LFC teams participated at the Glavin/Fusz Fall Friendlies this weekend.
The 2007 Girls, 2008 Girls, and 2009 Boys continued their preseason preparations this weekend by participating in the Lou Fusz/Tony Glavin Fall Kickoff Friendlies. The friendly style tournament was hosted at the Lou Fusz Soccer Complex, Lou Fusz Athletic Training Center and the Tony Glavin Soccer Complex. Overall the event was attended by over 175 teams from 4 states.
The 2008 Girls, coach by Alex Ramirez went 1-1-1 on the weekend in their three games. On Saturday the girls drew their first match 2-2 against Lou Fusz - White Star Kirkpatrick before going on to win their second match of the day 2-1 over Lou Fusz - White Star Degazon. On Sunday the girls dropped their only game of the day 4-2 against Kolping Kicks.
The 2009 Boys, again coached my Alex Ramirez, started their transition from 7v7 soccer to the 9v9 variety by finishing the weekend 1-1-1 as well. The boys lost a tough match to Tony Glavin 4-3 in their first game Saturday but recovered to win their afternoon game 4-2 against Lou Fusz - White Star. In their final game Sunday the boys went up against Kixx United and were able to come away with a 3-3 draw.
As their preparations continue in moving into the 11v11 game, the 2007 girls finished the weekend with 2 wins and 1 loss. The girls faced off against Lou Fusz - White Star on Saturday morning and came away with a 3-2 win before losing their afternoon game 4-1 to Missouri Rush. In their Sunday match the girls cruised to an 8-0 victory over Tony Glavin SC.
The Fall Kickoff Friendlies were a great event for the three teams to continue to prepare for the season ahead. The SLYSA campaign kicks off for the 2007 Girls against Ajax on August 26th. The 2008 girls begin their season on August 25th against Lou Fusz while the 2009 boys kick off on the 24th against PAO.


BOSCORF was delighted to hold the first meeting of the new BOSCORF Advisory Group last month. The meeting provided an opportunity to celebrate the recent success of BOSCORF becoming a Large Research Infrastructure as part of NERC’s National Capability portfolio. The commissioning has funded the BOSCORF repository and services for a 10 year period.
The Chair of the Advisory Group, Professor Ian Hall congratulated BOSCORF in its success of securing this new status within National Capability.
Professor Ian Hall said,
“On behalf of the UK research community, I would like to congratulate BOSCORF on achieving some of the highest evaluation scores during the recent NERC commissioning process. The assessment recognises the facilities outstanding work providing long-term curation and archiving of samples and deep-sea cores collected by the community, excellent analytical services, training programme and outreach activities, which represent an exceptional level of support for current and future generations of Earth and environmental scientists.”


We are very happy to announce that the first two SILVERLINE tenders have now been delivered.
It’s a great feeling to see the fantastic result of two years of hard work, and to receive very positive feedback from our clients.
We are looking forward to see in a few weeks the full range of five different Semi-Custom Tenders – Limousine, Open Tender and D-Rib – on the water and are sure that they will turn heads with their great attention to detail and distinctive brand identity in more than one way.
And the work doesn’t stop! Three more new SILVERLINE tenders are in the final build stage and will be delivered in the coming weeks, and two further tenders have been ordered and are starting construction.
We’ll keep you updated!
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This week, it’s the turn of Aberdeen to visit the ‘fortress’ that is Rugby Park. The Reds will be buoyed by their last minute win against Glasgow’s newest team last weekend and will be looking to ride this momentum as far as they can. Killie meanwhile, will have to bounce back from that 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Celtic. Plus, with fresh protests against Michael Johnston scheduled for during and after the game, it’s set up to be a fiery afternoon indeed.
In order to get something out of the game today, I believe that we must take inspiration from Celtic’s inspired performance against Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Some say that attack is the best form of defence, and in our case I would say that this is completely true. Lee Clark highlighted during the week that if we were to shore up at the back then we would be a threat to play against, and I completely agree with this. With a spearheaded attack of Boyd, Coulibaly and a newly fit Greg Kiltie, we should be a potent force for any defence to play against. So for the visit of Aberdeen, we should be as attacking as possible from the very start, and not give the Dons any time to settle on the ball.
One area that we need to work on if we are to get anything against teams such as Aberdeen is in the middle of the park. Too often this season, the central midfield pairing have found themselves being bypassed completely, mostly due to a lack of communication and being spread too far apart. And space is one thing you cannot afford to give to the Dons, as their flair players of McLean, Maddison and Hayes will punish you. So communication across the middle of the park is crucial if we are to try and limit the time and space that the Aberdeen players have on the ball.
Our defending and how much effort our defenders are prepared to put in will also have a masssive impact on the outcome of the game. Our defence cannot allow their forward players any time on the ball in and around the box, as they are lethal in those positions. Kenny McLean and James Maddison have a track record of being able to hit worldies from any distance, and they will try a shot from distance at every opportunity. With all this said, here is how I would line up the Killie team today…
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Justice for all, not just for some.
In 2014, an older gentleman came to the Upstate to rely on family support after being disabled by a stroke. But he soon found himself languishing without trial in Greenville County Detention Center, wrongly accused of robbery and completely failed by our local justice system. How did an innocent man lose two years of his life under the current Solicitor’s watch?
This man was arrested in July 2014 under suspicion of robbing a fast food restaurant where he’d been a customer. Unable to afford a $35,000 bond on his disability and social security income, he was locked up. Two days later, prosecutors found evidence pointing to his innocence: a weapon and glasses matching witness descriptions, and accounts of their owner trying to sell a similar gun on the night of the robbery. Yet for 711 days this helpless man waited. He finally regained his freedom after charges were dismissed due to lack of sufficient evidence – almost two years later.
The fiasco came at high cost. It left the man fearful of our legal system, and left taxpayers paying an $85,000 settlement plus thousands more for the man’s incarceration. How did the current Solicitor respond? He publicly denied any responsibility. He blamed the innocent man’s attorneys, minimized the evidence pointing to the real criminal, and saw no problem with the system he says is “the best in the world.”
That’s why Lucas Marchant is dedicated to fixing a system that delays justice in the Upstate. With 12 years of experience in the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s office – where he achieved some of the highest case resolution rates – he’ll eliminate the backlog that denied this innocent man fair representation, and ensure rich, poor and everyone in between receive fair and equal treatment in Greenville and Pickens counties. By championing true justice, Lucas Marchant will protect all taxpayers from the huge bills that come with delayed justice and the lawsuits that follow.
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Just over three months to go until the 2023 IFL Championship kicks off, and new festivities have been added during the week leading up to the 42nd Italian Bowl in Toledo, Ohio USA!
While the nine teams competing in the upcoming First Division Championship build up their rosters with early “transfer coups”, the American staff organizing the XLII Italian Bowl in Toledo, Ohio is busy adding more events to an already packed week that will entertain fans and the public in the lead-up to the championship’s final game.
Italian Bowl celebrations will start with local area businesses and media participating in Italian-themed events and promotional initiatives. Food and wine are on the menu during an Italian Style Restaurant Week from June 18th through the 24th with a cooking contest featuring local celebrities. Mayors from several cities across the region will compete in a skill competition to test their punt, pass, and kick abilities on June 25th. The winner of the event will be awarded the inaugural Mayors’ Cup during halftime of the Italian Bowl.
The two finalist teams will arrive in America on June 27th and attend a welcome dinner at the Glass Bowl Stadium, the same venue that will host The Italian Bowl days later. On the day of the big game, fans will enjoy the all-essential Tailgate Parties and a performance of both the Italian and American national anthems by award-winning soprano, Mariam Battistelli. Following the game, fans will travel to the Toledo Night Market complete with booths showcasing artisan products, food, wine, and beer. Music and fireworks will cap off the night to celebrate the newly crowned champions of the XLII Italian Bowl.
FIDAF is tasked with setting up a spectacular “Casa Italia” in Toledo, similar to the hospitality house we saw at the Olympic Games. This will offer a great space for corporate sponsors and guests to meet and celebrate all aspects of the “ITALIA” brand, while capitalizing on the visibility our brand of football will enjoy in and around the city throughout the entire week.
Travel packages for the XLII Italian Bowl will be ready in early 2023. These all-inclusive offerings will cover travel, accommodations, and access to a series of unique events, such as trips to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and the NFL’s Detroit Lions training facilities.
Tickets for the XLII Italian Bowl start at just $15 USD and are on sale today via this link. For more information on the XLII Italian Bowl and surrounding festivities, please visit our website: https://www.theitalianbowlusa.com/
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Amid rumors that Apple is developing a Lightning cable with a reversible USB connector, third-party accessory vendor Truffol has begun selling a reversible USB Lightning cable on its website, beating Apple to the punch.
Priced at $9.99, the reversible cable advertised by Truffol is designed to be inserted into a USB port in either direction, a shift from a traditional USB cable that can only be inserted in one direction. While the cable is not Apple-approved and thus not Made for iPhone (MFi) certified, Truffol has told MacRumors that its cable works with both existing iOS devices and the upcoming iPhone 6. Using non-certified third-party iPhone accessories is not recommended by Apple, however, and in the past, some third-party accessories have caused damage to iOS devices.
It is not clear whether these third-party reversible USB Lightning cables were already in development ahead of the rumors suggesting Apple was developing its…
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After two tricky days with light and fluky winds, day 3 gave all the sailors a chance, with near-perfect conditions of 8 - 12 knots and sun. They were all so keen to get into the action that there were three general recalls on the day, but when it all settled down the Race Committee was able to run three more rounds of racing, to give the provisional standings a shake up and leave things finely balanced going into the final four races of the championships.
In the U13 fleet it´s looking like a two-horse race for the title. Australia´s Breanne Wadley continues to show her all round ability, holding her lead over local (NZL) hero Ted Houry. They are some distance ahead of the consistent Tiphaine Rideau from France, who is just in front of Japan´s Saki Nukui, battling for the third podium spot.
In the U17 fleet, Italy´s Davide Mulas still leads, but he´s coming under increasing pressure from New Zealand´s Josh Hyde, and one of the pre-championship favorites, Australia´s Travis Wadley. Mulas´s Italian team-mates Sirolli and Gostoli have slipped out of the top three and will have to work hard to climb back into contention.
No team race today means we are on schedule to complete the fleet racing at the Worlds and we´re looking forward to some exciting racing to come as the championship reaches its climax.


07 December 2022
Christmas for many families in Derry can be a difficult time. We are aiming to ensure that no child wakes up on Christmas Day to nothing and need your help in gathering presents.
Catherine Barr, Centre Director, said “We hear the everyday struggles within our community, families that can’t afford to heat their homes and struggling to put food on their tables. As a Women centre we want to help lighten a family’s burden and help distribute gifts so that every child has something to unwrap on Christmas day”.
Women Centre Derry are collecting new toys for families who need them this year between Wednesday 7th December and Monday 19th December. Those wanting to donate new, unwrapped toys can pop into our Women’s Centre and hand in their donations between 9:30am and 4:30pm.
Your support is greatly appreciated.


On September 16, 2023, over 300 people attended the first-of-its-kind “Smart Yards & Friends Festival” hosted by the Knox County Master Gardeners at the University of Tennessee Gardens in Knoxville. The purpose of the event was to engage Knoxville-area residents with information on sustainable landscaping practices and how to certify their yards as Tennessee Smart Yards while also creating a template that could be replicated by other groups across the state.
From the onset of planning for the event back in spring, host and Knox County Master Gardener Mona Yethiraj, knew the interest in sustainable landscaping was high, but how to motivate people to attend the festival? Mona had the answer, and it was an action-packed agenda and expert and enthusiastic group of volunteers with demonstrations and giveaways, conversation starters and kids activities. The program ran from 9am to noon, and there was something going on every half hour. Demonstrations of building worm compost bins and installing rain barrels earned visitors a raffle ticket, as did pre-registering ahead of time or completing the self-guided virtual Smart Yards Trail around the UT Gardens. Raffle prizes were given away on the hour, and winners must have been present to win. Prizes included two assembled worm compost bins, a rain barrel, and native plants grown by the Knox County Master Gardeners.
There were a dozen tables to visit to see demonstrations and hear about local partnering organizations. There was the “Ask a Master Gardener” booth and a table dedicated to native plants of the region where even more seed-grown plants were given to attendees. Attendees could also visit a table to get tips and advice for starting their path to yard certification from Master Gardeners who had certified Tennessee Smart Yards. The next generation of stewards also had options, where there were coffee filter butterflies coming to life and a lot of coloring. At the Wallace Real Estate table, recent graduates of the Certified Smart Yard Real Estate Agent pilot program answered questions about how they are promoting smart yards as people buy and sell homes. The Water Quality Forum, Smoky Mountain Chapter of Wild Ones, Ijams Nature Center, and the UT Gardens were all there having conversations about the collective local effort to protect our water and natural resources.
The energy around land and water stewardship and growing greener communities was tangible the entire event. It could not have been possible without the 20+ Master Gardener and other volunteers who helped make it happen. The success of the event shows that interest in nurturing naturally healthy landscapes is indeed high in East Tennessee and provides a roadmap for others to harness that energy to amplify stewardship conversations in communities across the state.


CHICAGO, IL – April 18, 2012 – Acknowledging the impact that tablets have on improving a company’s productivity and time to revenue, the Corporate Executive Board’s Sales Leadership Roundtable has named SAVO’s mobile sales enablement application – SAVO Mobile™ – one of the “Top 11 iPad Apps for Sales.” Recognized for its ability to enhance sales execution in the field, SAVO Mobile was the first mobile sales enablement solution available on the market, and is used by companies such as AutoTrader.com, Stryker and VMWare.
In a recent poll of its members, the Corporate Executive Board found that 75 percent of respondents are already using tablets as part of their corporate initiatives or plan to do so in the next 12 months. Of that group, nearly 55 percent said that the primary intended use of tablet devices is for the presentation of sales collateral.
Revenue-generating initiatives succeed or fail based on sales execution. SAVO Mobile improves sales execution by enabling sellers to use the device of their choice to access the best possible information for each sales conversation. With SAVO Mobile, sellers can research competitors, ask questions of subject matter experts, play rich 3-D interactive demonstrations and share win stories and other information customers need to make a buying decision. SAVO Mobile is available on the Apple iPad®, iPhone®, AndroidTM, RIM Blackberry® and Kindle Fire devices.
“Not only has mobile technology completely changed the way sales people interact and sell, it is now critical to achieving success,” said Dan Schleifer, senior director of marketing at SAVO. “By enabling teams in the field when they are often at the most critical juncture of the sales process, companies can align more closely with their revenue goals.”
Founded in 1999, SAVO is a leading provider of sales enablement solutions. SAVO’s on-demand sales enablement platform maximizes the sales team’s ability to communicate value and differentiation in clear, consistent and compelling ways. Combining proven sales and marketing best practices with award-winning technology, SAVO addresses all aspects of the sales enablement challenge — spanning people, process, insight and technology. For more information, visit www.savogroup.com
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Fairtex announced becoming the official gloves partner of the ONE Super Series.
ONE Championship Super Series
ONE Championship, based in Singapore, is one of the world’s largest martial arts organization, featuring bouts across different disciplines of martial arts. By organizing events in the most iconic cities across Asia, ONE Championship has become Asia's largest sports media property, with a global broadcast reach of up to 1.7 billion potential viewers across 138 countries.
In February 2018, ONE Championship announced the establishment of ONE Super Series, adding a professional kickboxing league to the portfolio. The promotion signed with impressive names, both established and upcoming talent, allowing these events to feature the world’s best strikers in Kickboxing and Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Kung Fu and several other martial arts. The first event to feature bouts in kickboxing rules took place in Manila, the Philippines titled "ONE: Heroes of Honor" in April.
Fairtex to become official gloves provider
Fairtex announced becoming the official gloves provider of the ONE Super Series prior to the event titled: "ONE: Battle For The Heavens" held in Guangzhou, China on 7 July 2018. The Fairtex- ONE competition gloves were introduced at this event and will be used in events to follow.
The Fairtex ONE competition gloves are not available for consumers at this moment.
A world-class stable of talent represent the Fairtex facility from Pattaya, Thailand in the ONE Championship. Names including: Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex, Saemapetch Fairtex, Fabrice Fairtex Delannon, Yohann Fairtex Drai and Stamp Fairtex all recently signed to ONE Super Series.
Next event - ONE: Kingdom of Heroes
The next spectacle is scheduled on 6 October 2018 at Impact Arena as ONE Championship returns Bangkok, Thailand. The event, titled "ONE: Kingdom of Heroes" will headline the promotion’s first ever bout under boxing rules, a massive boxing bout between the Thai national Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (46-4-1), defending his WBC Super Flyweight World Championship for the third time against the Mexican: Iran "MagnifiKO" Diaz (14-2-3).
In the co-main event, ONE Super Series Atomweight World Champion "Killer Bee" Kai Ting Chuang from China, will be challenged for her belt by the Thai female striking sensation Stamp Fairtex.
The remainder of the fight card features many renowned martial arts superstars, including:
- Shinya Aoki vs Ev Ting (MMA - 77.1kg)
- Nong-o Gaiyanghadao vs Zatout Mehdi (Muay Thai - 65.8kg)
- Alain Ngalani vs Andre Meunier (Kickboxing - 120.1kg)
- Leandro Brodinho Issa vs Muin Gafurov (MMA - 65.8kg)
- Andy Souwer vs Anthony Njokuani (Kickboxing - 77.1kg)
The event can be viewed on One Championship's YouTube Channel.
The discovery of Stamp Fairtex
See what ONE Championship’s vice president and former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin has to say about the discovery of Stamp Fairtex:


London 2016 elections: Latin Americans, Let’s Vote!
The Latin American community is one of London’s fastest growing BAME groups. In 2008, our community was made of over 1113,500 people. Since then, we have seen a rapid increase during the last few years of people coming from Spain, Portugal and Italy, escaping the economic crisis. Most UK Latin Americans are residing in London (61%), and most have the right to vote in the next elections (at least 45% have either UK or EU nationality), according to the No Longer Invisible report from 2011.
The cultural and economic contribution of Latin Americans to London is reflected in the wide offer of Latin American restaurants, festivals, cultural events, media and commercial initiatives. However, and in spite of being a highly qualified group with high rates of employment (85%), many live in poverty and suffer from exclusion and exploitation.
In September 2015, we launched the ‘Latin Americans, Let’s Vote!‘ campaign with an event for the Latin American community at London City Hall, which we co-organised with the Mayoral Office.
Latin Americans, Let’s Vote! is a voter registration campaign that aims to generate greater engagement of Latin Americans in the London 2016 elections. The campaign will also partner with other communities to organise hustings debates for migrants and BAME groups, and will engage with candidates to bring the issues affecting the community to their attention.
Our posters in Spanish and Portuguese will be displayed in our 14 member organisations throughout London until the day of the elections. We are also disseminating information through various community press outlets and social media. We will also run workshops and talks, and we will of course register more Latin Americans to vote than ever before!
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We’ve also run voter registration campaigns for the 2014 and 2015 elections, take a look!


MIAMI, Florida – NOAA’s National Hurricane Center issued a Tropical Weather Outlook at 8 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 17, 2019, that predicts a low (20%) chance of an area of disturbed weather becoming a tropical cyclone off the coast of Florida during the next five days.
A weak surface trough is producing organized cloudiness and showers over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and northeastern Florida.
NHC forecasters say any tropical development of this system is expected to be slow to occur during the next few days as it moves northeastward at 5 to 10 mph near the coasts of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.
Regardless of development, the disturbance is forecast to produce heavy rainfall and a threat of flash flooding along the U.S. Southeast coast.
The system has a 10% chance of tropical cyclone formation within the next 48 hours and a 20% chance within the next 5 days.
If the surface trough becomes a tropical storm, the next name on the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane names list is Tropical Storm Chantal.
NOAA forecasts an ‘above-normal’ 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season which runs from June 1 through November 30.


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May 14, 2009
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Hartland Teen Wins National Archery Tournament, Sets World Record
Jessica Nystrom, a freshman at Hartland High School, set a female world record at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) championship held May 8-9 in Louisville, Ky.
Nystrom, one of 138 Michigan students in the competition that drew nearly 5,000 students from across the U.S., hit 28 of 30 bull's-eyes, and two nines, from 10 and 15 meters, to capture the national championship in the female High School Division with a score of 298 (out of a possible 300).
She collected more than $40,000 in prizes, including a two-year scholarship to Hocking College in Ohio.
Hartland archery coach Robert Jellison first taught Jessica archery during 7th grade science class two years ago when he introduced the Archery in the Schools program.
Her success means a lot to me and all of those that helped her get to where she is as far as a NASP archer goes,' Jellison said. 'I hope Jessica's success helps put Hartland High School on the map for a new sport. My goal now is to get it to where all of my archers can earn their varsity letter in archery.
Overall, the Hartland teams finished in 25th place in the Elementary Division, 36th in the Middle School Division and 71st in the High School Division.
Other Michigan schools and students did well, too. The St. Mary Cathedral High School team from Gaylord finished in 15th place overall, with top archer Nicole Blanzy finishing in 16th place in the female High School Division.
Nathan Zielinski from the Northwoods Home School Association in Gaylord placed 15th and Austin Lawnichak from St. Mary Cathedral High School finished 26th in the male High School Division.
The Department of Natural Resources began the NASP in 12 public schools in 2004. Five years later, 335 schools statewide participate.
We are very pleased with the program's exceptional growth in such a short time and the fact that it's still growing,' said DNR Director Rebecca Humphries. We have many dedicated coaches and educators statewide reaping the rewards of the archery program, in terms of improved educational performance and personal growth among their students. However, Jessicas achievements have validated the program's success on a competitive level.
For a complete list of tournament winners and scores, visit the DNR Web site at www.michigan.gov/dnrarchery. For more information on Michigan's Archery in the Schools Program, contact Mary Emmons, NASP coordinator, at (517) 241-9477 or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.org.
The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state's natural resources for current and future generations.
PLEASE NOTE: Photos of Jessica Nystrom and her coach, Robert Jellision, are available online at http://www.michigandnr.com/ftp/OutReach/.


2nd October 2017
BoSCA lab is excited to welcome Kyran Graham-Schmidt who joins the lab as a postdoc. Kyran is supported by a Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and will be exploring EEG mechanisms of intentional inhibition and sensory attenuation.
10TH January 2017
BoSCA Lab is pleased to welcome Leidy Yurani Cubillos-Pinilla who joins the lab as a research assistant and is currently studying for her Masters Degree in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology at LMU.
6th December 2016
Congratulations to BoSCA Lab member Dr. Jakob Kaiser who successfully defended his thesis entitled "Embodiment and Affective Evaluations - The Case of the Facial Feedback Effect" on the 6th of December 2016.
22nd November 2016
Congratulations to BoSCA Lab member Dr. Ondrej Havlicek who successfully defended his thesis entitled "The Challenges of Investigating the Sense of Agency by Explicit and Implicit Methods" on the 22nd of November 2016.


On June 29, 2016, Facebook’s announced on their blog, upcoming changes on what posts people would see on their timelines. timelines. The blog reported that Facebook has committed to showing posts from family and friends over brands and publishers. For small businesses that use Facebook marketing, this latest development comes as a blow to their marketing strategies. But before going into full panic mode, here are some things brands should remember about Facebook.
Facebook Marketing Benefits for Small Business
Regardless of these changes, Facebook is still a powerful marketing and intelligence tool. Facebook Pages for small businesses and brands has made marketing to target markets easy and affordable. This has not changed with the latest algorithm update on Facebook. In fact, Facebook’s insights tools level the playing field for start-ups and microentrepreneurs. Marketing intelligence is expensive. Before Facebook for Business, businesses had to spend thousands of dollars on software or consulting services for customer insights. These expensive systems made it possible to query databases by installing complicated analytics tools to websites. As a result, Facebook’s business tools help to level the playing field among brands.
Facebook focuses on business goals
No matter what a brand’s business goals are, Facebook for Business is a great tool. Facebook for Business provides business owners with tools and technology to:
- help drive online sales,
- increase local sales,
- promote apps,
- raise brand awareness,
- and generate leads.
These tools are available to all brands, despite the size of their budgets.
Facebook gives brands customer insight
Facebook has over 1 billion users. Therefore, the popular platform is a great place for a brand to flaunt its product or service. The insights tools within the Facebook pages, show information about the demographics and behavior of your customers. The service can be used to analyze brand websites, to see how well ads are converting. It can also offer insights into marketing performance by showing what type of posts an audience reacts to.
Facebook Audience Targeting is magic
Facebook for Business provides its small businesses the ability to really target their audience. Most small businesses have not taken full advantage of Facebook marketing tools. But there are a couple of cool and magical options that are available, most noteworthy being Audience Targeting.
- Custom Audiences – Brands can create a custom audience by uploading existing customers from an existing customer list, website traffic, or app activity. Once Facebook has access to a brand’s current audience, it can find those users on Facebook. This becomes a custom audience for that brand’s Facebook ads.
- Lookalike Audiences – Brands can create a lookalike audience can by essentially cloning the behavior and demographic of an existing audience. Facebook references the data uploaded and finds profiles that are similar. That means using that same customer list, website traffic, or app activity, brands can find people who are more likely to want to do business with them.
The best part of it all is, every business, regardless of size or budget, has access to these features.
How the latest Facebook change affects small businesses
So now that Facebook is focused on getting more personal on timelines, businesses are going to have to reconsider their strategy. In a recent article by New York Times about the impact this change will have on publishers, the mega news outlet reports that “the changes will affect all types of content posted by publishers, including links, videos, live videos and photos. Facebook said it expected a drop in reach and referral traffic for publishers whose audience comes primarily to content posted by the publisher’s official Facebook page.”
This means business owners, will need to make some changes to their current Facebook marketing strategy.
How brands should adjust their Facebook marketing strategy
Despite the fact that Facebook is changing its strategy, it is still an important marketing platform for business. Here are a list of ways brands can adjust their marketing strategy, to reduce the negative impact this change will have:
- Boost posts – Organic posts for pages have been less impactful over the last couple of years, but boosting posts will let brands reach a larger audience. Boosted posts still allow brands to use any budget, customize the audience, and make adjustments based on Facebook’s analytics.
- Focus on quality over quantity – One of the things that Facebook has indicated with the latest change, is an increased visibility for posts that friends and family post. Brands should focus their content strategy on posts that people will want to share. Sometimes its just as simple as asking the audience to share the post with their friends and family. Page posts that people share on their personal timeline will still reach a relevant audience.
- Post in Facebook Groups – Facebook groups are a great place to share business posts. When brands post in a group, most of the group members receive a notification about that posts. Groups are also concentrated groups of users, that share similar interests and/or goals, and therefore will be a good captive audience.
How brands should adjust their overall marketing strategy
- Use other social media platform – The new changes to Facebook have really made it clear for marketers and business owners, the importance of a marketing mix. There are several social media platforms including Instagram, Twitter, SnapChat, Pinterest, Google+ and YouTube. By focusing on multiple social media platforms, brands will reach different audiences on the platforms they are on. It also prevents a major shift in results if one platform underperformed.
- Combine online and offline marketing – Social Media marketing is fast and effective, but it’s not the only marketing available. Brands should focus on email list building to send people directly to the brands website. They can also create blog articles that encourage users to comment on their website, instead of commenting on the social media websites. This change in Facebook may be a great opportunity to try some offline tactics like hosting events, networking groups, sponsorships or direct mail.
One thing that remains the same, is Facebook will continually change their algorithm to meet the demand of its community. As a result, it’s important for brands to keep a fluid marketing strategy, to survive in this ever-changing business landscape.
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In October, a five-year-old company called Ripple boasted that it was one of America’s “most valuable start-ups . . . after Uber, Airbnb, Palantir and WeWork”.
Although its core finance technology business has not done much disrupting yet, cryptocurrency mania was growing the value of XRP, the digital coin created by Ripple’s founders and whose supply the company still controlled. XRP’s price rose 36,000 per cent during 2017, challenging bitcoin’s market value, giving Ripple an XRP hoard worth $200bn by Christmas. XRP is a cryptocurrency outlier. Unlike decentralised, rebellious bitcoin, created post-financial crisis amid distrust of banks, XRP is supposed to grease creaking banking infrastructure, part of the back-office finance technology offered by San Francisco-based Ripple.
Brad Garlinghouse, its chief executive, called XRP “the global liquidity solution for payment providers and banks”. But Ripple’s golden goose cryptocurrency, whose price has now sagged, raises awkward questions.
While its separate technology solutions for fast payment settlement impresses some financiers, XRP’s volatility, and Ripple’s ownership of more than half the 100bn XRP ever created, has unnerved banks that evangelists hoped would adopt the asset as a bridge currency. Ripple wants to supplant the international Swift network, which is owned by and connects about 11,000 banks. It promises to accelerate cross-border payments using distributed-ledger, or blockchain, technology that sends messages between banks, while offering XRP as a cheap and universal bridge currency, to short-circuit the expensive nostro and vostro accounts of traditional correspondent banking.
Think of XRP “like the oil you put in [a car] engine”, says Greg Kidd, Ripple’s former chief risk officer who runs Synthetic Liquidity, a liquidity provider that is trialling XRP by moving small amounts. Banks “really shouldn’t need that much”, he adds. Share this graphic But some speculators are betting that banks will need a lot of XRP oil as a reserve currency, which, if correct, would see XRP loom large in the global financial system.
But if banks are unconvinced that they need to own substantial amounts of XRP — which Ripple’s systems for sending and processing payments do not require — the now $60bn total market value of circulating XRP coins looks highly speculative. The enterprise software start-up says more than 100 financial institutions have adopted at least one Ripple product. Ripple recently announced another pilot project with money transfer group MoneyGram, which will involve XRP.
But while it has touted live projects with Santander, a Ripple investor, and American Express, others have hesitated to move beyond tests. The Financial Times spoke to 16 banks and financial services companies publicly linked to Ripple (two more declined to comment). Most had not yet gone beyond testing, but some were using Ripple’s systems for moving real money. For instance, Sweden’s SEB bank says it used Ripple software for fast cross-border payments between accounts held by some of its corporate clients; soon, Santander is expected to launch a cross-border payments app using Ripple’s technology to clients in Europe and America. But none of the banks who spoke to the FT had used XRP. Kansas-based CBW Bank was one of the first partner banks announced by Ripple in 2014. But Suresh Ramamurthi, CBW’s chairman, says it has shelved plans to use Ripple’s systems until regulatory guidance is clearer.
Some banks shy away from cryptocurrencies such as XRP for fear of being “the first casualty”, Mr Ramamurthi adds. Hank Uberoi, executive chairman of cross-border payments specialist Earthport, works with Ripple to jointly offer their services to financial institutions. “Banks are hesitant to use XRP because they are unsure of the regulatory aspects of it. If money is in transition and the price of XRP collapses in that time, what happens then?” he says. Ripple’s other problem, Mr Uberoi adds, was signing up enough banks to have the scale to seriously challenge Swift. “It is only of value if everyone is connected to the network — like a fax machine, if others don’t have one, then it is not much use,” he says. Ripple says: “Enabling the internet of Value is not something we can do alone and it’s not something that happens overnight.”


When Quorum, a public affairs software company, built its marketing department, a primary focus was to develop a comprehensive growth strategy across all digital channels.
Quorum’s site was underperforming from organic search, so Knucklepuck was brought in to assess the technical infrastructure and offer recommendations on specific steps to help the site become search engine-friendly.
- Technical SEO Audit
- Crawlability Analysis
- Indexation Analysis
- XML Sitemap Audits
Quorum’s software as a service platform is designed to help public affairs professionals work smarter and move faster. To generate new leads and to properly serve its existing client base, Quorum’s website needed to reach this audience through search engines.
To meet Quorum’s objectives, Knucklepuck’s SEO team performed a full technical SEO audit to identify issues potentially hurting the site’s ranking performance in the major search engines.
Knucklepuck also identified thousands of pages on the backend that were negatively impacting the site by sending low-quality and duplicative signals to search engines.
“Our tech team got a lot of clear guidance on what to do following the audit,” indicated Cyrus Sussman, Quorum’s Director of Demand Generation. “Qualitatively, looking at our site before and after, the difference was night and day.”
“Quantitatively,” Sussman continued, “the impact of Knucklepuck’s recommendations speak for themselves. In the first year, overall search traffic more than doubled. The next year they were up an additional 27%.”
“We have an incredibly talented and hardworking team at Quorum. With direction from Knucklepuck, the first year post-audit brought us net-new revenue from non-homepage organic search traffic for the first time ever,” said Sussman. “We now expect revenue to reliably come in from organic search, and Knucklepuck deserves a lot of credit.”
Server-side Rendering Before
Server-side Rendering After


Consultation Exercise 2014: Overview
SEUPB opens Second Consultation
The content of the Cooperation Programmes (CPs) for PEACE and INTERREG 2014-2020 has been informed by the first public consultation exercise which took place in 2012.
The second public consultation with stakeholders across the eligible regions (Northern Ireland / Border Region of Ireland / Western Scotland (for INTERREG only) will run from Tuesday 03 June 2014 until Tuesday 29 July 2014.
A number of public consultation events will be held across the eligible area also.
The Consultation Information Document, the draft PEACE Cooperation Programme and the draft INTERREG Cooperation Programme are now available at www.seupb.eu or you can find them in our publications section.
The Cooperation Programmes will be presented to the Northern Ireland Executive, the Irish Government and the Scottish Government (INTERREG only) for approval before being submitted by 22 September 2014 to the European Commission for negotiation and final approval. The Commission has indicated that the negotiation phase is likely to last approximately 6 months.
It is estimated that the earliest calls for applications are unlikely to happen before March / April 2015.
For more information on the development of the new programmes you can contact SEUPB via firstname.lastname@example.org or Tel: 028 90 266 724
or contact us on: email@example.com
These programmes have been in operation for the past two decades and have made a significant impact upon the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the region. The importance of this consultation exercise can therefore not be underestimated, as it will help shape any funding that is made available by Europe up to 2020.
“It will also play an important part in deciding where the future spending priorities will be and as such we need to hear from as many people as possible, to ensure that this exercise has real meaning,” he continued.
The views and opinions collected during this exercise will be used to help shape two new potential sources of EU funding for the region, under PEACE IV and INTERREG V, for the period 2014-2020.
Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland and parts of Western Scotland, are currently in receipt of approximately £0.5 billion worth of EU funding through the PEACE III (£290m) and INTERREG IVA (£223m) Programmes.
Previously the consultation process begun on Tuesday 28th August and ended on Tuesday 20th November 2012. During this period the SEUPB facilitated different consultation workshops across Northern Ireland, the Border Region of Ireland and Scotland.
All of the information gathered during the consultation exercise will be used to create the draft operational programmes produced by the SEUPB. Another consultation will then be held in 2014.
The final operational programmes will be approved by the NI Executive, the Irish Government and the Scottish Government. They will then be submitted for agreement to the European Commission, ahead of the new programming period in 2014.


On April 7, Dr. Tony Alleyne accepted the 2019 Early Career Award from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College.
Dr. Alleyne, who received the award during the Teacher’s College Academic Festival, was selected due to his professional achievements, impact on his community, commitment to education and the proven success of the Delaware College Scholars program.
When receiving the award, representatives from Columbia University’s Teacher’s College said about Delaware College Scholars, “The genius of Delaware College Scholars, the unique program you founded in 2012, is that it supports promising candidates through graduation at a four-year institution. Along the way, students spend parts of three summers living in dorms, working with mentors and studying by the Socratic Method. Their teachers, guidance counselors and parents team up to prepare them for success. They receive help in navigating America’s byzantine financial aid process. And when they get to college, DCS helps them with roommates, professors, internships and much more.”
Dr. Alleyne graduated from Columbia’s Teacher College is 2010 with an M.A. in Education Leadership. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and his Ed.D in Educational Leadership and Administration from the University of Pennsylvania.
For more about this year’s award winners, please click here.


Jordan Crawford added 22 points off the bench for the Pelicans, who led 102-99 with 6:28 left after Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns slammed home a dunk. But over the next 3:01, New Orleans scored 12 straight to extend the advantage to 114-99 with 3:12 left.
The Pelicans, who won for the fourth time in five games, also got 21 points and seven assists from Jrue Holiday, 15 points and 11 rebounds from DeMarcus Cousins and 13 points from Solomon Hill. New Orleans (29-41) recorded 31 assists.
Towns led all scorers with 33 points, but Minnesota (28-41) lost for the fourth time in five games.
Crawford nailed back-to-back 3-pointers within 30 seconds to give the Pelicans a 94-86 lead and added a fall-away 15-foot baseline jumper to make it 96-88. Crawford made eight of his first 11 shots.
Davis and Holiday scored 10 points each and Cousins and Hill had seven apiece as the Pelicans scored 40 third-quarter points to take an 88-84 lead. New Orleans shot 71.4 percent in the period (15 of 21), as Davis and Cousins worked well off each other.
Cousins showed his passing ability with a soft lob from the free throw line to Davis down low, and Davis converted the easy layup in the first quarter.
But it was Minnesota showing how to share the basketball. The Timberwolves had 13 assists on 14 made field goals in the first quarter to propel them to a 34-28 lead.
The Wolves shot 65 percent in the first quarter (13 of 20), with Towns accounting for 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting.
Towns continued his offensive surge in the second quarter, making 7 of 10 shots, and Minnesota extended its lead to 50-37.
But New Orleans closed the second period with an 11-4 run to cut the halftime deficit to 54-48. Towns led Minnesota with 16 first-half points and Andrew Wiggins had 10. The Timberwolves shot 53.6 percent for the half.
The Pelicans were paced by Davis, who had 10 points and nine rebounds, and Crawford, who had seven points off the bench.
NOTES: The Timberwolves were on the verge of signing free agent F Omri Casspi, who was part of the trade that brought DeMarcus Cousins to New Orleans. Casspi broke his thumb in his first game with the Pelicans on Feb. 23. The Pelicans expected Casspi to miss six weeks with the injury, prompting them to waive Casspi to fill a depleted roster. Coincidentally, Casspi is exactly what the Pelicans need -- an outside shooter -- and now he appears headed to Minnesota. "We're talking to him and hopefully we'll know shortly," said Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau. Asked if he had dinner with Casspi on Saturday night, Thibodeau said, "It's possible. We had a meeting." ... The Pelicans signed former Duke G Quinn Cook, the MVP of the NBA Development League All-Star Game, to a 10-day contract. He played one scoreless minute. ... New Orleans' Tim Frazier started at point guard, his 24th start of the season. He had three points and eight assists.


Three City Council seats will be open in the 2019 Draper City Municipal Election. Each Council seat is at-large for a 4-year term.
September 20, 2019: Ballots are transmitted to overseas and military (UOCAVA) voters.
October 7, 2019: Last day to mail a paper voter registration form.
October 15, 2019 – October 22, 2019: Mail ballots are sent to voters.
October 22, 2019: In-person early voting begins. Voters may register to vote with a provisional ballot at an early polling location. Early voting may not be available in certain municipalities.
October 29, 2019: Last day to request a mail ballot and register to vote online or at the county clerk’s office.
November 1, 2019: In-person early voting ends in some jurisdictions, but your jurisdiction may extend the early voting period until November 4th. Check with your municipal clerk or recorder for more information.
November 5, 2019: Municipal General Election. Voters may register to vote with a provisional ballot at a polling location.


Erie Aerial Advertising: First Flying Billboards are Launching in Erie
Business owners and marketing agencies in Erie, Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to reach new heights with their advertising by adding flying billboards, signs, and letter banners to their next campaign.
Erie, Pennsylvania August 2023 – This year, airplane banner towing will give you a reason to look up. Erie Aerial Advertising now offers aerial banners, flying billboards, and airplane signs to all of Erie County. With Erie tourism on the rise, Erie Aerial Advertising owners Doug and Brandy Rekitt saw advertising potential in Erie’s open skies. Aerial advertising has been a booming industry in many other major tourist cities, and now Erie Aerial Advertising is putting Erie’s flying banner industry on the map.
Business owners Doug and Brandy Rekitt have worked in digital marketing for years, but after spending time on Presque Isle this summer, they wondered why no businesses were advertising in the sky with flying billboards.
“After talking with Fundamentals Flight’s owner, David Benson, we knew we needed to bring aerial advertising to Erie. He brings the aviation expertise and we bring the marketing. Together we’re making a great team.” Erie Aerial Advertising owner Douglas Rekitt shares.
Aerial banners are not exclusive to businesses and advertising agencies- proposals, gender reveals, and personal messages are available with letter banners. There’s something available for every budget. For aerial advertising quotes, contact email@example.com.


Gala Raises ~$225,000 for Bard
VANCOUVER, BC (February 26, 2018) — The Bacchanalia Gala Dinner + Auction kicked off the 40th Vancouver International Wine Festival on February 24 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver with a spectacular evening of wine and food, topped by a thrilling live auction. Live and silent auctions raised $205,000, while the sold-out raffle for two Delta One International Business Class tickets, donated by Delta Air Lines, raised an additional $20,000. Net proceeds of this annual fundraiser benefit charitable partner Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival.
“The Gala was absolutely marvelous and all of us at Bard say a heartfelt thank you to those who attended, and the team that created it,” said Christopher Gaze, artistic director of Bard on the Beach. “The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver provided a truly dramatic and elegant backdrop. The wonderful chair of the Gala, Stephanie Hungerford, along with MC Chris Gailus of Global BC, made sure the night was great fun. It was everything a successful Gala should be – full of laughter, excitement, superb wines and an exquisite gourmet menu. The funds raised will do remarkable things for our Bard Education programs and I’m so thrilled that this generous support will help us reach thousands of young people across British Columbia.”
The sold-out gala began with a sparkling Cava reception and an opportunity to bid on a fantastic range of wines in the One Bid auction. Following the reception, guests savoured nine spectacular wines paired with five inventive courses created by the Fairmont’s executive chef, Cameron Ballendine, that took guests on a culinary journey to the Iberian Peninsula.
Throughout dinner, guests were able to place their bids using electronic tablets on silent auction lots of unique and rare wines, while Master of Ceremonies Chris Gailus kept the evening flowing. During the dinner, Jana Maclagan, past Gala chair, hosted the exciting Live Auction, which featured once-in-a-lifetime wine lots and spectacular packages.
Live Auction bidding proved so competitive that several lots sold twice, including a dinner for 10 at the Vancouver Club with Christopher Gaze and members of the Bard Company for $6,000 each; and the Sip & Savour weekend in the Okanagan at Vanessa Vineyard and Spirit Ridge Resort for $9,000 and $8,000. A last-minute donation from the floor of a private jet to a Seattle Seahawks game plus dinner for two went for $6,500, while Whistler’s Bearfoot Bistro stepped up with a Champagne and Caviar dinner for 10 that raised more than $10,000. In total, the live and silent auctions raised nearly $205,000. The sold-out raffle for two Delta One International Business Class tickets, donated by Delta Air Lines, raised an additional $20,000.
“The energy at Saturday’s Bacchanalia Gala was nothing short of exhilarating,” said Stephanie Hungerford, chair of the Bacchanalia Gala committee. “The fantastic partnership between the Vancouver International Wine Festival and Bard on the Beach is rare and wonderful. Together, the two organizations help raise money for Bard’s educational programs, which I believe would make Shakespeare and Bacchus very proud!”
Net proceeds from the 2018 festival, contributed to Bard on the Beach, will be announced at VIWF’s fiscal year-end and in conjunction with the opening of the Bard on the Beach season in June. The 2019 Bacchanalia Gala is scheduled for Saturday, February 23, 2019.
Bacchanalia Gala Dinner Wines:
Juvé y Camps Reserva de la Familia Brut Nature Cava 2014, Penedès, Spain
Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2016, California, USA
Jean-Luc Colombo Amour de Dieu Condrieu 2016, Rhône Valley, France
François Martenot Chartron et Trébuchet La Chapelle Pouilly-Fuissé 2016, Burgundy, France
La Crema Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir 2015, Oregon, USA
Vivanco Colección 4 Varietales Rioja 2014, La Rioja, Spain
Suvla Single Vineyard Bozokbag Reserve Syrah 2011, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard Fortuna Terrae Malbec 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
Bodegas Tridente Rejón Tempranillo 2014, Castilla y León, Spain
Graham’s 20 Year Old Tawny Port, Douro, Portugal
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Completed One Year Ahead Of Schedule And More Than 40% Under Budget
The NYC Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced on August 24 an upgrade to a key bike lane link near Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn which connects Canarsie to the Gateway National Recreation Area, Jamaica Bay, and the Rockaways.
The $1.9 million project to build the new section of grade-separated, two-way bike lanes on Shore Parkway was managed by DDC for DOT and was completed one year ahead of schedule and more than $1.45 million under budget. Funding was provided by DOT and NYS Homes and Community Renewal’s Office of Resilient Homes and Communities.
“Every neighborhood deserves safe cycling infrastructure. This project completes a critical missing link for riders accessing the Jamaica Bay and will enhance safety along this stretch of Shore Parkway for everyone, including cyclists, drivers and pedestrians,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. “We thank DDC for their efforts to complete this project ahead of time and under budget.”
“This is a tremendous safety upgrade for bicyclists who have to negotiate the Belt Parkway exit ramps and the traffic circle at Canarsie Pier in order to access Jamaica Bay,” said NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley. “DDC’s in-house project management team saw an opportunity to complete this project in half the time and with substantial cost savings, did their due diligence and made it happen.”
The project, known as the Canarsie Pier Connector, provides direct access to Jamaica Bay by linking the existing bike network to the Canarsie Pier entrance to the Jamaica Bay Greenway. This Greenway construction builds out a missing segment of the existing bike network connecting the Canarsie neighborhood to Canarsie Pier and Gateway National Recreation Area and is key to providing alternatives to car travel for the neighborhood. The Canarsie Pier Connector also contributes to the long-term integrity of the regionally significant Jamaica Bay Greenway by providing upland connections to the surrounding, densely populated neighborhoods of Canarsie, Paerdegat Basin and Flatlands.
Work began in June 2022 and concluded June 30, 2023, a full year ahead of schedule after a value engineering study by DDC convinced the two City agencies to perform the work during day time instead of overnight. In total, more than 1,000 feet of curbs and 12,000 square feet of sidewalks were replaced or newly installed. Eight old pedestrian ramps were upgraded and five new ADA-compliant ramps were installed while six trees were also added to the area. Nine new catch basins were installed to improve drainage and two fire hydrants were replaced with new ones.
NYS Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner Ruthanne Visnauskas said, “Families near Canarsie and Jamaica Bay are now better protected from flooding and better connected to one another thanks to this important project that improves drainage and updates street safety. We are proud to work with our partners to build more resilient communities.”
“It’s exciting to see more New Yorkers connected to the Brooklyn Greenway! Greenways are valuable community resources for recreation, active transportation, and non-motor vehicle access to open spaces like the Jamaica Bay waterfront,” said Hunter Armstrong, the Executive Director of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative. “We’re pleased to see NYC DOT and NYC DDC committed to finishing projects like the Canarsie Pier Connector to rectify the limited access to the Greenway from adjacent neighborhoods like Canarsie.”
“The completion of the Canarsie Pier Connector is a game changer that will increase the number of cyclists, which is good for the environment and the health of New Yorkers,” said Ken Podziba, President and CEO of Bike New York. “We thank DOT and DDC for making this critical connection a reality and doing so ahead of schedule and under budget.”


Through the PERCUACTION Awards our organization fosters the important component of acknowledging the life-time accomplishments of percussion luminaries around the world, in the fields of performance, industry and education; thus honoring exceptional humans that using rhythm as a tool, have benefited millions of people and ultimately created out of our world a better place to exist.
The presentation of the awards started in 2012 and so far have recognized the life-time misions and work made by the greats:
TRILOK GURTU - 2019 PERCUACTION Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Our organization is proud to officially announce that the 2019 PERCUACTION Lifetime Achievement Award, will be given to Indian Master Percussionist TRILOK GURTU, who will now join the group of percussion luminaries that have been awarded with our highest recognition.
The 8th version of the Life Time Achievement Award will be presented to Mr. GURTU by Tupac Mantilla in GERMANY, as part of Mr. Gurtu's ongoing tour with the Jan Garbarek Group.
Mr. Gurtu's name will then be added to our prestigious list of award recipients that includes: Jose Luis Quintana 'Changuito',
Reinhard Flatischler, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Remo Belli, Zakir Hussain, Keiko Abe and Keith Terry.
Congratulations Mr. TRILOK GURTU!
The PERCUACTION Team
Click HERE to access the official Press Release.


Welcome to Minderoo's 2016 Annual Report and thank you for your interest in our work. Please see our highlights below and use the arrows to learn more about each initiative or download the full annual report. The Minderoo Team
39 leaders from 19 faiths have now signed the Joint Declaration of Religious Leaders Against Modern Slavery.
The Freedom Fund have liberated almost 9,000 people from slavery and positively impacted 200,000 lives.
5,000 Indigenous people have secured long term employment through GenerationOne's VTEC program.
Trials of the Healthy Welfare Card are significantly reducing the harm caused by drug and alcohol abuse in both Ceduna and the East Kimberley.
Students at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts have worked intensely with 22 visiting artists.
Over 50 arts, culture and community organisations were supported by Minderoo this year.
10 PhD candidates awarded scholarships at Western Australian universities.
$20 million was committed by the Australian Government to enhance 13 place-based models of early childhood service delivery.


Llanelly House has really captured the imagination and support of the local community. With the success of the Open Doors tours in September, Llanelly House team have opened the doors once again to the public for Thursday Tours.
The weekly tours between November2010 and January 2011, have been such a success that they are fully booked – however a Reserve list has been established just in case there are any cancellations. Lisa Bancroft, Development Manager of Llanelly House project said, ‘I’m absolutely delighted at the response of the public for this magnificent project. It is a joy to take people around the house, we are learning new information from the public all the time – it’s a fascinating tour’. She continued, ‘to date we have escorted approx 130 members of the public around the House between September & December and will take approx a further 40 around the House in the New Year’.


New Houston Law Firm Will Serve Oil Pipeline Industry
HOUSTON (August 1, 2013) – Eight energy regulatory attorneys announced today the formation of Caldwell Boudreaux Lefler PLLC, a new Houston-based law firm focused on serving the oil pipeline industry.
The new firm has one of the largest oil pipeline regulatory practices in the United States and will provide regulatory counseling, handle administrative litigation before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and various state commissions, and advise in pipeline transactions and development projects. The group was previously with Vinson & Elkins.
CBL brings together attorneys with a wealth of energy regulatory experience and will maintain a strong relationship with V&E, continuing to provide regulatory assistance to V&E’s preeminent energy practice and clients.
“After many satisfying years practicing with Vinson & Elkins, we are excited to establish our own firm and can combine the nimbleness of a small firm with our extensive regulatory experience to the benefit of our pipeline clients,” said CBL Partner Michelle Boudreaux.
In continuing to represent a large group of major liquids pipeline companies, CBL will rely upon its deep bench of highly experienced regulatory attorneys.
Partner Charles Caldwell has handled numerous complex oil pipeline matters before FERC and federal appellate courts and has been consistently recognized among the top energy regulatory attorneys nationally by publications such as Chambers USA, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers in America. With wide transactional and administrative litigation experience, Partner Michelle Boudreaux has been instrumental in assisting clients in developing major frontier liquids pipeline projects in every major shale area in the United States. Partner Dean Lefler brings more than 20 years of experience in helping clients steer through federal and state regulatory schemes, whether a client is establishing rates, acquiring assets, or developing a project. Partner Bert Tabor has a long history in the oil pipeline industry, affording him wide recognition as a senior statesman of the oil pipeline bar. Joining Boudreaux, Caldwell, Lefler and Tabor will be Amy Hoff, Elizabeth Kohlhausen, John Robinson and Debbie Repman.
“All of these attorneys have been our friends and colleagues for many years, and we wish them well in their new firm,” V&E Chairman Mark Kelly said. “We are pleased that we will continue to work closely with them to provide outstanding service to our energy clients.”


Cook the Book: Sababa
Sababa was one of the most exciting releases of 2019! Adeena Sussman, acclaimed chef and cookbook author, shares dishes in Sababa that are inspired by the bustling stalls of her local market – the Shuk Hacarmel – and the local Israeli food culture that surrounds her at home in Tel Aviv. The recipes of her cookbook will bring the bright flavors of Israel cuisine into your kitchen, while teaching you to use Israeli staples like tahini, sumac, silan (date syrup), harissa, and za’atar.
The Wandering Chew hosted a cooking demonstration and tasting of dishes from Sababa on November 28th.


Σύμφωνα με τις πρώτες πληροφορίες από την Deutsche Welle, δύο άνθρωποι έχασαν τη ζωή τους σε σιδηροδρομικό δυστύχημαπου συνέβη στη Γερμανία -και συγκεκριμένα κοντά στην Κολωνία. Το τρένο φέρεται να έπεσε πάνω σε εργαζόμενους που έκαναν εργασίες στις ράγες στην πόλη Huerth. Στο σημείο βρέθηκαν αστυνομία και ψυχολόγοι, ενώ τα δρομολογία έχουν σταματήσει.
Train crashes into group of people, killing two near Cologne
Two people died after a train crashed into a group of people near the western German city of Cologne, police have said.
Two people have been killed in a train crash close to the German city of Cologne, federal police said on Thursday.
An intercity (IC) passenger train is believed to have hit a group of rail workers, according to the primary investigation.
Regional newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger reported that workers were crossing the tracks in the town of Hürth when they were hit by a high-speed train.
The incident took place in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. A spokesperson for the local police said that the train had been heading from Cologne to the city of Koblenz.
Several people were also reportedly injured, but police could not give an exact number.
Fire service rescue teams were handling the injured.
Care was also being offered to the passengers on the train who have not been allowed to leave the train, according to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.
The local paper also reported that besides the large contingent of police, 10 ambulances, four emergency doctors and 35 fire brigade personnel were also on the scene.
The line between Hürth-Kalscheuren station and the town of Brühl has been closed.
More to come soon on this breaking news story
ab/sms (dpa, AFP)


On February 2nd, 2020, the Project C:CHANGE team of changemakers from all over the world successfully summited Uhuru Peak – Mt Kilimanjaro’s peak at 5985m above sea level – at 1005am. To complete the 8-day charity climb the team faced one of the wettest weeks on record, braving torrential rain every day and snowstorms on the summit climb.This brave endeavor took months of preparation and kick starts the fundraising campaign to raise $150K USD overall by the end of March 2020 to protect and restore irreplaceable biodiversity and wildlife for the future.
Help save our wildlife and forests
Project C:CHANGE primarily raises funds to aid local charities working on the ground in Africa. Their work is essential in protecting endangered animal species, particularly elephants, rhinos, and big cats.
Project C:CHANGE is a social enterprise and media platform founded by Sean Lee-Davies, dedicated to generating awareness in China and Asia about global environmental degradation, climate change and conservation through the power of celebrity.
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Musique Electronique returns July 14 and 15.
Musique Electronique, the electronic stage at the annual Fete De Marquette in Madison’s Central Park, has had a track record these past few years of punching above its weight with impressive and tasteful bookings, including last year’s one-two of Kid Koala’s live turntable antics and Stacey Pullen’s shimmering techno. The streak continues this year, with Kevin Saunderson, one of Detroit techno’s foundational artists, headlining the tent, and New York producer Octo Octa, playing behind her new album, Where Are We Going?
The schedule for Musique Electronique is a bit different this year. Usually it involves two nights at the Fete itself, each night continuing with a ticketed after-show at the High Noon Saloon. This time, there’s just one night at the Fete, on Saturday, July 15. But there are still two nights at the High Noon, on Friday, July 14 and on Saturday. Octo Octa will headline the Friday High Noon after-show, and Saunderson will play an extended set at the Saturday after-show. Personally I’m most excited about Octo Octa, real name Maya Bouldry-Morrison. I first heard her work on 2013’s Between Two Selves, which takes a disarmingly tender, if still rhythmic and propulsive, approach to house and techno.
Also in the lineup are veteran Chicago DJ Justin Long and Miles Maeda, Madison-based DJs Glynis and Jared Perez, and Madison-based producer Golden Donna (aka Joel Shanahan, who is a Tone Madison contributor). We’ll have more coverage of the event this summer.


Yes, opting out is a free option
Businesses using SMSes as a marketing tool should be wary of charging customers for “opting out” of their SMS notification services.
Bulk SMS service provider SMSPortal says the Consumer Protection Act is often disregarded by businesses and service providers who charge customers a fee for cancelling subscriptions to mobile marketing or pre-emptively blocking mobile marketing on their phones.
[Reverse-billing cancelled mobile marketing subscriptions] will soon be widespread practice, I imagine,” said SMSPortal CEO Charles Stretch.
It is not only ethical business practice but it is a CPA requirement, and when consumers are more aware of being charged to opt out of unwanted SMSes, sometimes without even subscribing in the first place, there will be pressure from consumers on businesses to have the charge reversed,” he said.
In terms of the reverse-billing scheme, the mobile network will bill the cost of an “opt-out” SMS to SMSPortal, which then forwards that charge to the advertiser.
According to the CPA, opting out of mobile marketing schemes is supposed to be free,” said Vodacom spokesman Richard Boorman. “However, if you subscribe to a service, let’s say a daily horoscope, you will generally pay to opt out because you’ve already signed up for the service.”
SMSPortal belongs to the Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association, which “aims to regulate the wireless network industry, manage the public’s complaints and consumer rights,” said Stretch. The association recently updated its code of conduct, forbidding members from charging consumers a fee for opt-out requests or pre-emptive blocks.
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What the Blockchain Could Mean for Democracy in the Digital Age
Blockchain Trust Accelerator co-founder, Daniel Swislow, talks to Medium about the Blockchain Trust Accelerator:
On Monday, the National Democratic Institute joined the Bitfury Group and New America to launch the Blockchain Trust Accelerator, which will work to connect governments with the technologists and resources needed to pilot blockchain applications aimed at enhancing good governance.
The blockchain — which is, briefly put, an incorruptible public ledger made up of data that is stored decentrally, entirely distributed and interconnected (watch this video from our friends at Institute for the Future for a very quick, simple explanation) — is most well known for being the underlying software that was invented to enable the Bitcoin digital currency. While the future of the blockchain is still being written, it’s likely that some primary uses will not even be for currency or financial technology.
Blockchains offer the opportunity to securely record transfers of any type of asset. For democratic institutions, fundamental assets like identity, votes or social services can be captured securely and permanently. Pilot uses of blockchain software that are focused on strengthening democratic accountability are already being implemented around the world. The first initiative of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator was announced in the Republic of Georgia in April, where the government is working with BitFury to create a blockchain-powered land title database.


APWA recognizes the Center at District56 in Elk Grove for its outstanding design and partnerships
We are excited to share the news that the American Public Works Association’s Sacramento Chapter has honored the Center at District56 with a Project of the Year Award. The jury commended the “excellent management, administration, design, sustainability, construction and community relations, as well as the strong alliance among the managing agency and the designer, contractor and construction management team who worked together to complete this project.”
This joint community and senior center is the result of a remarkable partnership between the City of Elk Grove, Cosumnes Community Services District, Senior Center of Elk Grove (a non-profit senior center operator), American Legion Post 233, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Marine Corps League. Thanks to extensive community outreach, our design carefully balances the needs of different users and provides welcoming, multipurpose spaces for community programs and event rentals. As a result, the Center is brimming with activity: seniors quilt, sing karaoke, and play Mahjong alongside veteran meetings, civic classes for teens, multicultural festival events, and private celebrations. To top it off, the Center is certified LEED-NC Gold and is designed to be zero net energy with eco-friendly materials, on-site renewable energy production, and more.


The once popular Finish company, Nokia is suffering from a decline in the usage of its products, after the smartphones have invaded the market. The company which is well known for its mobile phone and portable IT devices has strong rivals who have a complete control over the market. Apple and Samsung compete tough with Nokia and the Finnish company is all set to face its rivals in the United States. As a result, it has joined hands with Verizon Wireless to introduce Nokia Lumia 822 in the country. When judged based on unit sales, Nokia stands the second largest mobile phone manufacturer in 2012.
This autumn is going to be a special season for Nokia fans because Lumia 822 is expected to be around. Many still love Nokia products because they are flexible and comfortable to use. They do not require the delicate touch and handling which is highly impossible in today’s competing world. Nokia phones generally deliver an unmatched performance in terms of battery life, software and hardware. Although, camera and other related features are not at its best, Nokia phones satisfy the basic requirements.
Nokia has announced that Lumia 822 will run on the latest operating system Windows 8 and includes an 8 megapixel camera which is featured with Carl Zeiss optics. The phone also has a front facing camera with 1.2 megapixels which is great for video conferencing. Nokia promises a unique design with enhanced camera, music streaming at no cost and world class maps. The 4.3 inch display as pronounced by the company might seem small when compared to other smartphone’s in the market. The company also announced that the phone is enabled with wireless charging. The exact price of this phone and the date when the sale begins remains a secret. The phone comes with exchangeable shells that can be customized. Lumia 822 is well equipped with Nokia Drive++ and voice navigation that guides at all times.
AT&T, one of the pioneers in telecommunication industry will start selling Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 phones by the first or second week of November. Keeping this in mind, is Verizon Wireless waiting for the holiday season to launch its new product? The secretive answer to this question is still unanswered by both Verizon Wireless and Nokia. But still, there are several talks rumored around the product.
Nokia Americas President, Olivier Puech mentioned that Verizon Wireless provides a wonderful opportunity to serve the customers in U.S with the award winning Lumia 822 phones. Fans of Nokia, first time smartphone customers and those who are ready to switch will definitely enjoy high quality performance because they can take advantage in the benefits of the super fast 4G LTE connection with Verizon Wireless.
Nokia phones initially ran on Symbian and only from 2011, Nokia has partnered with Microsoft Windows and incorporated Windows operating systems for all its phones. The first Windows phone handset was unveiled by Nokia in 2011 bearing the names Lumia 710 and Lumia 800. Both these phones performed fairly well at the market and the future holds the success to Lumia 822.
The Lumia series is the only hope that will bring Nokia back on track. Nokia is currently in a bad shape and experts suggest that Nokia has to show some mind-blowing turnover in the next few months to survive in this industry and to compete with the other giants. What do you like to say about Nokia Lumia 822? Feel free to leave yourcomments below.


In an effort to combat the environmental challenges posed by single-use plastics, the Dutch government has taken a significant step by implementing a tax of €0.20 on such items. This move is in compliance with the European Union’s Regulation on single-use plastics (EU Richtlijn 4.NL besluit 8B) and seeks to discourage the usage of these harmful materials while encouraging the adoption of more sustainable alternatives.
The Impact of Single-Use Plastics
Single-use plastics have long been recognized as a major contributor to environmental pollution. These items, usually used once and rapidly disposed of, can take hundreds of years to decompose. They often end up in our oceans, causing immense harm to marine life and ecosystems. Recognizing the urgent need to address this issue, the European Union introduced the Single-Use Plastics Directive, which member states like the Netherlands have incorporated into their legislation.
The Dutch Government Takes Action
As of July 1, 2023, the Dutch government has implemented a tax of €0.20 on single-use plastic items. The aim is to discourage their usage by increasing the cost for consumers and businesses. This tax will be levied on items such as plastic bags, cutlery, straws, and cups, among others. By directly targeting these commonly used disposable items, the government hopes to reduce their consumption and encourage individuals and businesses to explore more sustainable alternatives.
Promoting Sustainable Alternatives
The implementation of this tax not only discourages the use of single-use plastics but also promotes the adoption of more sustainable alternatives. The tax revenue collected will be invested in initiatives that facilitate the transition to a greener economy. Funds will be used to support research and development of biodegradable materials, as well as campaigns aimed at raising awareness about the benefits of reusable products.
Encouraging Individual Responsibility
The Dutch government is also actively encouraging citizens to take responsibility for their own environmental impact. By implementing the tax, they are signaling that individuals have a role to play in reducing plastic waste. The tax serves as a reminder that small behavioral changes, such as bringing reusable bags or cups, can make a big difference in preserving our environment.
Inspiring Global Change
The move by the Dutch government aligns with a global trend towards reducing plastic waste and finding sustainable alternatives. As the first country in the European Union to implement such a tax, the Netherlands is setting an example for other nations to follow. By taking a strong stance against single-use plastics, they are encouraging individuals and businesses worldwide to rethink their consumption habits and embrace more sustainable practices.
The implementation of a tax on single-use plastic items by the Dutch government is a significant step towards addressing the environmental impact caused by these materials. By discouraging their use and promoting sustainable alternatives, the government aims to protect our planet’s ecosystems and inspire global change. It is hoped that other countries will take note of the Netherlands’ proactive approach and adopt similar measures to combat the pressing issue of plastic pollution.


Many of you have heard that Hopewell House, the hospice program I helped start 28 years ago, has been slated to close by Legacy Health, which now runs it. They say that changes in Medicare funding have caused it to start losing money.
It has been wonderful to see so many friends and supporters from Portland and beyond come together to help make sure that Hopewell House doesn’t close, and that it will continue to help dying patients and their families in some way.
A group called Friends of Hopewell House has been formed with a page on Facebook, which you can join by clicking HERE. There’s also a petition circulating that tonight has 1,370 signatures! You can sign it, too, by clicking HERE.
Friends of Hopewell House will host a meeting Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Hillsdale Library at 2 p.m. Please join us there.
I’ve heard from so many of you in comments on this blog, but I’m not sure about the best way to contact you. Please email me at email@example.com. Thank you all so much for supporting Hopewell House.


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Over 20 years ago, Linda lost her husband to brain cancer, making her the sole provider and a single mother to her two-year-old son. Through faith, family and friends, she found the strength to continue to succeed, leading her to a life of servant leadership in Pinellas County.
Working with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Linda founded a charitible program that joined business and religious communities to help women trapped in prostitution and drug addiction. Through rehabilitation and training, the group helped these women get back on their feet and find success in life.
Linda earned her business acumen while as a marketing director at Home Shopping Network, where she was part of the team that brought the company over the billion-dollar mark and a public offering.
Linda made the leap to a full-time position in the non-profit sector, working at Eckerd College and helping adults complete their degrees, positioning them for better and higher paying jobs.
Shortly thereafter, Linda answered the call to public service, winning a position on the St. Pete Beach City Commission. As a commissioner, she fought tenaciously to protect the pristine beaches, keep taxes low and give residents more control over development. Linda also pressed for funds to rebuild the town’s crumbling infrastructure and established the first-ever Environmental Stewardship Board. She also won the right for residents to have a say on casino-style gambling in their community.
As a St. Pete Beach commissioner, Linda’s service included representing the city at the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, the Pinellas County School Board, the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Barrier Islands Governmental Council and numerous community planning sessions including New Urban Planning for Sustainable Communities.
Linda is certified by Eckerd College’s Leadership Development Institute and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications from the University of South Florida. Linda and her entrepreneurial husband, Bill Yovic, love sailing, enjoying Florida’s outdoor activities, and you will rarely see them without their three rescued dogs.
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during April and May of every year by franchise teams representing Indian cities. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The title sponsor of the IPL in 2016 was Vivo Electronics, hence the league is officially known as the Vivo Indian Premier League. The current IPL title holders are Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The IPL is the most-attended cricket league in the world and ranks sixth among all sports leagues. In 2010, the IPL became the first sporting event in the world to be broadcast live on YouTube. The brand value of IPL was estimated to be US$ 4.5 billion in 2015 by American Appraisal, A Division of Duff & Phelps. 7 According to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the 2015 IPL season contributed 11.5 billion (US$ 182 million) to the GDP of the Indian economy. 8 According to global valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps, the market value of brand IPL has jumped to $4.16 billion after the 2016 edition, against $3.54 billion in 2015. The 19% jump is despite the fact that the US dollar to Indian rupee currency has depreciated by nearly 10%.
In 2007, the Indian Cricket League was founded, with funding provided by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The ICL (Indian Cricket League) was not recognized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) or the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the BCCI were not pleased with its committee members joining the ICL executive board. To prevent players from joining the ICL, the BCCI increased the prize money in their own domestic tournaments and also imposed lifetime bans on players joining the ICL, which was considered a rebel league by the board. Businessman and cricket executive, Lalit Modi, was tasked by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to start a new Twenty20 league that would rival the Indian Cricket League. In early 2008, the BCCI announced the launch of the Indian Premier League, a new franchise based T20 league, which is among the first of its kind in the cricketing world. The league was based on the Premier League of
England and the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States.
In order to decide the owners for the new league, an auction was held on 24 January 2008 with the total base prices of the franchises costing around $400 million. At the end of the auction, the winning bidders were announced, as well as the cities the teams would be based in: Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mohali, and Mumbai. In the end, the franchises were all sold for a total of $723.59 million. The Indian Cricket League (ICL) soon folded in 2008.
Expansions and terminations
On 21 March 2010, it was announced that two new franchises-- Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala - will join the league before the fourth season in 2011. 16 Sahara Adventure Sports Group bought the Pune franchise for $370 million while Rendezvous Sports World purchased the Kochi franchise for $333.3 million. However, one year later, on 11 November 2011, it was announced that the Kochi Tuskers Kerala side would be terminated following the side breaching the BCCI's terms of conditions. 17 Then, on 14 September 2012, following the team not being able to find new owners, the BCCI announced that the 2009 champions, the Deccan Chargers, would be terminated. 18 The next month, on 25 October, an auction was held to see who would be the owner of the replacement franchise, with Sun TV Network winning the bid for the Hyderabad franchise. 19 The team would be named Sunrisers Hyderabad. On 14 June 2015, it was announced that two-time champions, Chennai Super Kings, and the inaugural season champions, Rajasthan Royals, would be suspended for two seasons following their role in a match-fixing and also betting scandal. Then, on 8 December 2015, following an auction, it was revealed that Pune and Rajkot would replace Chennai and Rajasthan for two seasons. The teams are the Rising Pune Supergiants and the Gujarat Lions.
Presently, with eight teams, each team plays each other twice in a home-and-away round-robin format in the league phase. At the conclusion of the league stage, the top four teams will qualify for the Playoffs. The top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in the first Qualifying match, with the winner going straight to the IPL final and the loser getting another chance to qualify for the IPL final by playing the second Qualifying match. Meanwhile, the third and fourth place teams from league phase play against each other in an eliminator match and the winner from that match will play the loser from the first Qualifying match. The winner of the second Qualifying match will move onto the final to play the winner of the first Qualifying match in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Final match, where the winner will be crowned the Indian Premier League (IPL) champions.
Tournament and salary rules
A team can get players through five ways: The yearly auction, signing domestic players, signing uncapped players, trading players, and signing replacements. In the trading window, a player can only be traded with his consent, with the franchise paying the difference if any between the old and new contract. If the new contract is worth more than the older one, the difference is shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.
A few of the team composition rules are as follows:
- A minimum squad strength of 16 players, one physiotherapist and a coach.
- No more than 10 foreign players on the squad and a maximum of 4 foreign players in the playing XI.
- A minimum of 14 Indian players must be included in each squad.
- A minimum of 6 players from the BCCI under-22 pool should be included in each squad.
IPL games utilise television timeouts and hence there is no time limit in which teams must complete their innings. However, a penalty may be imposed if the umpires find teams misusing this privilege. Each team is given a two-and-a-half-minute "strategic timeout" during each innings; one must be taken by the bowling team between the 6th and 10th overs, and one by the batting team between the 11th and 16th overs.
The overall spending limit for a franchise in the first player auction was US $5 million. Under-22 players are to be remunerated with a minimum annual salary of US$ 20,000, whereas for others the minimum was US$ 50,000
IPL Governing Council
The IPL (INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE) Governing Council is responsible for all the functions of the tournament. The members are Rajeev Shukla, Ajay Shirke, Sourav Ganguly, Anurag Thakur, Anirudh Chaudhary. In Jan 2016, the Supreme Court appointed Lodha Committee to recommend separate governing bodies for the (BCCI) and the Indian Premier League (IPL), where Justice RM Lodha suggested a One State- One Member pattern for the board.
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DALTON, Ga. — A new business in Whitfield County plans to turn 400,000 tons of carpet waste into synthetic crude oil.
“We are very excited to be here,” Brett KenCairn, president of Community Energy Systems, told the Dalton-Whitfield County Joint Development Authority on Wednesday. “When we started looking for waste carpet, all roads pointed to Dalton.”
The Joint Development Authority passed a resolution Wednesday authorizing the company to sell tax-free bonds worth $13 million.
KenCairn said the money will be used to build a facility at the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority and to purchase equipment to extract plastic from the carpet waste and then turn the plastic into crude oil.
The company plans to raise about $10 million through selling bonds and will invest about $2.5 million of its own in the project, he said.
The Georgia division of the business will be known as Clean Energy Conversions and would employ about 20 people. Company officials hope to begin operations by early 2013, KenCairn said.
The company has worked to perfect the extraction process over the past year, he said. “It is a very sophisticated extraction process but we have proved it is viable.”
The authority has about 400,000 tons of carpet waste it has storing since the 1990s, according to Executive Director Norman Barashick.
Once Clean Energy Conversions builds its facility, the authority will provide access to the carpet waste and facilitate transferring incoming waste to the new business.
“We have the largest stockpile of carpet waste in the United States,” Barashick said. “We’ve always believed there would eventually be some sort of value in the waste.”
KenCairn said the facility would launch with the conversion of carpet waste, but eventually would include other plastic waste. The conversion process uses plastic Nos. 3 through 7, which are not easily recyclable.
Elyse Cochran, executive director of the authority, said Dalton has received numerous inquiries from companies interested in recycling the carpet waste, but Clean Energy Conversions has shown it has the technology to move forward.
“We have been very impressed by the company,” Cochran said. “They are established and have proven they have the technology. This will diversify our job base.”


Maximizing returns and minimizing risk investing in Gold Royalties
- Monday June 29th, 1pm-2pm PT
As markets search for stability and aim to get back on track, there is still a lot of fear and a sense of an inevitable crisis following the current pandemic. On our first webinar we discussed the key role gold plays in an investment portfolio as a market hedge. On our next webinar we will discuss a business model within the gold space that may not be known by many investors; Gold Royalties and Streams.
For the last seven years, royalty companies have vastly outperformed the rest of the gold sector:
1. Market capitalization-weighted Index year over year increase. Index includes Franco -Nevada, Wheaton Precious Metals, Royal Gold, Sandstorm Gold, Osisko Gold Royalties, Abitibi Royalties, EMX Royalties, Ely Gold Royalties, Maverix Metals, Metalla
Royalty and streaming companies have become an increasingly popular investment for those looking to gain exposure to the mining sector without the risks associated with directly taking a position in mining companies, as they do not fund ongoing operations, nor are they exposed to pre-production or sustaining capital expenditures.
On June 29th, we invited two expert investors from different sides of the business; Frank Holmes, the head of U.S. Global Investors and Joe Mazumdar, a precious metals analyst and editor of Exploration Insights. Frank shared why he invests in Gold Royalties rather than other models in the gold sector. Joe pointed out the key things he takes into account when evaluating new gold royalty companies to add to his portfolio. Paddy Nicol, President & CEO of Evrim discussed the merger of Evrim and Renaissance Gold and explained what it means to become an organic royalty generator, as well as the potential upside investors can look out for.
The drivers for gold demand; Fear drivers vs. Love drivers
Case study 1 showed the relationship between the current U.S. debt and the Fed’s balance sheet and the comparison to the 2008 Financial Crisis
Case study 2 tracked the gold price since the current pandemic outbreak
Case study 3 showed the shrinking supply of gold worldwide and a comparison to Palladium’s skyrocketing price following a supply deficit since 2014
Frank broke down the royalty model, its attractiveness, a comparison of their performance among gold spot price, NYSE Arca Gold Miner Index and the GDXJ ETF
How U.S. Global’s GOAUX index uses quantitative analysis to pick stocks
The effect of millennials using Robinhood for investing during the pandemic
About our speakers:
Frank Holmes is chief executive and chief investment officer at U.S. Global Investors, which specializes in natural resources and emerging markets investing.
He is a regular commentator on the business television channels CNBC, Bloomberg Television, Fox Business Channel and CNN's Your Money, and he has been profiled by Barron's, Fortune and other publications. As chief investment officer at U.S. Global, Holmes oversees an investment team whose mutual funds have won more than two dozen Lipper Fund Awards and certificates since 2000.
Joe Mazumdar is the editor and analyst of Exploration Insights.
Before becoming a mining market analyst, Joe worked for over a decade as an exploration geologist in different capacities for IAMGOLD, North Minerals, and RTZ in South America, MIM Exploration in Queensland, Australia, and Noranda and others in Western Canada and the Northwest Territories.
CEO & CIO, U.S. Global Investors
Editor & Analyst, Exploration Insights