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In 1924 FIDE was founded in Paris with Pierre Vincent from France as first president. 14 federations were present, twelve from Europe with Argentina and Canada. Step by step the organization grew larger, particularly after World War II when the great champions of the Soviet Union contributed to spreading the interest in the game.
After 1970 President Max Euwe, ex-world champion, opened the doors of FIDE to Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 1982 for the first time the FIDE presidency left Europe to go to Asia. Florencio Campomanes from the Philippines committed himself fully to strengthening and developing chess in the third world.
As Europeans began to feel underrepresented in FIDE, the European Chess Union was founded under Rolf Littorin from Sweden at the FIDE Congress 1985. The founding meeting of the European Chess Union took place in the Kongresshalle, Graz, Austria, at 15.00h on August 30th 1985 in connection with the FIDE Congress. 29 countries were represented. Three principles were clearly defined: ECU was to be an organization within FIDE, it should include the whole of Europe, West, and East, and there should not be any new financial obligations for the member federations.
In that era of cold war politics inevitably influenced big sport federations. Therefore except Poland the Soviet block did not join the new union. The FIDE leadership did not trust the European ideas either. At the FIDE congress in Dubai 1986 Littorin withdrew, Kurt Jungwirth from Austria was entrusted with the ECU Presidency for 13 years until 1998. ECU strongly defended European interests in FIDE just as in world football UEFA was doing within FIFA. New events were created: in 1998 the first European Youth championship under 16 took place in Saltsj?baden, in 1992 the first European Team Championship for women was held in Debrecen, in 1996 Werner Stubenvoll directed the first European Club Cup for women in Smederevska Palanka (Serbia).
After the great political detente of 1990 Eastern Europe countries flocked to the European Chess Union. When in 1996 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov became FIDE's leader, the relationship between World Chess and ECU normalized.
In 1998 Boris Kutin from Slovenia was elected ECU President. A new office was established in Berlin with Horst Metzing as Secretary General. Tournaments were reformed. Individual continental championships in all categories including youth events became high quality mass spectacles.
The periods between European Team Championships were shortened from three to two years. The final breakthrough came after 2000 when ECU obtained financial and administrative autonomy. Today ECU has 54 member federations. The vision of 1985 has come true. Europe is a strong, united chess continent.


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Obama's Visit to Israel Renews Effort to Free Spy
By ISABEL KERSHNER
JERUSALEM — When President Obama lands here on Wednesday, he may encounter some Israelis staging a hunger strike in support of Jonathan Jay Pollard, the American serving a life term in a North Carolina prison for spying for Israel.
But the call for Mr. Pollard's release will not be restricted to the strident, right-wing protests that have previously greeted American officials.
Instead, it will come from Israel's dovish president, Shimon Peres, and some of the country's most respected public figures: Nobel Prize-winning scientists, retired generals, celebrated authors and intellectuals who have signed, along with more than 175,000 other citizens, an online petition appealing for clemency for Mr. Pollard.
After years of being viewed as a somewhat marginal and divisive issue here, the campaign to free Mr. Pollard has become a mainstream crusade. Prominent Israelis are shedding the shame long felt over the affair, one of the most damaging, painful episodes in the annals of the American-Israeli relationship, and recasting it as a humanitarian issue ready to be resolved.
The effort has gathered momentum, and many Israelis consider Mr. Obama's visit to be the perfect opportunity for a gesture of good will.
The full details of the crime committed by Pollard and Israeli intelligence against the U.S. remain secret, but it appears likely that Pollard gave American secrets on the ultimate line of defense in case of nuclear apocalypse, boomers -- ICBM submarines -- to the Israelis, who traded them to the Soviets. That's really, really bad.
I suppose you could argue: "Well, World War III never got around to happening, so ... no harm, no foul!" But that's not a sound argument.
But, that's naive. The best defense, it turns out, is a good offense. Stay offensive and take offense. Intimidate skeptics with your sheer brass.
P.S., So far, Obama has shown some backbone in not pardoning Pollard:
In an interview shown Thursday on Israel's Channel 2, Mr. Obama said that Mr. Pollard had "committed a very serious crime" and was "serving his time." He said he was sympathetic to Israelis' emotions and would ensure that the usual rules of review were applied in his case.
But he added, "I have no plans for releasing Jonathan Pollard immediately."
Keep it up, Mr. President.
P.P.S. Pollard, by the way, is not a selfless martyr to any higher cause. He wanted money for drugs and jewelry. He's a horrible person. The Wikipedia article on him has a good depiction of his character, such as attempting to sell U.S. secrets to Pakistan on multiple occasions. Here's my favorite bit of Pollardania, on Pollard as an adolescent:
Pollard made his first trip to Israel in 1970, as part of a science program visiting the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. While there, he was hospitalized after a fight with another student. One Weizmann scientist remembered Pollard as leaving behind "a reputation of being an unstable troublemaker, the worst case of this kind in the history of the summer camp".[13]
P.P.P.S. Anyway, the point is not Pollard, it's how widespread shameless Pollardmania has become in Israel that a member of the Nobel-certified Global Great and Good like Shimon Peres has come down with it. The usual explanation for this kind of seemingly knuckleheaded obnoxiousness is that "Israelis are their own worst enemies."
And yet, Israel, which has plenty of real enemies, seems to be doing quite well. So, maybe Israelis aren't their own worst enemies. Maybe this tendency to demand gestures of good will from the victims of your bad will serves useful purposes? Perhaps there are lessons to be learned from Israel's success?

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Billy Dean to Open Home to Fans for Intimate 50th Birthday Concert
How do you celebrate your 50th birthday when you're an adored country singer? How about treating your fans to an up-close and very personal concert right from your own home? That's exactly what Billy Dean plans on doing at the end of the month, when he and his wife Stephanie open their Liberty, Tenn. home to a few hundred lucky fans who will get the full experience of Dean Acres farm.
On March 31, Dean will kick off his Live From Our Living Room concert series with some of his music pals, including bluegrass queen Rhonda Vincent, as well as some familiar faces from the 90s, which will possibly include Ty Herndon and Collin Raye.
The concept for the concerts from his living room came about last year when Dean's then-16-year-old daughter did an impromptu concert for her family, which got them thinking of endless possibilities.
"We were in the audience [watching my daughter perform], and we thought it was really cool," Dean tells Taste of Country. "My wife said. 'Why don't you do this for your fans?' We already had moved the furniture out of that room. Then we really decided to make it a business plan and make Dean Acres the hub of everything I do from concerts to maybe broadcasting on the internet of some of the live shows, have a dining experience out in the country … it's very Tennessee friendly. We want to promote Tennessee products and Tennessee growers that grow amazing produce in our local areas."
The Deans have called the farm home for several years now. The 100-acre spread is located on Center Hill Lake, roughly 50 miles east of Nashville, and fans who attend the birthday event will truly receive the whole package. "We're going to have dining experience and incredible music experience and you will also get an amazing Tennessee nature experience where we live, which is on the Cumberland Plateau right on Center Hill Lake," explains Dean. "There's a reason I've lived out there all these years … it's a special place, that's why I've done everything I could to maintain it and keep it up. It's just been a private little haven for me. It's been the source of songs like 'Let Them Be Little' and 'Billy the Kid' and stuff like that that I've written out there. It's been the source of everything I've done and now we want to open it up to the public."
Fans who wish to save a few bucks, but still want to get in on some of the excitement, can head down the Dean Acres on Sunday, April 1 for a special brunch and meet and greet with the Deans. The concert, however, will take place the night before — Saturday, March 31. There are still a handful of tickets available.
To purchase tickets to Live From Our Living Room for the birthday celebration, visit Dean Acres' official website here. Additional Live From Our Living Room concert dates will be announced on Dean's artist website in the coming weeks.


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IFIP IDMAN 2013, the 3rd IFIP WG 11.6 Working Conference on Policies & Research in Identity Management, will be hosted by the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, on the 8th and 9th of April 2013.
IFIP IDMAN 2013 is the third in a series of conferences focusing on the theory, technology and applications of identity management. The two previous conferences (IFIP IDMAN 2007 and IFIP IDMAN 2010) were held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Oslo, Norway, respectively.
The world of the 21st century is, more than ever, global and impersonal. Criminal and terrorist threats, both physical and on the internet, increase by the day. The demand for better methods of identification is growing, not only in companies and organisations but also in the world at large.
Identity management is put under pressure, due to the growing number of frauds who want to hide their true identity. Identity management challenges the information security research community to focus on interdisciplinary and holistic approaches while retaining the benefits of previous research efforts.
As part of this tendency, surveillance and monitoring are more prominently present in society, both in the public and private domain. The original intention being to contribute to security and safety, surveillance and monitoring might, in some cases, have unintended or even contradictory effects. Besides, the omnipresence of surveillance and monitoring systems might be at daggers drawn with public and democratic liberties.
Future of Identity Workshop
IDMAN 2013 will be collocated with a workshop organised by the EPSRC-funded Future of Identity Network of Excellence. This workshop will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday 9th April, immediately after the end of IDMAN 2013. All workshop presentations will take place in room MX001, the Moore Building Annexe Lecture Theatre, in the building marked 12 on the campus plan.
The workshop is free, and all are welcome to attend. However, in order to arrange for refreshments, please let us know if you intend to attend by sending a brief email to firstname.lastname@example.com
Of course, there's no point in sending an email if you only decide to come along at the last minute, but please do come anyway! We look forward to a lively afternoon and a stimulating panel session.


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1 (8-ounce) package corn muffin mix (recommended: Jiffy)
1 cup sour cream
1/2 stick butter, melted
1 to 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, stir together the 2 cans of corn, corn muffin mix, sour cream, and melted butter. Pour into a greased 9 by 13-inch casserole dish. Bake for 45 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven and top with Cheddar.* Return to oven for 5 to 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Let stand for at least 5 minutes and then serve warm.
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Justin Jefferson selected top wide receiver by panel of AP Pro Football Writers
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Justin Jefferson has been setting records and terrifying defenses since the Minnesota Vikings selected him in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft.
The All-Pro wide receiver already broke four franchise records, including surpassing Hall of Famers Cris Carter and Randy Moss for receptions and yards in a single season. He not only holds the NFL record for most 100-yard receiving games (24) in a player's first three seasons, but will also have the most through four seasons even if he doesn't have one such game in 2023.
Jefferson became the youngest player in NFL history to lead the league in yards and receptions last season on his way to earning the AP Offensive Player of the Year award.
It's no surprise Jefferson was voted No. 1 wide receiver in the NFL by The Associated Press.
A panel of nine AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five players at wide receiver, making their selections based on current status entering the 2023 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points.
Jefferson received seven first-place votes. Davante Adams and Cooper Kupp also received first-place votes. Jefferson and Tyreek
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Ja'Marr Chase, Stefon Diggs, De'Andre Hopkins and CeeDee Lamb also received votes.
1. JUSTIN JEFFERSON, Minnesota Vikings: Hard to believe four wide receivers were drafted ahead of Jefferson. Henry Ruggs III went No. 12 to the Raiders. Jerry Jeudy went at 15 to Denver. Lamb was the 17th pick by Dallas. The Eagles took Jalen Reagor one pick before Jefferson at No. 21, leading to a celebration in Minnesota's draft room. The Vikings knew what they were getting. Jefferson has exceeded high expectations.
2. DAVANTE ADAMS, Las Vegas Raiders: Adams didn't miss a step after leaving Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay and going to Las Vegas. He recorded his fourth 100-catch season, had 1,516 yards and 14 TDs while earning All-Pro honors. Adams easily outdistanced Hill for second place.
3. TYREEK HILL, Miami Dolphins: There was no letdown for Hill after leaving Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City. The four-time All-Pro had career highs in receptions (119) and yards (1,710) in his first season in Miami.
4. COOPER KUPP, Los Angeles Rams: Kupp, the 2021 Super Bowl MVP, had 75 catches for 812 yards in just nine games last year before an injury ended his season. He was halfway to matching his impressive totals from 2021 when he had 145 receptions for 1,947 yards and six TDs while earning AP Offensive Player of the Year honors.
5. JA'MARR CHASE, Cincinnati Bengals: The 2021 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year had an excellent sophomore season, catching 87 passes for 1,046 yards and nine TDs in only 12 games. Chase is a two-time Pro Bowl pick with plenty of potential to climb up the rankings. He finished one point behind Kupp.


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Firefly: Shiny Dice
Firefly: Shiny Dice lasts three rounds, and whoever has the most points after three rounds wins. In each round, each player takes one or more turns. On your first turn in a round, you roll all fifteen dice — seven crew dice (brown), three passenger dice (white), and five bad guy dice (black) — then place them in the appropriate places on your display. Crew members and passengers all have unique abilities, some of which involve the option of rerolling dice.
After any rerolls, you reveal your mission for the round. If you have dice on your board that match the numbers given at the top of the mission, then you're unaffected by the bold line — Bushwhacked, Gorram, etc. — immediately underneath. Otherwise, you might be forced to end your go after the current turn, forced to take an additional turn, or affected in some other way. After revealing and resolving the mission, the bad guys strike:
- Each Badger die holds one supply die.
- Each Saffron die moves a crew/passenger die of your choice to the cargo hold.
- If Niska dice are present, KO a crew/passenger die of your choice.
After this, you then use any remaining crew and passenger dice to defeat the bad guys, which generally require one point of damage to defeat. Remove them all, and you score 1 VP for each type of bad guy defeated, with half-points for each supply delivered; fail to remove them, and you score no points for the defeated bad guys. If you clear the turn, you can opt to take another turn — rolling all the bad guy dice and all non-KOed crew and passenger dice — or end your turn. If you opt to continue, but then fail to defeat the bad guys, you lose all the VP that you earned previously on that turn.
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Brenda Novak is back with another limited edition boxset for Brenda Novak's Online Auction for Diabetes Research!
SWEET SEDUCTION features 13 brand new stories, including new stories from J. Kenner, Elisabeth Grace, and Lauren Hawkeye! Be sure to check out all the details below!About SWEET SEDUCTION
In 2014 A Sweet Life, the boxed set curated by Brenda Novak's Online Auction for Diabetes Research, raised $100 000. This year we're back for a second helping, and you can indulge too! this stunning limited edition collection features thirteen BRAND NEW contemporary romances by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors...
You can make a difference while you read! All proceeds from the sale of Sweet Seduction will be donated to the Diabetes Research Institute via Brenda Novak's Online Auction for Diabetes Research.Featuring a foreword and a bonus book by New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Renee Jones.
From New York Times bestselling Author Lexi Blake comes LUSCIOUS, a novella set in her Masters and Mercenaries world. When Macon Miles meets sweet waitress Alison Jones, he knows she's trouble, but he can't imagine how her secrets will rock his world.
Sparks fly in Texas when a soldier comes home to the girl he left behind in New York Times bestselling author Mari Carr's WAITING FOR YOU.
Sex. Lies. Romance. Love. My life has it all. I do what I want, when I want and no one can stop me. This isn't a story of how I found my prince. Or my how my prince found me. This is my life. My diary. This is the true diary of 'that girl'. CONFESSIONS OF A SEXAHOLIC by New York Times bestselling author JS Cooper.
New York Times bestselling author Nicole Edwards revisits Tag and McKenna, a power couple who have gone from infatuation to adoration in ADORED (Club Destiny #7.5).
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When Random Acts of Crazy's bass player, Joe Ross, gets injured in an unfortunate sex act that gains nationwide coverage, it's tatted-up Tyler (aka "Frown") to the rescue for their first big concert. THE RANDOM TOUR: LOS ANGELES by New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent.
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From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hawkeye comes THE BILLIONAIRE YOU KNOW, where a bad boy billionaire decides he's waited long enough for the woman he wants...
In STICKY by New York Times bestselling author Nina Lane, a plate of sugar cookies sparks an edgy, red-hot affair between married PTO president Madeline Collins and the hot, new school principal, who teaches her a very dirty lesson.
From New York Times bestselling author Roni Loren comes WANDERLUST, the story of a magazine writer who needs to land the big story and the bad boy rockstar who's determined to protect his band's secrets. His plan? Get her off her game by getting her into his bed.
For fans of such films as Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Wild Things comes a ménage romance posing the question, can two men share the same woman forever? UNCONVENTIONAL (The Manhattanites) by Avery Aster.
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In System Preferences > Expose and Spaces > Spaces Tab > to switch between spaces, there is a drop down list that allows you to select a modifier key and the arrows. The arrows are so far away from the rest of the keyboard! I want to bind to the vim keys (h, j, k, l) for (left, down, up, and right). On my Ubuntu machine, I push the equivalent of command-option-j to go down a space. Does anyone know how to change to a non-standard keyboard shortcut on OS X?
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IntroductionHarrod's (2000), defined school library as an organized collection of books placed in a school for the use of teachers and pupils, but usually for pupils. It may comprise books of reference and or books for home reading and in the care of a professional librarian, or teacher-librarian. It is variously call "Instructional Materials Centre", "Learning Centre or Media centre."The School library serves as a service agency which supports the schools' objectives and provides materials for all subjects and all interest of pupils and teachers. The school library is a supportive resource of the school curriculum, its provisions, services, and development is directed at aiding school programmes (Kinnel, 1994).Libraries generally have as their main purpose acquiring, processing, storing and disseminating information to which school library is not an exception. The school library has a vital role to play in the information service. They provide materials relevant to the curricular needs of everybody with the school community. The importance of providing such resources cannot be overemphasized if the school library is to be an instigator of and support for resource based learning in the school.Also, in relation to information skills, the library and its librarian, make available materials and services in different varieties to allow both pupils and the school community to use these skills in finding the information they need.The purpose and philosophy of school library service are rapidly being understood and accepted by school administrators and teachers. The fact necessitates that the school librarian be thoroughly familiar with those purposes such as guidance, the reading programme and the enrichment programme for pupils and teachers. However, Albert Academy library has no trained and qualified librarian, who understands and performs those purposes in order to ensure that the service provision is fully attained.Albert Academy School LibraryThe Albert Academy was inaugurated on the 4th October 1904. It was until 1975 when the Albert Academy Alumni Association in their meeting thought it wise that such a reputable institution must not go without a library as the development of school libraries was at its highest peak at that time. An idea to erect a library building was born with the collaboration of the alumni association and the owners of the school that is the United Methodist Church. The library was established with the aim of having a place where pupils could go and explore new ideas to further strengthen their school curriculum activities and leisure as well.The library was officially opened to the entire school community by His Excellency the late Dr. Siaka P. Stevens on 4th October 1976, then President of the Republic of Sierra Leone and also a member of the Albert Academy Alumni Association class of 1922. The library was named after him following the immense contribution he made towards establishing the library for the school community. The Albert Academy Library has a mission to "Support school curriculum activities by providing materials of relevance in the school process and to introduce new and improved information sources to help make the school to be in line with modern standards of education."The objectives of the Albert Academy school library are as follows:I. To provide pupils with library materials and services most appropriate and most meaningful in their growth and development;ii. To participate fully in school programmes as it strikes to meet the needs of pupils, teachers, parents and others community members;iii. to stimulate and guide pupils in all phases of their reading that they may find increasing enjoyment and satisfaction and may grow in critical judgment and appreciation;iv. To make available new development and keep pupils abreast of modern trends in education recognize reader's needs and keeping them well informed in order to create a well dynamic educational environment;v. To work with the teacher in the selection and production of educational materials that meet the aims of the curriculum, offer guidance in the use of collection, evaluation of education programmes and materials, facilitates the location, organisation and maintenance of materials efficiently; andvi. To help pupils to become skilled users of libraries and of printed and audio-visual materials.Library Provision at Albert Academy School LibraryA major role in the information service provided by modern school library is in the provision of materials relevant to the curricular needs of pupils and teachers. In recent years, the curriculum activities have moved to another level, where the school being supportive resource of this movement, must endeavor to house a variety of print and non-print materials and have access where possible to electronic sources of information which are also part of the information resources in the library.Given the demands of the modern school curriculum, the school library must now house a wide variety of print and non-print materials and have access, where possible, to electronic sources of information. The Albert Academy School provides printed materials, book, fiction and non-fiction as well as pamphlets, newspapers, chart, pictures, monographs, manuals, handbooks, textbooks and other reference books the library also provides non-books materials which include audio and audio-visual materials, slides, tape-slides, video cassettes, and CD ROM's. Although these are not materials in the traditional sense, they still constitute resources for use by pupils and teachers. Use of electronic sources help school libraries to present pupils and teachers with a concept of a School Information Centre which is not continued to the school but is a link to an unending supply of information (Herring, 1988).Albert Academy School Library ServicesThe purpose of establishing Albert Academy School Library is to provide services for both pupils and teachers in a bid to fulfill one of its major purposes, which is to aid curriculum goals by providing services that are indispensably linked to the fulfillment of this purpose.One of the principal services of the Albert Academy School library is to act as back-up to the under resourced school programme. Even advanced countries cannot easily stock materials ranging from five thousand (5,000) to twenty thousand (20,000) in a small room to provide help to school programmes. Therefore, they see the need for central stock of materials which can be borrowed for differing lengths of time (lending service) and also for reading and consultation services. This is done in order to augment the school curriculum at the Albert Academy which is inclusive of the Basic Sciences and Technology, Social Sciences, Humanities and the Fine Arts.Albert Academy School library also provides inter-library loan services requests. This is particularly valuable to senior pupils studying topics across subjects offered in depth. Pupils who cannot afford to purchase or access such expensive materials benefit from this type of library service. Through inter-library loan services, materials are sourced from other schools libraries for the benefit of both pupils and teachers.A reference service is also provided at Albert Academy School library. The School Librarians spend a sizeable proportion of their time providing what in other libraries term would be termed as reference service. In providing a reference service, school Librarians perform a similar role to that of other librarians. In a reference interview in school, each pupil is treated as important as the other and given the Librarian's full attention. This is achieved by personal assistance given to the pupils and teachers in finding specific information whether direct or indirect. Some of the reference materials at the Albert Academy School Library are dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, yearbooks, biographies newspapers, maps and charts, and the academic and administrative calendar of events or the operation of the school.One of the most valuable services provided by Albert Academy School library is that of information provision. The Albert Academy School library keeps the teachers and pupils informed about new educational resources and development in the fields of interest to them by displaying the jackets of books that just arrived. The Albert Academy School library uses Current Awareness Services (CAS) to achieve this goal. This is done by identifying the information needs of both teachers and pupils and meeting these needs. Linked to the CAS is the Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) and this is more particular with teachers. This ranges from keeping individual teachers informed about new resources in the library or about newly published materials, to alerting teachers to meetings and course demands or event linked to their curricular interest.Challenges of Library Provision and Services at the Albert Academy School LibraryNo matter what an organisation has to count as success, is bound to face certain difficulties that stand before it as challenges to its success. School Libraries in Sierra Leone, especially Albert Academy School Library are not without challenges.To start with the library and its resources have been ignored by the pupils and teachers. Despite their all-important nature of service provision in support to them they do not see it as a valuable part of their activities. This is because most teachers and pupils do not get adequate supply of textbooks and other materials directly linked to the curriculum programme and most teachers prepare pamphlets for sale to pupils from which there teaching is based. This has caused most of the pupils to heavily depend on those sources instead of the library resources.The School Library has a staffing challenge. For example the Albert Academy School Library has no professional library staff to handle an information service for over two thousand pupils and teachers.Furthermore, the library has a challenge with space. The space provided for the library from inception is now not enough for the school. The school population in terms of teachers and pupils has grown relatively high to over two thousand (2000) pupils and staff as compared to the space provided for a little over Five hundred (500) pupils and staff about 40 years ago. It has become difficult to access the library and its resources.In addition, there is a funding problem. The Albert Academy School Library is faced with the difficultly of securing funds from the schools authorities for an effective collection development. The library depends heavily on donations and gifts to stock its collection and most of these materials given in this guise are not reflective of the courses offered in the school curriculum. Often, the school administration has to spread meager financial resources across a wide spectrum of school needs.The establishment of the computer laboratory with slight internet facilities independent of the school library has also created a problem for the Albert Academy School Library. The teachers and pupils would prefer to visit the Computer centre for Internet services much more that visiting the library. The separation of the Internet facilities from the library services has posed a serious threat to the library provision and services.Also, it is quite proven that the Albert Academy School Library lacks the capacity to provide for the visually impaired or handicapped. The absence of school library materials in the Braille format prevents blind and the partially sighted pupils to utilize the available library resources in their schools libraries.Final, the issue of preservation of library materials is not a common practice for the Albert Academy School. This preservation is supposed to ensure that the materials last long because of their frequent use. It has become difficult to access funds to preserve materials that are under threat of wearing out through continuous use.Despite some gloomy predictions on the future funding of education and possible restrictions on the availability of resources at the Albert Academy School Library, the future of the school library seems assured. It can be argued that because of current educational and technological trends, there has never been a greater need for well-resourced and professionally staffed school library than it is now. The emphasis on the individual's-the child's and the adult's-ability to find and use information effectively is likely to continue in schools, at work and for leisure pursuits. A future society dependent on electronic information for its prosperity will need an information curriculum in its schools. Hence the availability of good school library provision and services in the school curriculum cannot be overemphasised (Kargbo, 2000).
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Abner Jordan, interviewed by Daisy Whaley at his home in Durham County, North Carolina, WPA Slave Narrative Project, North Carolina Narratives, Volume 11 Part 2, Federal Writers' Project, United States Work Projects Administration (USWPA); Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Accessed via Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936–1938We know that this source was created during the Great Depression, when many Americans were out of work and poverty was widespread. This was also a period in which southern African Americans faced racism and discrimination in every aspect of public life., American Memory, Library of Congress.
Abner Jordan, Ex-slave, 95 years.
"I wus bawn about 1832 an' I wus bawn at Staggsville, Marse paul Cameron's placeStagville was one of the largest plantations in North Carolina just prior to the Civil War.. I belonged to Marse Paul. My pappy's name wus Obed an' my mammy wus Ella Jordan an' dey wus thirteen chillun on our family.
I wus de same age of Young Marse Benehan, I played wid him an' wus his body guard. Yes, suh, Where ever young Marse Benehan went I went too. I waited on him. Young Mrse Benny run away an' 'listed in de war, but Marse Paul done went an' brung him back kaze he wus too young to go and fight de Yankees.
Marse Paul had heap if niggahs; he had five thousan'. When he meet dem in de road he wouldn' know dem an' when he ased dem who dey wus an' who dey belonged to, dey' tell him dey belonged to Marse Paul Cameron an' den he would say dat wus all right for dem to go right on.
My pappy wus de blacksmith an' foreman for Marse Paul, an' he blew de horn for de other niggahs to come in from de fiel' at night. Dey couldn' leave de plantation without Marse say dey could.
When de war come de Yankees come to de house an' axed my mammy whare de folks done hid de silver an' gol', an' dey say dey gwine to kill mammy if she didn' tell dem. But mammy say she didn' know whare dey put it, an' dey would jus' have to kill her for she didn' know an' wouldn' lie to keep dem from hurting her.
De sojers stole seven or eight of de ho'ses an' foun' de meat an' stole dat, but dey didn' burn none off de buildin's nor hurt any of us slaves.
My pappy an' his family stayed wid Marse Paul five years after de surrender den we moved to Hillsboro an' I's always lived 'roun' dese parts. I ain' never been out of North Carolina eighteen months in my life. North Carolina is good enough for me."


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MISSION HILLS, CA – December 31, 2015 – UNICOM Systems, Inc. ("UNICOM") today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with IBM Corporation to acquire the IBM Rational System Architect suite of products. The acquisition was completed on December 31, 2015. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
"This acquisition, the 7th in 24 months between UNICOM and IBM, builds on several of our previous acquisitions with IBM, including our UNICOM Intelligence and Focal Point solutions," said Mr. Corry Hong, founder, president and CEO. "With the addition of System Architect, these products collectively provide a framework matrix to master structured and unstructured data collection, business process analysis, business intelligence and portfolio management platform solutions. This proficient architectural component is a critical modular-link to formulate IBM's Watson "Real-Time" predictive analytics, and is a key focus for UNICOM. IBM and UNICOM have established a strong record of successful transitions with our previous transactions and will continue to build on this foundation as we welcome the IBM Rational System Architect customers."
IBM Rational System Architect includes a suite of products which was originally developed by Popkin Software and acquired in 2005 by Telelogic AB, an R&D arm of Televerket, the Swedish department of telecom. IBM acquired System Architect as part of the Telelogic acquisition in 2008. IBM Rational System Architect is an enterprise architecture solution for visualizing, analyzing, and communicating enterprise architecture and business process analysis, providing decision support, process optimization, and integration into solution delivery. The SA solutions are in use by customers in over 25 countries, across a wide range of industries including Government, Banking, Insurance, Utility & Energy, Technology, Aerospace and Transportation.
The new UNICOM System Architect solutions will be part of UNICOM System's TeamBLUE™ organization. TeamBLUE brings a blend of world-class solutions and global teams together with a unified commitment to technology excellence and a history of customer success. UNICOM formed the TeamBLUE organization following several recent acquisitions with IBM, integrating best practices, customer excellence and technical skills across UNICOM's divisions to deliver greater value to customers throughout the world.
The acquisition of the IBM Rational System Architect suite of products expands and builds on UNICOM's strategic IT capabilities and offerings which will benefit UNICOM customers, technology and supply-chain partners. UNICOM continues to grow through leadership, capital, and its global presence thereby strengthening existing relationships with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 commercial customers, as well as with OEM, Support Providing Partners, other strategic partners, the U.S. Federal Government, State, Local and Municipal government entities, and with key healthcare providers.
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Using Data to Drive Your E-Commerce Business' GrowthIf knowledge is power, then the information available to e-commerce business owners provides nearly unlimited potential. The same platforms that host your websites include data collection tools that – if used properly – can guide your decision-making process and inform your business strategies. The metrics offered can easily overwhelm anybody who doesn't have an MBA, but they don't have to. Extracting the most valuable information for your particular business relies on identifying your own goals and understanding which key performance indicators (KPIs) tie into those goals. Combining those two lets you take advantage of the information that will help you the most.
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Net sales – As much as gross sales numbers may give you a warm fuzzy feeling about how well you're doing, the truth is that it is your net sales number that tells the real story. That's because it reflects the deductions and losses that are a cost of doing business and selling your services, whether online or anywhere else. Net sales are your real revenue number, and it not only tells you how much money your sales efforts have brought in, but also can give you a snapshot of how your business performed during a specific period of time. This is not only useful for your profit and loss statement, but also as a way to assess the success of marketing campaigns and to forecast future performance.
Basket size – If you run an ecommerce business, knowing how much money your customers are buying and how many items they buy with each visit is essential. This metric provides you with an average of both for a specific period of time and allows you to analyze the impact of a sales campaign, the appeal of products being sold, and other information to guide future promotions.
Sales dilution rate – This metric helps you see where you lost revenue as a result of returns, discounts, and allowances. Though it is easy to just write the difference between total revenue and net sales off, doing so misses an opportunity to improve performance and eliminate inefficiencies. Taking a deeper dive into the merchandise that was most frequently returned or for which you had to offer discounts helps you identify and eliminate or improve products that are not only losing profit for you, but also disappointing your clients.
Customer Retention Cost (CRC) – Once you've attracted a customer to your e-commerce store, it is important to hold onto them because it costs less money to keep a customer than to attract a new one. The amount of money that you spend on inspiring loyalty is your Customer Retention Cost, and though it will differ for each customer and with each time you spend money on retaining them, it can also be averaged out across all of your customers to see whether the expense is warranted, needs to be cut back, or even expanded.
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) – Your Customer Lifetime Value is the average amount that a consumer is likely to spend on your business from the time that they first discover your store to the last dollar they spend. Knowing this number helps you project the number of clients you'll need to make your business a success and achieve your long-term goals. To make this KPI truly valuable it needs to be combined with other indicators such as cost of goods sold and the costs to attain and retain the client. Otherwise, you're only measuring revenue and not profitability.
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1812.What types of income do NOT count under the earnings test?
The following types of earnings income (or losses) do not count as earnings from employment or self-employment under the earnings test:
Any income from employment or self-employment earned in or after the month the individual turns FRA;
Any income from self-employment received in a taxable year after the year the individual becomes entitled to benefits. Such income must not be attributable to services performed after the first month of entitlement to benefits;
Note: This income is excluded from gross income only for purposes of the earnings test.
Damages, attorneys' fees, interest, or penalties paid under court judgment or by compromise settlement with the employer based on a wage claim;
Note: Any back pay recovered in a wage claim does count for the earnings test.
Payments to secure release of an unexpired contract of employment;
Certain payments made under a plan or system established for making payments because of the employee's sickness or accident disability, medical or hospitalization expenses, or death (see §1311);
Payments from certain trust funds that are exempt from income tax (see §1314);
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Work not in the course of the employer's trade or business; or
The value of meals and lodging furnished under certain conditions;
Rentals from real estate that cannot be counted in earnings from self-employment. For instance, the beneficiary did not materially participate in production work on the farm, the beneficiary was not a real estate dealer, etc.;
Interest and dividends from stocks and bonds (unless they are received by a dealer in securities in the course of business);
Gain or loss from the sale of capital assets, or sale, exchange, or conversion of other property that is not stock in trade nor considered inventory;
Net operating loss carry-over resulting from self-employment activities;
Loans received by employees unless the employees repay the loans by their work;
Workers' compensation and unemployment compensation benefits and strike benefits;
Veterans' training pay or allowance;
Pay for jury duty;
Payments for achievement awards, length of service awards, hobbies or prize winnings from contests, unless the person enters contests as a trade or business;
Tips paid to an employee that are less than $20 a month or are not paid in cash (see §1329);
Payments by an employer that are reimbursement specifically for travel expenses of the employee and are so identified by the employer at the time of payment;
Payments to an employee as reimbursement or allowance for moving expenses, if they are not counted as wages for Social Security purposes (see §1333);
Royalties received in or after the year a person turns FRA. The royalties must flow from property created by the person's own personal efforts that he or she copyrighted or patented before the taxable year in which he or she turned FRA;
Note: These royalties are excluded from gross income from self-employment only for purposes of the earnings test.
Retirement payments received by a retired partner from a partnership provided certain conditions are met (see §1203);
Certain payments or series of payments paid by an employer to an employee or an employee's dependents on or after the employment relationship has ended due to:
Retirement for disability; or
Retirement for age.
The payments are made under a plan established by the employer (see §1319); and
Payments from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA's) and Keogh Plans (see §1338).
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I took a little time to wander around Frelinghuysen Arboretum last month. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful garden nearby. Here is a little bit of history, as written by the Friends of Frelinghuysen Arboretum:
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Robert Jesselson is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches cello and plays in the American Arts Trio and the Jesselson/Fugo Duo. In 2013 he was named as the Governor's Professor of the Year by the SC Commission on Higher Education.
Dr. Jesselson has performed in recital and with orchestras in Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States, and has participated in the Music Festivals at Nice (France), Granada (Spain), Santiago (Spain), Aspen (CO), Spoleto (SC), the Grand Tetons (WY), and the Festival Inverno (Brazil). His performance degrees are from the Staatliche Hochschule fuer Musik in Freiburg, West Germany, from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Paul Katz, and the DMA from Rutgers where he studied with cellist Bernard Greenhouse. He has been principal cello of the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orquesta-Sinfonica de Las Palmas, Spain. In 1983 Dr. Jesselson was in China for a six-month residency, one of the first Western cellists to visit that country. During that time he performed as soloist, gave master classes, and taught at several conservatories (including Beijing, Shanghai, and Canton). In December, 2001 he led a delegation of string players and teachers to Cuba to begin professional contact with Cuban musicians. He has also taught at Sookmyung University in Korea, Sun Yat Sen University in Taiwan, University of Auckland in New Zealand, at the Royal College of Music in London and recently in St. Lucia in the Caribbean. His recent CD of new music for cello and piano is called "Carolina Cellobration" and is available on CD Baby.
Dr. Jesselson was the national President of ASTA, the American String Teachers Association, from 2000-2002. During his tenure as president he initiated the National Studio Teachers Forums (2000 and 2002), started the National String Project Consortium (with sites now at 44 universities and grants of $3.1 million), and began the planning for the first stand-alone ASTA national convention in 2003. He was the founding Executive Director of the National String Project Consortium, and is currently on the NSPC Board.
Dr. Jesselson is former conductor of the USC University Orchestra and the Columbia Youth Orchestra, and he was the cello teacher at the S.C. Governor's School for the Arts for 17 years. For 15 years he was the director of the USC String Project, building the program into one of the largest and most prominent string education programs in the country. His pioneering work on this program was recognized in an article in the New York Times in December, 2003. ASTA awarded him the "Marvin Rabin Community Service" Award in 2009 for his work with the NSPC and teacher training. He is the recipient of the 2010 Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year, the highest teaching award given by USC. He has also been awarded the 2002 Cantey Award for Outstanding Faculty, the 1992 Verner Award, the 1989 S.C. Arts Commission Artist Fellowship, the 1995 Mungo Teaching Award, and the first SC ASTA Studio Teacher Award in 2005.
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What's the Safest Reusable Water Bottle to Use?
From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: It's finally time for me to retire my trusty old Nalgene and upgrade my water bottle. Are any brands or models particularly greener than others? — Cyndi Bland, Tempe, AZ
Plastic water bottles were once ubiquitous on college campuses and beyond where people wanted to stay hydrated without buying wasteful single-use plastic water bottles. But today we have many more options for going green when it comes to water bottles. When evidence started coming out that Bisphenol A (BPA) and other chemical additives in even reusable plastic water bottles could be harmful to human health, consumers started looking for other, safer materials. These days it's hard to find a reusable water bottle made out of plastic as glass and metal versions have become the more popular choices.
Glass is readily available and easy to recycle. Contigo's Purity glass water bottle is wrapped in a silicone sleeve to make it easier to handle and pad it in case it takes a tumble. Soma Bottles are likewise made from glass and wrapped in rubber for protection and a better grip. The Zing Anything Citrus Zinger glass water bottle comes with a built-in juicer so that you can infuse your water with fruit essences.
Stainless steel is another popular water bottle choice among eco-conscious consumers, given its ruggedness and insulation as well as how easy it is to recycle. S'well's bottles come in a variety of designs but all share a base made out of recyclable stainless steel. Mira's stainless steel bottles have similar but more basic designs — but for half the price. Klean Kanteen also sells a variety of sleek stainless-steel based bottles with cool modern styling.
In those situations where you don't have your own reusable water bottle handy, it would be nice to know that you could buy water in a disposable container that neither comes from petroleum nor requires lots of transport and energy to recycle. Boxed Water Is Better and Just Water think they have the solution: paper cartons (like for milk) derived from sustainably harvested timber. These paper cartons are better than their plastic counterparts in many ways. For starters they can be shipped empty and flat and are so light that their transportation carbon footprint is much less than glass or plastic. But they have proven difficult to recycle (let alone compost) given that they include not only paper but also aluminum foil (to shield the contents from light and oxygen which could contaminate the water) and plastic inlays for strength.
Another improvement on the single-use plastic water bottle is one made from biodegradable plant-based material, like the algae-derived prototype developed by Ari Jónsson, a student at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Jónsson's bottle is derived from red algae powder and water to form a gelatin-like substance that can be shaped into the form of a bottle after a process of heating, molding, cooling and then filling with water. The bottle keeps its shape as long as it has water in it; when it's empty, it loses its rigidity and begins to decompose — you can bury it or throw it in your compost bin. While the concept is far from mainstream, and probably never will be, it nevertheless proves that single-use bottles don't have to be such a burden on the environment.
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History Of The Christmas Tree
The idea of placing a live tree in the home and decorating it has been around for years and practiced by many cultures.
Over 1000 years ago, St. Boniface, a Christian missionary, came across a group of German Pagans worshipping an oak tree, claiming it was their deity. In anger, St. Boniface chopped down the oak tree exclaiming that his God was mightier than theirs. From the roots of the oak sprouted a young fir tree. Saint Boniface took this as a sign from God and began spreading his Christian faith around Germany. It wasn't until the 16th century when fir trees were used for decorative purposes.
In the early 19th century, the custom of the Christmas tree became popular among the nobility and spread to royal courts when Princess Henrietta von Nassau-Weilburg introduced the Christmas tree to Vienna in 1816. Since then, the custom of decorating a Christmas tree spread around the world and traditions have since evolved over the years. Boughs from fir trees are also used for other Christmas decorations including wreaths, garland, centerpieces and kissing balls.
Choosing A Christmas Tree
In picking out a Christmas tree, you should always perform a freshness test. Gently grasp and pull a branch toward you. In doing so, only a few green needles should fall. Next, gently shake the tree. Again, only a few green needles should drop. There should only be a small amount of brown needles, if any. In transporting your tree, make sure it is wrapped in either a plastic sheet or a blanket in order to protect the branches from the wind.
Before you begin decorating your tree, make sure you have a Christmas-tree stand that will hold enough water. There should be room for 1 quart of water for every inch in diameter of the tree's trunk. Before placing the tree in the stand, cut about a 1/4 inch off the bottom of the trunk with your saw.
Within the first 24 hours of placing your tree in its stand, it can absorb up to 1 gallon of water, and 1 quart or more per day afterward. Be sure to keep a constant supply of water in the tree stand because if the tree runs dry, sap will leak out and create a seal over the bottom of the trunk. If you notice your tree has been dry for more than a few hours, you will need to cut the bottom of the trunk again.
Christmas Tree Tips
Remember to keep your tree away from direct heat and drafts. Never leave the lights on your tree plugged in if you have left your house and be sure to check the water daily.
Evergreen Tips
If you have a few cut boughs from your Christmas tree, instead of throwing them away, use them to accent your holiday floral arrangements or to plump up your Christmas wreath. In order to keep your greens fresh, mist daily with a water bottle and keep away from all direct heat sources.
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Saturday, March 29, 2014
This months blocks for Cindy
All our blocks together so far. I can see a little re-arranging will be necessary to balance out the colour. That sounds like a good job for my daughter.........
Also, it's Cindy's month in our Mid Century Modern bee. She asked for spider web blocks in low volume backgrounds with solids
The more of these blocks I make, the more I want a quilt for myself. It will be amazing !!
I knit another little hat for miss J
which will go with her sweater,
which will go with her dress (when I get around to it)
Have a lovely week end
29 comments:
- 2 Good Claymates said...
I just love the quilts you have been putting together Carla. You have such a good eye for patterns and color.
And the hat is sooo adorable! Our little sorbet flower button is perfect on it!
Carolyn - March 29, 2014 at 11:01 AM
- cockney blonde said...
Those blocks are amazing. Love the crosses.
Such a cute little hat, fab, x - March 29, 2014 at 11:52 AM
- Lucy | Charm About You said...
The blocks are gorgeous and the hat is so sweet! I do love that cardigan and look forward to seeing the coordinating dress!
- March 29, 2014 at 12:44 PM
- Susan said...
Miss J will have the sweetest coordinated outfit with that matching hat! And your blocks are always great!
- March 29, 2014 at 1:18 PM
- Dawn Hughes said...
Your friendship quilt is beautiful, love all the colours...and a Little Miss J is going to look adorable, the hat is so very very sweet.... You are one very talented lady!
- March 29, 2014 at 3:19 PM
- Leanne Parsons said...
Your X and + blocks look great! I really like the fabric in the middle of the bottom left one...it's psychedelic! The little hat and sweater are adorable too.
- March 29, 2014 at 5:05 PM
- Kevin the Quilter said...
Such beautiful work you do! I love those blocks.......both patterns! Your sweater and hat for Miss J look like they are from an upper end clothing store! WOW!
- March 29, 2014 at 5:28 PM
- Carla said...
Oh, adorable knits....and such a wonderful quilt taking shape!
- March 29, 2014 at 8:20 PM
- Afton Warrick said...
Everything looks great! I look forward to seeing the dress.
- March 29, 2014 at 8:25 PM
- BillieBee (billiemick) said...
Totally in love with the hat...wow....so cute!
- March 29, 2014 at 8:56 PM
- Linda @ kokaquilts said...
Wow I just love the spider web blocks! And the x and + blocks are looking stunning! Linda
- March 30, 2014 at 12:23 AM
- Kim said...
As always, your blocks are gorgeous...but I must admit the star is that adorable hat with another cute button!! Love the pattern!! Won't Miss J be the cutest, put together li'l miss!!
- March 30, 2014 at 12:26 AM
- karen k said...
Talented lady with her hands…..sewing, knitting and such! Quilt is very pretty and your little girl will be a doll.
- March 30, 2014 at 6:57 AM
- Debbie said...
those friendship blocks are coming along nicely! And yay for that darling had with the darling sweater!
- March 30, 2014 at 7:50 AM
- Cathy said...
lovely blocks and aren't you the knitter!
- March 30, 2014 at 8:29 AM
- Pam @ Quilting Fun said...
Love your blocks! Fabulous colours.
- March 30, 2014 at 8:47 AM
- Sandra said...
Your blocks are fabulous, I really love the color combination! And I'm sure, Miss J is the most pretty dressed little girl - this hat is so cute!
- March 30, 2014 at 12:14 PM
- sherry said...
i like those spider web blocks
- March 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM
- Janine @ Rainbow Hare said...
Your x and + blocks are growing lovelier all the time and the hat and cardigan for miss J are great :)
- March 30, 2014 at 3:36 PM
- Heather D. said...
Your blocks are looking so great together!
- March 30, 2014 at 4:13 PM
- Craftycreate said...
Your blocks are colourful, the hat style and cute flower button is gorgeous and the cardigan lovely set.
- March 30, 2014 at 10:40 PM
- Mona said...
I just love both your quilt and hat! Just what I like!!
- March 31, 2014 at 3:28 AM
- Mona said...
I just love both your quilt and hat! Just what I like!!
- March 31, 2014 at 3:28 AM
- Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieD said...
Lots of spring colour in your post :D
- March 31, 2014 at 4:43 AM
- Heidi Staples said...
Wow! Everything in this post is gorgeous!!!
- April 1, 2014 at 12:34 AM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
I feel SO lucky to be your x and + partner AND to be getting the cool spiderweb block. Your knitting is just lovely.
- April 1, 2014 at 6:46 AM
- Unknown said...
Totally love the hat, where did you find such a cute pattern?
- April 1, 2014 at 5:03 PM
- Anne / Springleaf Studios said...
Every month your X and + blocks just get better and better. Such great color combos. You two are going to have the best quilts.
- April 2, 2014 at 8:28 PM
- Carrie P. said...
your X blocks are gorgeous.
oh! the hat and sweater are so cute. - April 11, 2014 at 5:56 AM


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Sending clearer price signals in the energy sector with analytics
Price signals in the energy sector have significant ramifications that extend far beyond the industry. Gary Holden, Chief Executive of Pulse Energy, illustrated this during his presentation at NZ Downstream 2017 - Energy fundamentals, strategic opportunity and a future view of energy.
Of particular importance, he noted, is ensuring that the price signals organisations deploy are effectively picked up by the right consumers, and that the effects of those signals align with desired outcomes in the industry.
Price signals will have a key role to play in the future of energy in New Zealand. Let's take a closer look at these mechanisms and the challenges ahead in 2017.
"Whale oil was the first example in our energy history where the substitution - kerosene - was about 700 per cent cheaper than the supply."
Gary Holden
Chief Executive
Pulse Energy
What are price signals?
The concept of price signals is rather intuitive; the cost of a resource will convey a message to consumers about how to alter their use of that resource based on available supply. Petrol is an excellent example. When there is a shortage, prices rise and consumers change their behaviour; they might take public transportation or walk instead of driving.
For consumers, this is mainly done to save money. But, for the overall industry, it's a method of encouraging behaviours that ensure more stability in oil supplies. Such mechanisms have long played a role in the energy and transportation sectors, going as far back as the 1800s.
"Whale oil was the first example in our energy history where the substitution - kerosene - was about 700 per cent cheaper than the supply," Gary noted.
"Some historians would say that if it wasn't for the discovery of crude oil and the refinement of kerosene, nobody would have even had the thought to build the car. This was the first moment in energy history where a 700 per cent signal created some massive ideas."
That history carries important lessons for the contemporary industry as well.
Price signals and the future energy market
It's no secret that the energy sector in New Zealand is in the middle of a drastic transition, thanks to the growing prominence of renewable forms of generation, new technologies and the potential to supplement traditional markets with peer-to-peer energy retailing. With so many experimental avenues to pursue, organisations in the sector will rely on clear price signals more than ever.
Facilitating a discussion on customer competitiveness, Simon Coates - Director of Concept Consulting - summed up the challenges ahead.
"Customers want simplicity. We need to move to cost-reflective prices and send signals to customers to do sensible things at sensible times," he observed.
"How do we balance this desire for simplicity against the need to send signals to consumers?"
This need becomes even more pronounced given the shifts facing the sector, particularly with electric vehicles. We learned in other presentations at Downstream that we're not far off from widespread adoption of electric vehicles, which will introduce complications to grid stability if charging behaviour isn't properly guided. This calls for effective price signals, but historical examples show that we could be in trouble there.
The danger of muddled signals
As a mechanism for shaping customer behaviour, price signals work - but only to the extent that people pay attention to them. Gary Holden showcased the difficulties here using the Toyota Prius as an example.
He explained that the Prius represents one of the first major breakthroughs in automobile technology since the internal combustion engine; it moved the adjusted cost of travel to below $10 per 100 kilometres, thanks to the ability to reclaim energy from the brakes.
By all accounts, this should have been the catalyst for a massive shift in the car industry. That's not how it panned out.
"For 100 years, we had the same cost, and then there was a step change. And only 15 million people in the world actually took this step change. There are 1 billion cars, but only 15 million people reacted to that price signal."
So, how do we learn from previous attempts at price signalling in order to send effective ones in the future energy market?
Boosting signals with analytics
Consider performance analytics in sports. It tells us how well different players perform under a wide range of variables. That capability could carry over to analytics leveraged for effective price signalling.
How much of a cost increase is necessary to alter consumer behaviour without sinking the industry? Which customers respond most clearly to different types of price signals? Analysing and deriving insights from large volumes of historic and current data sets will be the key to answering these questions.
Given the scale we're dealing with when it comes to these data sets, we will need highly capable analytics tools that offer a strong degree of flexibility to carry out investigations of data outside the box. Of course, analytics is just one part of the recipe for success in this regard. Achieving these outcomes will require efforts across an organisation - bringing on or training highly skilled people who are able to work collaboratively across a number of disciplines to get the most out of analytical tools.
Much like overall analytics success, this centres on people, data, process, technology and cultural change.To learn more about how analytics tools from SAS can support more effective price signaling in the energy sector, get in touch today.
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Cream Couple Cafe Chairs Set
For cafe businessmen, these chairs and tables are perfect for a narrow room. Minimalist and modern model, perfect for couples hanging out in your cafe.
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A modern minimalist set of chairs and tables that are suitable for rooms that are not too large, such as apartment balconies or indoor cafes.
Made of duco painted mahogany and a table with iron legs.
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