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Process Apps and the Future of Business Processes: Speaking with Romeo Elias
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Schooff: Hello, this is Peter Schooff, Managing Editor at BPM.com and today I have the pleasure of speaking with Romeo Elias, the Founder and CEO of Interneer, Incorporated. He's an experienced software executive, BPM expert, patented inventor, and entrepreneur advisor and today we're going to discuss a recent upcoming announcement from Interneer, which is about apps for business processes, which at BPM.com we found really interesting. So first of all Romeo, thank you so much for joining me on the podcast.
Elias:: Thank you, Peter, I appreciate it.
Schooff: So as I've prefaced, I found your announcement very interesting. Can you just give me a quick overview of the world of apps for business processes as it is right now and then going forward?
Elias:: Absolutely Peter. The thing that we have been observing in the market, specifically, with the advent of mobility and the whole mobile world is that it's been very, very disruptive, as you probably know. And today, there are more mobile devices in the world than there are people. This year the sale of tablets and smart phones has exceeded desktops and PCs. Everything is transforming mobility for a day-to-day employee is no longer an option. It has become something that they need to have access to no matter where they're at.
At the same time, if you look at how mobility has changed the expectation of people and then how they deal with apps, what you'll notice is that there's this expectation now that they have to be accessible from anywhere, that they're very ubiquitous. They have to be very easy, very simple; they do certain things very well. They're not these complex things that do everything as we're used to with enterprise apps in the office. And so at the same time, people can download any app they want, they can customize apps, they can get apps that empower them to build things, and change things.
And if you look at what we do with our smart mobile phones today, it's funny to me that 20 years ago people would say I don't even know how to program my VCR. Whereas today, they have this massive computer on their phone and they do so many things with it. So this whole self-service nature of it has also become ubiquitous and people just -- they expect that they can learn things and do things themselves, and not always have to be relying on experts, and programmers, and so on.
So all those things have changed the expectation on how we deal with apps and specifically business apps. So business apps from a business user standpoint, the expectation is that they have to be easy to use, they have to be easy to change and deploy, they have to be accessible anywhere and ubiquitous, and they also need to access their backend data and systems so that they're not standalone, something that is completely sitting on an island. And when you look at companies and what options they have today, there's some limitations and gaps in the market and has the ability to access these kinds of apps and to deploy these for their employees and users and who isn't able to and this is kind of part of the problem that we're trying to solve.
Schooff: Right. Well, that goes right to my next question, which you kind of answered. So why don't you then tell me how does smart mobile apps how are they going to solve this explosion of apps and devices?
Elias:: So let's talk more about the problem. So if you are let's say a large enterprise like Bank of America and so on, I mean you have the ability to go and download or install an enterprise system that integrates with your whole development environment, deployed massive amount of developer resources, and training, and time, and crank out these apps for your employees. If you are a midsize or small business, you don't have any of those options. You don't have any of that time or luxury or resources. So today, what these companies are trying to do is they're trying to find something off-the-shelf, which usually doesn't exist in the app store or they're trying to see if their ERP system provides something off-the-shelf, which may or may not exist, and if it does exist, is probably limited to a few transactions that work with their ERP.
But everything beyond that, all the things that you do day-to-day, and approvals, and reviews, and expense reporting, and you name it, the myriad of things that employees would do currently outside of those specific apps that maybe exist. So really, the only option for them to create these business apps that fit this criteria. So smart mobile apps, our platform was designed specifically to solve these problems. So essentially what it provides, it's built first of all on a business process management platform that's been around for over a decade now in the midsize space and the SMB space. This particular platform is designed for small IT teams, for teams that are more business empowered and the business wants to take more control towards the business side of IT as they call it. It's all the drag-and-drop modeling environment that requires absolutely no programming to deploy any type of this app in it with workflow, full integration, business rules, user interface, forms, database, reporting and dashboards, pretty much everything you need in order to deploy a business app.
And what we've done is we've taken this now and extended it so that no longer are you just simply deploying a cloud-based app, which has been the standard for many years, or one that's accessible through a mobile device, through Safari as an example, to a mobile friendly interface. We've taken it now so that you can create a native mobile app. What that means is that this is an app that will be generated dynamically on your device that is fully native, meaning its leveraging all the native capabilities of a device. You can take pictures, and GPS coordinates, and you can work off-line, all these other features that are native also to speed and performance, and scanning, and so on that you couldn't do a HTML-based app.
And the amazing thing about it is you can do all this through the same BPM platform that's all drag-and-drop, no programming, integrated, dynamic, and very easy to deploy. And literally we're talking you can build an app in a matter of minutes, hours. You can have something running on your device that's fully integrated with the backend that gives you access to all your data, that lets you make transactions, approved workflows, and again designed without you having to deploy an army of developers in order to accomplish this.
Schooff: Do you see this as possibly creating a problem with what everybody's basically running on their own apps or there's a repository in essence for everybody's apps?
Elias:: The great question. So really, there's a part of also when you're dealing with an enterprise, not only do you have to make sure that it's integrated, that it's dynamic and easy to generate and everything else, but you have to take into account the element of security, and management, and IT control over this. And so again, with this environment I have to take that into account. And the way we actually handle that, it's probably the architecture. You essentially are downloading a free app from the app store, and that's already been approved, and you don't have to worry about the approval process and all that because it's handled through our app.
The content of our app, the Intellect MobileApps, it's basically a library of apps that you as a company can deploy. You do that through the BPM platform, you drag-and-drop and build out all the apps you want. You can specify security rules around who has access to which apps and what particular sets of data was in each app to have access to based on the employee role and group they belong to and so on.
So when they launch our app, they're accessing the server, they enter their credentials. And based on that, we know who they are and we know what apps they have access to. And also, to extend that, if you no longer then become an employee and you cannot login, you no longer have access to any of the apps or any of the data. So that whole element of security, and control, and management that a lot of IT departments are concerned about is already built-in and inherent the architecture of the solution so it's all centrally managed. And the other benefit too, obviously, is if you want to create a new app and deploy it, you literally you just do it in a matter of -- it's instantly available now when that person logs in again, they have access to that new app that was delivered for them.
Schooff: Now in your vision looking forward, do you see all business processes basically handled by business apps?
Elias:: The way I look at it is that there's always going to be apps that are going to be more high transaction core critical that require, you know, this massive infrastructure like sn ERP app, or maybe if you're an insurance company, may be its your case management app and something that's more core to your business. This is always going to remain. You're always going to have these central massive systems in place that control all that. What we're talking about is the apps that belong -- that basically tackle the day-to-day human intervention, human collaboration that touches these different apps, but it's not touching it purely in that one environment, but it's kind of cutting across these different apps and also sometimes, it's outside of these apps.
Its' really about collaboration, and innovation, and coming up with decisions and solutions and those have to be accessible anywhere, not just simply in the office. I mean it's no longer an option. It's not going to be an option any more for a small business and if you have somebody out in the field and they have to make a decision with a customer, to say okay, let me get back to you in a few hours. If your competitors are giving them an answer right away at that point of sale, and you have to get back to them, yeah, it's going to be a huge competitive disadvantage for you. So all these decisions, and ability to review, and make critical, essentially, decisions have to be available to you on the field, where you're traveling and so on. You can no longer go back to the office. So I do see that there's a large majority of it is going to be handled with these types of apps. And one other thing too is that they don't necessarily going to be solving are doing everything. They're going to be specifically doing the things that need to be done on the field very effectively and be very good at that, very easy for the user to learn and figure out. You don't have to train them and spend all these days providing training material and so on. It has to be very intuitive, very obvious for them just like people expect from a typical app on their phone today.
Schooff: Excellent. It's really good to hear this. I'm really glad we're able to get this podcast done.


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One of ABC's most popular stars, Terry O'Quinn of "Lost", is heading back to the network for a lead role in "666 Park Avenue" from writer David Wilcox ("Fringe"), Warner Bros. TV, and Alloy Entertainment.
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Based on Alloy's book series by Gabriella Pierce, the show is set up at an historic apartment buildings in New York City and centers on a young couple who become its managers. They unwittingly begin to experience supernatural occurrences, which complicate and endanger the lives of everyone in the residence. O'Quinn will play Gavin, the building's owner.
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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) – In collaboration of IPDC (UNESCO) "Producing News & Current Affairs Program" June 6-8-2012
Karachi: A Three Day training workshop on "Producing News and Current Affairs Program" was organized by Pakistan Press Foundation in collaboration with IPDC (UNESCO) from June 6-8-2012 at a local hotel of Karachi, for Radio Journalists of Sindh province. Three females among 18 Radio journalists from different districts of Sindh, participated to learn the production of news and current affairs programs. They belonged to FM stations and Radio Pakistan as well.
Participants of the workshop were mostly young journalists who have spent couple of years in reporting and producing content for their respective FM Stations. They have been reporting and working in production sections. They were given an advanced training on production, scripting, recording, editing and usage of various tools in production.
They were also explained to understand difference between News, Feature and Current Affairs. Through Lecture, Group, Discussions, Demonstration of News and Current affair Programme. The Training Programme provided the opportunity of interaction to young Journalists and they shared their experiences and difficulties. Mock exercises of interview techniques were also conducted.
What is News & what are its components:
Participants were asked to write News, trainer gave them some points to make news. They wrote news on colour cards and then they were asked to read their card one by one.
They were told about 5Ws, 1 H, Pyramid structure
Dos and Don'ts for News:
Trainer gave points for News and asked participants to make a News story. All participants read in the plenary one by one followed by discussion. This way the participants were engaged in discussion and it provided them to make corrections if any.
News Sourcing:
This part of the course helped them to define various kinds of sources, their importance, how to develop sources. Double/Triple Sourcing of facts and protection of sources was also given special emphasis during that session.
How to prepare coverage:
In this Part Trainer explained the essential items in a coverage plan (idea, detail, persons to be contacted,) the participants asked to develop various story ideas, and write content notes/coverage plans for them.
Facilitator defined the importance of quotes also known as clips, from basic meaning of Quotes, its written and spoken types, and how they can bring life to simple news, how they are used to create clarity, accuracy and reality in a Radio news or Radio feature or current affairs programs, why its usage is not considered professional in the lead/.
Participants share their experiences of usage of quotes.
What is Production?
Participants were given the example of work from various Radio programmes to give them an idea learn conducting and developing a current affairs programme as well as scripting the news and current affairs programme .
Facilitator explained the various types and diversity of the current affairs programming. The ways to conduct a live interview and how to remain focused on the topic and agenda while dealing with various kinds of interviewees/guests while conducting a current affairs program for Radio listeners.
Participants assigned to produce a segment of the current affair programs, which can either be a news feature, a panel discussion or a combination of both. Participants divided into 5 groups.
They developed idea, research the topic, decided the list of panelists then produce it using the recording devices, telephone lines, console, and edit them on adobe.
Laws of Defamation/Contempt: Through this session participants were introduced with the law of defamation (section 499 to 502 of PPC) and Contempt of Court law so that they should keep these and other section of law and the articles of constitution dealing with the fundamental rights.
Guest Input:
Senior journalist from BBC Wusatullah Khan shared his views and experience on Second Day of the Workshop in which veteran journalist told participants that a public message can be broadcast in between the lines. He appreciated the motivation and passion
of young journalists and said that despite facing many challenges radio journalists were committed with their work.
On the concluding Day of Workshop, Advisor to CM Sindh Ms. Sharmila Farooqi was the Chief Guest. She was very critical on some section of the media reporting and said that journalist should not toe line of any group and he shouldperform his duty as a neutral referee to present true picture of anyevent. She said that since her childhood she had listen radio program and still love to listen different program aired on radio. She awarded certificates among participants.
Sindh Information Department Secretary Mr. Qazi Shahid Perwaiz said that despite launching of various TV channels still people love to listenprogram on radio and said that FM radios were more popular than anyother Medium. He observed that Press Club should consider radio professionals as journalists and they should be given membership in Press Clubs like TV channel professionals.
Mr. Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary General of PPF said that PPF had been supporting freedom of press and freedom of expression and striving for promotion of standards of Journalism. He said our main focus was capacity building of the Journalist as to promote responsible journalism. Mr. Owais said impunity to the perpetrators of attacking Journalists should be stopped. He said participants, who will submit news packages will be invited in next workshop.
Conclusion: Most of Trainee radio journalists never hosted a current affair Programme and they avail opportunity in a training and they shared that one before joining radio journalism taught them writing , editing and other tools of reporting which they learnt in a Three Day Training Workshop . They added that it's had not only enhanced their capacity of writing scripts but also gave them confidence how to host a live radio programs and from demonstrations sessions they learnt lot. They prepared 18 news packages and four current affairs program during 3-day workshop.
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Tension remains high in Maralal, Samburu County following two days of riots in the area occasioned by detention of cattle believed to have been stolen.
Samburu leaders have condemned Wednesday's running battles that saw one student from Laikipia Campus killed.
The riots broke out after rioters mainly students engaged the police in running battles over the detained cattle.
The rioters were demanding the release of the cattle which they say had earlier been wrongly linked to cattle rustling activities.
Samburu leaders led by County Governor Moses Lenolkulal condemned the killing of the student who was the chairman of Laikipia Students Association.
The leaders are demanding justice insisting that the deceased student had evidence linked to cattle rustling.
Last night, 11 houses were razed down in Lokuto Village within Maralal as hostilities between two local ethnic communities, Turkana and Samburu escalated.
Businesses and schools remained closed today, Thursday in the area due to fear of another flare up.
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Someone said that since life is so painfully short, it's a shame to waste it being a supporting character in someone else's story. That's exactly how so much of my life has felt: working myself to the bone to make others rich and get nothing to show for myself in the end. Each time things were looking up, another big corporate move or Wall Street crash ended my blossoming career, had me use up my savings until I finally found a new foothold, and the cycle repeated. Now, as I am getting old, all I can see having achieved is making the rich richer and sliding ever deeper into poverty myself. Is it any wonder that I have come to question the system that has so cursed me from the cradle to the grave that all my many skills and talents and hard work left me and so many others in the ditch? What was I born for? To be a mere supporting character in a few privileged folks' story?
How is that to be a life worth living? Working just to survive is not a life worth living. What's the point of working yourself to the bone and suffering endlessly? How can any of the rich 'elite' condemning others to such a non-life live with themselves if they aren't complete psychopaths (which I suspect most of them are) or totally ignorant of the conditions under which so many of us must subsist thanks to a rigged system which lifts up the rich and dunks the rest of us? Maybe, instead of writing these posts which hardly anyone knows about and reads, I should post a sign on this planet: Don't get born here!
What are your prospects on Earth when a majority just hopes to get by and a minority wants to outstrip everyone else and gets to do so because the majority is so busy surviving and so trusting of authority that they let them do it? How can you live a life worth living in such a world?
That's right: the only way is to be born into privilege and be part of the callous 1%.
Then, again, there is one alternative: the many of us waking up to the nature of the warped system in which we live and putting our shoulder to the wheel to change it.
Join us fighters for a good world to live in if you haven't done so, yet. Wake up your fellow dream walkers. Share the waking voices of this site and other sites with all your friends and family. Become a patron if you can afford to and – again – ask those in your circles to do the same. At the very least keep reading the articles and watching the videos here. They are meant to wake up and rally the many for a world in which we can all live proper lives.
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In a 4-2 decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court in July ruled in Fielding v. Commissioner that it was unconstitutional, under the due process clause, for Minnesota to consider four trusts to be taxed as Minnesota "resident trusts."
The ruling is significant for non-grantor trusts created after Dec. 31, 1995, by a grantor who was a Minnesota resident when the trust became irrevocable. However, the Fielding case should not be interpreted as a blanket ruling applicable to all post-1995 irrevocable trusts created by a Minnesota resident; it is critical to analyze the facts and circumstances of each trust to determine whether the application of the Minnesota Resident Trust statue would be considered unconstitutional under Fielding.
Four separate trusts were created on June 25, 2009, by grantor Reid MacDonald, then a domiciliary of Minnesota; each trust was initially funded with shares of nonvoting common stock in Faribault Foods, Inc (FFI), a Minnesota S Corporation. The original trustee for all four trusts was a California domiciliary, Edmund MacDonald. Initially, the trusts were considered "grantor type trusts" for the first 30 months of their existence. However, on Dec. 31, 2011, grantor Reid MacDonald (domiciled in Minnesota) relinquished his power to substitute assets in the trusts and, therefore, the trusts ceased to be "grantor type trusts" and became irrevocable non-grantor trusts. On Jan. 1, 2012, Katherine Boone, a domiciliary of Colorado, became the sole trustee for each trust.
As a result of the above, the trusts became classified as "resident trusts" under Minnesota Statute Section 290.01, subd. 7b(a)(2) and filed Minnesota income tax returns as a resident trust, without protest, in 2012 and 2013. On July 24, 2014, William Fielding, a domiciliary of Texas, became trustee of the trusts.
Shortly thereafter, all shareholders of FFI stock, including the trusts, sold their shares. Because the trusts were defined to be Minnesota resident trusts, they were subject to tax on the full amount of the gain from the 2014 sale of the FFI stock, as well as on the full amount of income from other investments generated in the trusts.
The trustees filed their 2014 Minnesota income tax returns under protest, asserting that the statute classifying them as resident trusts was unconstitutional as applied to them. The trustees then filed amended Minnesota income tax returns claiming refunds for the difference between the taxes owed as resident trusts and the taxes owed as nonresident trusts -- a tax savings of more than $250,000 per trust.
The Minnesota Department of Revenue commissioner denied the trusts' refund claims. Upon denial, Fielding appealed to the Minnesota Tax Court, who found in favor of the trusts. The commissioner then appealed to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
On July 18, 2018, the Minnesota Supreme Court published its decision in Fielding finding that the resident trust definition was unconstitutional as applied to the Fielding trusts. The court determined that it must look at the connections between the trust and the state of Minnesota, and whether the income that the state seeks to tax is rationally related to the benefits being conferred on the trust by the state.
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The sun is blazing hot and the traffic is terrible. You know what that means! School is back in session. That also means that there are hundreds of 18 year olds wandering an unfamiliar town lost and confused. They don't know how to drive or even walk down a sidewalk. Their parents aren't there to guide their decisions anymore. They'll either go buck wild or become a recluse. There's usually no in-between during freshman year. To help you out, I've compiled a list of tips that will come in handy no matter which type of freshman you or your recently graduated high school student will become.
1. Never Pass up Free Food
The starving college student myth is not a myth. Food is easy to come by and hard to afford when you're in college, especially when you're looking at the on-campus options. Everything offered by your university has been upcharged like a mofo and will leave your wallet emptier than your roommate's mini fridge likely will be. You can stock up on ramen or you can take advantage of the naive campus organizations who think offering free food will make you join their knitting circle.
During the first week of class, there is guaranteed to be a minimum of a bunch of events that offer free food. These will give you great opportunities to get free food. You might be able to socialize a little bit and make new friends but the main focus here should be the free food. Only socialize with people who are in organizations. They'll most likely invite you to other events that are offering free food. If there's one thing you don't mess up during your first year of being independent, let it be this. Or stock up on Ramen.
2. Join an Organization
Unless you want to be a lonely hermit sitting in your dorm watching The Office for the fifteenth time, you need to make some friends. There's no better way to make friends than to join one of those organizations that were handing out free food during syllabus week (read: day). Most colleges have organizations that cater to very specific interests so if you can't find one that suits you, maybe
you're just not that interesting you aren't looking hard enough.
Studying is probably the most important thing on this list. I get it. Between organizations and binge
drinking watching shows on Netflix, studying can get lost in the shuffle. Don't let it. You're in college for on reason: to get a degree. Everything else is secondary. Don't let your parents' money go to waste. And if you're offended by me saying that and try to hit me with "I got student loans" or "I'm working through college" then you'd be even stupider than the average student if you went ahead and wasted your own hard-earned money.
4. Call Your Parents (Or at Least Your Mom)
Your mom needs to hear from you at least once a week MINIMUM. This is non-negotiable. If I need to explain to you why this is, you're either a terrible child, have a really bad relationship with your mom that needs to be worked on, or your mom is dead. Those are topics for another blog post.
5. Figure Out Your Major ASAP
A lot of kids head to college with at least a general idea of what they want to major in. Other go in with your future all laid out. Reality is going to hit both of those types like a freight train. High school might have been tough but college is a whole different beast. If you're not careful, it will take what you love and turn it into something you hate. The difference is in success and failure is how you respond to adversity. You'll find out pretty quickly whether or not you can handle the workload required to be in your major. If it's too much, switch as soon as you can. You don't want to waste any time or money staying in a major and accruing credits that won't translate to a different degree plan if you choose to change your major later on down the road. Assess the situation and figure out whether you're going to sink or swim ASAP.
6. Learn How to Drive
For the love of all that is holy, please learn to drive before you get to campus. Here are some helpful tips if you need a crash course in driving:
-The gas pedal is on the right. The brake is on the left.
-Left lane=fast, right lane=five over the speed limit
-You don't need to slow down to five miles and hour to look for your turn.
-If you're getting into a turning lane, get into it BEFORE you slow down to a complete stop.
-When the red lights come on on the car in front of you, that means they're slowing down and you should, too.
-Pedestrians technically have the right of way but if they're not in a designated crosswalk, it's ok to drive as closely as possible to them to give them a little reminder to use the dang crosswalk.
-If you're going to pullout in front of someone, you'd better time it right. If not, you;d better have some good insurance.
7. Have Fun
The last piece of advice I've got for you is to have fun. Don't stress out too much. Unless you screw up and don't take any of my sage advice, you'll only be a freshman once. There are whole new possibilities and experiences out there for you to have. Whole new memories for you to make. Don't waste any time. Go out there and have those experiences. Make those memories. And don't do anything too stupid.
And call your mom.
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I'm so proud to announce that I've joined the amazing group of authors at Sapphire Star Publishing! It still feels surreal. I was on vacation in Florida when one of the co-owners contacted me. As soon as I read, "Thank you for contacting Sapphire Star Publishing," I assumed it was a nice start to yet another rejection. I actually asked my husband to read the email to confirm it was a full manuscript request. Then, came the wait and ensuing self-doubt some writers experience when their baby a.k.a. manuscript is in the hands of an agent, editor, or publisher.
When the response arrived with a publishing contract for my YA dark paranormal romance EDGE OF TRUTH, I cheered and danced around my kitchen. I'm so excited about this next phase in my writing career I hardly know what to do with myself. I'm so grateful for my amazing CPs Dawn Allen, L.L. McKinney, and Nicole McLaughlin and their continued support and encouragement over the years. The next round of Chai Tea Lattes is on me, girls! *Hugs!*
As a bonus, Nicole is also a photographer. She took my official author photo, which I'm so making my new blog, Facebook, twitter, etc. picture. Latte + cookie for you. 🙂
Even more exciting, I have a release date for EDGE OF TRUTH.
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p.s. The clues I gave yesterday (excluding 4, 8, and 13) were tidbits about characters in my book.


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James Troisi is right to be disappointed by Socceroos treatment after Asian Cup squad snub
James Troisi's comments about his non-selection in Graham Arnold's Socceroos squad were emotional, aggressive and revealing.
The 30-year-old suggested Arnold didn't select his 23-man list based on performance or merit, while also saying he and Melbourne Victory teammates Terry Antonis and Thomas Deng should have been picked to represent their nation at the Asian Cup in the UAE.
While Troisi didn't mention Arnold by name, you can read between the lines to assess there appears to be a fair amount of contempt between he and the Australian coaching set up.
"Everyone has their agendas, their favourites and their ideas. You just have to move on in football," Troisi said in a veiled attack on the selection process.
What Troisi is referring to isn't 100 percent clear but it's likely at least part of it is a reference to the selection of Arnold pupils Mustafa Amini and Rhyan Grant ahead of Antonis and Deng.
However the revelation that he has had no contact with the national team since the World Cup is damning on leaders within the Socceroos non-playing staff.
While Troisi has been a polarising figure throughout much of his career, the fact he hasn't received a phone call about his Socceroos situation is truly stunning.
This is a player who scored the winning goal at the Asian Cup to help his nation achieve arguably their greatest moment.
Surely a veteran of 37 caps deserves at least a phone call from the nation he has served over the past 10 years?
Whether that contact is to explain why he hasn't been picked, or what he needs to do put himself back in Socceroos selection frame.
For the record, it's completely understandable why Troisi was overlooked for the World Cup and by Arnold for the Asian Cup.
His A-League form in the months leading up to the World Cup was quite poor, and when he turned it on during Victory's finals surge to the championship, it was too little, too late.
This season Troisi has been outstanding as Victory have started the A-League campaign on fire, but it makes complete sense for Arnold to stick to the squad that have gelled together in the previous national team camps, with Chris Ikonomidis the only player to come in from the outside.
But why has there been no communication with the Victory playmaker since the World Cup?
Arnold mentioned Troisi briefly in his press conference, claiming to be a coach who speaks regularly with his national team contenders.
"I spoke to Kevin Muscat yesterday for a good 15 minutes about Terry, as well as James Troisi and Thomas Deng. It's no secret Victory are doing very well but I can only look at what we have," he said.
"I am a manager that communicates a lot with his players I explain the situation.
"The key ingredient is communication, because I spoke to probably 30 players yesterday. Some I had to disappoint and some I made extremely happy."
Intriguingly, this suggests Troisi wasn't even close to selection at any stage and isn't one of the 12 players on standby to come in to the squad if injury strikes.
The lack of communication makes Troisi's resentment and disappointment completely understandable - and this is hopefully the last time we see an ugly scenario played out in public with the new Socceroos regime.


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Especially for primary school children (6 to 12 years old) a concept has been developed in which extra chocolate elements are discussed. Chocolate Nation is the ideal educational trip and will certainly be appreciated by this age group. Chocolate Nation is also located just opposite of the Central Railway Station in Antwerp. Children up to 12 years old pay €1 per journey with the NMBS.
The price per child is €9.50 and includes the following elements:
The tour is guided by an audioguide, every 5 minutes a new group of maximum 30 people can start. For every 15 children there is one free teacher, other teachers pay €15. Secondary school children can visit the experience at €15/pupil. For this price they visit the experience including a praline demonstration given by one of our chocolatiers.
If you would like your class and/or school to visit Chocolate Nation, please let us know by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com Please mention the desired date / period and the number of participating children in your mail.
Translated with firstname.lastname@example.com. Gelieve de gewenste datum/periode en het aantal deelnemende kinderen mee te vermelden in uw mail.


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✨ Cat Nights begin on August 17 when Sirius the Dog Star is no longer visible in the night sky. This term harkens back to the days when people were afraid of witches. A rather obscure old Irish legend said that a witch could turn herself into a cat eight times, but on the ninth time (August 17), she couldn't regain her human form. This bit of folklore also gives us the saying, "A cat has nine lives." Because August is a yowly time for cats, this may have prompted the speculation about witches on the prowl in the first place. Also, nights continue to get longer. Cats, crepuscular creatures, are nocturnal hunters. Their superior night vision means that the nights belong to them. 🐾
- Farmers Almanac
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River State Governor Wike celebrated his birthday on December 13th has been dragged by Rivers APC who said Governor Wike doesn't know his birth date, as documents show he was born on March 13, 1963.
Reactions to Governor Wike's birthday celebration, Rivers APC, through Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, senior special assistant (SSA) on Media and Public Affairs and consultant to the state Chairman, Chief Davies Ikanya, said Wike had been parading three dates of birth.
The statement reads:
"It is unfortunate and sad that the almighty Governor Wike of Rivers State, who is today the 'jewel and pride' of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) does not know his date of birth. This may be shocking to the outside world, but APC members are not shocked, knowing his antecedents as a fellow who is capable of using any method, whether sinister, unholy, untoward or otherwise to achieve any task he sets his mind to achieve, including deceiving the world on his day of birth.
"We have read many birthday messages from his (Wike's) family, political associates, among others, celebrating his birthday on December 13, while the documents he presented to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and educational institutions on oath indicate that he was born on March 13, 1963 and not December 13, 1967, as he makes the world to believe.
"Sadly, as if Wike is not contented with being born on two different days, the great Google claims that the Rivers governor was born on August 24, 1967. What a feat! An individual claiming three different days as his birthday.
"According to the age declaration, sworn to by Wike's elder brother, Chief Collins Wike and a clergy father, and presented to INEC and educational institutions, Wike is said to be born on March 13, 1963."


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The program encourages new families to take a tour of the facilities. Please ring the centre (08 8357 9207) so an appointment can be made with the Director. Information about costs etc is available from this website and also from the Highgate Office. Children new to the program may be picked up at their classroom by a staff member if requested.
General enrolment and Activity enrolment forms
The enrolment form can be accessed via the Skoolbag app here.
The forms are also available below.
- Changes to Highgate School OSHC Enrolment Forms (PDF 327K)
- Highgate School OSHC New Enrolment Forms (PDF 30K)
- Notification of Changes To Enrolment Information (PDF 7K)
- OSHC 2019 Booking Request Form For Pre-existing Enrolment (Microsoft Word 156K)
- OSHC 2019 Booking Request Form For Pre-existing Enrolment (PDF 110K)
- OSHC CCS System Information


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Sibte Hassan begins his encompassing criticism of Professor Askari with "Professor Mohammad Hasan Askari was a distinguished writer of Urdu" and then traces his "deterioration" into metaphysics, ending up with Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi and his Bahishti Zewar.
Well. Why not? And this is not the only case of one going to the extreme when changing tracks. After all, Askari did not need to prove himself. His early short stories still delight. They were among the early heralds of our progressive writing. And he occupies a high place in Urdu literary criticism.
Sibte Hasan, who did not like Askari reading, or at least liking, Ashraf Ali Thanvi, had, I am certain, continued to enjoy his literary criticism. But there is more to literature than a fascination with metaphysics.
Am I being drawn back to the problem of "alienation"? How I enjoyed discoursing on it in my college days; even philosophy can be a joy when one is young: "It follows from the relation between alienated labour and private property, that the emancipation of the society from private property, from servitude, takes the political form of the emancipation of the working class……."(K.M.).
No! I am not ashamed to confess to a liking of romance, e.g:
"Magar uss shokh kay aahista say khhultay huay hont."
"J'ai reve d'une grande route,
Ou tu etais seule a passer,
L'oiseau blanchi par la rosee,
S'eveillait a tes premiers pas."
(Matines, Eluard)
(I dreamt of a big road, which you were the only one to traverse, the bird whitened by the dew, was stirred by the sound of your first step.)
Actually, the mankind has not yet got over the memory of his early days in the forests. After all, he lived in them hundreds of thousands of years, hunting and gathering, while he started producing food only about 10,000 years ago.
I imagine, Professor Askari would have placed the basic split in the human condition at the place where production began. He says the present time is extremely complex because the technological inventions have found the means to satisfy the humans' physical needs, on the one hand, and all the tendencies and thoughts have mixed up inextricably together with their contradictions, on the other. And this jumble is devoid of any system of grading. He regrets that, after the Second World War, even the peoples of Africa and Asia became prisoners of the Western mode of thought, i.e. materialism.
It is obvious that he sees spiritualism and materialism as mutually contradictory, instead of being each other's reflection. After all, materiality is the only mode in which the existence is experienced by the consciousness, i.e. by our spiritual being. I think here Diderot found the most reasonable solution, when, towards the end, his hard pronouncements of scepticism were softened by tolerant humanity.
The writer is a retired ambassador.
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Shani Lodge
Orlando Fl.
While some shy away from the crowd or being in front of the camera, Shani feeds off the energy they bring! Since her teenage years, Shani has rocked stages and screens as a local TV Personality, Host, Interviewer and even Youth speaker for various events in the Orlando and Tampa Bay areas.
Most recently she has gained an on-line presence as a Free-lance Co-host/Script-Writer for film production company My Christian Films. She Co-hosts their Christian Music Video Countdown Show "Soundstage" and has conducted several of the interviews for their show "The Conversation," which showcases celebrity interviews. Both can be seen on various local stations across the U.S. and on-line outlet www.24Flix.com, which features positive television 24/7.
Over the years, Shani has interviewed several celebrities from all walks of life such as: Kirk Franklin, David & Tamela Mann, LeCrae, Andy Mineo (and remaining Reach Records artists roster), Marvin Sapp, Da' T.R.U.T.H, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, Karen Clark-Sheard, Chris August, Montell Jordan, Mandisa, Musiq Soulchild, Treach of Naughty by Nature, Fat Joe, Hall of Fame Coach Bobby Bowden among many others. She's been blessed with the opportunity to cover the Red Carpet at The Stellar Awards & GMA Dove Awards, as a correspondent.
Shani has hosted, scripted and coordinated several local concerts and events in the Orlando area; especially those catered to Youth and Christian Hip-Hop/R&B artists. She's also the new RAW:natural born artist Showcase Host for the 2014 season; helping RAW highlight local Indie Artists in the Central Florida area.
Shani handles each opportunity given to her with sheer professionalism, grace and excitement! She works well with prepared scripts, but can also write show/event scripts, help with overall event coordination (as needed) and uses her improvisational skills instinctively. She looks forward to continuing on this path; helping others enjoy positive events, as much as she does!


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Skip to 0 minutes and 4 seconds SPEAKER 1: Here's a thought for you. It's not complicated or clever, but stop and think this through seriously. What do you do when you want to purchase something?
Skip to 0 minutes and 17 seconds Nowadays, your answer is almost certain to include going online, even if it's just to research your options. When you decide to pick one product or service, your choice will be based on features someone has targeted you to receive. You're in a market segment.
Skip to 0 minutes and 39 seconds By the end of your four weeks of learning with us, you'll be able to understand the core concepts of marketing and the significance of the digital economy, link segmentation strategy to an organisation's overall strategic direction as they embrace the impact of the digital economy, improve your or your organisation's performance by using market segmentation, identify and deal sensitively with ethical issues in the online world arising from market segmentation.
Skip to 1 minute and 21 seconds But in the first week, we've posed this question.
Skip to 1 minute and 27 seconds Let's get started.
Hello and welcome to Success Through Marketing Segmentation.
This course is one of four available in The Digital Economy program. Successful completion of all four courses (as evidenced by upgrading and then receiving a Certificate of Achievement for each course when you become eligible) can lead to 15 UK credits towards The Open University Business School's flexible MBA by passing a linked Open University assessment course (requiring separate OU registration and fee). Find out more about Managing in the Digital Economy, the linked Open University assessment course.
The first week of this course will explore marketing in the digital economy.
Let's begin by asking the question: what do you do when you want to purchase something, such as car insurance or a sofa? Your answer is almost certainly going to include going online to see what options exist. When you decide to pick one product or service over all of those available, you will be choosing based on features targeted to market segments. This online market place can be thought of as part of the digital economy, an idea which has revolutionised how we as consumers make choices, and how marketers interact with us.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- understand the core concepts of marketing, and the significance of changes enabled by the digital economy
- link segmentation strategy to an organisation's overall strategic direction, recognising the impact of the digital economy
- improve your organisation's performance by using market segmentation
- identify and deal sensitively with ethical issues arising from market segmentation in the digital economy.
This week we will pose the question: what does the digital economy mean for the discipline of marketing?
Who will support your learning?
The lead educator on this course is Hilary Collins. Hilary is a strategic design academic with research interests in the economic and cultural role of the creative industries. She teaches Open University courses in Strategy and Design Thinking.
To support this process we will have two mentors, Sue Curd and Peter Sharp. You can access the FutureLearn profiles of those supporting your learning and follow them.
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Ok, I admit, I'm addicted to this Megaman.EXE series. I love the similarities of the net Navi's and just normal browsing on the Internet. From a technical standpoint, the concept of Net Navi's is just great. It's helped me to better explain why someone can't print their documents in real life, like my boss. Does anyone else just love the concept of the Net Navi too?
Series wise, I like Mayl and Roll more.