policy
By Charles Riley @CNNMoney February 2, 2012: 4:12 PM ET
President Obama tied his faith to policy issues on Thursday.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- What Would Jesus ... Deduct?
President Obama offered a new line of reasoning for hiking taxes on the rich on Thursday, saying at the National Prayer Breakfast that his policy proposals are shaped by his religious beliefs.
Obama said that as a person who has been "extraordinarily blessed," he is willing to give up some of the tax breaks he enjoys because doing so makes economic, and religious sense.
"For me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus's teaching that for unto whom much is given, much shall be required," Obama said, quoting the Gospel of Luke.
Obama wants to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire for the richest Americans, and he has embraced the idea that wealthy Americans should not be paying a lower effective tax rate than those in the middle or lower classes.
He has argued that those policies offer Americans a "fair shot" and increased equality, while implying that the policies favored by Republicans do not.
But the overt connection between religious beliefs and political policies is new.
"I know that far too many neighbors in our country have been hurt and treated unfairly over the last few years," Obama said. "And I believe in God's command to love thy neighbor as thyself. I know a version of that golden rule is found in every major religion and every set of beliefs."
An administration official speaking on background told CNN that Obama viewed the speech as chance to explain his personal faith practices and to show "his desire to step in the gap for those who are vulnerable."
So what does the Bible say about taxes?
Not too much. The Bible is silent on whether capital gains should be taxed at 15% or a higher rate. Ditto for other types of investment income. Payroll tax holidays are not mentioned.
"If you did a search on taxes in the Bible, you are not going to find a lot that's helpful for this discussion," said O. Wesley Allen, a Bible scholar at Lexington Theological Seminary.
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Complicating matters, Allen said that one of the most commonly cited Bible passages about taxes is frequently misinterpreted.
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is asked whether it is lawful for Jews to pay taxes to Caesar, a Roman dictator.
Jesus tells his questioners to give back to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's.
"That passage is often quoted as saying Jesus said to pay taxes. That's not what it is," Allen said. "It's important to remember that the people asking this question are trying to trick him. He gets out of the trap more than he answers the question."
Perhaps a better parallel is gleaning -- an Old Testament practice in which farmers are encouraged to leave the crops on the edges of their fields for orphans and widows.
"As a commandment, that functions as a tax on the rich for the sake of the poor," Allen said.
Allen said there are many passages throughout the Bible that mandate the poor and widowed should be cared for. "But it doesn't dictate the policies that should be pursued to accomplish that," he said.
0:00 / 1:36 Biz lobby: Obama wants to tax, tax, tax
The speech comes at a tricky time for a White House fully engaged in efforts to reelect the president.
The administration was still doing damage control over a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy that forces religious schools and institutions that offer employee health insurance to cover FDA-approved contraceptives.
The move has angered many Catholics in particular, who oppose the use of contraceptives on religious grounds, and view the policy as an intrusion on their religious liberty.
Since he has been in Washington, Obama has not formally joined a church. For nearly 20 years he was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
The president and his staff have noted the logistical difficulties of a sitting president attending services, but he has visited several churches in Washington and worshiped privately with his family at Camp David.
-- CNN's Eric Marrapodi contributed to this report.
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Given that success, he's decided to expand the program to include other instruments. Specificaly, all known brass and woodwinds, concert pianos and m-audio keyboard units. Thanks to this it is now possible for nearly anyone to join in and create staggering levels of sleep depriving sleep that continues to leave a full two thirds of the population of Nutjob Hills in a groggy stupor from lack of rest.


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Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) had another excellent show at this year's Seafood Expo North America (SENA) in Boston, March 6-8. Read More.
Minister Tootoo talks with aquaculture business leaders to discuss the status and future direction of the industry.
Securing a multi-year licence framework for finfish and shellfish farmers in British Columbia.
The latest meeting of the Canadian Farmed Seafood Industry Government Working Group was hosted in Ottawa, March 6, 2016.
A new senior leader for Fisheries and Oceans has been announced.
Comments submitted on CFIA's Feed Regulatory Renewal - Consolidated Modernized Framework Proposal.
The Operations Modernization Project Office of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency hosted a half-day meeting of the Electronic Service Delivery Platform Advisory Committee in December.
2015 was a year of sustainable and responsible growth for farmed seafood in Canada.
We are delighted to invite you to join us on November 29-30 for the annual gathering of Canada's aquaculture industry members and stakeholders.
The CAHRC AgriWorkforce Summit was hosted in March and featured the release of new Labour Market Information research.
CAIA and its Member Partners are currently working on the development of a 2016-2018 application to the AgriMarketing Program of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
As a service to members, CAIA has established a dedicated trade and export reports webpage featuring monthly trade reports on Canadian aquaculture.
CAIA represented members at two Market Access and Development Meetings hosted by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa in January.
CAIA members are invited to participate in a half-day National Aquaculture Research Prioritization Workshop on November 28, 2016.
Successful nomination of Dr. Larry Hammell for the Merck Veterinary Award.
Members, it's time to renew your commitment to the development and growth of Canada's farmed seafood industry.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promoting his administration's plans to boost economic development in rural communities — and reserving a seat at the national college football championship game.
Trump is set Monday to become the first president in a quarter century to address the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation. With the trip to Nashville, Tennessee, he will unveil a report the White House says will include proposals to stimulate a segment of the national economy that has lagged others.
Central to the report will be the assessment that the "provider for an equalization among rural America is connectivity; that high-speed internet should remain a high priority for the administration," said Ray Starling, the special assistant to the president for agriculture, trade and food assistance. The report calls for expediting federal permitting to allow for broadband internet expansion in rural areas and for making it easier for providers to place cell towers on federal lands.
Starling said Trump will use the appearance to highlight the impact of the tax overhaul on farmers and small businesses. The president will also take credit for working to roll back the Obama administration's controversial interpretation of the Clean Water Act, which greatly expanded the list of bodies of water subject to federal regulation. The Farm Bureau ran a public relations campaign against the rule and called it "dangerous and unlawful."
The Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force report will also highlight the importance of addressing the opioid crisis, which has disproportionately impacted rural communities, Starling said.
Briefing reporters Friday before the president's speech, Starling said Trump will call on Congress to renew the farm bill this year. The massive federal legislation funds federal agriculture and food policy, and provides for rural communities.
ESPN, which is televising the game, said Sunday that it appeared unlikely Trump would be interviewed during the game. Stephanie Druley, ESPN senior vice president for events and studio programs, said the network had been in contact with the White House and that she did not "get the sense" that an interview would be arranged.
AP College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo in Atlanta contributed to this report.


By content and contribution, this paper focuses on trying to find out what elements are needed and how to engage in defining and creating a corporate vision. For operationalization, five groups of elements have been selected: basic corporate values, corporate identity and its recognition in the environment, competitive ability and acquired competitive advantage, great and exciting corporate goals, corporate values for all stakeholders. It has operated with 25 variables. The research sought to achieve two goals: to identify which elements are key to creating a corporate vision and whether they point to the creation of corporate values for all stakeholders? Evaluation and valorisation of these variables was done using a five-stage Likert scale. The claims were evaluated on a quota, representative sample of 100 managers in hotel systems in Dalmatia in 2016. A model of exploratory factor analysis was applied. Factor rotation was orthogonal with qurtimax. The factoring results showed that with 14 extracted factors approaching up to 92% of the common variance of all 25 included variables. With only six extracted factors, 63% of common variance is explained, with eight included extracted factors of 76% of common variance. Their visions of the investigated corporation are mostly based on experiential and "hard" variables. It was also found that the elements that point to the creation of corporate values for all corporate stakeholders were not primarily relevant to the creation of visions in relation to other elements.


Above is the first ever presidential portrait taken with a digital camera.
Engadget have delved into the EXIF data and discovered it was snapped with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II taken on January 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm with no flash, using a 105mm lens stopped to f/10 at a 1/125 exposure, with an ISO of 100.
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by Benjamin Niespodziany | Jan 14, 2023
Thanks for being weird with me this weekend. Feel free to pick one of the prompts, or more than one, and share whatever you like. More than happy to read two more pieces from everyone, since so many prompts are provided. I hope these kickstart something within you this weekend and I can't wait to see a follow up to day one's wonders.
Meg Tuite on January 14, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Thank you so so much, Benjamin, for lighting up the weekend! What a blast! LOVE YOUR CLASS and YOUR COMMENTS ARE ASTUTE, INSIGHTFUL, KICKASS! BIG HUGS!!!!
Benjamin Niespodziany on January 15, 2023 at 12:15 pm
Thank you so much, Meg! It's been a blast. Appreciate you taking the time and soaking in the surreal
Robyn Schelenz on January 14, 2023 at 11:35 pm
I'm still digesting the course, but I wanted to drop a few of my surrealist favorites here, too:
music video: Cornelius / Like a Rolling Stone
movie: Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (2012; can watch on Sovietmoviesonline which sounds fake but is a real site)
i hope you all might do the same!
thank you to Benjamin and everyone who is taking part in this course, there's so much to marvel at here.
[now back to writing!]
Benjamin Niespodziany on January 15, 2023 at 10:57 am
Thanks, Robyn! Just watched "Like a Rolling Stone" and what a wild video. Wow. Thanks for sharing. Making a note to check out Celestial Wives when I have some time. Always down for more surrealist movies and music videos. Glad you're enjoying these prompts!
Jonathan Cardew on January 15, 2023 at 9:46 pm
Obrigado! I'm suddenly fluent in Portuguese. I enjoyed this course very much. Don't forget about the frill-necked lizard!
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