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Mid-Sha'ban is the 15th day of the eighth month (shaaban) of the Islamic lunar calendar and month which precedes the holy month of Ramadhan. The preceding night of mid sha'ban's day is known as Laylatul Bara'ah or Laylatun Nisfe min Sha'ban in the Arab world, and as Shab-e-barat in Afghanistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India.
Some other names of this blessed occasion and their meanings:
– Lailat al-Baraa (Arabic: ليلة البراءة, Night of Innocence or Night of Salvation, or Seeking Freedom from Azaab, Punishment and Calamity)
– Lailat al-Du'a (Arabic: ليلة الدعاء, Night of Prayer or Supplication)
– Nim Sha'ban (Persian: نيم شعبان in Afghanistan and Iran)
– Nisf Sha'ban (Arabic: نصف شعبان, Mid-Sha'ban) in Arabic speaking countries.
– Nisfu Sya'ban in Malay speaking countries.
– Shab e Baraat (Urdu: شبِ براءت in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh meaning the 'Night of Innocence'. Berat Kandili in Turkish
Shaykh Abdur Qadir Jilani (q.s) writes in al Ghunya Al Talibeen, provisions for the seekers:
Shaykh Ibrahim al-Hakki (r.a), in his tafsir Ruh al-Bayān, says: "and some of the mufassireen said that the intent in "Blessed Night" [Qu'ran Chapter44: Verse 3] is the Night of mid-Sha`bān, and his has four names, the first being "Blessed Night" due to the huge number of people performing good deeds in it, and truly the blessing of Allah's Beauty reaches to every atom from the Throne to the earth, as in Laylat al-Qadr and in that night all the angels gather in the Holy Presence.
Regarding the Words of Allah the Blessed and Exalted,
"We sent it down during a Blessed Night: for We (ever) wish to warn (against Evil). On that [night] was made clear, in wisdom, the distinction between all things [good and evil]" [ Qur'an 44:3-4]
On the above verse the `ulama(scholars) differed as to which night which is intended in this blessed verse. And among them are those who went with it being Laylat al-Qadr which is in Ramandan and among them are those who went with it being the Night of mid-Sha`bān, and among them are those who went with it being Laylat al-Qadr and that is the Night of mid-Sha`bān.
Al-Alusi (r.a) said, in his Tafsir(exegesis of Qur'an) , regarding the above verse of Qur'an that it is Laylat al-Qadr, from what is related from ibn `Abbas (r.a) and Qatādah (r.a) and ibn Jubayr (r.a) and Mujāhid (r.a) and ibn Zayd (r.a) and al-Hasan (r.a). And that is what most mufassireen stood upon and the majority agree with them. And `Ikrimah (r.a) and his group said, "It is the Night of mid-Sha`bān."
And an-Nisāburi in his Tafsir of the blessed verse also said:
and most mufassireen say it is Laylat al-Qadr from Allah, the Exalted's saying "Verily we revealed it on Laylat al-Qadr" [ Qur'an 97:1] and Laylat al-Qadr, in the view of most, is in Ramadan.
Imam at-Tabari (r.a) wrote, and some of them [early mufassireen] like `Ikrimah (r.a) and others, claimed that it [refers] to the Night of mid-Sha`bān.
It appears in hadeeth ad-Daylami, Anas (r.a) related that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: "There are four whose nights are like their days and their days are like their nights; in them Allah confirms the oath and He frees the breaths and in them He gives in plenty: the Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr) and its morning; the Night of `Arafat and its morning; the Night of mid-Sha`bān and its morning; the Night of Jumu`ah and its morning."
The Prophet (s.a.w) also said to his wife`Aisha (r.a), "Allah pours down goodness in four nights without measure: the Night of Eid ul Adha and [the night of] Fiţr, and the Night of mid-Sha`bān. In it, Allah records the lifespans the allotments of provision, and in it those who will make Hajj are written; and the Night of `Arafat until the adhān is called."
From `Ikrimah (r.a), the client of Ibn `Abbās(r.a) (regarding the verse) "In the (Night) is made distinct every affair of wisdom," [44:4] he said, "That is the night of mid-Sha`bān, when Allah (Exalted is He) arranges the affairs of the year. He transfers [some of] the living to the list of the dead, and records those who will make pilgrimage to the House of Allah, neither adding one too many nor leaving a single one of them out."
Abu Hurayrah (r.a) related that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said, "the lifespans are cut from Sha`bān to Sha`bān, until a man marries and a child is born to him while his name has been pulled out as one destined to die."
It appears in Sunan Ibn Mājah, narrated by `Abd al-Razzāq (r.a) and is reported from Sayyīdunā `Ali (k.w) that the Prophet (s.a.w) said: "Let all of you spend the night of mid-Sha`bān in worship (i.e. partly) and its day in fasting. For verily in it, Allah descends to the nearest heaven during this night, beginning with sunset, and says: Is there no one asking forgiveness that I may forgive them? Is there no one asking sustenance that I may grant them sustenance? Is there no one under trial that I may relieve them? Is there not such-and-such, is there not such-and-such, and so forth until until dawn rises.
It appears in Musnad of Ahmad, Ibn Mājah, and al-Tirmidhi, A'isha (r.a) said: "I missed the Prophet (s.a.w) one night so I went out to al-Baqi` [and found him there]. He said: `Were you afraid that Allah Most High would wrong you and that His Prophet would wrong you?' I said: `O Messenger of Allah, I thought that you might have gone to visit one of your wives.' He said: `Allah Most High descends to the nearest heaven on the night of mid-Sha`bān and He forgives to more people than the number of hairs on the hides of the sheep of the tribes of Kalb.'" however, al-Bukhāri graded this hadith as weak because some of the sub-narrators did not narrate directly from each other, but is correct in meaning.
The Prophet (s.a.w) is reported as saying:
Angel Jibreel (a.s) came to me on the night of mid-Sha`bān and said to me: "O Muhammad, raise your head heavenwards!" I asked him: "What night is this?" and he replied: "This is the night when Allah (Glorified is He) opens three hundred of the gates of mercy, forgiving all who do not make anything His partner."
It appears in Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal and at-Tirmidhi,
The Prophet (s.a.w) said, "Allah Almighty looks upon His slaves night of the mid-Sha`bān and forgives His servants (or those who are involved in worship) except for two [types]: someone who bears malice and a murderer.'" [Hasan, Healthy Hadeeth]
It appears in Ibn Zanjuwiyya, ad-Darqutni in his Sunan, Ibn `Adee in his Kamil and al-Bayhaqi in his Shu`b.
Al-Qāssim ibn Muħammad ibn Abī Bakr as-Siddīq (r.a) related from his father from his uncle that his grandfather said: "Allah Almighty looks upon all those created by Him in the middle Night of Sha`bān and forgives all human beings, except the man who associates partners with Him or the man who has malice in his heart."
Mu`adh (r.a) related that the Prophet (s.a.w) said, "Allah Almighty looks upon His creation on the night of the mid-Sha`bān and forgives all His creation except for a idolater or someone who bears malice."
Narrated by Ibn Hibban (12:481 n.o 5665) with a sound chain according to al-Arna'ut and by al-Tabarani with a chain of sound narrators according to al-Haythami and by al-Bayhaqi in Shu`b al-Imān and Ibn `Asākir.
On the night of mid-Sha`bān Allah reveals to the Angel of Death those whose souls He wishes him to take in that year. Al-Daynuri in his al-Majalisa, from Rashid ibn Sa`d (mursalan)
Sayyidah `Aishah, (r.a), reported Prophet Muhammad, (s.a.w), to have said, "O `Aishah! Did you think that Allah and His Prophet would oppress you. Rather Jibrīl came to me and said, 'This is the Night of mid-Sha`bān. Allah frees in it a large number of the people from Fire, more than the number of hairs on the sheep of the tribe of Kalb. But He does not even look at an idolater or at a person who nourishes malice against someone in his heart, or at a person who cuts off the ties of kinship, or at a man who leaves his clothes extending beyond his ankles [as a sign of pride), or at a person who disobeys his parents, or at a person who has a habit of drinking wine." this appears in Bayhaqi's Shu`b.
When all these traditions are combined together, it becomes clear that this night has well-founded merits, and observing this night as a sacred night is clearly indicated. In fact, some of these traditions have been held by some scholars of hadith as authentic and the defects in the chain of some others have been treated by them as minor technical defects which, according to the science of hadith, are curable by the variety of their ways of narration. That is why the elders of the Ummah have constantly been observing this night as a night of special merits and have been spending it in worship and prayers.
Scholars including Al-Shafi'i (r.a), Al-Nawawi (r.a), Al-Ghazali (q.s) and Al-Suyuti (r.a) have declared praying extra on the night of mid-Sha'ban as recommended. Even the so called Salafi sect icon such as Ibn Taymiyya (r.a) was asked about the prayer of mid-Sha`ban [i.e. the night of it] and he said "What should be done in this night?If a person prays that night alone, or in a select congregation, as many groups (tawaif) of the Early Muslims used to do, it is very good." [al-Fatawa al-Kubra, 2; 222-138]
Ibn Taymiyya also wrote, the opinion of many of the people of learning, and that of the majority of our companions (i.e. the Hanbali school) and other than them is that it is a night of superior merit, and this is what is indicated by the words of Ahmad (ibn Hanbal), in view of the many ahadith which are transmitted concerning it, and in view of what confirms this from the words and deeds transmitted from the early generations (al-athar al-salafiyya). Some of its merits have been narrated in the books of hadith of the musnad and sunan types. This holds true even if other things have been forged concerning it. (Ibn Taymiyya, Iqtida' al-sirat al-mustaqim (1369/1950 ed.) p. 302.)
" As for the middle night of Sha'baan, there are various narrations that have been narrated regarding its significance and it has been reported from a group of the Salaf (predecessors) that they performed Salaat in it individually, hence, such a deed cannot be disputed.' (Majmoo' al-Fataawa ibn Taymiyah vol.23 pg.132)
What should be done in this night?
1st reading the niyyat (intention) for should be for Long Life.
2nd reading the niyyat (intention) should be for Protection from Calamities.
3rd Reading the niyyat (intention) should be for not being needy to anyone except Allah and being blessed with a good ending(death)
After each reading of Sūrah Yā Sīn it is preferred to read the following supplication:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العالمين
اللهم صل على سيدنا محمد و آله و صحبه و سلم
اللهم يا ذا المَنِّ ولا يُمَنُّ عَلَيْهِ يا ذا الجَلالِ والإكْرام ياذا الطَوْلِ والإنْعام لا إلهَ إلا أَنْتَ ظَهْرَ اللاَّجِينَ وجَارَ المُسْتَجِيرينَ وأَمَانَ الخائِفِينَ
اللهم إِنْ كُنْتَ كَتَبْتَنَا عِنْدَكَ أَشْقِياءَ أَوْ مَحْرومينَ أَوْ مَطْرودِينَ أَوْ مُقَتَّراً عَلَيْنَا في الرِّزْقِ فَامْحُ اللهم بِفَضْلِكَ شِقَاوَتَنا وحِرْمَانَنا وطَرْدَنا
وإِقْتَارَ أَرْزَاقَنَا وأَثْبِتْنَا عِنْدَكَ في أُمِّ الكِتابِ سُعَداءَ مَرْزوقينَ مُوَفَّقِينَ لِلْخَيْراتِ
فَإِنَّكَ قُلْتَ وقَوْلُكَ الحَقُّ في كِتابِكَ المُنْزَل على لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكَ المُرْسَل (يَمْحُو اللهُ ما يَشَاءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وعِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الكِتَابِ)
إلهَي بِالتَّجَلِّي الأَعْظَمِ في لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعَبانَ المُكَرَّمِ الَّتي يُفْرَقُ فِيها كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ وَيُبْرَمُ نَسَأَلُكَ أَنْ تَكْشِفَ عَنَّا مِنَ البَلاءِ ما نَعْلَمُ
وما لا نَعْلَمُ وما أَنْتَ بِهِ أَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الأَعَزُّ الأَكْرَمُ
وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم
BismiLlāhi'r-Raḥmani'r-Rahīm al-Ḥamdu liLlāhi Rabbi'l`ālamīn
Allāhumma ṣalli `alā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa sallim
Allāhumma yā dhā'l-Manni wa lā yumannu `alayhi yā Dhā'l-Jalāli wa'l-Ikrām yā Dhā'ṭawli wa'l-In`ām
Lā ilāha illa anta Zahra'l-lājīna wa jāra'l-mustajīrīna wa amāna'l-khā'ifīna
Allāhumma in kunta katabtanā `indaka ashqiyā'a aw maḥrūmīna aw maṭrūdīna aw muqattaran `alaynā fī'r-rizqi fāmḥu Allāhumma bifadhlika shiqāwatanā wa ḥirmānanā wa ṭardanā wa iqtāra arzāqanā wa athbitnā `indaka fī ummi'l-kitābi su`adā'a marzūqīna muwaffaqīna li'l-khayrāti
Fa innaka qulta wa qawluka'l-ḥaqqu fī Kitābika'l-Munzal `alā lisāni Nabiyyika'l-Mursal (yamḥū Allāhu mā yashā'u wa yuthbitu wa `indahu Ummu'l-Kitābi)
Ilhayi bi't-tajallī'l-l`aẓam fī Laylati'n-Niṣfi min Sha`abāna al-Mukarrami'llatī yufraqu fīhā kullu amrin ḥakīmin wa yubramu nasaluka an takshifa `annā mina'l-balā'i mā na`alamu wa mā lā na`alamu wa mā anta bihi a`alamu innaka anta al-`Azzu al-Akramu
Wa ṣallā Allāhu `alā Sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa `alā ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi wa sallim
"In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate.All praise is due to Allah Lord of the Worlds.
O Allah, bestow peace and blessings upon our Master Muhammad and upon his Family and Companions.
O Allah, the Bestower of favours. No one has favour over You. O Possessor of Majesty and Nobility, the One Who constantly bestows His bounties. There is no god but You, the One who grants safety and refuge to those that seek it and to those in fear.
O Allah, if You have recorded us as being wretched, deprived, cast out or if You have recorded that our provision be restricted then erase this by Your bounty. Instead record us in "the Mother of the Book" as being felicitous, as having plentiful provision and grant us the ability to do good works. Truly You have said, and Your word is true, in Your revealed Book, on the tongue of Your Prophet: Allah erases and confirms what He wishes and with Him is the Mother of the Book.
O Allah, through Your most mighty manifestation on the fifteenth night of Sha`ban the Ennobled, in which every decreed affair becomes distinct and unchangeable, we ask You to remove all tribulations, those that we know and those that we do not know and those about which You know more, truly You are the Most Mighty, the Most Generous.
O Allah, bestow peace and blessings upon our Master Muhammad and upon his Family and Companions."
Imam al-Ghazali (q.s) wrote in his Ihyā, "The Night of mid-Sha`ban, in it [pray] 100 raka'ts, reciting in each raka`t after al-Fātiha, Surat al-Ikhlās 10 times; they never left it, as we related about the voluntary extra prayers and the Night of `Arafat."


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Hawaii missile scare: Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper was there
Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper met his future wife, Michelle, on Waikiki in Hawaii. They exchanged vows there, too, a special place for them.
"When we got married there in 1985, I didn't think the marriage was going to blow up there in 2018," Kuiper said.
He was joking, and he wasn't.
At 8:08 a.m. Saturday, the Kuipers were at the Moana Surfrider Hotel on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu when every cellphone on the islands buzzed with the false-alarm text that said a missile was headed toward Hawaii, and "THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
For the next 38 minutes, Kuiper, like thousands of others in Hawaii, thought that in moments they could be dead.
"I don't think I'd ever had a 'this could be it' moment," Kuiper said Monday from the safety of his home in Contra Costa County. "This was one of those 'this could be it' moments."
The Kuipers were just finishing a five-day trip. Michelle was asleep in their 14th-floor room overlooking the beach and Duane was outside walking toward the front desk to print their boarding passes for the flight home.
He saw a lot of movement. Security guards were ordering people to go to their rooms. At first, Kuiper thought somebody might have stolen something from one of the hotel shops.
The guards were yelling at swimmers to get out of the pool. An older man doing laps while wearing earplugs did not hear the order, so a guard walked into the pool fully clothed to drag him out.
The outdoor restaurant was emptied with breakfasts still on the tables.
"When people leave food, that's not a good sign," Kuiper said. "Especially if you're from Wisconsin. You don't leave food."
Kuiper finally looked at his phone and saw the missile warning and headed to the elevator. One woman on the lift was really upset. A man said nobody should worry because he lived in Washington and he got texts like that all the time.
"I'm thinking, 'Really?'" Kuiper said. "They have missiles on their way to Washington all the time?"
Michelle was still asleep and Kuiper did not wake her, figuring if a missile was coming, better to let her keep sleeping because there was nowhere to go anyway.
He stood on his balcony and saw parents with children on the beach running toward their hotels, and he thought to himself as he looked toward the ocean, "I might be able to see this thing coming."
Local TV channels were no help. Neither was CNN.
He finally saw a tweet from an islander reporting the false alarm. An instant later, the official false-alarm text from authorities crossed his phone.
So much went through his mind, including the fact his son and daughter-in-law were in Maui, although he figured if a missile were headed toward the islands, it would be directed toward Honolulu to inflict maximum casualties.
"The first thing you feel is obviously incredible amount of relief," Kuiper said. "The second thing you feel is that you're pissed."
All was calm when Duane and Michelle got to the airport, but Kuiper kept wondering what went through everybody's mind — on the islands and the mainland.
"I kept thinking, 'Really? This is about somebody pushing the wrong button?'" he said. "You'd think there would be a safeguard. 'Do you really want to send this? Do you really want to push this button?'
"It was good to get home."
Henry Schulman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.

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Saudi to resume work on $26.6bn Grand Mosque expansion
Saudi will restart work in September on the $26.6bn expansion of the Makkah Grand Mosque
Saudi will restart work in September on the $26.6bn expansion of the Makkah Grand Mosque.
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Date(s) - 20/06/2019
20:00 - 22:00
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Amateur golfer and professional disaster recovery specialist Greg Fennel is a meticulous planner, whether it is lining up a chip shot from 10 feet off the green or running business continuity systems at Levi Strauss & Co, the well-known maker of blue jeans. "I like nothing more than logically planning something out, step by step, from beginning to end," Mr Fennel explains.
Such care and caution is just what the San Francisco-based company needed nearly a decade ago, when a small earthquake shut down its communications operations. "We were able to get our data, but we could not get into our buildings," recalls Mr Fennel, a 17-year Levi Strauss veteran. "What good is data if you cannot access it?"
A good question. Down and out for three days, the company's patience was stretched as tight as a pair of its just-washed 501 denims. By the time it came back on line, the company estimated it had lost nearly a quarter million dollars in sales, not to mention the indirect costs of a dented reputation. Today, the price tag would be far higher. "If the same disaster were to happen today - and we were not prepared - it would cost us about a million dollars a day - easily," Mr Fennel says.
Fortunately, Levi Strauss is ready should lightning strike twice. Like many large manufacturers and financial services companies, the company has invested in comprehensive disaster recovery plans and tools. If another earthquake (or a fire, union strike or massive flood) struck the company, and its primary communications and/or distribution outlets shut down, all its data is backed up by an off site computer system. Moreover, its work force is rehearsed and ready to move to an alternate location if need be.
"We have our customer credibility and reputation at stake here," Mr Fennel says. "If we tell our customers we are not going to be able to ship our product for 10 days or so, we lose our brand image credibility. And that drives right down to the bottom line."
Brand equity
Some companies lose more than just their brand equity when disaster hits. A study by the University of Texas a couple years ago indicated that 43% of the companies that do not back up their computer files at an alternate site and experience a data loss never reopen for business.
Other studies paint a similar portrait of gloom. According to the Journal of Systems Management, a typical manufacturing and distribution company with more than $200 million in annual sales stands to lose more than $100,000 after four days without information systems services. If they are still not up after 10 days, the loss is more than $1 million.
Despite these caveats, some companies bet the odds. That may be a mistake. "The old phrase, 'It can't happen here,' no longer fits in today's world," says Pat Moore, vice president of business continuity education at Strohl Systems Group, Inc., a King of Prussia, Penn-based company in the disaster planning software and services field.
"Nowadays you must plan for eventuality, not just probability."
While the business of business continuity has been around since the late 1970s, its more recent incarnation is far broader, contextually, than the computer data recovery companies that existed then. Today's planning elite are more apt to address a wider vocabulary of risks in their processes. "There has been a tremendous expansion in emergency response plans to address organizational-wide continuity of operations and planning," Ms Moore says.
"Historically, contingency planning was based on disaster recovery and resumption, which typically addressed bringing up critical applications in ever-shorter time frames. The focus today is much more on all operations and processes that affect revenue-generating business units."
Disaster recovery plans used to be written to address natural and man-made disasters, Ms Moore notes. "Now they are being written to address terrorism, loss of competitive advantage or market share, union grievances that cause the shutdown of operations, loss of key executives and both pre-loss and post-loss trauma counseling. All of these directly affect the bottom line immediately or will at some later date," she says.
Strohl's new business impact analysis software, called BIA Professional, reflects the trend toward more systemic business continuity planning. The new software doubles the number of survey questions that respondents answer to determine their risks and recovery objectives.
Comdisco Inc, a Rosemont, Ill-based competitor of Strohl's, also recently unveiled a new business impact analysis product. "It is a great tool for management to examine the impact of a disaster - money-wise - in each business segment," says Mark Avery, a vice president in Comdisco's software planning group.
He agrees there are more than just earthquakes and floods threatening the continuation of a company's business operations. "Not only must recovery plans address a wider range of risks, they also must be truly global," Mr Avery says.
Once a company gets its ducks lined up as far as the potential impact of a disaster, there are generally two business contingency strategies it must take: establishing an off-premises "hot site" for employees to continue normal business operations and incorporating a back-up data information technology system for employees to use once they resume operations.
"Disaster recovery is more than data recovery," Mr Avery explains. "It is criti-cal that people in each business unit have both essential information systems and equipment to continue the flow of work."
Levi Strauss has two separate plans in place to address both data recovery and operations recovery - one purchased from Strohl and the other from Comdisco. "To recover our mission critical and time-sensitive business processes at our alternate space, we have a contract with Comdisco," Mr Fennel says.
"Each year we run two to three exercises in which our mission critical business units recover processes at the alternate space in Texas. Our data groups also participate in these exercises, recovering the client servers and networks."
Comdisco offers such recovery facilities in more than a dozen locations worldwide - even such remote places as Kuala Lumpur. Alternate sites range from 40,000 square feet mini-buildings to warehouses exceeding 160,000 square feet able to house as many as 100 corporations at one time. All of them house multiple power and communications feeds.
While Comdisco provides the company's data recovery, Strohl Systems provides its business planning recovery. "Strohl's logistics teams looked at what I needed to do to set up the business units at the other location," Mr Fennel explains.
"This was more about planning and the actual set-up of the alternate location. People do not just walk in and call someone up on the phone. All the extension numbers, where people sit and the infrastructure for seemingly simple things like office mail, have to be solidified."
Overall, the services provided by both companies cost Levi Strauss less than $200,000, a "pittance," Mr Fennel says, "when you consider how much we can lose directly and indirectly without this level of preparedness."
Stock performance
There are other reasons besides common sense for a company to invest in disaster planning. Wall Street analysts, for example, increasingly examine a company's plan of preparation for a variety of disasters, and value the company accordingly.
An unprepared company also may be liable to shareholder lawsuits in the event a disaster affects its stock performance. "Many senior officers and directors of corporations do not want to be found negligent for not investigating and using appropriate disaster planning and recovery," Mr Fennel says.
"We feel pressure from our board all the time. That is why we have determined very carefully our business requirements in a disaster and broadcast these on a regular basis." The company stipulates that it will not tolerate more than a 36-hour shutdown, he notes.
Some companies, especially those in the telecommunications and financial industries, are required to maintain business continuation plans. US banks, for example, must comply with the 1983 Banking Circular 177, which mandates contingency plans for reducing the impact of losing data processing. Additionally, the US Federal Reserve requires companies transferring more than $20 billion per day in funds to provide evidence of their ability to recover from a disaster within 24 hours.
The return back home
Another important element in disaster recovery planning is the return back to the original work site. Assessing the integrity of software and communications systems after a disaster and preparing them for the return of the work force takes time and money.
Fortunately, there are companies that can oversee such demands while management concentrates on maintaining ongoing business operations post-disaster. Bellcore, a Morristown, N.J.-based company, will determine after a disaster whether or not the phone lines, for example, are worth the cost of repairing or, instead, are more suited for replacement.
After the devastating floods in the midwestern United States last year, Bellcore was hired by US West to examine the viability of its communications systems. "They wanted to know if their plants had been impacted by the flood water and could be simply cleaned, rather than replaced," says Barbara Reagor, Bellcore's senior director of risk management solutions.
"We assessed the damage, directed the best course and then provided various methodologies for them to follow in the future should a similar disaster occur."
Bellcore is frequently hired by insurance companies seeking verification that a piece of communications technology is beyond repair, Ms Reagor says. "We will come in to look at equipment that is, say, wet from a flood, and provide an in-depth technical assessment of whether or not it can be salvaged," she explains.
"The insurer can use this information in a legal case or as a basis to resell the equipment. In either case, the total value of its loss is reduced."
Caught up in the net
Expect this year for major business continuity companies to begin offering their planning and recovery software over the internet. Both Comdisco and Strohl say such systems will be in place within the year. "Nobody has done this yet, but that is certainly where we are headed," says Mr Avery.
Once Comdisco unveils its web-based planning tool, set to debut in July, Mr Avery says customers will be able to develop multi-threaded recovery plans. "It will allow the building of recovery plans for different situations," he explains.
"A fire is different than an epidemic or a chemical spray condition, yet current systems generally do not distinguish between them. We have learned that different disasters typically require different recoveries."
The new web-based tool allows customers to build different disaster threads through easy-to-use wizards. "Each wizard indicates what a future wizard will be," Mr Avery explains. "If in the first level wizard you say the disaster is 'building damage,' that dictates the next dialogue box. You build from there."
When a disaster strikes, a company keys in the type of disaster, then clicks its way to the right recovery response, he adds.
The cost for the new web-based model is roughly $250,000. Says Mr Avery: "Some people freak out when we give them the price, but for Fortune 500 companies, which this system is geared for, that is certainly reasonable. Obviously, this isn't for the neighborhood car dealership."
Russ Banham is a journalist specialising in insurance and technology.


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Today I'd like to share with you a guest post and an awesome website. The website is titled SwedeScenes and has tons of amazing photography. You can purchase a print as is, or you can contact the photographer and she will edit the photos to fit your request.
One of my favorite inexpensive things to do is sight see. When our three children were small we were stationed on the island of Terceira, Azores. On the weekends we would put the kids in the car, zoom across the island to the only large grocery store and buy a loaf of fresh crusty bread and a rotisserie chicken. Then off we would go to find the perfect picnic spot on the island. Sometimes it was along the beautiful coastline and other times it was at a picnic grounds in the interior of the island. I always had a picnic
basket stocked in the car with wipes, paper plates and napkins. The kids loved being able to eat with their hands and not having to worry about silver ware. The rotisserie chicken just fell apart and made for a scrumptious lunch coupled with the fresh bread.
The moments we share with our children can only be wrapped up like this… Picnics are cheap, the memories are priceless!
It was during these outings that I discovered a love for photography. I enjoyed taking pictures of our children running through the
fields and playing along the volcanic rock coastline. For years I only had a small point and shoot camera. After two more duty stations and a nine month Digital Imaging course, I finally purchased my first digital DSLR camera. I quickly fell in love with taking shots of landscapes of the places we would visit. Venice was my first true inspiration. To this day, I still love the images I was able to create out of my original portraits. They adorn the walls of my living room and are a reminder of the beauty that we shared on that cold winter's day.
Today we are lucky to be stationed back on the beautiful island of Terceira, and I have the opportunity to capture this lush landscape
once again. It was here that I realized I wanted to share my love of photography and digital imaging with the world. As a military spouse we have had the privilege of seeing so many beautiful places.
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The federal government has given environmental approval to an $800 million pipeline to move gas from the Northern Territory to Queensland.
However, the future of the Northern Gas Pipeline, which runs from Tennant Creek to Mt Isa, is still in doubt after traditional owners lodged an emergency objection to it in February over fears it could lead to fracking.
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A few new paintings in the works, a few shots of the studio and some medicine.
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New painting in progress
I don't normally use underpainting in my work but I just got a few new colors and was excited to use them. It turns out my favorite color is a combination of Alizarin Orange and Quinacridone Gold Brown. I used it to block in a new painting and didn't have the heart to paint over it all.
I finally caved and started a Facebook page, you can visit it here. Feel free to stop by and comment or 'like'. I have a few albums of pictures and will make sure to keep it updated with news, information and work.
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Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Featuring... Polka Street Studio
As this weeks theme seems to be flowers, I thought I would share with you the gorgeous 1950s-inspired work of London designer Jessica (aka Polka Street Studio). I found her work on Etsy and just love the simple designs and gorgeous choice of colours. Jessica's style style is characterised by bold bright colours and funky shapes. You might notice she has a thing for polka dots too!! She has been on Etsy for a while and tells me she has lots of new work going on sale in her shop very soon so watch out for more lovely work... You can browse the Polka Street Shop on Etsy here
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Farm Bill: Lower Expectations
Most Lobbyists See Farm Bill in 2019 with Less Money
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- About two-thirds of a bipartisan group of around 50 lobbyists said this week they expect Congress not to finish the farm bill until 2019 and think that it will spend 10% below the current legislation.
The lobbyists had attended an event Wednesday dubbed "Bipartisan Opportunities for the 2018 Farm Bill and Beyond" sponsored by AGree, a foundation-sponsored organization whose motto is "transforming food and ag policy."
Members of a panel discussed issues on which AGree has worked in the past year. The attendees were asked questions at the end of the event and texted their answers.
The forum was just one of multiple efforts as groups pitch their ideas for the next farm bill. Leaders of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture are also in Washington this week and released a list of priorities for the farm bill. NASDA listed seven major areas to seek "enhanced funding" that range from trade promotion to dealing with invasive species. See DTN's Ag Policy Blog http://dld.bz/…
The Senate Agriculture Committee has set its first farm-bill field hearing for Feb. 23 in Manhattan, Kansas. The current farm bill, however, doesn't expire until the end of the 2018 crop year, which is fall 2019.
Ferd Hoefner, a senior strategic adviser to the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, said at the AGree forum that he expects battles over payment limitations, who should be considered "actively engaged" in farming, adjusted gross income tests and caps on crop insurance subsidies and elimination of the harvest price option.
One new idea, Hoefner said, is to cap subsidies at a certain number of dollars per acre and give farmers the opportunity to choose how to spend that money. Hoefner also noted he expects there to be discussion of whether the government is enforcing the rule that beneficiaries of subsidized crop insurance must comply with conservation standards.
"Conservation compliance is totally hit or miss in whether it has meaning," Hoefner said.
Conservation compliance violations are only reported in 14 states, he said, with violations in Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska adding up to 75% of those cases reported. There have been no reports of violations in Kansas, Washington state, Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi, he added.
Hoefner also noted that the "sod-saver" law that restricts benefits when farmers break up land for crops only applies in about half a dozen states in the Upper Plains, and is not a national policy.
Lynn Jacquez, a principal at CJ Lake LCC, has worked for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and International Law. Jacquez said the farm bill has rarely dealt with farm workforce issues, but she hopes the topic is part of the next farm legislation. USDA could play more of a consultative role with the Labor Department and the Immigration Service, Jacquez said.
Ronnie Green, chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said efforts to increase government spending on research have failed and that advocates need to "think disruptively" about how to get Congress, particularly appropriators, to spend more on the research that has been responsible for so much agricultural productivity.
Eric Mitchell, director of government relations for Bread for the World, said the farm bill "provides food security more domestically and internationally" and that his organization will vigorously oppose any attempts to separate the farm program and nutrition programs into separate bills.
"It is important to keep the two together," Mitchell said, adding that Bread for the World considers the idea of breaking up the two titles to be "a huge target on our backs" because some members of Congress and some advocates think that is the way to save money.
"The beauty of the farm bill," Mitchell said, is that it merges food and farm policy.
In addition to the farm bill question, the group was asked whether foreign investment in U.S. agriculture is good or bad. About 24% said "yes" or "no," and 52% said "maybe."
Former Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, a co-chair of AGree, said the attendees responded to the question the way they did because people's views depend on what kind of investment it is.
DTN Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton contributed to this report.
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1. To support and carry out basic scientific research that will advance society's general knowledge of our world.
2. To use applied science to answer questions and issues facing our communities.
3. To provide specific responses based on sound scientific principles to government and private sector initiatives.
4. To publish quality scientific articles, or to assist in their publication.
5. To organize scientific seminars and conferences at the university or elsewhere.
6. To maintain on-going relationships with other scientific centers in Egypt that will support collaboration on scientific research.
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تهدف مجلة كلية التربية بقنا إلى نشر البحوث والدراسات والمقالات ذات المستوى العلمي المتميز في مجالات المناهج وطرق التدريس وعلم النفس واصول التربية باللغتين العربية والإنجليزية وتخضع البحوث والدراسات للبحث والمراجعة من قبل أساتذة مرموقين فى المجالات التخصصية المختلفة من حيث اتباعها لأصول كتابة التقارير العلمية ..
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Journal of Faculty of Archaeology at South Valley University
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JSVUES is a peer-reviewed journal established in 2010 and published by Center of Community Service and Envoronmental Affairs at South Valley University. It aims to foster interdisciplinary communication and promote understanding of significant environmental issues. The journal seeks to publish significant and novel research on the fate and behaviour of emerging contaminants, human impact on the environment, human exposure to environmental contaminants and their health effects, and environmental remediation and management.online.
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Hey guys,
We were almost slammed again on Friday. I did stay and help Nonna get out our new May Arts ribbon and Art Warehouse stamps. We got in our 3rd re-order of the Christmas circular stamps and some NEW boy stamps plus some circular love stamps. All these stamps are fun. Come and check them out. The green and red velvet ribbon has been flying out the door. We have almost sold out of our Delish Christmas paper, and the Daisy D's Modern Romance has also been a big hit. Do not miss out on all these new products.
Maniac Madness is moving along. The make-n-take will be a mini-book. Participates will go from designer to designer and come away with enough pages for the mini-book. More details on this later. Whirly Girl Designs will also be there on Friday demonstrating their new products with a make-n-take. On Saturday we will also have a Stampin-Up and Close To My Heart rep.
Our 25 Days of Christmas continues Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with a Buy One Get One Free SALE. All our Magazines will be Buy One Get One FREE. Also, the American Craft Flowers and Fancy Pants Big Board Chipboard will be Buy One Get One FREE. Get them while you can.
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They say timing is everything. For John McCain, this was the worst possible time to have this article (pdf) come out in which McCain writes:
Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.
Jonathan Cohn discuses the problems with McCain's plan for deregulation while Obama took advantage of this problem for McCain in the above ad. As he notes, "States are the ones who must regulate the insurance policies that carriers sell directly to individuals (as opposed to the ones large employers provide for their employees)." While McCain is primarily talking about deregulation to allow cross-state sales, the effect of this would be to leave individuals with far less protection and insurance companies far freer to do what they please.


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Russian designer Maria Kazakova, aka Maria Jahnkoy, is just as much a visual conceptual artist as she is a fashion designer. "My work is about restoring the cultural tradition, artisanship and global heritage that is being lost," she states. The designer combines the cultural designs and hand crafted designs of many cultures, including her own with a modern streetwear aesthetic. As part of her mission, Jahnkoy is utilizing her voice to raise awareness around political, economic, and social issues, to promote consciousness and sustainability.
For Spring, she embarked on a completely unorthodox presentation, complete with dancers and performance artists in a demonstration that resembled more of a protest-party than a traditional runway show. Jahnkoy is pioneering completely new territory within the streetwear subset with her artful hand embellished designs. Her work combines urban sportswear with traditional hand embellished designs from Mexico, Africa, India, and Russia, tying them together with ethnic prints and patterns in vibrant colors. Each model in her show was dressed in clothing representative of his or her own culture with statement pieces, including headdresses, billowy drop-crotch pants, silky robes, and tunics.
Visually the collection reads ultra-modern with performance based designs that are completely new and original, featuring different elements. As the models freestyled and cheered, the protest-style presentation took on a more celebratory tone of the various cultures. The street-cast models represent Jahnkoy's DIY ethos — each model's own uniqueness translates directly to the uniqueness of the clothes themselves, and vice-versa. Plenty of cultural influences made their way into the collection. But it's Jahnkoy's appreciation (not appropriation), that makes each look so relevant for society today.


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While it is still a relatively young company, Pack 'n Pride has quickly learned what it takes to be successful in the highly competitive dog treat category.
Rick Geller's background is in law and finance, but in the few years he has been involved with the pet industry, he has quickly developed an understanding of what is needed to make his products stand out with consumers and their dogs.
To make his product unique and catch a finicky consumers' fancy, Geller and his team at New York-based Vital Source, the makers of Pack 'N Pride dog treats, have taken extensive measures to give his brand a step up in the very crowded and competitive dog-treat segment.
"Our goal is simply to bring something better to the table for consumers in the dog treat category," says Geller, who serves as CEO of the company. "We want consumers to understand that our products are safe, healthy and affordable. We want them to feel good about what we offer. Dogs want meat-based products as a treat. So, it's our job to get them the best ingredients in those products."
Started in 2012, the fledgling company has already marketed four different lines of products encompassing 45 SKUs—all designed to meet the demanding needs of consumers who want their dogs to have a wide variety of tasty, nutritious pet treats. The four lines include the All-Meat Treat, made of all-natural antibiotic-free chicken, duck and pork; Nutri Nosh, a pairing of fruits and vegetables with all-natural chicken breast; Chews, a natural animal-protein chew designed to help keep teeth clean; and Handmade Treats.
The products range in price from about $6 for a bag to between $15 and $20 for a container—price points that Geller says are half the cost of premium freeze-dried dog treats brands, yet high enough to gain strong profits for retailers.
"We place a lot of pride in the fact that all of our products contain limited ingredients," Geller says. "We know that it is very easy to make a dog treat, but many of those products are not good for the dog because they contain a lot of fillers. Now, consumers want all-natural products with safe ingredients. Our products are made with 100-percent pure meat, and there are no fillers in there."
Pack 'N Pride products are sourced in China, Geller says, but he adds that the difference between his company and many others is that Pack 'N Pride, including its partners in China, have complete control over the production of the products. "We pay very close attention to the manufacturing process, even in China, because we have people over there that are directly involved with the company," he notes. "We test our products before we ship them over here."
Thus far, the strategy seems to be working. Geller says that Pack 'n Pride products are already in about 350 stores across the country, and the company is adding as many as 30 to 40 new stores every month. The message, he says, is getting out there to consumers, and retailers are quickly getting on board.
Also helping sales growth is the emphasis that the company places on packaging. Geller says that his team realized from the start how important it is to make the Pack 'n Pride brand stand out on crowded store shelves. "We offer customized jars that definitely stand out," he says. "The packaging itself is designed to create a unique brand that emphasizes what is inside the package or container, and makes consumers notice."
Pack 'n Pride also supports its products with a rack display that is designed to catch the consumers' attention, samples and shelf talkers. Geller says that the company is also involved in online promotions and is active on Facebook.
"We are just trying to get the word out," he explains. "Once we get consumers to try the product and see the ingredients, we are confident they will keep coming back. The fact that their dogs will love it will not hurt either."
Now that the dog brands are gaining a foothold with retailers and consumers, Geller thinks that it may be the right time to start thinking about adding more products to the line. Next up, he says, could be a line of all-meat cat treats. More items could also be on the way in the near future. He plans to put more emphasis on point-of-sale materials in the next year, as well, to help consumers identify the product on store shelves.
"The pet industry is a very exciting place to be," he says. "My background in law and finance gives me a different perspective on the industry, and I think it allows me to see the value of this industry. I see how important it is to partner up to grow a business. This is definitely a partnership between us and our retailers that, in the end, should work out well for all of us."


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I was just reminded of this mental blog post I had going on, when Stephanie Filer asked if QR codes are less frequently used or if we are just used to seeing them.
Maybe a little of both. For one thing, we are starting to use them in a smarter way. When they first started catching on (and they've been going strong in Asia for something like 16 years already) everyone wanted them. They showed up on billboards (not a good idea) and they often pointed to pages that were not either
a) Mobile Friendly
b) Set up to convert to a sale or contact for the company
Let's face it - we shouldn't be putting QR codes out there without a goal of making a sale or generating a lead.
So yes, we are seeing a few fewer codes, but we are seeing them used in better ways. When you decide you want to use a QR code for marketing, think about the following things:
1. What is the goal of having them scan the code? Awareness? Action? Both? Capture their data? DOwnload an app? Provide an offer? Think this step through and plan accordingly?
2. Are they going to your home page? It doesn't do you a lot of good to send them to a site without specific direction. Consider building a special page just for this promotion.
3. Is there a call to action that prompts them to scan it? ("Scan this code to see our full beer list.") Codes that don't give you a reason to scan are often treated with suspicion.
4. Are you tracking the scans? You can use your analytics or the QR Code tracking function to measure this.
5. Once they get there, and you have an action for them to take (Sign up for alerts?), are you tracking the conversions? This is where you want to test your verbiage and graphics to evaluate why or why not people are taking the suggested action. Why? So you can get better at it.
6. What's the follow through? Ok, they converted. They are now on your email list. Oh, which email list? Segment your communications to the audience. If they scanned a code for whiskey, don't send them an email branded for some other product. Keep it segmented and relevant.
1. Be mobile friendly.
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It's not surprising that Michael Phelps is on the cover of this week's issue of Sports Illustrated, what with all the medals he's been winning. What is surprising, however, is what he's wearing.
Clearly visible in the photo are Phelps's black sweatpants, which are emblazoned with a large white Nike logo. What's wrong with that, you may ask? Well, Phelps has been sponsored by Under Armour since 2010. The apparent snub hurts even more, considering Phelps and Under Armour are both proud Baltimoreans.
"This will go on the wall at Nike," a former U.S. Olympic Committee chief marketing officer told Bloomberg. "Under Armour must be going wild behind closed doors."
There is, of course, an innocent explanation: While Phelps is sponsored by Under Armour, Nike is the official apparel outfitter for Team USA. But it's not like Nike's deal requires athletes to wear their logo — and neither of the other two Olympic stars on the magazine cover are flashing any logos at all.
This one must sting even more, since Phelps and Under Armour founder/CEO Kevin Plank appear to be buds. Let's hope their friendship (and business partnership) can recover from this gaffe.
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- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and chopped
- 4 chicken breasts (skinless & boneless)
- 4 tbsp tomato puree
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- 3 fl oz chicken stock
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander
- Pinch of sugar
- 6 oz tortilla chips
- 6 oz cheddar cheese, grated
- Preheat oven to 200 degree C, Gas Mark 7. Fry onion, garlic, chicken and chilli until golden. Transfer to oven dish and keep warm.
- Mix tomato puree, passata, chicken stock, coriander and sugar together, season well and bring to the boil.
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Everything on this post is based upon information from the book: Report From Swanning Hill.
The book is probably not available and my copy "has been lost".
In this way the following is from my unreliable memory.
A white South African, Patric v. Rensburg returned from work in Zaire (now Congo)
He returned home, just after the Shapwille Massacre and spoke his mind against the government.
He and his wife just escaped to Botswana, where they did what few others could do.
After escaping to Botswana, they had the option to get citizenship and settle in England.
However they felt that they belonged to Africa and he got a post as a teacher in a primary school.
Some of the children were not "selected" for secondary school. They were desperate and asked Patric v. Rensburg for help.
At this point he started what I dare to say was "what is needed in Africa".
The boys were told that he would help
– They should build the school.
– Only one room to be used for sleeping, teaching and eating.
– They should do the cooking themselves.
– Probably much more.
It came out to be a success.
– Next generation wanted the privileged life of the ordinary schools.
– A lot of undefined grievances.
– They started to accuse Patric v. Rensburg of cheating and taking the
– money for own use.
– The school was transferred to government control.
However he and his wife did not give up:
He started what I think was even much better:
Some boys, who had no chance to "go for the academic", were joining-up in the brigades.
Probably the most successful was the Builders Brigade:
Helped by a Swedish volunteer, they started a contracting company.
– Only simple buildings in the town.
– The boys did everything themselves – even the planning.
– Soon there was profit enough for own living.
– One day a week for learning to write and some arithmetic.
– Soon the local contractors had to lower their prices.
– After five years it was OUT!!!
– No certificate – only bringing with them the skills.
– Some got employment as Foreman by a contractor.
– Others joined together and made their own company.
– Anyhow: They got a better life compared to the clever boys who were
– admitted to the secondary school.
An electrician's brigade was also successful.
An agricultural brigade was not able to make profit.
(Land is scares and expensive in Botswana.)
An auto-repair brigade destroyed itself in racial problems.
(Mechanics often have an awful language.)
Somehow I ask myself: Was Patric v. Rensburg an accountant?
– Huge parts of the book describe the economic aspects of the project.
– In my opinion it may be the key to success and multiplication.
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Adam Elayan : There are a couple essential moves in wrestling that you can practice by yourself: sprawls, shots, and footwork. Other moves like takedowns and grappling requires you a partner. Sprawling is a way to sway your legs back down to the ground in order to avoid being taken down. Make sure you emphasize on waist and hip power when you land of the floor. Just take a mat and go up and down repeat the moves. There are lots of videos of sprawling and it is one of the most basic moves in wrestling. You can also practice shots at home.
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I would like to suggest developing a fish farming village to strengthen business exchange between refugees and host communities in refugee areas. Business in aquaculture sector is profitable since it provides commodities in the food sector especially as protein sources. The commodity can be a freshwater commercial species such as carp, catfish, tilapia or other local species. Considering the easeness of water treatment, the cultivation of catfish is more recommended.
What's the business opportunity for host and refugee community
The business can be divided into several units: the fish seeds (baby fishes) business unit, fish farming unit, feed selling unit, pond and accessories selling unit, marketing organization unit, and processed fishery products unit such as fish chips (snacks), fish nuggets, smoked fish, etc. The harvested fish can also encourage the opportunity to open business of eatery or street food kiosk. Each business unit can be run by either individual household or farmer community in the fish farming area.
How has it been implemented and what impact it had
Fish cultivation particularly catfish has been applied in several developing countries. In Indonesia, the catfish farming practices are mostly carried out in small or medium scales. The business practitioners are varied in social status so that people who have no basic knowledge about fish farming can learn and practice it. The business can reduce both of the unemployment rate and poverty as well as improve nutritional status for the community since fish contains high protein.
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I have 5 years working experience as researcher in aquaculture sectors particulary in probiotic development for shrimp farming, water quality monitoring and microalgae cultivation. My last project was establishing a pilot project of spirulina farming for fishermen and local communities in a coastal area to increase their socio-economic status.


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If you liked Jeff Beatty you'll find a man of similar qualities in Earl Sholley. A fighter for the people's rights and good government. A man that has built a strong base of support, Earl has gone out and shaken 200,000 hands in the 4th Congressional District. Earl stands ready to offer Barney Frank his most serious challenge. Barney Frank has never been more vulnerable than he is this year. I have always believed that if you want good government you must go out and earn it. Please help defeat Barney Frank. Volunteer and vote for Earl Sholley September 14th.
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Golden Columbine adds a bright pop of color to shady gardens with its lemon-yellow blooms. Sturdy stems rise above the fern-like foliage to show off the large, fragrant flowers. The nectar attracts, hummingbirds, hummingbird moths and butterflies. Removing spent flowers will prompt a second bloom.
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Aquilegia is the Latin word for eagle, referring to the petals that were thought to look like an eagle's talons. The common name Columbine comes from the Latin word for dove since Romans thought the inverted flowers looked like five doves.
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Aintree Sanitiser based in Liverpool. High quality alcohol based sanitiser 250 ml. Perfect for refilling your trigger and spray bottles. Recycling your old bottles is good for the environment.
How did Aintree Gin start producing sanitiser?
Shortages of PPE including antibacterial sanitiser/ alcohol based sanitiser encouraged Aintree Gin to change our production line in order to produce high quality hand sanitiser. Aintree Gin have so far donated equivalent to over 5,000 50ml refills to care homes, NHS or Care Workers, ambulance staff and merseyside police.
We now stock an Emergency supply of sanitiser that is available 24 hours a day. This can be delivered to the front line within one hour any where in Liverpool or surrounding areas.
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Where to Buy Single-Family Rentals in 2019
March 19, 2019
Investors are still finding the single-family rental market a lucrative business. The average annual gross rental yield for a single-family home (that is, the annualized gross rent income divided by the median purchase price) was 8.8 percent in the first quarter of 2019, up from 8.7 percent a year prior, according to ATTOM Data Solutions' Q1 2019 Single-Family Rental Market report, analyzing 432 counties with populations of at least 100,000.
"Buying single-family homes to rent them out is a better deal for investors so far this year than it was at the same time in 2018, as profit margins are rising in a majority of counties across the United States," says Todd Teta, chief product officer at ATTOM Data Solutions. "Last year, at this time, investors were seeing returns drop in three-quarters of the counties that were analyzed. So far this year, those margins are up in six out of every 10 counties analyzed."
Despite the improving market, profits vary widely and investing in a single-family rental home is proving to be a profitable venture in select locations, Teta notes.
ATTOM Data Solutions ranked the best U.S. markets for buying single-family rental properties this year. The counties with the highest rental returns in the first quarter were:
- Baltimore City, Md.: 24.5%
- Bibb County, Ga. (in the Macon metro): 21.9%
- Cumberland, N.J. (Vineland-Bridgeton metro): 21.2%
- Winnebago, Ill. (Rockford metro): 17.1%
- Wayne County, Mich. (Detroit metro): 17.1%
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Cleveland metro): 12%
- Allegheny County, Pa.: 10.9%
- Cook County, Ill. (Chicago metro): 9.7%
- Philadelphia County, Pa.: 9.4%
Rental returns rose compared to a year ago in more than half of the counties ATTOM researchers analyzed.
The report also identified the single-family rental markets most poised for growth. These markets are where average wages increased over the past year and the potential annual gross rental yield is 10 percent or higher. The high-growth markets include Wayne County, Mich. (Detroit); Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Cleveland); Allegheny County, Pa. (Pittsburgh); Milwaukee County, Wis.; and Marion County, Ind. (Indianapolis).
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text: Dillard Mill State Historic Site invites visitors to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus from noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14. Santa Claus is gearing up for his Christmas deliveries and has once again contacted Dillard Mill to grind special oats for his reindeer. This free event will be at the mill where Santa and Mrs. Claus will hand out ornaments and candy to children. Bring your camera and dress for the weather. Hot cocoa and cookies will be served.


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