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The Design Process
When designing a new feature like this, I aim to create a simple interface. I started the process by analyzing how a user currently implemented link tracking. The recommended pattern was the following:
This pattern has a couple of problems:
- It requires that the user knows to call preventDefault() on the event object
- It requires a selection library to be installed, in addition to our library
- It increases the time required to integrate with our library, and confuses some users
Next, I wrote up what I wanted the new interface to be:
I was careful to consider different ways a user might want to hook up link tracking, while also ensuring that we didn't bloat the javascript with too many features. Because of our goal to have a slim library, I evaluated the cost of each additional feature to determine how to get the most functionality from the least amount of code.
One major design choice was to not include a full featured dom querying library. This choice meant that the interface would only be able to select by a single class/id without the help of jQuery/other selector engine. To help me make this decision, I considered embedding a number of selection engines including SizzleJS, Qwery and the Essential Selector Library. I then worked out the code required to implement a super simple selection engine (only selects by single class or single id):
Based on the minimal amount of code required to implement our own simple selection library, I decided to go that route and allow users to pass in jQuery objects if they wanted to select something more complex.
To implement the actual mpmetrics.track_links() method I wrote an argument based router. The idea was to catch errors as early as possible, and fail gracefully. The router parses the arguments variable, and proxies the arguments to one of two functions based on the first argument. Javascript makes this pattern very elegant with language features such as apply().
Another way our library fails gracefully is by ensuring that we wait only 300 ms for the Mixpanel servers to respond. In this way our user's sites stay responsive even if our servers are having problems. I chose 300 ms based on a browser benchmark I wrote to evaluate the response time for the mpmetrics.track() method.
101 Big Ones
Go Time.
After a final code review with our lead front-end engineer, Tim Trefren, it was time to deploy. Seconds after our deploy scripts finished, thousands of browsers around the world downloaded and ran my code, no Internet apocalypse in sight. I never imagined that I would be pushing something of this magnitude out in my first week, let alone as an intern. Mixpanel has welcomed me as a core member of the team from day one, putting just as much trust on me as everyone else. I know that every day I come into the office I will be making a difference rather than just fixing bugs and writing tests. For a rewarding internship contact me and help us change the world of analytics.
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
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Closing the Global Health Equity Gap
When Eva Paus, director of the Center for Global Initiatives, introduced Gro Harlem Brundtland, MHC's 2005 Global Studies Fellow, to the overflow crowd in Gamble Auditorium October 27, she made clear the significance of Brundtland's visit. "Nobody in the world is better able to help us understand the problems, politics, and policies of global health than our speaker tonight," said Paus, noting that last year the Financial Times named Brundtland the fourth most influential European of the last 25 years, behind Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Margaret Thatcher.
Brundtland, former director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) and past prime minister of Norway, spoke on "Global Health Threats: Problems, Politics, and Policies." And the diagnosis she offered was dire: "In an interconnected and independent world, bacteria and viruses travel almost as fast as email messages.... There are no health sanctuaries." According to Brundtland, citizens of all nations are at risk on myriad fronts until epidemics such as AIDS, malaria, TB, and vaccine-preventable diseases are halted. "Today public health challenges are no longer just local, national, or regional. They are global," Brundtland said. "They are intimately linked to environment and development. They are key to national, regional, and global security.... A world where a billion people are deprived [of health services] is an unsafe world."
Her prognosis, however, was hopeful and, in fact, decidedly certain. Brundtland is convinced that industrialized nations know precisely how to win the battle for health, as evidenced two-and-a-half years ago by the international response to SARS, an effort that "in just four short months, identified a new disease and contained a global outbreak, which could have become a global catastrophe." With the threat of a new, major influenza pandemic now looming, scientists, doctors, and public health authorities again—under recommendations from WHO—are preparing for "global mobilization to fight a global threat." Applying that same cooperation and intensity to ongoing public health challenges is precisely what will transform lives, stimulate economies, and "be a bridge for peace." The key, Brundtland said, is that the world's democracies must take responsibility to promote change.
Brundtland's prescription for a health revolution isn't just wishful thinking. During her five years at the helm of WHO, she witnessed the life-saving outcomes of new private and public initiatives, such as the Gates Foundation, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.
Brundtland also urged her audience to recognize the moral imperative of narrowing health equity gaps. Access to a functioning health system, she noted, is "a basic human right and a matter of social justice. We need to invest in people. Public responsibility for all is a vital part of a functioning democracy." In response to an audience question about how a student can help, Brundtland noted everyone has the opportunity to improve the world. "Pick something that promotes change. And vote. How can you criticize anything in your country or in the world if you don't even do that?" she asked.
The following morning, Brundtland met with students in the medical anthropology class taught by Lynn Morgan, chair of sociology and anthropology. The forum, which was open to the campus, offered Morgan and her students an up-close view of what Morgan described as Brundtland's "feistiness, optimism, and her tireless, 40-year commitment to public service." She added, "Gro Brundtland is a model for those of us—and I include myself—who sometimes get paralyzed by the seemingly intractable, overwhelming nature of global health problems. She shows that individuals can make a positive difference."
Jens Christiansen, professor of economics and chair of European studies, echoed Morgan's comments. "Gro Harlem Brundtland is the non plus ultra as a role model for Mount Holyoke students," he said. "For over two decades she has been a mover and shaker on the international scene. Eva Paus and the Center for Global Initiatives could not have made a better choice for MHC's 2005 Global Studies Fellow. Brundtland is a truly outstanding global citizen."

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Danish crane and heavy haulage contractor BMS has purchased a new Liebherr LTM 1090-4.2 mobile crane. It is the first model to be sold by the German crane manufacturer following the crane's launch in 2017.
BMS will run the new LTM 1090-4.2 from its site in Aarhus, Denmark. The new four-axle crane will replace BMS's existing LTM 1070-4.1 and will then be the smallest crane at the BMS site.
The 90 tonne capacity crane can travel with axle loads of 10 tonnes, 12 tonnes and 16 tonnes. At 60 metres its telescopic boom is 10 metres longer than that of the LTM 1070-4.1.
According to Per Thorsen Christiansen, Aarhus managing director, "when the concept and the technical highlights of the LTM 1090-4.2 were explained to me I decided I had to have the first one of this new model. The new 90-tonne crane from Liebherr impressed me immediately because it has a very long telescopic boom, is just 2.55 metres wide and can carry a great deal of ballast with an axle load of 12 tonnes. Furthermore, Liebherr has also integrated its VarioBallast and VarioBase innovations on this model.
"Two- and three-axle mobile cranes are not popular in our region. That is why our range starts with four-axle models. We use our cranes 90 per cent of the time for construction projects, for example for steel fabrication, the assembly of prefabricated concrete components or for installing reinforcement steel for concrete foundations."


text: Need an easy and delicious snack for after school or a get together! I've got one for you, it's perfect for Fall and it couldn't' be easier to put together. It's a simple three layer dip that you serve with sliced apples. Get a pretty dish and add a layer of cream cheese (I used 1/3 less fat), add a layer of caramel and finish with a sprinkle with toffee bits which can be found in the baking aisle. I promise you it will disappear! See you soon with more Fall ideas.


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Donald L. McCarver, age 45, suddenly, of Lombard, died October 21 at Mt. Sinai, Chicago.
A Memorial Gathering will be held Monday, October 25 from 4PM until time of service 7 PM at Brust Funeral Home, 135 S. Main St. Lombard.
Interment Private
Donald McCarver is survived by three sons, Donald, Robert and Stephen all from Lombard; his mother, Georgia of Wheaton, and a brother, Robert of Alabama.
Donald is preceded in death by his father, Donald.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to P.A.D.S. would be appreciated.
Donald was a Veteran of the U. S. Marines. He was an excellent carpenter and a great artist. He was a History buff. He loved to eat and enjoyed camping, fishing and outdoor activities with his boys. He was a coach for the Lombard Falcons.
Arrangements were made by Brust Funeral Home, 135 S. Main St. Lombard.


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"I've been loving the Afterlife Summit! So much great information and fascinating interviews." – Tina
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The Afterlife Summit examines the first-hand accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs), to help us learn about the nature and progress of our souls. The experts interviewed on The Afterlife Summit, including medical doctors, shamans, paranormal researchers and evidence-based mediums, can help us understand the other chapters of the journey of the soul.
Knowing about the afterlife changes the way you live your life today.
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The Unusual Question
The Desire To Return
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The Many Levels of Consciousness
The Near-Death Experienced
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Multi-Dimensional Dreaming And The Soul
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- Adult Swim
- Life is an ocean. We wanted to swim.
- Animals That Swim
- Most men will not swim before they are able to
- swim team
- The hope that one of us would learn to swim
- Sleep Swim
- swim meet
- being thrown into the ocean, if nothing else, will teach you how to swim
- I swim near summer shadows
- Mother May I Go out to Swim
- We don't swim in yer toilet, so don't fuck us over or you'll need 2 wheelchairs, fool: An Partie
- Sink or swim
- Learning To Swim
- Swim with the fishies, but remember you have wings
- Watch where you swim
- I don't swim in your toilet
- Ducks can swim. What about her pearls?
- butterfly stroke
- Only dead fish swim with the stream
- Swim bladder
- We were built to swim for eighty years
- walk through briars that you might swim in clear waters
- drowning in the big swim
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In golf's modern era, it's commonly understood that no player has ever achieved the brief but memorable brilliance of Johnny Miller.
In 1974 and 1975, Miller won 12 tournaments. More important than the number of the victories was the manner in which they were achieved, for during this streak Miller hit the ball consistently closer to the flag than any player in history. At his best, Miller's game was marked by incredibly aggressive and equally accurate iron play.
Miller won five of the first 11 events of 1974 and later three more. The next year, he won four. At Phoenix he shot 260 to win by 14. The next week at Tucson, he closed with a 61 to win by nine.
"It was sort of golfing nirvana," Miller said later. "I'd say my average iron shot for three months in 1975 was within five feet of my line, and I had the means for controlling distance. I could feel the shot so well."
"I'd say my average iron shot for three months in 1975 was within five feet of my line, and I had the means for controlling distance. I could feel the shot so well."
This brilliant stretch was framed by Miller's most important victories. At the 1973 U.S. Open at Oakmont, he was six behind after a third-round 76 when he suddenly caught fire. He birdied the first four holes of the final round and continued to shoot at the flag. He made four more birdies against one bogey for a 63 to win by one. In the 1976 British Open at Royal Birkdale, Miller trailed 19-year-old Seve Ballesteros by two going into the final round but put together a 66 to win by six.
That victory marked the end of Miller's reign at the top of the game as he didn't win another tournament until 1980. Several factors contributed. Miller lacked the insatiable appetite for success that drives the very greatest. Bored with golf, Miller spent a summer working on his ranch and found that his stronger body could not repeat his old swing. Never a brilliant putter, Miller began to suffer from the yips. Finally, Miller's priorities changed the moment he had the first of his six children in 1977.
In all, Miller won 25 times on the PGA TOUR. His final and probably most remarkable victory occurred at Pebble Beach in 1994. Playing on one of his favorite courses, Miller somehow kept making putts-at times closing his eyes during the stroke-and won by a stroke.
Johnny Miller's career low round was a 61.
Born in San Francisco April 29, 1947, Miller took up golf as a boy under the watchful eye of his father, Larry. "I was very lucky because my father was always positive and never pushed," said Miller. "He always called me Champ."
Later, Miller was guided by teacher John Geertson, who shaped Miller's distinctive early wrist-cock takeaway. Miller received playing privileges at the Olympic Club and in 1964 won the U.S. Junior Amateur. As a 19-year-old amateur, he qualified for the 1966 U.S. Open at Olympic and finished eighth. He attended Brigham Young University and turned professional in 1969, nearly winning the 1971 Masters. After his victory at Oakmont, Miller got his biggest confidence boost by partnering with Jack Nicklaus in the World Cup.
"I played every day with Jack for a week, and I started to believe that at the time, I was actually better than him," Miller said.
Nicklaus eventually answered Miller's challenge to his station as the game's best by outdueling Tom Weiskopf and Miller down the stretch at the 1975 Masters.
"When I got to the mountaintop, I kind of looked at the scenery and wondered, 'Now what?' " Miller once summarized. "When Jack got there, he said, 'Where's the next mountain?' " Since retiring from regular competition, Miller has become a popular television golf commentator.


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Licenses for the Geofizicheskoye and Salmanovskoye (Utrenneye) fields on the Gydan Peninsula were acquired in September 2011 and are valid through 2031.
The Salmanovskoye (Utrenneye) field, located in the northern part of the Gydan peninsula on the shores of the Gulf of Ob in close proximity to the South-Tambeyskoye field, was discovered in 1980. It is the largest field by recoverable reserves that has been found to date on the Gydan Peninsula. The field contains 34 hydrocarbon deposits, including 16 gas deposits, 15 gas condensate deposits, two oil and gas condensate deposits and one crude oil deposit. Proved reserves to SEC standards amounted to 259.8 bcm of natural gas and 9.6 mmt of liquid hydrocarbons as of 31 December 2014.
The Geofizicheskoye oil and gas condensate field, located in the middle part of the Gydan peninsula on the shores of the Gulf of Ob, was discovered in 1975 and contains 35 hydrocarbon deposits, including 19 gas deposits, 12 gas condensate deposits, three crude oil deposits and one crude oil and gas condensate deposit. Proved reserves to SEC standards amounted to 125.6 bcm of natural gas and 0.4 mmt of liquid hydrocarbons as of 31 December 2014.
In December 2014 "Arctic LNG 1" (the Company's subsidiary) won an auction for exploration and production at the Trekhbugorniy license area located on the Gydan Peninsula and bordering the Company's Geofizicheskiy license area. Estimated natural gas reserves of the Trekhbugorniy license area under the Russian C1+C2 reserve classification amount to 5.9 bcm, while the field's broader recoverable resources classification exceed one (1) tcm of natural gas and 90 mln tons of liquid hydrocarbons.
In 2016, we continued full-scale exploration works at our license areas located on the Gydan Peninsula to properly assess the resource potential of this strategically important region. In total we have drilled five exploration wells at the Utrenneye field in 2014 to 2016, and the well testing results allowed us to increase the appraised reserves volumes and confirm higher well flows at the field.


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Obtaining Copyright Protection
The securing of copyright protection is frequently misunderstood. Copyright is secured automatically when a work is created. A work is "created" when it is fixed into a book, tape or electronic medium for the first time. For example, a song can be fixed in sheet music, a digital tape or both.
No publication, registration or other action in the U.S. Copyright Office is required to secure copyright. However, to enforce the copyright and for other practical reasons, it is highly recommended that you to register your copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office.


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Record Number of Visitors, the 20th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair Concluded Successfully
ZHONGSHAN, China, Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — On 3 November 2017, the 20th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair, featuring crowds of visitors, a full array of exhibits, high-quality exhibitors and excellent services, came to a close successfully at Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, Zhongshan, Guangdong.
Highlighting the lighting design, stressing on intelligent manufacturing, joining hands with 7 sub venues (large lighting malls in town) to build up an exhibition area of over 1,500,000sqm and gather over 2,000 exhibitors, the fair set up a professional and market-oriented lighting procurement feast.
The number of trade buyers and exhibitors set new records
The number of trade buyers hit a new high at the 20th GILF. By 13:00 p.m. on 3 November, GILF recorded 301,
Scientific layout guarantees a high-quality exhibition
The main venue adopted a scientific layout with 5 halls and 8 areas displaying lighting solutions and designs, decorative lighting, household lighting, electrical and electronic products, commercial lighting, outdoor lighting, machinery & equipment and lighting accessories & components accordingly.
Forums and activities help visitors get more involved
Multiple professional conferences and forums such as 'China International Lighting Design Awards Presentation Ceremony', 'Guzhen International Lighting Festival Networking Meeting', 'The 2nd Session of the 8th China Association of Lighting Industry Council' and 'The 18th China Lighting Capital Summit' were held during the fair. Industrial insiders gathered to discuss hot issues and opportunities of the industry and find ways to help with its development and upgrade. In addition, the 'GILF Honorable Exhibitors and State of the Arts Products Introduction' were hosted to reward GILF's long-term exhibitors and those with great quality products or advanced manufacturing technologies, and to offer them a platform to introduce their latest items.
The 20th GILF has proved to be a great success in scale, numbers of visitors and exhibitors and services. It's no doubt that the future of GILF will be even brighter. The forthcoming 21st GILF will be held on 18-21 March 2018 at Guzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, Zhongshan, Guangdong.


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Carver County, in cooperation with MnDOT, has conducted a Hwy 212 Corridor Study to provide guidance for transportation improvements along Hwy 212 between the City of Carver and Norwood Young America. This study looked at lower-cost ways to make improvements to the corridor while working towards the long-term conversion of the corridor to a four-lane facility. The study has identified investment needs and shown how they:
- Address system performance on Hwy 212
- Improve the safety of the corridor for motorists and pedestrians
- Support local economic and community development along Hwy 212
Our most recent newsletter about the project can be found on our Documents Page.


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On this achievement, the Chancellor of Lovely Professional University, Mr. Ashok Mittal said: "LAC believes in providing valued services to churn out toppers across different competitive entrance exams such as All India Engineering Entrance Exam and such more. Prior to brilliant Sunil, Kiranpreet Kaur, a Crash Course student of LAC, has already brought laurels by getting 3rd Rank in the PMT (Pre-Medical entrance Test, 2012), in Army Category. Many other students have also performed exceptionally well." Adding, he said: "The consecutive success of students at various Entrance Exams can be attributed to the dedicated efforts of experienced faculty of LAC, maximum of which is from IITs, Kota and other top Institutes of India. Equally credible is the unique teaching methodology followed at the Academy under which hard working and aspiring students shine as Sunil and Kiranpreet. I wish all the successful students a bright future ahead!"
On asking Sunil Meena what his success mantra is, he said confidently: "It is strength of mind and determination to succeed, accorded to me by my parents and the guides at the Academy. I knew that given sufficient time for self-study, I could understand concepts well, but I needed some good teachers who could clear my doubts. It was here that LAC came into the picture and, the masters in their subjects at LAC filled the void extremely well, better than I had ever imagined. Enrolled, I used to practice and get my doubts cleared the next day."
LAC new batch for the target courses, i.e. for the students who have cleared their +2 but want to improve the rank, is starting in July. Admissions for selected seats in +1 & +2 coaching are also open.


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Chapter 78 – Reappearance of the Golden Scales
Gu Yue's face was slightly flushed but Tang Wu Lin had already rushed up. With his pair of heavy silver hammers, he directed an assault at Guang Long
Guang Long smiled grimly and swung his fists. Two fists and two hammers collided.
Boom, boom, boom! Tang Wu Lin leapt into the air, and with the addition of his hammers, his strength had increased greatly. Guang Long, however, had displayed both his soul skills – Armored Body and Armored Dragon Body. Putting both together had increased his toughness to an astonishing degree.
Tang Wu Lin was thrown out forcibly once more, a stuffy groan emitting out. Blood dripped from his mouth and nose.
Xie Xie's response was lighting fast. He dashed behind Tang Wu Lin in the blink of an eye, hoping to support Tang Wu Lin and prevent him from falling.
But he had underestimated the force of Tang Wu Lin's body. After taking hold of Tang Wu Lin's body, the both of them were slammed into the ground.
This precisely getting crushed by force.
Guang Long shook his shoulders, but didn't continue to pursue Tang Wu Lin. Instead, he looked towards the surrounding spectators. "You see? If you dare defy me, this will be the outcome. Although these kids are Soul Masters, there are in no way a match for this daddy. Whomever dares defy me, beware of this daddy's Armored Dragon claws tearing you into shreds."
"So painful. Xie Xie, your Light Dragon Dagger is stabbing me." Tang Wu Lin, who had fallen to the ground, howled in pain.
Xie Xie, who had initially tried to support him, was pushed away by the immense force and was in no way able to control the Light Dragon Dagger in his grip. It had slashed against Tang Wu Lin's back.
"I'm sorry. That wasn't my intention." Xie Xie had also collapsed onto the ground in a mess.
Gu Yue prepared her water element in advance to heal them both. Upon reaching Tang Wu Lin, however, ,she found a strange energy radiating from his body.
'So hot!' Tang Wu Lin's body trembled lightly. A fiery heat radiated from the wound on his back, spreading throughout his body.
The familiar burning sensation from so long ago reappeared once again, flowing from his tailbone, throughout his body and toward his brain. His body felt as though it was lit on fire and had released an intense wave of heat from his body. This wave of heat had completely cleared the tightness within Tang Wu Lin's chest when he'd been sent flying by Guang Long
The soul power within Tang Wu Lin's body rose as well, but he only felt that his spirit was in chaos. Unknown to him was that his strength had increased to a shocking level, as if it could now shake both the heavens and earth.
Tang Wu Lin turned to look at his right hand subconsciously showing golden spots had appeared upon the back of his hand. The whole of his right arm felt as though it was recharged and it vibrated lightly. That huge increase in strength all came from his right hand.
Golden Scales. These were the Golden Scales that previously appeared.
A few months had passed, and Tang Wu Lin had almost forgotten about these golden scales that had once appeared. Now, not only have they reappeared, they also reappeared in his time of need.
After a deep roar, Tang Wu Lin jumped up with full force and sped towards Guang Long.
Xie Xie had failed to stop Tang Wu Lin and shouted at him, "Wu Lin, don't go!"
Gu Yue, however, kept quiet as she'd clearly seen the sudden appearance of the golden scales on Tang Wu Lin's neck. Her expression was dulled. 'What is that…'
Guang Long hollered arrogantly when he sighted Tang Wu Lin coming towards him. This time, however, he only had one hammer. Guang Long shouted at him, "Punk, you're pretty tough aren't you! If you weren't a child, this daddy would have already kneaded you to death." After making this remark, he slapped at Tang Wu Lin's incoming heavy silver hammer.
At this moment, however, almost instantly, Guang Long felt a shiver from within his body. He now clearly saw the golden luster within Tang Wu Lin's eyes. Golden bits of light flashed, Tang Wu Lin's pupils morphed into a pair of icy slits, and a incomprehensible feeling overcame Guang Long's body, causing him to go limp.
Bang! Guang Long's massive body was hammered out of the way. The surrounding spectators clearly heard the bones in his arm fracturing.
Guang Long's two men tried their best to catch him as he fell, but failed and crashed into a pile along with him, just like what had happened to Xie Xie a while ago.
Tang Wu Lin looked at his right arm in shock. At that moment, the golden scales had spread up to his wrist as well, and claws had appeared. The whole of his right arm brought a boiling sensation to him.
Compared with the previous instance, he had a more vivid experience this time round. He could clearly feel his soul power diminishing at a shocking speed.
'Quickly release!' He prayed in his heart.
A bizarre scene appeared. The glowing golden scales that had just grown on his arms dimmed as it rapidly changed into spots of light before disappearing from his arm The heat within his body had also cooled.
The entire process of his golden scales' appearance to his willful removal of these scales had only lasted a little more than ten seconds, but Tang Wu Lin felt as though his soul power had been rapidly used up. The only thing he had done better than the last experience was that he hadn't fainted from the overuse of soul power.
His arm ached so badly that he felt it couldn't be lifted. Tang Wu Lin's head was only filled with chaos. If last time's appearance of the golden scales was like a hallucination, then this time it was a vivid feeling. If it was a hallucination, then how could he possibly explain this feeling?
"Your… your power reappeared again?" Xie Xie had been right behind Tang Wu Lin ever since he rushed out, and had been able to witness first hand how Tang Wu Lin was able to send Guang Long flying with a single hammer. He had also witnessed the appearance of the golden scales on Tang Wu Lin's arms.
Not only did Guang Long feel a wave of fear at that instant, Xie Xie had as well. The appearance of the golden scales on Tang Wu Lin's body had brought some sort of magical power, and it was frightening.
Tang Wu Lin smiled grimly. "I don't know what happened too. Ah, where are the others?"
As he looked for Guang Long once again, Guang Long and his two men had disappeared. At this instant, the surrounding crowd suddenly appeared before him and made themselves useful in aiding Uncle Li in lifting up the kitchen table and clearing the mess. These were passersby who, like Uncle Li, were owners of other shops along the same street.
"This bastard, ran off without giving any compensation," Xie Xie cursed.
"Your hand…" Gu Yue looked skeptically at Tang Wu Lin.
Tang Wu Lin smiled grimly. "I also don't know what happened. This was its second appearance. Those scales rapidly consumed my stamina and soul power, but gave me a rapid surge of power for a short time. That's all I know."
"Let's return first and talk later."
The trio exchanged farewells with Uncle Li. Xie Xie secretly stuffed some money into Uncle Li's chest before speeding off in the direction of the academy.
"That guy, will he go after Uncle Li to seek revenge?" Gu Yue asked Xie Xie.
Xie Xie answered, "He won't do so in the near future since he doesn't have the ability. His arm has probably been smashed by Tang Wu Lin. Even if he was here to collect protection money, it's merely a street stall, so he shouldn't have gone overboard. I'll have my family keep an eye on the shop. It shouldn't be a problem."


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Many people ask us why we do OSHW boards with Allwinner SOCs and ignore other vendors. Allwinner do not do the best SOCs on the Chinese makers. Their software support is mostly about Android and are with proven GPL violations records.
The reason is simple – because the Linux-Sunxi community is the biggest and most friendly and if there is problem you have place where to ask for help or advice.
Most of the Allwinner SOC Linux mainlining work is not done by Allwinner software engineers but Linux-Sunxi community.
We want our boards to run Linux, and when we say Linux we mean mainline, not Linux 2.6 (what was the Freescale official iMX2XX, where all decent kernel work is also done by the community) neither Linux 3.X with patched Android kernels and binary blobs which usually all Chinese vendors provide.
This is why we are not interested to do something on these new SOCs which pop every 6 month and basically has nothing to offer differently as software support. We wait and release our boards when there is proper Linux support which we test or do not consider to waste our time on them.
Linux-Sunxi community was created naturally around 7 years ago after Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton rised a lot of noise for the new and cheap Allwinner A10 processor and later Tom Cubie (ex-employee of Allwinner) start to deliver some A10 based TV boxes to interested developers and revealed some inside "secrets" to the people who were gathered around the "ARM netbook project" which LKCL never delivered, but this is another story. At some point the developers just separated and formed what we know now as Linux-Sunxi. Since then Linux-Sunxi community is growing and is very active compared to all other SOCs communities and many talented Linux developers are contributing on daily basis. The Linux-Sunxi Allwinner SOCs mainlining efforts are here.
Unfortunately SOC vendors never have been good at writing software. This is expected as they are hardware vendors after all and their focus is the silicon. My guess is that they do want to offer good support, but they just have no idea how to do it. They can't attract quality developers and lot of their developers leave after working year or two, leaving messy code to the next who comes.
Their management usually do not fully understand how important open source software support is for the longevity success of their silicon.
A20 for instance is SOC which is selling well for more than 6 years, Allwinner has no other processor which sells so well, why is this? Because there is mainline Linux support and because our OSHW reference designs which thousands of people use to make their own hardware.
So Open Source Software and Hardware create business for them, but I guess this is something they didn't analyzed well. No one uses A20 with Android now (as the official A20 Android version is obsolete 4.2.2 and there are no updates since the chip release), but Linux help them to sell for years.
Linux-Sunxi developers do code mostly for hobby and fun in their free time. The result is that there are no deadlines to deliver code and when the code is delivered it's good one. So good that Allwinner re-use it their own repositories instead the code of their own engineers.
A recent single line patch which triples the A20 SATA write speed just proves that the code done by the community is better than this one released by the SOC vendors.
With A10/A20 SATA the Allwinner developers delivered very poor code, which crippled the performance of their SATA controller and everyone believed that it's so lame because this is poorly done at hardware level. It appears single value change in SATA DMA register triples the speed of the SATA write. Allwinner is supposed to know best their processors then why they do such lame initialization mistakes? My guess is lack of documentation and coordination between the different teams inside the company. They do not document well their silicone and other departments don't know what what is doing.
Rockchip which 7 years ago was about the same level as Allwinner for software support has been pushed by Google as they use some of their chips in Chromebooks. So Rockchip is forced by Google to submit Linux upstream drivers support and patches, which is great.
, but what they produce is far from the best quality. For instance Recent GitHub repository I check contains Windows app to generate public and private keys used to encrypt their secure boot Linux images 🙂 I have just to guess which genius decide this approach, but it speaks well about what kind of decisions are taken in these companies.
EDIT: Jon is right Rockchip did it good, the windows apps to generate keys and encrypt images were in Allwinner SDK 🙂


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WebStorm 2016.1 seems to have lost React recognition Follow
I upgraded to Webstorm 2016.1 (WebStorm-145.258.3) this morning, and much of the nice React support that was present in the previous version I was using (WebStorm-143.382.36) seems to have been lost. For example, this.state and this.props are both unrecognized in the latest upgrade, as shown below.
You can see the previous version running on the left, and the updated version running on the right. They're both using the same set of preferences, but the updated version is clearly missing some recognition of React.
Was something perhaps missed when importing my preferences, or did something get disabled?
what language do you use - ES6, TypeScript? Can you provide a sample project that shows up the issue?
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^ test.jsx with JSX Harmony
Worked fine until 2016.1 :)
It workes if I make a new project, it's interesting thought that if I `cmd + click` props on this.props, it leads me to `/node_modules/babel-runtime/helpers/jsx.js`
Fixed it, apparently I had `node_modules` in the Project's Libraries :(
I can't edit my comments :(
Welp, Radu, you solved it for me. I had included node_modules in my projects libraries as well. I'm not sure when or why I put it in there, but it didn't cause any problems until I upgraded. Either way, removing it fixes the problem!
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Forum Selection in Maritime Bills of Lading Under COGSA
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"Opening" Pandora's Box: The Status of the Diplomatic Bag in International Relations
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Erica Durance, who starred on The CW's Smallville as Lois Lane, is about to kick some butt on Harry's Law (Wednesdays, 9/8c, NBC).
Durance takes on the role of a somewhat mentally unstable woman who believes she's Wonder Woman. Her character, Annie Bilson, will find herself on the wrong side of the law when she metes out her own form of justice. (Get the scoop on her role and what it was like to put on the superhero costume here.)
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Despite the idyllic surroundings, however, this honeymoon doesn't last forever. While you immediately relate to the Robinson Crusoe situation, the solutions to your mundane problems can be extravagant and frustrating, with not enough feedback as to what you're doing wrong and what the hell you're expected to do next. The vast array of items you end up with only compounds the problem, and you'll often resort to that hated practice of randomly combining and using bits of detritus in the hope they'll sort out your dilemma.
The restrictive point-and-click system will always be an issue for most of us ("See that sand over there? Can't go there"), but the price and intriguing scenario mean that this isn't a total waste of time for those who fancy some arcane adventuring.
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Waterford Academy currently offers multiple levels of care, allowing staff to develop and provide a specifically designed individualized treatment program. Waterford will meet with each potential patient to assess which level of care would be most beneficial for the treatment of the patient. Family and friends are included in all stages of the treatment process as often as possible and as deemed appropriate in each case.
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Those who regularly engage in substance abuse have difficulty managing many aspects of their lives and can do serious damage to their health not just physically, but also mentally. Furthermore, addiction to substance abuse is very hard to overcome without the right help, and it's compounded when there are issues of mental health as well. If you're currently in this situation and trying to figure out how to get your life or someone else's life back on track, understand that the first step is finding the right information. Once you have access to helpful information, you will be able to understand better what 'you're dealing with, and the type of help you or they will require. One of the reasons this is so important is because of the wide variety of treatments that are available for those in need. Even within individual programs, you will find many different types of therapy and treatment for an individual's specific needs. At Waterford, we strongly believe that finding the right type of treatment can make a huge difference in the lives of those dealing with and seeking to overcome substance abuse and mental illness.
If you'd like more information on programs at Waterford Academy, call us at 866-439-0355. We are experts in helping people from Corral City, TX.
Corral City, TX – A woman named Geneva Helton and her husband decided to form an incorporated municipality to get around Denton County's liquor laws. The Heltons bought over 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land from a family friend. The two then installed a sewer system and established a liquor store. Corral City incorporated in 1973. Afterwards doublewide trailers and recreational vehicles appeared in the city limits. Candace Carlisle of the Denton Record-Chronicle said that Corral City "prospered" for a decade, but after the early 1990s retirement of Geneva Helton's and the death of her husband, the town, in Carlisle's words, "began a slow decline. Soon, all that remained was a graveyard of rotting doublewides."
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Corral City, TX – Corral City is located halfway between Denton and Fort Worth. It is in proximity to Interstate 35W and Farm to Market Road 407. Most residents of Corral City live in mobile homes; in mobile home parks, permanent structures are not allowed to be built. In 2008 Candace Carlisle of the Denton Record-Chronicle said, "In Corral City, neighbors share their homes and their lives with each other. They keep their RV doors open at all hours to celebrate the good times and mourn the hard times with their neighbors."
Functional families usually involve strong bonds built on a history of openness and support. This type of environment is vitally important for your child as they move into their teen years. Teens are striving to form a self-identity, sense of autonomy, acceptance and validation by their peers. By avoiding criticism of the methods your teen chooses to create this identity protects the bonds of trust they have formed with you throughout their pre-teen years. It provides them with a safe avenue to share with you considerations of harmful or dangerous ways to "fit in" and feel accepted. If they share these considerations with you or you suspect they are choosing methods that endanger themselves or others, it's time to be proactive and address your concerns. Here at Waterford Academy LLC we offer a free assessment and drug urinalysis to determine whether or not your teen needs our services and if so, which of our offered programs can best help you teen. Your direct involvement and support will remain a vital part of their success at making healthy decisions as they move towards adulthood.
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Editor-in-Chief Robin Dluzen's Closing Remarks
Robin Dluzen
Many people, from both inside and outside of our city, have told me that Chicago is broken. I've sat through panel after panel, and have read article after article complaining about art writing in Chicago and pointing fingers at one another as to who's to blame. I'm not interested in joining those ranks of naysayers here. I do not want to hear any more about how internet writing is deemed less important than print, and I don't want to hear any more about how the decades-old model for arts criticism has disappeared.
You want to know what happened to arts criticism? It changed. Just like how art has changed. Oh, and now it's on the internet.
Web writer and editor Erin Kissane explains in a recent book that, in the midst of the vast, democratic space of the internet, "the fact that anyone reads anything at all online is a demonstration of an extraordinary hunger for content." Applied to the art world, I'd like to take this as proof that the outmoded, disappearing model of print publishing has turned our arts community to the internet to find the information that they can rely on. Art moves fast these days, and internet publishing has been poised to be the best medium through which it can be documented, expounded upon and distributed to those hungry for information.
At Chicago Art Magazine, we not only had to shoulder the weight of running our business and maintaining the quality of our publishing, but we also had to shoulder the weight of explaining the value and relevance of all internet publishing in general to an old guard of potential advertisers who have forever before been convinced of the authority of print media. Many galleries, institutions and individuals stepped up to the plate, offering support in a variety of ways, including supporting our revenue model that was heavily based upon advertising, and for that I thank you dearly.
I want to thank our dedicated Chicago readership for perusing, commenting, liking, sharing, tweeting, +1-ing and otherwise caring about our content. We dedicated our whole business to you, Chicago, and we always felt the love from our city's artists, art-workers, gallerists, dealers and enthusiasts.
I would also like to acknowledge the woman who has made this all possible: our beloved founder and publisher, Kathryn Born. Besides being fearless, independent and exceptionally competent, Kathryn has never let her responsibility for the business' bottom line compromise her belief in the value of artists. She is an unparalleled advocate for artists and art writers as a valuable workforce, and I absolutely cannot imagine where I would be without her mentorship.
But as Editor-in-Chief, the group I'd like to thank most is my beautiful team of loyal and talented art writers. Some of you came from Chicago, writing for decades about Chicago art and kindly adapted your skill set for the web. Others, like me, came out of art school woefully unprepared for the realities of a life as an artist, and found a voice and a platform for your ideas that I hope were assets to your careers. Others came from arts communities in other cities and other states, and still others from outside of the art world completely, courageously diving into this intimidating and incestuous world that we call the art scene.
My writers, we couldn't pay you anywhere near as much as you deserved, but someday you will be, and you'll have your archive of fine work here at Chicago Art Magazine.


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Another piece made from that infamous Northern Cedar Log that produced many "fingers" of grain pattern.
Great clamps for aligning shelves and supports
I was able to complete this shelf quickly thanks to having the right tools!
Finished shelf holding my show car trophies
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I refer to this belt as a souvenir belt rather than the traditional "hate belt" as it is quite obvious that it was put together although not recently most likely in the past 40 ish years. It does however display quite nicely. The stars of this group being the Newfoundland Regiment 2nd War badge, the 2nd CMR 1st War badge and the 85th shoulder. All of the badges are nicely mounted on a brit King's Scottish Borderers belt. All badges appear intact. Would look nice just hanging on a wall.
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Super Crown Win and SLS Sweep for Nyjah Huston
Nyjah made SLS history last night with his victory at the Super Crown World Championship, making him the first competitor ever to sweep the entire series! Throughout this season, Nyjah's incredible drive, work ethic, and talent have combined to and overcome a variety of different, challenging courses, and last night was no exception.
Competition was fierce at last night's event, with points on the opening Flow Section two full points above average. The intense exchanges between the skateboarders continued through the Impact and Control sections, with an impressive seven scores reaching into the nines. It all came down to the last trick, with Torey Pudwill pulling ahead and all eyes on Nyjah. Keeping it together under pressure, Nyjah nailed a caballerial kickflip into the centerpiece bank to win the title and complete a perfect season.
Asked about the win, Nyjah elaborated, "Obviously I'm super stoked on this year, it was really ideal. Having a straight sweep is something you cannot expect or set a goal for, but this season really just went well. I have been practicing a lot and added a lot of new tricks. I'm stoked and I'm definitely looking forward to next year!"
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Adam Ant has reportedly been sectioned, weeks after a series of bizarre public appearances.
Adam Ant has been sectioned.
The 'Prince Charming' hitmaker - who suffers from bipolar disorder - has been hospitalised under the mental health act weeks after a series of troubled public appearances, including aiming a tirade of abuse at Christians during a charity performance.
A message sent to fans by the star - real name Stuart Goddard - read: "Ant fans - please send me postcards at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road. Please don't come down here as it may upset the staff who have been really pleasant. I am having a well earned rest at Her Majesty's Pleasure and am painting and continuing being an art student. I have a great view and am considering gigs later in the year."
According to an Adam & The Ants fansite, the singer was sectioned after an unspecified incident on Tuesday evening (18.05.10).
The 55-year-old star stunned fans in Portsmouth, South East England, last week when he invited a four-year-old boy up on stage and began to teach him the words to The Who's 'My Generation', before screaming obscenities at frustrated fans who tried to leave the show, singling out Christians, who he told to "f**k off".
In 2002, Adam hit the headlines when he threatened drinkers in a London bar with an imitation pistol, but escaped jail on mental health grounds.
He was sectioned in September 2003 after a dispute with a neighbour, where he threatened to smash in his doors with a shovel and was eventually found naked in a cafe basement.
Adam - who has been hospitalised several times - recently declared his intention to resume performing for the sake of his 12-year-old daughter Lily, insisting he had overcome his problems.
He said: "Lily has never seen Adam perform and doesn't know what The Ants were all about.
"I've had this life-long battle against manic depression, but I've had to overcome it for her sake. Times got bad. I lost my mind. But I'm back."


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This article appears in the November 23, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated
When Stanley Robinson returned to school this fall, he did it with flags aflutter. The senior forward drove from his Birmingham home all the way to Storrs with UConn banners affixed to each side of his navy-blue Crown Victoria, as if he were a proud tailgater on a 1,100-mile road trip. "I was telling my wife," says coach Jim Calhoun, "there's almost a cuteness to a 21-year-old unabashedly in love with his school."
The 6' 9", 220-pound senior, affectionately known as Sticks, has been celebrated for his jump-out-of-the-gym athleticism, but at Storrs it was immaturity -- not gravity -- that held him down. He averaged 10.4 points a game as a sophomore, but with two children and a history of missed classes, Calhoun told him to take a leave of absence from school for the first semester to address his personal issues. Calhoun helped him find a $700-a-week job sorting scrap metal in nearby Willimantic.
Robinson rejoined the team in mid-December as a walk-on, and though he struggled early, he found his game in March. In the Huskies' epic six-overtime loss to Syracuse in the Big East tournament, he had 28 points and 14 boards, and during UConn's run to the Final Four in the NCAAs he averaged 14.8 points and 8.4 rebounds, a substantial jump over his regular-season averages of 8.5 and 5.9.
Now frontcourt stars Hasheem Thabeet and Jeff Adrien are gone, and the Huskies should run more this season. In Kemba Walker, a 6' 1" blur, and Jerome Dyson they have one of the nation's top backcourts, and set to join the team in December is Ater Majok, a 6' 10" Sudanese center with a 7' 7" wingspan whose athleticism has already drawn attention from NBA scouts.
Robinson should thrive in a running game, and his mission is clear: acquire another banner. Not for his car, but to hang from the Gampel Pavilion rafters.
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Interrogating and debating surveillance and its impact on society is not the prerogative of scholars and activists. A number of artists have over the years engaged with issues related to surveillance and produced remarkable works that investigate, expose and illustrate the extent and depth of surveillance in society today. Many artists are themselves using surveillance technologies, for example footage from CCTV cameras or drones, or engage in self-surveillance, to better address themes of visibility asymmetries, threats to privacy, and surveillance. Artists also engage in sousveillance, turning the gaze towards those in power, in attempts to resist surveillance and create counter-images. The art works, and the analyses and discussions of them by artists themselves, art curators, and scholars, help contribute to a better understanding of the intervention of surveillance in everyday life, and also draws attention to the performative aspects of surveillance itself. Art, in short, can help make surveillance, often by its nature quite invisible, visible to us. Many artists are through their works raising serious social and political questions about power asymmetries in surveillance regimes (between governments and individuals, corporations and individuals, and between the global north and global south), revealing the vulnerability of weak groups (for example migrants and refugees). Their work is thus not just a form of aesthetic appropriation of surveillance technologies but constitute resistance and a challenge to governmental and corporate surveillance, and thus contributes to multiveillance i.e. horizontal and participatory monitoring.
Last week I went to the Hasselblad Center to see the exhibition Watched! Surveillance, Art and Photography that included works by a range of artists with a special focus on photography and the European context. In the exhibition there were some interesting works by Trevor Paglen and James Bridle who long have been involved in documenting and visualizing surveillance. Trevor Paglen, who in 2014 was awarded the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award, has for example taken photos of NSA bases and American satellites. A very disturbing art work was Mishka Henner's work No Man's Land based on internet forums where men share images and locations of alleged sex workers using Google Street View. His work show corporate surveillance and how male sex buyers are using these technological affordances, and it also illustrates the vulnerability and asymmetries built into surveillance regimes. Other vulnerable groups are migrants and refugees, and several artists, including Tina Enghoff, Julian Röder, James Bridle, and Marco Polini, dealt with how surveillance and diverging visibilities affect these groups.
The very rich and beautiful catalogue, apart from the art works, also includes several insightful articles by some of the artists, as well as art curators, and media and surveillance scholars. There is also a very informative short video about the exhibition where the curator introduces the exhibition and some of the works, and several of the artists discuss their own works.
There have been other major exhibitions addressing surveillance and art at different art institutions and museums. In 2010, for example, Tate organized Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera, and in 2015 the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art organized Panopticon: Visibility, Data, and the Monitoring Gaze. Earlier this year the Pratt Institute organized the exhibition Little Sister (is watching you, too), whereas Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum organized To See Without Being Seen: Contemporary Art and Drone Warfare. And I am sure there have been other exhibitions on this topic.
This year, Laura Poitras, also held her first solo exhibition, Astro Noise, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, with art and video installations addressing topics such as a mass surveillance, the war on terror, the U.S. drone program, and Guantánamo Bay Prison. Topics that are also the focus of her films within the 9/11 trilogy, My Country, My Country (2006), The Oath (2010), and of course Citizenfour (2014) that documents her meetings with Edward Snowden and the revelations of the National Security Agency's global surveillance programme. The exhibition also resulted in a book, Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance, with articles and works by artists, authors, data journalists and activists, including Trevor Paglen, Ai Weiwei, Edward Snowden and Kate Crawdord, that illustrate different aspects and responses to mass surveillance and the 'war on terror'.
In 2015 Rhizome and the New Museum in New York in an art-meets-tech event paired activist Jacob Applebaum and artist Ai Weiwei. Their art project was documented by Laura Poitras in the film, Art of Dissent, showing them working on their project Panda to Panda, stuffing toy panda bears with shredded N.S.A. documents and memory cards as a backup, and talking about their experiences of surveillance.
Ai Weiwei is the Chinese artists who most explicitly and actively have engaged with different types of surveillance. When surveillance cameras were installed outside his studio, he hung lanterns from them, and in an act of defiance while under house arrest in 2012 he installed web cameras in his home and broadcast 24-hour live on a website called weiweicam. This form of self-surveillance was too much for the Chinese authorities, however, so he was soon forced to close down the cameras. Ai Weiwei has also made other artwork addressing surveillance, including a sculpture entitled Surveillance Camera and Plinth made in marble. Another work that reveals a very close up and haunting experience of surveillance is S.A.C.R.E.D, a series of lifelike dioramas depicting his 81-day imprisonment. The work, which was first shown in Venice, is exhibited in small metal boxes and the viewer needs to peer through tiny windows in the 'roof' and 'walls' and thus in a sense becomes an accomplice in the act of surveillance. He has over the years also documented the constant police surveillance and a selection of these photographs that exemplify sousveillance are included in Laura Poitras book Astro Noise. Surveillance and sousveillance are also dealt with in many of Ai Weiwei's documentary films beginning with his first film Disturbing the Peace.


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We are all probably thrilled about the incoming summer, festivals and events will pile up along beautiful beaches, and we will once again find ourselves dancing under the sun, savoring the sea breeze or just enjoying good music with the warm weather of the next few weeks.
That is why, thinking about next October now might be a bit too much for some.
However, Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is closer than you think. The first line up wave, around 8% of the total, has just being released and it would be enough already for you to book your flights.
The festival will be spread around the city as usual and will run from Wednesday the 18th until Sunday the 22nd, as probably the most important event for electronic music and club culture of the year. That week Amsterdam will be the centre of the world, at least our world.
Awakenings and Loveland, two of the big names traditionally associated with ADE, have already presented their nights. Awakenings will use once again the magnificent Gashouder for five nights, plus a new daily event. Len Faki, Adam Beyer, Paul Kalkbrenner, Joris Voorn and Joseph Capriati have built up five stunning line ups for the love of techno. Loveland, on the other hand, partnered with Afterlife, Circoloco and Gem Records for three nights at Mediahaven, on the Amsterdam docks.
We can expect the return of the showcase festival of Amsterdam Dance Event focused on live electronic music at Melkweg, Paradiso and Sugarfactory, for which ADE has already Hercules & Love Affair, Fatima Yamaha and Marian Hill as first confirmed guests.
Not to mention the inspiring ideas from Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE MusicTalks), with open debates and seminars, the Playground with everything from showcases, gear, master classes, exhibitions all across the city.
Irvin Welsh has been recently announced to be first Creative Keynote interviewee and the opening concert on Wednesday will see Jameszoo together with the Metropole Orkest at the Melkweg.
This is just a slight portion of the full calendar that is being finalized just now, so enjoy your summer, but think ahead!


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Jul 29, 2018
(Denver, CO) - On July 29, 2018, at approximately 8:30 a.m., a patient was transported to Denver Health and is being evaluated in Denver Health's isolation unit. Ebola is being considered as a potential but unlikely diagnosis. The patient is in fair condition.
"From an initial review of the situation and the symptoms presented by the patient, it is unlikely that this will be confirmed as an Ebola case," said Connie Price, an infectious diseases physician and Chief Medical Officer of Denver Health. "We are, however, following our standard procedures and taking every necessary precaution."
Denver Health is on normal operations and there is no threat or concern for patient, staff, resident or visitor safety. The hospital is open for business as usual.
Denver Health staff is trained and equipped to deal with situations involving infectious diseases. The hospital is one of 10 regional facilities designated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to care for patients with Ebola.
Denver Health is coordinating with all relevant agencies, including the Office of Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Denver Department of Safety, Denver Public Health & Environment and the state health department.
Together, we want to reassure the public that Denver Health has robust protocols in place for exactly this situation. Denver residents and visitors have no need for concern about potential exposure.
For more information visit www.denvergov.org/crisisinfo. The media are encouraged to call 720-865-7678.
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The Podu rituals start as soon as the new moon emerges...
for most of November the main activity is hunting
for wild boar and for deer ...
but most people look forward to the feasting and dancing
at the end of the month. The countdown begins at full moon
as people prepare to return to the Mother Village to end the Lolinese year.
On the 21st day of the lunar month the clans come together,
on the 22nd and 23rd days hundreds of chickens are killed
for the feasts of Mother House.
Then on the 24th day all the clans come together for
one noisy crowded day called "Kalango" .... the Crazy Day when anything can happen.


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Welcome to WITF's Local Events Calendar!
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Five Christmases at the Shriver House
November 28, 2019 @ 8:00 am - November 30, 2019 @ 5:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 8:00am on Saturday, repeating until December 28, 2019
Thanksgiving weekend and Saturdays through December, you are cordially invited to take a candlelight tour of the Shriver House Museum decorated for an 1860's Christmas, while hearing the story of the Shriver family and how the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War changed their lives forever. Christmas tours take place from November 23rd through December 16th. Private tours for groups of ten or more are welcome anytime throughout the holiday season; reservations are required.
Take a step back in time to discover how Christmas was celebrated in the mid-1800s. Enter the 19th century home of George, Hettie, Sadie (7), and Mollie (5) Shriver as they prepare for the upcoming Christmas holidays. See the candle-laden Christmas tree in its place of honor on the parlor table as a fire roars in the fireplace of the handsome room decorated with hand-made holiday greenery. After hanging stringing popcorn for the tree and hanging their stockings on the mantle, the girls set out milk and cookies in anticipation of a visit from Santa Claus on that magical night. While soldiers faced the perils of the Civil War, Christmas offered a few moments of cheer that would help brighten the lives of those at home. Learn how families celebrated the holidays while fathers, sons, and husbands were separated from loved ones during this tragic time in American history.
For additional information on the Shriver House Museum or to make reservations for a Christmas tour, please call 717-337-2800 or visit www.shriverhouse.org.


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Inspire.Create.Challenge #019 Guest Designer.
Today I am honoured to be a guest Designer on the fabulous Inspire Create Challenge blog, HERE and the challenge is a colour challenge, use any of the above Brand new In Colours from Stampin Up!
I chose to work with , Blueberry Bushel, Lovely Lipstick and Pineapple Punch.
This one I made for a birthday, one of my downline team members Emma Goddard, who happens to be on the design team for Inspire.Create, but is also a Stampin Up! Artisan Team member too!! No pressure eh!! I do hope Emma liked her card, I love Emma's watercolour backgrounds that she makes, so I thought this was right up her street..
Whilst Maria used a retiring Stamp set, I chose to use the carrying over Oh So Eclectic stamp set, I firstly stamped the flower from this set onto watercolour paper, with Memento ink, Yes, the one that you use for alcohol markers Light Grey in this case on the flowers, this is what Maria used and it bled with the water but it gave such a beautiful effect, dabbing it dry with paper towel so it don't get too muddy, as later I used the Stampin Blends to finish the card off with,,
I then stamped some flowers onto post it note paper so I can mask and layer up the flowers.
Once the watercolour wash was done, I put the masks back on as Maria did and flicked some black marker pen ink over the stamped images, I also flicked some wink of Stella too, mine comes through white and I love it. I adhered some Rhinestones and Glitter epoxy dots to finish it off. The sentiment is from the new set Stitched all around.
The stamped mat was then adhered to Blueberry Bushel Card Stock, oh this is such a gorgeous colour.
I hope I have done Maria justice and I will share her video when I share the other card in a day or so...
If you are from the U.K and wish to purchase any of the products I have used I would love you to purchase them through me, If you do decide to please be sure to use the Current Hostess Club Code (Please see photo below) in order for me to send you a Thank You product gift from me that will be posted to you beginning of June.
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Ric Flair had an interview with SI and discussed his daughters match that is taking place in a Hell in the Cell.
On Charlotte's upcoming Hell in a Cell match:
"She has moves to show off that you're not going to believe, as long as she lives through it," said Flair, discussing Charlotte's upcoming battle with Sasha Banks. "She isn't afraid of anything, and she's going to go out and make a statement again—and there is no talking her out of it. You didn't see me do any moonsaults off the top of a cage, but she has something really special in mind for the cage."
On Charlotte's chemistry with Sasha Banks:
"It's like Shawn and Hunter, or Shawn and Undertaker, or me and Steamboat. Some people you have chemistry with and some you don't, and she's found her own good chemistry with Becky Lynch, Bayley, and Nattie, but nothing like what she has with Sasha. They really have good chemistry and they do some stuff that the guys can't do, which really separates them from the pack."
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Administrators of a Las Vegas school district have received a demand letter from attorneys at the Thomas More Society charging them with unconstitutionally discriminating against a student by denying her the right to form a pro-life club at her high school.
Students for Life of America (SFLA) states that Amy Dockter-Rozar, principal of West Career and Technical Academy (WCTA), and Superintendent Pat Skorkowsy of the Clark County School District have both received the demand letter from attorneys Jocelyn Floyd and Mark R. Smith.
Angelique Clark, a sophomore at WCTA, claims that she was denied permission to have her pro-life club become an official student club equal to other clubs at WCTA. The attorneys representing her argue their review of Clark County School District (CCSD) policies "shows that CCSC has created two categories of clubs, differentiated on the basis of whether the clubs' topics relate to generic governmental or school goals."
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West Career & Technical Academy's refusal to officially recognize this pro-life club constitutes a violation of Angelique's rights under both the federal Equal Access Act ("EAA") and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Further, Clark County School District's "two tier" club policy is itself a violation of all students' rights under the EAA and the First Amendment.
The student reportedly submitted an application to form a club, complete with a faculty sponsor signature and a list of 25 interested students, to the Student Activities Office in December of 2014. She states her adviser informed her in February of this year that her club had been denied, without any official notice in writing.
Angelique proceeded to research various applicable laws that pertain to students' rights in forming clubs on campuses and sent a letter with her findings to Dockter-Rozar and Vice Principal Yee.
Later that month, Angelique met with Yee and her adviser, who reportedly informed her of the following reasons for the denial of her club:
- The name was not inclusive enough–it would make people on campus with the opposite view feel left out and look bad for the school in the media.
- Regardless of the name, simply having a club that picks a side on the topic of abortion was not inclusive enough.
- Permitting a pro-life club would cause negative media coverage of the school for "supporting" the pro-life movement.
- There are "far more qualified" people who know more about abortion than a sophomore in high school.
- The topic of abortion is controversial.
- Public schools are "different" when it comes to First Amendment rights to speak and assemble.
Angelique followed up with a letter to another school official, which received no response, and scheduled another meeting with Yee, which was cancelled and not rescheduled.
When Thomas More Society attorneys advised the student to resubmit her application on a "Club Sanction" form, rather than a "Club Charter" form, Angelique was told by Yee's office that the "Club Sanction" form did not exist.
The attorneys observe that WCTA already has an Anime Club, a Key Club, a Gay/Straight Alliance, and a Bible club.
A report at the Las Vegas Sun states this case is the second concerning free speech that has been raised against the school district in two days.
"Yesterday, lawyers from the Liberty Institute threatened legal action over a North Las Vegas 6th grader who was banned from using Bible verses in a presentation about herself," the Sun reported Thursday.
"No high school administrator has the right to deny pro-life students their free speech rights," said Kristan Hawkins, president of SFLA. "Brave students like Angelique set amazing examples for their peers both in their own communities and on a national level by standing up not only for the preborn and their mothers facing unplanned pregnancies, but for their own First Amendment rights as well."
"I am not asking the administration to agree with my pro-life position," Angelique said in a statement in an SFLA press release. "I am simply asking the school to give pro-life students at West Career and Technical Academy the opportunity to make our voices heard."
"We want to discuss our view on an important topic–why choosing life is important," she added. "This may be a controversial issue, but that doesn't mean we should lose our right to free speech."
"Denying students their right to form a pro-life club on the grounds that it's 'too controversial' and 'not inclusive' is an affront to the First Amendment," said Floyd, associate counsel of the Thomas More Society. "High school administrators should encourage their students to engage in dialogue on important societal issues, not censor the message simply because there are differing viewpoints."
Neither Dockter-Rozar nor Skorkowsy responded to Breitbart News' requests for comment.


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It's Official - Justin Allgaier to Drive No. 51 for Phoenix Racing
Speedway Digest Staff Tuesday, Jan 21 1696
Phoenix Racing announced today that Justin Allgaier will be the driver of the No. 51 BRANDT Chevrolet SS during the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Allgaier, who finished fifth in the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship points, will be a candidate for the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award.
"This is an opportunity of a lifetime and I intend to make the most of it," said Allgaier. "I am very grateful to Harry Scott and BRANDT for having faith in me to compete against the best drivers in the world."
"Justin has worked extremely hard to get to this level and he is ready to take the next step," said team owner Harry Scott Jr. "Working with competition director and crew chief Steve Addington, I think the No. 51 can turn some heads this year."
BRANDT will be the primary sponsor for the No. 51 for 21 races during the 2014 season. The agriculture retailer and manufacturer of agricultural specialty products has been active in NASCAR since 2011 and sponsored the No. 51 for four races in 2013.
"The entire BRANDT team is excited about moving to the next level," explained Rick Brandt, company president and CEO. "We looked long and hard at this opportunity and ultimately we decided that we needed the broader footprint that the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series affords us to drive our business forward. This is about taking our brand to the millions of fans who watch the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series."
Joining BRANDT on the car are The National FFA, TradeMark Nitrogen, Nutrients for Life Foundation, Precision Tank and Grigg Brothers. Together, these partners are supporting the only true ag-focused car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
"We are proud to help field the 'Ag' car," said Brandt. "This is an effort to raise awareness and build a positive reputation for agriculture of all kinds. We believe passionately that agriculture is the essential industry and we're doing our part to get that message out."
"I could not be more proud to represent BRANDT, a leading company that's headquartered about 13 miles from where I grew up, as we make the leap to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series," said Allgaier.
Allgaier, 27, joins Bobby Labonte as teammates at Phoenix Racing. Labonte will drive the No. 52 for several races in 2014, including the season-opening Daytona 500. Labonte has won 21 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in his 22-year career and won the series championship in 2000.
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HKTDC Chairman leads business mission to Bangkok
Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Chairman Dr Peter K N Lam (L) led a business delegation to Thailand last week and paid a visit to Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Somkid Jatusripitak (R).
The delegation comprised some 20 Hong Kong business representatives from sectors including finance, architectural design, engineering consultancy, manufacturing and trade. They met with Thai government officials and business leaders to explore cooperation opportunities in trade, manufacturing, investment and services.
The delegation met with Dhanin Chearavanont (front row, 6th from R), Senior Chairman of CP Group, to learn about the company's urban development and high-speed railway projects along Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor. They also explored ways to facilitate cooperation in investment and development projects related to the Belt and Road Initiative.
Meeting with Thai Deputy Prime Minister explores Mainland China-Thailand-Hong Kong cooperation opportunities
HONG KONG, Aug 2, 2019 – (ACN Newswire) – Dr Peter K N Lam, the new Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), led a Hong Kong business mission to Bangkok, Thailand last week to discuss with Thai government and business leaders the opportunities presented by closer cooperation between Mainland China, Thailand and Hong Kong. The mission, Dr Lam's first as HKTDC Chairman, explored in particular cooperation opportunities in trade, manufacturing, investment and services under the Belt and Road Initiative and the Thailand 4.0 economic programme. It also examined ways that Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development plan can be aligned to strengthen connections between the mainland and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries.
The mission, organised by the HKTDC, comprised Denis Yip, Commissioner for Belt and Road of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, and some 20 Hong Kong business representatives from sectors including finance, architecture, engineering consultancy, manufacturing and trade.
High-level talks to strengthen cooperation
During their 24-26 July visit to Bangkok, the delegation called on Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Somkid Jatusripitak, who gave a keynote speech at last year's Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong. In the meeting, there was an exchange of views on how best to align the Thailand 4.0 and EEC projects with China's Belt and Road Initiative and Greater Bay Area development. There were also discussions on how to leverage Hong Kong's advantages in finance, trade and talent to facilitate cooperation between Thailand, the mainland and Hong Kong. The meeting laid a good foundation for future communication, collaboration and the establishment of a specific cooperation framework among the three parties.
Delegates also had a luncheon meeting with China's Ambassador to Thailand, Lyu Jian, at which they gained a better understanding of mainland enterprises' investment and trade activities in Thailand.
HKTDC Chairman Dr Peter K N Lam said: "Thailand has long been an important ASEAN trading partner for Hong Kong. We learnt from our mission that the Thai government's 'Thailand 4.0' blueprint and EEC project complement the Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development plan, and that Thailand welcomes international and mainland investors while also bringing new opportunities for Hong Kong companies, especially in areas related to infrastructure, technology and industrial parks. Hong Kong enterprises are keen to participate in developments that can help them diversify their production bases and overseas markets."
Dr Lam also said: "In a business environment fraught with uncertainties, enterprises must explore ways to lower their risks and develop new markets. The HKTDC hopes to facilitate cooperation with Thai businesses and strengthen our business-matching work through our Bangkok office and 50 offices around the world to help companies get through this challenging time."
EEC and Greater Bay Area
The delegation also met with Luxmon Attapich, Deputy Secretary General of the Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EECO), Chokedee Kaewsang, Deputy Secretary General of the Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI), and Krittayaporn Dabbhadatta, Deputy Governor of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to learn about the latest developments in Thailand as well as the investment and tax incentives offered in the EEC and various industrial estates. They also discussed cooperation opportunities in financing, technology and innovation such as the development of smart cities in these projects. Another topic that came up in discussions was connecting the Greater Bay Area with Thailand's EEC, linking up the two huge markets of ASEAN and China to help turbocharge economic activity in the region.
Creating tripartite cooperation opportunities
The delegation also met with a number of Thai business leaders including Dhanin Chearavanont, Senior Chairman of CP Group; Vikrom Kromadit, Chairman of Amata Group, the largest industrial estate developer in Thailand; and Kavin Kanjanapas, CEO and Managing Director of BTS Group. The meetings explored how Hong Kong, through its expertise in financing and professional services, can connect mainland and international investors and support the urban development of the EEC and Bangkok through such projects as high-speed railways, industrial parks and smart cities. This will help to create opportunities for mainland and Hong Kong enterprises, including manufacturers as well as technology and professional services providers.
Thailand: an important ASEAN partner for the mainland and Hong Kong
As a major country in the ASEAN bloc, Thailand's economy has long been driven by strong domestic demand. The Sino-United States trade dispute resulted in a significant growth in Thailand's exports last year. In an effort to attract more overseas investors, Thailand is now opening up more sectors for overseas investment, including next-generation automobile production, smart electronics, medical and health tourism, agricultural technology, biotechnology and the food business. These developments will in turn bring opportunities for sectors related to talent training, professional services and related areas. Current investment hotspots include robotics, aviation, logistics, biofuel and biochemistry, technology and healthcare services.
Thailand is one of Hong Kong's most important trading partners in the ASEAN region. Last year, Hong Kong's exports to Thailand were valued at HK$60.6 billion, up 12% from the year before. With the commitments made by the two economies under the Hong Kong-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement and related Investment Agreement coming into force in June, trade and investment between Hong Kong and Thailand have been given a further boost through enhanced legal protection and better market access. Mainland China, being Thailand's second-largest export market and largest import origin, is currently Thailand's largest trading partner.
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About HKTDC
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub, organising international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly SMEs, in the mainland and international markets. Please visit www.hktdc.com/aboutus and follow us on Twitter @hktdc and LinkedIn.
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