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The True Meaning of Bow Hunting
The True Meaning of Bow Hunting
I remember the day as if it was yesterday, November the 17th, 2000. The stars in the sky, the moon full and bright, and a big smile on my face. But what I remember the best is the 730 days leading up to this moment! It all started at my friend, Michael's house after school in August of 1998.
I had never been hunting a day before in my life, well real hunting that is. I went squirrel hunting in my back yard with pellet gun many times when I was younger. Like every kid in the USA I imagine. But I had never REALLY been hunting before. Michael and his friends were all talking about the up coming deer season and how they can't wait till opening day. I was very curious about deer hunting, though I new nothing about it! So I started to ask questions, and the one that got me hooked was "When does the season open" They said the 3rd weekend in Nov. I asked why so late in the year, and then that's when the words BOW HUNTING first hit my ears. Bow season? When does it start? They said that it would start the 4th weekend in Sept. I was like, GREAT lets do that!
That gives me another 2 months to get one I thought to myself. Everyone else was not as thrilled about it, for some reason. They were like, "Nathan have you ever even shot a bow before?" I replied "No!" but how hard could it be! My famous last words.
They all just looked at each other and smiled and then Micheal told me to go with him outside to his backyard. So I did, not knowing that his backyard was setup with several targets and a 3-D deer target. I was then handed a bow and an arrow and a weired looking black thing with a metal trigger on it. What was all of this? It was suppose to be a stick with string and a wooden arrow! Now I have some sort of contraption in my hand that looks like it should be something used by an Army Ranger!
I asked what to do with all this stuff and they said simply" Hit the target Nathan, How hard can it be?" Like I said my famous last words. So I grabbed the bow with my left hand put the arrow on the rest with some help, then i went to trying to pull the bow back! "Holy Crap!!!" I said, "this is impossible!, it must be to tight for me." I said. Everyone started rolling on the ground laughing! That's as easy as it gets Tidwell they said while laughing hysterically at me. I said this is to hard to pull back. And again I hear my famous last words, it's only 40 lbs, how hard can it be Nathan? Man I was really wishing I had never said that.
Well I was getting no where with the bow, so Micheal came over and helped me pull it back. He explained to me how to use the peep sight to line up the pin on the target, that was only 10 yards away! There I had it, I was right on it, now I was going to show them how easy it is! I slowly released my fingers from the string, that's right I said fingers! Next thing I remember is WHAPPP WHAPPP WHAPPPP! My head started hurting really bad for some reason something had hit me in the head repeatedly! Everyone was laugh so hard now I thought I was going to wither away to nothing!
Did I hit the target? I asked hoping to at least have that to show for all my pain and humiliation? They told me it depended? I said it depends on what? They said on if your target was the deer or the next door neighbors shed? I had somehow shot my arrow Thur the next door neighbors shed! Wonderful!!!! I couldn't believe it, how did I not hit the target?
I started yelling and shouting I had it right on the deer, how could I have missed? Then one more time here came those terrible last words of mine! How hard can it be Nathan? I said well it would be easier if you didn't hit me in the head when I was trying to shoot! They said that I hit myself in the head as they started to bust up laughing again! I said how could I hit myself in the head? That's when Micheal reached down and picked up that black thing with the metal trigger I was telling you about earlier and said you left the release around the bow string when you shot, and it came spinning off, and hit you in the head like 3 times! And at that everyone starting laughing out of control again!!
I said firmly, well what do I do with it then? They said for me to put it around my wrist and use it to pull back the bow and shoot the arrow! Now they tell me! That's friends for you, well now after all of this I was getting ticked off, I hate looking dumb in front of people and worst of all, I'm a perfectionist! So they turned around ready to go in! I said where are you going? They said in where it's safe! I said I'm not done! Now let's do it again. I admit it's really hard OK guys, so please show me the right way to do it! So they agreed I had been through enough, so they showed me how to grip the bow right and use the release, correctly!
I shot and I shot and I shot! EVERY SINGLE DAY! I even started shooting at night in Micheal's backyard with the security light on, to simulate low light conditions! When I wasn't practicing shooting, I was reading everything I could get my hands on and watching every movie I could on bow hunting! I had quickly become hooked on bow hunting and I had still never even stepped a foot into the woods yet.
Within a month I had gotten pretty darn good! I started to even have fun with the guys by playing tag with their arrows, but soon they didn't like it and neither did my wallet, that got expensive! It was now almost the 4th weekend in Sept, and I was ready to go! I thought I was anyway! Then I found out about having to tune your bow to broad heads and setting stands! Man, this is alot of hard work! I thought to myself. I better get one opening day! But opening day came and went and I didn't see any deer and the next day and the next! Nothing!
I hunted every day after school and still no deer! It had been almost 2 weeks, and I had still seen no deer! Today I decided, that if I didn't see any in the first hour, that I was getting down and moving to a different stand! Of course I didn't see any deer! So I got down and slowly started making my way to the corner of a bean field, surely I'd at least see one here, I thought. There was an old ladder stand near the south west corner of the field, it was wooden and half way rotted out, but I unsteadily climbed up it and sat down, being sure to hook up my safetybelt as fast as I could!
Then I sat and I sat and I sat! It had been almost an hour and a half and still no deer! I was now thinking I must have scared them off coming in to my stand! Just about then, I caught some movement out of my left eye, and over a little ridge to my left I thought I saw an ear moving around like a satellite. My heart started pumping and my arms started shaking! I was experiencing my first case of deer fever, and over an ear at that!
Then the ear started coming my way, and slowly the ear became an wide fork horned buck, probably a 2 yr old, just bad genetics, his body was pretty good size, I didn't care anyway, at this point anything without spots was considered dead! I had waited for this so long and practiced so hard and now it was time to make it happen, the buck came in then turn broadside at 15 yards! Oh yeah baby, I started thinking to myself! I was attempted to pull my bow back! That's right, I attempted too! I couldn't, I guess my nerves, were messing me up now.
No NO NO, I was going to kill this deer, on the third try, I finally, barely got the bow to full draw! I set up my peep sight with the pin and released! Whack, I smacked the deer good! Right in the left antler! That was when I learned about judging distance and the difference between a deer and a target! Deer move and they are never the same distance away! I was so upset! All of this I thought to myself! I went through all that practice and pain in my shoulder, and time sitting on the stand, to shoot a deer in the antler!? Great, just great!
Well I got down to get my arrow at about dark, hoping that I had seen it all wrong and that I had actually double lunged him! But I was right, I got all antler! Well I went home that night and I couldn't sleep, I was so upset! The next day at school, my story spread, about how I had shot a deer in the antlers! Thanks to some good ole friends of mine! Now not only was I upset that I missed, I was also getting teased pretty bad about it!
At the lunch table, Micheal asked me if I was coming over after school! I told him I was going back out hunting! He said why put yourself through that again? I said, cause that deer still had an right antler, and I was going to finish the job off! I laughed and and went to class! I hunted the rest of the year and had some blown chances, I missed, I missed, and missed some more!
The next spring and summer, I spent shooting my bow, hanging my stands really early like in may, and learning all I could about deer! I even started taking my bow and target to my stands in May and June and learned distance that way!
Well opening day came and I got a great 15 yd broadside shot on a doe, and I nailed her right behind her leg, but for some reason, the arrow did not pass through! So I gave her till dark which was almost 2 hrs and then I got Micheal and we went to search for blood! I thought for sure I got both lungs, so I wasn't worried till we found my arrow 75 yds away from my stand and still no blood, I look till 12 that night and the next morning! No blood NO deer!
What had happened I didn't understand, I had hit her good, I had to have, they only thing that I can come up with is that she might have be quartering away just alittle and my arrow caught one lung and hit her shoulder on the other side, but still I should have found something! But nothing ever came from it! I was so upset now! Not only had I not gotten a deer, but I had hurt her and I felt bad about wasting the meat! I knew that she had to have died somewhere, I just couldn't find her!
Well the rest of the season came and went! I never fully got over what had happened on opening day! The next spring I started my ritual again, hanging stands early, practicing my shooting and judging distance, and learning all I could about deer! When the season came this time, I was ready! I was going to get it done this year! I just knew it!
Well on opening day, I had a doe coming in and just when I got ready to draw back my bow, a stray dog came out of no where! But it figures, I mean after all it was me, if it can happen it will! And off my doe ran with the stray dog behind her! I hunted till the muzzle loadereason opened! I took a break that week, and took time to collect my thoughts and see if bow hunting was even for me!
I shot my bow a little the Sunday before archery season opened back up! Still not decided if I should give up or not, I decided to go at least one more time on Monday, so I went out Monday afternoon on the corner of a corn field with my climbing stand, I found what I felt was the perfect stand, and set my stand up! I had gotten about 6ft up when I remembered that if it can happen it will, and my tree somehow was crooked and I couldn't go up any higher without my stand slipping!
It was already late by the time this happened and I couldn't risk changing trees! Just great I thought, I'm a whole 6ft up! This is rridiculous I might as well go home! About the time I was thinking this something happened. No it wasn't a deer. I saw a squirrel sitting on a limb eating a hickory nut, then I saw a blue bird fly down on a limb 5 ft in front of me, then a raccoon even came out in the field and started eating corn! It was amazing, It was so beautiful and just amazing!
Then it hit me, bow hunting isn't all about killing deer, it's about being out in mother natures big back yard! It's about watching squirrels, birds and raccoons, forgetting the hassles of life for a minute. It's about enjoying life and seeing it for what it really is! Beautiful! I was so caught up in the moment that I almost forgot about the fact that I was there to kill a deer, I caught movement to my right. Thinking maybe it was a fox squirrel or something, I turned to see a little buck coming to check a scrape 15 yards in front of me! I got my bow ready, he came in broadside, I drew my bow and released! All was silent, the buck looked at me turned around and walked off, flicking his tail side to side! I couldn't believe it I had missed a deer at close range and I wasn't mad, I wish I had got him yes, but I had the best hunt of my life, the best day of my life and I didn't even kill a deer!
I got down and went to get my arrow and put it back in the quiver with all my other arrows I had missed deer with! When I got to my arrow, I found it stuck in a tree about 2inches deep! I still was just as happy as I could be! I put my arrow in the quiver and went back to get my stand! When I reached up to undo my climbing stand! I saw blood on my hand! Great now I've cut myself! I thought, I wiped my hand off on my shirt and looked for the cut, but I couldn't find where I was bleeding from anywhere! I could smell the blood on my shirt and It smelled funny!
I started to think! No I couldn't have hit the deer. I watched it walk off as if nothing had happened! I remember so vividly it flicking it's tail back and forth! But just for laughs I looked at my arrow and on the fletching was bright red blood! I couldn't believe it! I'd hit the deer, but how? It just walked off so carefree!
But judging by the blood on the arrow, it was a really good hit! So I went back over to about were the deer was standing and looked for blood! But nothing was there, nothing but leaves! I was about ready to give up when I happened to look down, and I saw the 2nd most beautiful thing I had ever seen! I saw the beginning of a blood trail that looked like a paint sprayer had made! Blood was every where! I mean 2ft wide! I couldn't believe it, there's no way he could have went far now! I remember thinking to myself! I followed the trail almost 80 yds and still no deer, he had went into a cane patch that was 8ft tall and then I came to a fork in the cane! Then the blood stopped, just like that! Again I was thinking to myself! If it can happen it will happen!
Thanks for the tease I said to the deer outloud. I decided to follow both of the trails out, but no blood and no deer! I went back to the truck upset, but happy at the same time! I went back and called Micheal and told him about what happened. He told me to go back out there and look one more time for him, and if I couldn't find him that he would come over and help me! So I reluctantly went back out to the field.
I found the blood trail and followed it out! It was dark now so I had my flashlight leading my way thru Through the cane! I came to the end of the blood and decided to go straight, the cane opened up into a bottom with old trees and water holes, I had walked about 30 yds past the cane when I shined my light to the right of the trail. I shined it back on the trail , then I shined it back to the right again! Did I see what I thought I had seen? There he WAS!
I was so happy, I was running an screaming all the way to him! He was a weird looking 4 point! I didn't care, he was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen! He was my first deer, and I was so happy and so proud! I grabbed his leg and started dragging him back to the field. I never noticed all of the thorns or the ditch with water till I got home that night and saw the cuts on my arms and my wet pruned up feet!
I got him to the field, and sat down beside my beautiful trophy. That's when it all really came together! I noticed the full moon, the stars twinkling, the owls hooting! I took a moment to say thanks to the man above for allowing me to take this animal. I also thanked him for making my journey into bow hunting such a difficult one, if I had not went through what I had, I would have never appappreciated this deer near as much or my love for bow hunting!
I have killed many more deer since that November Night, and all my bucks have been much bigger. But there is not a deer or a moment that I'm more proud of than my little 4 point buck and the day I finally not only killed a deer, but learned what bow hunting was all about.
Next time you go into the woods look around and enjoy it. I now enjoy everyday I'm blessed enough to get to go into the woods with mother nature and have a one on one with her, whetherI kill one or not! And last of all, I'm here to tell you bow hunting is challenging, fun, and is well worth the time, effort, and money, but it IS NOT EASY!
Written by: Nathan Tidwell


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"He's got the key of the door - never been 21 before..."
This transition, which was celebrated at 21st birthdays parties, has much firmer place in social memory to inform the development of 'Coming of Age' ceremonies .
In Australia 21st Birthdays were considered to be the rite of passage into adulthood until the 1960s when the drinking age was lowered during the Vietnam war.
Is this really so for our adolescents becoming adults?
The major focus of turning 18 seems to be on having the right to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, as if legal drug taking is the ultimate goal of being an adult!
This statement is made as an observation, not as a criticism or moral judgment,
How could our society use ceremony to ensure its younger citizens were more aware of the broader range of their rights and responsibilities to provide a more balanced view of "being an adult"?
Whether celebrants initiate such ceremonies themselves or are engaged to facilitate them, there is a lot of work to be done in developing such ceremonies in the Australian context.
Whilst churches and schools may play some role in this period of transition, their ceremonies have more in common with funerals - being about the end of a way of life and a 'goodbye' to school.
The key role that may be played by civil celebrants, is the design and delivery of ceremonies that focus of a "new beginning" and a "welcome to community" that allow for social inclusion in the broadest way.
Civil ceremonies are unique in that they can uphold basic human rights, respecting the cultural, social, religious, gender, economic, ability and other differences between people, and thus encourage respect for civil and social responsibilities of all citizens.
A 'Coming of Age' ceremony may
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- Mourn the loss of childhood privileges and protections
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- Affirm the ongoing support of parents, mentors, friends and peers
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In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious "Eve Black," is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Eve a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain?
Abandoned, left to their increasingly primal urges, the men divide into warring factions, some wanted to kill Eve, some to save her. Others exploit the chaos to wreak their own vengeance on new enemies. All turn to violence in a suddenly all-male world. Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a woman's prison, Sleeping Beauties is a wildly provocative, gloriously dramatic father-son collaboration that feels particularly urgent and relevant today.
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Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilog...
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This Wilson's Warbler was one of the first spring migration Warblers seen at my house and then at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The male is yellow color with a round black cap, a yellow stripe above the eye, and a grayish top. I didn't see a female, who is similar except may not show black cap. The habitat is in thickets along wooded streams, moist tangles, low shrubs, or willow trees. The range is Canada and the eastern New England States.
You can see the sited location at the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI by clicking the link below. The Wilson's Warbler was sighted this year at my yard and the Wehr Nature Center, Milwaukee, WI.
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Provocative MSF digital campaign challenges South Africans on principled humanitarian action
We don't care about why, who or where – we care about saving lives with medical care
Last month, MSF Southern Africa launched a digital awareness raising campaign provoking South Africans to consider international humanitarian action and its values: independence, impartiality and neutrality. South Africans remain largely unfamiliar and unengaged with humanitarian action on an international scale and polling data suggests that just over half of South Africans in recent years recognise international humanitarian action.
"We're telling you what we don't care about and ask you if you care about the same values – because humanity should not be held ransom by the deadly silence boundaries impose. Humanitarianism is about saving lives and alleviating suffering by acting decisively – independently, without hesitation or delay. To deal with the very real challenges working in conflict zones and constrained environments we have to be pragmatic, take calculated risks and make tough decisions – but we do this based on firm principles," explains Dan Sermand, General Director MSF Southern Africa.
The straight-talking campaign on social media and digital advertising focusses on disrupting the charity convention. It confronts the challenges or definitions that obstruct providing or accessing medical care. Campaign messages, some of which are provocative, center on the insights and perspectives of humanitarian action to inspire awareness when they are paired with world-class photography depicting the reality of MSF's work around the world.
As a medical organisation working in 69 countries around the world – many of them conflict zones – we treat nearly 9 million patients every year. And we have seen the risk of operating in places where humanitarian principles are not understood, twisted, not respected or increasingly ignored.
Forty-two patients and medical staff were killed when MSF's Kunduz Trauma Centre hospital in Afghanistan, was destroyed in an attack by a US military warplane on 3 October 2015. Throughout 2015, a total of 75 hospitals and medical facilities directly managed by MSF or supported facilities came under attack in Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Sudan.
"Clearly, what South Africans don't know about kills our patients and staff. This is the silence of ignorance. This is the silence that kills. It is same silence of inaction on access to newer and more affordable medicines for neglected, or reaching out vulnerable at risk groups like sex workers, prisoners and people forced to flee," says Sermand.
MSF reaches out to people with emergency medical humanitarian action during conflicts, natural disasters, epidemics and when people are excluded from healthcare – driven solely by medical criteria and independent from any powers. Our action is not limited by borderlines on a map, or a national identity expressed by a flag, or anthem. Our action is not conditional to which side of the frontline you are on, the politics of the day, your race, gender or religious affiliation.
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MSF's #WeCare campaign reaches out to South African audiences via Facebook and Twitter advertising, as well as online banner adverts on websites and short videos on Youtube. The adverts engage audiences through short, simple slogans designed to encourage some reflection and link through to a campaign page on the newly redeveloped MSF Southern Africa website www.msf.org.za/we-care. People are encouraged to discover more about MSF's work by exploring the About Us section along with videos and photos from the field in the News & Stories section.
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[1] Canstar (2016), Is trauma insurance worth it, https://www.canstar.com.au/life-insurance/trauma-insurance-the-lottery-ticket-that-you-dont-want-to-win/
[2] Commonwealth Bank of Australia (n.d.), What is Critical Illness Cover?, https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/insurance/life-insurance/simple-life/what-is-critical-illness-cover.html
[3] Smart Asset (2017), What Is Critical Illness Insurance?, https://smartasset.com/life-insurance/what-is-critical-illness-insurance


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Call centers.
Call them centers of consumer frustration?
You know the drill. The standard way of getting help – the automated kind (through interactive voice response) – just isn't cutting it. The chatbot isn't enough.
There's a need for a human on the other line – the hand-holder, who will assist with the technical problem or the transaction gone awry, or perhaps the recurring payment that didn't recur.
But the problem with human interaction is … human interaction.
The interaction where one reads off an account number, a phone number or a Social Security number more than once – and where the process begins anew, seemingly several times per call. It's like the movie "Groundhog Day," except it isn't funny.
Consumer frustration runs high with call centers, and perhaps so does the risk of exposing sensitive data.
In the latest Data Drivers, Patrick Brown, CEO at IntraNext, told PYMNTS' Karen Webster that the tradeoff between the two need not always be a constant duel.
Data Point Number One: 70 Percent
A (perhaps surprising) 70 percent of call centers require customers to (literally) read information out loud to the call center agent – a litany of information that includes sensitive strings of numbers spanning birthdates, Social Security numbers and the like.
Ah, but who absorbs the risk? The caller supplying the information or the agent who is taking it down?
It's a bit of a shared risk, said Brown.
"When you have to call in and you want to make a payment on an account or do something sensitive, you might not be in the comfort of your own home – you may be at work or are riding public transportation or whatnot," said Brown. "Speaking that private information in a public place – that in itself is a touchpoint" of risk.
And though the percentage of actual wrongdoing – taking down data for bad aims – on the part of the agents themselves is low, Brown said "there are nefarious characters out there that have the ability to write things down and possibly misuse them."
There's a third factor at work (and at risk) here too, said Brown: The call center's own systems may or may not be up to speed on the security side.
"So you've got all of that data potentially sitting on a PC or in a data center behind the scenes," he noted.
And in a card-not-present environment, he said, agents must have some way to retrieve customer information, which boils down to using account numbers, likely the first choice ahead of credit card numbers or Social Security numbers.
Ah, but by the time the call comes – face to face, or voice to voice, so to speak – things have escalated to a new level of urgency, where consumers are rather fatigued from repeating those numbers.
The expectation is that the same data should transfer right alongside the consumer from department to department, noted Brown – but the friction-filled process remains stubbornly in place.
"There's no magic change to that, unfortunately, just yet," he told Webster.
Chalk it up to a lack of integration, said Brown.
"It's the piece that causes the most frustration, because nobody wants to go [that route], but it's really a technology implementation piece rather than anything else," he said.
Data Point Two: 1 in 500
Kind of a hybrid data point. This is the number of incidences of fraudulent calls that come into contact centers and are flagged as fraudulent.
"It proves that the call center is a high attack point," said Brown, who added that detection is an art as much as a science.
"There's a variety of different entry points into a contact center," he told Webster. "You've got voice over IP lines, you've got your traditional T1 and voice, you've got cellular coming in … trying to figure out where that call originated from is really the art in that early detection. You can build stacks of blacklists of IP addresses and known caller IDs … those [methods] are only as good as the bad guys figuring out they are in a list, and they can spoof that as well."
And where there's art combined with science, said the CEO, "you end up with a grading" tied to perceived risk. And after the grading, there tends to be a secondary vetting process based on the quality of what initial forensics has done, said Brown. By way of example, with a grading system of 1 through 5, at a level 3 or above, the system may prompt the agent to do a deeper dive, and thus new levels of identification questions become part of the process.
Noted Webster, only slightly tongue in cheek, the answers to those questions are available on the Dark Web, so the vetting method is hardly foolproof.
Biometrics helps as a line of defense, but even that approach mandates that a relationship (and some level of trust) is established with the caller at the very outset of the interaction, said Brown.
Data Point Three: 40 Percent
Webster noted the Verizon data point that states that 40 percent of retailers, restaurants and hotels taking card payments are not PCI DSS compliant. The Verizon study further suggests that half of those who are in compliance fall off the compliance bandwagon within a year.
There may not be a direct correlation or read across to call centers, said Brown. For the aforementioned verticals, every point-of-sale piece needs to be potentially upgraded or replaced. And yet, change happens in organizations, and change begets … inadvertent dropping of the compliance ball.
"Changes in systems and [introducing] new systems into the environment, along with changes in personnel … all of a sudden, you may allow things to fall out of compliance just because there's a lot going on," noted Brown. "It's an ongoing effort to keep that data sensitive and protected."
Call centers themselves may opt to hand off the sensitive stuff elsewhere, said Brown, a process akin to "We're going to send you to this entity in a service bureau that essentially has all of the PCI compliance, and their specialty is just simply taking payment."
But for those call centers that focus on both security and service, Brown said two-factor authentication is a good process – one where the consumer calls into the call center, which in turns shoots something to the consumer's smart device. In tandem with, say, security protocols on the device itself (via retina or fingerprint scans), early fraud detection is strengthened. Tokenization also has a place, where it can be tailored to a particular consumer at a particular location.
"Good upfront detection helps the internal data protection," he told Webster.
New PYMNTS Report: Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook – July 2020
Call it the great tug-of-war. Fraudsters are teaming up to form elaborate rings that work in sync to launch account takeovers. Chris Tremont, EVP at Radius Bank, tells PYMNTS that financial institutions (FIs) can beat such highly organized fraudsters at their own game. In the July 2020 Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook, Tremont lays out how.


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Competitive strategies adopted by microfinance institutions in Nairobi, Kenya
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This study was conducted in microfinance institutions operating in Nairobi, Kenya. The study aimed at establishing the competitive strategies that have been adopted by micro finance institutions to achieve the recent growth and expansion. Micro finance institutions serve the lowest segment of the society in Kenya. They are small scale financial services targeting the poor and are used as a tool to fight poverty around the world since its start in Bangladesh in 1970s. Their programmes have reversed conventional top down approach by creating livelihood opportunities for the poorest citizens. The Microfinance institutions are organizations or companies whose main activity is to provide the poor in the less developed countries with tools to work themselves out of poverty. The study found out that the microfinance organisations keep on renewing their strategies to achieve competitive advantage in the current ever-changing and turbulent environment. The main strategy used by the organisations is making the loans cheap and the processing is made quick and simple. A number of challenges were identified as facing the implementation of the strategies. These included the imitation of strategies by other organizations, high staff turnover and the technological advancements. Microfinance institutions have grown day by day. The members of the institutions are invited to open savings accounts and they can borrow twice or even thrice as much as they have saved depending on the policies of the different institutions. Some micro finance institutions also run numerous social programs such as counseling destitute people, alcohol rehabilitation, health and life insurances. A number have transformed to become deposit taking regulated micro finance, thus offering their members full banking services. The main purpose of the micro finance institutions in Nairobi is to enable poor people to engage in self-employment activities. They generate enough income, allowing them to improve the standard of living for themselves and their families. The economic effect experienced by the members is one of the most immediate effects which in turn have a strong impact on a wide range of poverty reduction targets such as income, health, nutrition and education.
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Central government during 2014 has launched a comprehensive mission called "Housing for All by 2022" at the time when the nation completes 75 years of its independence.
The mission will be implemented through Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban program during 2015- 2022 and will provide central government assistance to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and other implementing agencies through States/UTs
The program will be implemented through four verticals. They are
- "In Situ" Slum Redevelopment (ISSR)
- Affordable Housing through Credit Linked Subsidy (CLSS)
- Affordable Housing in partnership (AHP)
- Subsidy for beneficiary-led individual house construction (BLC).
Selecting Beneficiaries
The beneficiary family should not own a pucca house (an all-weather dwelling unit) either in his/her name or in the name of any member of his/her family in any part of India.
Household income
- 0-25000 per month: Any component can be selected
- 25001-50000 per month: Only CLSS EWS/LIG component can be selected
- 50001 – 1,00,000 per month: CLSS MIG-I
- 1,00,001 – 1,50,000 per month: CLSS MIG-II
Benefits of PMAY
- ISSR: Central government will grant Rs.1.00 Lakh per house and State and ULB share will be at the discretion of State
- AHP and BLC: Central Government assistance of Rs.1.50 Lakh per dwelling unit and State and ULB share will be at the discretion of State
- CLSS: Upfront subsidy @ 6.5% for EWS and LIG for loans up to Rs. 6 lakh. Interest subsidy @4% on home loans up to Rs. 9 lakh for MIG-1 and interest subsidy @3% on home loans up to Rs. 12 lakh for MIG-II.
Credit Linked Subsidy would be available for housing loans availed for new construction and addition of rooms, kitchen, toilet, etc to existing dwellings as housing. The carpet area of the house being constructed should not more than 30 sq.m and 60 sq.m for EWS and LIG respectively.
The beneficiary at his/her discretion can build the house of larger area but interest subvention would be limited to first Rs.6.00 Lakhs only. Additional loans beyond Rs.6.00 Lakhs will be at non subsidized rate.
EWS and LIG seeking housing loans from Banks, HFCs and other such institutions would be eligible for an interest subsidy at the rate of 6.50% for a tenure of 20 years or loan tenure whichever is lower. The Net present value (NPV) of the interest subsidy will be calculated at a discount rate of 9%.
Government of India under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) has launched 'Credit Linked subsidy Scheme (CLSS)' for Urban Areas under the ambit of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The CLSS-MIG which was implemented initially for a period of one year i.e., from 01.01.2017 to 31.12.2017 has been further extended up to 31.03.2020.
The carpet area of house under this Scheme should be up to 160 sq. mts. for MIG-I beneficiaries and up to 200 sq. mts. for MIG-II beneficiaries. Interest subsidy @4% on home loans up to Rs. 9 lakh for MIG-1 and interest subsidy @3% on home loans upto Rs. 12 lakh for MIG-II.
Interest subsidy will be credited upfront to the loan account of beneficiaries through lending institutions.
Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), National Housing Bank (NHB) have been acting as Central Nodal Agencies(CNA) for monitoring the progress of this component. Primary Lending intuitions can register only with one CNA by signing MOU.


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This course is an activity credit where students participate in Sound Economics, a student-run economics blog. Students become familiar with the style and technique for academic blog writing, ultimately producing weekly articles which generate novel content, engage in current economic events, and synthesize economic ideas from the literature and the broader economic blogosphere. Weekly meetings are required to promote economic discussions, participation in peer review, workshopping writing skills, and the promotion and management of Sound Economics itself.
Prerequisites: ECON 101 and 102.


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Some interesting-ish news and new stuff. Barely anything else; especially eroge playthrough ,_,
- Eshi 100 09 goods. Maybe will get the clear poster by Toranosuke.
- Melonbooks Shiromochi Sakura Special Shop. More info coming later.
- Tapestry images for I'L 2019 Spring is slowly tricking down. Looks rather interesting.
- Symphony Sounds, Generation 2017. I don't actually need this one as I already own the songs I care about. Also not that much fan of Hasune.
- Pillow cover of Illya by Mamgon. I'm not that much fan of either Illya or Mamgon but this one looks nice.
- That scoop light novel is getting second volume.
- Muririn tapestry! A bit too big for me.
Non-news links
- Preview of Wikipedia in dystopian future.
- The correct reply when someone says internet meme is "thanks".
- Explosion with Lego.
New stuff
Pieces voice drama DLCs. Now I have all of them. All that's left is actually playing the game.
Artbook by Moeoh. Pretty good for the some artists and not so much for the rest. Well, business as usual.
Not sure why I got this but I did. Tapestry of Sakura, moyu, Getchu bonus. Relatively rare pose. Nice the big boobs aren't really standing out.
Usual thin material with okay print quality.
And in the end I got all my very initial plan for this series. Whoops.
More Pieces store bonus tapestry. This one is from Melonbooks. That's one lewd live. Nice knee socks.
Usual thin material with okay print.
And lastly Pieces tapestry from Tora no Ana. A bit large than I would like but ehhh. Also too bad it's not knee socks.
More of usual thin material and okay print. Also more of the normal tapestry from Tora no Ana.
Eroge playthrough
More slow progress because… slow progress. I think I passed at least the latter half of the route. Should be able to finish the whole thing this weekend.
Non-eroge stuff
FGO event has ended.
Watched Trinity Seven movie. It was short and quite packed just like the previous one. The animation is a bit derp at times but everything else is pretty good. Still liking the music. Maybe I should buy the OST or something. I haven't looked into it at all.
Daily life
More 50% loss week. At least it's 30k.
Still need to finish cleaning the MacBook and put it up for auction. Not sure how much it'll sell for. Hopefully at least 30k.
I think I also put up some tapestries.
Not much update from last week. Oh the auction seller for Pieces seems like quitting and refunding everyone and selling their stuff for cheaper or something. I guess it would be nice if I can get my money back.
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Over the next few days, Google's Go-playing algorithm, AlphaGo, will take on the current world Go champion, Lee Se-dol. It is an event which is being watched closely by both Go players and coders, since until very recently Go was thought to be a game intractable for machines to play competently.
I've worked in various ways with AI over a lot of years now, so thought it was high time I wrote about it here. Far from the Spaceports, and the in-progress follow-up By Default, have human-AI relationships at their heart. Mitnash, a thoroughly human investigator and coder, has Slate as his partner. Slate is an AI – or persona, as I prefer to use in the books – and the two work together in their struggle against high-tech crime.
How far are we away from this? In my opinion, quite a long way. There have been huge advances in AI during my working life. This has largely been made possible by corresponding advances in the speed and capability of the hardware systems on which they run. However, creative ideas for how to code learning algorithms and pattern recognition have also come taken huge strides. Nevertheless, I don't think we are very close to working with Slate or her fellow personas just yet.
Of course, you have to be mindful of a quote attributed to Bill Gates: "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten." But that said, I still think we're some way off.
There are a lot of different, and very useful, ideas as to what constitutes intelligence, but for the purpose of this blog I am largely focusing on the abilities to learn and then detect meaningful patterns, work usefully with inconsistent or poor quality information, and communicate about all this with another individual in such a way that both parties can revise their opinions.
Part of the problem is that most people are working on a very small part of the problem, and the organisation paying them only really wants quite a specific outcome. So one team might be working on machine health monitoring and fault prediction, to improve aviation safety. Another will concentrate on whatever is needed to identify objects in photographs. Another on voice recognition. Another on being able to beat human champions at a specific game. And so on. Comparatively few are integrating all this into a single entity.
Human intelligence is also noteworthy for being able to adapt flexibly to new situations, calling for similar but not identical responses. So my guess is that Lee Se-dol probably also plays an outstanding game of chess, or Senet, or any of dozens of board games. At a guess, he could probably hold his own very well at some game he had never seen before, after a comparatively brief explanation of the rules. I have serious doubts as to whether Google's codebase could make such a transition.
Another issue is repetition and predictability. If you're coding a safety system, you really want to know that the same set of circumstances will lead to the same consequences. Quite apart from giving confidence to your immediate users, there is the whole matter of getting the system qualified for use. Imagine your system has failed to recommend replacement of a critical component. There has been a crash, and you are at the investigation. "Why did your system fail to recommend that the component be changed?" And you reply, "Oh, I don't know – it says something different every time." I can't imagine this going down very well with the investigation committee. For the reaction of a friend, however, unpredictability is part of the fun.
We find it difficult to define what intelligence really is, or which part of our being is responsible for it. Recent comparative studies in which bird and primate intelligence are contrasted, have questioned the idea that it is seated in the cortex: birds don't have such a thing. In the light of such basic uncertainty, corporate reluctance is understandable. It is hugely easier – and hugely more cost effective – for an organisation to say "build me a system which can identify patterns of word use by different authors" than "build me intelligent partners for my human staff."
As someone working in a tech industry, I am keenly aware of, and excited by, the possibility of AI. How would my team carry out quality assurance for such a system? It's often hard enough to do this for a complex but entirely rule-bound application. The challenges are immense.
But as an author, I am entirely free to suppose that all that has been done, and focus on the storytelling issues of how such a relationship would work.


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How to Make a String Bed Canopy
A bed canopy can be very expensive, depending on the style you choose. An alternative to buying an expensive new canopy is to make one. In this case, we will be making a canopy out of string.
Materials Needed
- Hot glue gun
- Measuring tape
- Mounting hook
- Small hoop
- Ribbons and/or strings
- Colored tulle
- Decorative accessories
Step 1 - Shop for Your Materials
Before you begin your project, you want to make sure you can mount your canopy from the ceiling securely. Buy your hook first and choose the position on the ceiling you would most like to mount the canopy. Try to install the mounting hook. If the hook isn't secure, you must either find a stud or a beam to which you can anchor the hook.
Once the hook is securely in place, continue shopping for the rest of your materials. A small Hula-hoop works well as the canopy hoop. For your strings, you can choose any material that you find attractive. Ribbon is a great choice, or even yarn.
You will construct the upper part of the bed canopy from tulle. You can choose any color scheme you like for the tulle to complement the strings and contribute to the design elements of your room.
Step 2 - Decide How You Want the Bed Canopy Positioned
Traditionally canopies are placed above beds, but with this style you might opt to place it above a corner chair or a chaise lounge for a new focal point in the room. If you do choose to place it above the bed, you must then decide where you want the opening of the canopy to be. It is most commonly placed facing the foot of the bed. However if the bed is pushed against one wall, you might want the opening to face the side of the bed that is not against the wall. You may also choose whether to hang the canopy over the center of the bed or more towards the headboard.
Step 3 - Construct the String Bed Canopy
First measure the circumference of the Hula-hoop. Apply this measurement to a strip of ribbon or string. Take your long strings and start hot gluing them to the piece of ribbon you have measured. Space the strings evenly to maintain uniformity.
Apply the same measurement from the circumference of the Hula-hoop to the width of the tulle. Cut the tulle into four even pieces. Take each piece and wrap the edge around the hula hoop once, until the tulle is tucked in on the other side. Hot glue the edges down on the tucked-in side so that the raw edge of the tulle does not show. Take all four ends of the tulle and tie them together in a knot. Leave a few inches on the end in order to tie another knot, which will be the part that hangs onto the mounting hook.
Now hot glue the ribbon with the strings attached to the inside of the Hula-hoop.
Step 4 - Decorate Your String Bed Canopy (Optional)
If you have a theme in your bedroom, you might want to pick up some small complementary accessories and hot glue them to the outside of the hoop portion of the canopy. Some choices might include flowers, a string of beads, feathers or a simple ribbon.


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T-Bird Homecoming Game Victory 14-10 pic.twitter.com/SHrGwznk5W
— HinkleyHS (@HinkleyHS) September 15, 2018
Hinkley's football team is off to its best start in more than a decade following a 14-10 homecoming win over Kennedy on Friday night.
The Thunderbirds are now 3-0 this season — something the program hasn't done since at least 2004.
On Friday, Hinkley trailed Kennedy 3-0 early, but responded with a quick touchdown, and added a safety to go up 8-3 at halftime.
Kennedy did grab a 10-8 lead after the third quarter, but Hinkley responded with a fourth-quarter touchdown to continue its perfect start to the 2018 campaign.
Colorado PrepsCast audio recap
1A: (2) Limon 25, (9) Meeker 16
Limon raced out to a 18-0 lead after three quarters, then held on for a 25-16 win over Meeker.
"That's a really good football team, and they're extremely well-coached," Limon coach Mike O'Dwyer told the Colorado Preps Scoreboard Show. "One thing about a Meeker team is they're never going to give up."
But, ultimately, "I was pleased that our kids just kind of stayed with what we do," O'Dwyer said.
The Badgers are now 3-0 this season.
5A/4A: (5A 2) Valor Christian 28, (4A 1) Pine Creek 7
In a heavyweight matchup of big-school powers, Valor Christian quarterback passed for a touchdown and rushed for two others to lead his Eagles to another important win.
The game was tied at 7 after the first quarter before McCaffrey connected with Gavin Sawchuk on a 29-yard touchdown pass less than two minutes into the frame. McCaffrey added his second rushing score of the game 10 minutes later to put Valor up 21-7 at halftime.
Marcus Staples capped the scoring for Valor Christian with a three-yard rushing touchdown later in the fourth quarter.
Max Lofy scored Pine Creek's lone touchdown on a 95-yard kickoff return in the first quarter.
Highlights of the game are available on 9News.com.
4A/3A: Pueblo West 15, (3A 2) Pueblo East 7
Pueblo West scored two second-quarter touchdowns, and didn't allow Pueblo East to score after the first quarter en route to a big win.
Chandler Mason rushed for a touchdown and also passed for a score, according to Pueblo Radio Sports.
Luc Andrada threw for 200 yards and a touchdown pass (to Kain Medrano) in the loss for Pueblo East.
The Cyclones are now 3-1 this season. Likewise, Pueblo East is now 3-1.
A full recap of the game is available from the Pueblo Chieftain.
Radio: Highland, Mesa Ridge among winners on Friday
Clips courtesy of KFKA 1310, Orange and Blue 760 and Xtra Sports 1300.
- In a cross-classification matchup of ranked teams, 2A No. 9 Salida took care of 1A No. 10 Buena Vista 43-0. Vince Deleo had four touchdowns for Salida.
- Smoky Hill is 4-0 for the first time in the history of its program after beating Prairie View 43-0.
- A week after breaking a long losing streak, Niwot football has a second-straight win. The Cougars beat Littleton in the final seconds.
- 3A No. 7 Thomas Jefferson is 3-0 for the third year in a row following a 22-14 win over No. 9 Fort Morgan.
- Another top-10 game in 3A: No. 4 Discovery Canyon beat No. 6 Holy Family in a shootout, 52-34. "We were fortunate to get out of that game with the score that we did, for sure," coach Shawn Mitchell told the Scoreboard Show. Here's a game recap from BoCoPreps.com.
- In 4A, No. 10 Fruita Monument beat No. 4 Chatfield 38-27.
- Castle View beat rival Douglas County 28-0 and is now 3-1 this season. Its the best start for the Sabercats since the 2011 season, when they began 6-0 and finished 11-2.
- Faith Christian beat Manitou Springs 42-7 thanks to four touchdowns from David Nagy.
- Quite the offensive affair: Lewis-Palmer beat Canon City 60-39 in 3A.
- 8-man No. 1 Sedgwick County pushed its state-best winning streak to 26 games with a 42-6 win over No. 9 Akron.
- 6-man No. 5 Flagler/Hi-Plains beat No. 2 Otis 59-55.
- Idalia knocked off No. 8 Briggsdale in 6-man, 46-19.
- Another upset in 6-man: Mountain Valley beat Cotopaxi 68-14.
- In 1A, John Mall put an end to an 11-game losing streak by beating Ignacio 44-23.
More coverage
- Jon Nuschy did it all in 2A No. 2 La Junta's win over No. 5 Kent Denver.
- 5A No. 10 Arvada West rolled past 4A Wheat Ridge.
- Standley Lake used a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Golden.
- Replay the night via our live coverage.
- On Thursday, 5A No. 1 Cherry Creek edged No. 4 Pomona in OT.
- An updated top-10 football scoreboard, and Saturday's top-10 slate.
- All scores from Friday night.
- 2A No. 10 Berthoud beat Thompson Valley. [Reporter-Herald]
- 3A No. 10 Durango forced five turnovers in a rivalry win against 2A No. 1 Bayfield. [Durango Herald]


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For preparing the report there were used materials, statistics reports and databases, research works of the Eurasian Development Bank, works of research institutes and centers of the National Research University — Higher School of Economics, of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), MGIMO University, Russian Academy of Science (RAC), articles and report prepared by Russian and foreign experts.
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Authors express their gratitude for the discussion and valuable remarks on the report topic to participants in the international conference "Creating Eurasia: Silk Road Economic Belt" held in Astana on April 16–18, 2015 and Sultan Akimbekov, Director of the World Economy and Politics Institute under the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan — the Leader of the Nation.
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Back in Cleveland where the weather is bitter cold compared to the sunny and humid air of the Florida Keys, my friends and I headed out for Ohio City this morning for breakfast at Bon Bon's. The atmosphere there is great and the coffee was delicious. Four cups of coffee later, we caught the rapid and headed for Tower City for the 38th annual Cleveland International Film Festival.
We stood in line to get tickets for stand by for one of the Dutch films, got our tickets and waited in line for the possibility that we would get in. An hour and a half later they told people that the film was full and we could get our money back or see another film. We almost went to see Oliver Stoned, a film about a 27 year old living in his parents basement who gets stoned all the time, but decided on Pelada.
It was a great decision. Pelada was about a couple who were former student athletes playing soccer for Duke and Notre Dame. They traveled the world finding pick up soccer games in different countries. Although I'm not a huge soccer fan, I loved this documentary. I think this movie had a greater message behind it.
I learned two things from this movie, that culture or politics shouldn't determine friendships and you can still be passionate about something even if you feel it's time to grow up and put those things in the past. When they were in Iran one of the young men they were playing with said my favorite quote of the entire movie,
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The USA and Iran have such bad relationships with each other because of our governments and most of us have not every interacted with someone from Iran. As they found out while they played soccer with the Iranians they can be friends with each other even though they have extreme government and cultural differences. Another stop in Jerusalem showed the unrest between a group of Arabic and Jewish people playing a simple game of soccer. Their religious and cultural differences came in between their ability to just play the game.
The lesson of living out your dreams as you age was apparent in all the people they met. When they were in Tokyo and Shanghai they met groups of Asian men who worked 10-12 hours a day and still took the time to play soccer for an hour each day. In South Africa, a group of construction workers building the stadium for the 2010 World Cup gave up their lunch break to play a game of soccer instead. As we age I think we all start to give up things we enjoy or love to do because it's what we see as practical or good for the family. We all have to grow up sometime right? We don't have to give up the things we love.
I never thought I would have found myself at the film festival this past weekend, but it was a great cultural experience and it was awesome to have something like this happening right here in Cleveland. Moving home from college has been quite the adjustment, but finding new things in the city that I enjoy doing had made the transition into adulthood here that much easier.


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The FH Kufstein Tirol provides information about facts, a hotline, and measures regarding the containment of the Corona Virus. Last updated: March 15, 2020
The Corona crisis has changed the way the FH Kufstein Tirol operates. All lectures were switched from attendance to online. A preview of the coming winter semester should help with better planning.
The admissions procedure at the FH Kufstein Tirol will now be carried out exclusively via digital means. This allows for prospective students to be able to apply without any delays.
The University switched from classroom instruction to distance learning in March, at the beginning of the summer semester. Online instruction has been taking place for a month now; initial experience reports confirm successful implementation.
The existing study program Energy Business at FH Kufstein Tirol has been revised and enhanced with the new specialist topic of sustainability – an increasingly globally important subject matter with a pronounced lack of specialists in the industry.
The event was held for the fifth time at FH Kufstein Tirol within the context of the international program. Incoming students from various nations presented practical problems in groups while applying scientific methods.
Anne Marleen Olthof from the Hogeschoole van Amsterdam was a guest lecturer in Kufstein and spoke about projects from her study program Virtual Reality.
34 Students from the full time master's degree program Sports, Culture & Events Management Class of 2017 were on their International Study Trip in Krakow, Poland.
The signing of the 200th partnership agreement between the University of Applied Science Kufstein (FH Kufstein) Tirol and the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola in Peru took place on May 29, 2018 in Philadelphia.
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It's entitled " Just another flower in the bay window garden". In case you're wondering, Luna is a hairless Chinese Crested. What I didn't mention to the judges was that she's still in her PJs. I'm not sure that my photo is what the magazine was after but at least she is with the rest of the tropicals. I looked at some of the other entrants; some don't even include a single plant in their photo.
I've just been told that the snowgolf, we're going to starts at 12:30. So I'd better hustle. I'm bringing Vol au Vents which are puff pastry nests filled with mushroom bruschetta and some mini apple turnovers.....all homemade. Now, are you suitably impressed! LOL
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By Tahira Saleem, GPS Issue Analyst on Iraq and Afghanistan
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has recently announced the formation of a new Peace Council headed by the former President Burhanudin Rabbani. The new peace council is another effort for reintegration of the Taliban in the country's political system. The earlier Kabul conference and London conference had similar aims of brokering peace with the warring factions in Afghanistan. But the question arises about whether this new council promises any hope for the war-torn country.
The peace council, the brainchild of Karzai, has neglected the Afghan traders, intellectuals, and the members of civil society. All of its 69 hand-picked members are Afghan warlords; the key figure among them is Burhanudin Rabbani, who is implicated in war crimes of killing and displacement of Afghan people.
Moreover, the Taliban have refused to enter into a dialogue process with America and demand the earliest withdrawal of ISAF forces possible. The war is in its deadliest year since 2001. A common Afghan man today does not identify himself with the policies of the Karzai government, which has gained a profound disrepute for its patronage of drug barons and other corrupt elements.
However, the peace process could jumpstart if the US were to make a gesture of releasing some prisoners from Guantanamo Bay or to remove some Taliban members from the UN sanction list. Pakistan also has a very pivotal role to play in the Afghan peace process, which must not be ignored if reconciliation is desired between the Taliban and the Afghan government. The road to peace may be jerky and long, but the ultimate destination worth it.


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Published:09 May 2018
Dr Michael Cowling pictured during a ceremony recognising the Advance Queensland Community Digital Champions.
CQUniversity researcher Dr Michael Cowling has been named in the first round of Advance Queensland Community Digital Champions for 2018.
He was among 27 people welcomed to the Community Digital Champions Network during a ceremony in Logan this week.
"It's great to be recognised for improving the digital capabilities of Queenslanders," he said.
Dr Cowling is passionate about helping teachers innovate with technology in their classrooms.
He founded the CREATE lab at CQUniversity, which focuses on collaborative research and engagement around technology and education.
"The lab aims to develop the digital competency of students using augmented and virtual reality as well as robotic teaching assistive technology," Dr Cowling says.
His innovative approach was recognised with an Australian Government Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2016.
Dr Cowling recently hosted a workshop called 'Weaving Technology into the Fabric of the Classroom' which was attended by 40 teachers from across South East Queensland.
Participants learned how to use mixed reality technology such as Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus Rift in the classroom, how to use Nao and Sphero Robots to improve student motivation and learning outcomes, how to select the right technology for individual needs, and how to leverage digital technology to improve the overall education process.
Dr Cowling was a speaker at the 2017 National Future Schools Conference and is a regular contributor to online academic commentary media channel 'The Conversation'.
As a Community Digital Champion, Dr Cowling will expand his educational technology workshops across the state, with four workshops planned in partnership with universities in Central Queensland, North Queensland and the Gold Coast.


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- Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
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- Date Filed: 03-09-2016
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Plaintiff appealed the trial court's grant of summary judgment for Defendant in this legal malpractice case, arguing that the trial court erred by finding no material fact supporting Plaintiff's claim. Plaintiff is a general contractor, and in the case-within-this-case, lost on a limited judgment in a breach of contract action. Plaintiff sought legal advice from Defendant for whether to file a notice of appeal on that limited judgment; Defendant advised that it was non-appealable. However, the failure to appeal that limited judgment resulted in the Plaintiff losing its ability to counterclaim in the case-within-this-case, thereby causing Plaintiff to lose on two related judgments. Defendant subsequently appealed the three judgments, which eventually went to the Oregon Supreme Court, which held that because there had been no timely appeal on the limited judgment, the other two appeals should have been dismissed. In the legal malpractice case, the trial court held on summary judgment that Plaintiff had not established causation, in that there was no evidence that Plaintiff would have been successful with a timely appeal of the limited judgment. On appeal, the Court agreed that despite Plaintiff's assertions to the contrary, there was no evidence establishing that, even if Defendant had advised Plaintiff to timely appeal the limited judgment, that that appeal, or either of the other appeals would have been successful. Affirmed.


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