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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is scheduled to appear before the House Energy & Commerce committee on September 5th, after several GOP lawmakers demanded action in response to reports of conservatives being "shadow banned" by the San Francisco-based social media giant.
CONFIRMED: Twitter CEO @jack Dorsey will testify September 5 before E&C on the company's algorithms and content monitoring.
— Energy and Commerce (@HouseCommerce) August 24, 2018
"Twitter is an incredibly powerful platform that can change the national conversation in the time it takes a tweet to go viral," wrote committee Chair Greg Walden (R-OR) in a Friday statement.
"When decisions about data and content are made using opaque processes, the American people are right to raise concerns. This committee intends to ask tough questions about how Twitter monitors and polices content, and we look forward to Mr. Dorsey being forthright and transparent regarding the complex processes behind the company's algorithms and content judgement calls," the statement continues.
Earlier this month, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy sent a letter to Walden, requesting that he be allowed to publicly grill Jack Dorsey over recent allegations that the platform limits the reach of some conservative accounts.
"Any solution to this problem must start with accountability from companies like Twitter, whose platforms have enormous potential to impact the national conversation — and unfortunately, enormous potential for abuse," McCarthy said in the letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden.
"In particular, I would like to request a hearing with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey so that the American people can learn more about the filtering and censorship practices on his platform." –Kevin McCarthy
McCarthy, who has worked on tech issues for years, has been investigating reports of Silicon Valley tech giants injecting their admittedly liberal bias into the way they enforce speech on their platforms. McCarthy and other Republican leaders met with Facebook staffers in June over their concerns, and as recently as last month McCarthy was running ads on Facebook inviting supporters to join him "and President Trump in defending our conservative voice against social media censoring," according to the platform's public database of political ads.
This action follows Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Twitter after he discovered that his account was being 'shadowbanned' – the practice of excluding or reducing the visibility of one's tweets from normal circulation on the platform.
BREAKING: @Twitter deliberately targeting @RepMarkMeadows, @Jim_Jordan, @DevinNunes, & me to be #Shadowbanned.
Is it only a coincidence that these allegations would arise the week following my heated exchange with Twitter Executives before the Judiciary Committee??
WATCH. pic.twitter.com/6i1mtHLnhN
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) July 25, 2018
In late July, Twitter issued a strange explanation to "set the record straight," in response to growing outrage over the practice of "shadow banning" conservatives, as confirmed in an article from the liberal publication VICE and promptly tweeted about by President Trump – where Twitter explicitly stated that they do not engage in the practice – except then they describe how they do exactly that.
"People are asking us if we shadow ban. We do not. But let's start with, "what is shadow banning?"
The best definition we found is this: deliberately making someone's content undiscoverable to everyone except the person who posted it, unbeknownst to the original poster." –Twitter
Then, Twitter reiterates they don't shadow ban – with the caveat in parentheses that you may need to go directly to the timeline of some users in order to see their tweets.
Meanwhile, former "Direct Messaging Engineer" Pranay Singh (who is now a "Site Reliability Engineer") revealed one of the ways they do it:
"Yeah you look for Trump, or America, and you have like five thousand keywords to describe a redneck. Then you look and parse all the messages, all the pictures, and then you look for stuff that matches that stuff." -Pranay Singh
When asked if the majority of the algorithms are targeted against conservative or liberal users of Twitter, Singh said, "I would say majority of it are for Republicans."
So if Twitter is full of smug, angry, #resisting millennials – who have shown zero compunction about punishing conservatives by applying vastly disproportionate standards to liberals – how, exactly, is Jack going to ensure this doesn't happen? Some of these people genuinely believe they're in a war right now.
In the full Project Veritas video from the Twitter sting, Twitter Content Review Agent Mo Nora explains that Twitter doesn't have an official written policy that targets conservative speech, but rather they were following "unwritten rules from the top":
"A lot of unwritten rules, and being that we're in San Francisco, we're in California, very liberal, a very blue state. You had to be… I mean as a company you can't really say it because it would make you look bad, but behind closed doors are lots of rules."
"There was, I would say… Twitter was probably about 90% Anti-Trump, maybe 99% Anti-Trump."
The full 15-minute video of O'Keefe's Twitter sting can be seen below:
"We do not shadow ban. You are always able to see the tweets from accounts you follow (although you may have to do more work to find them, like go directly to their profile). And we certainly don't shadow ban based on political viewpoints or ideology." –Twitter
In other words, Twitter says they don't shadow ban – it's just that tweets from people you follow may never appear unless you click directly into their timeline.
This is remarkable from $TWTR
– defines shadowbanning
– says they don't shadowban
– then says that for some accounts you have to go visit them to see their tweets@jack you might need to take the nosering out and clean house pic.twitter.com/3sTlkDWM4G
— Barbarian Capital (@BarbarianCap) July 27, 2018
In January, an undercover video from Project Veritas captured several current and former Twitter employees bragging about siliencing conservatives on the platform.
"[T]hey just think that no one is engaging with their content, when in reality, no one is seeing it" – admitted former software engineer Abhinav Vadrevu.
Although Twitter presents itself as politically neutral, it's culture behind closed doors is one of blatant censorship and systematic bias. Watch closely @jack, because you know we are. FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/Tqrd4FBr2v pic.twitter.com/DBOIcEvX8W
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) January 11, 2018


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The Selena Gomez for Nicole by OPI spring 2013 nail polishes have finally been unveiled. Have a look at the new tones and find out more about the collection.
Selena Gomez sure is a busy bee these days and the great number
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Kissed at Midnight: This romantic gold glitter is perfect any time.
Confetti Fun: Nothing says "party!" like a shower of color.
Heavenly Angel: This iridescent confetti gives me wings.
Sweet Dreams: This violet-teal is a dream-come-true.
Inner Sparkle: Let this light pink glitter shine through!
Selena: This fresh, young peach will make your heart sing.
Hit the Lights: This not-so-mellow yellow has got stage presence.
Love Song: Fall head-over-heels for this true purple.
Naturally: Who wouldn't want this pure pink dream?
Spring Break: The perfect hot pink for the perfect hot vacation!
Pretty in Plum: This picture-perfect purple is a genuine beauty.
Scarlett: This shimmery red-violet is leading lady lovely.
Selena fans take note: the new collection is set to be launched in January 2013. The new tones will be available at Target, ULTA , and other drugstores. Each bottle will retail for $7.99.


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In fact we've seen a lot of the same thing in certain tourist
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in many countries is a travelers skill at the art of the haggle.
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I keep envisioning those people with perfectly straight, white teeth and shimmering, immaculate hair smiling and saying "I just love being pushed out of my comfort zone." And I keep envisioning myself sucker punching them square in their perfectly straight, white teeth.
Moving across the country has been nothing short of an internal bloodbath on my feelings and, many times, my outlook on life. This likely comes as a shock to most that know me, because it was an incredible shock to myself. Leaving Michigan I didn't have any of the feelings I was supposed to have. I didn't cry enough when I hugged my mom goodbye because I was shoving every sad feeling I had into the bottom of my chest. When I crossed every state line I didn't get a wave of excitement. I felt like no matter how high I had the AC on, and how cold it made me, there was not enough air in the car and there was some pair of hands were surely reaching up to strangle me and I shivered while cold sweat ran from the top of my nape down between my shoulder blades. I thought about the end of my life and how it was feeling. But, of course, this wasn't the end of my life, it was just another panic attack. I reached up and felt my pulse throbbing far too quickly and far too hard through the skin in my neck and wished for it to go away through shallow breathing and trembling lips.
If you are lucky enough to be a person that is not ridden with anxiety then I hope you perhaps reread that and try to imagine what it's like.
I've had several of those since I left home, and in-between them are long stretches where my throat feels too swollen to talk and my mind is so blank yet unbelievably crowded that I don't have anything to speak about anyway. My jaws clench so hard that sometimes I swear my molars are cracking together when I check my phone and someone from home has texted "How are you?" or "What's it like?" or "How's Arizona?" And usually I can hold back the swollen tears but sometimes one seeps out, and sometimes one thousands follow it, and sometimes none.
I have glimpses where I know I need to get it together, and in those glimpses I feel like I have a life. I applied for a job and had a spot-on interview, which made me smile as I walked to my car, and as I was sitting across the table from the manager discussing fine dining service/stigmas/cliches I felt like myself. For the larger part of an hour I didn't have a weight on my chest or puffy eyes and things were okay. It was short-lived, but I held onto that memory of that feeling for the rest of the night, and it felt like a big deal to me. It is not, however, a big deal to others, and I felt foolish for thinking it would be.
I had orientation with roughly 200+ people that were in some range of the same situation as myself. There is one other girl in the Literature program and from 9:00 to 12:00 I felt like I had a friend. I was forced to sit at a table with 8 other people who identify their hobby as 'running', and though I forced myself to be a part of the rapid conversations it was hard to drink my water out of a plastic cup because my hands were shaking with a fierce so bright that I had to stop trying. Three different times I had to ask someone to repeat what they had said because all I could hear was my own blood pumping through my ears.
No one likes being pushed outside of their comfort zone. If you're enjoying it, then you aren't outside of your comfort zone. There is the cliche of "the best things happen when you're outside of your comfort zone" but I don't fully believe that. Perhaps the best things happen when you find a new comfort zone, after you are out of being outside of your comfort zone. And perhaps sometimes the best things don't happen. Both of those outcomes are very real and very possible every single time. People tend to forget that. Mainly because people only like to remember the good things.
I was texting Sammy while sitting in my car outside of World Market (I know, I was surprised Flagstaff had one as well) and as I clenched my phone in both hands I tried describing to her what I was going through and it's probably the furthest I've gotten with anyone on the topic. At one point in the conversation she said "Have you talked to your mom? I assume Julie always knows how to make you (or anyone) feel better." Then I cried because I missed my mom, and she does know how to make me feel better. And, as Sammy, had included, make anyone feel better.
One time (more than one time) I thought my life was in shambles because I was experiencing a heart-wrenching breakup, and all she kept saying were things like "It just takes time," and "Fake it until you make it," and "Time heals all wounds". When I called her out through my tears for her abundance of cliches she responded with "Well, they are cliches for a reason. Because they're true."
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Let's Celebrate Australia Day with Books!
by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com
What better way to celebrate Australia Day than by sharing books with our kids? Here are two recently published books that I believe will make outstanding resources for home, school and public libraries: Celebrating Australia: A Year in Poetry by Lorraine Marwood, published by Walker Books Australia, 2015, and A is for Australia by Frané Lessac, published by Walker Books Australia, 2015.
Celebrating Australia is a collection of poetry by Lorraine Marwood, one of my favourite Australian children's poets. I have previously reviewed Guinea Pig Town and Other Animal Poems and A Ute Picnic and Other Australian Poems.
Marwood has the knack of not only choosing language that create word pictures for kids, but speaking to their heads and their hearts in words they will understand:
'Spring is the soft popping of green shoots,
a tinkling of blossoms like butterfly wings.'
She also includes occasional more challenging words like incomprehensible, spectacular and hullabaloo. There are a range of poems in Celebrating Australia, most entering around special days in the Australian school year - Book Week, NAIDOC week, Mother's Day, April Fools, Athletics Carnivals, Grand Final Day, Human Rights Day. There are also poems about special events in children's lives - the birth of a new baby, seasons, cake, Easter eggs. I loved reading each poem but my absolute favourite (wearing my adult head) was World Poetry Day. In this, Marwood summed up so eloquently my own half-formed ideas on poetry:
'What is a poem?
It's a snatch of time
stilled, distilled, enriched.
It's a trill and a skip,
It's the moonbeam
and the sun dream.'
A is for Australia is such a visually exciting book. I love Lessac's illustrative style, and have previously reviewed Simpson and his Donkey and Midnight.
Kids will love delving into A is for Australia. Its visual appeal is huge, with brightly-coloured single and double-page spreads, dotted with occasional pertinent facts. Lessac used gouache on arches paper. Truthfully, I don't actually know what that means, just know I love the artwork!
From the publisher:
A factastic tour of Australia from A to Z with award-wining author and illustrator Frane Lessac.
What is the Fremantle Doctor? Where is Qui Qui? And why are some islands named after days of the week? You'll uncover these exciting facts when you explore the A to Z of Australia - from Bondi to Kakadu and all the way to Taronga Zoo. Discover why Australia is one of the most amazing countries in the world!
There are lots of lesser-known Australian places featured in this beautiful children's picture book. I is for Iron Pot Lighthouse in Tasmania, Y is for Yallingup in WA, and O is for Oodnadatta, SA. I really appreciated the thoughtful choice of facts for each topic - most relate to themes covered at school; many are quirky, adding information to parts of the pictures; all are designed to grab children's interest.
If you're interested in acquiring still more great resources about Australia for your home or library, don't forget my recommendation of these beauties: The Big Book of Australian History by Peter Macinnis, Australian Backyard Naturalist by Peter Macinnis and An Aussie Year by Tania McCartney and Tina Snerling. Check out A Swag of Australian-themed Picture Books, and my list of general ways to find Great Australian Children's Books.
Wishing all my Aussie friends a safe and happy Australia Day 2015! You might also like to read Let's Celebrate Australia Day with Boomerang Play!


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Barclays clinches Post Office deal
UK banking giant Barclays has announced details of a deal allowing customers to pay in cash and cheques and withdraw money from local post offices.
The closures come at a time when Barclays has made record profits of Ł2.5bn and is offering top executives big pay rises and share options said to be worth up to 20-times salary.
The bank says the new deal will mean that 155 of the 171 areas affected will have the post office banking service within the next three weeks.
On the day that up to 40,000 people are estimated to be losing their branch service, Barclays hopes the deal will allay the storm of protests around the country.
He said it would go some way to overcoming the effects of transferring banking resources into online and telephone services.
He also said he believed it would help to maintain post offices in many areas where they might otherwise disappear over the next few years.
Bitter opposition
Critics have said the post office service is no substitute for full banking facilities.
Derek French, director of the campaign for community banking, said the service would not be available to voluntary organisations or businesses.
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy said: "This is going down like a lead balloon in many parts of the country, particularly when people see juxtaposition of this alongside the rather megalomaniac scale of salary increases awarded to top executives."
But Mr Varley emphasised that he believed there was no alternative for the bank but to transfer resources, especially as less than 40% of customers used its branch network.
He said the whole industry had been aware of the need to restructure for some years and that Barclays had in fact been slower than its competitors.
"Look at NatWest, our biggest competitor - taken over. Look at Rover - going out of business.
"It is in the interest of Barclays, it is in the interests of Barclays' customers and its employees to be successful. If we are profitable, that is a good thing, not a bad thing."
He said Barclays would still have 1,700 branches and a nationwide presence, and that in most areas hit by closures there was another branch within three miles.
Barclays has also been fiercely criticised for giving its top bosses huge pay rises at the same time as trimming back its branch network.
The chairman, Sir Peter Middleton, had a salary increase from Ł408,000 in 1998 to Ł1.76m last year. The new chief executive, Matthew Barrett - who joined in October - was paid Ł1.3m for three months' work.
There are also reports of share options for top executives worth up to 20-times salary.
Mr Varley refused to confirm the figures but said competition in the industry was "white hot and unremitting", and that it was right to give staff incentives.
"It is just the same as in football - if you want the best people you have to pay for them," he said.
More of the same
The changing trends in how people use banking services means that many more branches are expected to close over the next few years.
Deloitte Consulting predicts a 30% reduction within five years.
The post office arrangement is unlikely to pacify those most bitterly opposed to the closures.
But it is expected to be seen as a way of retaining a presence in rural areas. Lloyds TSB and the Co-operative Bank already have similar deals in operation.
See also:
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Flailing about and shouting for help while trying to hold your phone above the surface of the water is exactly what you should not do if you fall in the sea according to the RNLI, which says that if you accidentally plop off the end of a pier you should try to stay calm and concentrate on serenely floating for a while.
Trying to swim your way out of it ASAP is the wrong thing to do, they say, as this wears you out, stresses the body and makes it more likely you'll breathe in water and start to suffer. Apparently it's best to float for 60-to-90 seconds once you're in, as this lets the body adapt to the stress of the cold and stops your brain from telling your lungs to panic-breathe as hard as possible.
Floating on your back is the way to do it, with your mouth therefore naturally pointing at the air. The RNLI's Ross Macleod said: "We're asking the public to remember this lifesaving advice, share with others and practice the survival skill of floating -- it could be the difference between life and death." [BBC]
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Alexandrian priest. Born Libya c.250. Died Constantinople, 336.
In his book Thalia Arius taught a view about the person of Christ – that Jesus was a created being, to whom, before time began the Father gave existence, formed out of 'not being'. Because Arius was convinced of the absolute uniqueness and distinctness of God, 'one God, alone ingenerate, alone everlasting, alone unbegun, alone true, alone having immortality, alone wise, alone good, alone sovereign', he considered Patriarch Alexander's public proclamation that because God is eternal so is his Son to be blasphemy. Arius considered the equality of Christ and God to be a reversion to polytheism. Rather, he considered Christ special because he was created first as a necessary intermediary between the hand of God and the creation. Arius was defended by Eusebius of Nicodemia and Eusebius of Caesarea, but Alexander, who said 'always the father, always the Son', excommunicated him.
In 325 Athanasius and the Council of Nicaea decided that the Son was 'of the same substance' (homoousios) with the Father. Arius and the bishops who followed him were excommunicated and banished. When he was allowed to return in 335 a riot broke out among the people. In 336 the emperor summoned him to Constantinople. Alexander agreed to receiv him into the church once again, but Arius died suddenly the day before it happened.
Arianism was popular in the 350s to 370s, and developed into Anomeanism and Eunomianism. The Anomians further developed the idea that the Holy Spirit was simply next in line of created beings after the Son, created to give illumination and sanctification. Even some who opposed Arianism would not accede to the Deity of the Spirit. These were dubbed the Pneumatomachi (spirit fighters). This idea was also rebutted by the Nicene and Constaninople Creeds, which affirm the title 'Lord' as applied to the Spirit in Scripture, and say that he 'procedes from the Father'.
Arianism remained a problem until 381 and the recognition of the orthodoxy of the Nicene doctrine by the Council of Constantinople.


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Traditional match 3 game with an extra Twist. Swap 2 jewels to get 3 or more in a row. Try to match the same color as the jewels falling down on the left, for extra bonus points.
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From Shoryuken Wiki!
Super Turbo fan and willing to contribute and update content of the super turbo wiki which has been steady for a while. Haven't made it to any evo yet but been lucky enough to have met the players from norcal, east coast and tokyo, including main community contributors like kuroppi, papasi, etc.


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Why I'm a bad person
Okay. So, firstly, it's been 38 days since the last post on here, and 53 days since the last actual update, which all makes me a terrible person. However, first there was Christmas and all the stuff that comes with that, like getting presents for people and seeing relatives, then new year, then suddenly I had every piece of work ever in the history of the universe to do for school. BUT, and this is a huge but, I've been working on the game through all of that and the main reason for not updating until now hasn't been all these massive drains on my time (though they helped), but rather I wanted to do something huge for this update, so prepare yourselves for the Yes-I've-Been-Gone-For-Ages-But-Now-I'm-Back Update!
Development Hell
I'm a bit like a goldfish sometimes, in that I'll look at something, think it's amazing, then see something else and ditch the first thing. That's exactly me while developing this update; I kept putting in all of my half-baked ideas and nothing got done fully. I meant well, I swear, but it delayed the update quite a bit. But, I've put in a new texturing system which should make the whole texturing process a lot easier and quicker for me, AND save on performance, I've expanded and improved a couple levels, and the biggest thing is, I've added a boss battle! And we all know everyone loves boss battles! So read on and be amaaaaazed *dramatic voice*!!!
Updated, improved and removed levels
This, as you might recognise, is the hub level. However, it's had a facelift, and a big one at that. It now serves as the hub for the entire game, rather than having separate hubs for each world. The blue building from before is for World 1, and upstairs is World 2, then as more worlds are added, you'll be able to access more areas to find new levels. Also, due to loads of changes I've made to the level geometry and the texturing (I made a script that handles all of the texture sizes for me), everything should run smoother and I'll be able to put more decoration in the levels. In short: it's better, more shiny things.
In the hub now, you'll find the levels 1-5 near your spawn area, a practice room (ie, the large room that was there before), and upstairs you'll find the cube to go to the boss battle; however, that'll only appear after you've beaten levels 1-5. Also, you won't have all three guns unlocked straight away, but you'll find them scattered in certain levels. The laser gun is needed to access World 2, which is way above the rest of the level, so it's found after you beat the boss. There's also a trophy room to view all the gold cubes you've found, as well as an incinerator which is there for decoration and because destroying thing is really cool.
I've re-modeled the vapour gun too, so it's not exactly the same as the other two. I tried getting all the animations and sounds to go with it too, but for some reason Unity's animation thingy hates me and keeps giving me really horrific results, so no animations. Sad face. The force gun has had improvements too; right-clicking now holds an object in front of you, and then left-clicking will shoot it as normal, but you can only hold things for 5 seconds, and it'll drain your gravit meter, and the object will then disappear 5 seconds later, although I want to tweak this system a bit, such as only certain objects obliterating themselves when they're dropped.
No more lives!
Another thing to note: no more lives. I decided that they don't really add anything to the game, and it's much more fun to try a really hard part indefinitely rather than being limited to 5 tries. Because infinite fail is funny. I've added a load of stuff to the tutorial level too (well, I've completely redone it, the old one was pretty bad, this it less bad), and it covers stuff the old one didn't.
In addition to the texturing stuff mentioned earlier, I've added some sort of moving textures, like neon signs, kinda. They're dotted around the place as decoration, and to provide directions and other information. They're used as decoration in the super-sexy new start menu, which is vastly improved on the old one, and you can see an image at the top of this post.
And finally, the boss battle!
Yes, it's the part you've all been waiting for: a boss battle! He's called Squoid (because it sounded nice, no other deep meaning), and he's basically a big blue cube thing that launches himself at you and fires spiky balls of death at you in a fight to the death in his lair.
He might not look like much, but he'll wreck you. The idea is to use the force gun in some way to bring him down, but I'll let you figure out the details, because I don't want to spoil the fun of finding out for yourself how the battle works. His lair is absolutely magnificent though, and you should have fun having a look around it.
There's so many other little additions that I can't list them all here, I can't remember them all. Little things such as the gun icons in the corner being animated and zooming in when you run along with everything else, a range of new billboards, and small changes to the positioning of items in some levels to make it more convenient. However, through all of this, I haven't been able to update all the levels, such as the Testing Area, and the promised World 2 Level 2, which I started to develop after the last update, but before updating the texturing system, hence these levels will appear as a blur of pinkness and glitches.
Also something I just noticed, the WebPlayer build for my game has only just broke a megabyte in size! It's massively compressed, evidently. That's technology for you. And if you don't like external links or if you just think my Dropbox public folder is icky, there's a new Project Spikes page at the top of this very website! Now you don't even have to leave! Although, to be honest, it's better playing through the link at the bottom of the page (same as always, why haven't you bookmarked it yet?), as the page on this site is a bit broken. WordPress hates Unity, obviously. But, have fun heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere!


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Tshepo Mahloele
Group Chief Executive Officer
BProc (Rhodes University), Harvard AMP programme (Harvard)
Tshepo Mahloele is the Chief Executive Officer at Harith General Partners, and one of the originators of the $630m Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund. He holds a BProc obtained from Rhodes University and also completed a Harvard AMP programme. Mr Mahloele previously headed the Corporate Finance and Isibaya Fund Division of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) - the largest investment manager in South Africa with over USD90 billion under management. He is a recipient of three recognition awards from the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP) for his work, including the CEO of the Decade award (2014).
At the Public Investment Corporation, Mr Mahloele actively implemented the organisations' Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) strategy which resulted in a number of new industrial entrants coming into the South African economy. In this regard, he concluded R13bn worth of transactions over three years. He developed a new strategy for the Isibaya Fund of the PIC and achieved a 45% return for the 2003/2004 financial year and 40% return for 2004/2005 financial year.
Under his leadership, Harith General Partners has actively acted as a catalyst for Africa's development in the construction of various infrastructure assets including Main One undersea cable in Nigeria, Dark Fibre Africa cable company in South Africa, the Henrie Konare Bedie Bridge in Abidjan, Lanseria International Airport in South Africa, the Lake Turkana Wind Farm in Kenya, the Enfidha and Monastir Airports in Tunisia and Kelvin Power Station in South Africa, among others.
Mr Mahloele previously worked for Rand Merchant Bank as Manager of Corporate Finance and Credit Department, where he was among others, responsible for focussing on privatisation and developing the bank's strategy for Black Economic Empowerment (BEE). He then joined the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) as an investment executive where he oversaw an investment budget in excess of R700m per annum in South Africa. This role included examining and overseeing the bank's developmental impact strategy. Mr Mahloele headed the Private Sector Investment arm of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) managing a portfolio of R4bn with 12 high ranking project managers reporting to him. He improved the unit's approvals from R320m to R2,1bn within one financial year. He increased disbursements from R300m to R870m during the 2002/2003 financial year. He also contributed to the DBSA's strategy role in the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) while cultivating relations with the various funders and project sponsors within the infrastructure financing environment.
Mr Mahloele holds directorships in various organisations which include the following:
Alwyn Wessels
Deputy CEO
B COMM (HONS) (Accountancy), Certificate in the Theory of Accountancy (CTA), Higher Certificate – Financial Markets
Mr Wessels joined the company from Absa/Barclays in 2007. He has a BCom Honours, Certificate in the Theory of Accountancy (CTA ), Higher Certificate Financial Markets. Before joining Harith, Mr Wessels had over 10 years of experience as Senior Consultant for Absa Capital and he was responsible for Project and Infrastructure Finance. Prior to this he occupied different positions (Business Consultant, Financial Manager/Director, Managing Director) in companies operating in the manufacturing and construction industries.
Pani Tyalimpi
Head: Asset Management
Bcom Hons, MBL
Pani is a seasoned professional with many years of transactional experience in project finance, private equity, investment banking and corporate finance. Prior to working for Harith she was an executive at the Development Bank of Southern Africa. She worked for several financial institutions, including Public Investment Corporation where she funded and managed BEE transactions with the value of R43 billion; African Harvest Capital and ABN Amro, where she was employed in corporate advisory services. Prior to African Harvest Capital and ABN Amro, Pani also spent five years at the Development Bank of Southern Africa, working in the Project Finance Unit.
Dawie Nieman
Financial Director
Bcom Acc, Hons Financial Management
Before joining Harith he managed his own company for 8 years specialising in asset financing, risk management and co management.
Prior to this he enjoyed success in various senior positions in the manufacturing and service industries.
Sipho Makhubela
MD: Investments
Sipho has over 10 years' merchant banking experience. Prior to joining Harith, he worked for Investec Bank, Coronation Capital and African Merchant Bank in South Africa, with a focus on aircraft and plant and equipment financing, and various acquisition finance transactions. He is responsible for PAIDF's CIVH (DFA) and Main One Investments.
Emile Du Toit
MD: Fund Raising and Liabilities Management
Mr Du Toit, (CA) SA was Head of Corporate Finance at the Development Bank of Southern Africa in South Africa. He has over 11 years of relevant Corporate Finance experience, having joined the DBSA as an Investment Officer. He has been involved in many high profile transactions and currently serves as a Director and trustee in the governing boards of several institutions.
Pule Molebeledi
MD: Business Development & Stakeholder Management
National Diploma in Journalism; MBA
Formerly: Associate Editor and Political Editor at the Business Day, General Manager at BDFM, Journalist at Sowetan and New Nation. Former Committee member of the Advertising Media Association South Africa and National Editors Forum South Africa. Pule was also head of sales at CNBC Africa.
Lesiba Morallane
Senior Manager: Growth
Bcom Honours; MBA
Lesiba has significant finance and telecommunications experience, with financial and management expertise gained from both the private and public sectors. He joined Vodacom SPRL in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1999 as Head of Financial Management, has worked for Vodacom South Africa in Midrand, the Limpopo Economic Development agency in South Africa as Group Finance Director and also served as a Chief Operating Officer. He serves in various boards, including the South African Road Agency, Limpopo Province, and Checkers/Shoprite (Propriety) Limited – Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province.
Theli Gabelana
Legal Risk & Compliance Manager
B Juris, LLB
Theli has been practicing law for 19 years. He started working as a public defender in the department of Justice. Theli was also a partner at Nompozolo and Gabelana attorneys and was also a partner at Gabelana attorneys. Theli worked at the special court for the Legal Aid board of South Africa and is currenly legal and risk manager at Harith General Partners.
Tertius Steyn
Company Secretary
Prior to joining Harith, Mr Steyn worked as a company secretary at institutions such as the Lethimvula Group. He also worked as a legal adviser at the Bophuthatswana National Development Corporation. Mr Steyn is a non-practising attorney.


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Rating: The Wealthiest Officials of the Crimea
In conformity with the Russian laws, Crimean officials published their income for 2016. For all who got into the Crimean top-5, last year was the most profitable.
The wealthiest officials of the peninsula are deputies of the Republic's Federal Council. The first place is taken by the Chairman of the Council, Vladimir Konstantinov. His official income in 2016 amounted to 83.9 million rubles. This is nine times more than a year earlier (9.1 million rubles in 2015).
Konstantinov owns an apartment (95 sq. m.) and five non-residential premises (their total area is 6,108 sq. m.). He owns four cars (Land Rover Range Rover, BMW 750LI XDRIVE AWD, Jeep Wrangler, Chevrolet Corvette) and a trailer.
Previously, Vladimir Konstantinov headed the construction company Console – the largest developer of the Crimea. Now, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Konstantinov is not associated with any business, but it is believed that he continues to control the company.
Another deputy of the Crimean Federal Council, Frunze Mardoyan, who also is president of the company Corporation FM, took the second place of our rating. His official income was 76.8 million rubles. His figure also increased compared to last year: then, the official declared 41 million rubles of income.
Mardoyan owns two land plots (total area of 1,555 sq. m.), a residential building (182 sq. m.), shopping center (32,823 sq. m.), two non-residential buildings (1,977 sq. m.), as well as an office and expo-center (808 sq. m.). Another five land plots (23,264 sq. m.) and a house (1,470 sq. m.) are in the deputy's use. The official's car park includes: Mercedes S550, BMW 745 LI, GAZ-14 Chaika, Toyota Lexus LX 570.
Another member of the Crimean Federal Council, Svetlana Shabelnikova, declared 60.2 million rubles in 2016. The declaration states that she combines her official post with individual entrepreneurship. In addition to IP, she owns the company Krymturservis-2004 LLC.
Svetlana Shabelnikova owns 16 land plots (their total area amount to 11,428 sq. m.), as well as 18 non-residential premises (the total area is 15,792 sq. m.). She owns two more apartments (118 sq. m.) and ¼ of an apartment of 56 sq. m.
She also has a property in use: a plot of land (700 sq. m.), dwelling house (319 sq. m.) and an apartment (74 sq. m.). Shabelnikova declared one vehicle – a Mercedes-Benz ML 350 BlueTEC 4Matic.
The fourth place in the ranking of the wealthiest Crimean officials was taken by the Chairman of the State Council Committee for Construction and Housing, Leonid Babashov. He indicated 21.7 million rubles in his declaration for 2016. This is 12 times more than in 2015, in which his income was 1.8 million rubles.
Babashov's incomes are formed not only from the deputy's salary – in the Republic, he owns his own business engaged in construction and maintenance of roads. Leonid Babashov is the sole founder of Blik LLC, a company that founded Alt-Era LLC. The share in it is owned by the official's son, Arthur Babashov.
The company affiliated with the official from the profile construction committee does not hesitate to participate in budget competitions. Over the past two years, Alt-Era has won state contracts for a total of 137 million rubles.
In his property list, Babashov indicated not only five plots of land (their total area is 17,624 sq. m.) and a dwelling house (92 sq. m.), but also a mill, as well as an commercial facility with a pharmacy and office premises (127 sq m.) . Two of the five land plots are located on the territory of Ukraine, says the declaration.
Three more plots of land are in the official's use. Their total area is 2,834 sq. m. Babashov owns two cars, Porsche Cayenne and BMW X5, and four trucks – DAF Trucks, GAZ 5312, GAZ 53A and KRAZ 258B1, as well as a platform-trailer and three tank-trailers. The official also owns a sports vessel Melges 24. The cost of such a vessel on the market varies from 16 to 112 thousand USD.
Another deputy of the State Council, Sergei Borodkin, declared 21 million rubles in 2016, which is twice as much as a year earlier. He owns two apartments: one with an area of 80 sq. m. in Russia, the second one's area is 34 sq. m. and it is located in the Ukraine. In addition, he owns three land plots (total area - 3,707 sq. m.), a residential house (34 sq. m.) and a Land Rover. One non-residential premises of 30 sq. m. is in Borodkin's use.
Borodkina is called the business partner of Sergei Aksenov's family. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, three companies are currently assigned to Borodkina: Gals LLC, Stels-Yug LLC and KIPK Kievinvestprom LLC. Gals LLC in Ukraine was controlled by Lyudmila Dobrynia – mother-in-law of the head of the Crimea, who also was involved in the Public Chamber of the Crimea. Now, this company, as well as Stels-Yug LLC, is divided in halves – between Borodkina and Sergei Aksenov's wife.
The official income of Sergei Aksenov himself is quite modest in comparison with the mentioned figures. In 2016, he declared 2.6 million rubles, but his wife earned 32.8 million rubles in the same year. The head of the Crimea has no declared property and vehicles, but Yelena Aksenova owns three apartments (total area - 178 sq. m.) and six non-residential premises (total area is 562 sq.m.). She also owns a BMW 750Li xDrive.
Aksenov's wife owns several Crimean enterprises that work in real estate, trade and production. Already mentioned Stels-Yug LLC and Gals LLC are among them.


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THEY have put a new 1.2-litre engine in the Nissan Juke and it fits like a glove. The 113bhp power plant is part of a relatively minor change for the popular off-beat.
I drove it last week and wasn't alone in noting that it makes the Juke an even more fun car to drive. This is a great little engine. I've driven it in the Qashqai and Note as well.
They have come up with some snazzy material, design and colour combinations and you can now order a glass roof if you like. They have re-styled the front and back but your basic shape doesn't go away.
I have to say I often wonder how a car that looks like it is sawn off has fared so well. I'm told because it is "different". It most certainly is that. But whatever they have managed to do over the years, they have made it into something that people like. It is a young person's car, I suppose. But I see a lot of more mature drivers in them as well.
I also drove the diesel in this, but I really do think petrol is fighting back. This 1.2-litre may not have as good an emission figure (129g/km) as the diesel but it costs a good bit less (you'll be a long time making up the price difference in fuel consumption) and is impressively peppy.
Anyway, it is more of an urban vehicle and if that is the extent of your use of it, I think you're throwing money away on a diesel. Don't get me wrong, I love diesels but people are not looking at the full picture and bottom-line lifetime costs.
They have also managed to increase boot space by 40pc and showed us how they have a two-level area now for whatever else you need to dump in there.
There will three equipment levels (XE, SV, SVE) as you'd expect when it gets here on July 14.
The Connect 2 sat nav system is also an option. Indeed, there is quite a range of what they call personalisation options. These include coloured seat stitching, centre console, wing mirrors, wheels and headlight finishers.
It will cost from €19,995 (delivery and related charges extra).


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Conservancy Supports Ford Foundation Accessibility
-The Ford Foundation building, Interior
-The Ford Foundation building, at 320 East 43rd Street
The Conservancy testified in support of a proposal to alter the Ford Foundation's landmarked interior at an April 19 Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) hearing. The proposal focused on modifications that will increase barrier-free access to the landscaped atrium and improve fire-safety throughout the building. The Commission voted to approve it.
The Ford Foundation building, at 320 East 43rd Street, is an interior and exterior landmark which features an extraordinary landscaped garden in an atrium that rises up 12 stories. Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo Associates designed the modern-style building, which was completed in 1967, and designated as soon as it met the LPC's 30-year age criterion in 1997. Dan Kiley was the landscape architect. The LPC designation report quoted Kevin Roche who said that Ford commissioned this open space on valuable Manhattan real estate "for no reason other than to make a public gesture" and that "it was important 'for the relationship of this community with the public."
The proposed alterations will expand that "public gesture." Necessary upgrades for fire-safety and other code requirements led Ford to undertake this project. They expanded the scope to include modifications such as installing new doors, widening doors in existing doorways, extending hardscape paths in the garden, and installing a lift, to provide better access for wheelchairs. The Conservancy found these measures to be appropriate.
One component of the proposal calls for removing a planter that was specifically noted in the designation report. We suggested that instead the planter be reduced or that new plantings be installed in the same location, to honor the intent of this feature. The Commission approved removal of the planter. The plan, which is set to start later this year, will also include replacing the existing plantings, which were not in keeping with the original design, and renovating offices throughout the building.


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International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship
Edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson
Chapter 24: Introduction to the Americas
Robert B. Anderson
Robert B. Anderson This part on the Americas contains chapters covering the region from the far north to South America, including Mexico, Panama, Peru and Bolivia. Aboriginal and European views about the land and resources differed prior to the emergence of the capitalist economy. However, these differences were not a source of conflict during the fur trade era; the views could and did coexist. With the simultaneous decline of the fur trade and the rise of capitalism, this peaceful coexistence came to an end. Under capitalism, land and its resources became inputs of production: inputs that had to be owned by individuals before they could be used. This view was (and still is) in stark contrast to the traditional view of land as a place to live and the source of life. This history, and the contrasting worldviews that are central to it, cannot be ignored when one looks to Indigenous enterprise now and in the future in North America and beyond. The first of the following chapters is 'People of the river: the subsistence economy of the Han, Athabaskan people of the Upper Yukon River', by William E. Simeone. The author describes the experience of the Han in Alaska during the influx of gold seekers during the Klondike gold rush of 1898 and how the Han survived and adapted in spite of the devastation wrought on them by the sudden boom and just as sudden bust of the gold rush. Simeone pays particular attention to...
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Subscribe To Here's How Many Switch's Nintendo Expects To Sell At Launch Updates
Analysts have been picking the brains of Nintendo's executives since the announcement of the Nintendo Switch. A lot of people are curious about the console and how much it'll cost and how many units Nintendo expects to sell. Well, Nintendo rolled out a ballpark figure for the fiscal year ending in March.
The tweet comes courtesy of Wall Street Journal Japan reporter, Takashi Mochizuki. A lot of the comments in the Twitter thread responded to Mochizuki's tweet saying that 2 million SKUs is not enough and that many people plan on pre-ordering the Nintendo Switch as soon as possible.
It was also brought up that the Nintendo Wii U shipped 3 million SKUs during its launch month back in 2012, as reported by IGN.
There are some speculations that Nintendo could be playing it safe with the Nintendo Switch, taking a conservative approach to their stockpile, but one thing to keep in mind is that a lot of it depends on when in March the Nintendo Switch launches.
A late March release with 2 million SKUs set within the fourth quarter of the fiscal year would mean that anything after March would be operating figures for the next fiscal year ending in 2018 (or the first quarter of the fiscal year). This could literally mean that Nintendo would have 2 million SKUs ready for shipment in March and in April they could have several million more.
This may sound really confusing, but keep in mind that if Nintendo successfully ships 2 million SKUs through March, before the fourth quarter ends, they would essentially have those figures accounted for towards their 2016 revenue. It would be the perfect way to round out the eighth-gen in 2016 with a solid bit of figures bolstered by their ninth-gen console.
Analysts have been skeptical about the Nintendo Switch, some of which called it lacking in innovation. Others have claimed that it's only aimed at the hardcore gamer, while a few more have said that they will wait and see what Nintendo does before jumping on one boat or the other.
Consumers, alternatively, have been a lot more optimistic about the new game console. The local multiplayer and ad hoc play has turned on a lot of people, getting them to comment positively about the new console. Some gamers are wary because they're not sure if the console will receive the necessary third-party support needed to become a sustainable force in the ninth-gen.
A lot of the success of the Big N's new console will fall to their marketing department -- how well they can convince casuals to take up interest in the new device -- and the third-party publishing support. The latter is definitely the more important factor given that they'll need to keep a steady flow of games coming out on the system if they don't want people to simply rely on Microsoft, Sony or Steam to provide them with their third-party gaming needs.
There are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding the Nintendo Switch, and while we now know how many units they plan on shipping out during the end of the fiscal year, we still need to get the details on the system's online infrastructure and the price.


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Egypt contains many lakes currently and other lakes that have vanished.[1]
- 1 Current lakes
- 2 References
- 3 External links
Current lakes
Lake Nasser
A vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Behind the High Dam of Aswan on the river Nile, contains river water.
Manzala Lake[2]
Salt or brackish water lake. In northeastern Egypt on the Nile Delta near Port Said, Damietta, Dakahlyia and Sharqyia governorates.
Maryut Lake
A salt lake in northern Egypt, between Alexandria and Al-Buhira (Beheira actually is named after it) Governorates.
Lake Bardawil
Salt water Lake in North Sinai Governorate. It is said that it is named after King Baldwin I of Jerusalem of the First Crusade and that he was buried there.
Lake Moeris or Qaroun Lake
Brackish water Lake. South River Nile Delta in Fayoum Governorate.
Wadi Elrayan Lakes
Brackish water Lake. In Fayoum Governorate
Edko Lake
Salt water lake in Al Bouhaira Governorate
Toshka Lakes
River water Lake. In South Western Part of Egypt, at el-Wadi el-Gadid or New Valley Governorate.
Great Bitter Lake or al-Buhayrat al-Murrah
A salt water lake between the north and south part of the Suez Canal, includes Greater Bitter Lake and Lesser Bitter Lakes and el-Temmsah Lake (The crocodile lake). In Ismailia Governorate.
Borolus Lake or Paralos lake
Salt water Lake in North shore of River Nile Delta, Western corner in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate.
Wadi El Natrun Lakes
Salt alkaline water lakes (Contain Natron Salt) in Wadi Natron area near el-Qattara Depression in Matruh Governorate.
Salt lakes of Siwa[3]
In New Valley Governorate, Siwa Oasis in Western Desert.
- ^ Lakes of Egypt
- ^ Manzala Lake Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Siwa Lakes Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- "The northern lakes of Egypt: Encounters with a wetland environment" – via osti.gov.
- Historic Photos of Egyptian Lakes from The New York Public Library Digital Library.


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Dress - ICE
Shoes - Aerosoles
Do I look like I am melting in the photo above? No? How about the photo from below?
I am melting because it is about 100 degrees out in the pictures, and I have been out for most of the day. It was predicted to be about 110 today, but I tried to not look at any temperature gauges so I don't know how hot it actually got. It was pretty hot. I know I have pictured this dress a few other times, but when it is going to be over 100, I get pretty limited with my clothing options.
I need to be on the lookout for more dresses with long arms that can be comfortably worn in such hot weather. To tell you the truth, I impressed myself with being out and about today. But it was still quite fun. Jules and I ran some errands, got our nails done, and went and saw a movie. We saw The Lone Ranger. We thought it was good for the most part. It was a little too "Disney," if you get what I mean by that.
Jules got a great nail job today. She came up with the idea herself and explained what she wanted to the nail tech. The guy did a good job, but I was more impressed with Jules' plan.
I think her nails are super cute! Yeah for her!
Have a great one!
Love you!


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Captain Shika is the commandeer of a group of female bounty hunters. They traverse the final frontier on a space ship. Captain Shikas comrades are Kotori and Nami. Theyre all exhibitionist lesbians.
One day, Shika reads the ad for a gig with an insane bounty. The gig is to hunt down a girl named Akane. The plot follows the girls as they try to track down the girl. Little do they know, Akane is also tracking down them.
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As the tributes flowed in from everywhere, the sports world stopped to honor a giant now gone. The death of the Lakers' owner Jerry Buss Monday at age 80 brought out all the usual remembrances, which included the proper credit for creating the Lakers phenomenon out of almost nothing, for spawning much of what we recognize as the modern N.B.A. out of so much magic dust. The tales of the man behind all that, though, were so colorful and so unlikely, it is worth taking a second to realize that if Jerry Buss had not been real, Hollywood would have had to make him up.
And frankly, most Hollywood producers would have thrown out some of the most preposterous details of Buss's story. Because, really, a man with a doctorate in physical chemistry, who despite a hardscrabble life turned a $1,000 real estate deal into a personal fortune and then turned a moribund N.B.A. franchise into the biggest happening in happening-addicted Los Angeles? Oh, and he won 10 N.B.A. titles along the way? C'mon, now, who's going believe all of that?
As Howard Beck writes in The Times, Hollywood did not make Buss's Lakers, Buss did. He played the part of show business mogul to a T, as Bill Dwyre writes in The Los Angeles Times, but the best of his many sides is what shined brightest. As Magic Johnson told Bill Plaschke of The Los Angeles Times after spending several hours of Buss's last day with him, "Without Dr. Jerry Buss, there is no Magic." Without his vision, which was his defining characteristic, writes Ramona Shelburne on ESPN.com, there is no Showtime. He brought together the star players, the great basketball minds, added the layer of glamour that became the Lakers' mystique and set it free to work its wonders.
Buss might live on longest in the loyalty of the players who loved him, with Adrian Wojnarowski writing on Yahoo.com about his indelible impact on Kobe Bryant. The creation they all enjoyed is hardly assured of living on after his death because, as Bill Simmons writes on ESPN.com, it's no coincidence that the Lakers started going south just as Buss became ill. The future under Buss's heirs is no certainty, Ken Berger writes on CBSSports.com, mostly because Buss had six children but he has no equal in N.B.A. empire-building. Even by Hollywood's standards, Buss was larger than life.
The rest of sports would wish for a little of Buss's magic dust to waft on over to their corner of the universe. Certainly the world of women's basketball wishes for some star-making power to give Baylor's Brittney Griner her due. Because even as she led Baylor to a win at Connecticut, she is far from the biggest spectacle in college sports.
No, the college world spent Monday under the circling clouds of gloom, thanks to the N.C.A.A.'s botched investigation of the University of Miami, in which everyone comes out looking varying degrees of awful, but no one worse than the N.C.A.A. itself, as Dave Hyde writes in The Sun-Sentinel. The N.C.A.A. president Mark Emmert's answer was to duck responsibility again and anoint Julie Roe Lach, the vice president for enforcement, as this mess's scapegoat, writes Dana O'Neil on ESPN.com. When does everyone realize the whole system needs to be demolished, Stewart Mandel writes on SI.com, before it can restore even a shred of credibility to the process?
Miami is fighting back, with the university president, Donna E. Shalala, calling for the N.C.A.A. to end the investigation with its self-imposed penalties in place. This is justified, writes Greg Cote in The Miami Herald, because how can the N.C.A.A. punish corruption among members while tolerating its own?
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The L!brary Book: Design Collaborations in the Public Schools by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi
Princeton Architectural Press, 2010
Paperback, 176 pages
Memories of the library in my grade school are strong, even though what prevails is not the physical aspects of it but the time spent there looking at books, learning how to use computers, and being shushed for talking. I'm sure the importance of the library in my early education is a trait shared by many, so it's no surprise that the Robin Hood Foundation has focused its initiative with the New York City Board of Education on these spaces, hubs for learning both in school and after school. As the traditional aspects of the library -- books and other print media -- are being challenged by the digital, the design of libraries, big and small, is changing to encompass broader and more diverse ways of obtaining and sharing information. We find ourselves on the cusp of great changes, but the book, its storage, and what it stores are still the cornerstone of libraries in schools. That fact is evident in the pages of this book celebrating the results of the Robin Hood Foundation's first decade, from the ways casework actively shapes the different spaces in the libraries to the graphics that adorn the walls. Spaces for computers and classes are provided, but the bookcases are the defining elements for each library.
Twelve case studies are presented for libraries designed by Gluckman Mayner Architects, Leroy Street Studio, Rogers Marvel Architects, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, and others, with graphic elements by 2x4 and Pentagram. The last play an important part in the success of the library designs, and about half the book is devoted to the murals and other 2d pieces that help shape the spaces in bright and captivating ways. For example, 2x4's contribution to a Gluckman Mayner library in Manhattan covers the ceiling and walls above the bookcases in a sky/cloud graphic further activated by light coverings designed with the architects to mimic the flight of birds. Many of the designers work pro bono for these commissions, but the results are not B-game. Their attention extends to selecting the location for the library (many are created by consolidating three classrooms into one space) with some great results, like a second floor space wrapping an entry stair and an attic gym complete with tiered seating and a stellar view of Manhattan. This book is also carefully crafted, thoroughly documenting the case studies with numerous photos and drawings. It makes me realize that if I would have grown up with one of these libraries I'd surely remember the space, not just the books.
Pardon the late warning: Tonight The Architectural League is hosting a panel discussion on the Library Initiative at the Scholastic Auditorium in SoHo. Panelists include Scott Lauer, Harold Levy, Henry Myerberg, David Saltzman and Lonni Tanner, with an introduction by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi. It's moderated by Rosalie Genevro.
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Libraries have always been fundamental in my learning. Although I am not really bookish, I love to spend time in the library. I like how books are arranged and how the shelving provides a nice and neat way of storage and display of these books. Probably my interest in storage and organizing came from my good experience in libraries.ReplyDelete
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The West Indies batsmen gifted their wickets to Bangladesh's bowlers, according to allrounder Kieron Pollard, who said their seven-wicket defeat in the first ODI in Khulna was a "bad day" and nothing more. After dominating the Test series, the visiting batsmen were rolled for 199 in 46.5 overs, despite the pre-match expectation that the big-hitters in the West Indies line-up would make life hard for the hosts.
"It was mostly a bad day," Pollard said. "They weren't bowling anything magical. We gifted our wickets away. I think we have to blame ourselves for the way we batted. At the end of the day, we can't look for excuses. The batsmen have to bat 50 overs, and not let the tail bat for 10 to 15 overs, like they had to do today. Now we know that when we play bad, Bangladesh will take the initiative."
West Indies had chosen to bat, the logical decision on a flat and slow pitch. But Lendl Simmons' scratchy innings was over quickly, and Chris Gayle gave it away after making 35 off 40 balls, when he looked set for more. The major breakthrough for Bangladesh came in the 14th over, when Sohag Gazi drew the in-form Marlon Samuels into an early drive. The ball took the edge and was caught on the second attempt by Mahmudullah at slip. Samuels had made 260 in the Khulna Test but was dismissed for a duck today.
"We had a very good start with Lendl [Simmons] and Chris [Gayle]. We were on just where we liked to be after 10 overs," Pollard said. "Then we lost wickets in clusters, we lost Gayle and Samuels. But having said that, the other guys are here to play and did well before. It is a matter of us taking that extra time, that extra over or two, to continue what we have been doing."
After Samuels' dismissal, Pollard and Darren Bravo added 52 runs for the fourth wicket before Pollard threw his bat at a short ball from Abdur Razzak, only to be caught at short midwicket. His departure in the 23rd over, with West Indies on 100 for 4, caused the rest of the innings to disintegrate. Pollard was disappointed, but promised to treat the delivery the same way the next time it is bowled at him.
"It was an innings that was needed today, because we had lost three wickets," Pollard said. "That ball, nine out of ten times, you'd hit it out of the ground, to the boundary. Little extra bounce, hit it straight to the fieldsman.
"It is a soft dismissal. But that's the way it is, I was just trying to play to the situation. If I get the same ball tomorrow, I will try to play the same shot as well. This time it will go to Dhaka."
Pollard praised Bangladesh for their performance without Shakib Al Hasan. "One guy missing is a big gap in the Bangladesh team but they played well. Whatever happened in the Test series is in the past, we didn't turn up as we would have liked to in this game. There are four more games to go, so it is a matter of us regrouping as international cricketers."


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Through the years, tofu has gained notoriety among vegetarians and vegans for its protein. Tofu is also called bean curd by some people. With all the popularity it gets, what is tofu anyway?
Tofu is made from soy, and the truth is so is actually bad for your health.
The reality is soy is one of the most genetically modified foods in the market. A regular tofu s made from water, soybeans and a curdling agent.
According to the renowned author of "The Whole Soy Story", Dr. Kaayla Daniel, soy is something you cannot categorized as a health food. It has not been proven safe nor does it prevent diseases.
Moreover, several scientific studies have linked soy to different medical conditions like cognitive decline, digestive problems, malnutrition, reproductive disorders and thyroid malfunction.
There are also reports that soy can cause heart disease and cancer.
There are many reasons why some people avoid soy protein in their diet. But are all soy really that bad?
You need to know that soy can be divided into two categories: fermented and unfermented. Fermented soy products refer to natto, miso, tamari and tempeh.
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Mine on Mondays | Happy Easter!
I ran out of time this Easter - I spent too much time making cookies, decorating eggs and shopping that I almost didn't take any Easter photos. I wasn't prepared and didn't have any clever photo ideas, but I think I made due! I'm not a huge fan of too many props (I like props that look natural and suite the setting) so I just used what I had for these Easter themed photos.
Her own egg she decorated (tip: put paper grocery bags through your paper shredder to make instant nest and bucket filling!).
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Naked bike
Naked bike refers to a class of road motorcycles without fairings.
The "modern" naked bike trend (as the first motorcycles could be classified as naked bikes as well) started in Europe, during the late 1980s. At that time, sportbikes, especially Suzuki's GSX-R, were popular all over the continent. However, the relatively high speed and acceleration of these motorcycles, coupled with the unstable (compared to today) suspension and frame components used, resulted in many crashes in which the bike's plastic fairings were superficially damaged. Because these fairings were expensive to replace, many began to strip them off altogether, resulting in the first Streetfighter. European manufacturers were quick to catch on, and 1993 Ducati created the first production naked bike, the Monster. Others soon followed:
- Aprilia Tuono1000r
- BMW R1150R Rockster
- Ducati Monster (600, 1000, S2R, S4R)
- Honda CB600, CB900F (Hornet), 919, 599
- Kawasaki 750
- Kawasaki ZRX1100, ZRX1200
- Suzuki Bandit (Bandit 600, Bandit 1200)
- Suzuki SV (650/650S, 1000)
- Triumph Speed Series (Triple 1000, Four 600)
- Yamaha FZ6, FZ1 (600, 1000)
As their name implies, all naked bikes lack fairings (Triumph's Speed Triple) or have small, half-fairings (Ducati's Monster S4R). The top of the line, 1000cc naked bikes usually have performance comparable to the fastest of the middleweight supersport class (such as Kawasaki's ZX-6R). However, the bikes are less focused for the track, and thus have more liveable ergonomics and riding positions as compared to superbikes like Suzuki's GSX-R series. Naked bikes are geared, in the most part, towards higher acceleration at the sacrifice of overall top speed (through transmission gearing and spocket size).
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Large engine displacement versions of the "naked" type of motorcycle are often referred to as "muscle" bikes. Muscle bikes originated in Japan as an outgrowth of the naked bike phenomenon that was taking place in Europe. Their main characteristics are vast amounts of torque and a broad power spectrum, plus lower gearing compared to a sportbike and an upright seating position. Most "muscle" bikes also forego modern fuel injection, computer management and monoshock suspension seen on the latest sports models, settling for more traditional carburetors and twin rear shocks. Styling is typically reminiscent of Japanese standards from the 1970s and 1980s. These motorcycles are also referred to as "hooligan bikes"; what they may lack in state-of-the-art components, these bikes are considered very fun to ride due to the large, powerful engines allowing them to wheelie easily. Models such as the Kawasaki ZRX1200, Yamaha XJ1300 and Suzuki GSX1400 fit this category.
Naked bikes are loved in Europe for their tough, bare-bones styling and the subsequent attitude they seem to exude. The naked class is not as popular in the United States but is growing rapidly, albeit not significantly enough to displace the sportbike/cruiser phenomenon that is taking place there.


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Jürgen Klopp never seems to let bad news keep him down for too long. Just minutes after last season's Champions League final, in which Bayern Munich had just overcome Borussia Dortmund by two goals to one, he sat slumped in his chair awaiting the press conference.
"I am proud of my team, but at the moment it's the disappointment that prevails" was what he led with, yet before too long he was back to his usual, hopeful self. "Now we start again … I hope next year we'll have even more quality and the game will move on."
The ambition that had fuelled Klopp and Dortmund was still there, alive and well. At that point Dortmund and their ever-growing range of fans were hopeful for the future. Bayern had won the day, but the underdogs from the western Ruhr still seemed as though they had the youth, the momentum and most of all the talent to keep sparring with Bayern.
Then the summer transfer window came and with it more speculation surrounding the Bavarian club's intent to dismantle the Dortmund side that had undone them for so many years.
Mario Götze had left, among a thousand broken hearts, and now Robert Lewandowski was going too. This was far from what Klopp's side had anticipated for the off-season. Just a few weeks before they had come undone on the greatest of stages and instead of regrouping and building a new side the once charismatic coach and club chairman, Hans-Joachim Watzke, sat down and prepared for a year of damage limitation.
Of course this isn't the first time Bayern had done this to a title rival. Fans of Bayer Leverkusen will watch this saga with bated breath as they remember the infamous 'Neverkusen years' of the early Noughties that saw their own fortune take an unexpected turn for the worse one summer.
In the 2001-02 season, a campaign that has gone down in Leverkusen history as the 'Treble Horror', the club lost the Bundesliga, DFL Pokal Cup and Champions League in a subsequent chain of events that came to conclude half a decade of competition to Bayern's dominance.
That summer Uli Hoeness stole Michael Ballack and Zé Roberto, the spine of that famous Leverkusen side. A few months later the board chose to sack manager Klaus Toppmöller.
Yet the reason Bayern's tactics are so worrisome now, as opposed to 10 years or so ago, is because the Bavarian club are already the best side in European football and already look unstoppable.
The acquisitions of Ballack and Zé Roberto were worrying back then, but things balanced themselves out when Werder Bremen won the Bundesliga just a year later and Stuttgart two years after that. Now, as Bayern announced Lewandowski will be joining in the summer they sit seven points clear in the race for their second consecutive league title and are chasing their fourth European Cup final in just five seasons.
Where Bayern once bullied German football and reached for the ripest fruit from its trees, they now feels confident enough to take on the rest of Europe in a similar manner. Javi Martínez, Pep Guardiola and now Thiago Alcântara are all men who were pursued across the world, yet it was Munich that they were drawn to, just like Bundesliga talent has done for decades.
Klopp will now return to the drawing board, as he did back in May. Bayern have again landed another killer blow, and Dortmund must pick themselves up and try to compete.
Lewandowski's move may seem like the next chapter in the same old narrative that encapsulates modern German football, as Guardiola's side conquer their foes through old methods of attrition. Yet this level of domination is something we've never seen from Bayern.


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LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - European shares achieved their highest closing level in two weeks on Wednesday, boosted by basic resource and oil stocks, while French aeroplane seat-maker Zodiac slumped after its latest profit warning.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.4 percent at its close, with the market focused on potentially divisive elections in the Netherlands and a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting that could signal how much monetary tightening to expect during the remainder of the year.
A recovery in oil prices after a surprise U.S. crude stockpile drawdown eased worries about a supply glut and spurred a rally in basic resources stocks with the sector up 1.7 percent, followed by major European oil-related stocks which rose 1.2 percent.
Outokumpu and Glencore were among the top gainers, with their shares up 7.3 percent and 2.9 percent respectively. Outokumpu's shares jumped after the European benchmark price for ferrochrome, a crucial raw material for steel production, was set lower than expected. .
Bank stocks also lent support, gaining 0.9 percent ahead of an expected U.S. interest rate hike. Higher interest rates benefit banks' margins, which have struggled in Europe's low rate environment.
"It's almost certain we will see an increase in interest rates from the Federal Reserve tomorrow. The question now is not if they will increase, but by how much," Jordan Hiscott, chief trader at ayondo markets, said in a note.
"Going forward, with (a) possible three rate increases for 2017 alone, I predict we will see trepidation for the equity markets in general."
British drugmaker Hikma was the biggest STOXX gainer, jumping 8 percent after it posted a 2.4 percent rise in full-year operating profit on growth in its injectables and branded business, which offset weakness in its generic drugs.
Zodiac was the biggest European faller, after it warned on profit after the close on Tuesday. The company, which engine maker Safran is seeking to acquire, said it sees full-year operating income falling 10 percent against a previous forecast of a 10-20 percent rise.
Swedish fashion retailer H&M was also among the biggest fallers, with its shares down more than 5 percent after it posted its first monthly sales drop in four years.
The Europe-wide retail sector index was the worst-performing, down 0.3 percent, with Zara owner Inditex's shares roughly flat after releasing full-year earnings.
German utility E.ON < EONGn.DE> fell 3.5 percent after it posted a record 16 billion euro ($17 billion) loss due to impairments on its former power plant unit Uniper which it spun off last year. (Reporting by Helen Reid and Kit Rees; Editing by Toby Davis)