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10 Iras Street, Athens, Greece
Acropolis Ami Boutique Hotel is a welcoming 3-star property placed next to National Gallery, Acropolis and Kos Museum. An example of classical architecture, this hotel opened in 1970 and was fully restored in 2011.
The hotel is in the panoramic location steps away from galleries and the temple. The property is 600 meters away from Monastiraki Flea Market, Panathenaic Stadium and Temple of Olympion Zeus.
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- Athens Planetarium550 m
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- Odeum of Herodes Atticus600 m
- Theater of Dionysos600 m
- Pnyx, Arios Pagos and Philopappou Hills600 m
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Armenian businesspeople will not be directly affected by Western economic sanctions against Russia even after Armenia joins the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Economy Minister Karen Chshmaritian insisted on Wednesday.
"In terms of working in the customs union, we see no problems," he told reporters. "Our entrepreneurs will remain free to choose their partners for importing and exporting goods, of course while taking into consideration Armenia's obligations stemming from international conventions and various UN resolutions."
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In late July, the United States urged Armenia and other countries to avoid doing business with Russian companies subjected to U.S. sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. The Russian Embassy in Yerevan condemned the "thinly veiled threats."
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KISSmetrics: How to Evaluate the ROI of Branded Content
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In 2011, Google's Zero Moment of Truth report struck fear into the hearts of marketers and companies alike with its finding that the average consumer reviews 10.4 pieces of content before converting.
What made this finding so scary? It underlined the importance of content to modern marketing strategies, and many companies feared they weren't producing nearly enough content to drive conversions.
To remain competitive, marketers and small businesses jumped in feet first.
Their version of "shoot first; ask questions later" resulted in a lot of content produced on websites that wasn't actually doing much converting.
The Benefits of Branded Content
Soon, astute businesses realized that publishing high-quality content instead of high volumes of content was what really counted. These businesses began reaching out to pay to get their content published beyond their own websites, on the sites of complementary online publications — often those with more traffic.
This type of content, called "branded content" (or "sponsored content"), is a way for brands to expose their content to a much larger audience than their own websites, while possibly building a collection of trustworthy backlinks to their site and getting their brand in front of more eyes.
An example is this branded article that New York Times' T Brand Studio produced for Netflix. While this piece doesn't mention the benefits of Netflix services or products in a traditional advertising sense, it does provide original and thought-provoking insight into the topic of female inmates — a topic that also serves as the main focus of a Netflix original series. Instead of spending their dollars on a banner ad telling consumers to watch Orange is the New Black, Netflix put their resources towards getting an intriguing piece of content in front of the eyes of over 1 million New York Times readers; content that may inspire many of those readers to watch the related Netflix series.
Marketers and advertisers are embracing branded content because branded content pieces have been shown to be more engaging than banner ads. Studies show that the use of ad-blocking software is on the rise, and 45% of AdBlock users expressed a desire to remove as many ads as possible from their web experience. Engagement with branded content is more robust; while viewers spend an average of 1.6 seconds looking at a banner ad, they spend much longer engaging with branded content (anywhere from 60 seconds for branded news content, to 323 seconds for branded finance content).
A 2015 study from Business Insider's BI Intelligence estimates that marketing spend for branded content (called "sponsored" content in the study, and represented in red in the graph below) will continue to rise significantly over the next few years.
Branded Content Strategy Challenges
Measuring the success of these content pieces accurately and clearly in order to assess return on investment (ROI) is one of the biggest challenges that brands and advertisers face when implementing a branded content strategy. Without a solid understanding of ROI, it's difficult to steer a successful campaign, and even more difficult to get buy-in from executives who control the advertising budget and want to see that their dollars are well spent.
Research from the Content Marketing Institute reveals that 33% of B2B marketers and 41% of B2C marketers cite "the inability to measure (ROI) as a significant challenge" to producing branded content.
As a relatively new avenue of marketing, measuring the ROI of branded content can be a challenge. The good news is that it can be measured; and those who do measure their branded content are more likely to receive buy-in (and budget approval) from executives, and obtain stronger insights to cater their marketing strategy to their target market.
If your senior management team is hesitant with using branded content as an advertising opportunity, having clear metrics to measure success may be what you need to tip the scales. There are five different metrics that you can track to show the ROI of branded content you have produced.
The Metrics to Measure
The metrics to use when determining how content contributes to a company's bottom line include:
Consumption Metrics
Important because they reveal brand awareness and "reach," consumption metrics can include:
Consumption data measures brand awareness and web traffic. The key is to measure these metrics before the content rolls out; set a goal for desired increase in each metric, and track these increases after the release of a branded piece.
Lead Generation Metrics
Most brands today offer a free download in exchange for an email address. The addresses that come in are leads. The company can then send the leads helpful blog posts and offers on a regular basis through email marketing campaigns. Each of these leads indicates that your content has impressed or intrigued the reader enough to convert.
Form submissions are also counted as leads. These indicate that your website's content is compelling enough to get a visitor to ask for a phone call from you.
Track leads generated through either your email management system or a customer relationship management (CRM) system to evaluate your efforts and see where most of your leads are coming from. You should also consider adding a "how did you hear about us?" question to your newsletter sign-up form.
Conversion Rates
The best content gets people to take action. A click from a blog post on your website — and, eventually, a sales page or email sign-up page — indicates the post has pulled its weight.
Google Analytics is one of the best tools to use for conversion tracking for branded content. With accurate tracking, (the Campaign URL Builder is a huge help here) content that funnels significant traffic to popular sales pages can be given proper credit and used to guide efforts in the future.
Sharing Metrics
Social likes, comments, shares, and email forwards all indicate that the reader agrees with or appreciates the information enough to pass it along to friends. They may even view sharing it as a way to increase their own social clout.
Most publications will have buttons or metrics on published branded content to show shares, and there are tools, like Coverage Book or Share Tally, that can be used to track how many people have shared a branded post with their networks.
Sales Metrics
C-suite inhabitants tend to want to go right to the ultimate goal: sales metrics. "How many sales has this content generated?" Unfortunately, in an era where consumers expect to be wooed and educated before buying, sales metrics aren't the easiest to attribute to content.
It's common knowledge that prospects require multiple touches before deciding to buy. Content tends to take the role of lead nurturer, providing the multiple touch points required to warm up a prospect.
With Google Analytics and marketing automation working together, however, marketers can see how many web visitors came in from different content pieces. When a web visitor goes from a post to a sales page, marketers should count that action as an "assist."
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When combined, the five metrics above are powerful tools for assessing your branded content's ROI — but the monetary measure of a piece of content can still be difficult to fully comprehend. You can build a more robust picture and add context to many of the above metrics through consumer surveys.
With an easily accessible, brief, and well-designed survey, you can gain insight into consumer reactions to your content and your brand's overall reputation. When paired with metrics like social shares, downloads, or form submissions, you'll uncover a clearer picture of why and how your content is driving the conversions you see — allowing you to adjust your strategy according to what works and what doesn't.
Sometimes brands can even get the publisher that hosted their content to conduct a survey for them. Publishers want to demonstrate how the content their clients pay dearly for is swaying and even motivating customers to buy. They must show their results if they expect to get return customers.
In one example, BuzzFeed surveyed two audiences: one that had seen five to nine of its client's "sponsored" (paid) posts and another that hadn't. The client, cell carrier Virgin Mobile, worked with BuzzFeed to come up with articles that would appeal to BuzzFeed readers.
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The process of qualifying leads requires you to be really understanding of who your prospects are and what they want. Then again, you read about that in just every blog, article, and case study on the subject.
What are other specifics can you get into? Well one of them could be the aligning your strategy with your prospect's own style.
"Oh man, that is sooo him… Only guy I know who does things that way."
"I'm sorry but that's just not my style… You sure you got the right guy?"
Lines like these are best remembered in movie and TV scripts. But you know, that doesn't mean real professionals have no sense of style or distinct traits that set them apart. A good lead generation strategy factors in the existence of these signifying traits and aligns itself accordingly.
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- Leadership alone comes in different style – If you can't process someone having too many styles at once, at least look at the most relevant: Their leadership style. As with most B2B prospects, their authority has always been one indicator of lead quality. But of course, it wouldn't be reasonable to reject a lead simply because a certain leadership style is incompatible with your service/product. (At least, not immediately.)
- It's another facet of business culture – As you should know by now, information about a business' particular culture is still very important information for sales reps. Knowledge of budget, authority, and needs isn't as clear as when you understand them through the lens of a prospect's business culture. And wherever there's culture, there's bound to be style.
- Yes, it is personal – And like it or not, there's a lot of personality involved when it comes to style. For example, when dealing with highly mobile prospects and professionals, would you try and get them to settle down? You can already tell that's a very bad move. If you don't like a potential client to make things too personal, you have to (ironically perhaps) understand what makes certain decisions personal to begin with.
In fact, you could actually do better by encouraging prospects to take pride in their own style (whether it's management, purchasing, or even just dress). Like regular consumers, B2B buyers are more open to those who understand them (even in ways that are not strictly business).


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Where can i find my front side bus speed/ ram speed
hey everyone. i am looking to upgrade my ram, but i am not sure what to get. I want to go from 4 gb to 6 or 8 gb. however, i just downloaded cpu-z and found that not all of my ram is running at the same speed. some at 333, and some at 400 mhz. in the program, it tells my that my rated fsb is 800 mhz in the processor screen. is this my overall front side bus speed? or just the processors? i am not sure, this is my first time jumping into this discussion.
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you are looking at the RAM SPD tab which isn't the true RAM frequency. You want to see the Memory tab which give your correct figure, for exampl if it says 666 or 667, you have 1333MHz RAM, in dual channel mode it effectively doubles.
Front Side BUS, FSB, is also called Base Clock (BCLK) and both the CPU and RAM use multipliers of it to function at particular speeds.
If your board has 4 RAM slot you should get 8GB, 4x2 or 2x4 sticks of RAM. If you go for 6GB you will have 2 DIMMs the same and one odd one. EX, 2x2+1x2, or 1x4+1x2.
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ty for your quick response. i went to the memory tab, and looked at the dram frequency and it says- 332.5. So, since i am in dual channel, it is 666 or 667, right? so, if i go get more ram, which will be 4 2gb sticks, i can get 667 speeds? like i said earlier, the original ram that came with it is only running 333mhz. or do i doulble that number because of dual channel mode and i am actually already running 667 speed ram? just trying to understand and get the right product. ty again for your help and education on the matter
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Yup, if you are in dual channel mode and the Memory tab of CPUz says 333 you are running 666 or 667, sometime there is a 1MHz or so difference.
What type of RAM do you have now? You can still get 667MHz RAM too, maybe faster if your board and CPU will support it.If you download Speccy, link below my sig, it will tell you much about your hardware, with more info we can better help you.
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what motherboard model is? cpu-z also lists the model name, knowing that we can offer the best possible advice on compatible ram for the board.
as to your fsb, it's good to match the speeds of the cpu/ram to reduce bottlenecking but won't cause you much trouble if you are off by a little.
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Hi there,
Have you check to see what the maximum memory support of your motherboard is?
Have a look: Computer memory upgrades for Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop/PC from Crucial.com (says 4GB)
If that's not the computer you have, try the memory scan tool on your PC for recommendations. It should give you all the info. you need.
And yes, DDR2 800Mhz sticks will work just fine.
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If your FSB is 800MHz then you'll just want to pick up two sticks of DDR2-800. No sense in getting anything faster for general purposes.
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thanks everyone for the input. i just haven't been back for a while. i did find the info i was looking for. thanks
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Found their website here at lawnsite. Anyone have any experience dealing with them. www.kwikerb.com.
I know that I don't speak for everyone but for as much as I have delt with the kwikkerb system it seams kinda cheap and not too asthetically pleasing. But for some applications I do beleive it would be a good product, like for driveway edging but it just doesn't look very good outlining beds like I have seen some people do in the past.
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There are several companies like this - that I can't think of off the top of my head. If you go to www.everythinggreen.com and search for "edging" or "curbing" you will find several. Kwik Kerb, Curb King, Borderline Stamp, Border Magic, etc... quite a few.
Tim, what kind of info are you looking for in Kwikkerb? I have been dealing with them for a short while and maybe I can help.
Interested in startup business, along with lawn maintenance. Just got info in mail from them. Also got information on other companies in business. High priced me thinks . Anyway are you subbing out work to someone that uses their equipment? If so how popular has it been for you and customer responses to the makeover?:blush:
I'm sorry to be like this but I think this kwik curb stuff is ugly, ugly ugly...it was a novelty for awhile. It reminds me of the folks that edge their yards with old tires sunk in the ground. or cinder blocks standing on edge...man I'm sorry to be like this but don't do it...haha
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I wanted to bring this subject back up to solicit some more input. I have attached some pics. of a project that I used Kwik Kerb in recently. A friend of mine bought a Kwik Kerb franchise about 2 years ago. He paid $40k for the complete set up. So far, he has been disappointed with his ROI. These pictures show the 1st install I subbed out to him. I have tried numerous times to sell the idea to customers, but have not been successful. I think it looks great in certain settings, but it has been a very tough sell here in the Midwest so far. Thanks for any input.


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One of the most inspiring and worshipful gatherings I ever attended was at a Messianic Synagogue in North Atlanta. I was attending with my oldest son to see how they celebrated the Feast of the Tabernacles, and have a teachable moment with my boy. It's my favorite of the Old Testament Holidays both because of what it means and the intentional planning of time to just worship!
I was a little surprised by something else being celebrated that night. The holiday is called Simchat Torah, and it means 'Rejoicing with the Torah'. Here is the core thought for this:
When Israel studies the Torah, the devil accuses them, saying, "Though they have begun to study it, they will not finish it." On the day that they finish Deuteronomy, he says, "Though they have finished it, they will not study it again." To prove him a liar, we begin reading Genesis as soon as we have finished Deuteronomy. (Learn More Here)
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I would go for something like the Aceh Danau Laut Tawar with a range of Ethiopians which are available or as always the Yemen. Its a Mocha Java type blend. Will go well in milk but will also work as a short or long black IMO
Ok.....I'm lazy! I love the KJM blend when you get it right but you end up with left over beans because of the different proportions in the blend. What beans from the beanbay would make a good blend with equal proportions? I drink black at work from the aeropress but flat whites at home. I'd rather a blend that goes well with milk as I don't mind any coffee in the aeropress.
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I would go for something like the Aceh Danau Laut Tawar with a range of Ethiopians which are available or as always the Yemen. Its a Mocha Java type blend. Will go well in milk but will also work as a short or long black IMO
Are you saying drink the yemen by itself? I'd be afraid to blend it at $35kg! I used to do 50:50 ethiopia/peru or brazil. Always loved PNG wahgi by itself but i prefer the bigger flavours of a blend now.
Sorry i Should be more clear. I would use the Yemen as 50% with the Aceh Danau Laut Tawar. I say the Ethiopia coffees as they are a decent substitute for the Yemen at a lower price.
I roasted 1kg batch of Kenya AAA Bold 50/50 with Honduras 45 seconds past first crack for Clever dripper brews while touring NZ, our early morning brews have been most enjoyable with good acidity, nice body, clean full flavour.
Equal parts of Ethiopian, Indonesian and Brazilian has long been one of my staples. Ideally you would roast the Brazilian separately as it requires a different roast profile but I have had excellent results from a pre-blend.
Of course, there is the trusty old Mocha-Java of equal parts Ethiopian (or Yemen) and Indo.
I wouldn't worry too much about leftovers. Many of us end up have roasted a bag-end blend. Sometimes you get a nice surprise.
Thanks guys some good tips there.
The problem with blending is that you really need all the ingredients to have the same or at least very similar solubility. The lower the proportion of a particular bean the less it matters, but even at <20% of the total if one ingredient has a vastly different level of solubility it'll end up grossly under or over extracted and won't taste good. Without measuring equipment like a refractometer you'll never know, so for us home roasters it's just a matter of trial and error. Stick to some of the general rules (such as darker roasts have higher solubility) and try not to use more than 3 ingredients. I've found that I'm blending less often, but when I do it's with just 2 or 3 coffees using simple ratios like - 50/50, 60/40, 40/30/30, 50/25/25 etc.
I'm able to get some really good quality Brazilian coffee here in NZ and I still find they make an excellent blend component that I then add a bit of brightness too with a Central American or a Kenyan or something. Something I found recently was a Red Bourbon from Guatemala. Unlike the usual Caturras and Typicas you get from Guatemala the Red Bourbon had a bit more punch. I could roast it fairly light for a nice SO espresso or plunger coffee, but with a bit more development post first crack it was awesome with milk, either on its own or as the base for a blend. So keep a look out for these sort of coffees I reckon as they're quite versatile and well worth a try.
Whatever you go with you'll just have to try a few things and as always let your taste buds make the final decision. Have fun.
Nice experiential write-up there mate and excellent advice...
Good advice Leroy. It's funny because I'm drinking a columbian at the moment by itself... One thing I have to remember to do is to let it develop. First few days blaaa.... now it's starting to develop and i'm enjoying it. You're right at just finding some favorite beans. I always order Peru. Blending without specific knowledge I try for a south american for body and african to lift it to another level. I'm not clever enough to tell the difference between a 50/50 blend and 60/40 I don't think. Either way i'll enjoy it!
one staple i love is 50:50 peru cevu & ethiopian yirgacheffe. Can substitute the ethopian with other ones.
Also if you want to spice it up, bring the ratios down to 1/3rds and add an indonesian
50/50 blend of Indian Monsoon and either an Ethiopian or Brazilian always seem to fill me with happiness. (Each roasted separately then blended).
Have been roasting this 3 bean pre-blended, equal parts Peru Ceja de Selva, Sulawesi Blue and Ethiopian Gambella Sundried, taken to just on first snaps of second crack it produces rich chocolate/cocoa with fruity notes, rich body and lingering aftertaste. I initially roasted this for a Xmas blend but now I call it my Fruit Cake Blend!!!
I generally rest them for 5-7 days depending on the state of bean supply at coffee central!!!
For the last few months I have been blending equal parts Indian Elephant Hills AA with either the Peru or Costa Rica, pre-blended and roasted to CS8. I mostly drink double ristretto's and the odd latte. These blends seem to hold up exceptionally well in milk with mild acidity, generous fruity tones, and delicate caramel sweetness.
Enjoying a 50/50 blend taken just prior to the commencement of second crack, Sulawesi Blue and Ethiopian Ghimbi--Mocha Java style--7 days post roast now and tasting a treat as espresso and long black and super tasty in milk producing rich creamy chocolate notes.
I'll report one that didn't work: 50/50 Costa Rica Geisha/Ethiopian Sidamo.
I wanted to make the Geisha fruitier but all I got was a watered down Sidamo; the Geisha is just too delicate for these experiments. Might give it another try with 10% Sidamo. Expensive experiments...


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Bengaluru: (Agencies), Normal life was affected on Saturday in large parts of Karnataka following a bandh call by pro-Kannada and farmer organisations protesting the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal's interim order.
Early reports said bandh had been effective across the state except for Dakshina Kannada, Mandya, Ramnagara, Coorg and Raichur. In other districts, the response to bandh ranged from full to partial, said reports.
Protesters made an impact on the state capital, Bengaluru. The Bengaluru Metro suspended service after Kannada activists protested at Nayandahalli station, say reports. Another team of Kannada activists reportedly visited Vijayanagara station and requested officials to not run the service.
Protesters also gathered in front of Kempe Gowda International Airport and the Bengaluru Railway Station at Majestic. A Chennai bound train at 6.15 am was reportedly stalled.
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Matlock were made to pay for their generosity in front of goal as New Mills came from a goal down to equalise ten minutes from the end of the 90 minutes and then snatch an extra time victory in this Derbyshire Senior Cup third round clash.
After a lively start from both sides, it was the Gladiators who gained control to largely dominate the opening half as they kicked up the pronounced Church Lane slope.
Matlock at last went in front on the stroke of half time.
Coates pulled off a tremendous save as Holmes met Tyeisse Nightingale's low pull back, but Nightingale was alert to scramble in the loose ball at the second attempt for his fourth goal in the last three games.
That should have been the catalyst for the Gladiators to record a convincing win, but the plucky Millers rode their luck and showed tenacity to fight back.
In the 80th minute, the hosts equalised when Field struck a glorious 25-yarder which ripped past Kennedy's left hand.
Matlock simply ran out of steam in the extra 30 minutes and two minutes before the break a Horrocks cross from the left looped goalwards and found the target off the far upright.
New Mills Grandison was red carded for a second mistimed challenge with seconds left but it made no difference as the Millers stood firm to send Matlock out.
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Discussion in 'Mens Basketball' started by ISUCY23, Oct 19, 2009.
Any word on him, when he will commit(and why did he decommitted) and what he thinks of ISU
pretty sure it was a mutual decision and ISU and Jordan went their own ways...
Yeah we'll call it a "mutual decision." :wink:
I dont get it :cry:
IMO and in others i have talked to....
He wouldn't have been able to play in the Big 12. So he is saying, it is more ISU showing him the door than him saying he didn't want ISU...
That sucks, I was really looking forward to seeing him in a cyclone uniform
was he good enough to play at iowa state???we need harison barnes. that is who we need.
I have no inside information, but the I read it, he wasn't willing/able to commit to the sacrifice it would take to get to the level he needed in order to compete
Or maybe he just wasn't good enough.
Nothing against the kid, I wish him well
Dykstra couldn't play in the Big 12. He is a tall and thin guy that likes to play on the perimter. I saw him play last year 3 times, and was shocked the Cyclones wanted him. However it happened, it was a good move for both parties.
Dykstra is leaning hard to South dakota State. His teammate Heemstra is also leaning in that direction.
Trust me, Coach Mac did the right thing.
well said. good kid, good family, just didn't want to pay the price it takes
I saw him in the tournament and thought he looked pretty good, but definantly doesn't have a big 12 body
-thanks for all the info everybody
And niether did Kevin Durant...
lol, neither did Kevin Durant? So are you saying the Dykstra is an uber athlete with a sweet jumper that is destined to be longtime all star in the NBA? Man, I wonder why no other big schools are recruiting him???:biglaugh:
haha, this.
He's playing football this fall and according to the local papers in NW Iowa wants to play college ball with some of his current high school team mates. I could see him going to USD, Northwestern (Orange City) or Dordt. He would be NAIA Stud.
I did not mean to come off harsh but Dykstra just is not good enough to play in the Big 12. It became more and more obvious and it was just best for both parties to go their seperate ways. I am sure he will do fine at a lower level.
I thought Heemstra was either going to Iowa or leaning that way.
Come on guys! Dykstra is good enough to play Big 12 basketball, he just more or less didn't want to work hard enough to make it happen. The kid had the height and skill to be a very solid player though. Just didn't want it. Nothing wrong with that
I agree. A young high school kid had different priorities in life than playing basketball only, and wanted to contribute to various parts of his small school's program. A lot of it is pretty selfless to me.


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03 SEPTEMBER 2007 / By INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT MONITORING CENTRE
Internal displacement in Israel has been caused by conflict between Israel and its neighbours, as well as by Israeli policies towards its citizens. Several waves of displacement have occurred since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, affecting Arab, Bedouin and Jewish citizens. There is little information available on internal displacement in Israel, as few organisations work with internally displaced people (IDPs), and very few studies are available. There are no government or UN estimates of IDP numbers, but based on various calculations by IDP advocates and academics, between 150,000 and 420,000 people are currently displaced in the country.
This overview considers the background, pattern and response to four different situations of internal displacement in Israel: the displacement of Arab villagers and their resettlement following the creation of Israel, the displacement of Bedouin communities in the south and the threat of eviction they currently face, the temporary displacement from northern Israel during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in mid-2006, and the displacement from the Israeli town of Sderot due to attacks from Gaza in mid- 2007.
Flight or eviction of Arab villagers and resettlement following the creation of Israel
Following the proclamation of the State of Israel in May 1948, armies from neighbouring Arab nations entered the former Mandate of Palestine and fought against Israeli military forces. The war ended in 1949, but no general peace settlement was achieved.
In 1948/1949, between 600,000 and 760,000 Arabs who had lived in the territory which became Israel were driven out or fled the country and became refugees (MERIP, 2001, Palestinian;{ }Bligh, 1998, p.124). During this period another 46,000 to 48,000 Arab villagers were displaced throughout Israel. Today, estimates of the size of this group (including the descendants of the people originally displaced) vary widely, from 150,000 to 342,000 people (National Committee for the Rights of the Internally Displaced in Israel, February 2000; Nir, 8 January 2001; BADIL, May 2006, p.48). The vast majority (about 90 per cent) of IDPs are Muslim and most of the rest are Christian. The Druze community was spared from displacement for the most part (Al-Haj, September 1986).
In December 1948, the United Nations established the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to assist all those who were resident in Palestine in 1946 and who lost their homes and livelihoods. UNRWA assisted the internally displaced people within Israel from 1950 to 1952, when the government of Israel took over this responsibility. Following the war, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 194, which, while non-binding, affirmed the right of refugees to return to their homes at the earliest practicable date, and to be compensated for lost property (UN GA, 11 December 1948).
Meanwhile the government of Israel created an institutional and legal land regime under which most of the properties of IDPs and refugees were appropriated by the state. One of the cornerstones of this system was the Absentee Property Law of 1950. According to this law the state acquired control of all the property left by the people who had fled their homes between 29 November 1947 and 19 May 1948, even if they had stayed in the country. As a result, most of the IDPs were declared present absentees and the government acquired their unoccupied properties (Schechla, October 2001).
In 1949 the Israeli government started to rent land to the displaced people. While in some cases this happened without any problems, in many others they faced opposition from their Jewish neighbours. Many also feared that renting land in the area of displacement would compromise their claims to their original property (Cohen, December 2000). At the time, the IDPs lived under Israeli military administration like the vast majority of the Arab population in Israel, and their freedom of movement was severely limited as a result. The ending of the military administration in 1966 improved their situation but did not allow them to regain their lost properties.
Hopes for returning home have been disappointed
Many local non-governmental organisations promote the rights of the Arab minority in Israel, including those of the internally displaced people. IDPs, supported by local organisations, have appealed to Israeli courts against land confiscation, but the process has been slow and the displaced have generally viewed the level of compensation as insufficient. An element complicating this process is that new houses and roads increasingly occupy their land.
In June 2003, the Israeli Supreme Court turned down a petition by people displaced from the villages of Kafar Birem and Ikrit in northern Israel. During the 1948 war, the inhabitants of these villages were ordered by the Israeli army to leave their homes. They were promised that they would be able to return within two weeks, but were never actually allowed to do so (Ettinger, Haaretz, 27 June 2003). After six years of hearings, the Israeli Supreme Court accepted in 2003 the states claim that Israeli interests, based on a combination of the current security situation and the Palestinians persistent demand for the right of return of refugees, could not justify the return of the displaced petitioners unless there was a change in the political situation.
Today many of the people displaced in 1948 and their children live, like the rest of the Arab population in Israel, in Arab towns with little or no Jewish population, or otherwise they live in mixed Arab-Jewish towns. Generally, the government does not provide Arab Israelis with the same quality of education, housing, employment, and social services as Jews. Tensions between Arab and Jewish communities have increased since the second intifada and the general elevations of regional tensions after 2000.
Eviction of Bedouin from their land in the Negev
Since the creation of the State of Israel, the Bedouin have been pressured to leave their land in the Negev region, in the south of the country. Successive Israeli governments enacted a series of laws and regulations facilitating the confiscation of Bedouin land. Dispossession was made easier by the fact that the Bedouin generally held no land titles.
In 1949 many Bedouin were ordered to move into a closed area under military administration. Following the ending of military rule in 1966, most of them continued living in the former closed area. From the 1970s to the 1990s, the government built seven towns for the Bedouin in the Negev. According to human rights advocates, the Bedouin were not sufficiently involved in the planning of the towns and not enough consideration was given to their lifestyle and traditions. Furthermore, the compensation received for giving up their land in exchange for a new house in the towns was considered too low. While the seven towns do offer better access to services than the traditional Bedouin settlements, the quality and level of services is still inferior to those in Jewish towns (Lithwick, 2000). Also, according to the US Department of State, government planners have noted that funds to complete the seven towns were far from sufficient (USDoS, February 2005).
Today, about half of the 140,000 Bedouin in the Negev live in the seven towns. The rest live in unrecognised villages, which were declared illegal by the National Planning and Building Law of 1965. About 45 villages of displaced Bedouins are viewed as illegal by the government and lack public water and electricity infrastructure as well as educational, health and welfare services. Children in unrecognised villages are 2.4 times more likely to suffer from malnutrition than youngsters living in other Bedouin villages (Sinai, Haaretz, 7 February 2005). Close to 31 per cent of school-age children in those villages are illiterate (Haaretz, 24 June 2004). Overall, the Bedouin are the poorest community in Israel, and entire regions in the Negev have become hubs for drugs, violence and serious crime (Haaretz, 24 June 2004).{ }Bedouin infant mortality rates have also increased by 50 per cent over from 1997 to 2003 (Lavie, Haaretz, 30 January 2004, part I).
Permanent settlement plan leading to renewed displacement
In April 2003, the Israeli government adopted a five-year plan to build permanent settlements in the Negev region for the Bedouin living in the villages it considered illegal. The programme also provided for the compensation of displaced Bedouin. The plan was poorly received by the Bedouin, whose leaders complained about the lack of consultation with their community, in particular regarding the price set for their land and the percentage of land exchanged. The Israeli government began in 2004 to implement the plan, which includes intensification of house demolitions, destruction of crops and filing of eviction suits (ACRI, June 2004). Due to the resistance to the plan from affected Bedouin communities, clashes between authorities and residents escalated in 2004, resulting in the killing of one Bedouin resident of the village of Atir (Hasson, Haaretz, 22 March 2004; Haaretz, 24 June 2004). One of the measures used from 2002 to early 2004 to displace the Bedouin was the spraying of crops to discourage land cultivation. This measure was halted in March 2004, following a temporary injunction from the Israeli Supreme Court (Yoaz, Haaretz, 16 February 2005). In April 2007, the Court in its final ruling ordered that the spraying of fields in the Negev cease, due to the damage caused to the health of inhabitants and their livestock (Adalah, June 2007).
In 2005, the government said that it was in the process of establishing seven new Bedouin towns and expanding existing towns, in close consultation with representatives of the Bedouin communities (CERD, 23 July 2005). In November 2005 the government adopted the National Strategic Plan for the Development of the Negev for 2006-2015, known as Negev 2015, which failed to acknowledge or plan for unrecognised villages. As of mid-2007, however, the implementation of the plan had not started, and in the absence of official recognition of the Bedouin villages, homes continued to be demolished, and no services had been provided to the villages considered as illegal by the state (ADVA Center, January 2007; ADALAH, June 2007).
In April 2005, following an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court by several organisations representing unrecognised Bedouin villages in the Negev, the Interior Ministry began the process of granting recognition and providing municipal services to one of the unrecognised villages, Um Batin (Rinat, Haaretz, 28 April 2005). But eviction from other unrecognised villages continued, and even accelerated in 2006 (Adalah, June 2007). In May 2007, some 100 residents of the village of Al-Twayil were made homeless when the Israeli authorities demolished their tents and shacks (Haaretz, 8 May 2007).
Temporary displacement from northern Israel during Israel-Hezbollah conflict
Several hundred thousand people fled northern Israel for the centre and south of the country during the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in July and August 2006. The fighting began after the Islamist militia attacked across the Lebanese-Israeli border and captured two Israeli soldiers. Israel retaliated with a month-long military offensive targeting Hezbollah strongholds all over Lebanon, which also caused heavy damage to civilian infrastructure. Over 1,000 Lebanese people died, and close to a million were displaced due to Israeli attacks (AI, 23 August 2006). Meanwhile, Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets into northern Israel, a region which is home to 1.5 million people. Most of the Hezbollah rockets appear to have been directed at civilian areas, and pedestrians, hospitals, schools, homes and businesses were hit (HRW, 5 August 2006). At least 43 civilians died in northern Israel, seven of them children, and over 300,000 fled their homes (Israel MFA, 23 August 2006; Brookings, 15 August 2006, p.2).
Most of the people displaced left for the centre and south of Israel. In the absence of a government evacuation system, people who fled the north left under their own steam, or with the help of NGOs (JBI, 15 August 2006). In addition, up to one million either stayed in bomb shelters, hid at home or alternated between the two (Brookings, 15 August 2006). Many of the shelters were described as crowded, with little or no fresh air, and dirty (JBI, 15 August 2006; IRIN, 12 August 2006). Those who stayed behind did so because of their work, because they refused to be chased out by Hezbollah, or because they were too weak or too old to leave (AFP, 4 August 2006). The situation of Arab Israeli residents in towns hit by the rockets was particularly difficult. Most did not have relatives to stay with in safer parts of the country, and many could not find safety in their towns, as Arab towns generally lack public infrastructure, including bomb shelters (NYT, 31 July 2006; IRIN, 6 August 2006; ADALAH, June 2007). IDPs without relatives elsewhere found refuge in the centre and south of the country with strangers who opened their homes, and also in hotels and in tents (IRIN, 15 August 2006).
The government primarily relied on Israeli NGOs, international Jewish voluntary agencies and individuals to assist the displaced. About 40,000 children from the north were taken to special summer camps in central Israel, to keep them out of harms way (Jewish Agency, 20 August 2006).
Following a cessation of hostilities on 14 August 2006 based on UN Security Council resolution 1701, most IDPs and those living in bomb shelters cautiously returned to their homes in northern Israel (IRIN, 17 August 2006). Those too weak or too old to return on their own were assisted by organisations like Magen David Adom, a member of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (MDA, 24 August 2006). Once home, many had to cope with the trauma of their displacement. Economic and social life had been paralysed during the month of conflict, and many businesses were reportedly going to close down because of the level of physical damage sustained. Thousands of homes, schools, businesses, synagogues and cars were damaged or destroyed by Hezbollah rockets, and many crops were lost (JBI, 15 August 2006).
Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, facing criticism for his governments handling of the war in Lebanon, promised $2 billion to rebuild the northern Israeli towns hardest hit by Hezbollah rockets (Reuters, 24 August 2006). Following the war, the Israeli government settled some 25,000 claims by individuals and businesses who had suffered direct or indirect damage (UNGA, 2 October 2006). The Prime Ministers Office appointed a Coordinator for the Reconstruction of Infrastructures and Institutions in Haifa and the North to liaise with ministries and local authorities. The Coordinator completed his work at the end of 2006 (Israeli Prime Ministers Office, 26 December 2006).
In June 2007, rockets were launched from Lebanese territory into northern Israel, but no casualties or instances of displacement were reported as a result.
Displacement from the Israeli town of Sderot due to attacks from Gaza
Since 2000, the Israeli town of Sderot, close to the Gaza border, has been the target of rocket attacks, killing eight residents, including two children. In May 2007, Palestinian militant factions, including Hamas, stepped up the rocket fire from across the border, and many Qassam rockets landed in or around the town. Israel responded by targeting Hamas military sites in Gaza and attacking groups it believed to be involved in the attacks (NYT, 1 June 2007). According to the mayor of Sderot, some 10,000 people fled the town in mid-May 2007 (IRIN, 18 May 2007). A minority was evacuated by the Israeli government, and most left independently (Israel National News, 17 May 2007). Thanks to private funding, over two thousand of them found refuge in hotel rooms in the southern town of Eilat, while several hundred others stayed for ten days in tents in the city of Tel Aviv (Haaretz, 5 June 2007; IRIN, 18 May 2007).
Many schools in the city were closed temporarily, with some students leaving the town, and others afraid to leave their homes (IRIN, 29 May 2007). Meanwhile, mental health workers set up a 24-hour emergency centre to treat Sderot residents suffering from panic and anxiety attacks (IRIN, 18 May 2007). The Israeli Supreme Court ordered the government to reinforce all Sderot schools to withstand attacks, but the government said it would only be able to complete the Courts demand within one to three years (Haaretz, 12 June 2007; Haaretz, 23 July 2007). An Israeli Parliamentarian Committee asked the Finance Ministry to compensate both Sderot workers who showed up at work, and those missing days of work for fear of attacks, but the Ministry responded that such a provision did not have a legal basis (Haaretz, 6 June 2007). Sporadic attacks against Sderot from Gaza continued as of August 2007 (Y Net, 6 August 2007).


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WikiLeaks had nothing against Trump: Assange
The founder of anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks justifies why it has been releasing documents against the campaign of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Julian Assange released a statement on the WikiLeaks website on US Election Day on Tuesday, complaining about the "pressure" he is under by Democrats, further explaining why no documents were released against GOP nominee Donald Trump.
"That pressure has come from the campaign's allies, including the Obama administration, and from liberals who are anxious about who will be elected US President," he wrote.
He also responded to allegations that the transparency group has favored Trump, saying, "At the same time, we cannot publish what we do not have. To date, we have not received information on Donald Trump's campaign."
He also commented about the timing of the releases, for which the group has been accused of playing political games, noting, "We publish as fast as our resources will allow and as fast as the public can absorb it."
"This is not due to a personal desire to influence the outcome of the election. The Democratic and Republican candidates have both expressed hostility towards whistleblowers. I spoke at the launch of the campaign for Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, because her platform addresses the need to protect them," Assange wrote. "Publishing is what we do. To withhold the publication of such information until after the election would have been to favour one of the candidates above the public's right to know."