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Twenty-five years ago, the IRS e-file system became operational nationwide. For the most part, it's been a secure system that protects taxpayers' information, but there have certainly been some bungles -- the latest being the subject of a lawsuit recently filed against the IRS and IRS Commissioner John A. Koskinen.
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Most people think of an estate plan as just a way to specify end-of-life wishes and divvy up personal possessions among heirs. These are both important functions, but a well-written estate plan does more than that. Notably, it can reduce the chances that family and loved ones will end up in a dispute over inheritance rights.
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One tax issue that can be a big one for businesses are deductions. There are a wide range of different deductions that tax law allows businesses to claim. Deduction matters can have a big impact on what a business' overall tax liability is.
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From raising money to help feed hungry children to funding cancer research, many Americans have a certain cause in which they believe and want to support both during their life and after they pass. For these individuals, a charitable remainder trust provides important benefits and tax incentives that help to not only benefit a specific charity and cause, but can also provide a future income stream for oneself, a spouse and surviving heirs.
A basic understanding of business expense deductions: Part II
In our last post, we began a discussion about business expense deductions. If you're a small business owner, you may have struggled with this issue in the past (or are struggling with it right now). Perhaps the most confusing deductions are those involving expenses and property that are put to both business use and personal use.
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If you own a business or are trying to start one, you have probably realized the legal regulations that business owners must abide by are often complex and confusing. Tax compliance alone is complicated enough to make you rethink your decision to be an entrepreneur.


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This post is part of The ABCs of Homeschooling Through the Holidays. It is written by Corine of Books by Corine.
G is ….for games! (I know everyone thought it would be for giving, since I am the author of two books about giving). However, one of my favorite things to do during the holiday is to play games with my family and friends. This year I discovered a new game called Rollick and can't wait to play a Christmas version of this game with my family.
Rollick is also known as Reverse Charades. As you know, in a typical game of charades, one person acts out and the rest of the group guesses who or what they are acting out. In Rollick, it's all reversed – one person guesses while the rest of the team is acting. The thing I love about this game is that even those who do not typically enjoy getting up in front of others and acting can have a terrific time playing Rollick because the spotlight is not exclusively on them. The first few times I played this game, people initially decided not to play. But after a round or two, everyone had joined in on the fun.
While it can sometimes be hard to be the guesser, it is usually not because it's too difficult, but because the guesser is laughing too hard at the crazy things people are doing. Just imagine three different people trying to act out their own interpretation of "rocking around the Christmas tree" or "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer."
In preparation for this game, make a list of Christmas related things/actions/whatever for people to act out (or download this premade list here, I included a few blank space for you to add your own ideas). Cut them up into strips of paper, fold them, and put them all in a big bowl.
Directions: Just like charades, Rollick is pretty simple to play.
- Divide into two teams (if you are playing with a large group 20 or more people, just divide into more teams).
- Decide which team goes first
- Each team selects a guesser
- All other team members act out the clue card for the guesser
- Each team has one minute to guess as many words as possible
- No talking • You can only pass once per round
- Scoring: 1 word guessed correctly = 1 point
- The team with the most points wins
Hint: if you are playing with children too young to read, take the acting child out of the room and explain the words they will be acting out.
Hint 2: the attached list of Christmas suggestions can also be used for Christmas Charades/ Christmas Catchphrase/Win-lose-or-Draw
Do you have any other ideas for Christmas party games? Please leave them in a comment, or leave a link to your blog post about games. I'd love to know more and I'm sure other readers would too!
Corine Hyman is the author of three children book that are designed to help children and adults understand the biblical bases for why Christians do what they do. She currently lives in Baltimore, MD where she has opened her home to children without families by becoming a foster parent. You can learn more about Corine and purchase all her books by visiting:
- Website: www.booksbycorine.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/booksbycorine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Books-by-Corine/1379315925639718


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My day: School teacher Reneliza Llavore
Reneliza Llavore, 47, is a teacher at a public high school in Bacolod, a city of about half a million residents in the central Philippines.
I wake up 04:00 and read the Bible for 30 minutes, then prepare my food. I usually have a heavy breakfast - rice and whatever is available, grilled or fried fish, sometimes pork - and coffee.
Since I was in primary school, I have never been late. I usually arrive at school an hour before my 07:30 class. The first thing I do is listen to the radio, to some music and news, then I go to my classroom.
One class is usually between 45 and 50 students. I teach them maths - I used to teach physics too but not anymore.
Mathematics is 10% theory and 90% practice. That's why I prepare worksheets for the students to do every day.
Most students hate maths. If they cannot pass the exams, I try to design different activities and if their answers are wrong, I let them make collages to help them understand the lesson.
I make them relate maths to their daily lives, so it has practical applications for them. Sometimes I tell them, just practice on your way to school - count the number of leaves, the number of dogs, then add them.
Student dropouts
I teach for five hours a day, but this year it might go up to seven. I also coach the table tennis team and am in charge of the second years.
There are 20 classes of second years with a total of between 800 and 1,000 students, and 32 teachers.
Not all students show up during enrolment in May. Some of them only come when classes start in June, because they need to finish their part-time or summer jobs for financial reasons. Some attend classes until September only and drop out of school.
In the Philippines, public schools are free. They have improved under a current government programme - now there are financial subsidies given to students for their expenses if they meet certain criteria.
My students, usually between the ages of 14 to 15, come from different backgrounds, but most of them are poor.
Some of them grew up in slum areas and come from broken families. If their parents have jobs, they work as pedicab [bicycle taxi] drivers or as porters at the nearby wharf.
Some students have to fend for themselves - their parents abandoned them and they have to work to go to school.
There are students who come without eating their breakfast. There are students who come without sleep. It's because they work at night, usually selling fish.
Our lunch break is at noon and I usually eat in the teachers' room. Sometimes I bring a packed lunch, sometimes I buy food, but it's usually rice, vegetables and fish.
Teaching values
My first job was as an investment consultant at a commodities firm. I decided to change jobs because of my conviction that all things are transitory. I wanted to invest in eternal things, like teaching students values.
I worked as a music co-ordinator in a church for eight years, but then decided to quit because people in church already have values. So I became a teacher - I have been at this school for 10 years. I think I have taught almost 3,000 students since I started.
Sometimes I have to motivate students to stay in school or help the ones who cannot afford to stay. I sometimes lose patience with students but I don't get mad. I just laugh it off or leave the room.
Only about 30% of my students will end up in professional careers. Most of them will end up getting married or pregnant. But I really want them to finish high school.
I make sure they know that if they have problems connected with schooling, financially or otherwise, they can come to me for help.
My family live in Bacolod too. I am the fourth child of seven. My father used to work in a lumber company but it closed. We struggled, but we found different ways to continue our schooling. I got a scholarship when I was in high school and then did a degree.
I finish teaching at 15:00 and then do paperwork. Sometimes, students come to consult me - they tell me how hard maths is. Once I leave, I drop by the mall to unwind and have a snack before going to church.
I like it when students approach me in public - it makes me feel like I'm part of their growth. Seeing my students become better people motivates me.
The student who I remember most was one who graduated high school at the age of 26. He worked hard and did whatever he was asked to do. He had to earn a living in order to finish school, so he sold fish and did carpentry work to earn money for transport and other expenses. Now he works as a security guard.
Once I get home, I watch TV. I go to sleep at about 22:00. As for my future plans, I have no plans to quit teaching until I retire.
Reneliza Llavore was talking to the BBC's Amee Enriquez in Bacolod, Philippines.


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Postgraduate study in Nottingham
Home to the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) this city also boasts other colleges and satisfies most postgraduate requirements, whether in the arts, sciences, business or more vocational and professional studies. Nottingham's medical school forms a part of the Queen's Medical Centre and has a specialist postgraduate education centre.
The University of Nottingham schools consistently rank in the UK top ten, particularly for chemistry, economics, English and nursing. There are specialist centres for postgraduate and research studies for engineering and science; medicine and health sciences; social sciences and arts and two graduate centres besides.
NTU graduates are considered among the most employable in the country, with a number of alumni currently heading international companies. There are acclaimed postgraduate courses in archaeology, art and design, communication, French and law. Drawing on the city's past in fabric production, NTU has nurtured talent in some of the world's best-known fashion designers. Postgraduate studies on offer in this field cover textiles, weave and even tutu making.
Both universities foster and encourage links with entrepreneurs, enterprise and business. A purpose-built centre, known as The Hive, sits on the NTU site, while the University of Nottingham boasts an innovation park.
Nottingham's sports facilities are top flight. The Nottingham University Park campus has a sports centre and plenty of pitches for various sports plus an eight lane, 25 metre swimming pool. NTU has a well-respected rugby union team and 50 sports clubs ranging from archery to wakeboarding. The National Water Sports Centre boasts a 2,000m regatta rowing facility with six lane rowing course, a 700m white water canoe slalom course and a water ski lagoon as well as courses for other water sports. The National Ice Centre has twin Olympic-sized ice rinks and Nottingham Tennis Centre serves leisure players as well as elite sportsmen and women. If you prefer to watch rather than participate; Trent Bridge cricket ground, and the football clubs, Nottingham Forest and Notts County, are also based in the city.
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With good links to industry, there's much more to Nottingham than Robin Hood and Maid Marian, Victorian lace and travelling fairs. Nottingham is an ideal place to live for those who like to escape back to nature, whether their preference is for historic Sherwood Forest or the rolling hills of the nearby Peak District. As well as being known for its vibrant nightlife the city has renowned music, art and theatrical scenes – so boasts a wealth of entertainment options for all tastes and budgets.
Thanks to its past as an affluent industrial city, Nottingham has architecturally appealing housing stock available at much lower cost than the south-east of England. Its 21st century economy spans service industry and tourism employers, such as Capital One, Experian, Specsavers, Speedo, Boots and HM Revenue and Customs, as well as science and engineering companies including Siemens, Rolls Royce and E.ON.


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Step Motor Driver 4.5A / phase, 10V to 45VMicrostepping driver with 1/16-step resolution Drives bipolar and unipolar motors.
- • Built-in Translator
- • Phase Current up to 4.5A
- • Four Stepping Modes: Full, Half, 1/4th, 1/8th, 1/16th
- • Automatic Idle Current Reduction
- • Automatic current decay mode detection/selection
- • Adjustable Mixed current decay mode
- • Synchronous rectification for low power dissipation
- • Fixed Off-Time current regulator for Constant Current operation
- • Internal Under-Voltage-Lock-Out protection
- • Thermal Shutdown protection
- • Thermal Overheat indicator
- • Crossover Current protection
- • Single voltage power supply
- • Large heat sink
- • Easy mounting
This driver features Automatic Idle Current Reduction, that help keep the motor running cooler.
Each time the step pulse stops and motor remains still, the driver will wait 3 seconds and then lower the motor current
to lower value called Idle Current. This Idle Current can be set to anything from 0 to 100% of the motor current.
In real application this Idle Current is set as low as to the point where the motor still producess sufficient Holding Torque to maintain the position.
This way, when the new step pulse arrives, the motor can continue from the same position.
Download User Manual in pdf format : BSD-073 User Manual This driver is optimized for motors with phase current between 1.0A and 4.5A. You can still use it below 1.0A but for lower currents we recomend the BSD-02LH.
Additional Information
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Following stop on my beach road trip through Florida, St Augustine. This coastal city is the oldest, continuously occupied European settlement in the continental United States. It is celebrating its 500th Anniversary at the beginning of April 2013, as 500 years ago Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain in 1513. You can find lots of historic sites, churches and monuments here to keep you busy for a few days. Not to mention the beaches to enjoy the sunshine and relax. St Augustine was among my favorites along the coast as it had a great vibe to it.
What to see?
My first stop was at the neighboring St Augustine Beach. It`s a widely stretched beach perfect for beach walks. At the time I was there (January), it was too cold for sunbathing, but it also meant you had the beach to yourself.
Next up was a climb up the 219 steps to have a beautiful view on top of the St Augustine Lighthouse. Even though there were over 200 steps, it felt like I was doing better this time than at the Pensacola Lighthouse. I think it was because it had little platforms in between to let you catch your breath. There`s lots to be seen here: the Keepers House that is turned into a museum, the lighthouse itself, the garden,… Practical: 9.75 US $/adult* (More info on pricing)
After all this, St Augustine has some lovely historic buildings for you to explore. The highlight for me being, the Flagler College, a private liberal arts college situated in a beautiful building. I took the tour which is given by senior students. The college used to be an exclusive hotel called the Ponce de León Hotel, built by millionaire developer Henry M. Flagler, who was also friends with Thomas Edison. It`s well worth the visit and make sure you have a tour to hear all about the history of Flagler and the building. Practical info on the tours here.
As there is so much to see, taking the Old Town Trolley was an easy way to get everywhere (even though you can walk around too). It`s like a hop-on-hop-off system, where you can get off and visit the attractions and hop on again at one of the 22 stops. A plus is that they offer free parking at the Old Jail Main Depot and Old Town Trolley Welcome Centers when doing a tour. A ticket is valid for 3 days, find more info on prices.
Practical: If you`re looking for a parking spot in St Augustine, there`s a Visitor Center Parking with a 10 US$* flat fee , per entry, open from 7 am to 9 pm.
What else is there to do?
There is so much more to be seen at St Augustine: the Oldest House, Vila Zorayaa Museum, Lightner Museum, Potter`s Wax Museum (America`s First Wax Museum), Castillo de San Marcos, a Pirate Museum (which came recommended by someone else going there with kids) and much more.
Where to stay?
I stayed at the Garden Inn Hilton in St Augustine Beach, which is about 10 minutes` drive from downtown St Augustine . It`s across from the beach (you have to cross the street first though).
Some Fun Facts
- Annual average daily temperature is 70 degrees
- The city is the oldest port in the continental United States
- Treasury Street in St Augustine is the narrowest street in the United States
If you want to read up on Florida, then check out my other stops on this trip at Pensacola, Panama City Beach, Apalachicola and Cedar Key.
*Prices were accurate at time of publishing.
This trip was made possible with the support of Visit Florida. Special thanks to Florida Historic Coast which offered me complimentary entrance to the attractions.


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Police are appealing for information after a 23-year-old man was stabbed in Glasgow's Tollcross Park yesterday evening.
The attack happened at 6.40pm yesterday, when the victim and a 21-year-old were walking along a footpath near the local leisure centre.
The man was taken to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary where medical staff describe his condition as serious but stable.
The 21 year-old was uninjured.
Police, who are treating the case as attempted murder, are appealing for anyone who was in Tollcross Park or Wellshot Road around the time of the incident to get in touch.
Officers are conducting enquiries in the Tollcross area and gathering CCTV footage.
Detective Sergeant John Semple said: "We need to know exactly what has happened and why, and we are still trying to piece together events which led to a man being assaulted.
"We believe the attack took place within Tollcross Park near to Wellshot Road, although both men came out of the park and sought help from a passing motorist.
"If you were in the park or the surrounding area in the early evening last night and saw or heard anything which you think may be related to this attack then please do get in touch with us."
Anyone with any information is asked to call CID officers at Shettleston Police Station via 101, quoting reference number 3524 of 10 June 2017. Alternatively, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be given anonymously.


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Alaska v. Andrus
ELR Citation: 9 ELR 20137
Nos. Nos. 77-3169, -3408, 591 F.2d 537/14 ERC 1299/(9th Cir., 02/22/1979) Aff'd
Affirming the lower court's decision, 7 ELR 20502, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals holds that the failure by the Secretary of the Interior to take action to halt a program by the state of Alaska to kill wolves on federal land in order to protect a caribou herd is not federal action requiring preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Concluding that the district court's judgment was a reviewable "final decision," the court notes that the Ninth Circuit has not been receptive to arguments that EISs must accompany inaction, actions that are only marginally federal, or actions where federal funding is not present. Previous cases in which ths circuit has refused to find a "major Federal action" that would trigger NEPA's EIS requirement demand the same result in this case, which involves the nonexercise of federal supervisory power. The court does not reach the substantive issue of the scope of the Secretary's authority to supersede the state in managing wildlife on federal lands because that question does not presently affect the rights of the parties.
Counsel for Appellants
William T. Council, Ass't Attorney General
Department of Law, Pouch K, Juneau AK 99801
(907) 465-3600
Counsel for Appellee
John E. Lindskold
Land and Natural Resources Division
Department of Justice, Washington DC 20530
(202) 633-2206
Counsel for Intervenors Defenders of Wildlife and Natural Resources Defense Council
Karin P. Sheldon
Sheldon, Harmon & Roisman
1025 15th St. NW, Washington DC 20005
(202) 833-9070
Before WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON*, District Judge.


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Milano is connected with high-velocity trains from Stazione Centrale (Central station) and Porta Garibaldi to Turin, Florence, Bologna and Rome (3 hours).
For more information:
public transport system: ATM
underground network and urban railway system and city center maps
Rooms of various categories at a favorable price have been optioned by the conference secretariat in several hotels near the central station for the participants.
Here you can find al list of this hotels.
Hostels in Milano
Other hotels. You can also check on www.booking.com or www.trivago.it for better offer
Provide hospitality to other students
Students of the University of Milan (bachelor's degree, master and PhD) can accommodate students from other Italian and foreign universities attending EFUF. Provide your name to the organization (firstname.lastname@example.com) that will signal the possibility of hosting a colleague from another university. This is an important opportunity for sharing experiences and getting in contact with other universities.


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I have been talking (or typing) a lot about Al Goldstein in the last few weeks and was pleasantly surprised when I came across this.
I only hope he is included in some debates because it would make them almost watchable!
Vote Goldstein in 08……………..Not sure I would vote for him but he would definitely make things fun!


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Work Permit Extension
A way to apply from within Sweden with my Sambo.
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A way to apply from within Sweden with my Sambo.
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Hello there.
Two years ago my sambo started studying at Uppsala university, so she applied for the studying permit, added me as a family member, I received a working permit and found a job, we repeated this process again on year ago.
Now, for this year, I applied for a work extension adding her as my family member, I still have the same job. My employer helped me starting the petition. My sambo already finished her studies and found a job.
Today I received a call from migration and they said that we have to leave Sweden and apply from outside the country or I have to mention if I have special reasons to do it from here.
Does any of you know what would be the best way to get our permits without having to leave the country?
We already have a good life here, we rent a nice place with all our stuff there, we have good friends, we are well cared and respected by our respective employers, we pay taxes, etc. It would be really bad for us to leave under this circumstances.
What are your suggestions on what would be the best way to approach this matter?
Thank you!
29.Aug.2019, 06:18 AM
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An exception can be made if you have a child in Sweden.
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The athletic department is excited to welcome your family into our Jenison Wildcat family. We take seriously the experience your family will have here at Jenison High School. As an Athletic Department we are committed to making sure our coaches have the proper training and knowledge in their particular sport.
With over 50 teams represented your athlete will be coached by qualified adults in their field who possess several diverse coaching styles and methods. Although styles may vary, all of our coaches maintain the same goal and that is to help your child develop as a positive young adult, understand the value of team work and be a humble person in victory and respectful in defeat.


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Iris van Herpen (Dutch, born 1984), Hybrid Holism, Dress, July 2012. In collaboration with Julia Koerner and Materialise. 3-D-printed UV-curable polymer. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase supported by the Friends of Iris, 2015.170. Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios.
SUPRASTUDIO lecturer Julia Koerner's work in collaboration with Iris van Herpen Hypbrid Holism, Dress and Biopiracy, Dress are included in the exhibition "Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion" features one-of-a-kind haute couture—acclaimed for its combination of traditional craftsmanship and futuristic, innovative techniques—and includes some of the world's first examples of 3D-printed fashion. The exhibition is co-organized with the Groninger Museum (the Netherlands) and debuted at the High, where it will be on view from Nov. 7, 2015, through May 15, 2016, before continuing on a North American tour.
Iris van Herpen (Dutch, born 1984), Biopiracy, Dress, March 2014. In collaboration with Julia Koerner and Materialise. 3-D-printed thermoplastic polyurethane 92A-1 with silicone coating. Collection of Phoenix Art Museum. Gift of Arizona Costume Institute. Photo by Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios.


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So I'm home now for the summer, thus the lack in recent blogging activity. I've slept in lots and eating lots and done lots of nothing. It's fun. Well, there have been job interviews, but no actual jobs yet, so it still counts as lazy time.
Um… I don't really have anything to say. Oh, yeah, something funny I read. Sarah, the co-editor of the Rothesay High Yearbook this year (my sister is the other co-editor you see, which is how I heard this), apparently called their tech support line once and it went something like this:
"Rothesay…. no, ROTHesay. W-… no, wait… R-O-…"
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Top 10 Things to Know About the Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was a mass murder committed by the Hutu majority on Tutsi and Hutu minorities. In about 100 days in the spring and summer of 1994, anywhere from half a million to a million Rwandans were killed in a genocide led by the Akazu, the Hutu extremist leadership. Their goal was simple: a Rwanda with zero Tutsi.
Centuries ago, Hutus and Tutsi were divided by class and clan rather than ethnicity. Hutus were generally peasant farmers, whereas Tutsi were cattle owners. Cattle ownership allowed Tutsi to become wealthy and politically powerful. When Europeans, specifically Belgians, came to Africa, they worked with Tutsi to institutionalize the divide: Hutus were deemed the lesser ethnicity based on facial structure and height. Aided by Belgian missionaries, the Tutsi forced Hutus to work but denied them governmental positions and higher education.
By the 1950s, Hutus' resentment and anger boiled over in social revolution. Hutus, the majority, won all arranged elections and the oppressed became the oppressors. Tutsi, the fallen elite, fled Rwanda in droves. Over the next ten years, more than 20,000 Tutsi were slaughtered. When Tutsi exiles formed the RPF (the Rwandan Patriotic Front), the Hutu government responded with what would become the Rwandan Civil War. Anti-Tutsi propaganda by the Hutu Power Movement fueled designated murder campaigns of the Tutsi. When the country's first Hutu president was assassinated, the belief that Tutsi were the enemy increased and the idea of a "final solution" emerged more strongly. Later, when an airplane carrying the next president was shot down, the divide between Hutus and Tutsi became even more heated, opening the stage for a full-scale genocide of the Tutsi people.
How could something like this happen, as recently as two decades ago? And what can be learned from it? Here are the top ten things you need to know about the Rwandan Genocide.
It All Started Hours After A Mysterious Plane Crash.
On April 6, 1992, a plane carrying the Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Hutu President of Burundi Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down in Kigali by a rocket attack. There were no survivors. While the true shooters have not been definitively discovered, both RPF and Hutu extremists were accused. The Rwandan government claimed Hutu extremists were the culprits. Regardless of who committed the crime, many would argue that this tragedy was the catalyst that led to outright genocide.
Less than half an hour after the plane crash, members of the presidential guard began shooting down Tutsi civilians outside the airport. Roadblocks put in place by Hutu militias served to identify Tutsi and even moderate Hutus who were then systematically slaughtered. The militias, known as the Interahamwe (meaning "Those Who Attack Together") and the Impuzamugambi (meaning "Those Who Have the Same Goal"), were aided by the Rwandan armed forces in the killings.
The next day, the racist radio station Radio Television Libre Des Mille Collines (RTLM) claimed the RPF had shot down the plane and that Tutsi "cockroaches" must be "eliminated."
Two days later, the killings of numerous moderate Hutus and Tutsi, including political leaders, opened the door for extremist Hutu Power leaders to take control of the government and military.
The World Didn't Listen.
The international response to such atrocities was remarkably weak and disappointing.
Ten Belgian soldiers with UNAMIR, a UN peacekeeping operation, were tortured and murdered shortly after the plane crash. Because of this, Belgium withdrew troops. On April 8, General Romeo Dallaire asked to double his UNAMIR force to 5,000, but he was told not to intervene. The few UNAMIR troops positioned in Rwanda had to watch as people were killed in the streets, ordered not to help. By then, around 8,000 people had been murdered already. France and Belgium saved French and Belgian people via airlift in Rwanda but helped no Rwandans.
A week later, around 64,000 people had been murdered. Ninety percent of peacekeepers were withdrawn by the U.S. and UN Security Council, despite the Human Rights Watch's call to deem the situation a genocide, which would require an official UN intervention. By April 21, less than 300 soldiers were present in Rwanda for UNAMIR. Of all UN members, only Czech Republic, New Zealand, and Nigeria voted for intervention in Rwanda.
When asked if the conflict in Rwanda was genocide, State Department woman Christine Shelley said, "the use of the term 'genocide' has a very precise legal meaning, although it's not strictly a legal determination. There are other factors in there in well." In other words, she evaded the question entirely.
Kofi Annan, head of UN peacekeeping, lamented, "Here we are watching people being deprived of the most fundamental of rights, the right to life, and yet we seem a bit helpless…"
In late June, the UN Security Council approved an independent French mission with 3,000 soldiers. By then, though, over 600,000 people had already been murdered.
By the end of July, anywhere from 800,000 to a million people could have lost their lives in what would come to be known as, without a doubt, a genocide.
It Happened Extremely Fast.
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A brief history of the worst recorded genocides is as follows: Anywhere from 5 to 22 million people were killed in the Congo over a period of 23 years from 1885 to 1908 under Leopold II. Anywhere from 4 to 26 million people were killed during the Holocaust over a period of 12 years. Japanese war crimes during World War II resulted in 3 to 10 million deaths. In other words, most major genocides took place over a number of years.
The Rwandan Genocide, on the other hand, took anywhere from half a million to a million lives in only 100 days from April to July 1994. Militias killed Tutsi with machetes, grenades, and rifles. They also bulldozed and blew up the churches where Tutsi took refuge. Ordinary citizens were encouraged to kill their neighbors or forced to do so by the makeshift military. If they refused, they would be killed themselves. Violent uprisings rippled through cities, towns, and villages. Whereas Nazis carefully recorded death tolls, no such records were kept in Rwanda.
If the Rwandan government's figures are correct at 1,174,000 people lost, this means 10,000 were murdered each day, 400 per hour, and 7 every minute.
The Genocide Was Not Done In Secret.
Nazi Germany was careful to keep the Holocaust under wraps for a very long time. Death camps were primarily kept in Poland, where most victims lived, tucked away from Germans' sight. Corpses were purposely shaved before entering the crematoria in order to avoid the distinctive smell of burning hair. And when Nazi Germany reached the end of the war and sight of their defeat, they made great attempts to hide all evidence of their terrible work, destroying records and digging up mass graves. To this day, there exist Holocaust deniers who actually insist the mass killings never even occurred.
The Rwandan Genocide, on the other hand, had no cover-ups. The UN had been warned about the Hutu Power Movement and its destructive goals. The radios in Rwanda played anti-Tutsi propaganda loud and clear. The only attempt at hiding the massive bloodshed was the order to cover bodies in banana leaves, protecting them from aerial photography.
Whereas the Western news media is often criticized for its focus on negative news, in this case, it is criticized for its shocking lack of coverage. According to Allan Thompson, editor of The Media and the Rwanda Genocide, the OJ Simpson trial got more air-time than the genocide in Rwanda. At the beginning of the killings, in April and early May, there was zero reporting on the developing crisis. Only in July did the news turn its focus on Rwanda, covering the stories of refugees who had survived.
Justice Is In The Works.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is an international court that the UN Security Council has started to try and punish those involved with the Rwandan Genocide. Since its conception in November 1994, the court has indicted 93 people and cost $1.7 billion dollars to run. Ninety-three individuals is a miniscule portion of the hundreds of thousands of people involved in the planning and execution of such massive killings. Many, including co-owner of Radio Television Libre Des Mille Collines (RTLM) Félicien Kabuga, have not been found and could still be in hiding in Africa or elsewhere.
The Rwandan government estimates it could take up to 200 years for the ICTR to fully deliver justice to the victims of this heinous and massive crime. Their alternative method to the ICTR was simpler, vastly cheaper, and more grassroots: the gacaca process. The gacaca process was a traditional court system in which local communities try their own people. Over a decade, nearly two million people appeared for such hearings. Confessions from criminals and forgiveness from victims' families were encouraged. As of 2012, though, the gacaca processes were halted due to criticism and accusations of being too disorganized and biased. Although it has taken longer than expected, the ICTR and Rwandan government are working to find peace and justice for the victims of the Rwandan Genocide.
One Of The Largest War Crimes Was Rape, And Its Effects Were Long-Lasting.
According to the Human Rights Watch, hundreds of thousands of women were raped during the Rwandan Genocide. Nearly every female survivor of the genocide over the age of twelve was also a victim of rape. They were individually raped, gang-raped, attacked with objects like sharpened sticks and guns, mutilated with acid, and held as sex slaves. The use of rape as a tool of terror and torture was so rampant in Rwanda that the ICTR deemed rape an official act of genocide for the first time. The former mayor of Taba, Jean-Paul Akayesu, was the first person in history convicted of using rape as a tool of genocide. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Regardless of how many rapists are put in prison, though, the fact stands that the effects of these rapes are still being felt by Rwandans to this day. Thousands of women who were attacked and raped during the genocide now suffer from HIV or AIDS which was often purposely transmitted to them by known HIV-positive rapists. During the genocide, Hutu extremists released AIDs patients from hospitals and formed rape squads. Whereas many men were killed quickly by the murderers, many women were raped and then told they would die slowly and painfully, due to the AIDS that had been transmitted to them. More than 67% of women raped during the genocide are now HIV positive. Whereas the average for sub-Saharan Africa is 8% HIV positive, the Rwandans are 11% positive.
The Radio Had A Lot To Do With It.
The ICTR sought justice for victims of the genocide by convicting men like Ferdinand Nahimana and Jean Bosco Barayagwiza, the leaders of Radio Television Libre Des Mille Collines (RTLM). Both men were charged with genocide, incitement to genocide, and crimes against humanity leading up to and during the Rwandan Genocide. Both were found guilty of these crimes. One might ask, a radio station? How much harm could that cause? As it turns out, a lot. The RTLM broadcasted anti-Tutsi propaganda and misinformation, spread fear of a Tutsi genocide against the Hutu, identified where certain Tutsi targets could be found, and encouraged genocidal action against Tutsi people.
On April 12, 1994, the RTLM broadcasted this message:
And you people who live…near Rugunga,… go out. You will see the cockroaches' (inkotanyi) straw huts in the marsh… I think that those who have guns should immediately go to these cockroaches… encircle them and kill them…
Another broadcast threatened Tutsis outright:
You cockroaches must know you are made of flesh! We won't let you kill! We will kill you!
According to the General Romeo Dallaire, the commander of the peacekeeping operation UNAMIR, "Simply jamming [the] broadcasts and replacing them with messages of peace and reconciliation would have had a significant impact on the course of events."
Unfortunately, the U.S. refused to cut off the Rwandan radio station due to difficulty, cost, and the issue of free speech and international law.
A Magazine Published Anti-Tutsi Messages As Well.
The ICTR also sought justice against Hassan Ngeze, the director and editor of the newspaper Kangura. Ngeze was found guilty of genocide, incitement to genocide, and crimes against humanity for his publication. Kangura was just as instrumental as the radio station RTLM in forming hate in Hutus' hearts towards Tutsi people. The magazine dehumanized Tutsi by comparing them to snakes and cockroaches that deserved to be exterminated.
As early as 1990, four years before the genocide, Kangura published the Hutu Ten Commandments. The Commandments included orders against marrying or even hiring Tutsi people. They insisted that all government, military, and educational jobs should be primarily held by Hutus. Tutsi were deemed dishonest, self-serving, and unworthy of pity.
Just as RTLM encouraged extermination, Kangura too published such messages:
Let us learn about the inkotanyi (RPF supporters) and let us exterminate every last one of them.
What tools will we use to defeat the Inyenzi (cockroaches) once and for all?
A cockroach gives birth to a cockroach… the history of Rwanda shows us clearly that a Tutsi always stays exactly the same, that he has never changed.
For those that were not well-read, the magazine also published racist and violent cartoons against Tutsi people who were deemed both bloodthirsty and promiscuous. Graphic cartoons illustrated Tutsi women in provocative poses with UN soldiers, highlighting their supposedly corrupt sexuality. Such images and articles worked to dehumanize, separate, and target Tutsi people and the Hutus who sympathized with them.
The West Expressed Regret In The Aftermath Of The Genocide.
Many turned their backs on Rwanda as the genocide swept through the country. Afterwards, many of those same people expressed guilt and regret having let something so terrible happen to so many innocent people: women, men, and children alike.
As former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said, "The failure of Rwanda is 10 times greater than the failure of Yugoslavia. Because in Yugoslavia the international community was interested, was involved. In Rwanda nobody was interested."
Commander of UNAMIR Romeo Dallaire wrote in his memoir Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda:
Could we have prevented the resumption of the civil war and the genocide? The short answer is yes. If UNAMIR [The UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda] had received the modest increase of troops and capabilities we requested in the first week, could we have stopped the killings? Yes, absolutely.
Dallaire himself had tried numerous times to no avail to convince the UN to send help. The failed mission left him depressed and suicidal.
Bill Clinton, president at the time, later called the Rwandan Genocide "one of humanity's great failures" and "one of my personal failures."
There were numerous warning signs of what was to come, overt messages of hatred being broadcast, and calls for help coming from Rwanda. Still, the world did not respond until it was too late.
Rwanda Is Still Trying To Heal.
By the end of the genocide, Rwanda had been ransacked. Hospitals and government offices were emptied and destroyed. The capital and largest city in Rwanda Kigali had lost nearly 85% of its inhabitants. The entire country was covered in rotting bodies. 250,000 women had been widowed and 100,000 children had lost their parents. Today, adult men only make up 20% of the population of Rwanda. Nearly two-thirds of the population live below the poverty line, and many households are led by eldest children as young as the age of ten. A new word had to be invented to encompass the posttraumatic grief and stress of survivors of genocide: ihahamuke.
Rwanda is recovering from the 100 days of hatred and bloodshed. Villages, roads, and community buildings are being built up again. As ambassador of the Netherlands Paul Schonherr said, "What these people have achieved in the short time since the genocide is unbelievable… this is a terrific country."
People who once killed their neighbors, Hutus and Tutsi, now live side by side. Ethnically divisive speech and governing have been outlawed. Rwandans hope to identify as unified Rwandans rather than Hutus versus Tutsi. Life expectancy in Rwanda has doubled since 1994 to over 60 years. Although Rwanda must take time for its citizens to heal physically and psychologically, the country has begun to rise from the ashes of the Rwandan Genocide.
The Rwandan Genocide had its roots in a division that was created over time. People who had centuries ago only been divided by labor as farmers versus cattle herders became further divided when Belgian missionaries institutionalized and highlighted their differences. By the 1900s, Hutus and Tutsi people had grown to consider themselves ethnically distinct and polarized. When the once-oppressed Hutus came into power through democracy, the Tutsi minority became the target of massive hatred, negative propaganda, and ultimately genocide.
Despite numerous urgent messages from Rwandan informants and UN peacekeeper Dallaire, the UN and its members failed to intervene. Racist, fear-mongering, and misinforming newspapers, magazines, and radio stations were allowed to continue broadcasting strong anti-Tutsi messages, ordering Hutus to target both Tutsi and moderate Hutus. Hutu extremists took over the country with machetes, guns, and other makeshift weapons, murdering and raping their own neighbors and ordering others to do so or lose their own lives. In only a matter of months, up to a million or more people were murdered.
Over two decades later, Rwanda is still healing. Those who failed to intervene must live with their guilt. Survivors must live without parents and family, with battered and scarred bodies, and with an injured country. In the wake of something as terrible as a genocide, the only form of positivity, the only way of moving forward, is of working together, creating connections, and allowing wounds to heal with time. As Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel said, "For the dead and the living, we must bear witness." For those who died in and survived the Rwandan Genocide, we remember and we mourn.


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It took me two batches to get these gluten free hot cross buns right. I have to say, gluten free baking is not easy! Unless you're going for a dense, fudgy texture. But that bread like texture? It's basically the (impossible) holy grail of gluten free baking.
I can't say that the texture of these gluten free hot cross buns is just like a normal hot cross bun – however, it is not too dense, it's got a light crumb and doesn't crumble (like the first batch did #fail). They're also not like "rocks" like the batch I attempted 5 years ago (and was scarred from the entire experience).
Basically, I think anyone who eats gluten free will be more than happy with the texture.
I can say I totally nailed the flavour though! These are beautifully spiced, fragrant and yes I use sultanas AND dark chocolate chunks. Why choose?
I hope you make these delicious Easter treats, comment and let me know what you think if you try them! This raw chocolate recipe will have you covered too.
And if you eat too many hot cross buns and chocolate eggs, then you can always join in for a post-Easter Reset with The Whole Food Guide!
- 300g Orgran all purpose plain flour
- 450g Orgran alternative grain wholemeal bread mix
- 2 tsp instant dried yeast
- 550ml water (warm)
- 2 tsp coconut sugar
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3 tsp ground allspice or mixed spice
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 120g sultanas
- 120g dark chocolate, chopped (dairy free)
- Crosses
- 40g Orgran all purpose plain flour
- 40ml water
- Glaze
- 30g coconut sugar
- 30ml boiling water
- 1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- In a small bowl, add the yeast to the warm water and allow to sit for 5 minutes, until it dissolves and froths a bit.
- In a large bowl, add the flours, sugar, spices, sultanas and chopped dark chocolate. Mix together.
- Add the yeast mixture and oil to the flour mixture. Stir together until it starts to form a dough. Add a little more of the plain flour if you need.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured bench and knead for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- Place into a plastic wrap line bowl, cover with plastic wrap and a tea towel and allow to rise for 60-90 minutes in a nice warm place.
- Whilst rising, whisk up your crosses mixture and the glaze in two bowls. Set aside. Preheat a fan forced oven to 200°C.
- Once risen, divide into 12 pieces (I use a sharp knife). Shape into balls and pop onto a baking paper lined tray, about 1cm apart.
- Cover with a tea towel and allow to rise again until the sides are just touching each other. Pipe your crosses (I use a ziplock bag and simply cut the corner off).
- Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Brush with the glaze straight out of the oven. Allow to cool a bit before serving.
Best served fresh, but they will keep a few days – I like to reheat them gently before serving.
The flour choices here are quite important, since gluten free baking is fickle – the recipe should work with other brands, but do have a look at the Orgran ingredients of the two I have used and try to match them up as close as possible.


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For our latest Dads Hall of Fame we caught up with Badass Dad Scott Brannigan to hear what he has to say about his experience of Fatherhood
Tell our audience a little about who you are, what you do and your family?
My names Scott, I'm 32, very nearly 33, but well and truly don't feel it. I'm the Technical Sales Manage for a company that designs and manufactures water treatment equipment. My family are everything to me, the OH and I actually dated when we were in our late teens, but went our separate ways, I went on to get married that lasted 9 months, she went on to get engaged, but never materialised, then from a like and smileyface or two on Facebook we went for a date ten years later and the rest as you say is history. My son Michael, named after my father and grandfather which also would've been my name if my mom didn't dislike my dad so much, is amazing, every day he does something else that amazes me, brings a tear to my eye and a lump in throat.
What is your favourite father/child activity or hobby?
Bathtime, it's the only time of the day after working and everything else, that it's just me and him and I cherish it so very, very much and we make a right old mess as well.
What would you say is the greatest challenge of being a father?
The pressure to carry everything, the wellbeing of your OH, the wellbeing of your child, making sure the bills are paid and there's a roof over your head and sometimes the extent of this burden (and I hate to use that word, because my family are not a burden, they're a fucking treasure) gets a little overlooked and in all fairness expected.
Knowing what you know now, is there anything you would do differently as a parent?
I would make a lot more time for my other half and remind her more often that she's a woman and not just a mother.
What is your most treasured moment with your child/children so far?
When I came home from work one day when Michael was very young, opened the front door said I'm home as I always do to be met with a huge smile, sparkling eyes and arms out, still makes me cry thinking about it
What advice would you give to new first time fathers?
It's OK to be scared, but the love you will have that will grow inside you will make you stronger and braver and more dependable and more gentle and more understanding, that little human will make you you a better person.
What do you have to say about Badass Dad Clan?
It's not widely considered that men, traditional men, have to vent or express their feelings, however from first hand experience, not venting, expressing, letting things out, is a very bad thing, so having an outlet of like minded individuals, where you can say what you want without judgement is invaluable.
It's been awesome hearing from Scott, if you are not already a member head on over to the Badass Dad Clan Facebook Group


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Everyone's on it, almost. New Groups feature lets you keep content among family, friends, or team members. Improved photo capabilities.
Privacy concerns. Addictive. Time-waster. No interface personalization. Almost impossible to remove an account.
Bottom Line
Facebook has come a long way in a couple of years. Its addictiveness remains, as does its complete lack of personalization of appearance. The new Groups features removes a big barrier to posting, allowing you to just see updates from people you care about, and to just send them to those you want to see them.
The Privacy Concern
Facebook has taken a lot of heat for privacy issues, but since our last look, the tools have gotten clearer and more granular. You can precisely control what pieces of your Facebook presence are visible to the general public, to friends, or to friends of friends. And the new Groups feature adds another level of privacy, so that, for example, your future employer doesn't see all the posts you only intended for your drinking buddies to see.
But I'm still amazed at how many private photos I'm able to see on Facebook, even though I'm not their Friend or a Friend of a Friendthe default is to make them visible to everyone, which a lot of users may not be aware of. When Facebook launched its latest round of privacy controls, it did a decent job of informing users about their choices, but clearly many people bypassed the choices, and some defaults may surprise them.
Another praiseworthy update to Facebook since our last review comes in the form of the lock icon below the post entry box. This lets you choose, for every post, just who can see itEveryone, Friends only, Friends of Friends, or even a customize setting that lets you pick individuals who can see it, including limiting it to yourself. You can even simply hide the post from specified peoplesneaky, and useful. When I went to make my first post, a warning told me it was visible to everyone, and I could change the settings. But again, why is Everyone the default for beginners' posts?
Though Facebook now lets you download all your content history, it's still nearly impossible to completely shut down an account. I had two accounts, and I cancelled one in favor of the other. Even after two years, I still get emails about Friend requests for the account I wanted to kill. Another thing that irks me somewhat is that there's no way to make your profile picture invisible to the public, and Facebook will constantly hound you to upload a picture if you have none. Given the name of the site, there's some logic to this, but it's a poor privacy practice.
Just as this review is going to press, Facebook added a couple new security features. The first is a way to get a temporary password to log in from a public computer. The password only works for 20 minutes, so it protects you from someone logging your keystrokes at an Internet café. You obviously need to register your mobile phone with Facebook for this to work. Also announced were remote logout and security reminders, both excellent moves.
Instant Messaging
I find Facebook's IM feature to be one of its weak points. I suppose we can't expect video chat like that you get with AIM, Windows Live Messenger, or Yahoo Messenger. But clients for those services also save your previous chats, support smilies, offer file transfer, screen sharing, and more. The chat feature of the new Facebook Groups look identical to the simple one-on-one chat boxes, but take the name of the group and permit multiple people to chime in.
Photos and Video
Facebook recently updated its photo capabilities, now letting users upload higher-resolution images up to 2048 pixels on a side. There's also a new viewer that sports a black background so you can concentrate on the pictures. The new uploader lets you name, tag, and locate the album even during upload, and you can choose to upload high-resolution images, which the dialog box claims will take ten times as long. Users can also download high-resolution versions of the photos.
One drawback to Facebook photos, though, compared with Flickr or Picasa, is that the only kind of tagging is face tagging. Those other photo hosts not only let you geo-tag, but also just apply any tag that makes sense, like wedding, or Hawaii vacation. Picasa and Windows Live Photo Gallery will even find the faces for you and let you batch tag them. But for richer photo sharing in general, I'd still recommend Flickr or Picasa.
Unconfirmed users (those who haven't verified a mobile number or credit card) can upload videos up to 100 MB and 2 minutes. The first video you upload pops up a legal contract you must agree to before you can upload. To upload larger videos, you have to confirm your account with a cell phone number. All of the popular video formats are supported23 in alland you can upload HD resolutions. The Flash-based player is appealing and easily can be full-screened, though you can't choose the playback resolution. But as with photos, Facebook's feature can't compare with a dedicated video community site like YouTube or DailyMotion.
Like Everything
Keeping with Facebook's Polyanna worldview, where everyone is being open and sharing great stuff, the site has resisted implementing the much-requested "dislike." I should note that Digsby, a multi-IM client that lets you view your Facebook news feed and use your Facebook IM, actually implements its own unofficial "Dislike" option. You can Like from external sites, now that Facebook offers them an API for this. When you Like an organization's page, you'll start getting updates in your News Feed from it. Liking is much easier than actually thinking up your own post, and it's one reason Facebook has massively overtaken MySpace.
Places and Mobile
Facebook offers one of the better mobile apps and mobile web sites you'll see. Versions are available for Android, Blackberry, iPhone, and Palm. If you don't have one of these, the mobile site is nearly as good. On the iPhone, you get Places, which will use the phone's GPS to locate you, find local establishments you may be present at, and let you "check in" a la FourSquare. Another neat thing you can do with Facebook mobile is upload pictures directly to your Facebook photo albums from the phone. Happily but surprisingly, the mobile app displays no ads whatsoever, yet.
You Can't Argue with 500 Million People
I still wish Facebook offers some form of user customization and personalization of the interface, but I guess its makers would counter that the contentposts, Likes, photosis what differentiates users, and that a consistent UI puts people at ease. It also provides strong branding for the company, and stands in stark contrast with the MySpace's customization gone haywire. I also question the concept of Facebook taking over the open Web and bringing it into a closed space, but Facebook Pages give organizations presences that are viewable without a Facebook account.
The social network of record has largely unseated MySpace, which just four years ago was far ahead of it in user numbers. Facebook has survived multiple outcries over privacy and redesigns, and even a movie besmirching its creator, Mark Zuckerberg. Because it's gotten so much right, and maybe even more, because it's where everyone you want to connect with is, we'd be remiss to deny it the honor of PCMag's Editors' Choice.
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Facing Your Franchising Fears: Is the Franchise Model a good Fit for Your Business?January 5, 2016 – In The News
Elizabeth D. Sigety was featured in the Smart CEO article, "Facing Your Franchising Fears: Is the Franchise Model a Good Fit for Your Business?" Full text can be found in the January 4, 2016, issue, but a synopsis is below.
Fox Rothschild's Elizabeth Sigety spoke with Smart CEO to discuss important factors that business owners should consider before diving into the world of franchising.
Who Shouldn't Franchise?
According to Sigety, don't take on franchising if you aren't ready for some hard work.
"People think you just have to put together a few contracts and then people are going to run your business and pay you royalties, and it's going to be simple. But franchising really is complex. It's something that has to be thought about." Sigety adds, "To really expand into a system takes a lot of work and planning."
Facing Your Fears
It is also important to consider the fact that every franchisee may not be a perfect addition to the brand.
"There's always going to be a couple of bad eggs out there. If you have hundreds or thousands of franchisees, somebody is not going to be good at running a business," Sigety says.
Smart CEO also included "the how-to of franchising," which discussed things that an individual may need to know in order to ensure that they are taking the appropriate measures to achieve success when the decision of franchising is made.
Make sure you can support new growth, and choose locations wisely.
Rapid expansion has the ability to lead franchise systems in a negative direction and can catch companies unprepared.
"When do you bring on new people to support the franchisees? Often, people are hesitant to hire new staff in the face of rapid expansion until it's desperately needed. And then mistakes can be made," says Sigety.
Build lasting partnerships with your franchisees based on communication.
"To keep the relationship on great terms, lines of communication need to remain open," says Sigety. "I think the most successful franchisors … embrace the successful franchisees and communicate. The more secretive and defensive a franchisor gets, the more they end up having problems."


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Ken Brown
July 9, 2006
You know I really don't like saying negative things about people and companies. I think it causes bad karma. But, I also don't like being taken advantage of by companies. This article is about a company,
DC Landscaping
that I feel took advantage of me.
I will present the facts, as I see them and you can evaluate whether I am wrong or not.
In the fall of 2004, we began conversations with DC Landscaping to do some landscaping for us in our backyard. They sent a professional landscape designer to our house and we talked about our desires for the back yard landscaping. Jim, the designer, looked at our back yard and talked to us about what we liked and didn't like concerning flowers and trees.
After spending an hour or so talking with us about our desires, he went back to the DC Landscaping office and put togther a landscaping plan. Mary and I evaluated the plan and liked some of the things in the plan, but we also asked for some changes to be made. We did this a couple of more times and finally we all agreed on the plan.
We Place a Deposit for Thousands of Dollars in April
Jim wrote up the plan and gave us an invoice for the work to be done. In April of 2005, we put a deposit down for half the amount of the landscape job. The cost of the project was many thousands of dollars. Jim informed us that it was going to be a few weeks before the weather was good enough in the Chicago area to do the work.
The last week in May 2005 the weather was considered good enough to do the job. DC Landscaping had purchased the plants previously in the spring and they were sitting around their facility. When the landscaping team came to our house, they marked out the landscape plan, removed the sod and planted the plants we had ordered. There were day lilies, russian sage, threadleaf coreopsis, cone flowers, star magnolia tree, crimson king maple, viburnum, dwarf lilacs, gold flame spirea, roses, yarrow, dianthus and phlox. We gave Jim a check for the balance of the landscaping project.
The Plants weren't Healthy
The first thing we noticed were the plants weren't that healthy. Even in early spring we were in the beginnings of a drought. We don't really think that DC Landscaping had done a very good job in keeping the plants watered before doing our landscaping. Mary and I did our best to keep the plants watered and healthy through out the summer.
Most of the plants survived the hot dry summer. We lost a couple of black-eyed susans and one of the viburnums. Mid September, we called DC Landscaping to let them know that we would like a replacement plant for the viburnum we lost. I spoke to the receptionist and she told me that they would start replacing lost plants in the near future. I was happy with that answer and so I waited.
After a couple of weeks, I hadn't heard anything from DC Landscaping. So I called to check on the status. The receptionist answered and told me that Jeff would call me back to tell me when he would replace the viburnum. Another week or so went by and Jeff still hadn't called me back. I again called and the receptionist said that Jeff would call me back. I hadn't heard from him yet, so I figured I would go higher up the management chain. I just wanted an idea when the plant would be replaced. If they told me it was going to be the end of October or something, I would have accepted that as an answer. But, they told me nothing.
No One From DC Landscaping Calls Me Back
The receptionist informed me that Jeff was the owner and I couldn't go any higher than him. I let her know that I was interested in a date when the viburnum was to be replaced and could she have the owner call me. She said she would try, but she couldn't force him to call me. I said okay.
I waited another week and decided that I had enough. I called back and received the same message from the receptionist. I said, "I need a phone call when this plant will be replaced. If I don't receive a phone call, then I will contact the Better Business Bureau, West Chicago Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Attorney Generals Office." Later that same day I received a phone call from
DC Landscaping
and was informed the plant would be replaced within the week.
Sure enough the plant was replaced. Again the plant looked a little worse for wear. But we had our plant. We thought we were done with DC Landscaping.
The winter was a little strange, with cold weather early and then some unusually warmer weather in late winter. My wife and I were concerned that all the plants would experience some weather related problems but luckily the plants came up and were not affected by the heavy frosts. Even the Star Magnolia bloomed with large, beautiful, white flowers. The Crimson King Maple produced buds that looked like they were going to bloom any day.
The Crimson King Maple Dies
A couple of weeks later the Crimson King Maple still hadn't bloomed. We waited another week and decided that the maple had experienced a heavy frost just as it was about to bloom and it was too much for the plant.
So in Mid May we began the arduous task of talking to
DC Landscaping
again. I called and talked with the receptionist again. She said she would tell Jeff. Nothing happened. I contacted them again within a week. Nothing happened. I tried again a week later. No answer and I left a message on the answering machine. I tried a couple of more times that week and received the answering machine. I thought maybe the receptionist was on vacation.
After 5 Weeks, DC Landscaping Calls Us Back.
The following week Mary began calling. She experienced the same problems I had. The receptionist did nothing to help us and Jeff never called us back. After five attempts at being nice to them, she threatened them about contacting the Better Business Bureau and the West Chicago Chamber of Commerce. A couple of days latered she received a phone call from DC Landscaping. The receptionist called Mary back to let her know that we didn't contact them soon enough. She claimed that we didn't request the plant to be exchanged soon enough. The plant was only guaranteed till April of 2006. One year from the date when we originally signed the contract.
So even though the tree had not been planted in our backyard until Late May, DC Landscaping considered the one year guarantee on the Crimson King Maple to have begun in April when we signed the contract.
This is a photo of the landscaping done by DC Landscaping and the dead Crimson King Maple in the foreground
. The Crimson King Maple is the tree that DC Landscaping wouldn't replace for us. Click on the link to see a larger photo.
Do Not Use DC Landscaping for Your Landscaping Needs
Needless to say, I recommend you
do not use DC Landscaping for your landscaping needs.
And the main reason is because if you have a problem with them you will be totally dissatisfied with their customer service. If Jeff would have called me back immediately to inform me of his decision, then I would not have had a problem with it. But, because he
called me back, then I was just another poor sucker that he was allowed to take thousands of dollars from and not provide the service he guaranteed.
I need to say this again in case you didn't read it the first time,
do not use DC Landscaping for your landscaping needs.
There are plenty of landscapers in this area that are anxious to do work for you and will be responsive to you and any problems you might have. DC Landscaping does not fit into this category. So save your money and more importantly, keep from being frustrated with their customer service. Don't use DC Landscaping.
I have tried to present this article fairly. Email me if you think I am being unreasonable.
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text: Contents Security Operations Previous Topic Next Topic Manage lookups and scans Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Manage lookups and scans You can perform lookups and vulnerability scans from security incidents and from the security incident catalog to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities. Submit an IoC Lookup request from a security incidentAn IoC lookup automatically runs whenever observables are added to a security incident. Also, if your security incident has attachments, they can be easily found with the press of a button. Submit an IoC Lookup request from the Security Incident CatalogIf the Security Incident Response plugin is activated, you can submit threat lookups for files, hash values, URLs, and IP addresses from the Security Incident Catalog. The requests are submitted and you can view the results in the My Requests module. Submit a vulnerability scan request from a security incidentIf your security incident has one or more configuration items (servers, computers, and so on), they can be scanned for vulnerabilities from the Security Incident Response form. Submit a vulnerability scan request from the Security Incident Response catalogYou can submit vulnerability scans for CIs and IP addresses from the Security Incident Response catalog. The requests are submitted and you can view the results in the My Requests module.Related tasksCreate an inbound requestAdd information to a security incidentInvoke a process dump for an enriched process in WindowsView information in a security incidentCalculate the severity of a security incidentSearch for and delete phishing emailsEscalate a security incidentClose security incidentsRelated conceptsManage observablesManage on-demand orchestrationManage post incident activities On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic


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So that's what I don't like about it. Now lets move on to the things that I do like. It's almost redundant to mention that the build quality is fantastic, because I've yet to see a Canon IXUS camera where that is not the case. The IXUS 70 has a strong steel case finished in two slightly contrasting matt textures, although it is also available with black trim. The flush-mounted controls and lens have the advantage that there are no protrusions to snag on clothing or pocket linings. One concern however is the battery/card slot cover, which is made of extremely flimsy plastic, including the hinge. The tripod bush is also plastic, so care must be taken to avoid crossing the thread.
The IXUS 70 has a good range of features, including ten scene modes, a wide range of special colour options including settings for different skin tones, an adjustable self-timer and a movie mode featuring a time lapse option. One surprising omission is Canon's excellent optical image stabilisation system, more surprising since the far less useful face-detection system has been included. The red-eye-reducing pre-flash that annoys the heck out of most people has been dumped in favour of automatic software-based red-eye removal, which I think is a great idea.
If you're not impressed by its appearance or features, perhaps the performance will change your mind, because it is quite exceptional. The IXUS 70 starts up in well under a second, by far the fastest start-up I've ever seen in a compact camera. Focusing is also extremely quick, locking on in less than half a second in most lighting conditions. Low light focusing is especially good. The camera focuses quickly and fairly reliably even in complete darkness thanks to a powerful AF assist lamp with a range of several meters. I did find that the accuracy of the nine-point AiAF system was a bit unpredictable when shooting nearby subjects, often focusing on objects in the background rather than the foreground subject, but switching it to centre-only AF solved this problem.
Shooting speed is also very impressive. In continuous shooting mode it can take a shot every 0.6 seconds and keep this up until the memory card is full, which is well above average for a compact camera. In single shot mode it is just as fast, although using the flash does slow it down somewhat, since it takes between four and six seconds to recharge between shots.
Canon's promotional material for the camera claims that the 760mAh Li-ion battery has a duration of 210 shots, which I suspect may be on the conservative side. I took around 150 shots, many with the flash, as well as several short video clips while testing the camera and the power meter was still reading a full charge.
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August 22, 2017
The Winnipeg Foundation
Rhyse Maryniuk works in mechatronics, studying the intersection between mechanical and electrical engineering. A Masters student in the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Engineering, he's currently helping design a three-wheeled electric vehicle that may transform automotive research. But without the support he received through scholarships, he may not be where he is today.
"I started my university career with no scholarships and at that time I had to work about 20 to 30 hours a week," the University of Manitoba graduate says. "That cut away from my study time. I still did well, but as soon as I started receiving scholarships it allowed me to take fewer hours at my part-time job, which gave me more time to work on my extracurriculars and academics, which improved my grades… It was sort of a feedback loop."
Mr. Maryniuk's thesis involves the design, development, fabrication and testing of a three-wheeled electric vehicle.
"It's sort of unconventional in the way it works. It doesn't exactly have the standard steering or drive system. It doesn't have an engine. It does a lot of stuff electrically by wire, so the braking system, the steering system, the wheels; they all work over electrical signals," he says.
This design will allow vehicle researchers to have "a great deal of control and precision" with testing and research, and will also offer a more affordable option compared to standard testing options.
Rhyse doesn't currently have a specific company or industry in mind for when he graduates, but does know he wants to be involved with projects he can physically build and that don't keep him in front of a computer 100 per cent of the time.
While obtaining his BSc. in Engineering at the U of M, Mr. Maryniuk was a four-time recipient of the Marguerite and John Burelle Memorial Aboriginal Scholarship, held at The Winnipeg Foundation. This scholarship supports Indigenous students who have completed one year of university and are excelling in their chosen field. Read more about John Burelle and the scholarship in the sidebar.
"It kind of leaves me speechless," he says of winning the award.
Since winning the scholarship, Rhyse has met with John Burelle's sister, Lucille Kostyk.
"We talked about her life and John's life and it sort of allowed me to understand why the scholarship was created and the way [in which] it was framed."
The legacy of John Burelle
John Burelle committed his life to improving opportunities for Indigenous students. Thanks to a Scholarship Fund established through a gift in his Will, this legacy of support will continue forever.
Friends and family remember Mr. Burelle's dry, wry, slightly satirical humour. They remember his shiny, red Jeep and his German Shepherd dog named Neechi. They remember his commitment to learning and education. They remember his attention to detail, and his love for the finer things in life – art, culture, literature and good food. But most of all they remember his support for Indigenous students.
After completing his post-secondary schooling, Mr. Burelle worked in the education system – as a teacher at the university and college levels, as well as in research, education policy, and program and curriculum development – always with a focus on Indigenous students.
Despite these accomplishments, he was an incredibly humble man, says his sister Lucille Kostyk.
"If you would ask him about his work, he would answer you. But I learned more about him after he was gone," says Ms. Kostyk.
Following Mr. Burelle's passing in 2004, an estate gift created a Scholarship Fund supporting Indigenous students at the University of Manitoba, where Burelle completed both his Bachelor and Master of Education degrees, and worked from 1981 to 1994.
Since that time, the Scholarship Fund has supported 54 recipients with $151,500 in support.
Through the Scholarship Fund created in his and his mother's names, Mr. Burelle will continue his lifelong work of encouraging Indigenous students and supporting their potential in the education system.
"It makes me feel very good, [to know] that he's helping. And [I treasure] the thank you notes that I get. The first year was very emotional to receive these, but now it's getting to be a little [better]," Ms. Kostyk says.


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"As an African-American, I will never forget that I would not be here today without the steady pursuit of a more perfect union in my country. That guides my belief that, no matter how dark the day may seem, transformative change can be forged by those who choose the side of justice.
And I pledge that America will always stand with those who stand up for their dignity and their rights—for the student who seeks to learn; the voter who demands to be heard; the innocent who longs to be free; and the oppressed who yearns to be equal."
Barack Obama addressing the United Nations Wednesday 23 September 2009
"for the student who seeks to learn; the voter who demands to be heard; the innocent who longs to be free; and the oppressed who yearns to be equal."
The mission and values of psychologists
In these words, Barack Obama has summed up the mission and purpose of psychologists all over the world most eloquently.
These goals are not just our goals. They are the mission and purpose of other people too. After all, Obama is a lawyer, a college professor and a politician.
But if in what we do, we do not pursue these goals, then we do nothing at all.
The heart of positive psychology and positive organizational scholarship
Barack Obama has said what positive psychologists and positive organizational scholars struggle to say simply.
It is the student who seeks to learn (not the teacher who intends to teach).
It is the voter who demands to be heard (not the politician who intends to tell).
It is the innocent who longs to be free (not the hypocritical who intends to justify).
It is the oppressed who yearns to be equal (not the the powerful who intends to explain).
It matters so much whose perspective we take.
It matters so much who is the subject of the sentence.
It matters so much whose intent we seek to buttress.
It matters so much that we choose the side of justice.
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Recent speculation pointing to a merger between Foxconn Electronics and Quanta Computer now indicates that the tie-up is in the final stage. Foxconn will soon merge with the leading notebook manufacturer through a share swap, with every 3.5 Quanta shares to be converted to one Foxconn share, according to sources.
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The 1925 one-off S-32 was a large fabric-covered metal biplane, with a 400hp Liberty engine, built for the Andean National Corporation, a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company, for extra-heavy duties in Colombia. It carried the pilot in the rear cockpit and two pairs of passengers in the forward cockpits. In landplane form it had a top speed of 215km/h and endurance of more than four hours, but was flown mainly on floats. Wing span was 17.78m and maximum weight 2450kg.
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25th April 1915 is a day never to be forgotten in our history. Landing at Gallipoli a battle began and lasted for 8 months in which 8000 Australian soldeirs were killed. This day has gone on to become a day Australian's and New Zealanders commemorate all soldiers who have sacrificed there lives for our country. Soldiers past and present are honoured on this day. There are services at various locations in Europe also. As a school student I always marched with school and my children participate now.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
(Laurence Binyon (1869–1943) whole poem For the Fallen)
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