Simply having a presence on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ doesn't guarantee your company scores of fresh leads and new customers. In fact, recent studies by Manta have found that 60% of small businesses have yet to see a significant ROI from their social media strategy. According to Social Media Guru Ted Rubin, the problem has everything to do with faulty company strategies. You can't just set up profiles and expect fresh leads to come streaming in. You've got to invest your energy wisely, and build a social media strategy that's bulletproof. If you're not sure whether your efforts are setting your business up for a win or fail, we've curated insights on the most common mistakes, and how you can fix them.
How quickly is your Twitter network growing? What percentage of your website traffic comes from social media channels? If you don't know the answers to these questions, you could be guilty of avoiding analytics, one of the most deadly social media strategy sins.
Failing to track metrics means you're operating off gut feelings, not data. In best case scenarios, your social media strategy could stagnate. In the worst, you could be pouring precious resources and time down the drain by engaging in tactics that aren't driving results.
Calculating engagement and follower growth by hand can be laborious, which is why we recommend a social analytics tool for metrics newbies. Sprout Social is user-friendly, affordable, and offers visually-appealing custom reports.
The purpose of Facebook, Twitter and other platforms is to be social, after all. If your social media strategy doesn't include dedicated time for engagement, you could be missing out on critical opportunities to nurture leads, connect with prospects, and perform customer service.
Studies have found that 42% of social media users expect a response to customer service queries from companies in no more than one hour.
Ignoring questions and complaints won't make the issue go away. Slow response times can damage perception of your company, and result in frustrated customers.
Practical Fix: It's an unfortunate fact that Facebook never takes a day off. Your brand's social media strategy should include a specific plan for monitoring comments, Tweets, and posts during the evening and weekend hours, as well as contingencies for when your dedicated social staff goes on vacation. If your customer base is international, it could pay to arrange monitoring resources around-the-clock.
Does your ideal customer spend their free time on Facebook? Are they an early adopter dedicated to Google+, or a busy professional who uses LinkedIn as a news source? All too often, organizations will pour their time and resources into Facebook and Twitter since they have the most members, without really considering whether it's the right platform for their business. Failing to dedicate your social media strategy to the platforms which align best with your prospects' interest can cripple your best laid plans for lead generation and content promotion.
For more insight on developing customer profiles, check out Building an Epic Buyer Persona Profile: a Totally Comprehensive Guide.
Do you know how much time you should be investing in a single social media platform each month? About 32, according to the experts at Forbes. That's a lot of man hours. Too many small businesses overstretch their resources, and try to immediately begin dominating Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, Facebook and LinkedIn, when they simply don't have the time for all five major platforms.
As social media expert Kim Garst points out, many inbound marketers fail at social media strategy because they bite off more than they can chew. Garst writes wisely that "it is better to manage one social media site REALLY well than stink at four." Not putting enough time into your strategy could mean your company's posts aren't getting seen by prospects, or that you're missing out on crucial opportunities to respond to questions and comments in a timely manner.
Practical Fix: If you don't have the resources to add a dedicated social media manager, identify the channels which are yielding the best results for your business, and double-down on dominating those networks. Even if you can't dedicate 32 hours a month to each platform investing as much time as possible can improve results significantly – Manta Research found the average small business owner spends less than 3 hours online each month.
Relying solely on text and link-based posts can seem like a simple way to cut back on the time associated with managing social media. However, this tactic is tantamount to social media strategy suicide. Google+, Pinterest, Facebook and LinkedIn are all visually-dominated platforms, and failing to provide images, videos, and infographics can cause your posts to be overlooked entirely. HubSpot's Dan Zarrella has found that visual content on Facebook can lead to a 65% increase in engagement for brands.
Practical Fix: Take the time to upload images separately with your content links to increase the amount of real estate your posts take up in busy Facebook and Google+ feeds. To add an extra element of interest to your images in mere minutes, use the text overlay app Over.
To dig deeper into practical tips and ideas for visual content for your social media strategy, dive into Visual Content Marketing Insights from 13 Genius Thought Leaders.
Using your social media channels exclusively or primarily to promote your content marketing can make your company seem self-centered and pushy. Additionally, failing to share the work of others can damage your chances of making important connections with other bloggers.
Practical Fix: Curating high-quality content from a variety of sources to provide your followers with the most value possible will significantly improve perceptions of your company online. Marketing expert Chris Brogan recommends a 12:1 ratio of curated content to original work. Use hashtag searches on Twitter, and keyword searches on Pinterest to connect with valuable content to curate and publish on your social channels.
If your social media posts are scheduled weeks into the future, you receive definite points for planning, but could struggle to pivot your strategy if necessary. The concept of "failing quickly" has been gaining steam among inbound marketers. Often credited as a concept to Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayers, it's the idea of being sufficiently flexible to make changes on a dime.
You can't have a successful social media strategy without being ready to fail quickly. Real-time publishing requires sensitivity to current events and a willingness to pivot on a moment's notice.
Practical Fix: You can and should schedule your posts ahead, but never let your social media strategy run on auto-pilot. Check your metrics often, and be prepared to shut off or modify your publishing on an as-needed basis.
What is your company hoping to accomplish with a social media strategy? How quickly are you trying to grow your networks, and what are your sales goals for the next quarter? If you're not able to articulate where you're going, there's a 100% chance your social media strategy will never reach its potential.
It's easy to get caught up in other marketing duties, and fire off Facebook posts when convenient. Failing to publish at the right times can cause your posts to be overlooked, causing your brand to miss out on critical engagement opportunities.
Monitor engagement and test continually to find what works best for your rganization.
Does your social media strategy include collaboration with your content marketing team, sales, and product development? Failing to communicate within your organization can cause your company to miss the boat on content promotion, sales-related communications, and important branding efforts. While creating a comprehensive inbound marketing strategy is no small feat, effective communication between marketers can help your company develop a more cohesive online voice.
Social media is a real-time publishing tool. You're certainly not doing your company's followers or image any favors if you're publishing ancient memes, or weeks-old news links. Too often, companies fail to invest in ongoing education and exposure to trending content and topics, and settle for publishing mediocre content that's just not timely or relevant, causing engagement rates to plummet.
Practical Fix: Every social media manager's best friend should be news alerts, which immediately notify you of both major news events and industry happenings, so you can respond appropriately with tailored posts. In the event of major tragedies, be sure to shut off any scheduled posts or respond in an appropriately sensitive manner.
Failing to post enough to social media channels can cause your brand to slip to the back of your prospect's mind, causing your company to miss out on sales, or lose leads to your competitors.
Practical Fix: Publish to your Facebook page at least twice daily, and try to Tweet at least four times around the clock, in order to maximize your company's chances for exposure. If you're struggling to come up with enough content to publish, invest heavily in a content curation strategy.
Too often, social media managers have no clue the keywords their content marketing team is optimizing around, and fail to take advantage of social's latent SEO potential. Major search engines crawl and index every social media post published daily, and social posts are displayed on search engine results pages (SERPs) alongside website pages. Recent changes in the algorithms of major search engines have blurred the lines between social media strategy and SEO as distinct practices, meaning failing to search-optimize your posts can cause you to lose out on some major potential.
Practical Fix: Create a shared content calendar with your content marketing team or on-staff SEO wizard which includes keywords your company is trying to optimize around. Include these terms in your social media posts, and social tags where appropriate. Cohen additionally recommends including text posts to support your visual content and pack an extra SEO punch.
Social media requires a lot of hard work to curate content, create engaging posts, and respond to comments in a timely manner. Too often, companies fail at engagement, publishing frequency or other critical areas because they're working harder, not smarter. There's a remarkable asset known as social media tools for everything from scheduling to search-optimization, and the best social media strategy should include at least one or more of these.
Practical Fix: While the optimal tools for your brand can vary drastically according to the scale of your social media strategy, goals, and budget, you should at a minimum adopt a platform like HootSuite for scheduling and social listening. For more insights, we recommend Jay Baer's article The 39 Social Media Tools I'll Use Today.
Social media isn't a megaphone, it's a platform for two-way conversations between brands and their prospects and customers. If you've got to cut corners somewhere on your social media strategy, don't drop out on social listening, cut back on the amount of platforms you're using. Rubin is a firm believer that monitoring networks for conversations about industry keywords, or consumers who are dissatisfied with yours competitors is where the magic (and ROI) really happens.
Practical Fix: Set up keyword streams in a tool like TweetDeck to monitor relevant conversations for consumers looking for answers, or venting their frustrations about your competition. Strive to be helpful and provide relevant resources, and dedicate significant time to connecting with these consumers.
What are some of the most common reasons you see small business social media strategy failure? What are your favorite tips for overcoming common challenges?


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Conservatives introduce crackdown on drunk drivers
With new legislation introduced in the final days of Parliament, new measures won't become law any time soon
By The Canadian Press June 16, 2015
Darryl Dyck/CP
OTTAWA — Two years after they first made the commitment, the Conservatives are finally introducing a renewed crackdown on drunk drivers.
But with the new legislation being introduced in the final days of Parliament, the new measures won't become law any time soon.
As one of his final acts as justice minister, Peter MacKay is introducing the Dangerous and Impaired Driving Act, a bill that reforms transportation-related offences including those relating to impaired driving.
"We are sending a strong signal to those who choose to drive impaired, that this behaviour is not only unacceptable but is also creating a serious risk to public safety and putting everyone on the road at risk," MacKay told a news conference Tuesday.
Once passed, the bill would increase maximum penalties for impaired driving and introduce new mandatory jail time instead of fines for some offences.
The bill would also limit certain defences available to those charged with impaired driving, including one that has allowed people to argue their blood alchohol level was high because they drank after stopping the car.
But the law focuses only on those who drive under the influence of alchohol; the government says they are waiting for the results of a report on driving under the influence of drugs before moving on that issue.
The House of Commons is set to break for the summer within days and Parliament will soon be dissolved for the upcoming election, meaning the proposals are unlikely to become law until the next government is formed.
The Conservatives had initially promised tougher penalties for drunk drivers in 2013, soon after MacKay became justice minister, with him citing his frustrations as a prosecutor in dealing with such cases.
MacKay announced earlier this month he is not seeking re-election.
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China's military budget will outstrip the combined defence spending of the rest of the Asia Pacific region over the next five years, causing increased anxiety among its rivals and neigbours, a new report has claimed.
Global research group IHS has forecasted Beijing's military outlay will double from its 2011 US$119.8 billion spend to US$ 238.2 billion by 2015.
That exceeds the US$ 232.5 billion spent by the region's 12 key defense markets, including Japan and India.
Sarah McDowall, head of IHS Global Insight's Asia Pacific desk, said the projected 18.75 per cent annual growth rate will "intensify concern among various governments" in the region.
"The political interplay is complex. Perhaps most importantly, it has prompted Washington to undertake a diplomatic campaign to reassert its profile in the Pacific . . . and to maintain a situational awareness of China's military development," she said.
By 2015, China's military spend will be four times larger than second-placed Japan, the report claimed.
Beijing's defence budget has grown 12 per cent annually from 2000-2009, said HIS Asia Pacific chief economist Rajiv Biswas, who helped compile the report, which also tracks the media spend of India, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and New Zealand.
"Beijing has been able to devote an increasingly large proportion of its overall budget towards defence and has been steadily building up its military capabilities for more than two decades," said Mr Biswas.
"This will continue unless there is an economic catastrophe. Conversely, Japan and India may have to hold back due to significant economic challenges," he added.
The report has been released to coincide with the arrival in the US of China's almost certain president-in-waiting Xi Jinping, who, as current vice chairman, will also most likely be appointed chief of the ruling Communist Party's Central Military Commission by year's end.
Mr Xi is due to visit the Pentagon during his four-day official visit.
He and other Chinese officials have expressed concern about the US decision to refocus its military strategy in the Asia Pacific region.
Washington has pledged more troops and to expand bases in several countries, including Australia and the Philippines – a commitment widely viewed as containment of an ever more assertive Beijing stamping its authority over sensitive, resource rich waters off its coast.
Beijing claims it military expansion does pose any threat to its neighbour and repeatedly points out its defence budget is significantly lower than that of the United States.
Last year, however, China's internal security budget jumped past its military spend for the first time as Beijing began cracking down on protest calls and a sharp increase in civil disturbances, according to a report by Reuters.


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Good Things Progressives Can Do Down-Ballot
June 6, 2016 by Jim Miller
Pro-Tip: Start at the Bottom of Your Ballot
Screen shot from a Raise Up San Diego video.
By Jim Miller
While most of the attention is on the Presidential race this primary season, there are still some important things progressive voters can weigh in on down-ballot here in San Diego on June 7th that will do some good.
Here is a short list:
Vote Yes on Proposition I: Sure, $15 an hour is coming soon in California, but voting yes on Proposition I in San Diego will immediately lift the local minimum wage to $10.50 an hour (and eventually $11.50), giving a well-deserved raise and providing five much-needed sick days to over 170,000 hard working San Diegans. It will also right the wrong that was done by Mayor Faulconer and the Chamber of Commerce crew when they screwed local workers out of this necessary hand up.
Vote for Lori Saldana or Ed Harris for Mayor: Despite their late starts and huge funding disadvantages, one recent poll suggested that Faulconer's challengers may be able to force a run-off in November with the Sanders surge bringing in a wave of new voters. Let's not waste that opportunity to make the guy who vetoed the minimum wage stand before an even larger electorate in the fall.
Vote for Gregg Robinson in D1, Guadalupe Gonzalez in D2, Mark Anderson in D4, and Rick Shea in D5 for County Board of Education: Defeat the efforts of the Charter School Association to buy the election with big money coming in from out of state, like the $200,000 donation from Walmart heir Alice Walton. A vote for this progressive slate is a vote for quality public schools and accountability for private interests seeking to gorge themselves at the public trough.
Vote for Barbara Bry in D1: Save the Democratic majority on the City Council.
Vote for Sarah Saez in D9 and Chris Ward in D3: Send a message to Democrats taking money from the Lincoln Club, the Chamber of Commerce, and other nefarious interests. As Doug Porter reported here at the SD Free Press, the local Democratic Party has been afflicted with an epidemic of craven sell-outs to the right with two notable City Council candidates, Anthony Bernal and Ricardo Flores, taking money from all the wrong sources without batting an eye. Shame on Bernal and Flores. Let them know how you feel about this kind of behavior with your vote.
Vote for Caridad Sanchez, Marco Briones, Michelle Krug, Sandy Naranjo, Alberto Velasquez, and Roberto Alcantar and AGAINST David Alvarez's slate for the Democratic Central Committee in the 80th Assembly District: The most disappointing name on the list of these compromised local Democrats taking money from the Lincoln Club is current City Councilman David Alvarez. During the last race for mayor, Alvarez was the beneficiary of over a million dollars of labor money coming from the dues of thousands of workers who stood by him while he was relentlessly attacked by the Club.
As someone who was a strong supporter of Mr. Alvarez both here in this column and in my role in the local labor movement, I find his decision to fund his Democratic Central Committee slate campaign efforts with Lincoln Club money beyond inexplicable.
For those readers who may not be familiar with what the Lincoln Club is, I offer this refresher from a past column:
Another key player in the effort to preserve the hegemony of San Diego's shadow government that deserves attention is the Lincoln Club, a stealthy nexus of economic and political power. In essence, the Lincoln Club is a political entity bent on maintaining San Diego's de facto private government led by the local power elite in perpetuity by any means necessary . . .
The ultimate aim here is the same old story: for the interests that support and benefit from the activities of the Lincoln Club, anything that impinges on corporate power or profits for the public good is a "jobs killer" while siphoning taxpayer money from the public trough for private gain is unquestionably sound policy.
Thus the kind of San Diego the Lincoln Club envisions is a city where the downtown interests have the gold and the rest of us get the shaft. The individual players may come and go . . . but the economic and ideological agenda remains the same year after year.
When we see things like this unholy alliance happen is it any wonder that people have become so cynical about politics and suspicious that the Democrats don't represent anything other than the superficially liberal wing of the business party?
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bob dorn says
I, too, gagged on the connection between David Alvarez and the
Lincoln Club. Makes me wonder who he supports for the Demo
or Republican nomination to the presidency.
Lori Saldaña says
PLEASE SHARE IF YOU PLAN TO VOTE TOMORROW:
Are you SURE you know your polling location for Election Day?
Confirm it here: http://www2.sdcounty.ca.gov/rov/Eng/Polling.asp
I thought I knew where to drop off my ballot- until I received a "Change of Election Polling Place" notice in the mail TODAY- less than 24 hours before walking to my polling location down the street.
If you receive a last minute "Change of Election Polling Place" notice- please notify the County Registrar of Voters office that this is NOT acceptable and could prevent many people from casting a ballot.
Very bad timing- people may NOT get the notice, and go to the wrong place, and not be able to vote tomorrow.
Help your friends: post this notice. Check your polling location.
PLAN to VOTE
Jim Moreno says
Hi Jim:
Thanks for this information on the County Committee and the negative influence of the Lincoln Club. I am also looking for this type of info on the judges and the city attorney offices.
Thanks for the Jim Miller article on the Lincoln Club influence on this election, buying politicians. More information please on the judges and city attorney people.
The charter school faction here may be financed by the privatizing education people described in Jessie Hagopian's book "Not A Score",i.e. Bill Gates and the millions per year he directs to promote high stakes testing.
That money may be circulating to local educators and public officials which could explain the deep silence of local officials regarding County Education Superintendent Randy Ward's programs and teacher cuts leading to hundreds of thousands of bonuses for Mr. Ward in the last 4 years.
And why is Executive Director of the county's Juvenile Court & Community Schools, Stacy Spector, not following through on a teacher's morale survey? There is a huge investigative journalism story here if you are interested in exposing malfeasance.
Sharon Kramer says
More info on the judges. Yesterday, Keri Greer Katz made a post on her FB page of how proud she was to be supported by the Lincoln Club. Just looked. Don't see the post there today. Greer-Katz is the daughter of Judge Michael Greer, who was caught case-fixing for bribes in the early ninties. Judges and an attorney went to jail. Greer turned state's evidence and avoided jail. She is also a Democrat who has received the endorsement of virtually every politician, judge, criminal defense attorney, and law enforcemnt agency/officer is the county — including Lincoln Club donaters, Dumanis and Gore. A slate mailer was put out last month advertising Greer Katz in conjunction with Prop H. Doug Porter nailed it about two months ago when describing the matter as "hinkey" and a "black robed wall". Vote Carla Keehn and Paul Ware for judges. They are both honest, hard working people who are not part of San Diego's Good Ole Boys and Girls Club.


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Yummy! LOL about "old ways!" Hang in there!!!
I know what you mean about old ways. But looks delish!
Cool comp, at least you picked Clamato!


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LucasFilm denies JJ Abrams to quit Star Wars rumours
By Michael Rosser2013-07-23T10:16:00+01:00
Rumours that J.J. Abrams is to quit as director of Star Wars: Episode VII have been denied by LucasFilm.
In recent weeks, there has been talk that Abrams did not want to move his family to London for production of the film and was instead considering remaining in the US to make Star Trek 3.
However, Disney-owned LucasFilm has released a statement that said: "There is no truth to the rumour. J.J. is having a great time working on the script and is looking forward to going into production next year."
The new Star Wars film will shoot at Pinewood Studios and is set for release in 2015.
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The Law relating to Social Security in Kenya.
By Kate Kiama.
Social security can be defined as the basic system which gives benefits to different groups of people including but not limited to individuals, children, employed, and unemployed, retired or elderly individuals. The ILO defines Security[1] as the protection which society provides for its members through a series of public measures against the economic and social distress that otherwise would be caused by stoppage, or substantial reduction of earnings resulting from sickness, maternity, employment injury, unemployment, invalidity, old age and death including the provision of medical care and the provision of subsidies for families with children.
This discussion is limited to the law relating to social security in Kenya. Social security is important for the well being of workers, their families and the entire community. It is a means of creating social cohesion, thereby helping to ensure social peace and social inclusion. It is an indispensable part of the government social policy and an important tool to alleviate poverty. It can through national solidarity and fair burden sharing, contribute to human dignity, equity and social justice. It is also important for political inclusion, empowerment and the development of democracy.
Kenya has several types of schemes which offer social security which can be divided into three broad categories:-
i. Public Schemes - These are established by Acts of Parliament and include the;
• The NSSF Fund[2]
• The NHIF Fund[3]
• The Civil Servants Pension Fund[4]
• The Local Authorities Pension Trust
• The Public Universities Superannuation Pension Fund
• The Workmen's Compensation Fund
• The Widows & Orphans Compensation Fund
• The Parliamentary Pensions Fund
The NSSF fund was established in 1965 after the enactment of the NSSF Act Cap 258.Prior to 1987 the fund operated under the Minister of Labour as a department under the Ministry. The Act was amended in 1987 and its effect was to make the fund a parastatal with its own management under a board of trustees. The scheme is a compulsory and mandatory scheme for all Kenyan's in formal employment. There is a current Bill in Parliament aimed at amending the qualification of membership to the NSSF by import of the Federation of Kenyan Employers and COTU.
The NHIF fund was a department under the Ministry of Health from 1966-1998.The Fund as with the NSSF was converted into a state corporation and is aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of medical insurance. The core mandate is to declare insurance on members and their immediate dependants. As with the NSSF fund, it is mandatory to all persons in formal employment and is also open to anyone above the age of majority.
The Pension Fund was established under the Pension Act Cap 189 Laws of Kenya and is a departmental office under the Ministry of Finance. It applies to public officers and civil servants. Section 17 of the Pension Act provides for the payment of pension benefits to dependants on the death of the public officer or civil servant.
ii. Occupational Schemes- are run by employers for their employees and are underwritten by private insurance companies.
iii. Individual Schemes –are private schemes designed for the employed, self-employed and/ or for those in non-personable employment.
The public schemes, occupational and individual schemes cover workers mainly in the formal sector. They form the first pillar where membership is not optional but compulsory. The Occupational schemes form the second pillar where membership is either voluntary or mandatory and are privately managed. The voluntary schemes form the third pillar where membership is voluntary. It is important to note that the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) is the regulator and supervisor of private pension schemes in Kenya.
The Constitution pursuant to Article 43 (3) enshrines the concept of social security. The area is in dire need of reform and might benefit significantly by adopting a single broad Act with a single regulator to manage the area better.[5]
[1] ILO resolution on social security, Geneva 2001
[2] Established by the National Social Security Fund Act Cap 258
[3] Established by the National Health Insurance Fund No 9 of 1998
[4] Established by the Pension Act Cap 189
[5] Best Practices should be adopted by the South African Social Security Agency Act, a comprehensive act on social security in South Africa.
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If you haven't had a chance to behold the beauty of the Detroit Institute of Arts' new Impressionist-era exhibition, there's still time. The museum announced Tuesday that it will now run through Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. The show, which opened in June, was originally supposed to come down in October.
The museum says it made the decision to keep it open due to near-record attendance: more than 100,000 people visited the exhibition in its first 13 weeks, and 200,000 are expected by the new closing date, which will make it the highest-attended exhibition at the DIA in nearly 20 years.
"We're delighted that the Albright-Knox Art Gallery agreed to share their treasures with our community a bit longer," DIA director Salvador Salort-Pons said in a statement. "Extending this exhibition gives our audience the opportunity to enjoy these masterpieces with friends and family during the holiday season. Seeing these works in person is an experience that our visitors can't get on television, in books, or from the internet."
Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts, an Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. features 44 works by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters like Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and more. Many of the works on display had never been shown in Detroit.
The exhibition honors art collector Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills who lived in the Detroit area for much of his life.
Admission is free with museum admission to residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.
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Confederate General Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War, and on April 9, 1865, he surrendered. His surrender is commonly regarded as the ending point of the Civil War. However, the war dragged on for over a year later after his surrender.
Lee's army established a reputation as the most important army of the Confederacy. Thus, naturally, his surrender would mean that American reunification was finally won by the Union. However, the true end of the war involved scattered battles, dozens of surrenders, and a ship cut off from communications, and peace was not officially declared until August of 1866.
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After months under frustrating siege, Richmond and Petersburg fell to General U.S. Grant. With Confederate President Jefferson Davis in flight and no hope for relief, Lee abandoned the capital of the Confederacy on April 2, 1865. As the Army of Northern Virginia attempted to find a strong position with the victorious Union armies encircling them, Lee received a direct letter from Grant on April 7:
"The result of last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the C.S. Army known as the Army of Northern Virginia."
General Lee refused to concede the hopelessness of his situation, but inquired about General Grant's terms of surrender. Meanwhile, Lee's army continued to search for an escape. He marched west in the hope of finding his supplies and transportation south at the Appomattox South Side Railroad.
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General George A. Custer and his cavalry, under the command of Major General P.H. Sheridan, reached the station first and secured the relief supplies. Lee was thus blocked from moving forward and had no opportunity to retreat.
In the home of Wilmer McLean, only seven days after the fall of Richmond and Petersburg, Robert E. Lee and U.S. Grant met to discuss the terms of surrender for the Confederacy's largest army. After some negotiation, the men of the Army of Northern Virginia forfeited their weapons, signed paroles, and returned to their homes with no further punishment. Additionally, any man who brought his own horse to fight could keep it and 25,000 rations were distributed to the starving army.
A Surrender, Yet the Battle Continued
Despite Lee's surrender, the war did not end on April 9, 1865. Colonel John Mosby and his "Rangers" had broken off earlier from Lee to continue specific campaigns and were not present at Appomattox, along with other battalions. Lee's army may have been the largest, but it was not the only fighting force from the South. Smaller units of the Confederacy continued with scattered battles, even in the face of a northern victory.
As Confederate morale plummeted, the Union offered parole and no punishment to any soldier who surrendered, not including the officers. Men begrudgingly flocked to the nearest parole station, including Mosby's Rangers, and agreed to lay down their arms. By May 10, 1865, Jefferson Davis was found and captured, further dampening hopes for a Confederate victory.
One-by-one smaller units conceded and a Northern victory was guaranteed. However, some groups continued to fight. Surrenders of General Joseph Johnson, Colonel Richard Taylor, and other smaller units were hard-won. West of the Mississippi River, Colonel Stand Wati and General Edmund Kirby Smith fought until late June 1865.
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The CSS Shenandoah continued to disrupt U.S. shipping throughout the spring and summer of 1865. The Shenandoah had been sailing in micronesia at the time of Lee's surrender and remained unaware of the impending Union victory. The ship targeted whalers and merchant vessels in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean for months. By the time the Shenandoah learned of the crumbling Confederacy from a British vessel, it had captured or destroyed 38 ships. The crew sailed to Liverpool and surrendered on November 6, 1865.
Even after months of surrenders, the Civil War was still not officially over. Small skirmishes continued to haunt a country that ached to move forward. On April 2, 1866 President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation. He stated that the "insurrection" had ended in every southern state except Texas. Away from reliable supply lines and far into the American Southwest, Texas remained troublesome throughout the spring and summer of 1866.
On August 20, 1866 the bloodiest American war declared officially over, with the words of President Johnson,
"And I do further proclaim that the said insurrection is at an end and that peace, order, tranquility, and civil authority now exists in and throughout the whole of the United States of America."
General Robert E. Lee's surrender had marked the beginning of the slow fall of the Confederacy. The Union prevailed over the largest and most effective force of the South, but it took one year and four months before the entire country saw official peace from that war.
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As many of you may already know, I am training to run the New York City, ING Marathon this coming November 4th. Running has been a long time passion of mine and the New York Marathon has definitely been at the top of my bucket list. When I was offered a spot to run the marathon for a national charity, First Descents, I quickly took advantage of the opportunity. First Descents is an organization that is near and dear to Brandon and me. First Descents is a high adventure camp that works exclusively with young adults (ages 18-35) who have faced the physical and emotional difficulties presented by cancer. For one week young adult cancer survivors attend a camp and learn how to kayak, rock climb or surf. All skill levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. Most campers have never participated in these sports before! These camps enable young adults to be physically and mentally challenged in a way they may not have been since their treatment. With the help of qualified staff, these survivors get to see firsthand that they have the ability to conquer something scary and challenging--besides cancer!
Brandon had the opportunity to attend a First Descents kayaking camp in Vail, Colorado last summer. What a wonderful experience! Brandon has always loved the outdoors. Because of challenges he now has with his back, Brandon needs to be careful with the types of activities he's involved in. First Descents worked specifically with Brandon so he could experience the challenges of kayaking without the fear of hurting himself. Cancer can be totally demoralizing in ways most people have not personally experienced or even thought about. First Descents has revitalized Brandon in ways that no other program could have. Being around other young adult campers—who share similar cancer experiences—has enabled him to make connections with people who understand. He still stays in contact with many people at his camp and is able to both give and receive support from his peers.
The best part of First Descents is that it is completely FREE for the camper. The only aspect they are financially responsible for is the travel expense to their respective camp. Food, lodging, supplies and activities are at no cost to the participant.. This is where I need your help. In order to run the NY Marathon with the First Descents group, I have agreed to raise $3,000, with 100% of the tax deductible donations going to First Descents. These funds will enable 3 campers to attend a camp. I would appreciate any donation you could make to help me reach my goal. Brandon and I have been amazed at the kind of support and love we have received over the last four years. We feel it's important for us to try and give back and be involved with organizations who support and encourage people who are going through similar experiences as Brandon and I did.
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400 Million People Live with Hepatitis But They Do Not Know
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Peru is carrying out a strategy to eliminate mother-to-child-transmission of hepatitis B. The most important preventative intervention is the universal vaccination, which can prevent infection in 95 per cent of cases. Photo credit: PAHO
ROME, Jul 26 2016 (IPS) - With some 400 million people around the world infected with hepatitis B or C, mostly without being aware, the United Nations top health agency encourages countries to boost testing and access to services and medicines for people in need to combat the 'ignored perils' of this disease.
A staggering 95 per cent of people infected with hepatitis B or C do not know they are infected, often living without symptoms for many years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warns. And over 90% of people with hepatitis C can be completely cured within 3–6 months.
"The world has ignored hepatitis at its peril," said Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO's director general, ahead of the World Hepatitis Day, which is observed annually on 28 July.
"It is time to mobilise a global response to hepatitis on the scale similar to that generated to fight other communicable diseases like HIV AIDS and tuberculosis," she said.
The number grows by 6 to 10 millions a year, WHO reported, while announcing plans to release new testing guidelines for both hepatitis B and C.
With this, among other actions, the Geneva-based World Health Organisation attempts "to encourage testing and reach the 95 per cent of people who are not aware they are infected with the disease."
The theme of this year's World Hepatitis Day is Know Hepatitis; Act Now.
What is Hepatitis? Credit: WHO
Together with its partner, Social Entrepreneurship for Sexual Health, WHO on July 25 said it recently launched #HepTestContest, a global contest to show how the testing guidelines could translate into real action on the ground.
"We needed examples of innovations and best practices to help guide and inspire others," said Philippa Easterbrook from the WHO Global Hepatitis Programme, who co-led the project.
The contest received 64 contributions from 27 countries, WHO said.
Five finalists were selected by a panel of experts including representatives from WHO, the World Hepatitis Alliance and Médecins sans Frontières, who reviewed the testing models for innovation, effectiveness, and plans for sustainability.
In addition to national testing campaigns, approaches included testing in prisons, testing in the workplace and hospital emergency rooms, integrated HIV-hepatitis testing, as well as the use of internet, social media, and electronic medical records to flag higher-risk patients for testing in primary care.
Are you at risk? Credit: WHO
"From prisons in Australia, use of an internet-based risk self-assessment tool in the Netherlands, community testing camps for drug users in India, to testing in primary care in Mongolia we learned some great lessons about how to build awareness of this hidden disease, improve testing rates and link those infected to treatment and care," Philippa Easterbrook added.
An important feature of the approach was the strong community involvement and support as well as strategic partnerships to leverage reductions in the price of treatments, WHO said.
"Bringing together pharmaceutical companies, government, research organisations and communities to help negotiate price reductions make hepatitis treatments more affordable," said Easterbrook.
"The contest demonstrated a range of possibilities. It showed that if we can develop acceptable testing approaches to suit different contexts and cultures, then we can increase effective hepatitis testing in more countries and communities," she added.
In May of this year, the World Health Assembly – WHO's decision-making body – called for treating eight million people for hepatitis B or C by 2020, to reduce new viral hepatitis infections by 90 per cent, and to decrease the number of deaths by 65 per cent in 2030, as compared with 2016. These targets are part of the first ever Global Health Sector Strategy on viral hepatitis.
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Mason still waiting for job
Former KU coach hoping to receive offer from Ohio State again
By Chuck Woodling
First time I realized Glen Mason bought his gall by the bladder was in late December of 1987 when Mason put Kansas University on ice.
Athletics director Bob Frederick had offered the KU football job to the 37-year-old Mason even though the former Ohio State offensive co-ordinator had only two years of head coaching experience at Kent State.
Yet Mason held out for days because Ohio State was also in the market for a football coach and Mason had the chutzpah to think he had a shot at it. Finally, two days before the dawn of 1988, Ohio State selected John Cooper and Mason made a thumbs-up call to Frederick.
At the time, Mason did not deny he was disappointed Ohio State had rejected him, but he said: "I don't look on the University of Kansas as a second choice at all."
If you say so, Mase.
Mason, as you surely know, is in more or less the same position he was those 13-plus years ago. He's waiting for Ohio State to name a new football coach. Make no mistake. He wants the OSU job, and he wants it badly.
Yet the longer Ohio State AD Andy Geiger drags his feet, the deeper Mason sinks into great green gobs of greasy, grimy Gopher guts.
Folks from Duluth to Albert Lea, from Rochester to East Grand Forks have grown weary of Mason's increasing willingness to put the Twin Cities in his rearview mirror.
At least Mason hasn't pulled the stunt he executed at Kansas in 1995 when he accepted the Georgia job, changed his mind a week later and then stayed for a lame-duck 1996 season on Mount Oread before bolting for Minnesota.
Last year, Mason interviewed for the Michigan State and LSU openings. When asked why, his curt response was: "When my phone rings, I answer it."
Many Minnesotans, I understand, are relishing Mason twisting on the Ohio State spit. While Mason roasts like a buckeye over an open fire, Minnesota football recruiting is on hold and boosters are grumbling about his cavalier attitude toward the school that dipped deep into its pockets to make Mason a near-millionaire.
Mason and Minnesota agreed on a seven-year contract not too long ago that, according to published reports, does not have a buyout clause. In other words, Mason will not have to pay a penalty if he leaves.
Instead, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the longer Mason stays at Minnesota the greater percentage of a $1 million annuity he vests. If he leaves before Dec. 31, 2003, he will earn no vested money.
Mason surely would hate to lose that money, but at the same time he also has an ego the size of his native New Jersey, and he has never been secretive about his desire to coach one of America's five or six best college programs. No more Kent States. No more Kansases. No more Minnesotas. Mason is 50 years old and he's ready for prime time.
Mason understands the only high-profile job he has a shot at is Ohio State. He's no West Coast guy, he's no Southeast guy he proved that when he rained on Georgia and he's no Southwest guy, either.
Glen Mason is a Big 10 and a Big 12 (make that Big 12 North Division) coach. He's tough, he's brash, he's smart and he's decisive.
If Mason does not receive the Ohio State nod, it will be a blow, much more crushing than it was in late 1987 when he could rationalize that a mere two years of head coaching experience was not enough.
He has the experience now. He built a winner at Kent State and he built bowl teams at Kansas and Minnesota. So if Ohio State turns him down this time it can be for only one reason.
They just don't want him.
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Kent State coach takes over at KU
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It won't quite be "Project Runway," but on PBS this winter, a group of teenagers will labor under unforgiving deadlines to design outfits with hidden functions — in one case, a wedding dress that doubles as a tent.
Handheld cameras will record their moves. Conflicts will ensue. Deep thoughts will be revealed.
If this won't get tweens excited about engineering, who knows what will?
That's the idea — and the hope -— behind "Design Squad," a new PBS show for 9- to 12-year-olds , filmed in Boston last summer and scheduled to premiere in February. It's the latest live-action kids' offering from WGBH, Boston's prolific producer of public television shows.
And it's a proposed solution to a vexing problem for public television. Yes, PBS still has repute as a go-to place for toddlers and younger kids.
But how do you corral a tween audience hooked on "Cheetah Girls" and "High School Musical," and convince them that "educational" can be cool?
The answer, producers hope, is to borrow looks and themes from elsewhere on the dial. WGBH has gotten results in the past from "taking a commercial format that we know kids love and turning it inside out," says Brigid Sullivan, the station's vice president of children's programming.
That was the idea behind "Fetch," WGBH's live action-cartoon hybrid, which premiered on PBS in May and got so popular so fast that it will be featured on a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "Fetch" comes from the production team behind "Zoom," and has a science-based curriculum. It's also a postmodern fantasy, starring a cartoon dog who hosts a reality show for tween contestants. Its director, a veteran of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," helped to infuse the show with a manic mood.
"Design Squad," another "Zoom" spinoff, is aimed at a slightly older crowd, and it isn't quite so high-concept. The contestants are eight TV-friendly high school students with serious engineering aptitude. (Auditions involved constructing a chair that would hold the kids' own weight — made entirely of newspaper and masking tape.) They'll be divided into teams of four, which will change with each episode, and rack up individual points. The winner will get a $10,000 scholarship from the Intel Foundation.
And no cartoon hosts here; instead, contestants are guided by a pair of 20-somethings who look as if they could be helming MTV's "TRL," but happen to have engineering backgrounds. Deanne Bell, 27, had left an aerospace engineering job to travel the world when she spotted a call for auditions online. Nathan B. Ball G, 23, an MIT graduate student, helped to design some of the show's challenges before he was tapped for an on-air job.
Ball also does beatboxing on the side, which will come in handy on a particular challenge, when contestants are asked to choreograph a light show for a hip-hop act. The rest of the challenges are similarly telegenic; contestants build a machine that makes pancakes, and design a "summer sled," to go on grass, for L.L. Bean.
As the show was conceived and filmed, executive producer Marisa Wolsky says, she thought about "Project Runway." She wanted something fast-paced and competitive, with an emphasis on process. She wanted to appeal to girls.
And she wanted to highlight engineering's real-world applications — to liberate the field from its pocket-protector image, and inspire young viewers to practice the lost art of tinkering.
Indeed, if "Runway" makes a convincing case that fashion is art, the "Design Squad" producers want to prove that engineering can be artful, too.
Choreographer Wyatt Jackson, another "Zoom" veteran who judged the light-show challenge, says he's sold.


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package com.bitdubai.fermat_bch_plugin.layer.asset_vault.developer.bitdubai.version_1.structure;

import com.bitdubai.fermat_api.layer.dmp_world.Agent;
import com.bitdubai.fermat_api.layer.dmp_world.wallet.exceptions.CantStartAgentException;
import com.bitdubai.fermat_api.layer.osa_android.database_system.PluginDatabaseSystem;
import com.bitdubai.fermat_bch_api.layer.crypto_network.bitcoin.interfaces.BitcoinNetworkManager;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

import org.bitcoinj.crypto.ChildNumber;
import org.bitcoinj.crypto.DeterministicKey;
import org.bitcoinj.crypto.HDKeyDerivation;
import org.bitcoinj.wallet.DeterministicSeed;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Created by rodrigo on 10/4/15.
 */
public class VaultKeyHierarchyGenerator implements Runnable{
    /**
     * Unique seed used to generate all the hierarchies
     */
    private DeterministicSeed seed;

    /**
     * RootKey of the hierarchy that will be generated
     */
    private DeterministicKey rootKey;

    /**
     * The hierarchy of the vault
     */
    private VaultKeyHierarchy vaultKeyHierarchy;

    /**
     * Platform services
     */
    private PluginDatabaseSystem pluginDatabaseSystem;
    private BitcoinNetworkManager bitcoinNetworkManager;

    /**
     * Constructor
     * @param seed
     * @param pluginDatabaseSystem
     */
    public VaultKeyHierarchyGenerator(DeterministicSeed seed, PluginDatabaseSystem pluginDatabaseSystem, BitcoinNetworkManager bitcoinNetworkManager) {
        this.seed = seed;
        this.pluginDatabaseSystem = pluginDatabaseSystem;
        this.bitcoinNetworkManager = bitcoinNetworkManager;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        doTheMainTask();
    }

    /**
     * Starting point of the agent
     */
    private void doTheMainTask(){
        /**
         * I generate the rootKey (m) of the hierarchy.
         */
        rootKey = generateRootKeyFromSeed(seed);

        /**
         * I create the VaultKeyHierarchy from the master key
         */
        vaultKeyHierarchy = new VaultKeyHierarchy(rootKey);

        /**
         * I will get from the database the list of accounts to create
         * and add them to the hierarchy
         */
        for (HierarchyAccount hierarchyAccount : getHierarchyAccounts()){
            vaultKeyHierarchy.addVaultAccount(hierarchyAccount);
        }

        /**
         * once the hierarchy is created, I will start the HierarchyMaintainer agent that will load the keys, and the crypto network
         */
        VaultKeyHierarchyMaintainer vaultKeyHierarchyMaintainer = new VaultKeyHierarchyMaintainer(this.vaultKeyHierarchy, this.pluginDatabaseSystem, this.bitcoinNetworkManager);
        try {
            vaultKeyHierarchyMaintainer.start();
        } catch (CantStartAgentException e) {
            //todo handle
        }
    }

    /**
     * Generates the root or master key from a valid seed
     * @param seed
     * @return the rootKey (m)
     */
    private DeterministicKey generateRootKeyFromSeed(DeterministicSeed seed) {
        return HDKeyDerivation.createMasterPrivateKey(seed.getSeedBytes());
    }

    private List<HierarchyAccount> getHierarchyAccounts(){
        List<HierarchyAccount> hierarchyAccounts = new ArrayList<>();
        //todo add DAO logic to get the value from the database and form the accounts object

        /**
         * If there are no accounts in the database, these means is the first time the plugin runs, so I will create
         * the account 0 that will be used by the asset vault.
         */
        if (hierarchyAccounts.size() == 0){
            HierarchyAccount accountZero = new HierarchyAccount(0, "Asset vault account");
            hierarchyAccounts.add(accountZero);
            //todo Add this account to database
        }
        return hierarchyAccounts;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the created vault Hierarchy
     * @return
     */
    public VaultKeyHierarchy getVaultKeyHierarchy() {
        return vaultKeyHierarchy;
    }
}

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Melinda Rucz
Research master student
E-mail: ruczmelinda@gmail.com
Melinda started her Research Master in Information Law at IViR in 2019. She has a broad interest in the socio-legal implications of digitization. She obtained her bachelor diploma with a cum laude distinction from the University of Amsterdam, following the small-scale Honours programme of Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics where she majored in law. She wrote her bachelor thesis on the institutional power struggles within the EU in relation to the balancing of privacy interests with counter-terrorism objectives. Next to her studies, she has been involved with Amnesty International, working on various human rights projects.
Bouchè, G., Fahy, R., McGonagle, T., Rucz, M., Sangen, A, van der, Seel, M., Stapel, S.
Safety of journalists and the fighting of corruption in the EU
2020, (Prof. dr. T. McGonagle - Project Leader - European Parliament - Policy Department for Citizen's Rights and Constitutional Affairs - Directorate-General for Internal Policies - July 2020).
@techreport{McGonagle2020f,
title = {Safety of journalists and the fighting of corruption in the EU},
author = {McGonagle, T. and Fahy, R. and Bouch\`{e}, G. and Rucz, M. and Stapel, S. and Seel, M. and Sangen, A, van der},
url = {https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/655187/IPOL_STU(2020)655187_EN.pdf},
abstract = {Journalism and journalists face a growing range of threats, including violence and harassment; the misuse of defamation and other laws against them, and restrictive measures on freedom of information and expression adopted in response to the Covid-19 crisis. States must ensure a safe and favourable environment for journalists to perform their public watchdog function. This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines the overall chilling effect of crimes and threats against journalists and explores various regulatory and other measures to counter them.
This report was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.},
note = {Prof. dr. T. McGonagle - Project Leader - European Parliament - Policy Department for Citizen's Rights and Constitutional Affairs - Directorate-General for Internal Policies - July 2020},
Journalism and journalists face a growing range of threats, including violence and harassment; the misuse of defamation and other laws against them, and restrictive measures on freedom of information and expression adopted in response to the Covid-19 crisis. States must ensure a safe and favourable environment for journalists to perform their public watchdog function. This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines the overall chilling effect of crimes and threats against journalists and explores various regulatory and other measures to counter them.
This report was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/655187/IPOL_STU(2020)655[...]
Rucz, M.
Does the doctrine of exhaustion apply to videogames purchased digitally? French court says oui
@article{Rucz2019,
title = {Does the doctrine of exhaustion apply to videogames purchased digitally? French court says oui},
author = {Rucz, M.},
url = {http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2019/12/12/does-the-doctrine-of-exhaustion-apply-to-videogames-purchased-digitally-french-court-says-oui/},
http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2019/12/12/does-the-doctrine-of-exhaustion-[...]
Territorial scope of the "right to erasure" limited to the EU
IRIS, 2019.
@article{Rucz2019b,
title = {Territorial scope of the "right to erasure" limited to the EU},
url = {http://merlin.obs.coe.int/iris/2019/10/article3.en.html},
journal = {IRIS},
http://merlin.obs.coe.int/iris/2019/10/article3.en.html


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Explosion at Kilauea's summit triggers 5.4-magnitude quake
By HNN Staff | June 6, 2018 at 3:17 PM HST - Updated August 13 at 8:35 PM
BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - A 5.4-magnitude quake shook the Big Island on Wednesday amid ongoing eruptions of Kilauea.
The quake happened about 4:10 p.m. and was located about 2 kilometers west-southwest of Volcano. No tsunami was generated.
U.S. Geological Survey scientists confirmed Wednesday that the quake was triggered by an explosive eruption at the volcano's summit.
Minutes after the quake, a plume of ash shot about 10,000 feet into the air. Communities downwind are being urged to watch out for falling ash.
For more than a month, the Big Island has been rattled by at least 12,000 quakes.
On Sunday alone, there were are record 500 tremors.
Most are centered at the summit of Kilauea volcano, and the vast majority are small (under magnitude 2.5).
But there have also been a number of bigger quakes.
Earlier this week, several temblors above 5.0-magnitude rocked the Big Island.
But the biggest quake so far associated with ongoing eruptions of Kilauea was on May 4, when a 6.9-magnitude tremor shook the island. The temblor was felt as far away as Oahu, and caused some minor damage.
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*What is Microsofts strategy for the sync framework? Is it going to be open  source, so we can change if needed ourselves? Is there a successor product that  we should / can migrate to?

*Is MSSF supported on Windows 10 and Server 2016?

A: Not sure if my answer really helps, but lets see: Microsoft announced the official release of the "Azure SQL Data Sync" on June 18 2018. It is not truly a successor of the original framework, but it is basically all you get. Other "non cloud" frameworks have also started to fade away, since Microsoft treats server/desktop/on-premise only as an extension to the cloud. As the name indicates, it is targeting Azure and it is not for file sync, either.
I have seen your question also in the "old" Microsoft social network (social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home). In there they point to this framework in questions related to the original "Sync Framework" since something like 2012 (this was the oldest question I could associate with both frameworks).

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WhatsApp new policies coming into effect from February 8, Facebook will have your every detail
by Lingraj Sahu 08/January/2021
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New WhatsApp policies are mandatory to accept if you want to continue using the app. Just the fact that users are left with limited options is scary. The details are scarier.
Instant messaging app Whatsapp will be implementing its privacy policy from 8 February. It has also been clarified that the accounts of users who do not accept the term and conditions of the new policy will be changed. The most important thing is that this company has played the main role of Facebook in the new privacy policy and users will have to share their account details with Facebook. Let's know about the new privacy policy in the details.
Whatsapp users will have to share personal information with Facebook
You must be feeling a little strange after listening to the sharing of personal information. But Whatsapp has made it clear through its blog that under the new privacy policy, users have to share their Whatsapp details with Facebook. According to the blog, 'many businesses rely on Whatsapp to communicate with their customers. We are working closely with businesses that use Facebook or third party to improve communication with users. For this, it will be mandatory for users to share the data of their transactions and information on IP deal.
Under the new policy of Whatsapp, the data of users will be shared, which will include account information, message connections, status information, device details, location and transaction etc. All these information will be shared with Facebook and other services. Along with this, the company has also made it clear that the information about the message connection of the users will be shared and not the details of its message. That is, the messages of the users will be completely safe.
Whatsapp has also announced that users have until 8 February to accept the new privacy policy. That is, you have to accept it by 8 February. If you do not accept the new policy, then your Whatsapp account will be closed.
Is it time to move on?
This isn't the first time when WhatsApp users are asking this question. Something similar happened a couple of years back when the Facebook-owned platform sued the cybersecurity company NSO for over $75,000 in damages alleging that the Israeli firm illegally used WhatsApp servers to sneak Pegasus into phones belonging to 1,400 users across 20 countries. Several users from India, including journalists, activists, lawyers, and senior government officials, were also hit by the attack.
Back then, Telegram had emerged as a possible alternative to WhatsApp. The messaging app became popular by claiming that offers end-to-end encryption. This means that the conversations can only be seen by the sender and receiver. The platform has grown since then but is dealing with its own set of issues, one of which is piracy.
Telegram is allegedly being used by several notorious users to circulated pirated movies and a solution about that is yet to be found. It has also been on the radar for some time over its use for sharing music illegally.
There have been other options too in the past be it WeChat or Hike. But, none of these have managed to go past the initial fame, set aside the possibility of competing with WhatsApp. Another factor is that WhatsApp has become more accessible and users have years of chat history on the app which is not easy to save or export to another platform.
So where do we stand now? The next in line is the Signal recently brought to the limelight by the world's richest man Elon Musk. Soon after WhatsApp updated its policies, Musk tweeted "Use Signal". This messaging app has also come to the forefront because of its privacy-focused approach. It is widely used by security experts, privacy researchers, academics, and others around the world.
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Mile High is flying high after the Peyton Manning sweepstakes ended today with Manning picking the Denver Broncos as his choice of teams to suit up with in 2012. The move seems to be a good fit for Manning and the Broncos.
Yes, I thought that Tennessee would win the big prize. I thought that San Francisco was the best fit for Manning but Denver is also a good fit for the future first ballot hall of famer. Denver has a couple pieces of the puzzle to work out before the 2012 season gets going but they have a good nucleus of players.
If Peyton recovers from his neck issues, the AFC better watch out and Denver would be the favorite to win the West. Rivers got his wish and will be competing against the Broncos for a playoff birth next season. Rivers should have been careful for what he wished for. Denver is a better team with a better coach and management. Now they have one of the best quarterbacks (QBs) in the game, directing the offense.
Fans in Denver have to be excited. For the most part they probably are. They're sure to have an empty feeling, knowing that Tim Tebow will likely not be on the Broncos roster next season. Denver fans love Tebow but landing Manning should soothe their pain. For the first time in years, the Bronocs have a legitimate shot at going deep into the playoffs.
The fit might be a good for both sides but one member of the Broncos seems to be the odd man out. Tim Tebow who led the Broncos to the playoffs and a first round win over the Pittsburgh Steelers is likely to be traded.
I think Tebow has potential and it would be nice if Denver could workout the restructuring of Tebow's contract. The problem for John Elway and the Broncos is that they have a couple of holes to fill and keeping Tebow might not work to their advantage in strengthening the team.
Sportmentary is also not sure if Manning wants to be a mentor to Tebow but there isn't a better quarterback for Tebow to learn his craft from. Tebow would be a much better QB in three to five years of observing and learning from the great quarterback.
Denver should seriously consider the option of having both QBs on their roster. They would have Manning who gives them an immediate chance of making a serious run at the Super Bowl and also have their future quarterback honing his craft.
With that said. Peyton Manning might have demanded that Tebow be traded. Maybe Manning doesn't want the distraction of Tebowmania and the circus that surrounds it. Manning is a focused guy who likes to do things his way and its worked for him.
John Elway probably wants to rid himself of the headaches that Tebow presented to him. Now he has a legitimate excuse of getting rid of the guy. Elway probably feels relieved and thinks it's a blessing that Manning picked his team.
Regardless of their pain, Broncos fans will head into the 2012 season with positive expectations for the first time in a while. They have to be flying as high as mile high right now.


This month's Norwich Labour Party All Members Meeting was held last Friday 9 November, at Wensum Junior School. About 70 members attended.
The discussion topic was The Future of Work and Trade Unionism.
The meeting started with a tribute to Patricia Hollis, Lady Hollis of Heigham, who died last month. Alan Waters spoke about her life in politics and her immense contribution to Norwich, as a city and county councillor, while Alan Howarth spoke about how central and important the Labour Party was to her life. We will all miss her wisdom and commitment.
Gary Parkins (RMT) thanked members for their support in the RMT strike action to keep guards on our trains. He spoke about the way in which jobs are being lost to automation, eg self-service checkouts at supermarkets and petrol stations, the loss of bank branches on our high streets, and many more.
Claire Lees (Unite) referred to research that forecasts that around 35-42% of jobs could go by 2035. In theory this could lead to more days in everyone's weekend or fewer hours in the working day but this assumes that the benefits of automation are fairly shared. Women will be the most affected by automation. There will still be cleaners and call centre workers because people are cheaper than the robots.
Chris Herries (Vice Chair, The Cooperative Party) talked about the role of cooperatives as a business model, where there is democratic member control and member economic participation. Currently less than 2% of UK business activity involves cooperatives, but there is strong support for this business model from Labour, with Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell looking for cooperatives to play a much greater role. To achieve this, we need a new legal framework, access to finance and access to development advice, to put cooperatives on an equal footing with conventional businesses.
Clive Lewis MP looked at two aspects of the question.
Firstly – What will Labour do? Repeal anti-union legislation; set up a ministry of labour with a focus on working people; proper established living wage; sovereign wealth fund for employees of companies with 250+ employees;, plus a place on the board. "Pre-distribution" as well as re-distribution. Give people a stake in the ability to produce things.
Secondly – The way we worked in the past won't be the same for future generations. A growing number are part of the "Precariat". Tory ideologues want to do away with protective legislation.
The next manifesto will have a trial for a universal basic income, also a commission looking into the 4 day week.
Thirdly – How do you have an economy that lives within planetary boundaries? Looking at ecological degradation, also climate change. 60% of all species on the planet have been lost in Clive's lifetime. There is not enough planet for everyone to have the lifestyles that we currently have. We need to make tough decisions if we are to have a future. Issue of inequality and socialism – we need to share the pie more fairly.
Motion from Town Close BLP – Community Infrastructure Levy – proposed by Stephen Musk, seconded by Helen Jackson. The motion was carried.
Motion from Nelson BLP – Jewish Voice for Labour – this was amended prior to the meeting; proposed by Ruth Pearson, seconded by Abby Hoffmann. The amended motion was carried unanimously.
The meeting expressed our support for the Glasgow Women's Strike, with a photo taken of members with the Norwich Women's banner.
£31.23 was collected for NUAC funds – many thanks to all members who contributed.
Next All Members Meeting will be on Friday 14 December – this will be our Christmas Party, and will be held at St Thomas' Church Hall, Earlham Road, starting at 7.30pm. Join us for an evening of festive food, drink and friends, with music by DJ Dave Rowntree.


– One very important element to consider in buying a Bengal cat is its actual cost. Well, if you want to have a Bengal in your home, you should really well know it's a rare breed. With rarity comes the large price, so you should anticipate that a Bengal cat may cost from 500 USD to approximately 5,000 USD, based on what Bengal caliber you prefer.
As you probably already know, there are three main sorts of Bengals-pet quality, breeder quality, and show quality. Pet quality Bengals price 500-1,000 USD while a breeder or show quality Bengal might cost from 1,500-5,000 USD (reveal Bengals could be more expensive depending upon the breeder).
The cost of the breeder cat food changes from time to time, depending on the purchase price of raw materials. You should keep yourself updated with all the price variations in your local grocery store.
Work with your veterinarian for the payment methods that you can avail of (health insurance). This may also have possible emergency care, hospitalization, supplements, and other medicines. This is a very significant factor in determining how much a Bengal could cost. Vaccinations cost 50-70 USD, while flea and de-worming medications cost 20 USD.
Insuring your Bengal cat might genuinely help you in the total medical cost to getting you reunited with your Bengal (if ever you lost it). Including this on your Bengal budget is a must. Bengal cat insurance may cost 30 USD monthly.
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