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Peter Levine has discussed the concept of Good Democracy, where inclusive process should be accompanied by the efficient reaching of outcomes (and, of course, vice versa). Meanwhile, Adam Grant in his latest book, "Originals: How Non-conformists Change the World", describes how one notable business organisation foments criticism by all levels within a hierarchy to all levels within a hierarchy, often in internally very public ways, with the aim of achieving highly creative and persistently democratic environments, that at the same time operate efficiently. In order that such democracy does not disintegrate into monolithic battles between a number of often rigid ways of thinking - or, alternatively, engender highly negative groupthink where large numbers of voices agree with the loudest and most important - to the mix that is one person one vote, a series of indices based on previous achievements in particular areas of expertise is assigned to each individual - or in our case, it could be to each Party member/supporter/voter. These indices would serve to determine the "believability" of each person with respect to their opinion and vote on a particular matter. It would *not* mean their opinions would be prioritised over others in everything, but simply in those areas that statistical analysis had shown their worth, accuracy and efficiency on previous occasions. Such indices would be continually assessed and revised as per a complex set of principles around organisational culture, already devised and created before the weighting processes were employed for the first time. The weighting process would never fix a person forever, but would form part of a path, a trajectory of growth re themselves and in relation to their colleagues - ie other Party members, workers, supporters and so forth - where an emphasis on objective performance, results and thought processes would replace the ability of people to get their own way through simply knowing how to impose via force of personality. I'd underline that neither would these indices give the same believability rating for an individual in all areas - unless, of course, it became plain that via the statistics and trajectory - the recorded history of their decision-making - their performance deserved such judgements. In this way, whilst such a system might appear at first sight to be highly elitist, it could actually make it possible for people who are often excluded from major debate through their inability to impose via force of personality and/or presence to make huge contributions as a result of having a system which made it possible for their ideas and proposals to be measured by common criteria, thus giving them the structured voice and reputation a celebrity democracy rarely allows.
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Miljenko Williams commented 2016-07-30 21:59:55 +0100That should've been "repeatable way", not "repeatable was"!!!
Miljenko Williams commented 2016-07-30 21:58:01 +0100I agree with you re science. And I'm sure business uses a lot of scientific tools. But if you'd started by reflecting that the tools democracy uses from biz were originally developed by science, I wouldn't have gone off on the extensive and moderate tangent I went off on.
And I'm not sure why you find science so much easier to have as a friend of democracy than business. There is plenty of bad science which has hurt humanity tremendously; plenty of good business which has helped astonishingly. Again, I would revert to my original assumption: it's not this or that field of endeavour we should accept or reject, but how well it operates in terms of the outcomes it aims to achieve.
And I go back to Peter Levine's arguments on democracy: I paraphrase a tad, but there's no point in being inclusive if the decisions aren't taken in time, or are clearly the wrong ones. Equally, there's no point in taking the "right" decisions, if you don't have people onboard. You can't say outcomes are more important than process, but similarly you can't argue that process overwhelms the importance of outcomes.
It is a balance, and our perception of business – its often breezy and fresh ability to experiment in an audited and repeatable was – should see its virtues for what they are when they exist, and also manage to maintain our sense of balance in our conversations around such virtues.
Business isn't bad. Bad business is bad.
Science isn't good. Good science is good.
Democracy isn't effective or better. But a democracy which combines inclusive process with efficient outcomes – in a balanced way – is bound to be something we should all want to pursue, whatever professions, roles or mindsets we inhabit.
Sue Fewster commented 2016-07-30 21:34:21 +0100Flow charts have been scientific tools for a long time. Businesses only began to utilise them when there was a drive towards "quality" – efficiency – in business in the 1980s, which culminated in the application of planned obsolescence in product terms; and the drive towards Business Process Reengineering in the 1990s that referred to people as "human resources", and their skills becoming "human capital" and culminated in businesses "sweating the assets" of those resources. It dehumanises people.
The big problem with applying mathematical modelling where people are concerned is that maths, like logic, is always black and white and people come in every shade of grey… The biggest failure of the recent teaching in economics is taking human beings and all their flaws out of the equation.
Miljenko Williams commented 2016-07-30 21:13:54 +0100Thanks, Sue, for your comment. Am not sure if it's useful to associate tools and methods with one field or another. Surely it's more useful to look at them, and say how can we use them better than anyone else. I remember a couple of years ago seeing some representatives of the 15M movement giving a presentation in Manchester (I think it was them) on how they used flow charts and organisational tools of all kinds commonly used in business to help structure and enable the committees which sprang up in Madrid and across Spain at the time.
I was astonished, though I shouldn't have been. It wasn't a question of "if you can't beat them, join them"; it was more a matter of "if they do someone well, how can we learn from them to beat them at their own game?". You may or may not like big corporations, but you have to give it to them: where the Soviets in the Soviet Union failed to make command and centralised economies work at all well for the benefit of anyone but the very top of the elites, the US and Asian tech corps such as Apple and Samsung have shown us that such a variant of socialism, at least in business, isn't dead – and at least in terms of material wellbeing for customers does operate quite well. Surely here the challenge is not to reject business, but analyse how it manages to make such command and control structures a beneficial reality, where Communist and other left-wing politicians failed us so dreadfully in the 20th century whilst they were attempting something pretty analogous?
Sue Fewster commented 2016-07-30 20:36:52 +0100I dislike importing tools and methods that have worked in business into politics, social structures, or public services. This happens far too often already and is rarely beneficial to governance. Especially the failed methodologies as evidenced by the dominance of mathematical influences in economic circles.
To be democratic having an equal opportunity to influence things is a necessary if not sufficient element, even if one chooses to influence things by not voting.
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Miljenko Williams commented 2016-07-30 08:42:11 +0100Hi Bob – appreciate, understand and know where you're coming from. Am not sure what sort of person you think I am, tho', nor how you know what I'm like. Sometimes it's worth asking around. And if you have, maybe try asking around a different crew.
Would underline one thing. In a democracy, whatever the tools used to structure it or support it or make it truly inclusive as well as necessarily efficient, the tendency for those in power to ensure by all means possible that they remain in power always remains. "One person, one vote" has never been the case. Those with access to the media already have their ability to determine outcomes weighted in their favour. Those with the ability to rouse a mass of individuals who mostly choose to play follow the leader, also. All I'm suggesting here – and on the basis of practice elsewhere already demonstrated – is that this weighting process, inevitable and currently operating, be determined by maths, giving everyone – but everyone – an equal ability to determine the reach and extent of their various voices.
By the way, just to contextualise, I'm self-employed, heavily in debt, have a family of three adults who are battling to achieve their goals in creative industries on the back of the imagination, ingenuity and sheer balls I have tried to engender in them, and it's precisely positions of power you claim I'd love which I've been running away from all my life. Because I believe, as David Brin once observed:
"It's said that 'power corrupts', but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable."
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Bob Crossley commented 2016-07-29 19:31:08 +0100I think this is what is called "blue sky thinking" in some circles. But who sets the criteria by which we are all judged? Just take away all the techno-fluff and you're left with the same tired old premise that supporters of oligocracy trot out regularly in one form or another – that "only people like me should be allowed to vote". Your idea sounds like the premise for a Sci-Fi dystopia, in which the ability to play some horrible and soul destroying game is the criterion for acceptance into the clique of world rulers. No thank you. "Hate" is too gentle an assessment for this. I think it's a dangerous and disgusting idea, and I'm thankful that people like you are in no position now and are unlikely ever be in a position to promote your "blue sky" ideas.
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- "I was once buried alive—for 60 years! If that didn't kill me… if the Sith and the Mandalorians and the Bloodboilers of Kragis couldn't kill me—then you will not kill me!"
- ―Durge
Durge during the Clone Wars.
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Durge in his last fight.
Durge was a long lived bounty hunter and commander for the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Durge was in exceptional physical shape already at an early age. Durge also possessed a natural aggression that was unseen in the Gen'Dai species. After witnessing bounty hunters in action, Durge was filled with a desire for hunting. He eventually left his tribe and ventured out into the galaxy, where he trained under various bounty hunters. At one point, he met a Mandalorian training master known as Jaing, who taught Durge all he needed to know in the field of Mandalorian tactics and combat skill.[1]
Durge and Jaing were then approached by a cyberneticist doctor who convinced that he could supplement their suits with his advance cybernetic enhancements. However they feared that their enhancements would make themeselves obsolete in combat, but they took the doctor's offer and traveled to his lab. Once there,The doctor successfully merged Durge and Jaing with their armor suits on the operating table, although the doctor encountered some problems with Durge's Gen'Dai physiology—Durge's body was constantly trying to heal itself over the cybernetics.
After Durge's and Jaing's recovering, they tested out their new abilities in a sparring match against another patient of the Doctor's named Nubyl. As they were battling, a group of Mandalorians loyal to Ung Kusp attacked the laboratory. The doctor demanded Durge, Jaing, and Nubyl to kill them in order to repay their debt to him. In the ensuing battle Nubyl and Jaing were incapacitated by a thermal detonator. Believing his friend to be dead, Durge ran off to hunt down the Mandalorian leader, Mandalore himself. As he exited the laboratory, the doctor revealed to the dying Jaing that the recent events were all part of his plan to spark war between the Mandalorian clans and the Sith.[2]
After that, Durge fought for the Sith in the New Sith Wars, facing several Jedi in combat, learning their techniques and becoming experienced at killing them. In order to avoid Jedi reprisals, Durge went into hiding after the Sith's defeat at the final Battle of Ruusan. He continued to hunt under a series of aliases and false names, earning the ire of the Bloodboilers of Kragis, and amassing a fortune in bounties. Perhaps his most fateful mission came in approximately 132 BBY, when he was hired to kill the then-Mandalore. He was successful, but was captured by the Mandalorians and tortured, driving him slowly past the edge of sanity. Although he eventually escaped the Mandalorian torture, it took Durge nearly a century to regenerate, spending sixty of those years buried underground.[1]
Clone WarsEdit
When he resurfaced by the time the Clone Wars broke, he was anguished by the fact that many Mandalorians had perished. Durge felt that he was denied the chance to exact his vengeance upon the Mandalorians. Durge then caught the attention of Separatist leader Count Dooku, who gave Durge the rank of Commander in the CIS Droid Army. Durge was very happy to accept offer, since he could have the opportunity to fight Mandalorians in the form of the Republic Clone Army, which was made up of clones of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett. Durge was often assigned by Dooku to work with his apprentice and fellow commander, Asajj Ventress. [1]
Hunting Boba FettEdit
Two months into the Clone Wars, Durg was assigned by Dooku to track down Boba Fett located on Tatooine. Unfortunately, Durge failed in this when Fett escaped thanks to help from Jabba the Hutt. Before leaving, Fett caused an air tank to blow up, taking Durge in the explosion.[3]
Battle of Ohma-D'unEdit
- "You know, it's been over a century since I killed a Jedi… and today, I'll get to kill four of you. Add that to the Gungans I already murdered, the hostages I'm going to kill later, and all the Naboo who will die tomorrow, and it's a damn good week."
- ―Durge
While Ventress fought Kenobi, Durge prepared to shoot the other Jedi in the head. He was, however, interrupted by yet another lightsaber wound inflicted by Jedi Commander Zule Xiss. Ordered by Ventress to oversee that the swamp gas attack on Naboo went as planned, Durge ran off, only to find the shuttles meant to bear the toxin destroyed. Outraged to see his plan foiled by the Mandalorian clone ARC Trooper, Durge threw the commando into a fire. Before he had a chance to react, Jedi Commander Skywalker hit him from the side with his own magna bolas. Shocked and injured, Durge and Ventress fled the battle, vowing to kill Skywalker on a later occasion.[4]
Skirmish on QueytaEditKnowing that the Republic would attempt to track down the source of the swamp gas, Durge and Ventress set a trap on the volcanic planet Queyta. They used the antidote for the swamp gas to lure Jedi into an abandoned factory on a lava river, filled with Skakoans wearing explosive pressurized suits. Between themselves and the exploding Skakoans, they were confident they would be able to kill whatever Jedi the Republic sent.
A team of five Jedi under Jedi General Kenobi showed up on Queyta, and walked right into their trap. As soon as the Jedi revealed their presence, Durge shot one of the Skakoans, causing a explosion and severely damaging the factory, sending it sinking into the lava. However, one of the jedi used the Force to absorb most of the explosion, killing herself in the process. One of the Jedi, Diath, used the Force to comfort her as she passed. As Ventress fled towards her shuttle with the antidote, Durge flung the jedi Jon Antilles into the lava, instantly killing him, but melted away both his arms in the process. Durge then rushed at Fay and Kenobi, who had incapacitated Ventress temporarily and stolen the antidote, but was blown away by an explosion. As Fay was stabbed by the revitalized Ventress, the two escaped, leaving only Kenobi left with the antidote; they had been ordered not to kill him by Dooku.[5]
Battle of MuunilinstEdit
- "I don't know why Dooku sent you here if all you're going to do is stand aroun—"
- ―San Hill, interrupted by Durge's choke hold
The first real opposition came when Republic clone troopers mounted swoop bikes and counterattacked using similar lances. Durge charged General Kenobi's bike, but lost both his own mount and his lance in the process. As Kenobi sped towards him, Durge grabbed his swoop and stopped it with his bare hands, knocking Kenobi off. The two met in melee combat, Durge using the swoop bike as a club. Kenobi cut the bike in pieces, then stabbed Durge in the gut with his lightsaber. Durge found this comical, laughing loudly to Kenobi's evident confusion of how it seemed to have no effect, and then started attacking the Jedi using much of his weapon arsenal. Despite Durge's attacks, Kenobi chopped the Gen'Dai in half. Thinking Durge to be dead, Kenobi drove off.[7]
Durge recovered surprisingly quickly and headed to San Hill's command center, where Kenobi had just captured the InterGalactic Banking Clan leader. Durge charged into the room and was instantly met with a barrage of fire from clone troopers, knocking him down and ripping apart his armor. No longer restricted by his carapace, Durge took advantage of his extended reach and knocked down several clone troopers before lunging towards Kenobi. He absorbed the Jedi into his body, but Kenobi broke free by blasting the Gen'Dai apart from the inside using the Force.[8]
Duel with GrievousEdit
Durge and Ventress were ordered by Dooku to search Trenchant space station for an unknown intruder. Unable to determine the location of the intruder, they split up and attempted to trap it between them in the gallery section of the station. As Durge voiced his disapproval at the seemingly menial task, he was struck from behind by Grievous, Dooku's new subordinate, and flung through several items in the gallery. Even Ventress could not match the speed of the cyborg, and was knocked out. Durge recovered quickly and answered Grievous' onslaught with a punch that sent the cyborg general flying across the room into a wall. That did little to slow him down, however, and he managed to behead Durge with one of his light sabers and strangle Ventress. Grievous proceeded to deliver their bodies to Dooku himself, who had arranged the fight to test the cyborg general's abilities. Not wanting to lose two faithful soldiers, Dooku made sure Durge and Ventress were given bacta treatment. Both then recovered shortly after.[9]
Prison riot planEdit
- "Jedi aren't killed so easily, bounty hunter!"
"Neither am I."
- ―Plo Koon and Durge
Durge soon recovered his fight with Grievous and continue to be active on the battlefields. In 20 BBY, the Confederacy, launched a series of attacks that were name after which became known as Operation Durge's Lance that targeted several worlds along the Corellian Trade Spine,[10]but Durge was not known to have any active part in this operation. At some point after the operation, Durge instigated a riot at the M'Bardi prison, hoping to attract Jedi to kill. Jedi Generals Fisto and Koon eventually showed up, trying to recapture all the escaped prisoners. After the Jedi had fought off several prisoners, Durge revealed himself by shooting missiles at the two. He then engaged Fisto and Koon in close combat while boasting about how his plan had worked. Both his arms were cut off, but thanks to his Gen'Dai physiology he was still able to subdue the Jedi Generals. As he strangled them, he was shot in the chest by an intervening prisoner. The Jedi took advantage of his surprise, escaping and trapping Durge in the lower levels of the prison, though Fisto remarked that such a confinement would not hold him for long.[11]
Karthakk system & DeathEdit
- "I'm getting tired of ambushing you, Kenobi."
- ―Durge, to Kenobi
Kenobi and Skywalker flew straight into the trap. Boarding the ship, they made their way to the bridge, where they were almost blown up by a cleverly placed thermal detonator. Kenobi was hit hard by the explosion; Durge immediately appeared, punching the wounded man repeatedly. He was stopped by Skywalker, who used the Force to impale Durge on hundreds of jagged metal pieces. Durge shrugged this off, but was electrocuted from behind by Kenobi. He proceeded to trigger some of the many explosive devices with which he had rigged the ship. Kenobi ran off to look for clues to Ventress's whereabouts while Skywalker engaged Durge in combat.Durge overpowered Skywalker, slamming him through a hangar blast door, but was severely damaged when Skywalker used the Force to send a large number of explosives at him. The following explosion tore off Durge's helmet, and launched him into a mindless fury. Skywalker exploited this and forced the bounty hunter into an escape pod. Again using the Force, the Jedi guided the pod into Maramere's star, ending Durge's life once and for all.[12]
Notes & ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Durge in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ Prototypes
- ↑ Boba Fett: Hunted
- ↑ "The New Face of War" - Clone Wars Volume 2: Victories and Sacrifices
- ↑ "Blast Radius" - Clone Wars Volume 3: Victories & Sacrifices
- ↑ Clone Wars – "Clone Wars Chapter 4"
- ↑ Clone Wars – "Clone Wars Chapter 8"
- ↑ Clone Wars – "Clone Wars Chapter 9"
- ↑ "Rogue's Gallery" - Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 3
- ↑ CIS Shadowfeed Dispatch 15:3:21 Edition
- ↑ "Means and Ends" - Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 6
- ↑ "Obsession" - Clone Wars Volume 7: When They Were Brothers


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- About Hunger
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Trade can be a powerful tool for the reduction of poverty in developing nations. But U.S. agriculture and trade policy has sometimes undermined African countries' efforts to take the first step out of poverty.
The main way Bread for the World has been addressing hunger in the area of trade in agricultural goods is through the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). This legislation offers tangible incentives for African countries to continue to open their economies and build free markets.
AGOA remains the most important piece of legislation that defines trade relationships between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa.
AGOA allows almost all African products to be imported to the United States duty-free. The act has helped expand and diversify African exports to the United States. Exports from sub-Saharan countries have increased more than four times since 2001 and totaled $26.8 billion for 2013, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
The president signed a new ten-year African Growth and Opportunity Act in 2015. The reauthorized bill expanded U.S. technical assistance that specifically prioritized women smallholder farmers.
AGOA's achievements illustrate its great potential to spur economic growth. Agriculture-led growth, which has the greatest impact on poverty, is still urgently needed. The food-price crisis of 2007-2008, followed by the worldwide recession, caused an increase in hunger and malnutrition and continued high poverty rates. An estimated 80 percent of Africa's hungry and poor people support themselves through agriculture.
According to the World Bank, 11 of the 20 fastest-growing economies are in Africa. So there is great potential in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa to expand businesses and thus provide more people with jobs and incomes.
Bread has worked in this area in recent years with a network of African-American and African leaders calling for the empowerment of our African sisters and brothers by advocating for policies that eradicate hunger, poverty, and disease.
By working as partners, we allow the people of Africa to lead more prosperous, stable, and healthy lives.
To end hunger and poverty in the United States by 2030, our country needs to support a budget that improves the lives of men, women, and children.
Unfortunately, the Trump administration and Congress are proposing dramatic cuts to programs that promote economic opportunity or provide food...
To end hunger and poverty in the United States by 2030, our country needs to support a budget that improves the lives of men, women, and children.
Unfortunately, the Trump administration and Congress are proposing dramatic cuts to programs that promote economic opportunity or provide food...
The Trump administration and Congress are proposing cuts that would hit the African-American community particularly hard.
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I am sure that every What's On reader has heard of Oxfam and knows at least something about their work. Equally everyone knows that Oxfam has charity shops throughout the country one of the first charities to establish such shops. Oxfam has a number of shops in south Wales some of which are specialist shops such as books and […]» Read more


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Divorce is not the only way for couples to end a marriage. Some alternatives to divorce court include legal separation and annulment. Most states have divorce laws governing how divorce alternatives are handled by the divorce court.
Massachusetts divorce law allows couples to get an annulment, which treats the marriage as though it never existed because it was never legal under state law. The Massachusetts divorce court grants annulment and the marriage is automatically void when:
The marriage is between relatives
The marriage results in a polygamous marriage
The Massachusetts divorce court may also rule that the marriage is void for reasons of insanity or one spouse is under the legal age limit. If the Massachusetts divorce court determines the marriage to be invalid, the marriage will annulled by the divorce court.


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This post is part of Latinamerikaliv's summer stay in Karlsborg, Sweden.
On a sunny August Sunday a group of friends and I met up with Thomas and Millan from VätternOutdoor in Granvik, north of Karlsborg. They had promised to teach us some kayaking technique and to take us to Ombo öar – one of the most beautiful areas for kayaking in southwestern Sweden. And so they did!
Thomas and Camilla have some of the best handmade Swedish VKV-kayaks and it didn't feel shaky for a second. I was a complete beginner before this, but now I feel like I've found my new favourite hobby.
This place truly takes my breath away. High cliffs, sandy beaches, crystal clear water where you can see every pebble on the bottom, rare and common birds and so many different colours. It looks like the Mediterranean rather than Sweden, doesn't it?
Eventually we found our own little bay for a rest. There are plenty of them, so even when there's a lot of people out, everybody can find their own cliffs to jump from into the water. (Swedes really are very fond of having a lot of space.)
By this time we were so hungry and shared coffee, cinnamon rolls, apricots and what we had brought.
Lucky us, this day Vättern held 21 degrees Celsius. Normally, it's famous for being one of the coldest waters in Sweden, since it's so deep. Next season I will try some dry suit scuba diving here.
I just had to try taking pictures of Thomas both above and below the surface.
I've never seen the beaches and cliffs around Djäknesundet as crowded as this day. Luckily, with the kayak you can reach so many more places than if you arrive here by car.
The idea was to paddle for 3 hours, but we were all enjoying it so much that even the instructors lost hold of time. 5 hours later we got back to Granvik with big smiles on our faces and a new passion. We'll come back! If you want to get in contact with VätternOutdoor you'll find their website here.
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Applications for the 2018 Theatre Arts Division will be open on Monday, October 23rd
If you are interested in applying to the Theatre Arts Division, you are encouraged to do so regardless of your financial status. We urge all talented and passionate theatre students with need to apply for financial assistance. Each year a large number of our students receive significant scholarships or financial aid. Do not miss out on this extraordinary opportunity due to financial restraints.
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The deadline to complete your FACTS Financial Aid Application follows Admissions Deadlines:
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International students with financial need may qualify for specialized scholarship opportunities. If you are applying to the NHSI Theatre Arts Division as an international student please notate your interest in the Financial Aid section of the Admissions Application and you will receive an email with more information regarding scholarships. International students applying for aid should also complete the FACTS Financial Aid Application and submit the $30 application fee; supplemental tax documents will not be required.
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We also encourage applicants to look into outside scholarship and Financial Aid options. Students may inquire with their school about Activities Funds, talk with the PTA, or local service clubs such as Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, or AAUW. As well, past students have successfully run Go Fund Me and Kickstarter campaigns.
In 2016 an NHSI student was awarded a scholarship from the Anthony Quinn Foundation. Applications for the 2018 Anthony Quinn Foundation scholarship are due Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
NHSI Theatre Arts applicants are eligible to apply for scholarship through American Theatre Wing's Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative. Applications will be accepted through Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 at 11:59 pm, EST, and there is no fee to apply.


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The creativity that goes into the ingredient choices, Octopus burger with chocolate anyone ? Lots of unusual choices let children exercise their imagination and creativity.
What we'd love to see…
Child proofing of app store links, some more fruits and veggies in the ingredient options.
A fun app for role playing turn taking and imaginary play. Also good for fine motor practice and counting.
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Bamba Burger is an iPad only app from kids app developer Bamba. Bamba are known for their fun, creative play apps, Bamba Post Office, Bamba Ice Cream and Bamba Pizza, you can read our reviews of Bamba Pizza here and Bamba Ice-Cream here. In Bamba Burger children can pretend to work in a fast food restaurant or be the customer. This restaurant servers all the usual fast food fare but also some rather unusual ingredients – so children can use their imagination creating some unique meals. The app has no third party adverts or in-app purchases, social media links are within a child proofed settings section. From the home screen you can swipe to see the store fronts for other Bamba apps, and these do contain app store links. They are not very obvious (my children didn't even notice the other screens), but I would like to see these links also locked like the social media ones.
Once they enter the restaurant the first step is to create the burger. First they get to choose what kind of bun – from standard choices such as a hamburger bun or Kaiser roll, through more unusual ones such as a birthday cake or donut to really silly ones such as an oyster shell. They get to cut the bun in two, which is good fine motor practice. Next they get to fry the burger patty, and flip it over to cook on both sides. Then comes their chance to get really creative, there are 28 different ingredients to choose from in assembling their sandwich. There are typical burger options such as hamburger patties, bacon, cheese, onions, pickles, lettuce, tomato and mustard. If they are feeling a little more adventurous they can add eggs, mushrooms, anchovies, chilies, spaghetti or bananas. Then if they want a really unusual burger there are lots more choices including chocolate, flowers, candy, paper or octopus!! My children have a lot of fun with this trying to come up with the strangest combinations they can think of. I really like that the app doesn't just have regular burger ingredients but also includes lots of other fun, and silly, choices. I'd love to see some more fruit and veggie options (it does already have some ), so they can play making healthy choices too.
Next they get to fill up their drink from the soda fountain, but as well as soda and milk this fountain has some very interesting options!
The meal is completed by choosing one of three kinds of fries -cutting them up and then frying them.
Once the meal is complete they go to the cash register and pay. Finally they get to eat their meal and unwrap and play with the surprise toy that comes with it.
This is a fun, creative toy for role-playing. Children can play by themselves, but it also works very well for two children to play together – one being the customer and the other working in the restaurant. I especially like the way Bamba has had fun with the ingredient choices – my kids love to choose all the really outlandish options to see what combinations they come up with.
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Mary is originally from England but now lives in California with her husband, dog, cat and three children. Mary and her family love Apple products and own an iPad2, iPad3, iPad Mini, iTouch, iPhone5 and several MacBook Pros. They also love cub scouts, skiing, camping and hiking. The family iPads are also used for therapy for their daughters Apraxia (speech disorder).


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At just 3 weeks old Andrew and his family visited my portrait studio. We had a wonderful time capturing the joy that he has brought to his family, his big brother was so excited! Of course, Andrew snoozed away!
I created beautiful images and designed a Keepsake Album for his family to enjoy.
We are planning for Andrew's next visit, when he is making eye contact and cooing sounds. We might even include a pumpkin in the portraits, Halloween will be on the way!
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Niagara Falls Canadian Side Tour and Maid of the Mist Boat Ride
While you're visiting Niagara Falls, take a morning or afternoon tour of the spectacular attractions on the Canadian side of the Falls. Highlights include an ...
Location: Niagara Falls
Duration: Varies from 4 to 5 hours
Niagara Falls Boat Tour: Voyage to the Falls
You can stand on dry ground and look at Niagara Falls all you like, but to truly experience the majesty, a boat ride is a must. This 20-minute boat tour from ...
Location: Niagara Falls, Canada
Duration: 20 minutes
Niagara Falls Fireworks Cruise
Enjoy Niagara Falls at night on board a 700-passenger catamaran. Experience the thrill and spectacle of Niagara Falls fireworks with this extraordinary, ...
Location: Niagara Falls, Canada
Duration: 40 minutes
Niagara Falls Night Tour with Dinner and Cruise
Experience Niagara Falls by night on this 4-hour tour. Start with a 3-course dinner at a restaurant located a stone's throw from Horseshoe Falls, and look out ...
Location: Niagara Falls, Canada
Duration: 4 hours
Gems of Niagara Falls Small-Group Tour
This small-group tour of Niagara Falls is limited to just 14 guests and features modern, fully air-conditioned vehicles, exceptional tour guides and one ...
Location: Niagara Falls, Canada
Duration: 6 hours
Niagara Falls Illumination Night Cruise
Experience Niagara Falls at night on this 40-minute boat tour through the Niagara Gorge. Admire dramatic views of American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and ...
Location: Niagara Falls, Canada
Duration: 40 minutes
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A Georgia dog adoption can be a wonderful experience, but there is also a great deal of responsibility that goes with it. When determining if you are ready for a new dog consider the following factors. What is you schedule like and try to be realistic, so you can judge how much time you will have to devote to your new dog. Are there any children in your household and do you currently have any pets? Not all types of dogs do well with small children and you want to be sure your current pet gets along with the new dog.
Visiting your local shelter and rescue groups should be your next stop on this journey. An application will need to be filled out and then an adoption counselor will assist you with finding the right dog. Many rescue shelters will require all members of the household visit the shelter to meet the new dog. They may also want to visit the home and need an adoption contract sign. The person adopting may need to be a minimum age of 18-23 and have valid ID. It's important to be aware of your local shelters specific requirements and most will have them posted on their website. Adoption fees can range from $150 – $300 and all dogs ought to be up to date on all shots and neutered or spayed. All this hard work will pay off when you bring home the perfect dog.
Every state, city and county has laws that protect dogs and other animals. Georgia, like many other states, has specific laws, rules and regulations that must be followed when adopting a dog. You can find information about these laws at http://www.georgiaanimalcontrol.org/. There you'll find important information that will be handy when adopting a dog.


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Self Representation
Horizons Law Group offers many services to help you do-it-yourself for an uncontested matter (also called self-representation or "pro se"). Our service ranges from forms and books to clerk assistance with forms or unbundled attorney assistance (coaching and consulting) and flat fee services. You can also use a combination of our services to best suit your needs.
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NEXT.mPOS provides small businesses a secure and simple-to-use mobile solution to accept payments.
New Mobility for Merchant Payments
Turning Mobile Devices to POS
For businesses that have never accepted card payments before, mPOS helps to increase their sales and expand their customer base. Existing large retailers are also adopting Mobile POS solutions and integrating them into their current POS environment to enhance the retail and payment experience. Any smartphone or tablet can be transformed into an mPOS with a downloadable mobile application.
Payments on the go
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NEXT.mPOS is an innovative and secure mobile payment solution adressing merchants that require a high degree on fexibility and mobility with the need to accept payments for their services and products using their mobile devices. Hence, services and products can be offered and payment accepted everywhere and anytime without any constraints such stationary connected payment terminals would provide.
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Enabling Payment Acceptance
The merchant can download the app to a smartphone or tablet from the Play Store or App store. After running through a fast registration process (on Web or in the App), a merchant account is created, an acquiring contract has to be signed and the EMV certified mPOS terminal will be delivered. The mobile App scans for an available mPOS terminal via Bluetooth and finally connects to it. Now, all variances of card payments(signature, PIN authorisation, etc.) can be performed. Receipts can be either scanned from a barcode displayed on the merchant device or sent via email. All payment and receipt records are synched to a Webjournal for further financial analyses.
Central Journal
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Transaction data can only be accessed by authenticated and authorised users. All that is required is access to the internet, personal authentication data according to the details provided throughout the registration process. Data exchange is encrypted and processed through a secure communication channel.
In addition the mPOS Master-User can differentiate between access credentials for the mobile Application and the journal in the cloud in order to differentiate access rights for different quality of transaction data.


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The John Smith's Stadium
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The clouds cover the sky in the dark night
As if a soft blanket covers a chest.
There is white snow some eyes see in this light.
The snow is all around where light has pressed.
Lanterns light the night clouds and the white snow.
Clouds insulate the light from the light sky.
The white snow 'flects the light with no shadow.
Together they turn on the switch lights fly.
Lights bounce to each white snow; to each cot'n cloud.
The sky lights more to each sparkle and fluff.
Light is comfort that snow and clouds have sowed.
The light covers all persons as a muff.
This is a night when snow covers the ground.
This is beauty that will not be year-round.