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End Summer Hunger
The Challenge
One in eight children in America live without consistent access to food. Having enough to eat is fundamental to ensuring families remain healthy and stable, but for nearly 16,000 children in North and East King County who receive free and reduced-price meals at school, summer vacation doesn't mean a chance to spend carefree days outside playing with friends. The end of the school year means no longer having regular access to balanced, nutritious meals.
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It is stressful when parents can't afford food for their children. Hopelink's End Summer Hunger campaign helps parents not have to worry about how they are going to fill their pantry or refrigerator during the summer months. We want our community to be able to rely on Hopelink to partner with them to ensure their families are nourished. Hopelink's food markets offer more than just food – our neighbors can find culturally relevant options and walk away with a renewed sense of dignity and hope.
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Hopelink's End Summer Hunger campaign raises funds to help bridge the gap in access to regular, healthy meals for thousands of local kids and families. Your support will help ensure that no child in our community goes hungry this summer. By making a gift of any amount, you can help feed more people, and we can all End Summer Hunger in our community. Click here to donate or start an online fundraising drive.
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Justin Bieber Apologises For Naked Bum Picture: "I Wasn't Thinking"
13 July 2015, 08:52 | Updated: 13 July 2015, 15:01
Plus check out 9 AMAZNG fan reaction to the cheeky pic that broke the Internet.
Last week the world got QUITE the shock when they woke up to a picture of Justin Bieber's pert posterior doing the rounds online and basically breaking the Internet in the process.
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The 'Where Are U Now' star posted a picture of his fully naked self on the deck of a boat near Bora Bora with the caption "Look…", and of course everyone could LITERALLY not tear their eyes off dat booty.
But now it looks like Justin's feeling regret about being quite so *ahem* open, and has issued an apology if anyone was offended by the sight of his cheeks.
"Hey. I deleted the photo of my butt on Instagram not because I thought it was bad but someone close to me's daughter follows me and she was embarrassed that she saw my butt and I totally wasn't thinking in that aspect," Justin posted on Instagram. "And I felt awful that she felt bad.
"To anyone I have offended I'm so sorry," he added. "It was completely a pure-hearted as a joke but didn't take in account there are littles following me!!!! Love u guys."
Kim Kardashian may have tried to break the Internet with her belfie, but Biebs actually succeeded – and the memes that followed his picture are pure internet gold.
We've picked out some of our faves:
1. Professional Justin Bieber lookalike Miley Cyrus lead the charge with this bootylicious edit:
2. Now THIS is a Google logo we could get on board with!
Finally after all these years, we have the new Google version #LetsSeeTheRestOnShots #TURNAROUNDJUSTIN pic.twitter.com/Vnfcg1JPlD
— HARRY SOLO DMS (@Ourbaby_JB) July 7, 2015
3. Bieber's butt is some #Beliebers' reason to live. Reason. To. LIVE.
beliebers #TURNAROUNDJUSTIN pic.twitter.com/QdBzXRYMIV
— they're not 21 / 18m (@CALUMCCANN) July 7, 2015
4. Even Hazza's impressed with the view:
LITERALLY THE ENTIRE WORLD WHEN THEY SAW JUSTIN'S PIC #TURNAROUNDJUSTIN #justinsass pic.twitter.com/ChV6EhrGnb
— aaliyah loves harry (@oralwithharry) July 7, 2015
5. Christ is watching you from your calf, JB:
OMFG ASDFGHJKL #TURNAROUNDJUSTIN pic.twitter.com/wimSrC8dAb
— pls Justin (@DrewsSoldiers) July 7, 2015
6. That lil tush is a work of art, appaz:
Justin Bieber fans be like: pic.twitter.com/zH9dt0mfRw
— . (@diohnisio) July 7, 2015
7. He might take the lead from Nicki Minaj and have a racy album cover:
PROBABLY JUSTIN'S NEW ALBUM COVER #TURNAROUNDJUSTIN #LetsSeeTheRestOnShots pic.twitter.com/SPUShtxIPP
— 26 days → fpdc (@sugarybieber) July 7, 2015
#turnaroundjustin pic.twitter.com/HiZnaosafx
— A (@DimplesOfBieber) July 7, 2015
9. All of his celeb pals got involved:
SQUAD GOALS #TURNAROUNDJUSTIN pic.twitter.com/hwrqVQSUvg
— shami (@JustinWaitForMe) July 7, 2015
Oh Justin, PLEASE keep posting cheeky snaps like this – it genuinely made our week! Don't forget to apply the sunscreen though, or that could end BADLY!

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My current book project is the revision of my dissertation (Stanford, 2013). Public Work: Making Roads and Citizens in Eighteenth-Century France tells the history of the corvée, e.g. the forced labor regime used on highway construction sites from about 1730 to 1790. Despite shaping the lives of millions of French people, little research has examined the corvée: scholarship has focused on the quality of the roads built rather than the labor practice itself.
My book unearths the information infrastructures that made the corvée possible: questionnaires addressed to rural villages, engineers' maps, broadsheets and pamphlets of regulations. These archival sources from Brittany¬—where the corvée has a uniquely long history—show that information technologies adapted for highway building became tools of political reform in the decades before 1789. The book is a study of eighteenth-century France as an information society.
This research is enabled by digital workflows that allow meaningful features of information exchange to become visible as evidence and traceable in the provincial landscape. Underpinning my analysis is a hand-crafted digital gazetteer (a dictionary of historical place names linked to metadata, for example, a geospatial location) as well as datasets of features from period maps of corvée assignments.
Recent presentations about my book projects
- "Beyond Repair: Forced Labor and Highway Construction in Eighteenth-Century France," Early Modern Mobility Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, May 14-15, 2021.
- "How to Build a Road: Coercive Labor, Public Works, and Provincial Power Struggles in 18th-c. Brittany," Institute for Historical Research (IHR) Modern French History Seminar, London, UK, July 6, 2020.
- "Les archives des États de Bretagne: Un outil au service des travaux publics au XVIIIe siècle," Les États provinciaux au travail en France et en Europe, XVIe-XVIIIe siècle, Avignon, France, 10-11 October 2019.


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How to get a ProtonVPN free trial
Is the 7-day free trial still available?
ProtonVPN is one mighty VPN service with impeccable security features and the audits to back up its privacy claims. But is it one of the VPNs with a free trial?
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There was a time when ProtonVPN offered its free plan and a 7-day free trial. Alas, the latter has now been removed from its website, but it makes sense when you consider what you can get when signing up for its freebie package (more on that below).
Much like the rest of its key competitors, then, ProtonVPN weighs in with a 30-day money back guarantee policy as its 'free trial' offering. This essentially gives you a month to give the VPN a spin on your devices and decide whether it's the one for you.
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The Borders Advocacy Planning Group, which comprises statutory commissioners and third sector independent advocacy providers, is working on a new Independent Advocacy Plan.
Independent Advocacy is a way to help people have a stronger voice and to have as much control as possible over their own lives. Independent Advocacy organisations are separate from organisations that provide other types of services.
There are two independent advocacy organisations operating in the Borders - Borders Independent Advocacy Service (BIAS) and Who Cares? Scotland. However, a number of other organisations do provide advocacy (not independent) as part of their services.
We would be grateful if you would complete this brief survey, which will allow us to map general advocacy provision across the Borders and identify the gaps.
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Fresh French Style Green Beans was once one of the most anticipated signs of spring, but these days it is available in most markets year-round. When green beans are steamed lightly in vegetable broth then remove from the steamer, season with just a little salt and pepper. Then sprinkle with colorful slices of mini bell peppers, you'll enjoy this wonderful side dish often.
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Ingredients For french style green beans with rainbow peppers
1 lbfresh french style green beans
6mini bell pepperw (sliced - red, yellow, & orange
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salt and pepper to taste
How To Make french style green beans with rainbow peppers
1In medium to large sauce pan, over medium heat add vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Then add green beans and let steam for about 5 – 8 minutes or until tender, but do not overcook. Remove pan from heat, season with salt and pepper, then add slice peppers cover and let stand for about 2 minutes.
2Place green beans and peppers in serving dish.
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Mrs. Loretta Jean Beddard Minniti, age 77, a resident of Blounts Creek, passed away Saturday December 3, 2022.
Funeral services will be 12:00 pm noon, Thursday December 8, 2022 at Elizabeth Chapel Church of Christ. The family will receive friends following the service at the church. Private burial services will be at Warren Memorial Cemetery.
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The Volokh Conspiracy
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The Second Amendment vs. the Seventh Amendment: Procedural Rights and the Problem of Incorporation
Recognizing the difference between substantive and procedural rights helps enormously in understanding the battles over applying the first eight amendments of the U.S. Constitution to the states. Procedural rights have failed; not only have they not improved procedures, they have made things worse.
This is the fourth in a series of five posts based on my piece in the Northwestern Law Review comparing the Second and Seventh Amendment. The last post described the distinction between substantive and procedural rights, and the importance of that distinction. In this post, I look more closely at the problem of procedural rights and explain how they block important reforms.
The U.S. Supreme Court's struggles over whether to apply the first eight amendments of the Constitution to the states illustrate the problem with procedural rights. Applying one of these rights to the states is called incorporation. Early on, the federal courts shut down any notion of applying the first eight amendments to the states, as explained in Chief Justice John Marshall's 1833 opinion in Barron v. Mayor of Baltimore. After ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, the question became more acute.
Understanding the difference between substantive and procedural rights helps enormously in explaining the otherwise seemingly chaotic decisions about incorporation. The U.S. Supreme Court first incorporated substantive rights. In 1897, the Court applied the Takings Clause against the states, and in 1925, the free speech and free press rights of the First Amendment. The process of incorporating substantive rights has continued, right up to the decision to incorporate the Second Amendment in McDonald v. City of Chicago in 2010. The Court understood these substantive provisions to be fundamental to a free society.
But the procedural provisions long resisted incorporation. Some justices, especially Benjamin Cardozo, Felix Frankfurter, and the younger John Harlan, understood that the states needed flexibility to develop effective systems of adjudication. In Palko v. Connecticut in 1937, for example, Justice Cardozo wrote for the Court refusing to incorporate the Double Jeopardy Clause against the states. Connecticut allowed the prosecution to appeal an acquittal. Although he did not use the terms, Justice Cardozo drew a significant distinction between substantive rights and most procedural rights. Describing "freedom of thought, and speech," he wrote, "Of that freedom one may say that it is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom." Therefore it was properly applied against the states. On the other hand, the rights to jury trial, grand jury indictment, the prohibition against double jeopardy, and the privilege against self-incrimination "are not of the very essence of a scheme of ordered liberty…. Few would be so narrow or provincial as to maintain that a fair and enlightened system of justice would be impossible without them." Justice Cardozo took an informed comparative view, one that allowed the states flexibility.
Likewise, in Wolf v. Colorado in 1949, Justice Frankfurter wrote the Court's opinion incorporating the substantive Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable governmental searches and seizures. He declared that right to be "basic to a free society." But he refused to incorporate the procedural exclusionary rule that the Court had developed for the federal courts. Justice Frankfurter explained that the methods of checking violations, the remedies for violations, and the means of enforcing those remedies "are all questions that are not to be so dogmatically answered as to preclude the varying solutions which spring from an allowable range of judgment." Again, flexibility was to be permitted to the states on matters of procedure.
And in Duncan v. Louisiana in 1968, Justice Harlan vigorously argued in dissent against incorporating the criminal jury right: "The States have always borne primary responsibility for operating the machinery of criminal justice within their borders, and adapting it to their particular circumstances." Interfering with state procedure through incorporation of federal constitutional provisions was a mistake: "neither history, nor sense, supports using the Fourteenth Amendment to put the States in a constitutional straitjacket with respect to their own development in the administration of criminal or civil law."
Unfortunately, Justice Harlan was fighting a losing battle. By 1968, the Court was launched on its procedural rights revolution. Justice White wrote for the Court in Duncan, incorporating the right to criminal jury trial against the states. He came up with a test for incorporation—whether a particular right is "necessary to an Anglo-American regime of ordered liberty"—which he buried in a footnote. The test was disingenuous because it did not explain the cases at all, though Justice White claimed that it did. Recently-created procedural rights unknown in England were said to meet this test. Such a test would be unworkable even if the Court were really trying to apply it. The "Anglo-American" regimes of "ordered liberty"—that is, procedural systems—were constantly changing, in important ways.
Most likely, what was really behind Duncan and many other 1960s cases was concern about the treatment of black defendants. (Duncan was a 19-year-old black man charged with assaulting a white boy.) The constitutional procedural-rights revolution was essentially part of the civil rights movement, and importantly linked to the Cold War. The United States could hardly claim to be a beacon of liberty for the free world if it treated black defendants badly.
But insisting on certain procedural rights turned out to be a terrible way to address that concern. The good intentions of the justices backfired, because they ignored the law of unintended consequences. Insisting on jury trial has resulted in the denial of any form of adjudication. Jury trials are long, expensive, and unpredictable. The state and federal systems have turned to plea bargaining instead, and applied ever-greater pressure on defendants to make that happen. Today, in the federal system, over 97% of criminal convictions are the result of a guilty plea, with no trial of any kind, jury or bench. Hundreds of thousands of black men—and others—have gone to prison through plea bargains, without any adjudication at all.
Specific procedural rights have failed. Not only have they not improved procedures for criminal defendants; they have made things worse.
Despite its criminal procedure binge, even now, the U.S. Supreme Court is reluctant to incorporate all procedural rights against the states. The Fifth Amendment right to grand jury indictment and the Seventh Amendment right to civil jury trial have not been incorporated. At least to some extent, the federal courts seem to have understood that procedure needs to be flexible, to adjust.
The experience of other countries shows the wisdom of flexibility concerning procedure.
Unlike substantive provisions, specific procedural provisions are not compatible with a wide variety of legal systems. Many are deeply incompatible. As an example, the independent jury has proved to be deeply incompatible with civil law, or inquisitorial, systems. By independent jury, I mean groups composed entirely of laypeople who deliberate and make adjudicatory decisions apart from professional judges. The independent jury is at odds with the goals of reasoned decision-making and full appeal that are so important to civil law systems. Inquisitorial systems have tried to adopt the independent jury for criminal cases, and it has failed. Germany, Italy, and France abandoned the independent jury in favor of a mixed panel of professional judges and lay jurors. Japan also uses a mixed panel. In theory, Spain and Russia today have independent criminal juries for serious cases. But in practice, judges and lawyers in those countries have greatly diminished jury trial, by prosecutors undercharging and courts using abbreviated procedures. The use of civil juries is so alien to civil law systems that almost none of them adopted it, or even tried to.
The civil jury has also proved to be incompatible with the current legal system of every other common law country. In England, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, the civil jury has been virtually eliminated. Those legal systems developed independent and reasonably competent judiciaries. Under the circumstances, the legal profession and members of the general public thought that the use of civil juries was an unnecessary expense and delay. (See Renée Lettow Lerner, The Surprising Views of Montesquieu and Tocqueville about Juries: Juries Empower Judges, 81 Louisiana Law Review 1, 49 (2020).) Loss of the civil jury doesn't seem to have done these countries any harm. One would be hard pressed to argue that their civil justice systems are worse than that of the United States. Alexander Hamilton was right. The trend in favor of limiting civil juries continued, to the point of elimination. Free from the constraint of constitutional rights to civil jury trial, other common law countries have been able to make appropriate reforms.
The next and final post shows the results of the weakness of procedural rights, and the relative resilience of substantive rights. It describes the terminal decay of the Seventh Amendment, and the revival of the Second Amendment.
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Public health scholar addresses youth mental health at Carlton-Mellichamp Lecture in Education
Public health scholar addresses youth mental health at Carlton-Mellichamp Lecture in Education
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Ebonee T. Johnson, PhD, an emerging scholar in the field of youth mental health, is the keynote presenter at the 2023 Carlton-Mellichamp Lecture in Education at the University of Northern Iowa on April 26.
Johnson will present "Utilizing Community-Engaged Research to Build Capacity in Stakeholders to Address Youth Mental Health." She is an assistant professor in the Department of Community & Behavioral Health and a research-affiliated faculty member in the Scanlan Center for School Mental Health at the University of Iowa. Her research utilizes community engagement to develop and implement psychosocial interventions. She currently serves as the program director or principal investigator on six grants, including the Iowa School Mental Health Initiative to build stakeholder capacity to address school mental health.
A reception from 3:30 to 4 p.m. in the College of Education's second floor atrium precedes the keynote lecture, slated for 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Schindler Education Center Budke Auditorium. The event is free and open to the UNI students, faculty and staff and interested area professionals. Registration is encouraged on the event website.
This is the fourth in a series created in 2018. The series is supported by a donation to the UNI Foundation by Suzanne Carlton and Duncan Mellichamp. It allows the College of Education to stimulate the dissemination, public scrutiny and implementation of ideas with the potential to bring about significant improvement in professional practice and educator preparation.


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January 19th, 2023 News release
On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at approximately 2:40 a.m. officers from the Ashland Police Department and members of Ashland Fire & Rescue responded to 60 Shamrock Lane for a report of a fire. This location is a fueling station that serves commercial vehicles.
After the fire was extinguished, APD, in consultation with AFR, determined that the fire was caused by someone's attempts to steal gasoline from underground gasoline tanks via syphoning the gas. The investigation determined that hundreds of gallons of gas were stolen before the theft was cut off by the fire it caused. Some fuel was also stolen from a nearby piece of construction equipment that was left in the area.
This theft and the fire it caused presented an immediate and serious threat to the surrounding neighborhoods and the Ashland community. As the attached pictures show, had this fire been at a different time of year, it would have easily caused a major threat to adjacent residences and businesses.
The Ashland Police is asking for the public's help in identifying the vehicle that was seen entering the area while pulling the trailer that would eventually be destroyed by the fire. If anyone has any information about who might be responsible, please contact the Ashland Police Department.
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Marcelo Tinelli accompanies your children in every step they take. On this occasion, she gave the present at the Fabián Zitta parade for which his daughter Juanita was summoned as a model. The young woman's mother also attended. Paula Robles.
The brand new driver shared several images of the event from his social networks. Very proud of his daughter, he wrote: "See your daughter parade and she looks like you're dead in love. Congratulations. I love you and you broke her."
Marcelo spoke with the press from the exclusive event: "It makes me very excited to see it, I'm excited. What has grown since the first parade that I saw her, to this one, is awesome".
"We still have the videos with the tacos, which he fell at home, when he was 2 years old. Juani always liked to do fashion shows, put on clothes, dress up. I remembered at one point in the parade that she would fall down with the plastic heels we had bought for her. So yeah, she always liked that"Revealed the driver in dialogue with Intruders.
The notero praised the beautiful family they made Marcelo and Paula Robles. The dancer quickly replied: "We are family and we love each other very much."
How were the months of Juanita Tinelli in Paris
The daughter of the famous Argentine businessman and television host Marcelo Tinelli, Juanita Tinelli, settled several times in Paris, France, where she ventured into the fashion world as a haute couture model. She currently resumed her schedule in Buenos Aires, but does not deny returning to work in Europe.
At the age of 20, Juanita stood out on the European catwalks thanks to her beauty and personal style. Since she arrived in the capital of France, she has managed to work with important designers and has already walked on renowned international catwalks.
In addition to her work as a model, Juanita found in Paris a city that captivated her with its culture, architecture and gastronomy. Through her social networks, the young woman shared with her followers some of her experiences and adventures in the French capital with her friend Inés de ella, and she confessed that she feels completely in love with the city and its lifestyle.
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OKRs — The Ultimate Framework You Need to Boost Your Success
We will look at a methodology used by the largest cap companies that helps us make data-driven decisions and finally how to implement it with Notion or other software.
Welcome to FosteringThoughts.
Have you ever wondered if there is a method to measure and guide the success of your decisions? I'm not just talking about corporate business but also about choices in private life.
If the answer is yes, you are in the right place! I'm about to show you a framework that has made history for its ease of use and the huge impact on the strategies we undertake. I'm about to tell you about OKRs.
Making ambitions come true
You may be wondering what OKR means. Well, the word is an acronym which stands for Objectives and Key Results. In short, it's a goal-setting methodology that has been used by some of the most successful companies in the world.
The appearance of this method dates back to the seventies when the former CEO of Intel, Andrew Grove, introduced this novelty in the company. It was later taken up by several companies including Google.
Whether you're a startup founder, an employee or a freelancer looking to take your career to the next level, OKRs can be for you. If I have stimulated your curiosity and you are interested in learning more, all you have to do is continue reading.
In this article, I'll show you how this framework works and how it can be used to improve your professional and personal success. Finally, we will see different techniques to implement it in a concrete way.
The importance of measuring
There is a quote I really like that some people probably mistakenly attribute to Lord Kelvin which goes:
"If you can not measure it, you can not improve it".
The idea behind this sentence is that if we don't measure a phenomenon during its evolution we cannot control it and therefore improve it. To improve something it is necessary to know what its initial situation is in order to know which direction to take.
So we understand, it's important to measure to improve. It seems trivial but it is not. Indeed, to perfect something it is necessary to apply changes to the current phenomenon and to know exactly what to change it is essential to know that phenomenon. In a certain sense, we can say that to know a phenomenon it is necessary to measure it. In addition, once the improvement changes have been made, it is necessary to re-measure the phenomenon to evaluate whether there has actually been an improvement in the aspect we wanted.
I hope I haven't lost any readers with this almost philosophical digression, I promise that now everything will become clearer and more tangible.
Now we've learned the importance of measuring, now let's dive deeper into the concept of OKRs.
How do OKRs work?
The basics of the framework
As we saw at the beginning, the OKR framework is based on the concepts of Objectives and Key Results.
Let's start with the first word: Objectives. We can imagine an objective as what we would like to achieve by the end of the period. Then ask yourself the question: "What do I want to achieve?". The answer will be your objective and you will usually have more than one.
The second part of the acronym is about Key Results. Key results are hierarchically inferior to objectives. Referring to the objective, to find a key result it makes sense that you try to ask yourself: "How can I achieve this Objective?". Each key result represents a small milestone for the achievement of the objective to which it refers.
Typically an implementation of the OKR framework has several objectives which in turn have three to five key results.
How to choose OKRs correctly
When choosing objectives, it is important to consider the following. First of all, it must be kept in mind that the objectives must be ambitious but at the same time not impossible to achieve. This fact guarantees the growth we seek.
The other aspect to consider is that to set objectives it is good practice to ask for advice from the people involved in that goal. For example, in the case of a company it is therefore useful to have a comparison with employees regardless of their job position. Obviously, this point makes no sense if OKRs are being developed for an individual business.
Well, we've covered how to set objectives. What about key results? As you can imagine, you need to be careful here too. First of all, it must be remembered that the key results must be measurable. In other words, we must be able to attribute a value to the phenomenon so that we can compare it with the value we have given ourselves. Second, one must try to find KRs with a low enough "granularity" or KRs that are not further divisible (let's say — improperly — "atomic key results").
Time frame and review
One of the main things to know before proceeding is that OKRs are always relative to a time interval. Usually the interval chosen is the quarter, i.e. three months. Every quarter, or in general at the end of the chosen time interval, the results achieved are reviewed and the strategy is modified with the aim of keeping it always updated and challenging.
As just mentioned, when the time period expires, the strategy is reviewed. However this is not the only moment in which we intervene on it. In fact, for this framework to be effective, it is good practice to update the completion percentage of each KR on a regular basis (e.g. weekly).
Setting the path
Are you starting to get interested and would you like to try to implement this framework? In summary, the steps to take are these:
- Choose your objectives.
- For each objective define 3 to 5 key results.
- Track progress weekly.
- At the end of the period draw conclusions.
- Start again from the first point.
A brief example
Well, did you understand what is behind this framework but are you still confused? Let's look at an example.
Let's imagine we want to implement the OKR methodology in a startup whose main business is the development of a mobile application.
We can hypothesize that a goal that the board of the startup wants to pursue is, for example, "Achieving good popularity and brand awareness". Some KRs for this goal might be "Achieve at least X app downloads" or "Have at least Y daily active users".
Why should I use OKRs?
Goal-orientation and improvement
The OKR framework is one of the most used continuous improvement methodologies, so if you are looking to achieve ambitious goals with your business you should definitely give it a try.
The fact that the OKRs are reviewed periodically means that the organization updates and follows its strategy. This ensures that you work with a long-term vision. Indeed, when a KR is reached, it is replaced by a new, more demanding one. This approach leads to continuous improvement.
Cohesion and transparency
By sharing objectives and key results with the entire company, everyone can see what others are working on and how their work contributes to the company's goals. Another point is that this structure ensures the alignment between different departments of the same reality. In other words, sharing the framework is a way to align the entire company's work.
Accountability and motivation
It is good practice to set up a team or responsible person for each KR. In this way, responsibility develops the motivation to achieve the result.
In addition, every manager can feel that they are actually working towards a larger goal. To some extent, this type of organization is also able to reward more people in roles with seemingly little impact on the long-term goals of the organization.
How to implement OKRs in practice?
Okay now you really got it all figured out. But how can I apply this framework in practice? As you can imagine there are several ways to do this and now I'm going to show you the ones I personally prefer.
Use an online platform
The first way I propose is to rely on an online service that is compatible with this framework. I have personally tried several of these services and I would recommend both Notion and Airtable.
They are two different platforms but both provide templates for tracking OKRs. Here are the links to the templates you can use:
- Notion: https://www.notion.so/templates/okrs
- Airtable: https://www.airtable.com/templates/okr-tracking/expANUwzYC7xvHuET
Use a spreadsheet
Another way to track OKRs is to use a spreadsheet. It doesn't matter whether it's Excel or Google Sheet. Online there are many valid templates for both of these software however, being the scheme very simple, you may want to create the document from scratch.
In this case, my suggestion is to create two tables: one having the objectives as rows and one having the key results as rows. In the KR table it is then necessary to add a column to indicate the reference objective, a column to indicate the value to be achieved and a column to indicate the current value or the percentage of completion.
Finally, with a formula like "=VLOOKUP(…)", it would be appropriate to report in the objectives table the completion percentage of each objective based on the data present in the KR table.
Use pen and paper
Finally, one last method that I would recommend is to monitor the OKRs manually with pen and paper. Yes I know, for some of you it may seem like an unnecessary complication to write everything down on paper but I can confirm that in my opinion it is one of the methods that works best.
In my opinion, the reason is that once we have prepared the scheme, we will automatically proceed with its compilation and periodic review so as not to waste the effort made. Furthermore, this method has the smoothest learning curve as it is not necessary to understand how the software to use works.
However there is also a downside. In the methods seen previously, one of the advantages was that for the calculation of the current value of the KR it could be done through formulas. In fact, having a database available it is often possible to make queries and calculate the required value. Here, if the paper method was used, this process would have to be done manually.
Furthermore, it must be stated that this method is appropriate only in cases where the OKRs to be monitored are personal. In fact, if we were a company it would be difficult if not impossible to share the prospectus with all interested parties.
Additional resources
Well, I hope I have made you interested in the subject and have provided you with useful ideas. In case you are interested and would like to learn more, I would recommend the following resources:
- The book "Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs" by John Doerr.
- In addition to John Doerr's book there is also a website called What Matters (https://www.whatmatters.com/) which has many resources on the subject.
- This resource is a Forbes article on what to consider when choosing a metric. It does not strictly refer to OKRs but it is valid for example on the choice of Key Results. The link to the article written by Joel Shapiro is the following: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joelshapiro/2022/01/31/measure-what-matters-how-to-choose-the-right-metrics/.
In this post we have seen the OKR framework that is a powerful goal-setting systems that helps organizations and privates to pursue their objectives.
Thank you for reading this post to the end. Feel free to comment and express your opinion on what you have read. If you liked the post I would appreciate it if you clicked clap and started following me.


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AI and Autonomous Features in Hypercars: The Rise of Electric Hypercars
Hypercar market was valued $15.2 billion in 2021; and expected to grow at 31.1% CAGR during 2021-2031
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, UNITED STATES, October 24, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "Hypercar Market," The Hypercar Industry Size was valued at $15.2 billion in 2021, and is estimated to reach $224.5 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 31.1% from 2022 to 2031.
Europe is expected to dominate the global hypercar market. Italy, Germany, and UK are some of the leading producers. The prominent presence of the industry's leading players is assisting the industry's growth in Europe. In July 2022, Red Bull announced their first in-house hypercar RB17 at $5.62 million. The Advanced Technologies division of Red Bull's Formula One team has announced plans to launch its own $5.62 million million hypercar in 2025. The limited edition, two-seated RB-17 will be built at Red Bull's Milton Keynes factory, with only 50 cars built for civilian use rather than professional Formula 1 racing.
𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐭- https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/hypercar-market/purchase-options
Several companies operating in hypercar market are launching new electric hypercar in the market, which fuels the growth of the market. For instance, in March 2019, Automobili Pininfarina unveiled its new electric hypercar Battista at Geneva Motor Show. The new car has 1900 Bhp, and 2300 nm torque. It has potential to accelerate to 62 mph in less than two seconds, which is faster than a Formula 1 car.
The growth of the global hypercar market is propelling, due to growth in demand for comfortable and luxurious driving experience. However, high cost of hypercars is the factor hampering the growth of the market. Furthermore, production of electric hypercars is the factor expected to offer growth opportunities during the forecast period.
𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-19 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in supply-chain disruptions, causing low sales of passenger cars and temporary suspension of production of vehicles across the globe. The global automotive production has witnessed decline by 16% in 2020 as compared to automotive production in 2019. Moreover, the global sales of automotive witnessed drop by around 14% (Y-o-Y) from 90.42 million units in 2019 to 77.97 million units in 2020.
In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic also forced hypercar manufacturers to halt the launch and the production of their new hypercars across the globe. For instance, in 2020, Bugatti had to halt the plan to launch its new Chiron hypercar due to the COVID-19 crisis.
However, post pandemic, development of electric and hybrid hypercars has been observed, which is expected to drive the growth of the hypercar market during the forecast period. For instance, in January 2021, Toyota Motor Corporation launched the GR010 hybrid Le Mans hypercar, which is powered by hybrid powertrain.
- By propulsion, the battery electric segment is anticipated to exhibit significant growth in the near future.
- By end-use, the racing segment is anticipated to exhibit significant growth in the near future.
- By region, Asia-Pacific is anticipated to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period.
Key players operating in the global hypercar market include Aston Martin, Audi AG, Automobili Lamborghini S.P.A, Bentley Motors, BMW AG, Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S, Ferrari N.V., Horacio Pagani S.P.A, Koenigsegg Automotive AB, Mclaren Group Limited, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, and Porsche Automobil Holding SE.
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Yesterday was not a good day for embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. We've known for a while that the Oklahoma Republican spent tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a soundproof phone booth for reasons that have never made any sense, but we learned yesterday that as far as the Government Accountability Office is concerned, the purchase violated federal spending laws.
But that doesn't mean things can't get worse for the far-right EPA chief. Take this new Washington Post report, for example.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt upgraded his official car last year to a costlier, larger vehicle with bullet-resistant covers over bucket seats, according to federal records and interviews with current and former agency officials.Recent EPA administrators have traveled in a Chevrolet Tahoe, and agency officials had arranged for Pruitt to use the same vehicle when he joined the administration in February. But he switched to a larger, newer and more high-end Chevy Suburban last June.
The article added that the head of Pruitt's security detail "subsequently approved the addition of Kevlar-like seat covers to the vehicle at a cost of hundreds of dollars."
That's the same security official, Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta, who's reportedly "clashed -- at least once physically -- with top E.P.A. officials who challenged Mr. Pruitt's spending, and has steered at least one E.P.A. security contract to a business associate."
This is what's become of the Environmental Protection Agency in the Donald Trump era.
For what it's worth, it would be easier to justify "bullet-resistant covers" for Scott Pruitt's seats if there were evidence of expansive security threats against the EPA chief, but there aren't. The latest documents from the agency show those security threats don't really exist. (The career EPA staffer who approved this evidence was removed from his post.)
And, of course, Pruitt's "Kevlar-like seat covers" are also emblematic of Pruitt's paranoia. As we discussed just yesterday, for example, the EPA chief also explored the possibility of getting a bullet-proof desk.
This fit into an amazing pattern. Pruitt, for example, has a massive, around-the-clock security detail. He's spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on a professional sweep of his office searching for possible surveillance devices. And thousand more on a sound-proof phone booth. And thousands more on first-class air travel, apparently afraid of the riff raff who fly coach.
CNN reported that the EPA's custodial staff is not allowed to enter Pruitt's office on their own, and in the hallway around Pruitt's office, "security employees check government IDs against a list of employees who are approved for access."
And before you think Trump keeps this guy around because he's ruthlessly effective at gutting environmental safeguards, let's also not forget that reports on Pruitt's competence have been greatly exaggerated.


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Project Witness and the Museum of Jewish Heritage announce their jointly produced event, a groundbreaking symposium, The Untold Story: Religious Faith and Practice during the Holocaust.
Sunday, May 29th, 2011, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place New York, New York.
Highlights include:
- Women in the Holocaust: Faith and Courage in the War Years.
—Mrs. Ruth Lichtenstein, director, Project Witness.
- "Thirsty, but not for Water": the Battle for the Jewish Book during the Holocaust.
—Mrs. Esther Farbstein, director, Holocaust Education Center, Michlala College, Israel, and author,Hidden in Thunder.
- "Wild Men": Underground Hasidim in the Nazi Ghettos.
—Ms. Matty Lichtenstein, executive editor, Witness to History.
- Special exhibition tour: Artifacts of Spiritual Resistance.
For more information on this unique and transformational event, please contact: Project Witness at (718) WITNESS or via e-mail at email@example.com
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The MIS and also choice procedure task can take a while to finish. It is an essential procedure as well as every little thing requires to be thought about. It will certainly assist profit the firm, service or company functioning towards a boosting end result.
The majority of the university administration systems had actually installed MIS reporting with their software program. Each stakeholder in the establishment calls for the timely record and also relying on these demands MIS Record layout will certainly differ. Experts operating in these verticals require to identify the precise remedies for their stakeholders' need.
Ex lover- staff members: In SIMPKB PPG many cases, it has actually been seen that the account of staff members are energetic in MIS website also after they ventured out from there. Occasionally, these accounts can be made use of for some adverse functions.
Cyberpunks: Currently, a variety of individuals that have outstanding IT expertise hack this sort of system, possibly for cash or for a few other functions.
Monitoring Info Equipment, which are usually shortened to MIS are a neighborhood of inner organization controls that typically describe papers, IT, treatments and also individuals. An MIS is typically used by monitoring accounting professionals that will certainly be attempting to resolve a company trouble or establishing a cost for just how much an item ought to set you back.
MIS are in fact rather various from various other info systems. Since the MIS are made use of mostly to evaluate various other info systems that are utilized in the functional tasks of any type of certain organisation, this is.
Having a modern-day MIS makes the whole procedure much easier. Also though the MIS is digital that does not imply the computer system makes all the choices or calculates the best solution.
The MIS systems can likewise reveal dips or optimals in efficiency that might not be easily offered when utilizing various other info systems, so they are extremely vital.
The Choice Support group will certainly need to take a look at, evaluate, collect and also translate massive quantities of information to accomplish this, however the vital point is that it can be done as well as the advantages that systems such as this can bring are without a doubt incredible.
All the crucial as well as the secret information are there kept in an MIS and also which is not intended to seen by anybody outside the business or anybody that is not accredited to do so. Allow's talk about a couple of means just how the safety and security of an MIS can be damaged.
Computer systems were utilized to maintain funds up to day word handling as well as in numerous instances accountancy. After that much more as well as extra applications were developed all of which were tailored in the direction of giving administration with pertinent and also helpful details that would certainly aid them to handle their company as well as due to the nature of the info they included, these applications came to be recognized as Administration Info Solution.
One extremely fascinating element of MIS systems is that they can be made use of to 'anticipate' the future. This implies that an organization can examine out any kind of distinctions that it may be intending to an existing approach by running a Choice Support group, which is a program that will look and also run a simulation at the 'what happens if?' kind circumstance.
Within any type of offered organisation there might well be MIS experts, yet they are really used as systems experts and even job supervisors. They frequently will certainly work as a way of interaction in between monitoring and also the team on the ground as well as they are really an extremely useful property to any kind of company, because MIS specialists have the capacity to evaluate substantial quantities of information.
The demand of MIS is unpreventable and also reporting differs from company to company, leading from the sector degree to education and learning as well as individual monitoring etc. High quality of the MIS relies on significant 5 aspects: Time, precision, Uniformity, significance and also efficiency. After that it will certainly be of terrific success, if these aspects are well protected while constructing any kind of MIS.
This is the genuine charm of Administration Info Equipment, they permit workers to efficiently as well as effectively evaluate substantial quantities of information that would certainly or else be also substantial to be evaluated by people. This suggests that fads can be seen or patterns begin to arise. The MIS systems can additionally reveal dips or heights in efficiency that might not be conveniently offered when making use of various other details systems, so they are exceptionally crucial.
If you believe that a person that functions in MIS is a person that is dealing with computer systems and also IT assistance, after that you are truly just seeing a small component of the duty. MIS systems, when made use of correctly will in fact assist to affect a firm and also form.
A Monitoring Details System (MIS) is a valuable innovation that companies utilize to determine the effectiveness of their service procedures as well as efficiency of their workers. The MIS enhances with extensive understanding of a firm as well as sustains monitoring for making crucial company choices.
If a business is assuming concerning placing its rates up after that it can run a DSS to see what influence this would certainly have on service. Certainly there can be no assurances that this would certainly be 100% exact, given that no person can forecast the future, yet what this can do is to allow supervisors recognize the prospective end result.
One extremely intriguing facet of MIS systems is that they can be utilized to 'forecast' the future. An Administration Info System (MIS) is a valuable modern technology that companies utilize to gauge the performance of their service procedures as well as efficiency of their workers. Monitoring Details System (MIS) progresses via numerous modern technologies in time along with shows developments. Many of the university administration systems had actually installed MIS reporting with their software application.
MIS is not a real details system in the feeling of innovation, however neither is it a real organization feature. It straddles both these techniques as well as is a method in which modern technology can be used along with service so that individuals can operate extra properly.
The MIS simply documents, procedures, shops as well as gets details to aid with the choice procedure. There are a selection of MIS systems to utilize.
The major objective of MIS systems is to educate monitoring as well as aid them make notified choices concerning administration as well as the method business is run. This highlights the distinction in between an MIS and also various other sorts of details systems that do not always have info that will certainly assist supervisors make supervisory choices.
They are able to have all the essential details right in front of them produce purposes after that apply them. Typically modern-day MIS is a computer system functioned product. It permits it to be much better preserved as well as the MIS is simpler to set up.
Administration Info System (MIS) progresses with numerous modern technologies in time along with shows advancements. These procedures can be minimized utilizing a number of newest modern technologies with the previous usage of MIS record layout.
Primarily there are 4 stakeholders in universities: Management, Educators, Moms And Dads, as well as Pupils. Every one has their very own participation in the daily tasks of the university. An extensive research study needs to be performed to identify the optimum style.


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Mr Perrin's blog "A Word in Your Ear"
I am also moved to comment on the article on "Your Thurrock" dated 14 August 2014 titled "Civil liberties campaigner slams Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price over TRUST remarks". The campaigner referred to is Ms Ella Vine, the defeated Labour candidate for Little Thurrock Rectory in the May local elections. Ms Vine's "slamming" of Jackie Doyle-Price seems to have been provoked by an article the MP wrote questioning the effectiveness of the charity "Thurrock Racial Unity Support Taskgroup" commonly referred to as "TRUST".
Ms Vine said:-
"I find Ms Doyle-Price's MP comments in her recent article for Thurrock Gazette from July 31st outrageous. In it, the MP for Thurrock suggests that the only umbrella organisation in Thurrock for BME communities, a registered charity TRUST, should disappear. This charity supports most vulnerable black and ethnic communities (BME) in Thurrock, including refugees, asylum seekers, victims of domestic violence and victims of hate crime from BME communities. Ms Doyle-Price allegedly calls for withdrawing funding from this charity and for its closure. Ms Doyle-Price wrote "Would anyone miss TRUST? It is currently in receipt of more than £40,000 a year to strive for community cohesion. I am not aware of any positive outcomes of its work, though I am aware of problems with governance. I don't believe it is fit for purpose, so there is an easy saving to be made."
Ms Vine claims that the MPs comment "Has caused public outrage". Her claim is unsubstantiated. There has been far more support for the comments of Jackie Doyle-Price than there has been for those of Ms Vine.
Ms Vine says "I suspect the comments [made by Jackie Doyle-Price) could have been written with the aim to encourage a debate amongst Thurrock's constituents whether ethnic minorities in Thurrock deserve help from this charity (TRUST) and whether public money from Thurrock Council should or should not be directed to help those communities. I (also) believe these comments could cause tensions within the community of Thurrock. For these reasons I have asked the parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to investigate. I have also complained to David Cameron. Ms Vine, are you seriously suggesting that the comments of Jackie Doyle-Price were racist and designed to fuel racial tension in the community? You should curb your paranoia and stop believing there is a racist under every bed.
Ms Vine, I am aware that your country of origin is Poland and that you have strong views regarding the rights of immigrants, ethnic minorities and you champion their civil rights but I would point out that the majority indigenous population of this country are also entitled to their civil rights one of which is "freedom of speech". To encourage people to debate an issue is a civilised way of allowing all opinions to be heard and taken note of. Many people, military and civilian, have died defending that right.
Ms Vine is offended that Jackie Doyle-Price targeted TRUST but made no criticism of other charities. Does it not occur to Ms Vine that Jackie Doyle-Price had no reason to be critical of other charities whereas TRUST has been less than open about its activities and how it spends the money given to it from public funds?
Ella, me thinks tho dost protest too much!
Jackie Doyle-Price has responded:-
"In respect of TRUST, I have been moved to comment because of the threat of cuts to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). At a time when taxpayers money is constrained we need to ensure that every pound we spend produces a positive outcome and is value for money. The services delivered by CAB certainly meet that test.
"In respect of TRUST, Your Thurrock has reported some worrying issues regarding governance which would suggest that its ability to meet the value for money test is questionable
"As a community leader with a belief in achieving community cohesion amongst our now very diverse community in Thurrock, I am surprised that in four years of being Member of Parliament, I have never been contacted by TRUST. This contrasts with other voluntary organisations who have been only too keen to tell me about what they do. As they should. If there is a good story to tell then tell it and support will follow.
"All bodies who take public money must be transparent about how it is spent and what positive outcomes they achieve so that we can judge whether they are delivering the objective we are funding them for. That is accountability and no organisation which received taxpayers money should be immune from it.
Ms Vine, obviously you see yourself as the only umbr ELLA for TRUST, however a word of caution, umbrellas have a tendency to be blown inside out and collapse or get carried away on a wind of self- importance.


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Stock Market News for June 16, 2015 – Zacks Investment Research
Setback in bailout talks between Greece and its creditors over the weekend continued to negatively impact benchmarks on Tuesday. The lack of progress in Greek debt talks raised fears among investors of a possible default by Greece and the country's exit from the Eurozone. Meanwhile, manufacturing activity worsened slightly for New York manufacturers and decline in U.S. industrial production in May added to the bearish sentiment.
For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today's Ahead of Wall Street article
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) declined 0.6% to close at 17,791.17. The Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) decreased 0.5% to 2,084.43. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index closed at 5,029.97; decreasing 0.4%. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) surged 11.7% to settle at 15.39. A total of about 5.84 billion shares were traded on Monday, lower than this month's average of 5.98 billion. Decliners outpaced advancing stocks on the NYSE. For 62% stocks that declined, 34% advanced.
Breakdown in cash-for-reform talks between Greece and its European creditors over the weekend rattled investors. The European Commission warned that talks failed due to "significant gap between the plans of the Greek authorities and the joint requirements of the commission, European Central Bank and IMF."
Greece's creditors were in talks to extend Greece's bailout program until the end of Mar 2016 in return for pension cuts and tax hikes to be implemented by Athens. However, Greek Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras refused to implement pension reforms and tax increases to achieve budget surpluses as demanded by Greece's lenders. He said: "One can only see a political purposefulness in the insistence of creditors on new cuts in pensions after five years of looting under the bailouts".
Meanwhile on the domestic front, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System reported a decrease in industrial production. The report stated industrial production fell 0.2% in May after decreasing 0.5% in April. This decline in industrial production in May was in contrast to the consensus estimate of an increase by 0.2%. Separately, capacity utilization decreased to 78.1%, while the consensus estimated it would remain flat.
Additionally, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey Index came in at a negative 1.98 in June. The reading was in contrast to the consensus estimate expecting an increase to 5.55. This indicated that manufacturing activity worsened slightly for New York manufacturers. On the brighter side, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index increased to 59 in June, a nine-month high.
Monday's losses were broad based with 9 out of 10 sectors of the S&P 500 ending in the red. The Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI) declined 0.8%, the highest among the S&P 500 sectors. Key holdings from the industrial sector including General Electric Company (GE – Analyst Report), The Boeing Company (BA – Analyst Report), Caterpillar Inc. (CAT – Analyst Report), United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS – Analyst Report) and Danaher Corp. (DHR – Analyst Report) decreased 0.7%, 0.4%, 0.8%, 0.1% and 0.7%, respectively.
The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) dropped 0.7% and was the second biggest loser among the S&P 500 sectors. Key consumer staples stocks including The Procter & Gamble Company (PG – Analyst Report), The Coca-Cola Company (KO – Analyst Report), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT – Analyst Report), Philip Morris International, Inc. (PM – Analyst Report) and Pepsico, Inc. (PEP – Analyst Report) decreased 0.9%, 0.9%, 0.7%, 0.7% and 1.2%, respectively.
The healthcare sector bucked the declining trend and ended in the green, boosted by gains in Cigna Corp. (CI – Analyst Report). Shares of Cigna soared 11.7% after Anthem, Inc (ANTM – Analyst Report) offered to acquire Cigna for about $45 billion or $175 per share. However, Cigna rejected Anthem's takeover bid. The broader Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) gained 0.1%.
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New Delhi : Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, its ties with Islamabad have deteriorated amid deadly border clashes. More recently, the militants have accused Islamabad of permitting its air space to be used by US drones to strike targets in Afghanistan. In turn, Pakistan has accused the Taliban of harbouring terrorists, media reported.
Experts say the longstanding alliance, which dates back to the emergence of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan in the mid-1990s, is coming under unprecedented strain as their interests diverge.
"The Taliban may have accepted Pakistani support for years but do not wish to be Pakistani proxies forever," said Husain Haqqani of the Washington-based Hudson Institute who previously served as Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, RFE/RL reported.
Last month, the Taliban accused Pakistan of allowing US drones to use its airspace to conduct strikes inside Afghanistan. The August 28 claim came after an American drone strike in Kabul killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in July. Islamabad has denied involvement in or advanced knowledge of the strike.
On September 14, Islamabad accused the Taliban government of harbouring Masood Azhar, head of the Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) extremist group and a UN-blacklisted terrorist. The Taliban strongly rejected Pakistan's claims, RFE/RL reported.
In his speech to the UN General Assembly on September 23, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Islamabad "shares the key concern of the international community regarding the threat posed by major terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan."
Sharif mentioned the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K), the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Al-Qaeda, the East Turkistan Islamic Movement and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan as groups based in Afghanistan that "need to be dealt with comprehensively, with the support and cooperation of the interim Afghan authorities."
The speech provoked a sharp rebuke from the Taliban, with Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai on September 27 claiming Islamabad was "receiving millions of dollars" from Washington for allowing American drones to conduct flights over Afghanistan.
"How long can we tolerate this?" Stanikzai asked a gathering in Kabul. "If we rise against this (Pakistani interference), no one will be able to stop us."
Experts say another source of tension is the Taliban's unwillingness to crack down on the TTP, a close ideological and organizational ally. From its bases inside Afghanistan, the extremist group has intensified its insurgency against Islamabad in recent years, report. — IANS


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BE ATTITUDE FOR GAINS. Like Ikaruga before it, Treasure's cult shoot-em-up Radiant Silvergun is coming to XBLA.
At 1200 Microsoft Points – around fifteen of your earth dollars – Radiant Silvergun's XBLA rerelease will be a little kinder on your wallet than an original copy for the Sega Saturn. Though not especially rare by collector standards, Radiant Silvergun's somewhat limited supply combined with almost universal acclaim (it really is that good, folks) means the notoriously fun shooter usually fetches around $200 plus on eBay.
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As well as now costing less than a low-end used car, the XBLA release of Radiant Silvergun is bringing a few other improvements to the table. There's an option to replace Silvergun's excellent, but flawed, scoring system with the smoother, updated version from its successor Ikaruga. The game can be played in both "Saturn" and "Arcade" modes, and it features both local and online cooperative play. Hopefully they won't fix the notoriously poorly translated boss battle text which, although completely at odds with the game's rather grim storyline, was eminently memorable.
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I recently read a book written by author Merlin Sheldrake, followed by listening to an interview on mushrooms and was fascinated by how 'fungi' has evolved and become associated with health. Did you ever think that fungi could be extraordinarily medicinal? An amazing fact is that mushrooms survive based on serving a purpose…and that is to be consumed by animals. Most fungi form tiny filaments of mycelium, so that water and nutrients can flow through these networks, forming fruiting bodies known as mushrooms. Fungi can be as old as 10,000 years, grow underground, on trees and wood, and even on animal bodies. They can also grow as small as the size of a pin head to as large as 10 square km/6.2 miles!
Known for their medicinal properties, mushrooms have been used for these purposes for thousands of years, they were even found on Otzi the Ice Man, who lived 5300 years ago as recorded upon finding his mummified body in an obscure location in the Alps. I was always interested in archaeology so I thought that whatever was found on the 'Ice man', it would have provided some insight as to what our ancestors were procuring and using to thrive in such extreme conditions.
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How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
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Sunday 8 August 2010
Another flight of fancy?
Here are the two images widely reproduced in the world's media for the new "Woodhenge" found on Salisbury Plain. One might be forgiven for thinking that the scan image (made from a combination of radar scanning and magnetometry) is very interesting, but maybe an inadequate basis for the very fanciful reconstruction of what the site might have looked like c 4,500 years ago. Remember that there has been no excavation on this site. This is an ongoing survey -- and probably many more interesting things will emerge from the work in the environs of Stonehenge.
But why on earth can't the academics involved resist the temptation to go into all sorts of wild speculation about the materials used, the age of the structure, and even its purpose? There is even speculation that this might have been another "Bluestonehenge" -- although in that case there was precious little info to go on, and here there is even less. Mike Pitts has sought to damp down the enthusiasm of the wildest speculators, and Dennis Price has had a real go at them on his "Eternal Idol" Blog. I agree with both of them. But there is a sort of madness that infects people as soon as Stonehenge is mentioned, causing normal rational thought processes to be abandoned........
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- Constantinos Ragazas said...
Hello Brian, and good to have you back on the saddle! You write,
" … why on earth can't the academics involved resist the temptation to go into all sorts of wild speculation about the materials used, the age of the structure, and even its purpose?"
I have wondered about that myself. I have noticed that typically there are news stories about Stonehenge circulating at the beginning of each summer!
While in London visiting earlier this summer I did take a drive to Stonehenge and Salisbury Plain, all the way down along the southern coast, and back again. Stonehenge proper as you forewarned me was closed to the public and could only be seen from a roped trail around it. Its location at a hillside is interesting and raises many questions. Seems more likely, if the purpose was to worship the sun or observe the stars, to have this monument erected at the very top of the hill, rather than on the side.
What fascinated me more, however, was the landscape as you go further south and closer to the coast. You see greater elevations and hills, taller trees, and generally more mature soil. At Portland Island you see exposed sarsens, easily comparing in size, shape and composition to the sarsens at Stonehenge. And further east along the coast at Jurassic Park, there is a huge round hill (I know it was huge, I had to climb it!) and on top of the hill was a small round mount with the typical earthen ditch and embankment. The same as you see in all of the 'henges' at Salisbury Plain. I don't know if anyone claims this mount was man-made, but its location and size wont make it likely.
These and many other observation Brian raises the following question. Could Salisbury Plain at one time been a lake? Could the Lake District further North be the present day remains of a geological feature that extended all the way down to SW of the UK? And could the draining of these lake masses be attributed to isostatic loading and rebound with the consequent sinking of the SW coastline by some 140 m, as you reported in previous posts? That would create a gradient resulting in the draining of such lakes.
Always interested in your thoughts ... - 10 August 2010 at 16:31


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New York Could Use the $700 Million
Nice to see the NYT weighing in on blasting Albany – but as I note below, the real culprit is the UFT. On the same day that Randi was giving her annual look-what-a-reformer-I-am speech in DC, an army of her lobbyists (seriously) were in Albany trying to destroy the highly successful NY state charter movement. Maybe that's her job to try to kill anything and everything that channels a penny away from her members, regardless of what's best for kids – but we need to make it crystal clear who's looking out for kids, and who's looking out for adults:
January 26, 2010
NYT Editorial
New York Could Use the $700 Million
Because of a disagreement over charter schools, legislative leaders in Albany are in danger — once again — of letting hundreds of millions of federal dollars slip through their fingers.
Washington is making $4 billion in education funds available under a program called Race to the Top. The money is aimed at encouraging states to improve or close failing schools, keep the most-qualified teachers and expand well-run charter schools. New York's share could be as much as $700 million. The deadline for state applications was last Tuesday, and most states jumped at the opportunity. New York submitted its application, but it lacked a crucial ingredient: a plan that would allow for more charter schools.
A bill favored by legislative leaders would have doubled the number of charter schools allowed in the state to 400. But the bill was flawed and faced an almost certain veto from Gov. David Paterson. The big problem was that it would have undercut the schools' independence by transferring the power to create charter schools from local authorities to the Board of Regents, which is appointed by the Legislature.
This shift particularly offended Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He called the bill a "wolf in sheep's clothing." It would definitely have been a step backward from a system that has mostly worked well, especially in New York City. Charter schools are not without flaws. Their finances should be more transparent. And public-school parents often resent sharing much-needed space with charter schools. But none of these criticisms are a reason for Albany to undercut the whole system or give up on federal funds, especially during a state budget crisis.
A second round of applications for federal aid is due this summer. By then, the Legislature should be able to organize hearings and come up with a plan for the entire state. Otherwise, New York runs the risk of forfeiting, once again, money it needs badly. In 2008, Albany failed to approve even an experimental version of Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan that would have imposed fees on cars coming into Manhattan during rush hours. That cost the city millions of dollars in federal transportation funds. New York can't afford a repeat performance.


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