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Whilst testimonies from past and present students involved in the International Development Through Excellence and Leadership in Sport (IDEALS) programme consistently recognise the value of participation, how do the hosting organisations feel? This year in Namibia, one woman, Hulda Goagoses from SCORE Namibia, received weekly mentions in the student reports for her leadership, guidance and mentorship. UK Sport asked her to tell us her side of the story...
Here is Hulda's story
At SCORE, we work in schools and communities to empower the youth. In schools we work with selected 'Youth Leaders" who are learners that attend a sport and life skills training to help them become young leaders in different aspects of their lives. In my opinion, the IDEALS partnership helps the development of the programme, but also shows the students how we 'do it' in Namibia and is a platform for them to practice their understanding and knowledge.
I supported the work of the students by being with them a maximum of 3 days per week; I was involved in organising, assisting and guiding the work. I organised meetings and activities with the schools, and tried to make sure the volunteers were not left alone to get confused! As their contact person and a volunteer like them we worked well together. I also think the sense of independence made them work well; I was not always holding their hands! The students did well in situations where there was a language barrier, after all, the participants do not worry about the language when there is a ball and play... it speaks for itself!
One of the best bits about having the students involved was that they shared new ideas; in this instance, through the basics on rugby which was unique to us. Personally, the programme gave me an opportunity to work with a group of people I barely worked with in my life 'the Special Olympics' mixed group where the youth have different disabilities and language difficulties! I changed my facilitation style to suit the group, and this paid off. The game was about obstacles, and how you work with life's obstacles. One participant said he would beat up his younger brother if he does not listen to him; to me, this shows a lack of basic life skills. It was another participant who gave the boy advice that he should not hit his brother, but advise him on what is best to do e.g. playing soccer and going to school. It made me feel so positive that most of the group said they give advice to their siblings and tell them how to take care.
IDEALS is a short programme so I can't state immediate achievements, after all, development is a slow process. However, we do see increased participation when the volunteers come, and also increased capacity through the sharing of ideas from sport to culture which is a blessing to my organisation.
The success of the IDEALS programme hinges on the commitment and support of individuals like Hulda, who provide guidance, mentorship and advice for students, in turn allowing them to fulfil their own potential. They also get a real opportunity to put their own skills into action through taking on leadership roles and interacting with peers from different backgrounds.
Nikole Smith one of the students from Liverpool John Moore University sums Hulda's contribution up: "Hulda is brilliant with the kids. She is very enthusiastic and always happy. She encourages every child and ensures each child is involved in the session. She is an inspiring person to work with and I am learning a lot from her."


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The self titled Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh who near the end of his career renamed himself Osho was born Chandra Mohan Jain on 11th December, 1931 in central India and died on 19th January, 1990 in Poonah (Pune), India. He was probably the most infamous "guru" of the modern age because of his controversial teachings and shrewd use of the media. As his story is so well known I will only briefly mention its highlights.
His early life is now shrouded in myth but it seems he was a clever, rebellious boy who graduated from college in 1955 and took an MA in philosophy. He became a teacher and assistant professor in philosophy at Jabalpur Universtiy. In 1960 he began publicly lecturing on controversial issues attacking various sacred cows of Indian society. At this time he was living with his cousin Kranti but his career took off when he attracted his first "devotee", Lakshmi Thakarsi Kuruwa, a celibate, married civil servant. She became his receptionist, secretary and "business manager" until deposed by Sheela many years after. By 1966 he was a fulltime professional lecturer and in 1970 he declared himself Bhagwan ("God", "The Blessed One") and claimed that he had attained enlightenment 17 years before.
Over the next decade he attracted more Western followers and lost most of his Indian followers. He replaced his long time lover and cousin with an English woman, Christine Woolf (see picture left). His teachings centered around an eclectic mix of Eastern religion and techniques gleaned from the oxymoronic "Personal Growth" movement which was the source of many of his new followers. His encouragement of promiscuous sexuality and public, cathartic, violent, erotic encounter groups was intensely disapproved of by prudish Indian society. His form of "dynamic meditation" was nearly the opposite of what is usually taught. He had a strong even "hypnotic" influence over many people who came to him in curiosity and though the number of his followers never matched the amount of publicity he received his ashram at Poonah grew until by 1981 there were up to 6,000 Westerners there every day.
In May, 1981 he secretly left India and flew to the US and by July had bought a large ranch in Oregon and commenced creating a large "commune" despite this being against zoning laws. Controversy and legal actions escalated until September, 1983 when Rajneesh announced that the commune leaders had fled after committing numerous crimes over an extended period. Then in late October, Rajneesh was arrested trying to flee the country after being charged with numerous immigration crimes, spent a week in gaol and finally plea bargained his way into exile from the USA. After finding he was persona non grata all over the world he eventually returned to India where with a new name, Osho, and a much reduced number of followers, he remained until he died in 1990.
Early in his career, Rajneesh had much personal contact with his followers, this diminished as time passed and as his close followers claimed his health became very bad. He suffered from diabetes, allergies (especially to strong scents which required people to pass a sniffing test), eczema, asthma and back pain, none of his followers seemed to perceive that many of his illnesses were psycho-somatic. After his move to Oregon his contact with his followers was almost completely cut-off and the easy life they lived in the India was replaced by seven days a week work. For some, this was a great improvement over the aimless lives they had been living and they felt better for it. In India Rajneesh spent much his day reading, claiming to read 15 or twenty books a day. In the USA he spent much his time watching movies but by this time he was nearly constantly under the influence of tranquillisers, quaaludes and other drugs. New followers were far fewer in Oregon and there was a marked drop in numbers and financial support.
Controversial activities included drug smuggling and prostitution, immigration crimes, bussing in thousands of homeless to try and win a local election and evicting them when this proved impractical, buying scores of Rolls-Royces, creating and arming a private milita, taking over a local town against the wishes of the residents, poisoning politicians and local officials and constantly building at the commune though this was strictly illegal.
The study of Rajneesh's career is particularly valuable because it went through the major stages of cult development in such a short time, it was studied so intensively and because it's notoriety was so high that many of his followers have been able to publish their reminiscences thereby revealing the inner workings of the cult and the beliefs and emotions of its members in far greater detail than is normally available. In most guru led spiritual cults, including the Sannyasins of Rajneesh, the information made available to the public is closely controlled but the early collapse of Rajneesh's organisations amid numerous criminal allegations and convictions has allowed the inner workings to be exposed in public.
The followers claimed they were experiencing enlightenment and truth while lying to and deceiving even their closest relatives about activities within the group and while indulging in selfish, mean spirited actions within the closely knit group of followers. Their main interest was getting as close to Rajneesh as they could for as long and often as they could. They believed he was fully enlightened and that his actions could not be judged by ordinary standards, they interpreted whatever he said and did as best they could within this guideline which allowed him extraordinary latitude.
They claimed that they lived freely and openly from emotion and intuition but in reality were strictly hierarchical and obeyed all orders if they believed they came from Rajneesh even marrying & divorcing at his whim. No matter how unhappy and disillusioned they were with events within the commune, especially in Oregon, they maintained the facade of happiness and bliss, they did and said whatever there were told no matter what reservations they had. They could not openly question any directive no matter how bizaare without demonstrating their "negativity" and lack of spiritual progress and therefore undergoing punishment or eviction. They quite often even forgot what they had been recorded as saying a short time before if this disagreed with the current group propaganda.
Among the more interesting points illuminated by his followers' rememberances is the difficulty even severely disillusioned devotees (not only of Rajneesh) have of letting go of their attachment to their days of blissful conversion and the honeymoon period when they first meet their guru and become a devotee. They cannot perceive this period except in the golden glow of romantic reminiscence, they invariably try to rationalise their initiation as occurring while Rajneesh still had the power or was still enlightened. They cannot accept that they were only foolish, naive and immature or that Rajneesh won them over without having to be a superman or God. This provides a very powerful reinforcement to remain within a cult even when one is experiencing great doubts and dissatisfaction - the rememberance of past ecstatic periods is a powerful incentive to remain within the cult group and it's mindset. Even during these periods when a person is unhappy and uncertain then proselytising for the guru, preaching, sharing, giving satsang, whatever the group's jargon might call it, can be a powerful ecstatic experience especially when given from a stream of consciousness rather than a planned speech. This is usually integrated into the cult's beliefs as a positive reinforcement of the guru's potency.
There are "official" Osho home pages on the Internet and in late 1998 there was even a humorous press story doing the rounds of Osho followers creating a "dynamic meditation" for people spending too much time before their computers.
Due to his controversial, paradoxical teachings I have no doubt that Rajneesh will be remembered for a long time, will have a small following chanting "Hoo Hoo" and will fill the niche role of rascal guru currently occupied by Gurdjieff.
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Air cargo rates are bottoming out as global demand is set to grow in 2013 after two consecutive years of decline, according to the International Air Transport Association.
International air cargo traffic eased 0.3 percent in December year-over-year, but the seasonally adjusted trend showed further recovery to mid-2011 levels, the industry body said. Volumes increased month-to-month in December, up 0.8 percent from November, which registered a 2.4 percent gain on October.
"The downward pressure on air transport demand seen throughout 2012, particularly air freight markets, appears to be easing. Business confidence continues to improve, and current levels indicate stable growth in the months ahead."
IATA expects global freight traffic to grow 1.4 percent in 2013, reversing declines of 1.5 percent in 2012 and 0.6 percent in 2011.
"The (cargo) industry suffered a one-two punch (in 2012)," according to Tony Tyler, IATA chief executive.
"World trade declined sharply, and the goods that were traded shifted toward bulk commodities more suited for sea shipping.
"The outstanding bright spot was the development of trade between Asia and Africa," Tyler said, "which supported strong growth for airlines based in the Middle East and Africa," which increased 2012 traffic by 14.7 percent and 7.1 percent, respectively.
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Microsoft have often mentioned their desire in the past for 'BI for Masses', giving the power of business intelligence to everyone who might need data to make a decision rather than just a few power analysts. For most users and lets face it lots of analysts too, their exposure to BI actually comes in the form of data presented to them in Excel and it is Excel style formulas that they are most comfortable with.
I think this was probably in mind when Microsoft designed their syntax for creating and using Time Intelligence filters within Microsoft PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer.
Before I go on, its probably worth a quick note on Time Intelligence Filters and what they are used for.
Time Intelligence filters within PerformancePoint provide users with a way of specifying dates using everyday terms like Today, Yesterday, Last 6 months etc rather than having to select from a calendar control or pick different measures/metrics.
The Time Intelligence filter can then be linked to your dashboard content to drive your scorecards, grids and charts etc (more on that later).
So how to do you create one?
The clever bit here is you are mapping PerformancePoint's Time Intelligence to the Time dimension that you have created and it will now automatically keep track of the current day for you.
No more Time dimension default member formulas or trying to use VBA and Date now.
Of course the designer still has to have an appreciation of dimensions, hierarchies and levels.
Notice the lack of MDX (its still there, just click preview) and the use of Time Intelligence expressions which whilst still having a MDX flavour are also Excel-like.
The following table shows examples of TI syntax expressions.
You can combine different syntax forms. For example, this expression is a list of several members:
Notice that one of the member expressions in this list is a range expression, Month-5:Month-2. This range expression actually specifies four individual members: Month-5, Month-4, Month-3, and Month-2.
TI syntax expressions can also include a member function, in the form Member.MemberFunction. This table shows the TI member functions.
So, now how do you wire your new filter into your dashboard? Well, it's much the same process as that for the normal member selection filter.
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Staff. Sgt. Ronel Rivera-Santiago (left fore), 363rd Training Squadron Aircraft Armament Instructor for the new Remotely Piloted Aircraft armament course, gives a lecture to students on how to upload the AGM-114 Hellfire missile to the MQ-9A Reaper during class at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 4, 2013. The RPA armament course will graduate its first students April 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)
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Airman Matthew Newman (2nd from right) and Ryan Bowen (3rd from right), remove a Hellfire missile from the MQ-9A Reaper under the watchful eye of Staff. Sgt. Ronel Rivera-Santiago (far left) during the 363rd Training Squadron's new Remotely Piloted Aircraft armament course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 4, 2013. The RPA armament course is 20 academic days long and will graduate its first class April 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)
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Airman Shayne Hughes, 363rd Training Squadron Airmen-in-Training in the new Remotely Piloted Aircraft armament course, conducts a systems check on the MQ-9A Reaper prior to a Hellfire missile upload exercise at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 4, 2013. The RPA armament course will graduate its first students April 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)
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Staff. Sgt. Ronel Rivera-Santiago (left fore), 363rd Training Squadron Aircraft Armament Instructor for the new Remotely Piloted Aircraft armament course, demonstrates how to upload an AGM-114 Hellfire missile to the MQ-9A Reaper during class at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, April 4, 2013. The RPA armament course runs 20 academic days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)
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-- Five Airmen from the 363rd Training Squadron graduated from the Air Force's first Remotely-Piloted Aircraft armament apprentice course during a graduation ceremony here April 8.
Prior to the RPA armament apprentice course coming on-line, Airmen who were headed to an RPA armament assignment received one block of RPA familiarization training in the Special Missions armament course, with the rest of their upgrade training being conducted in the field at the gaining unit.
With the ever-growing multi-role use of RPAs, it became apparent a more formalized training method was needed to ensure war-fighting success.
"As Remotely-Piloted Aircraft become more and more prevalent on today's air and space battlefield, it is critical that we have a fully-trained force to support combat operations for this cutting-edge technology," said Maj. Oliver Ulmer, 363rd TRS commander. "RPAs have transitioned from a role of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnassaince (ISR), and into a more active offensive weapon system. With this move, our force has also transitioned to provide trained Airmen to support this increasing combat support requirement."
The course, which covers four blocks of instruction over 20 academic days, includes instruction on aerospace ground equipment, MQ-1 Predator familiarization, as well as MQ-9 Reaper familiarization.
Subjects such as armament systems components, weapons release systems, suspension equipment and air munitions loading and unloading are taught throughout the course.
"The students go through armament fundamentals with everyone else first," said Staff Sgt. Ronel Rivera-Santiago, 363rd TRS aircraft armament instructor and one of two RPA instructors. "Then they come to us for four weeks of nothing but RPA training."
The Reapers, with a range of 1,150 miles (or 1,000 nautical miles) and cruise speed of approximately 200 knots, can carry a munitions combination of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, GBU-12 Paveway II and GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), according to the Air Force MQ-9 Factsheet.
These types of payload, not to mention the Reapers' ISR capabilities, significantly increase the options for battlefield commanders and are helping to change the concept of irregular warfare in real-time.
"The RPA's multi-mission capability and long endurance allow commanders to see changes to the battlefield instantly," Santiago said.
Santiago is thrilled to be a part of teaching the RPA armament pipeline students.
"It's a great opportunity," Santiago said. "It's amazing to actually be able to teach this course and be on the cusp of getting to teach these new students coming online."
For one student, knowing he is working on cutting-edge technology that is impacting the battlefield in real-time makes it all that much more worthwhile.
"I love working with computers, my father worked with computers," said Airman Ryan Bowen, 363rd TRS RPA armament apprentice student from Shenendoah Valley, Va. "It's just very exciting to see an unmanned aircraft being able to fly with just computers and being able to be a part of that technology."
For Airman Austin Hoisington, 363rd TRS RPA armament apprentice student from Olathe, Kan., the realization that unmanned aerial vehicles help execute the mission downrange while at the same time ensuring personnel safety make his future job one to look forward to.
"What's exciting about this course is that it's the absolute future of the Air Force," Hoisington. "With remotely-piloted aircraft, no one has to get hurt flying this aircraft. If something were to go wrong, it's just the machine going down."
Graduates of the RPA armament apprentice course earn 16 credits towards their Community College of the Air Force degree.
The 363rd TRS, part of the 82nd Training Group here, trains more than 3,800 graduates in armament systems, nuclear and conventional munitions annually.
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I'm a bit of a bitcoin enthusiast. I run a small web business called CRON-O-Meter that lets you do detailed nutrition and fitness tracking. The free version is ad-supported, but users can upgrade to a premium 'gold' edition with no ads and premium features. In June, I added Bitcoin (using BitPay) as an additional way to purchase gold subscriptions, to the existing options of credit-card (using Stripe), and PayPal.
I even placed the bitcoin option above PayPal:
Serious kudos to BitPay, who's API was super simple and easy to implement, test, and deploy in just a few hours. BitPay gives retailers the option of instantly converting some or all of received bitcoins instantly to USD. For the record, we're keeping ours all in bitcoin, and hope someday we can pay some of our hosting expenses and contractors in bitcoin, rather than fiat.
So far, after 4 months, the results have been pretty underwhelming. Just 0.73% of our purchases have been made using bitcoin, and PayPal is still the dominant option our customers choose.
This shows how far bitcoin still has to go before one could consider it a mainstream payments choice. I'll revisit this in an update post in another 6-months to a year and see if things have changed.
Here's what I've been working on the past couple of months — Chatbox, a site that lets you form instant chat rooms with any group. You can even take an email thread and turn it into a chat room by cc'ing firstname.lastname@example.com. Participants get sent a link and are instantly in a persistent chat room. You can share files (just drag & drop anything into the chat).
It's perfect for any sort of team project — you can drastically cut down on your emails by keeping a chatbox going. It's also great for quickly getting a group together to decide something. Planning with your group where and when to meet for drinks after work? Instead of sending 400 emails back and forth, just launch a chatbox to hash it out in real time.
Anyhow, we're in public beta now — please check it out. Try out it with your teams, clubs, groups, friends, and post your feedback.
Hot on the heels of our other two games, Jawfish Poker has just been released into the App Store. In this casual poker game, we've boiled poker down to it's essence for quick action. Every hand is played heads-up from the pool of available players, and you can only go All-in or Fold. You only have a few seconds to act for each decision, so game play is super fast. You can play an entire tournament while waiting in the grocery line.
We also have a cash-game mode called King of the Hill, where players can come and go like in a cash game, but the player with the largest stack at the end of every minute of gameplay is the King of the Hill, and wins bonus coins from the jackpot pool. The blinds are dynamically set on each hand to be roughly 1/10th of the smaller of the two stacks, so every hand is a big decision. I hope you'll check it out!
If you've got a Kindle Fire, check out our new real-time multiplayer word game Jawfish Words!
Just a follow up to my post on energy backed currencies. It looks like this idea is starting to get some attention, especially with bitcoin getting people thinking about alternative currencies. Here's an interesting blog article about the Joule Standard.
Just wanted to let y'all know about my new iOS game. Created by a startup I co-founded, Jawfish Games, and published by Big Fish Games, Match-Up! pits players into multi-player, real-time tournaments where players comete in casual games of skill. You can currently play Mahjong, Word Rack (a word scramble game), and Qbeez (a block clearing game).
I'm super exciting to finally have this game out for the world to play. We're launching several other fun games in the coming months that will also feature real-time multiplayer tournaments on your mobile devices.
I've just combed my iTunes playlist for my most played and liked songs of 2011. Here are the winners of the prestigious 2011 Aaron's Favorite Tracks Awards.
1) Opportunity by Brasstronaut, Album Opportunity EP
Just a kick ass track, amazing on so many levels. Funky and tight, with a depth of layering that rewards multiple listens. I'm very much looking forward to their upcoming album. Runner up would be Hollow Trees, from the same EP (free download), also a beautiful track.
2) Comedown by Ohgr, Album Undeveloped
Simple, catchy, with a great build towards the end. Me likey. Runner up track: Pissage.
3) Icktums by Skinny Puppy, Album handOver
Granted, Skinny Puppy is an acquired taste, but lets just say I have acquired this taste in spades. Thus, the infrequent treat of a new Skinny Puppy album is always a time of great glee. This track is my pick of the album, with all the madness and chaos Puppy does best. Runner track up is Village.
4) WDKYWMYK by Rabbit Junk , Album Lucid Summations Single
Unnnnngg. Two rocking songs in one really. The first bit, some dub-steppish bad-ass badassery that breaks into a Marylin Mansoneqsue rock anthem. Behold:
5) Please take your hand away by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Album The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo Soundtrack
My chill out mellow pick of the year. Runner up Parallel Timeline with Alternate Outcome.
This is a little late, but version 0.9.9 of CRON-o-Meter was released a few weeks ago.
This version brings an update to the foods database (USDA sr24). Naturally my web version of the popular nutrition software was also updated with this new data.
The website's traffic has been steadily growing since it was launched in March.
For anyone that checked out the site several months ago, but didn't switch over, I strongly suggest checking it out again, as there's been a lot of work and improvements made over that time.
I've run the whole thing as a bootstrapped startup, and almost all of the growth has been organic (A negligible amount of traffic is from online paid advertising). A bootstrapped startup is one that starts with basically no capital investment, besides your own elbow grease. It starts generating income modestly from the start, and then feeds that back directly to cover operating expenses as it scales.
It's currently making about 25% of its revenue from the mobile app sales (iPhone & Android), 25% from advertisements, and 50% from the gold subscription sales. There's still a long way to go before I can claim a stable income, but the steady growth and revenue stream has been quite encouraging that all the hard work I've put in over the past 8 months will be worth while.
If anything, it's been a tremendous learning experience, and at times frazzling, to mentally juggle so many codebases and platforms (the Java/GWT/SQL website, Android, iPhone, and the original open source version).
I'm surprised that the iPhone version is outselling the Android app nearly 4-to-1. I had thought there were a lot of Android users out there, but maybe they don't like buying apps as much as iPhone users.
Version 0.9.8 of CRON-o-Meter was released today.
This version brings an update to the foods database (USDA sr23). It also includes the ability to upload your data to cronometer.com (Help Menu -> Export to cronometer.com).
Speaking of which, I've been doing quite a bit of work on the cronometer online website. If you haven't checked it out in a while, have a gander at all the fancy new features!
On April 15th, the DOJ and FBI brought down the ban-hammer to online poker in the USA.
Prohibition is a crime against personal liberty. Just because a small percentage of people cannot responsibly handle something, is no reason to ban it for everyone. In the USA, you can still buy guns, cigarettes and alcohol, despite their proven dangers. You can drive motor vehicles, even though thousands of people are killed in traffic accidents every year. Some people are addicted to shopping and rack up massive personal debt, but shopping malls and credit cards have not been banned.
It is perfectly legal to gamble away your entire life savings in the stock market, but a responsible adult cannot deposit $10 and play a card game on the internet? This is ridiculous. It's like banning peanut butter because some people are allergic to it.
There are many arguments the prohibitionists make against online poker. I think well designed regulation can solve all of the major problems raised by those supporting prohibition. If done right, good government regulation of online poker can prevent minors from playing, prevent problem gamblers from playing, prevent fraud and money laundering, ensure the game is fair, and generate a significant revenue stream from taxation.
Many countries in Europe have started to regulate online poker. While it is good to see countries like France and Italy now regulating online poker, I think they got a few things horribly wrong. Their regulations were clearly not drafted by anyone familiar with poker. They made a lot of decisions that were a the detriment to the quality of the game, ultimately hurting their players.
The following would be my recommendations for an ideal regulatory framework that would be in the best interests of all involved (poker players, site operators, and legislators).
Regulation should start with regular third party audits by professional security teams. This is already standard practice in the industry, and is required to get gaming licenses in each jurisdiction. This ensures operators are using secure systems that are compliant with the regulation, and correctly dealing a fair and unbiased game for the customers. Operators need to have theoretically sound random number generators, collusion detection systems, bot-detection systems, and anti-fraud systems in place to properly protect their customers.
Just as you need a license to operate a vehicle, buy a gun, or go fishing, citizens wishing to play poker should have an easy way to apply for their own gaming license. To obtain a license, a citizen must verify their identity and register their social insurance number. A player must be of age to obtain a license, and the license can be revoked by the government if there is reason to believe the person is a problem-gambler. Each license can have a maximum limit on how much the player may spend per month. Appropriate spending limits can be determined based on income tax returns. A janitor making $25,000 a year can clearly be labeled a problem gambler if they were losing $1000 a month playing poker. For a lawyer making seven figures, the same amount can simply be considered as an expensive hobby and not something hazardous to oneself and family.
Operators must communicate with a government system to authorize key events such as a player making a deposit or withdraw of funds from the site. This allows the government to have control over each player's spending limits. Movement of funds is strictly tracked this way, making fraud and laundering very difficult.
Tax can be collected through two avenues; Profitable players will pay income tax on yearly poker income. Income tax can even be automatically deducted from withdrawals, just like is done with payroll. A poker site makes all of its revenue by charging fees to deal hands and run tournaments (respectively known as rake and juice). All fees collected from a player by the operator from rake and juice can also be taxed. This tax should not be too high. France made a big mistake here and taxed the game too heavily for a lot of good players to make a profit. Taking too much money and destroys the incentive to play. Don't kill the goose that lays golden eggs!
The biggest mistake France and Italy made is that they made their systems closed-loop. French players can only play with other French players. Italians can only play with Italians. This limits the population of players in each jurisdiction, dramatically shrinking the available game selection and prize pools. Poker is a game where you play against other players. The more, the better. Size matters a great deal in the poker ecology. Players should be able to play a global game, but their respective governments can collect tax on the revenue generated by their players.
As a Canadian poker player, I really hope my government considers these recommendations if and when they decide to draft poker legislation.


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Although University of Georgia does not have specific policy for initiating international collaborative degrees, the university does have a number of Academic Affairs policy statements related to dual and joint degrees, as well as distance education (see links below). Because international collaborative programs require additional planning, organization, and oversight, general information and guidelines on initiating these arrangements is given below. Please also refer to the Types of Partnerships section of this website for definitions of collaborative degree program types.
Establishing a Collaborative Degree Program at UGA
The establishment of an international collaborative degrees involves the support of numerous offices on campus and therefore represents a major institutional commitment. We therefore suggest that proposing departments/colleges to follow three steps, and we recommend ample time allowances for necessary planning, vetting, and approvals (est. 15-18 mos.).
1. Preliminary Approvals/Consultations
The faculty member interested in establishing a collaborative degree should begin by informing their department head (and/or Dean of the college) about this interest. If the academic unit is willing to explore this further, the faculty member and department/college representatives should share their ideas with representatives from the following offices to get their initial input.
Graduate School (if a graduate degree is involved)
2. Development of the Academic Program
The department/college proposing the collaborative degree program needs to prepare a document that sets out the following:
Curriculum: Courses, credit hours, language requirements, residency requirements, transfer hours, etc.
Students: Admission criteria, GPA requirements, time limits for completion, consequences of falling out of good standing, etc.
Administration: Method for handling registration, financial aid, visas, housing, advising, pre-departure orientations, roles/responsibility of program coordinator, advisory boards/committees, approval processes for program changes, etc.
Responsibility-sharing: Marketing, Administration, Technology, other financial considerations.
Program Assessment: Evaluation process, frequency.
3. Development of an Agreement that outlines the program and establishes the responsibilities related to the program.
The final step is the development of a formal agreement for establishing the collaborative degree program. The document created in #2 above will serve as the basis for this agreement. The International Partnerships unit within the Office of International Education will oversee the agreement creation and negotiation after all the planning, review, and internal UGA approvals have been completed.
The establishment of an international collaborative degree may ultimately require approvals from the following units:
1. Department and College (faculty should vote on this as they would for any other new degree program)
2. Graduate School (for graduate degrees)
3. Office of Academic Planning (OAP will make the determination of SACSCOC approval is necessary)
4. Office of International Education (OIE will vet international partner)
5. University Council
6. Provost/President
7. SACSCOC (as deemed necessary by OAP)
8. Board of Regents (for some degree programs)
Relevant Resources
UGA Academic Affairs Policies
SACSCOC Policy Statements


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While searching for a news article from the Fresno Bee, I stumbled upon an amazing resource. It was a webpage called Super Signage Fresno, CA. I've had a little obsession about signage for the past couple of months.
Unfortunately, THE FRESNAN stole my thunder and posted this early today. He pulled it from my twitter feed when I discovered the site yesterday. Mike has become an archop groupie giving the site his Bloggiest Moment of the Week for two weeks in a row. With lots of link love, I'll let this one pass. But Mike, remember, the built environment is the realm of archop, stray too far and we will school you.
Now that that little blog warfare is out of the way… Digging deeper into the site called www.agilitynut.com, we see that Deborah Jane has collected an amazing inventory of Roadside Architecture from across the country. You can search type and even browse signage by place. There are even a sampling some of my favorite architectural styles including Art Deco and Mid-Century. I have not read much about the author yet. So, I'm wondering what is her method is for collecting all of this data. But one thing is sure, we'll continue to use it at a resource.
In the sampling of Art Deco architecture. I saw this building. While slurping some Pho you may have noticed this architectural gem called the Ivory Tower. "The Ivory Tower stands in the parking lot of the Mayfair Shopping Center. The shopping center was built in 1945 and has since been remodeled. This remaining structure was used as the Administration Building and might also have contained a clothes shop."
Take some time exploring the site. I'm sure it not comprehensive, so what are your favorites? What was missed?
I'm amazing in how much articulation there used to be in signage. It was part of the architecture not just the lighted boxed with replaceable copy that is so prevalent today. How do we get back to that? Where are the missed opportunities?


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- Final Phase 1 8-Hr. Ozone Implementation Rule (PDF) (50pp, 234k)
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I had a total hysterectomy last year. I am interested in bio-identicals, however, I don't know how to select a doctor.
- Q: I had a total hysterectomy last year. I choose to do natural hormone therapy; I have since stopped because I really didn't see any changes. Since the surgery, I have gained about 25 extra pounds and can't seem to lose it. I've heard that if your hormones are off balance no matter what you do you will not loose the weight. Is this true? I was also told by my cardiologist (I don't have heart problems)that I'm a "pre-diabetic." She thinks it is due to the weight gain. I am interested in bio-identicals, however, I don't know how to select a doctor.
- A: The term "bioidentical hormones" means that the hormones are identical in chemistry or molecular structure to hormones normally produced in the human body. So, the body cannot tell the difference between the hormones it produces and the bioidentical hormone. This is one reason that proponents of bioidentical hormones will argue that they are superior. However, there is little scientific evidence to say that bioidentical hormones are more effective than any of the other hormonal treatments available. Another advantage that proponents will argue is that bioidentical hormones are more "natural." However, that depends on how you define natural. Premarin (conjugated estrogens) is derived from the urine of pregnant mares. This can be considered natural (coming from nature) even though it is not bioidentical. On the other hand, bioidentical hormones are man-made or synthesized to match the structure of natural human hormones. So, while the chemical structure of bioidentical hormones is the same as the natural human hormone, they are made in a lab. Regarding safety, there are not enough large studies that compare different hormones and ways to give them to know if bioidentical hormones are any safer than other form of hormones. Prescription hormones, whether bioidentical or not, have been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for safety and effectiveness. In the case of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), they are generally considered safe for short-term control of menopausal symptoms. However, HRT is not right for every woman, including those with breast cancer, heart disease, liver disease, or a history of blood clots. Your doctor or health care provider is best able to help guide your treatment decisions based on your specific circumstances. Sarah Lewis, PharmD
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I was in an accident 6 months ago. Although he technically hit me, I was the one who pulled up in front of him so I understand this is considered my fault. I gave him my insurance info and we parted ways. The problem is my insurance had been canceled due to the fact I hadn't paid it. Therefore I had no insurance. I didn't hear from anyone- no letter, no call. I was hoping it somehow went away but now I am getting calls from a subrogation company asking for 13,000! The damage was not very bad on his vehicle, nowhere near that amount in repair fees. They are calling my parents house because the car is registered under my fathers name. There is no way I can afford this. Can the amount be lowered? I really do not understand why it is so high. I don't want them to get my dad involved.
First and foremost: You need to get your insurance reinstated or you face possible license suspension and other consequences. Second: You need to try to negotiate a settlement and/or payments or consider other options (such as personal bankruptcy -- last resort).
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Unfortunately, this is the biggest nightmare when you drive without insurance. The next being a license suspension from the DMV . The license suspension can usually be modified to a restriction. As for the outstanding damage, both you and your Dad ate on the hook. The best bet is to negotiate a lump sum buy out where you offer say 50 % of the debt, and see if they bite at it. If not you could start a monthly payment plan for the full amount. The creditor would rather take a lump sum. An attorney could negotiate your options, but you will most likely have to compensate him. Last option ,let them get a judgment against you in the next few years , and then file bankruptcy along with any other debts. This obviously impacts your credit.
Since the car is registered in your father's name -- he is involved. If you do not want him to be you need to satisfy the subrogation claim or he will have to do it. A consultation with an attorney is in order.
Your father is involved as a matter of law since he is the registered owner. If its your car get your dad off the registration (won't help for this matter). Have Subro give you a copy of the repair bill, pictures and proof of payment for the repairs. Verify the damage was the same as in the accident and not enhanced for non-related items. Negotiate a payment plan.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California health officials say 147 people in the state have died from the flu this season.
The California Department of Public Health said Friday four of the deaths involved children. Another 44 deaths are under investigation as possibly flu-related.
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Pelikan Sun was the 'Cadillac' of diabetes lancing systems — with everything that implies: excellent performance, a high-end chassis, yet expensive and impractical for most people. But for some (especially parents of type 1 kids) it was a life-altering product: a way to prick your finger a dozen times a day without feeling a thing!
When the company went out of business a few months ago, I started referring people to the Renew Lancing system instead. It wasn't electronic, but used a disk/cartridge system and tiny needles that were as realistically 'painless' as anything I'd seen for diabetes yet.
Then the Renew was pulled off the market, too. For those of us who could really benefit from this technology: {insert expletive}!!
A lot of folks have shot me emails, asking where these great lancing systems have gone, and why?
You will not be surprised that it all comes down to money. It seems there just isn't enough of a market for less-painful ways to poke yourself — i.e. not a priority for insurers to reimburse, or for enough patients to put up a fight, and/or pay for out-of-pocket.
One reader forwarded me the following email response they received:
Dear Mr. and Ms. XX:
I wish I had some disks to send, but our distributors shipped all their inventory by the end of last year. All of us at Pelikan are sorry that we discontinued the Pelikan Sun so abruptly.
We discontinued the Pelikan Sun but did not go out of business. As a small, private corporation we didn't have the resources to support the Pelikan Sun while also developing a new product. Part of the decision to discontinue the Pelikan Sun included restructuring the company, so hopefully that will enable us to produce a replacement product with the same low-pain lancing technology but which is more reliable and more useful.
I can't predict the timeline for a new product, mostly because it depends on the success of our restructuring. Medical devices such as this usually have an 18- to 24-month cycle time, so we don't have an announcement pending. Please keep an eye on our web page for announcements about the company and new products.
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Apparently the business plan behind Pelikan was to get the lancing technology integrated into a best-selling meter family, or some kind of all-in-one product. But this never got off the ground. The stand-alone product was too large and clunky for portability, and too expensive, especially for just 15 tests per cartridge. Ugh.
So of course I started nosing around to find out what's left in pain-free lancing devices. According to my sources, not much.
Several people mentioned the new OneTouch Delica Lancing System from LifeScan, which I announced here. According to industry observer Kelly Close, who's been playing with one, "it's not as painless as the Pelikan Sun was but MUCH easier to carry around, and I do think it's a big improvement over the last OneTouch model. I can't tell why … but it feels a little less painful. I don't think it is revolutionary, but for sure evolutionary, and I'll take it!"
Other than that, it seems it comes down to shopping for the tiniest needles you can use and still get enough blood. Kelly likes the 33 gauge BD lancets, which are available for purchase at Target.
Remember that standard lancets are 30 gauge, which is bigger; the higher the gauge number, the smaller the needle. If you're sensitive enough to draw sufficient blood with a really teeny needle, try the new TiniBoy 36 gauge lancets. These are also 1/3 the length and diameter of regular needles, making them the smallest lancets available, via mail order at www.tiniboy.com.
I wish I had more for you, but that's all on the Best of Lancets for now, Friends.