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We're coming up on the end of the year when we see if our tax planning for 2017 worked for us, and decide if we need to make any changes in our tax planning for 2018. If 2018 will be your first year of retirement, there are some pitfalls that might await you (and other first year retirees) in the area of state and federal income taxes. However, these problems can be avoided with proper planning.
As a federal retiree, your main sources of retirement income will be:
- Your federal pension, whether it is CSRS or FERS;
- Social Security; and
- The TSP
All three of these sources are taxable as ordinary income and you can (within reason) set withholding for them. Let's look at them one at a time and see if there's anything we need to look out for in our first year of retirement.
Your CSRS or FERS Pension (Annuity)
When you fill out your retirement paperwork (yes, it's still paper) you will find a W4-P among the papers. Simply fill it out with the desired level of withholding and you're all set. If you are a FERS employee who retires before the age of 62, the W4-P will also cover the payments you receive from the Retiree Annuity Supplement. The W4-P establishes your withholding for federal taxes. Many states also tax your annuity payment and OPM will not automatically set up state income tax withholding for you. If your state is one of those that taxes your annuity, upon receipt of your CSA number and PIN from OPM, visit their website at https://www.servicesonline.opm.gov and set up your state tax withholding. Many annuitants forget about this step and assume that OPM will automatically set up state income tax withholding, and find themselves with large state income tax liabilities at tax time, as well as penalties for underpayment of tax.
Members of NARFE can check the NARFE website (http://www.narfe.org) for information on state income taxes. Others can consult Kiplinger's Retiree Tax Map at http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/retirement/T055-S001-state-by-state-guide-to-taxes-on-retirees/ for information on all taxes that affect retirees.
Social Security
Social Security will not withhold federal income taxes from your benefit unless you request it. If you do not request withholding, you will find that you will owe quite a bit of money at tax time, and perhaps the 10% estimated tax penalty (ETP), as most federal retirees end up paying federal income tax on 85% of their Social Security retirement benefits. When you apply for Social Security fill out a form W4-V and have federal income taxes withheld from your benefits. If you apply for Social Security online, ask for withholding in the "remarks" section of the application.
Thirteen states also tax all or part of Social Security benefits, so be sure you have your state taxes covered if you live in Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont or West Virginia.
Thrift Savings Plan
The TSP withholds federal income taxes differently based on the withdrawal choice you make. Monthly payments are the most popular TSP withdrawal choice, and the TSP will withhold taxes as if you had filed a W-4 claiming that you were married with three dependents. Generally, the TSP will not withhold taxes unless your monthly payment is at least $1,700 per month. If you do not change that level of withholding, you may owe quite a bit at tax time, including perhaps the Estimated Tax Penalty referred to above.
If you take money out as a single payment, the default withholding is 20%. In some instances, this will be adequate; in some, it will not.
The TSP allows you to request extra withholding; in fact there is a special section of the withdrawal form that deals with withholding.
Of course, if you withdraw Roth money from the TSP and your withdrawals are qualified, there will be no tax (and, thereby, no need to withhold taxes) from qualified Roth withdrawals.
General Advice
Have federal income taxes withheld from your Social Security and have additional taxes withheld from your Thrift Savings Plan payments.
The Estimated Tax Penalty
If you do not have enough money withheld to cover your federal income tax liability, there is a possibility that you might owe, in addition to the tax, a 10% penalty for not having enough money withheld to cover 90% of your tax bill. This is called the estimated tax penalty (ETP) and it frequently strikes those in their first year of retirement who fail to have enough taxes withheld from their retirement income.
Let's look at a first year retiree whose filing status is single. The retiree has elected to receive monthly payments from their Traditional TSP balance; they have no Roth balance in their TSP. They have not elected additional withholding from their TSP and have not filed a W4-V to have taxes withheld from their Social Security. The retiree is receiving a $30,000 FERS pension, $18,000 in Social Security and $18,000 from their Traditional TSP for a total annual retirement income of $66,000. Withholding is set for the pension so that it covers exactly the tax liability (15% of $30,000 is $4,500); but that leaves $33,300 (The TSP and 85% of their SS) from which no taxes were withheld.
Back in 2016, $7,650 of the excess $33,300 was taxed at the 15% marginal rate ($1,147.50) and the remaining $25,650 of the excess was taxed at the 25% marginal rate ($6,412.50) for a total underpayment of $7,560. In addition to the $7,560, this individual ended up owing a penalty of $635.40 (10% of the difference between 90% of the tax due and what was actually withheld).
You can't avoid paying the taxes you owe, but you can avoid paying a penalty. Had this individual set up proper withholding, they would have another almost $650 in their bank account.
If you're entering your first year of retirement, make sure you understand not only how your retirement income is taxed, but how it is withheld as well.


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At our committee meeting yesterday evening David Rayner was showing us a photograph that he had been loaned. It showed when appeared to be an LNER 'B1' Class 4-6-0 at Barnard Castle station. The locomotive was at the head of a train headed westwards.
Now all aficionados of the 'Stainmore Line' will know that B1's were far too big and heavy to pull trains over the Stainmore viaducts.The route was limited to engines light enough to classified RA2 but the B1's were much heavier - RA5.
It is an interesting one and I wondered if any regular readers here could offer any information. I think that on the branch to Middleton-in-Teesdale RA5 engines were - in theory anyway - permitted to haul trains and perhaps this was a special 'Bank Holiday' excursion. But what would you do with such a big engine when it reached the buffers at the end of the single line at Middleton? It doesn't seem plausible.
Thinking about the picture driving home afterwards another possible explanation occurred to me. During the early 1950's there was a considerable traffic in military trains at Barnard Castle moving troops to and from Deerbolt Camp. Some 'big beasts' were used for this traffic - sometimes V2's and on at least one occasion an A1 Pacific. The trains pulled into the platform and then the locomotives ran around the train and hauled it back to Darlington tender first. This picture of a B1 could be one such event


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The two major reasons I agreed to speak here, today, are personal. My favourite aunt—wife of my uncle who came immediately after my father—never ceased to remind us that she was morali oa Matete, and called each one of us ngoan'a Seepheephe. In her little ways, and as it had always been in Basotho culture, it was she, a woman from outside Makhoakhoa, who cultivated in me a sense of the Thabane family, a sense of being Lekhoakhoa, and a sense of being a member of a larger society. More than anybody else, it was by her that I was socialised to identify positively with Makhoakhoa's three self-deprecations: that we like food; that we are inarticulate; and that we are stingy, with food, in particular. Among Makhoakhoa, when a woman is named 'M'a-Lechesa, it means she is named after paternal grandmother of Lethole, morena oa Makhoakhoa. Like 'M'a-Lechesa Mahao, Thabanes of Makhoakhoa are direct descendants of Lethole, morena oa Makhoakhoa. I can say, through my aunt, morali oa Matete, and by marrying 'M'a-Lechesa, Maaparankoe hase feela Mosotho oa heso, empa ebile ke ngoan'eso.
Beyond this, I think, I can also say Nqosa is my friend. And, as those who are his friends know, being Nqosa's friend makes you ngoan'a 'm'é 'M'a-Nqosa and a friend of Nqosa's family, brothers and sisters. I spent the period between finishing high school and going to University—that is, from December, 1977 to July, 1978—as a Temporary Clerical Assistant at the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture. There was an emaciated, but always smartly-dressed, fellow who worked at the nearby offices of the National Treasury. Because of the proximity of our workplaces, the small civil service, and the size of Maseru, forty years ago, he was one of the people that I saw most mornings, when we all reported to work, and most afternoons, when we all knocked off. By means I cannot now remember, I came to know he was some fellow who had forgone to go to University in 1977 in order to work and raise school fees for his siblings. As human beings, we tend to admire this selflessness in others; and we tend to admire those in who values such as these inhere.
We started University education together, in Spring of 1978. In years that followed, I found that we subscribed to similar understandings and interpretations of the basis of human action, human relationships, and human interactions, and that we subscribed to similar understandings and interpretations of human reaction to their social and natural environments. We differed a little in that, people who subscribed to these interpretations on campus were in two groups: the less public, on the one hand; and the noisier, rowdier, more outspoken and more public, on the other. You can guess which one of us belonged to which group. This subscription to similar tenets of the human experience turned us into comrades and friends. When Maaparankoe came to University, in the 1980s, I think, as he had done in 1977, Nqosa looked after Maaparankoe in ways that must have meant he forewent some of the indulgences that newly-working and single people wish to enjoy. Knowing people in ways I have described above cannot, but, have the effect of binding you to them one way, or another, and make you feel their suffering to an extent that is inevitably limited. It is these personal relations, and these personal experiences, that made me feel that I had to participate, however inarticulately, when people who I have known in these ways wanted to meet and remember a person they loved, and to turn his tragic death into a source of debate and inspiration in the search for answers to end economic inequality and political intimidation in this country.
Hearing of the Murder of Maaparankoe
On the late afternoon of 25 June, 2015, I was already at home, after work, when I received a cellular 'phone call from Dr Makoala Marake, asking if I could rush to Mahlabatheng where, he said, soldiers had killed Maaparankoe. If you live on the outskirts of Maseru, like me, the immediate place that comes to mind, when somebody mentions Mahlabatheng, is near a public transport-stop, also known as Ha Makhotsa. Off, I went. On arrival, I found no sign of anything of the kind described by Makoala having taken place there. It occurred to me that Makoala might have been meaning Mahlabatheng, on the way to Roma, at the junction to Mokema. Off, I went. Again, I found no sign of any incident there. I went into the village and asked villagers. None had even so much as heard a gunshot. Only later, did I learn of the exact spot where other soldiers had killed Maaparankoe.
Some of my Last Encounters with Maaparankoe
On, at least, two occasions, I met Maaparankoe at Johannesburg International Airport on his return from some assignment, or other, to which he had been sent by Lesotho government, African Union, or Southern African Development Community. On all those occasions, we talked at length about political situations in Lesotho, or the region. One of those occasions was after events of July, 2007, when fear was widespread in Lesotho because, not for the first or last time, politicians had unleashed elements in the army to terrorise other army personnel and intimidate society at large. To my question how perpetrators could be identified and arrested, he told me that perpetrators were known, and that people who attacked Prime Minister's residence were also know, and that the Prime Minster and his colleagues also knew who had sent those who attacked his official residence, that Winter. What I found most remarkable about Maaparankoe, in these conversations, was his level-headedness. He displayed a character and intellectual abilities of a lawyer, a professional soldier and a diplomat. Running through all this was another character of his which I knew from his student days: the patriotism that he had been schooled into in left-wing student politics at the National University of Lesotho.
He definitely represented some hope to many of us who have struggled with the idea of Lesotho governments maintaining an army. As we all know, there are, at least two questions that make this idea a subject of debate. First, given Lesotho's meagre resources, should the country be spending so much on an army when there are such difficulties funding education and health, in both of which the country has fallen significantly behind? Secondly, over the years, politicians in Lesotho have used the army as an instrument of entrenching themselves in power and intimidating those who speak against bad governance and corruption. The question, then, becomes: should this nation continue to support an institution whose existence, in Lesotho's context, can serve no other purpose than that of a politicians' tool against society? Maaparankoe was a man with who you could hold debates on these questions, and count on perspectives that would put the public interest ahead of narrow political interests of individual politicians. There aren't many such soldiers in the leadership of Lesotho's army today. When, on 25 June, 2015, I learnt that he had been murdered, I knew that he had been killed by those who knew he was a better human being, he was a better diplomat, and he was a better army-leader. In an obituary for Ntate Ntsukunyane Mphanya, recently, I asked those who understand these things to explain, to us, why it is that the crooked and mean among us rule us, while the best among us are relegated to the margins, and even killed, as in the case of Maaparankoe and others.
Lesotho in June, 2015
After parliamentary elections of February, 2012, a coalition government, consisting of three political parties, was formed. We are not quite sure what the agreement between the parties said, or what the understanding between the parties was. What became clear to us, the public, was that the Prime Minister seemed to conduct himself in accordance with powers that the Constitution gave him, while a section of his coalition partners felt he was undermining the agreement. Among actions which the PM took was to make appointments, and to sack Ministers. As we know, most of these decisions were ignored. It is important to remember that, the section of the PM's partners who were unhappy with his actions never accused him of acting unconstitutionally in these appointments and sackings. Alongside the Prime Minister's appointments and dismissals in cabinet and the public service, crimes of corruption began to be investigated, and those found to be involved brought to the courts to law, to be prosecuted. These are the circumstances that led to the collapse, in 2014, of the coalition government, formed only twenty-four months earlier: it would seem that, those who were due to face the music in the courts of law mobilised elements in the army to their aid. This is, at least, part of the explanation for events of late August, 2014.
In brief, individuals who were suspected of economic crimes did not want to face the music in the courts of law; and those duly sacked from some ministerial position, or other, successfully refused to leave. In addition to mobilising elements in the army to their aid, they also re-established contact with erstwhile enemies, with some of whom they shared, in common, the fact that they faced corruption charges in the courts of law. The result of these efforts was that, groups and individuals who cordially hated one another, were able to find one another in a sordid bid to avoid answering for criminality of which they were suspected. The little that I became aware of regarding Maaparankoe's position in these goings-on, was that, he advocated professionalism of the army. That is to say, the army should stick to its constitutional role as protector of the nation against its foreign enemies; and the army should stick to its constitutional role as protector of national sovereignty. None of these—the nation, national sovereignty—were under any threat. To the party-politicised elements in the army, however, constitutionalism itself was the enemy because it did not serve interests of individuals and groups who had secured the aid of these elements. To party-politicised elements in the army, and to politicians they supported, advocating constitutionalism was tantamount to taking sides with the enemy, and those, like Maaparankoe, who advocated constitutional rule were also enemies of these individuals and groups.
In May, 2015, a coalition government was established under the leadership of individuals some whom had corruption charges pending in the courts of law. By that time, the man who was to become our foreign Minister had already threatened Basotho with a bloodbath. His words, quoted in an appositely-titled article, "DC sends a chilling warning", which appeared in Lesotho Times of September 11, 2014, have become etched in the memories of most of us: ...if [Thabane] succeeds in his current bid to replace Lieutenant General Kennedy Tlali Kamoli with Brigadier Maaparankoe Mahao, then[,] cry the beloved country. The atrocities and bloodbath that will befall this country will completely dwarf those of 1970." [Lesotho Times, 11 September, 2014]
Having followed exchanges that took place regarding leadership of the military after May, 2015 and the assassination of Maaparankoe a month later, we must, all, have formed some opinions, or other, about his murder. Like everybody else, his murder generated all manner of emotions, thoughts, questions and puzzles in me. Through various experiences, including the Judge Phumaphi Commission of Inquiry, grand political theorising, or social-psycho analysis, some of you may have found some form of resolution, or other, to their emotions, thoughts and questions. Political theorising might have yielded insights into how the murder of Maaparankoe fitted in current politics in Lesotho, that is to say, how his murder was a political strategy used to achieve some aim. Social-psycho analysis might have shown how, and to which sector of society, murder of others is a source of pleasure; how we, society, have reacted to Maaparankoe's murder; and it might explain the manner of the reaction of his killers. It would not be difficult for social psycho-analysts to find cruel regimes to whose psychology we may be able to compare the psychology behind the brutality of our regime. However, political scientists must continue to find it difficult to fit our political elites' conduct of politics within most known existing political science theorisation. If they are able to do so, it must be only in very broad outline, and to the barest minimum extent. I have not yet found resolutions to some of the things that puzzle me. I would like to share two of these.
Firstly, against the background of the fact that individuals and groups who had opposed the previous coalition government, including prophets of bloodbath, had formed a coalition government of their own, and installed the man they wanted at the head of the military, the question, then, must be: Why kill a man who, to all intents and purposes, posed no threat to anyone? They may have determined that he was a better soldier, a better diplomat, a better patriot, and a better human being, but he was no threat to anyone. They may have regarded him as an enemy because he sided with their other enemy—that is, constitutionalism—but he posed no threat to anyone. Why kill him? I do not believe that he would have resisted any duly executed removal from the army. His removal from the army could have been done without killing him.
Secondly, in 1993, this country adopted a constitution that re-established liberal democracy as a political dispensation by which Basotho were to be ruled. Unlike economic liberalism—which can be truly brutal—on paper, political liberalism is largely humane and allows for rights, freedoms, and establishes checks-and-balances and processes precisely to assist those in power to maintain social order as fairly as possible, and without violating rights of citizens. The question, then, is: When you hold political power, and you know a man is guilty of some misdemeanour, why not subject him to due-process through checks-and-balances established precisely to assist you?
These are the two things that continue to puzzle some of us.
Force and Intimidation in Lesotho's Post-Independence Politics
It has always been easy, in the study of Lesotho politics, to establish that the country's political elite suffer from a combination of, at least, two things: first, inability to appreciate human rights, the value of human life, and the place of the freedom to criticise not only in human well-being but also in development; and, second, a very naked pursuit of self-interests at-all-costs, including use of force. This has created politicians in whose view the rule-of-law, constitutionalism, compliance with local and international human rights regimes are a bloody nuisance. Lesotho politicians regard these standards as stumbling blocks which, where possible, should be dispensed with. This was the case, in 1970, when a BNP government unleashed a reign of terror on society. It remains the case today, when a congress-dominated coalition unleashes thugs to intimidate and silence society, and sets one section of the army against another.
In 1970, Chief Leabua Jonathan suspended the liberal constitution on the basis of which Basotho were granted independence. He said that, that constitution was not suited to socio-political conditions in Lesotho. In fact, what he was saying was that, Lesotho politicians found it difficult to comply with the standards of liberal democracy. King Sobhuza did, and said, the same things in Swaziland, three years later, in 1973. In the place of the liberal independence constitution, chief Jonathan presided over intimidation, silencing and assassinations of opponents, arbitrary dismissals of public servants who were, or who were thought to be, supporters of opposition parties. Few people who were alive in the late 1970s/early 1980s can forget how, by those dates, Mercedes Benz vehicles with tinted windows, bearing yellow 'DPRK' registration numbers, and driven by men wearing dark sunglasses, could be seen in Maseru suburbs sowing fear of the regime. This is what had replaced liberal democracy in Lesotho.
Today, those who rule us might not have said liberal democracy is unsuited to Lesotho, and there might not be Mercedes Benz cars bearing 'DPRK' registration numbers sowing fear in Maseru suburbs, but it is clear that our politicians find it difficult to comply with standards of liberal democracy. It is very difficult, today, to describe governance in Lesotho as 'democratic'. We may have a government that was an outcome of free and fair elections, but political conduct and the exercise of power on society, since May, 2015, has a distinctly nasty, military side to it. As in the case of Maaparankoe and others who have suffered his fate, sometimes the price we pay for this is the ultimate one. A period as dark as we live under, today, and in which there is so much fear, is completely out of tune with democratic governance in which the rule of law reigns. It is more scary, today, because those who preside over murder and intimidation lay claims to having been democratically-elected.
A reading of Lesotho History suggests that there has always been a tendency, among Lesotho's political elite, to want to rule society by force. As negotiations for Lesotho's independence got underway, it became clear that all political leaders—traditional and modern—regarded control of the security forces as being very central to exercising of power in Lesotho. It was almost as if the people to who the British were about to grant independence were wild savages whom Basotho politicians—to whom governmental power was about to be handed-over—could only rule by force. Those who have read B. M. Khaketla's Lesotho 1970 will remember how he relates an incident, during independence negotiations in London, where control of the police became a sticking point. On the one hand, BNP politicians, poised to form the first government of independent Lesotho, in October, 1966, wanted control of the police vested in Prime Minister's hands. On the other hand, BCP and MFP politicians wanted control of the police in Paramount Chief's hands. However, at issue was not the matter of ensuring politicians did not abuse their power over of state's force apparatus; instead, it seemed to be accepted by all sides that whoever seized control of state's security sector was entitled to use it against opponents and against society. In his biography of Chief Leabua Jonathan, Desmond Sixishe alleges that, when the British seemed determined to grant Lesotho independence under BNP rule, against opposition of BCP and the Paramount Chief, Mokhehle threatened force, and old the British: 'Give him independence, but give him an army too'.
Closer to where we are, today, in 2003, the police killed a protesting worker at Ha Thetsane textile factory estate. When workers and society expressed their anger at police conduct, a government Minister asked the question to the effect: Was it an expectation of society and workers that a government bullet should (miss and) be wasted? As we saw, less than two years ago, this primitive belief in force as a means to rule society continues to lie at the heart of, at least, elements who make-up the current coalition. Thus, it did not come as a shock to some of us to see the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the current coalition quoted in the press as having declared that an army general was central to Lesotho's democracy: "General Kamoli is quite literally and without exaggeration, the last thread by which Lesotho's democracy is hanging. Mark our words."
Further, many still remember words of the current Minister of Local Government on the occasion of appointment of Mr Kamoli at the helm of the army: "Do not disappoint us." Lesotho political elites' belief in force to rule society can be seen in two other instances. Firstly, it can be seen in the fact that clauses of the Constitution are couched in ways that enable crooked elements in the army to base their interference in politics on the Constitution. Secondly, it can be seen in the fact that, the military enjoy membership of political institutions that are charged with responsibility to make important political decisions in the country. I point to these examples of Lesotho politicians' preference of force, intimidation, murder, silencing of criticism to suggest that, control and use of military force have dominated Lesotho politicians' perceptions of how Basotho should be ruled. Control and use of force, not persuasion and winning society onto one's argument.
Contrary to claims to liberal democracy, in Lesotho, force and use of force enjoy a very privileged place in the country's political elites' understanding and practice of statecraft. It is quite scary that, despite democracy, it is those who have had public institutions of force on their side who succeed to rule, or to disrupt the rule by those who do not have support of public institutions of force. The present and previous Lesotho governments' dependence on force to rule has caused immense damage to Basotho society. In situations where opponents, and those considered opponents, of individual and groups in a ruling regime are intimidated, silenced, and killed, in the short term, society lives in fear and individual Basotho become unable to realise their full freedoms in their economic, social and political lives. In the long term, use of force to rule society stunts and kills all meaningful political consciousness, and turns majority of society into political zombies who are programmed to vote at election time, and who have little problem with being forgotten until the next elections.
When the British colonised Lesotho, in the late 1860s, they admiringly described Basotho as a politicised society whose country was a "nerve centre" of African politics in the region "...and an interchange of ideas on important political questions..." among Africans of the region. Under colonial rule, the colonial regime did not silence its critics and opponents—or those it considered to be its opponents—and it did not kill protestors. Some four decades after Basotho were colonised, in the 1918 and 1925, the famous Motswana author, journalist, and politician, Sol Plaatjie, visited Lesotho and remarked at how freely, under colonial rule, Basotho were able to express themselves in their criticism of colonial rule. [Diamond Fields Advertiser, 1925]
It has to be accepted that, the debates and exchange of ideas that the British and Sol Plaatjie referred took place largely among elite groups and individuals among Basotho. However, this freedom was widespread in society, and people who were adults in the 1960s remember Basotho as a generally highly enlightened and politicised society who debated issues without any fear. Two things seem to have happened after independence. First, through the power that they have monopolised since independence, the elite, who arrogated themselves alone the right to enjoy the freedom to express opinions, began to do so in pursuit of narrow self-interest, and not in the general public interest, as had been the case before. Second, they employed force and all manner of measures to deny the rest of society the freedom express themselves freely.
I would argue that, alongside force, measures that Lesotho's political elite have used to silence society have included post-colonial neglect of education; education would have enabled Basotho to acquire more knowledge on the basis of which to become part of the "nerve centre"; and I would argue that, had education not been neglected, Basotho would be more knowledgeable about this system of rule under which they are governed, thereby making them better able to participate in it. I would also argue that, Lesotho political elite's exclusion of the rest of society from education and debates on how they are ruled has stunted not only the ability to do so but has also greatly contributed to our inability to integrate, into modern life, our indigenous institutions and linguistic abilities. Alongside his admiration of freedom to criticise that the colonial government allowed Basotho, Plaatjie admired the language which Basotho used in their criticism of the colonial government. He praised to Basotho's "...picturesque rhetoric and almost cryptic allegories with which [they] embellished their speeches." [Diamond Fields Advertiser, 1925]
Ruling Basotho by force, intimidation and silencing them has killed these abilities. These days, at his pitsos and other public forums, the Prime Minister presents his versions of Sesotho language and culture as the last word. He does this knowing that our educational system has been neglected and starved of resources to a point where it has been rendered incapable of helping us appreciate and acquire more knowledge of our language and culture; and he does this knowing that the ruling elites have, over the years, closed-off political and other avenues through which we can practise our language and other indigenous knowledge freely. Intimidation and silencing of society has emaciated, and continues to emaciate, society not only in political ways but also in cultural ways. Thus, over the years, since independence, politicians have displayed elemental intolerance to Basotho's legacy of political consciousness, and engaged in all manner of attempts to kill it. As they must have realised, every now-and-then they can pat themselves on the back and celebrate that they have succeeded, but, also, every now-and-then they realise that they have not succeeded, and that there are more people to intimidate and kill.
One consequence of politicians' silencing of society is that, it reveals true characteristics of the regime and the individuals of which it is made-up. Those who remove and silence opponents from the political stage remain alone and achieve their goal of monopolising the stage. Once they have achieved this, in reality or in their imagination, the resulting arrogance, god-given inability, or unwillingness, to think, pettiness, cruelty, callousness, all come to the fore. When a citizen is killed by agents of the state, it is callousness to say: Who is he, after all? How is he different from others who have been killed before him? When a citizen, who happens to be a well-known academic and intellectual, locally and internationally—when such a citizen has been attacked by political thugs at night, it is callousness and the height of arrogance and pettiness for a Minister who is responsible for investigating the attack, to say: Who is so-and-so? It is a sign of inability, or unwillingness, to think, for a Prime Minister of a country to say: Self-misrule is better than colonial rule.
If Dr Mokhehle and other Basotho nationalist leaders told the British so, as it is claimed, Basotho are not the British, and they should not be subjected to misrule and, then, be told that it is better than colonial rule. I would also like to suggest that, in some ways, what lay behind Maaparankoe's murder does not require any lofty political theorising: it was an act of human cruelty founded on the hatred of those who thought they were alone, and who thought they had sown enough fear to silence those who still have a sense of what is wrong and what is right. I am not a brave person and I have refused to listen to, or read about, the details of how Maaparankoe was murdered. I heard one sentence, in the days immediately after he was killed, and I found the brutality an extraordinary and blood-curdling cruelty.
As we know, sometimes regimes think they have silenced everyone, and that they have a monopoly of the political stage. Then, they begin to conduct themselves in petty, cruel, thoughtless fashion, unaware that, as they do so, their true character is being laid bare to society. Earlier, I suggested that Maaparankoe's patriotism, his view of the world, and sense of service to the public—earlier I suggested that these, his attributes, were moulded of stuff from his experiences of left-wing politics on NUL campus. It has to be said that, some groups and individuals from that political left have now joined those who intimidate society with a view to sow fear and silence society. This 'former' left who have joined the campaign to intimidate, have done so also on the belief that forces of Lesotho's political right have achieved monopoly of the political stage by silencing opposition to right-wing politics. This 'former' left have also begun to act like those who think they are alone, and that nobody is watching.
Liberal constitutions, such as ours was intended to be, put force out of society's daily view. They prescribe freely-expressed opposition, and they prescribe free expression of counter argument to argument of those in power. This is so not only because counterargument against power makes the argument of those in power look good, and it is so not only because freely-expressed criticism against power is a right, but it is also so because, as philosophers tell us, progress emerges out of interaction between argument and counterargument, out of interaction between position and counter-position. The right to this progress is as fundamental as the right to participate freely in arguments, debates, and other process that bring it about. I would like to end these brief remarks with two questions which seem very key to me. First: Is liberal democracy impossible in Lesotho? If so, is it shameful to admit, as perhaps, Chief Jonathan did, that we are unsuited to liberal democracy and search for an alternative? Perhaps these quick resorts to the use of force to rule Basotho, singing praises to misrule, threats of bloodbath—perhaps these are symptoms of a bigger problem that needs to be identified and addressed.
Second: Is there anything in our political parties' structures, and is there anything in our national political system, that favours seizure of power by the most politically undesirable characters? As said earlier, I found this question very relevant, a couple of months ago, when I was trying to understand Ntate Mphanya's experience of attempts to exclude him from ministerial appointment, in 1993. Why are our most decent politicians unable to make it in their political parties and in national politics? In my view, finding answers to these and similar questions, and acting on the basis of such answers, would be a most fitting way to ensure that Maaparankoe's murder was not in vain.
A social historian at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) Motlatsi Thabane was speaking at the Inaugural Lt General Maaparankoe Mahao Memorial Lecture. The lecture was delivered at Avani Maseru during a gala dinner which also witnessed the launch of Lt General Maaparankoe Mahao Peace and Justice Fundation on 2nd July 2016.


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Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 2
Varys tells Daenerys that she is stormborn, that night she counsel with them. She has support from Dorne thanks for Varys, she questions him for his loyalty. He tells her that he will serve the realm not any kingdom.
She wants him to swear that if she fell to be good queen he will tells her directly, if he betrayed her, she will burn him alive.
Melisandre goes to see Daenerys, her men tells her about Stannis. She tells her about prophecy about the long winter. She tells her about Snow, how he archived. She tells her to see Snow, Tyrion also support him that he can be ally. She agreed to see him but he has to bent kneel to her.
Snow gets message from Tyrion, Sansa disagree for him to see Daenerys. Davos also agreed that if she has dragon then she worth to see.
Cersei try to gather all house left to fight for her, to fight Daenerys and her dragons. They wonder how she stop them, her maester tell them they are working on solution.
Jaime wants Sam's father to help Cersei, he tells him that his house swear on Tyrell. He offer him the south when war is win.
Jorah found that in 6 months he will complete lost his mind, Sam tells archmaester about Shireen but they are different and they can't help him. He asks him if he wants to end his life or ship to Valyria.
Qyburn shows Cersei what he found in basement, he show her the Aegon's dragon skull. He shows her the huge crossbow that can through dragon skull.
Daenerys tells her allies that she won't be queen of ashes, she tells them they will not war with them. They will surround the capital with Tyrell and Dorne, while her army will take down Lannister. They all agreed with her plan.
Sam tells Jorah that he found the way to cure him but it's very dangerous and forbidden, he tells him about his father. He serve with his father and he will not allow him die today. He open the book he found and cure him.
Arya goes back to King's landing, she heard some info about Cersei and her war. And she heard about Snow and Sansa at winterfell. She is hesitate now that she should go to Winterfell to see her family or not.
Snow tells his men that he knows where he will get dragonglass, and about Dragonstone. He tells them that he will persuade her to ally with him. His men and Sansa disagreed, they want king to be at north.
Snow tells Sansa that until he returned, North is hers. Before left, Snow threaten Baelish not to touch Sansa otherwise he will kill him.
While in wood, Arya is surrounded by wolves then she found that its leader is her wolf. She tells it that she is heading home and she asks it to come with her but it refused.
At night Euro's fleet attack Yara's fleet, they fight with his army. Her entire fleets are gone, Oberyn's lover are captured by him, Theon abandon Yara again when Euron has her.


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[Android] Parsing JSON with JsonReader
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Back in Parsing JSON with JSONObject, I covered parsing JSON using JSONObject, where the object is created after reading the entire data into a String. Here, the same application will be created, but it will JsonReader instead. The source code for the demo can be downloaded from the Github repository.
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Shoppers Spending Habits Follow WellKnown Economic Law
An am/pm store in Osaka City, Japan. By analyzing 100 million receipts from 1,000 Japanese am/pm convenience stores, researchers have discovered a strong economic inequality among shoppers. Among their findings is that the top 25% and 2% of the customers in a given group account for 80% and 25% of the store's sales, respectively. Explore further This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. Research team brings computation and experimentation closer together Citation: Shoppers' Spending Habits Follow Well-Known Economic Law (2007, October 26) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2007-10-shoppers-habits-well-known-economic-law.html The researchers, Takayuki Mizuno from Hitotsubashi University, and Masahiro Toriyama, Takao Terano, and Misako Takayasu from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, performed the "econophysics" study, the first to use a large, recently published point-of-sale (POS) database to analyze individual shopping habits. They presented their results at the APFA6 international conference, and have submitted their study to the Proceedings of the APFA6."The data we analyzed from 100 million receipts is much larger than the data in previous similar studies in the marketing field," Mizuno told PhysOrg.com. "We scientifically studied the inequality of wealth distribution by using results with high statistical precision."One question the researchers investigated was how much a store's sales depend on a few loyal customers. They analyzed data from customers who paid with an Edy card (a pre-paid card with a unique ID), used on about 5% of the receipts. The researchers observed the 80/20 rule: about 80% of the store's sales come from about 20% of its customers. The observation is not too surprising, as the so-called "Pareto principle" has been observed in a wide variety of economic phenomena, such as wealth distribution (20% of a nation's citizens own 80% of its wealth). The principle has also become a rule of thumb for business owners trying to maximize profits by focusing on that high-spending 20% of the customers.Using this data, the researchers were also able to determine the inequality of wealth distribution, which stems from the "Gini coefficient." An equal wealth distribution would relate to a coefficient of zero, and if one person were to purchase everything, the coefficient would be one. In a market economy, the coefficient is usually less than 0.4; in the convenience store data, the estimated coefficient was 0.7, implying significant inequality in the store's sales."We think that the inequality of wealth distribution is representative of the larger society," Mizuno explained. "When Sega Corporation introduced the Edy into game arcades, similar wealth distribution was observed in the game arcades. Also, when we conducted hearing investigations with employees of convenience stores, many thought that most customers have similar buying behaviors and that the wealth distribution doesn't have a fat-tail. Therefore, they were surprised at this research result."The researchers also analyzed an individual's spending amount in a single shopping trip, and found that this expenditure follows a power law. Specifically, for receipt totals above about 100 yen (about US $0.86), the probability of an individual spending more yen decreases following a power function. This probability is independent of the store location, shopper's age, and time of day.The researchers hope that the results may assist convenience store chains in developing marketing strategies aimed at the high-spending shoppers who contribute significantly to a store's sales."When a product that a customer needs is out of stock in a store, the customer often stops going to the store in the future," Mizuno explained. "Conversely, when there are products that a new visitor needs, the store can get new regular customers. It is important that sellers always display products that the high-spending shoppers always buy. They can execute this strategy by using the purchase history that can be observed from Edy-IDs."More information: Mizuno, Takayuki, Toriyama, Masahiro, Terano, Takao, and Takayasu, Misako. "Pareto law of the expenditure of a person in convenience stores." arXiv:0710.1432v1, 7 Oct 2007. Copyright 2007 PhysOrg.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or part without the express written permission of PhysOrg.com.


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When Google originally rolled out Plus, many people were skeptical that the network wouldn't last for long. Since Google has a reputation for rolling out lots of products, only to shut them down a few years later, there was a good reason for people to be skeptical. But even though products like Reader weren't able to avoid Google's chopping block, Google Plus continues going strong. In fact, Google has taken multiple steps to integrate Plus more deeply into their ecosystem.
Because it appears that the Plus network is going to play an integral role within Google for the foreseeable future, it's worth taking the time to establish a strong presence for your business on it. The best way to do that is by creating and utilizing a Google Plus business page. Once you create your page, you'll be able to share lots of information about your business. You'll also be able to take advantage of a wide range of social features. Additionally, having a quality page that's active can help your presence in Google's local search engine results. By following the tips below, you'll be able to began utilizing your Google Plus business page to drive traffic to your website:
The first thing you'll need to do is create a basic business page. This is as simple as logging in and filling out some very basic details about your business.
While you can technically skip this step, it's definitely in your best interest to show Google that you're a real business. Not only will this allow you to access any new features that Google rolls out, but taking the time to show you're not a spammer should help with rankings. Best of all, verifying your page is as simple as linking it with your main business website.
After you complete the simple creation and verification process, you can start optimizing it for both Google and visitors. In terms of Google optimization, naturally use keywords that are relevant to your business and what you offer. In terms of optimizing for visitors, be sure that you include all relevant information that someone who just found out about your business would want to know.
Google makes it easy to add +1 buttons to your website. You can also link your Google Plus business page with other social media profiles that you keep updated. Doing so is the best way to create a marketing synergy between all of them.
Once your business page is linked with your other social profiles, not only will you be able to socialize through those channels, but you can begin building a following directly on Google Plus. In terms of accomplishing that goal, focus on sharing content that's relevant but not necessarily directly about promoting your own business.
Now that you know how to create and fully utilize a Google Plus business page, all that's left for you to do is put the above tips into action.


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Why will Henrikh Mkhitaryan not play for Arsenal against Chelsea in the Europa League final?
At the beginning of the season, Henrikh Mkhitaryan indicated that one of his ambitions with Arsenal for the year was to win the Europa League.
The Gunners have since played 14 times in the competition, flirted with defeat against Rennes in the last 16, but ultimately have progressed to a final showdown with Chelsea.
However, when Unai Emery's side walk out onto the pitch of the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan, Mkhitaryan will not be among their number.
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The 30-year-old will not travel with the squad because of fears over his safety due to his Armenian nationality.
Tensions run high between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh mountains. Indeed, the nations have been locked in a state of war since 1988, though fighting has largely stopped since a 1994 ceasefire.
Azerbaijan forbids citizens of Armenia from entering the country, although special dispensation is often provided. UEFA had confirmed that Mkhitaryan would have been granted a visa if necessary, but Arsenal have chosen to leave the player behind in London.
A statement from Gunners on their official website read: "We are very disappointed to announce that Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not be travelling with the squad for our UEFA Europa League final against Chelsea.
"We have thoroughly explored all the options for Micki to be part of the squad but after discussing this with Micki and his family we have collectively agreed he will not be in our travelling party.
"We have written to UEFA expressing our deep concerns about this situation. Micki has been a key player in our run to the final so this is a big loss for us from a team perspective.
"We're also very sad that a player will miss out on a major European final in circumstances such as this, as it is something that comes along very rarely in a footballer's career.
"Micki will continue to be part of our preparations until we depart for Baku at the weekend."
Unsurprisingly, the player's stance has meant that UEFA's decision to award the fixture to Baku has drawn criticism, notably from Arsenal star Laurent Koscienly.
"I think UEFA needs to know about the different problems they can have with the politics in the country. When one country has a problem with another they should not give the final to that country," the Frenchman said.
European football's governing body has issued a statement defending itself and stressing that Mkhitaryan's safety would have been "guaranteed".
"Working alongside Arsenal FC, UEFA sought and received assurances regarding the player's safety in Azerbaijan from the highest authorities in the country," it said.
"As a result of these guarantees, a comprehensive security plan was developed and given to the club.
"While the club acknowledges the efforts that UEFA and the Azeri government have gone to in this matter, we respect the personal decision not to travel with the player."
Tahir Taghizadeh, the Azerbaijani ambassador to the UK, seemed to suggest that the player might be playing "political games" by making such a decision.
"This is a Class A event, if our purpose is to play political games around it it is something different, you are being paid as a footballer, not a politician, let's leave other issues aside," he told Sky Sports.
"My message to Mkhitaryan would be: you're a footballer, you want to play football? Go to Baku, you are safe there. If you want to play the issue then that's a different story.
"What I can guarantee is that the Azerbaijan government will do everything that needs to be done and provide safety and security for every fan, player and staff member coming to this game."
While the player has not commented on the matter, Emery has been careful to be diplomatic in his speech over the situation.
"It's bad news. We need to understand the political problem, but we must respect it," Emery told a news conference on Tuesday.
"I spoke with Mkhitaryan this morning but it's a very personal issue. He wants to play with the team. He spoke to his family.
"I come from the Basque country and we have a big political problem, too. I can understand his decision."
Has Mkhitaryan missed games in Armenia before?
This is not the first time that Mkhitaryan has missed a match in Azerbaijan during his career.
While playing for Borussia Dortmund, he was left out of a squad to face Azeri side Qabala in 2015, and earlier this season he was not involved as Arsenal faced Qarabag in the group stages.
His absence was greeted with mocking from home coach Gurban Gurbanov, who said: "Arsenal may be afraid that in front of 60,000 Azerbaijani fans, Mkhitaryan has some pressure and that is why they didn't send him.
"I didn't want politics to interrupt the sport but we could not do anything on this issue.
"If Mkhitaryan came to Azerbaijan it would not be the first time an Armenian sportsman had done so. A lot have come to Azerbaijan. It is the choice of Arsenal that they didn't send him here."


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There is a superstition that earwigs burrow into the ears of people while they sleep. This is a myth and without any scientific basis. Earwigs frighten many people because of the pincers on the back of their abdomens. These insects use these pincers for defense and for sparing with rival earwigs.There are more than twenty species of earwigs in the United States. Depending on the species, adults range in size from 5-25 mm. They are slender insects with two pair of wings. Some species produce a foul smelling liquid that they use for defense. They also produce a pheromone. Scientists believe that this pheromone is the reason that earwigs cluster together in large numbers. Immature ones resemble the adults except they do not have wings.
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The outgoing head of the family courts in England and Wales has raised concerns about access to family courts and said help for litigants who had to represent themselves due to cuts to legal aid was "woefully inadequate".
On his final day in office before retirement, and against a backdrop of court closures across England and Wales, Sir James Munby, president of the family court division, said of the family system: "Anybody who thinks that we currently have a network of courts which enables proper access to justice is deluding themselves."
He cited the case of a litigant who had to make a 24-mile round trip on foot to a court, and said alternatives to appearing in person must be considered.
Munby said those who lived in rural areas and had no access to private transport were hardest hit.
"That is the reality of our present justice system," he said.
"We don't have – and haven't for some time – the kind of system which serves people dependent on public transport."
Discussing cuts to legal aid, Munby would not be drawn on the legislation that led to the cuts, but said courts must provide improved assistance to those who could not afford to appoint a lawyer to navigate the complex process.
Munby said those who had been through the courts should be asked if, rather than appear in person, they would have preferred different means, such as via video call on services such as Skype.
"I don't know what the answer is but we haven't actually gone out and asked litigants what they actually prefer. I don't know."
He added: "I wouldn't be surprised if a significant number of people would be saying actually ... I'd rather do it by Skype."
Munby said recent court closures were the "first step in the complete rationalisation of the way we administer justice".
Alternatives included judges travelling to litigants rather than vice versa and mobile courts.
He said: "Why shouldn't the judge go and see the litigants? I was sitting in Norwich because Norwich was more convenient for the litigants than coming to London."
He added: "I've said this before and people think I'm bonkers. When I was young one was familiar with huge vans going round the countryside. One was the mobile library, the other was a mobile X-ray unit when TB was a big problem in the country. Why don't we use that kind of technology as a mobile court?"
Asked about the cuts to legal aid introduced five years ago, he said: "What I would like to comment on is the reality … The fact is we have far more litigants in person than we did.
"The consequence is very large numbers of people come to court without representation. Our present court processes, our rules, our forms, our guidance, is woefully inadequate to enable litigants in person – even educated, highly articulate intelligent litigants in person – to understand the system. That's a shocking reproach to us. That's a current reality."


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The Shepherds of Calamity (1967) Nikos Papatakis
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The Shepherds of Calamity (1967)
aka Thanos and Despina aka Oi voskoi
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece | France | Director: Nikos Papatakis
Language: Greek | Subtitles: English (.srt file)
Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.66:1 | Length: 116mn
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Katina, an impoverished Greek woman, tries to arrange the marrage of her shepherd son, Thanos, to Despina, the daughter of a wealthy landowner. But when Despina's father, Vlahopoulos refuses to give his blessings and wants Despina to marry a more wealthy gentleman, named Yankos. The wealthy and spoiled Yankos plots to break up the romantic union between Thanos and Despina any way posible while the young lovers plot to run away in a futile attempt to being a new life for themselves.
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Hey whats-up guys welcome to the 14th episode of the Tech updates, let's get started. Google Pixel 2 XL Leaked in Images, The smartphone will be available in two color variants just black and a white and black version. In terms of design it looks similar to the old pixel from the back and a bezel-less display its expected at… Read More


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Because soccer is a social gathering, bringing coaches, parents, children, and their communities together in the spirit of competition. Because it's also a form of exercise that helps children develop fit habits early on to combat obesity. Because soccer is a teacher, honing well roundedness and problem-solving skills on the field that translate to real life. Because, for some, it's a path that keeps them in a straight line through school, showing them the way to scholarships and, for a select few, careers.
Most importantly, because soccer is a life lesson, instilling integrity, sportsmanship, and strength of character in children and turning them into valuable, contributing members of their communities as adults.
Find out more about Youth Soccer initiatives at Publix.
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This project has been a big pain from day 1. Driftwood proved difficult to drill, the shells took a long time to drill, and the hemp string resisted my crochet hook. I started by cutting driftwood into appropriate lengths to create a rectangle, then drilled holes 1-2 inches apart through each piece. I had a difficult time connecting the four pieces to make a rectangle. I tried wood glue (didn't stick). I tried wrapping string to lash them together (needed more arms). I tried to drill and screw them together (driftwood is uneven and wierd). I tried to nail them (driftwood is too hard and round). I finally drilled one stick, and put a nail through the hole and roughly nailed it into the second. This held long enough to lash the two together.
It took me weeks to get through all of this mess; then I didn't have enough shells. I finally got to the beach and was sunburned for my trouble (despite bathing in sunscreen). A several days later I was rudely awakened by a scary noise in my apartment which turned out to be the cat, who had decided to investigate my bag of shells. She got her head stuck in the handle and went thrashing about the house, spewing and breaking shells as she went. Fortunately, she didn't break too many and I was able to salvage most.
Some shells come with convenient small holes created by Mother Nature. For the rest of the shells, I drilled holes at their base using a tile bit. Next, I threaded hemp string through the holes drilled in the driftwood and used a simple crochet stitch to add interest, stringing shells as I went.
I also crocheted two long strings, crisscrossed them under the driftwood structure, and used them to hang the wind-chime. The final product:
I'm not crazy with the finished product. I think there is a good idea at the root here, but it needs to be more dense with shells. A big improvement would be to add more lines of shells lengthwise down the middle. Also, simply starting smaller and making longer, more dramatic threads of shells would be more elegant. Crossing the driftwood, rather than making a rectangle might also be a direction with which to experiment. I previously wrote about a wind-chime made entirely of shells, but I do love the look of driftwood, and despite its difficulties, I will continue to experiment with it. I would love to hear about other's experiments in working with natural materials!


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Japan Tourism is taking over Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall for the next two days to promote its heritage, cuisine, and attractions to New Yorkers and tourists passing through.
The event is set up like a bazaar, with organization and vendors representing the country's past and future on opposite sides of the venue.
The cultural attractions include an artisan that sculpts animals out of sugar, a bar with 16 varieties of sake, and virtual reality tours of the Ancient Tomb of Emperor Nintoku.
Tech companies representing the country's future show off their latest innovations including the Astron watch, high-end train models, and voice translation app NTT Docomo.
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Announcing Beta Program (CLOSED)
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With so many organizations working to include public cloud into their hybrid data center, the focus for this beta is on new cloud capabilities.
Products: TrueSight Cloud Cost Control v11.3 and TrueSight Capacity Optimization v11.3
Dates: February 5 – February 23
Themes: Cloud Cost Control – Cost Optimization and Rightsizing: Automated recommendations for right-sizing and optimizing AWS and Azure resources and reducing cloud spend.
Cloud Cost Control – budget management: Proactive analysis of cloud spend, recommendations and alerts that help keep operational budget on track.
Capacity Optimization – Azure views for capacity management: Visibility and insight into Azure resources for planning and ongoing management.
How it works:
This Beta Program has been designed to treat your time respectfully. We offer a cloud-based Beta environment that eliminates any setup and quickly dives into the experience of the selected capabilities – no installation or configuration needed. Access to Beta documentation is provided along with instructional resources. You provide feedback on capabilities using a simple on-line feedback form accessible directly from the product UI.
Estimated time commitment:
It is estimated that it will take 30-45 minutes of your time to evaluate and provide feedback for each theme. Your feedback and time are valuable. We have worked to minimize your time investment yet still gain valuable feedback and insights from you.
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Happy Tuesday!!! More puppies to love are finally here!! We are over the moon about our Halle x Orion newborns! Our crew arrived between 3 and 7 a.m. today…..I definitely think my girls have their days and nights mixed up for whelping times! 🙂 We delivered a super nice "balanced" litter of 3 girls, 3 boys, 4 creams and 2 chocolates; it doesn't get any better than that! Momma Halle did an incredible job and is totally in love with her new babies. All are nursing well and are very happy and content. Congrats to our new puppy parents as well! Here is a group photo of our new arrivals with individual photo shoots coming soon. Thanks for taking a peek at our new puppies!!
All these puppies have forever homes as do Annie's, however, if interested in our Fall and Winter 2014 litters, please call Vicki at 717-870-0659 or e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks so much!


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FAITH CHICAGO with Debra Fraser
MONDAYS 8:00 pm
Additional Times: Tues. 12:30 am, Fri. 9 am, Sat. 3 am, Sun. 4:00 pm
Show Type: Talk Show | Syndication: National | Duration: 30 Minutes
About The Show
Tired of hearing all the bad news that gets reported every day? Faith Chicago, hosted by TLN President Debra Fraser, will highlight the good news happening around Chicagoland; it will introduce the people behind the scenes who are impacting the city in small ways and large to bring positive change to Chicagoland; it will feature local pastors, ministries, testimonies, events, issues, and opportunities for serving; and it will expose viewers to their neighbors in Chicagoland who may look different from them, but who are their brothers and sisters in Christ.
Faith Chicago will highlight the good news happening around Chicagoland.
Why TLN Airs This Show
Faith Chicago is a new TLN original talk show connecting Chicago's faith community to TLN's audience. Faith Chicago will ask tough questions, but won't give easy answers. What does it mean to love God and love others? How do we live out our Christian faith and follow Christ among our neighbors and in our neighborhoods? Faith Chicago will challenge viewers by going beneath the surface, encouraging all of us to think deeply about our faith and how it applies to our everyday life, our friends, co-workers, neighbors and to those with whom we disagree.
Faith Chicago – Pacific Garden Mission and the homeless with Phil Kwiatkowski
TLN – NRB 2018 Television Program of the Year Award – FAITH CHICAGO
Faith Chicago – Pray Chicago with Dr. John Fuder
Faith Chicago – Hispanic Community and Pastor Needs, with Pastor Shando Valdez
Faith Chicago – with Dr. Mildred Harris
Debra Fraser serves as TLN President/CEO, having an extensive background with 30 years of television experience. She began with Total Living International in 1998 when the ministry received the license for the San Francisco broadcast channel for TLNWest. Under her leadership, the station was named Full Power Broadcast Station of the Year by the National Religious Broadcasters Association in 2005, 2006, 2011, 2014, and 2015. The People Like You episode "Every 15 Minutes" received an Emmy Award by the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences, Northern California Chapter. Debra continues to hold the position of General Manager at TLNWest-TV.


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This is the Second Event in the MultiSport Series - July 6, 2019
Format: 1/2 mile swim; 12 mile mountain bike; 3 mile run
Course Description: The race starts with a brisk 1/2 mile swim in the Columbia River along the length of Howard Amon Park.
From the park we bike (MOUNTAIN BIKES, ONLY) a total of 12 miles via roads and bike paths to the Chamna Nature Preserve, where we will find plenty of off-road and single track riding. Mountain bikes only.
The 3 mile run is along the foot paths heading south from the park, with the finish back in the park.
• Race - Per team, $30 by May 30th, $40 by June 20th at 8:00 pm, $50 after June 20th at 8:00 pm
• Race - plus 1 One Day License - add $15 to prices above
• Race - plus 2 Once Day Licenses - add $30 to prices above
• Race - plus 3 One Day Licenses - add $45 to prices above
(As a sanctioned USA Triathlon (USAT) event, all participants are required to have a USAT license. If you are not a card carrying member a One Day License must be purchased for $15. The first registration question asks how many One Day Licenses your team requires. Any team mate who is a current USAT member will not need to purchase a One Day License. If team members are not USAT members you will need 3 One Day Licenses ($15*3=$45). If one is a USAT member you will need 2 One Day Licenses ($30). Any team member(s) with USAT Number(s) should enter them where prompted.)
Athlete limit for this event is 35 teams. Please note: Mail-in registration is not available...you may register on-line ONLY - NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION
On Line Registration Deadline: To be pre-registered for The Righteous Richland Sprint Triathlon and get the sleeveless t-shirt, you must enter by June 20th at 8:00 pm. A late fee of $10 will apply after this date. Online registration ends on July 2nd, or earlier if the participant limit is reached. Race day registration will NOT be available.
ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS: We sympathize with life's uncertainties but there are no refunds. Entries are not transferrable to another race or to the individual Righteous Richland Sprint Tri. Please, please, please plan accordingly.
Chip Timing: Disposable timing chips will be used to record split and finish times. Timing chips will be distributed race morning at check-in. Information on the chip timing can be found at Across the Line Timing at www.ATLTIMING.COM .
Clothing Option: Another Righteous Clothing Option. This year we have sleeveless t-shirts that go for $12. If you want these sleeveless t-shirts you should pre-register, as they probably will not be available unless you pre-register.
Race Day Schedule: On race day, arrive early and be prepared for the following:
• 6:30 am – Packet pickup starts
• 8:00 am – Mandatory pre-race meeting
• 8:30 am – Race start
• 11:00am – Course closes
Special Considerations: Please note the following:
• Mountain bikes, ONLY. Athletes must use mountain bike frames with 26-29 inch wheels, and tires with a minimum 1.5 inch width (no road tires allowed) and have some sort of knobby, raised pattern that covers more than 50% of the tire surface. So that means the slick portion of the tire is less than 50% of the tire surface.
• Maximum of 3 people per team. 2 person teams are acceptable.
Questions: Please contact Eric Greager at firstname.lastname@example.com with any race questions.
Mini-Tutorial on Registration: To help you through the process, here is a quick tutorial:
If you have any questions on this, feel free to contact any of the Website administrators listed on the Info – Officers page on our website.
Volunteers: We need lots of volunteers for all our multi-sport events. If you can help at this event, please contact Eric Greager at email@example.com .
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|John Foraker
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|Kerri Tresidder
|Jun 16, 2019
|Kristine Claybrook
|Jun 26, 2019
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Fotobug - Episode 201 - Instamic Review
In recent news, Zion National Park clarifies it's tripod ban. Tripods are only banned on certain trails only. Velbon will distribute the Chairpod HY 127 in the United States for $180. The US Copyright office will soon allow images to be uploaded for copyright protection - 750 images for $55. Reuters has been banned from the Olympic Opening Ceremonies due to a photographer who leaked photos. That photographer has been banned from the games. Director Steve Soderbergh is shooting his movie Unsane entirely on the iPhone. For more news and details, watch the podcast!
Jim and Fred interviewed the creator of the Indiegogo project Instamic a few episodes back and now that they have had a chance to use them for several interviews, they are present their opinions. The Instamics will soon be available commercially, but the Pro model can still be purchased on Indiegogo! If you use the video feature on your camera, we can recommend the new Instamic!


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NHS Human Services, a behavioral healthcare provider, has announced that it has replaced its Cisco wireless network with one from Aruba Networks.
"Although we're a Cisco shop on the wired side, we just didn't have the confidence in their wireless infrastructure," NHS Human Services network manager Joe Trodden,. "We have a complex, hybrid environment and Aruba gave us the flexibility to pick and choose the right solution for each location, and then gave us the ability to connect and manage it all easily and cost-effectively."
NHS serves over 50,000 people with over 10,000 employees spread across 600 locations. It provides care for a number of mental health services, including autism, substance abuse, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and juvenile justice, among other things.
NHS' technicians work in a variety of environments, ranging from hospitals to private homes.
With such a vast number of users to support, NHS needed more flexibility and performance than the Cisco wireless access points NHS was using could support. The ease of management is crucial to NHS, as it only has three network engineers to support all of its locations.
NHS worked with Corporate Networking Inc. (CNI), looking at solutions from Cisco/Meraki and Aerohive, but ultimately found that Aruba could support the company's widely dispersed user base that was starting to use their own mobile devices as well as devices issued by the company.
The medical profession in particular has taken to tablets, as they let users look up and add data while walking around much more easily than they can with laptops, making them very attractive to doctors, nurses, and other clinicians. The adoption of tablets has also been spurred by provisions of the Affordable Care Act encouraging a move to electronic health records. Tablets are an ideal form factor for viewing and updating records because of their portability, but they need good networking infrastructure to be useful.
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About Me
Children + Teens
Families + Adults
A la carte
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About Me
I am a natural light and studio light photographer. I specialize in newborn, child and family photography in Cumming Georgia and the surrounding area.
I have always loved photography, but over the past several years my love for photography has grown into my passion. My desire is to capture memories that will last a lifetime. That memory may be someone expecting a new bundle of joy, a baby's first weeks of life, a child's independence, or a parent's expression of love. I am passionate about pictures, and I am thankful that I have been entrusted to help preserve special memories for others. I am so blessed to be doing what I love!
I approach things in a very casual fashion. I have 3 children of my own and know how unpredictable they may be! Some of the best captured memories aren't even planned.
I offer sessions in a studio environment or on location. Please remember that when planning a session outdoors, early mornings or late evenings are the best time for optimal lighting.
© Digital Memories by Debbie Koehler | Cumming GA Newborn, Family, Child and Maternity Photographer


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Canon i-SENSYS MF4320d Driver Download, Review and User Manual Setup for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux - The Canon i-SENSYS MF4320d is a print wirelessly from a mobile phone or tablet computer to this maker, utilizing Canon's new Mobile Printing Application, which is an entirely free download. This is a different application from Easy Picture Print, made use of with PIXMA inkjets, and also it's a shame Canon can't provide a single utility to deal with any one of its printers. Budget pleasant and also small multi-purpose posting tools which enables you to print as well as copy and also skim some files and data promptly. This inkjet printer also might aid you in releasing double-sided data utilizing its automated double-sided creating technical innovation with this printing device.
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Hello, 2012!
It's been a wild ride, but after catching up on sleep and cleaning my room, I'm willing to believe the new year is actually here.
In the spirit of the new year, here's a recap of what I did in 2011 and my resolutions for 2012.
Thanks for taking the time to read, sending me products to review and inviting me to events – I've loved it all.
Here's to a fabulous year!
In 2011:
I became a real blogger! After blogging for a few years, I finally decided to put in the effort to blog more – it paid off.
- 85 blog posts written (half of which don't have photos anymore since I deleted my server. Oops.)
- Newsprint nails took the internet by storm
- Attended awesome events: BlackBerry PlayBook launch, Spy in July, Blo Bayview Village launch, The Single Girl's To Do List book launch, BlackBerry 7 Fan Night, Vanity School, Princess Margaret Toronto Fire Fighter Calendar Launch, Diet Coke Stay Extraordinary TIFF Gala, Avon Girls' Night at Mumford and Sons and the Apothic Red launch (to name a few)
- I gave you tips on beating Facebook Timeline's privacy settings, called out PR fails and successes and said goodbye to Jack Layton
I graduated from #HumberPR and got my first job as the assistant manager of marketing and corporate communications at Maritz Canada.
I made an appearance on the CTV website and in the Globe and Mail's party photos
I was quoted as an expert, lauded for my social media skills and asked for my opinion:
- Did PayPal's apology solve its Grinch problem? – Ragan.com / Matt Wilson (December 7, 2011)
- "Blogger of the Week – Stephanie Fusco" – Medium Magazine / Brigid Towler (August 10, 2011)
- "Toronto's Top Bloggers" – Zach Bussey (June 12, 2011)
- "A Fresh Start" – The Last Duck / Louis Tsilivis (May 26, 2011)
- "The Top 150 Toronto Twitter Influencers" – Zach Bussey (May 14, 2011)
- "Volunteer with election campaigns to build your network and resume" – Talent Egg / David Cadiente (April 28, 2011)
- "Youth voters won't be wooed by boring Tweets alone, social media experts say" – The Toronto Observer / Sian Davies (April 11, 2011)
- "Holt Renfrew customers take to Twitter in bid to save doorman's job" – Toronto Star / Lesley Ciarula Taylor (March 28, 2011)
- "PR girl diaries: Working with Magnet Creative during TIFF" – Magnet Creative Management Tumblr / Gail McInnes (Feb. 24, 2011)
- "War of the Roses" – Eye Weekly (Feb. 16, 2011)
- "Why Every Student And New Graduate Should Be Using Twitter" – Talent Egg / Erin MacFarlane (Feb. 10, 2011)
I made the switch to iPhone. Yes, that was important enough to merit a mention in this list.
I kissed the same someone special at midnight
In 2012 I will:
- Do what I love. PR is my calling and I can't wait to see what will happen in the second year of my career!
- Breathe. With a full-time job, blog and social life comes stress. It's time to breathe, stretch and drink lots of tea.
- Wear more high heels. It's no secret that I have a ton of shoes. After a super serious back injury 3 years ago, I had to all but abandon them. It's time to bring them out of the closet 🙂
- Save for Chanel. Yes, really. I've been coveting a classic quilted bag since forever and would love to buy it for myself without feeling guilty (there are futures and down payments to think about, after all!). Using Mint.com, I'm going to keep tabs on my finances so the new addition barely makes a dent.
- Have those dates that always get put off. You know the ones – the well-intentioned coffees and dinners that never happen. Since, like Val, I've been trimming the fat from my social life, there will be lots of time left over for wonderful relationships – new and old.
- Blog more. I love to write – it's part of why I'm in PR! I'd love to put up the equivalent of 2 posts a week this year (and maybe contribute to other blogs/outlets, too!).
- Live colourfully. Smile, wear lots of lipstick and bright colours, be joyful.
What are your resolutions for 2012?


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Events 2017
BIM Reproduction
The Reproduction in Percid Culture Workshop was organised by the EPFC in conjunction with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) and was held in the beautiful Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland from the 8th-9th March 2017.
Inagro Reproduction
Our fellow colleague Stefan Teerlinck from Inagro in Belgium is hosting a five-day workshop providing hands-on practical training on all relevant aspects in relation to Reproduction of European pikeperch (Sander lucioperca). Organized and hosted by Stefan Teerlinck (Inagro) and taught by skilled experts Daniel Zarski (UWM) and Uros Ljubobratovic (NARIC) this workshop will combine theoretical and practical classes from induction of reproduction to egg quality assessment. After this workshop, participants will be able to improve and standardize their own reproduction on farm level.
6th EPFC Workshop 2017
Summary of the 6th EPFC Workshop, 17th October 2017, Dubrovnik/Croatia
"As a sector we can only grow, if we expand." D. Toner
Research and improvements in the field of percid fish culture are progressing at a fast pace. New protocols have been developed or adapted to fit specific requirements of percids. Still, the lack of stable (re)production is requiring intensive knowledge exchange and further improvements. Consequently, the 6th EPFC workshop was geared towards exchange of practical knowledge under the title "New skillsets in Percid Fish Culture" in close connection with the EAS Aquaculture Europe 2017 in Dubrovnik. Building upon the success of preceding EPFC events, over 50 international participants attended the workshop and the six presentations and contributed to a fruitful discussion. The EPFC workshop again proved to be an ideal place to network and for knowledge transfer connecting attendants from research and industry.


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BEACH SIDE LOCATION, sleeps multiple families, 9 beds
Shelly beach is just 50meters away or a 2 minute stroll. Bartlett or 'little beach' 5 minutes walk, Sharkies 10-15 minutes walk via the headland loop, and Rainbow patrolled beach 10-15 minutes walk. Or hop on a bike or in the car and you are there in no time. Or just simply relax on the verandah, in the garden or on the lounge.
Apricari is a two story house that easily suits two or three families with its 4 bedrooms, rumpus room and 3 bathrooms. With its two levels it is big enough to accommodate up to 10-14 people and yet cosy enough to also cater to 2-4 people. During COVID-19 presence we limit guest numbers to 10 for guests to be able to adhere to social distancing rules
Total number of beds: 9 plus one extra mattrass.
The house breathes good vibes with its modern and comfortable interior style that makes you instantly feel at home. All of today's conveniences are abound (free WIFI, full Foxtel, smart TV's with internet, 3D DVD player, Stereo system, USB charge points, modern appliances, Lavazza Modo Mio coffee machine as well as another drip machine, high quality fresh linen, well stocked pantry for a care free stay. You will find a fully functioning house with proper furniture.
Fresh food and green lovers, please treat yourself to the herb and veggie garden.
Pets are allowed with pre-approval from owner. Dogs to be kept outdoors on verandah, in garden and down stairs in rumpus and garage only. Just chat to me about your needs. The gate in the back garden enters onto the headland reserve which is easy for dogs to stroll around. Great hiking trails are accessible straight from the house to dog friendly beaches.Front garden is not enclosed and opens up to the road.
Large double garage and drive way offers ample space for cars, boat and other fun equipment.
Apricari caters to families only, strict no party policy applies, hence:
No school groups or under 18 groups
No large adult groups
No bucks or hens weekends
Standard check-in time: 3pmStandard check-out time: 11am
Really big family?Apricari can also be rented in conjunction with the town house right next door (Akama Vista sleeps 4) to accommodate even bigger families, both properties together can fit 18 people subject to availability
- Extensive ocean views
- Multiple outdoor decks
- Herb and veggie garden
- Luxury outfitted
- Smart TV's, 3D DVD player, Bose sound system


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Granville, NY – Anthony John Baron passed away suddenly on October 22, 2008 due to a tragic car accident.
Anthony was born on October 20, 1959 in Rutland, Vermont, the son of Anthony and Barbara (King) Baron.
Anthony graduated from Granville High School in 1978 and received his Associates Degree in Culinary Art from Adirondack Community College in 1990. Anthony was a loving husband and devoted father. He was passionate about cooking and shared many hours in the kitchen cooking and baking with his daughter, sharing his love of food and talents with her. Tony enjoyed taking long rides and listening to "old time rock and roll." He will be missed by his best friend and constant K9 companion, Jasper.
Anthony was predeceased by his father Anthony Baron, his mother Barbara Mullen (2006) and his stepfather John Mullen (1996). He is survived by the love of his life and wife of 25 years Jill (Tuttle) Baron, two children; Nicholas Baron and his companion Gina Imbimbo and their twin sons: Dominick Anthony and Jameson Pasquale and Daddy's little girl, Ashlea Baron. Also surviving is one sister Dinna Bauer and her husband Charles Bauer III all of Granville. Additionally many nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 10:00 AM at St. Mary's Church, 23 Bulkley Ave. Granville with the Rev. Thomas Zelker presiding. Burial will follow at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Middle Granville. Friends may call from 6-9 PM, Friday, at the Robert M King Funeral Home, 23 Church St., Granville, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Granville Rescue Squad, POB 158, Granville, NY.