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Vanna White Supports Alex Trebek, Says He Has A 'Will To Conquer' Cancer
By Emily Lee
May 15, 2019
Vanna White is supporting her longtime friend Alex Trebek through his cancer battle. The Jeopardy host revealed he had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer back in March, promising his fans he planned to continue working on the game show. Now his close friend and Wheel of Fortune hostess is speaking out about Trebek's journey.
"Oh, I've been supporting him 100 percent," White recently told Closer Weekly. "We've known each other for over 30 years, of course. And even though he's on a different show, we're still the same family so I'm there and supporting him and praying for him."
"He's hanging in there," she continued. "He's a strong man and he has got such a strong will to conquer this. [He's] very good, very good. He's funny, he keeps himself entertained and he entertains others with his humor."
Trebek recently gave fans an update on his health, as well. After wrapping the latest season of Jeopardy, the host released a video thanking everyone for their support. "I wanted to once again thank you for your continuing messages of encouragement and support particularly the many cards I've received from young people. I'm touched beyond words," Trebek said in the video message. "So I look forward to seeing you once again in September with all kinds of good stuff."
We're looking forward to seeing Trebek back on the set of Jeopardy in September. We're sure his dear friend is, too.
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What is IntApps?
IntApps is a multisited tool for students who are in the process of exchange. It can be used to:
- Apply for an exchange semester
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- Find information regarding partner universities and their courses
- See where different JU students are going on exchange
- Find students from the university you are going to who are on exchange at JU
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In rural Africa, electricity is hard to come by. That's why Dr. Cedrick Ngalande has developed the Green Erg Generator—a dynamo that produces electricity from friction generated with the ground while walking.
"This is basically a dynamo which is being driven as a result of friction between the ground and the blocks. The small yellowish blocks (these are covered by rubber in the real commercial product) rotate as you pull it. They are designed to rotate even on bumpy run even roads. We have tested it on moist lawns and have worked. It is very smooth so much that you basically don't feel any disturbance as you move along.
At normal walking speeds we have gotten more than 2 watts which is more than enough for running cell phones or radios. I envision that people will attach this to themselves and walk with it – or even attach it to an ox-cart, a skating board, bike, etc."
It seems absurd (and it certainly looks absurd), but harnessing wasted movement to generate electricity is an idea that has a lot of potential.


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Anna Trebunskaya Gives The Worst Dancer Some Pointers On The Ricki Lake Show (Video)
Yesterday, Dancing With The Stars pro Anna Trebunskaya was a guest on the Ricki Lake Show. She met "the worlds worst dancer" and gave him some pointers. Anna starts out by saying, "You are just going to put them (his arms) on your hips and… don't move them"! Too funny and Anna is gorgeous as always!!


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Count down to SLENZ
'open' workshop
December 15, from 9am to 5pm (New Zealand Time) (SL Time 2pm – 10 pm December 14) : New Zealand's leading virtual world learning research group, Second Life Education New Zealand (SLENZ), has invited interested educators to attend a free, one-day workshop in real life on Wellington Institute of Technology's Wellington campus and in Second Life on the Nelson-Marlborough Institute of Technology's island of Koru (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Koru/156/122/27). Registration essential on first-come, first-served basis as numbers limited. For registration email: firstname.lastname@example.com
One global player in virtual education
'Immersive Education'
The range of educational opportunities and organisations promoting or researching virtual worlds is increasing day by day. One of the more interesting is Immersive Education, developed by the Immersive Education Initiative, a non-profit international collaboration of universities, colleges, research institutes, consortia and companies working together to define and develop open standards, best practices, platforms, and communities of support for virtual worlds, simulators and game-based learning and training systems.(http://ImmersiveEducation.org)
Immersive Education combines interactive 3D graphics, video game and simulation technology, virtual reality, voice chat, Web cameras and rich digital media with collaborative online course environments and classrooms. Immersive Education gives participants a sense of "being there" even when attending a class or training session in person isn't possible, practical, or desirable, which in turn provides educators and students with the ability to connect and communicate in a way that greatly enhances the learning experience.(http://immersiveeducation.org/TalkingPoints.pdf)
The Immersive Education Initiative is an official activity of the international Media Grid standards group. (http://mediagrid.org/) The Media Grid standards group actively applies open standards to specific problem spaces, such as distance education, digital libraries, and the impact of digital media on culture and society.
Immersive Education is not limited to one platform but considers the whole gamut and for that reason alone is well worth following. For instance late last month Immersive Education Japan (iED Japan) ran a series of Immersive Education Days at University of Aizu, Japan, as part of Immersive Education: ASIA, programme. Immersive Education presentations, lectures, workshops and related events included IEI members from Boston College, University of Aizu, National University of Singapore, Keio University, Smithsonian Institution, Montana State University, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center at Greenbush, University of Essex and Sun Microsystems to provide an in-depth overview of Immersive Education, the Education Grid [http://TheEducationGrid.org] and related technologies. To coincide with the event Japan's first "node" (virtual world and collaboration server) on the Education Grid was announced. Hosted by the University of Aizu and sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Japan's Education Grid node will enable cultural and technological exchange with educators and students around the world through virtual learning worlds and collaboration environments. Related announcements/initiatives included the launch of three new Project Wonderland (pictured – video is on IE site, along with videos from Second Life and Croquet) Community Groups; progress report by the Open File Formats Technology Group; formation of the Library Technology Working Group; formation of the Psychology of Immersive Environments Technology Working Group; formation of the Assessment, Evaluation and Grading Technology Working Group; preview of Second Life, realXtend, and OpenSim nodes on the Education Grid; and the official launch of the Initiative's "Own the Node" program.
Second Life: Better every day?
Some Second Life residents might not agree with the Linden Lab claim that Second Life is becoming more usable and more reliable. Perhaps I'm tempting the Gods but I for one , however, believe the claim. Putting aside ISP problems my Second Life experience has improved considerably over the past three years – and I would average more than two hours a day in world often at peak US usage periods – but its still far from perfect.
I make this observation in light of the Lindens' recent claim (http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/12/02/m-linden-second-life-update-and-welcome-to-howard-linden-aka-howard-look/) that their staff has been hard at work over the last few months making Second Life more relevant, more usable and more reliable.
"Our work is showing up in Second Life's usage statistics," M.Linden said on Tuesday. " On Sunday of this past weekend, we hit another concurrency high of 76,946 and yesterday log-ins for the previous 60 days crossed the 1.4 Million mark."
Noting that reliability was a top strategic focus for the Lab, he said that the launch of LL Net (the private fiber optic ring connecting the Linden Lab data centers) to provide additional redundancy and eliminate reliance on VPNs, was ahead of schedule..
On the issue of making Second Life more relevant, he said, the Big Spaceship project to improve residents' first hour experience was proceeding well alongside a new website design.
Although the team also was making great progress on the major usability project, redesigning the viewer so that it was easy to use for new residents without sacrificing functionality for experienced users, he said, it would be well into the second half of next year before the new client was implemented.
At the same time Linden Lab has been out hiring and as placed Howard Look (SL:Howard Linden) formerly a VP of Software at Pixar, into the role of SVP of Customer Applications ( "The Front") He will be responsible for leading the engineering team responsible for the customer-facing part of the Second Life experience.
Interestingly for educators Howard also has a passion for education and spent time this past summer as a substitute teacher (4th grade and middle school math).
December 12, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m: (Public seminar) Open Educational Resources and Scholarship in the 21st Century, University of Auckland Conference Centre, 423-342, 22 Symonds Street, Auckland. Speaker: Joseph Hardin, the Director of the Collaborative Technologies Laboratory in the Media Union and Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and currently the Board Chair for the Sakai project. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, he was head of the Software Development Group (SDG) and Associate Director for Software Development at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. Most notably, his teams were responsible for the development of the NCSA Mosaic browser, arguably the tool that launched the world wide web.
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|Section of 1986 Code
|Description of organization
|General nature of activities
|Annual return
required to be
|Corporations Organized under Act
of Congress (including Federal Credit Unions)
|Instrumentalities of the
United States
|No Form
|Yes, if made for exclusively public purposes
|Title Holding Corporation For
Exempt Organization
|Holding title to property of an
exempt organization
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Religious, Educational, Charitable, Scientific, Literary, Testing for Public Safety, to Foster National or International Amateur Sports Competition, or Prevention of Cruelty to Children or Animals Organizations
|Activities of nature implied by description of class of organization
|9901 or 990-EZ8, or 990-PF
|Yes, generally
|Civic Leagues, Social Welfare Organizations, and Local
Associations of Employees
|Promotion of community welfare; charitable, educational, or recreational
|Must provide notice on Form 8976; may also submit Form1024
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|No, generally 2, 3
|Labor, Agricultural, and Horticultural Organizations
|Educational or instructive, the
purpose being to improve conditions of work, and to improve products of efficiency
|May self-declare, 1024
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Business Leagues, Chambers of Commerce, Real Estate Boards,
|Improvement of business
conditions of one or more lines of business
|May self-declare, 1024
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Social and Recreational Clubs
|Pleasure, recreation, social activities
|May self-declare, 1024
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Fraternal Beneficiary Societies
and Associations
|Lodge providing for payment of life, sickness, accident or other benefits
to members
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Yes, if for certain Sec. 501(c)(3) purposes
|Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Associations
|Providing for payment of life, sickness, accident, or other benefits to members
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Domestic Fraternal Societies
and Associations
|Lodge devoting its net earnings to charitable, fraternal, and other
specified purposes. No life, sickness, or accident benefits to members
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Yes, if for certain Sec. 501(c)(3) purposes
|Teachers' Retirement Fund Associations
|Teachers' association for payment of retirement benefits
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Benevolent Life Insurance Associations, Mutual Ditch or
Irrigation Companies, Mutual or Cooperative Telephone Companies, etc.
|Activities of a mutually beneficial
nature similar to those implied by the description of class of organization
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Cemetery Companies
|Burials and incidental activities
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Yes, generally
|State-Chartered Credit Unions,
Mutual Reserve Funds
|Loans to members
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Mutual Insurance Companies or Associations
|Providing insurance to members substantially at cost
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Cooperative Organizations to
Finance Crop Operations
|Financing crop operations in
conjunction with activities of a marketing
or purchasing association
|Form 1120-C, Letter6
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Supplemental Unemployment
Benefit Trusts
|Provides for payment of
supplemental unemployment compensation benefits
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Employee Funded Pension Trust (created before June 25, 1959)
|Payment of benefits under a
pension plan funded by employees
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Post or Organization of Past or
Present Members of the Armed Forces
|Activities implied by nature of organization
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|No, generally7
|Black Lung Benefit Trusts
|Funded by coal mine operators to satisfy their liability for disability or
death due to black lung diseases
|Withdrawal Liability Payment Fund
|To provide funds to meet the
liability of employers withdrawing from
a multi-employer pension fund
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Veterans' Organization (created
before 1880)
|To provide insurance and other
benefits to veterans
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|No, generally7
|Title Holding Corporations or Trusts with Multiple Parent Corporations
|Holding title and paying over
income from property to 35 or fewer parents or beneficiaries
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|State-Sponsored Organization Providing Health Coverage for High-Risk Individuals
|Provides health care coverage to high-risk individuals
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|State-Sponsored Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Organization
|Reimburses members for losses
under workers' compensation acts
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust
|Manages and invests the assets of the Railroad Retirement Account
|No Form
|CO-OP health insurance issuers
|A qualified health insurance issuer which has received a loan or grant under the CO-OP program
|Letter and Form 871814
|Religious and Apostolic Associations
|Regular business activities;
Communal religious community
|No Form
|Cooperative Hospital Service Organizations
|Performs cooperative services for hospitals
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Cooperative Service Organizations
of Operating Educational Organizations
|Performs collective investment
services for educational organizations
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Child Care Organizations
|Provides care for children
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Charitable Risk Pools
|Pools certain insurance risks of sec. 501(c)(3) organizations
|9901 or 990-EZ8
|Credit Counseling Organization
|Credit counseling services
|Farmers' Cooperative Associations
|Cooperative marketing and
purchasing for agricultural procedures
|Political organizations
|A party, committee, fund,
association, etc., that directly or indirectly accepts contributions or makes expenditures for political campaigns
9901 or 990-EZ8
|1For exceptions to the filing requirement, see chapter 2 and the form instructions. Note: For annual tax periods beginning after 2006, most tax-exempt organizations, other than churches, are required to file an annual Form 990, 990-EZ, or 990-PF with the IRS or to submit an annual electronic notice, Form 990-N
(e-Postcard), to the IRS. Tax-exempt organizations failing to file an annual return or submit an annual notice as required for 3 consecutive years will automatically lose their tax-exempt
2An organization exempt under a subsection of section 501 other than 501(c)(3) can establish a charitable fund, contributions to which are deductible. Such a fund must itself meet the requirements of section 501(c)(3) and the related notice requirements of section 508(a).
3Contributions to volunteer fire companies and similar organizations are deductible, but only if made for exclusively public purposes.
4Deductible as a business expense to the extent allowed by section 192.
5Deductible as a business expense to the extent allowed by section 194A.
|6Application is by letter to the address shown on Form 8718. A copy of the organizing document should be attached and the letter should be signed by an officer.
7Contributions to these organizations are deductible only if 90% or more of the organization's members are war veterans.
8For limits on the use of Form 990-EZ, see chapter 2 and the general instructions for Form 990-EZ (or Form 990).
9Although the organization files a partnership return, all distributions are deemed dividends. The members aren't entitled to pass through treatment of the organization's income or expenses.
10Form 1120-POL is required only if the organization has taxable income as defined in section 527(c).
11Only required to annually file so much of the Form 990 that relates to the names and addresses of the officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, and their titles, compensation, and hours devoted to their positions (Part VII of Form 990), and to complete Item I in the Heading of Form 990 to confirm its tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(28).
12See section 501(q) if the organization provides credit counseling services and seeks recognition of exemption under section 501(c)(4). Use Form 1024 if applying for recognition under section 501(c)(4).
13See section 501(c)(29) for details.
14See Rev. Proc. 2015-17, sec. 4.01, 2015-7 I.R.B. 599, for details.
Appendix. Sample Articles of Organization
|The following are examples of Articles of Incorporation (Draft A) and a declaration of trust (Draft B) that contain the required information as to purposes and powers of an organization and disposition of its assets upon dissolution. You should bear in mind that requirements for these instruments may vary under applicable state law.
|See Private Foundations and Public Charities, earlier for the special provisions required in a private foundation's governing instrument in order for it to qualify for exemption.
Articles of Incorporation of the undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens of the United States, desiring to form a Non-Profit Corporation under the Non-Profit Corporation Law of , do hereby certify:
|First: The name of the Corporation shall be .
|Second: The place in this state where the principal office of the Corporation is to be located is the City of , County.
|Third: Said corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
The names and addresses of the persons who are the initial trustees of the
corporation are as follows:
Name , Address
No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or
be distributable to its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons,
except that the corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable
compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in
furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article Third hereof. No substantial
part of the activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of
propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the
corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing
or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in
opposition to any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other
provision of these articles, the corporation shall not carry on any other
activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from
federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the
corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or (b) by a corporation,
contributions to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
If reference to federal law in articles of incorporation imposes a limitation that is invalid in your state, you may wish to substitute the following for the last sentence of the preceding paragraph: "Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, this corporation shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercise any powers that aren't in furtherance of the purposes of this corporation."
Upon the dissolution of the corporation, assets shall be distributed for one or
more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or
shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local
government, for a public purpose. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be
disposed of by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction of the county in which the
principal office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for such
purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said Court shall
determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this day of , 20 .
Appendix. Sample Articles of Organization, continued(p70)
|The Charitable Trust. Declaration of Trust made as of the day of , 20 , by , of , and , of , who hereby declare and agree that they have received this day from , as Donor, the sum of Ten Dollars ($10) and that they will hold and manage the same, and any additions to it, in trust, as follows:
|First: This trust shall be called "The Charitable Trust."
|Second: The trustees may receive and accept property, whether real, personal, or mixed, by way of gift, bequest, or devise, from any person, firm, trust, or corporation, to be held, administered, and disposed of in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of this Declaration of Trust; but no gift, bequest, or devise of any such property shall be received and accepted if it is conditioned or limited in such manner as to require the disposition of the income or its principal to any person or organization other than a "charitable organization" or for other than "charitable purposes" within the meaning of such terms as defined in Article Third of this Declaration of Trust, or as shall, in the opinion of the trustees, jeopardize the federal income tax exemption of this trust pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
|a) The principal and income of all property received and accepted by the trustees to be administered under this Declaration of Trust shall be held in trust by them, and the trustees may make payments or distributions from income or principal, or both, to or for the use of such charitable organizations, within the meaning of that term as defined in paragraph C, in such amounts and for such charitable purposes of the trust as the trustees shall from time to time select and determine; and the trustees may make payments or distributions from income or principal, or both, directly for such charitable purposes, within the meaning of that term as defined in paragraph D, in such amounts as the trustees shall from time to time select and determine without making use of any other charitable organization. The trustees may also make payments or distributions of all or any part of the income or principal to states, territories, or possessions of the United States, any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or to the United States or the District of Columbia but only for charitable purposes within the meaning of that term as defined in paragraph D. Income or principal derived from contributions by corporations shall be distributed by the trustees for use solely within the United States or its possessions. No part of the net earnings of this trust shall inure or be payable to or for the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and no substantial part of the activities of this trust shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. No part of the activities of this trust shall be the participation in, or intervention in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.
|b) The trust shall continue forever unless the trustees terminate it and distribute all of the principal and income, which action may be taken by the trustees in their discretion at any time. On such termination, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose. The donor authorizes and empowers the trustees to form and organize a nonprofit corporation limited to the uses and purposes provided for in this Declaration of Trust, such corporation to be organized under the laws of any state or under the laws of the United States as may be determined by the trustees; such corporation when organized to have power to administer and control the affairs and property and to carry out the uses, objects, and purposes of this trust. Upon the creation and organization of such corporation, the trustees are authorized and empowered to convey, transfer, and deliver to such corporation all the property and assets to which this trust may be or become entitled. The charter, bylaws, and other provisions for the organization and management of such corporation and its affairs and property shall be such as the trustees shall determine, consistent with the provisions of this paragraph.
|c) In this Declaration of Trust and in any amendments to it, references to "charitable organizations" or "charitable organization" mean corporations, trusts, funds, foundations, or community chests created or organized in the United States or in any of its possessions, whether under the laws of the United States, any state or territory, the District of Columbia, or any possession of the United States, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures or is payable to or for the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, and no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and which don't participate in or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. It is intended that the organization described in this paragraph C shall be entitled to exemption from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
|d) In this Declaration of Trust and in any amendments to it, the term "charitable purposes" shall be limited to and shall include only religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes within the meaning of those terms as used in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, but only such purposes as also constitute public charitable purposes under the law of trusts of the State of .
|Fourth: This Declaration of Trust may be amended at any time or times by written instrument or instruments signed and sealed by the trustees, and acknowledged by any of the trustees, provided that no amendment shall authorize the trustees to conduct the affairs of this trust in any manner or for any purpose contrary to the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. An amendment of the provisions of this Article Fourth (or any amendment to it) shall be valid only if and to the extent that such amendment further restricts the trustees' amending power. All instruments amending this Declaration of Trust shall be noted upon or kept attached to the executed original of this Declaration of Trust held by the trustees.
Any trustee under this Declaration of Trust may, by written instrument, signed
and acknowledged, resign his office. The number of trustees shall be at all
times not less than two, and whenever for any reason the number is reduced to
one, there shall be, and at any other time there may be, appointed one or more
additional trustees. Appointments shall be made by the trustee or trustees for
the time in office by written instruments signed and acknowledged. Any
succeeding or additional trustee shall, upon his or her acceptance of the office
by written instrument signed and acknowledged, have the same powers, rights, and
duties, and the same title to the trust estate jointly with the surviving or
remaining trustee or trustees as if originally appointed.
None of the trustees shall be required to furnish any bond or surety. None of them shall be responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of any other of the trustees or of any predecessor or of a custodian, agent, depositary, or counsel selected with reasonable care.
The one or more trustees, whether original or successor, for the time being in office, shall have full authority to act even though one or more vacancies may exist. A trustee may, by appropriate written instrument, delegate all or any part of his or her powers to another or others of the trustees for such periods and subject to such conditions as such delegating trustee may determine.
The trustees serving under this Declaration of Trust are authorized to pay to themselves amounts for reasonable expenses incurred and reasonable compensation for services rendered in the administration of this trust, but in no event shall any trustee who has made a contribution to this trust ever receive any compensation thereafter.
|Sixth: In extension and not in limitation of the common law and statutory powers of trustees and other powers granted in this Declaration of Trust, the trustees shall have the following discretionary powers.
|a) To invest and reinvest the principal and income of the trust in such property, real, personal, or mixed, and in such manner as they shall deem proper, and from time to time to change investments as they shall deem advisable; to invest in or retain any stocks, shares, bonds, notes, obligations, or personal or real property (including without limitation any interests in or obligations of any corporation, association, business trust, investment trust, common trust fund, or investment company) although some or all of the property so acquired or retained is of a kind or size which but for this express authority wouldn't be considered proper and although all of the trust funds are invested in the securities of one company. No principal or income, however, shall be loaned, directly or indirectly, to any trustee or to anyone else, corporate or otherwise, who has at any time made a contribution to this trust, nor to anyone except on the basis of an adequate interest charge and with adequate security.
|b) To sell, lease, or exchange any personal, mixed, or real property, at public auction or by private contract, for such consideration and on such terms as to credit or otherwise, and to make such contracts and enter into such undertakings relating to the trust property, as they consider advisable, whether or not such leases or contracts may extend beyond the duration of the trust.
|c) To borrow money for such periods, at such rates of interest, and upon such terms as the trustees consider advisable, and as security for such loans to mortgage or pledge any real or personal property with or without power of sale; to acquire or hold any real or personal property, subject to any mortgage or pledge on or of property acquired or held by this trust.
|d) To execute and deliver deeds, assignments, transfers, mortgages, pledges, leases, covenants, contracts, promissory notes, releases, and other instruments, sealed or unsealed, incident to any transaction in which they engage.
|e) To vote, to give proxies, to participate in the reorganization, merger, or consolidation of any concern, or in the sale, lease, disposition, or distribution of its assets; to join with other security holders in acting through a committee, depositary, voting trustees, or otherwise, and in this connection to delegate authority to such committee, depositary, or trustees and to deposit securities with them or transfer securities to them; to pay assessments levied on securities or to exercise subscription rights in respect of securities.
|f) To employ a bank or trust company as custodian of any funds or securities and to delegate to it such powers as they deem appropriate; to hold trust property without indication of fiduciary capacity but only in the name of a registered nominee, provided the trust property is at all times identified as such on the books of the trust; to keep any or all of the trust property or funds in any place or places in the United States of America; to employ clerks, accountants, investment counsel, investment agents, and any special services, and to pay the reasonable compensation and expenses of all such services in addition to the compensation of the trustees.
|Seventh: The trustees' powers are exercisable solely in the fiduciary capacity consistent with and in furtherance of the charitable purposes of this trust as specified in Article Third and not otherwise.
|Eighth: In this Declaration of Trust and in any amendment to it, references to "trustees" mean the one or more trustees, whether original or successor, for the time being in office.
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The sultry "Transformers" starlet known as much for her stunning good looks as her foot-in-mouth commentary said her off-color remarks are often misinterpreted and shouldn't be taken so seriously, according to the Telegraph (U.K).
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"MFB Design Brief" by Shum et al [2009] – Implementation Strategy
Posted by: jennabutterfly on: June 6, 2009
1 Implementation Strategy
The MFB was designed in such a way as to allow the community to repair, rebuild and replicate the design right throughout Cambodia. However, whereas in the Western World, we can do so through a range of product distribution lines, government organizations, and marketing; to do so in Cambodia, is not as straightforward. To put it simply, supply and demand alone is not what guides a third world country (Quinion, 2005).
1.1 Stakeholder and Customer Communications
Whereas in the America, Europe, Australia, and most other developed nations, a communications strategy can use existing media channels such as radio, television, and the Internet, third world countries often lack such communications infrastructure, which delivers those countries a comparative disadvantage to developed nations.
When assessing a suitable communications strategy, an essential belief of our team was to use communications strategies that were native to the Tonle Sap, Cambodia.
Since Cambodia is community-oriented, the fact that a new bridge is being built by the cooperation of locals and Westerners will already raise awareness. As the town planner begins to work with families to establish where the "main street" should go, there should be a community participation rate between 90-100%.
One of the most effective ways to train staff to build the MFB is to initiate a "Requirement Publication" which details the start-to-finish construction of the MFB.
1.1.1 Marketing Mix
The model used to assess the marketing mix is the 5P model (Borden, 1953).
220.127.116.11 Product
One of the foremost considerations we made for the production of the MFB was, in what ways, could we satisfy a want or need (Kolter, 2006) in the Tonle Sap region of Cambodia, but yet could do so in a way that was somewhat constricted by the low GDP of Cambodia.
As a tangible product, the MFB in the Cambodian economic climate interestingly does not work on an economies-of-scale production model. Instead, a better representation of the production model would be a "franchising system". In summary, this business philosophy has the franchisor granting its franchisee's the right to distribute products, techniques, and trademarks for a percentage of gross monthly and royalty fees. The franchisor additionally commonly also makes available advertising and training.
Reasons for why the franchise business model works include (Alon, 2005):
v The MFB is based on the infrastructure of the West which has a good track record of profitability (civil usability)
v The MFB is based around the unique concept of "walking on water"
v The MFB has a broad geographical appeal, for opportunities in other towns that struggle with flooding
v The MFB is relatively easy to operate, particularly considering the constant considerations we made for its lower level of labor education
v The MFB is relatively inexpensive to operate, made from environmentally friendly wood products, and recycled plastic drums
v The MFB can be easily duplicated around Cambodia due to its simplicity and its low cost appeal
22.214.171.124 Price
As the old saying goes "nothing is free"; there is a price involved in the construction of even the MFB. It may be cheap to the West's standards of pricing, but including assessment for Labor pricing and Value of time, it starts to become obvious that critical to the expansion of MFB is finance.
The method of funding and financing the MFB Roll-Out (network maintenance, improvement, expansion) are taxes and user fees. With Cambodia, this will derive from federal income tax (20%) (Asian Development Bank, 2008), as well as local (sales tax or CGT [capital gains tax]), variable (fuel tax), or user fees (tolls, congestion charges / fares).
In the West, the main form of financing is loans; bonds; public-private partnerships; and concessions. In principle, the dominant forms of financing available in the West (loans, bonds) are unavailable in Cambodia due to its low credit rating and GDP.
However, there are definitely innovative opportunities for sponsorship, such as "Coca-Cola" or "McDonald"-sponsored Cambodian bridges that could be a great source of advertising revenue, as already implemented by the Huajian Rice Industry on a Chinese Highway, shown in Figure 7.1.
Figure 7.1: Advertising Bridge by Sihun Highway
(Huajian Rice Industry, 2007)
The Cambodian Government could also provide tax breaks and guaranteed annual revenues to help rapid expansion of the MFB.
Furthermore, as a third world country, Cambodia also has access to international financial institutions who are dedicated to financing and technically assisting third world countries for development programs, usually including "bridges" and "roads", with the role of reducing poverty. This includes:
v The World Bank (World Bank, 2008)
v International Monetary Fund (Sullivan, 2003)
v World Trade Organization (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009)
184.108.40.206 Place
There are three separate materials used in the construction of the MFB:
v Waterproof (Tung oiled) wooden planks: The planks are from the forests of Cambodia, so require little transport, but the waterproofing method requires considerations for the application of the Tung oil. Fortunately, this process is easy and can be applied at build time.
v Recycled plastic drums: The recycled plastic drums are available from within Cambodia
v Steel bracket: This is the primary consideration for the "Place" problem, in relation to distribution channels, et cetera. They will need to be manufactured overseas, or in factories in Cambodia. Fortunately, because of the compact size and relatively lightweight of these steel brackets, the outcome is reduced transport size, transport costs, and furthermore carbon footprint as a result.
126.96.36.199 Promotion
The promotion used for the MFB will predominantly be word-of-mouth (Grewal, 2003), due to the viral nature of this form of publicity which works well particularly in Cambodia, as well as more generally for public civil-engineering projects.
PR will also be used (Grunig, 1984), both in relation to raising awareness for the production of the MFB, as well as to address Green lobby groups who may want to diminish development of developing countries because of environmental impacts it may have (Sullivan, 2003).
Advertising will also have its place in the production of MFB, to raise awareness for the MFB in Cambodia, on the television stations, radio, and billboards of Cambodia. Billboard advertising may present itself to be rather effective.
Because of the franchise-like system used for the distribution of MFB, one of the issues facing this system is "control", particularly in face of lack of possible legal sanctions in the legal environment of Cambodia. For this reason, it is probably useful to establish an "mfb" brand, analogous to that of Hewlett-Packard ("hp"), as shown in Figure 7.2.
Figure 7.2: Users know they are buying "quality"
when they spot the Hewlett Packard "HP" Brand
As a result, bridges manufactured by "mfb" can be separately identified by that of a non-branded, non-certified nature. In some ways, the culture, as well as entrepreneurial ship in MFB bridges could be reflected in other aspects of business in Cambodia as a result.
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Because of the political nature of infrastructure building, public opinion may sway trends and knowledge, as well as political power. As a result, careful consideration must be given to:
v People, of which high-ranking officials of Cambodia should sit on the Board of the MFB
v Process, in that procedures, mechanisms, must be professional and understood well by Western businesspeople to garner their support
v Physical evidence, which may include customer treatment, cover letters.
1.2 Infrastructure Preparation
The existing civil infrastructure in Tonle Sap, Cambodia, is housing and transport. Houses are built on raised platforms to prevent flooding, and transport (during the wet season) is generally via self-made boats.
In order to maximize the usefulness of the MFB, a town planner must map out where families are residing within the community and a way in which to maximize access to the bridge.
1.3 Manufacturing Roll-Out
The metal brackets will be imported into Cambodian, funded by both Government and charitable organizations.
The Live & Learn staff, volunteers, and the Tonle Sap communities will be involved in the development of the MFB. When coming up with our manufacturing design, we had this fact in mind, and for these reasons, have only used materials that are easily obtainable in Cambodia.
Construction may occur during the wet or dry season, but once the main street is constructed, its use is not validated until it connects the housing infrastructure. Although some side streets may need to be constructed, in general, many shops, if not housing, can connect directly with the "main street". For privacy reasons however, the MFB's should not connect directly with housing. Rather, a boat of any kind, which can be docked at either the house or the MFB, should be used.
1.3.1 Quantity of Production
This design was not specifically constructed to connect an entire village together, thus a village would only have 2-3 MFB's connecting the major parts of the village together such as connecting the local trade markets together. Since the MFB is a very generic design and each section of the bridge is repeated every few meters, this allows the villagers in Cambodia to easily maintain the bridge and keep it in service for as long as possible.
1.4 Training
Training and education is key to the production of the MFB.
Both the Cambodians and Live & Learn staff workers should be taught basic skills in construction from DIY parts. Informal half-hour training seminars should be effective enough. The Cambodians could then teach one another once a critical mass has learnt how to construct the MFB.
The educational process must be:
v Instructional, facilitating staff towards learning objectives delivered by instruction
v Taught, refer to the actions of a real life instructor designed to impart learning to a student; that can be applied upon completion
The MFB Training Guide should include learning modules that are (Theroux, 2004):
v Visual, learning based on observation, such as drawings, images, and models of the bridge
v Auditory, learning based on audible instructions/information, such as the conveyance of the process to manufacture bridge
v Kinesthetic, learning based on hands-on work, such as actual construction of the bridge
1.5 Change Management
Traditionally, bridges in Cambodia are built with bamboo, water-permeable wood, and are typically non-movable.
In considering management of change, as consideration is made to the PDLC (product development life cycle), the question of how to deal with market decline. In particular, say if an entire network of MFB's were to be created, if it were to reach anywhere near the size of the United States network of roads, at 6,430,336 kilometers (CIA World Fact Book, 2009); how would such infrastructure deal with change?
Furthermore, as a result of the introduction of the MFB, an interesting network of effects on the economy will occur. Immediately, new jobs will be created:
v Bridge constructers
v Transport economists (Discrete choice modeling / Traffic flow) (McFadden, 2007)
v Town planners / regulatory agencies (RCW MRS Center of Washington, 2005)
v Businesses relating to tolls (IBTT Association, 2007)
v Pollution/health authorities
Figure 7.3: Bridge on Tonle Sap
(TravelPod, 2009)
With existing Tonle Sap bridges, as shown in Figure 7.3, the issue with such traditional design, is that when the water levels rise, the dirt loosens, and the structure falls apart as a result. The differentiating factor with the MFB is that the bridge attaches itself to infrastructure, rather than the ground, and can ascend and descend depending on the water levels. It is difficult to comprehend how Cambodians would not accept such transformational proposal, but may need some adjust from predominantly using boating to a combination of boating and MFB's for navigation purposes. This will be a change for the good however.
1.6 Problem Resolution
Because this project is a community project, individuals or certain groups may oppose construction methods, or in particular, how the town planner plans where to insert the "main street". The Vice President in charge from overseas should sort out any problems.
Although congestion is quite a big problem in the Western World (Small, Kenneth; 1998), this will not be considered in this design brief for now. There are ways however, to combat this issue, using congestion pricing (such as tolls).
One big issue with such a large project is "where to start?" Professional project appraisals and evaluators from the Western World should head these projects, and use their business tools in conjunction with their decision-making. In doing so, their coming to their decision should be transparent and clearly drafted and presentable to the Cambodian Cabinet. These analyses may include:
v Cost-benefit analysis (European Commission, 2001), analyzing cost effectiveness
v Social Return on Investment (SROI, which is the best targeted to NGO's) (Lingane, 2004)
v Value of time (Mackie, 2003)


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Maybe in the rest of the preseason games but I'm not holding my breath lol.
Tomlin said on Sunday when asked about who's stepping up in the 2nd tier of receivers... "depends on the day"
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For yet another week, Taylor Swift crowns both country charts — the fourth week for her album Red and the seventh for her single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
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Manipulate the default connectome provided with TVB to see how structural lesions effect brain dynamics. In this hands-on session you will insert lesions into the connectome within the TVB graphical user interface. Afterwards the modified connectome will be used for simulations and the resulting activity will be analysed using functional connectivity.
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By Agence France-Presse
Puebla, Mexico
Mexican officials initially said the pair were US diplomats, but an American source referred to them as embassy employees.
One of the climbers suffered a fall, forcing the other to seek help from the US embassy, according to the civil protection authority for the state of Puebla.
The rescue operation began Sunday, but had to be called off because gusts of wind made it too dangerous for helicopters.
A helicopter finally managed Monday to reach 26-year-old Nathan Cahill, who was airlifted to a Mexico City hospital, Mexican officials said.
Rescue workers recovered the other climber's body on foot.
"The strong gusts of wind and the area where (the body) was recovered, close to the summit, made it too difficult by helicopter," a civil protection authority official said.
Best known as Pico de Orizaba, the 5,610-meter (18,400-foot) mountain on the border between the states of Puebla and Veracruz attracts professional climbers from around the world as well as poorly equipped amateurs.
In November, authorities recovered the body of an American mountaineer from the same summit, following a risky rescue operation that injured one worker.
The mountain gained notoriety in 2015 following the discovery of two unidentified mummified bodies at an elevation of 5,200 meters -- that have not been recovered due to their precarious location -- and a third now housed in a local museum.


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Landover man sentenced in attempted 7-Eleven robbery
Theodore Scott sentenced to 35 years
Officials said a Landover man has been sentenced to 35 years for his role in an attempted armed robbery.
Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks on Tuesday said Theodore Scott was sentenced to 35 years without the possibility of parole for his role in an attempted armed robbery of a 7-Eleven on Christmas Eve of 2011.
"Mr. Scott has proven himself to be a dangerous individual and I know he would have carried out this violent crime if not for the fact that the doors of the store had been locked when employees began to clean it," Alsobrooks said. "As I have said before, we will not tolerate crime of any kind in our county and if you commit crime and attempt to take away our sense of safety, we will take away your freedom."
Scott was convicted last August of attempted armed robbery, use of a handgun in a crime of violence and conspiracy to commit robbery with a deadly weapon. At sentencing, Prince George's County Circuit Court Judge Hassan El-Amin ordered that Scott's sentences be served without the possibility of parole.
On Dec. 24, 2011, Scott and an accomplice walked up to the 7-Eleven stopped out front and then walked to the side of the store where they donned their masks and guns. They ran up to the door of the 7-Eleven, but just prior to that store employees had locked the doors to clean the store.
There were two Prince George's County Police officers conducting surveillance due to a rash of 7-Eleven robberies. They observed Scott and his accomplice approach the store, put on their masks and pull out their guns. Scott was found less than a one-fourth of a mile away. His accomplice jumped in to a running car and fled the area. There was a high-speed chase which resulted in a crash in the District of Columbia. The accomplice's weapon was found in the car.