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We spent some time this morning surfing about the Interwebs looking for some helpful and/or interesting Valentine's Day statistics 2013. We can't vouch for the reliability of the sources but it makes for some interesting reading!
53% of Women Would End Their Relationship if They Didn't Get Something for Valentine's Day
A US survey shows that 53% of women would call it off with their man if he doesn't put in the romantic effort on Valentine's Day.
Drop this Valentine's Day statistic into your next email newsletter quick before the big day. Casually (but loudly) mention it to an imaginary friend on the phone every time a reluctant-looking male is half-heartedly inspecting price tags!
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59% Plan to Spend More On Valentine's Day In 2013
Another survey claims that "regardless of gender, 59% of Americans plan to spend at least the same this February holiday as they did last year, 23% plan to spend more, and only 18% plan to spend less."
Hopefully this means good news for Aussie florists this year too!
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A UK survey claims that 45% of Britons claim to be intending to spend about $35AU each this Valentine's Day with approximately 31% of gifts likely to be flowers. Meanwhile US stats show US citizens on average intend to spend about $63AU each in 2013. Stats from 2012 put the actual average US spend for that year at a higher $111AU.
Wonder what the average Australian Valentine's Day spend is? We couldn't find that anywhere online.
Australian Valentine's Day Statistics
We found it hard to find any statistic about predicted 2013 Australian Valentine's Day spending trends but we did find this report suggesting that flower sales in 2012 rose by .7% from 2011 from $45.6 million to $45.9 million.
What was your experience last year? Did you sell more? And what are you anticipating this year? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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An 83-year-old Cranebrook man has been charged following an investigation into historical sexual abuse of two boys while in his care.
In July 2016, detectives from the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad commenced an investigation following reports a 15-year-old boy had been sexually abused by a male carer earlier that year.
As part of their inquiries, detectives also spoke with a boy who had reported he was sexually abused by a mentor while in care between 2006 and 2008, when he was aged 11.
Following extensive investigations, detectives arrested an 83-year-old man at a home at Cranebrook.
He was taken to Penrith Police Station and charged with 'procure child under 14 years for pornographic purposes', 'aggravated indecent assault-victim under the age of 16 years', and 'sexual intercourse with person under care-aged 16-17'.
The man was refused bail and appeared at Penrith Local Court, where he was formally refused bail to re-appear at the same court on Friday, March 1.
The Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad is comprised of detectives who are specially trained to investigate matters against children and adults, including sexual assault, serious physical abuse, and extreme cases of neglect.
Anyone with concerns about suspected child abuse or exploitation should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Johannesburg [South Africa], Dec 10 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter Scale struck southwest off the African continent on Monday (local time), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at around 17:59 (UTC), was registered at a depth of 10.0 kilometres, about southwest of the continent in the Atlantic sea.
Earthquakes in the region is somewhat rare though they are frequently experienced in certain parts of the West Indies; but an earthquake of deep focus in this region is certainly a more rare occurrence, if not entirely without precedent. (ANI)


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Kathy and I had decided we were going to begin our retirement in Colorado and had just purchased a developed lot near Pine Junction from Bud and Claire Moore who were the developers of Pine Meadows where our lot was located. The next steps were to retain an architect and find a builder who we could trust to build the home we wanted without having to look over his shoulder every week to ensure the project was preceding properly. Since Bud and Claire also owned a home construction company under the name of American Craftsman we discussed our needs with them, looked at other construction projects they were managing and decided to use them as our builder. Our decision to select them was based the quality of work we saw in the other projects, the straight forward transparent approach described in the proposed contract and the integrity we believed we saw in the way they discussed our project. Having worked in government contracting many years, I have learned that good contracts make good friends; we liked the terms of the contract we signed which laid out clear expectations of each party, outlined decision dates, offered quality suppliers and passed the builders pricing to the purchaser on all materials. The contract provided a roadmap of our responsibilities as well as the expectations we should have from the builder at all stages of construction.
Since we were living 1500 miles from the job site at the time of construction and visited the area about every six weeks, communication with the Moore's was critical. From inception to completion we received regular updates and photographs of progress and were immediately informed by phone and/or email of any difficulties being encountered that required an input from the buyers. This was of particular importance in drilling the well which required additional effort to improve the flow. We never believed that any cost bearing or design decisions were being made without our input. The project stayed on schedule and the few minor adjustments we requested in the original plan were accommodated readily without issue. All invoices were supported by the actual statements from all suppliers and subcontractors with full disclosure for work done during the period. There were no surprising overruns during the project and the home was completed exactly as we had expected. More importantly, our trust in Bud and Claire's ethics and integrity only grew as the project proceeded. We knew that we had a team that was concerned about what we wanted and would work hard to ensure we were satisfied. Finally, our relationship with Bud and Claire that started with a contract and handshake has grown into a lasting friendship. We would recommend American Craftsman to anyone who desires quality in a custom home from a team with the highest ethical standards who can be trusted to provide the customer excellence from project start to finish.
It is so nice to be able to open our home to everyone. We were so happy that the house turned out exactly how we envisioned being able to entertain. We gave lots of tours that night and everyone loved and felt at home. It's good to hear the feedback from everyone. It was nice that Christie had that wonderful feedback and compliment.
Claire was very helpful/instrumental in getting us into our new mountain home. She is hardworking, very knowledgeable and available to help out at any time. We were fortunate to work with her and I would highly recommend her to anyone selling/buying a house.
Claire was a pleasure to work with. We interviewed several brokers to handle the sale of my mother's home and acreage. Claire was by far the most qualified to sell the home. She knew the property, the market and the buyers pool. Her marketing was strategic, she made sure the house and property showed well and most importantly to us, she went above and beyond taking on tasks that were not a part of a typical real estate sale. We received a full price offer after only 2 days on the market! We very much appreciated all that Claire did for my mother. We would use Claire again in a minute!
We worked with Claire for several years until we found our dream piece of land to build. She was persistent in helping us find exactly what we were looking for. She would always respond quickly to any calls, e-mails or text message. If you are looking for a very dedicated realtor, I highly recommend Claire, you won't go wrong.
I am on the East Coast and Claire kept me totally informed during the transaction and helped my son find a great house within our budget. Claire also helped us obtain an inspector, insurance and other technical help in order to successfully complete the transaction.
Claire worked very hard to find us the perfect house! We had a great experience and have already recommended her to others! Our neighbor will be giving her a call.
Claire was a highly experienced agent who added great value in our transaction. She is particularly skilled and experienced with land transactions and their suitability for new-build's. Her insights, advice and dedication to client satisfaction are top notch.
I worked with Mountain Realty to purchase land for a custom home on two occasions. Mountain Realty also sold two homes for me. They were professional in explaining the steps and the process, provided reminders and explanations along the way, prepared the paperwork carefully and on time, marketed both homes effectively and remained available and approachable during the entire process. You won't be disappointed by their service!
My wife and I recently purchased a lot in Colorado with Claire Moore and Mountain Realty & Development, Inc. through Zillow. We signed at the end of April and closed at the end of May. The paperwork was done electronically as we live more than 1,000 miles away. Everything we needed and wanted to know about the property and area was provided in the short time we were in Colorado. Seamless! Highly recommended. Thank you Claire!
It's hard to put into words just how instrumental Claire Moore has been in helping us to fit into our new neighborhood even though she represented the seller when we purchased our home in Pine Meadows in 2012. By including us in a neighborhood party being held in our soon-to-be new home, we were able to meet the wonderful neighbors even before moving in. It was clear to us how much they cared about Claire and Bud and what a deep friendship they had formed with all these neighbors who had started out as clients.Claire and Bud have always been there to answer any questions we might have about this beautiful home that they built. The quality of the materials used in the home is outstanding and the construction superb. This is the most comfortable home we have ever owned. Claire's professionalism and attention to detail made our purchase go very smoothly. As a broker myself, I hold other brokers to a higher standard and Claire surpassed even that. She has continued to be a great friend and resource and my husband and I look forward to many more years of friendship with her and Bud. We recommend American Craftsman as a builder every chance we get and I continue to refer anyone interested in a lot in Pine Meadows or Brauch Ranch to Claire because I know that she will give them outstanding service! Claire's knowledge of mountain real estate is essential for any purchase or sale of real estate in this area. There are so many potential pitfalls that may be unknown to agents "down the hill" and Claire's experience makes her uniquely suited to handle these complex transactions.I highly recommend Bud and Claire Moore as builders and Claire to handle any real estate needs!
Claire Moore helped my husband and I to buy our first home in the Pine, Colorado area. When we first laid eyes on the home and property that she showed us, we fell in love with it at first sight! We ended up deciding that the very first home we looked at was the one! Claire was always very prompt while working with us, from answering calls to getting back to us right away with e-mail. As a young, first time home buyer I appreciated all her help and her willingness to get back to me right away and answer all my questions. The buying process was pretty smooth for the most part, but there was a point when the buyers wanted to back out of the deal and Claire was able to negotiate the situation so that everybody involved was able to walk away with what they wanted. Claire has a lot of local knowledge of the area, from information about the schools and recreation, to some concerns to be aware of. She is a very honest person and working with her never felt like we were being pressured in any way. In fact, when my husband and I had a major life change and ended up moving to Fort Collins, we considered selling our beloved home in Pine and contacted Claire to work with her again. However, we had a change of heart and could not go through with selling our dream home and Claire was so understanding of our change of heart! (Actually we ended up selling the other house we bought in Fort Collins. We worked with a local agent in Fort Collins and although he was okay he wasn't Claire! The close was a mess…kind of a nightmare and it never felt like this other agent cared about anything except getting paid.) We ended up returning to our dream home in Pine when things did not work out as planned in Fort Collins and we are so glad we did not sell! It is really our little slice of heaven. I feel like we owe a lot to Claire because she was never pushy when we decided very early on that we actually didn't want to sell after all, and understands the importance of really loving your home. That being said, my husband and I may end up selling some day, should things change and we would want to work with Claire again. I would also recommend her to anyone who is interested in buying real estate up here. She is the best in the area!
When we started looking for a home in the Conifer/Evergreen area we wanted to work with someone that knew the areas well and could advise us on what we should be aware of in purchasing a mountain property. Claire was extremely knowledgeable about both areas and was able to show us a home that had everything we had hoped to find. Since we had a home to sell in Denver before we could purchase she recommended a local Realtor to us and we were able to list and sell our home in less than a week. She was also was very responsive to our questions throughout the closing process. Claire continues to be a valuable resource in recommending contractors, etc so that we can make cosmetic changes to our new home. We highly recommend Claire to anyone looking for a mountain property.
We contacted Claire regarding property in the Preserve @ Pine Meadows. Claire and Bud (Husband/Builder) spent an entire weekend with us looking at property they owned but also multiple properties listed thru private owners. They educated us about the area, the pro's/con's of each piece of property for building and introduced us to several people we have become personal friends with. Claire and Bud are sincere and truely want to find you the best fit property for you. We enjoyed working with them so much they are now personal friends.
Claire was extremely helpful to us in locating a home in Conifer. We knew little about the area and she was able to share information that was very useful in our decision. We now have a beautiful home that is just minutes from Conifer and still has the view we dreamed of. Claire is also a great resource in helping us find contractors to do the work we wanted on the house. She was very easy to work with and attentive to our needs throughout the whole process and even after we closed! We would highly recommend Claire to others.
Claire provided mountain property purchase / real estate services to my wife and I over a year ago. I was extremely impressed with her professional knowledge and sincere willingness to provide us with the necessary information to make a decision that was best for us. As busy as Claire was at the time of our mountain property purchase, she always was quick to respond to our text messages and phone calls. What still amazes me is Claire's continued contact with us and the professional guidance given towards the next steps required to build a house on the property we purchased. I would highly recommend Claire for any type of real estate services required. It was and continues to be a pleasure to work with someone as dedicated and personable as Claire.
We found Claire to be very knowledgeable and helpful in our search for a property. We also found her to be quite honest and straightforward. It was a pleasure to do business with her.
Claire has sold about 20 of my properties over the last decade. She is great at marketing homes and property in the foothills of Denver. I recommend her highly.
Claire is simply wonderful. Smart as a whip and detail obsessed. Plus she is just a great person, cares, and I do mean cares, about both parties. Wish I could just call her for everything.
I have been Claire's client on multiple home and land purchases and sales. She is responsive and works to match the client with the right property. She follows up with both the client and other brokers to help the transaction occur on time and as planned. Her clients appreciate her both during and after the transaction is complete.
Conscientious, professional manner, ethical, excellent communicator, personable and responsive are adjectives I use to describe Claire. Claire is very knowledgeable and active in the local community. I would highly recommend you do business with her. You will not be disappointed!
Claire found three buyers who paid acceptable prices for parcels long on the market. Each closing had hitches for which she was able to obtain resolutions agreed to by buyer and seller. Highly recommend!
We lucked into finding Claire and her husband Bud on line when looking at land and houses to buy in the mountains west of Denver (they are both developers in addition to her doing real estate). Incredibly knowledgeable about the area, both of them work with Jefferson County Land Board and know in intimate detail issues concerning water rights, land use options, and the market in general. Claire helped us find and negotiate on a mountain home property which we closed on in December 2015, and she was utterly outstanding. She was on top of all the details, answered emails and calls quickly (and often on weekends. .). . Could not have asked for a better or more knowledgable or responsive realtor. And she and Bud are great people to boot. Finally, Claire has helped us find top notch contractors to renovate the place – just inspected today our refinished hardwood floors by a guy she recommended (Noah) and the work was outstanding and more than reasonable in cost. Claire provided 5-star service and expertise across the board. We couldn't recommend her more highly.


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The Milky Way is on a collision course with the closest major galaxy, Andromeda. What's going to happen to our solar system when the two objects finally collide? Find out in this episode of The Astroholic Explains!
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Welcome to the Astroholic explains. I'm your host Chris.
And I'm Alfredo the Astroholic.
This is a podcast where I throw some cosmic conundrums your way,
and I try my best to answer them. Let's get started.
My question today, what will happen when Andromeda merges with our galaxy? If hypothetically, life survives, what would we see in the sky?
That's a very interesting question. As always, jumping..
into the deep end!
Yes. Okay. So, for the people that don't know, our galaxy, the Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda, the closest major galaxy to our system. So each large galaxy is surrounded by many little galaxies so we can see two easily in the sky in the southern hemisphere.
Who are they?
The Magellanic clouds
Wow… We saw one!
We saw both of them…. Sidetrack on the story: We were in a petrol station in the middle of the Australian desert. And I was hoping they would see something but lights at the petrol station were very bright. So we walk through the petrol station on the other side, there were no lights for probably thousands of kilometers. And suddenly, the entire sky was shimmering and much on the clouds where there! Beautiful! And I started crying, because well, I get emotional of the night sky. So you can see them and I recommend everyone if they have the possibility to be in the southern hemisphere and a place with low light pollution to go and check them out. Back to the point. So there are lots of small galaxies around both us and Andromeda, but us and Andromeda are going to come together, I think now it's estimated to be in around 5 billion years in the future.
So no time soon, then!
No time soon. It's nothing that we should worry about. But even if we assume that somehow we could extend our lives that long if you want to live that long, it's very unlikely that there's going to be any major changes to the sun or place the probability they're going to be major changes to the solar system is quite low.
So nothing will happen to the Sun by that point.
Not yet, then. The sun at that point might be ready to become a red giant.
Okay, so it's about to swell up.
It's about to swell up. At the moment, the sun is middle-aged
But I think "middle-aged" as the term means, rather than middle-aged, as we intended us now somebody that is in their 50s/60s
It's not about to go and buy a boat.
No, the sun is not going to go and buy an expensive car or something. What's going to happen? What we think is that two galaxies are going to orbit around each other and they're going to be spinning around a bit. And their interaction would probably strip material from each other and create this sort of bridge of stars and gas between the two objects. These are called tidal bridges. Because of the tidal forces that is just..
Tidal forces on each other? Or tidal forces the Earth would experience?
No, no, It's between the galaxies
It's called tidal force because it's due to gravity and guess we knew what tides were before we knew what gravity was.
Yeah, I guess
And usually, in these tidal bridges, we have new stars forming because the gravitational push and pull compresses the gas. So you have brand-new stars. And a galaxy merger usually is a lot, a lot of new stars being born and stars dying. There is a lot of activity and it's fascinating to see.
So this is pretty much what we're going to see four or five billion years in the future. We're going to start seeing bridges of material, the Milky Way will start looking like more than the tight strip of light in the night sky. It will have offshoots and obviously Andromeda will become way clearer in visible light. So that's very exciting!
And as the two galaxies swirl around one another, we are going to have more complex structures appearing in the sky. Again, it's just.. just think of the Milky Way light strip in the sky but think that it will have vortices, swirls, and there's going to be a lot messier.
Really big sort of swirls? Will you be able to see them with a naked eye like you can sometimes see the Milky Way in the sky?
Yeah, yeah. If you were in a place with low-light pollution like Australia… Yeah go to Australia or Brecon Beacons. So there are a few places in the UK with dark skies. So if you go to any of those places in 5 billion years, and assuming that they're still above water, or whatever happened to the earth in 5 billion years, you should be able to see a different sky.
That's pretty awesome.
But that's not the end… [Chris muttering] Ask the question…
I'm presuming the scientists and astronomers have analyzed all the data they can to see which direction Andromeda will be hitting the Milky Way from which side. Because we're on a certain part of one of the arms of the Milky Way. Yep. Is it going to be hitting us sort of head-on on our closest side or will it hit a different part or even hit the top of the bottom of the Milky Way?
Astronomers have analyzed that but there are a lot of uncertainties…
It's a long, long way off.
It's a long, long way off, quite distant. And although we made huge steps in working on the precision, every simulation will have major uncertainties.
I guess you can't really determine it.
Also, when we think of collisions… although they are objects, they are bound by gravity, etc. They're also diffuse objects. So you're thinking more of like, a collision between two clouds you know, rather than the collision between two cars..
That's a lot cuter.
Yeah, but the clouds are very heavy and they will swirl around each other
and destroy a lot of things.
The destruction it's, again, it's a bit complicated. There was a paper, I think, four years ago, five years ago. So maybe the probability needs to be revisited or updated. And they calculated that the chance that the solar system would be directly affected by the merger was only 12%. Which is quite high on one hand, but also tells you that most of…
it's not a massive percent…
And there was only a tiny, tiny fraction of percent that the sun would be sort of swung out of the Milky Way-Andromeda merger galaxy, which nobody has come up with a cute name for it!
For the new combination galaxy? Andromeda Way…… It doesn't sound right. Milky Dromeda. No, no, that sounds horrible.
Yes. Say I think we're past the point in which we do cute names for celebrity couples, and nobody is on the right Zeitgeist, to be thinking about a good name, maybe in five billion years.
So it's unlikely the main changes are going to happen to the solar system with such a low percentage, around 12%, as scientists calculated. So we're not going to be looking at things like stars from Andromeda smashing into stars in our galaxy, or are we going to be looking at stars colliding with exoplanets, anything like that?
No. Like space is big. We know that stars passing each other really can create effects. They can throw comets inward. They can sort of free planets and throw planets into space. It's an interesting question, but it's more for Hollywood rather than sorry, reality. Space is big, like, really, really big. Things affect each other. So you don't have to have two stars colliding with each other to wreak havoc in a star system, just a star passing by can bring in comets or can sort of pull away a planet. So things can happen.
Doesn't have to be super dramatic. And certainly, stars from Andromeda and the star from the Milky Way will end up orbiting in the same galaxy. We should consider that the Milky Way and on have roughly the same mass. So it's not that one is colliding into the other, they're colliding with each other, they are merging. So they will be throwing the galaxy all over the place. The Solar System likely will be moving on different orbit around the common core of this galactic fusion.
Of course, there's going to be a brand new galactic center.
Yes, we'll get there in a minute.
Sorry, sorry…
Always jumping ahead..
So there's going to be new stars and not just new stars from the other galaxy but as I said the gas, the interstellar gas will be compressed and will form new stars. And suddenly, we're going to have more.. more stuff going on in the galaxy for maybe a billion, a couple of billion years of very high activity.
So that actually was going to be my next question was how long would this entire procedure take from the immediate approach of Andromeda? Obviously, it's not going to be very, very quick, because I think if I'm not mistaken, the Milky Way takes about 240 million years to rotate. So if these galaxies are turning around each other, then it's going to take millions and millions and millions of years for this process, surely?
Yes. So they think they will collide in about 5 billion years. As I mentioned, I think probably at first is going to be a flyby. So they will come together and then separate again. Before coming together again and properly merging the process, we tend to think merger to post-merger can be a billion to 2 billion years. It's a little bit arbitrary to decide when a galaxy is relaxed when it's settled.
Some people say when the two cores cannot be distinguished anymore, then the galaxy is not a merger anymore, but are different interpretation because depends how in-depth you want to go. Because at the core of most galaxies, and certainly at the core of the Milky Way and Andromeda, there is a supermassive black hole. And so is the merger complete when the supermassive black holes merge? Potentially; but also know that that phenomena usually have consequences because the two supermassive black holes might be active.
Or maybe sometimes only one is active and when they merge, then the final black hole becomes active, and affects the galaxy. I guess one of the issues with science that we have a way to describe the world, the universe that is limited to the definition that we give them. It's a bit arbitrary. This whole process probably lasts a couple of billion years. And that's when we finally end up seeing in the sky, at the end of this process, instead of having the strip of light that is the milky way there's going to be central bright or brighter spots, the Milky Way & Andromeda, they're not going to stay spiral galaxies. The merger will be so dramatic that their entire geometry will change, and they will become an elliptical galaxy.
That's incredible. So it's a brand new sky at night.
Definitely a brand new sky at night!
That's fantastic! Thank you very, very much for answering my question today.
Always my pleasure.
Do you have any burning questions for the Astroholic? If so send them into me out @illucifer on Twitter, and I will spring it on him in an upcoming episode. See you next time!
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The Village at Squaw Valley® Heats Up With 10th Anniversary of Summer Bluesdays Series
Free outdoor concert series featuring top blues musicians returns to The Village at Squaw Valley every Tuesday June 12 through September 4
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[Olympic Valley, Calif.] June 11, 2018 – The tenth summer of Bluesdays in the Village at Squaw Valley returns this June with its best line-up yet featuring talented blues and jazz musicians. The free, family-friendly concerts have become a summertime staple in Squaw Valley and will take place every Tuesday from June 12 through September 4 in the Events Plaza from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Participating musicians include a returning list of legends including Coco Montoya and Mark Hummel's Golden State/Lone Star Revue, and new additions including Ron Artis II and The Cedric Burnside Project.
Bluesdays features an outdoor Blues bar with beer, wine and spirits as well as great grab and go food offerings from Village restaurants. High Camp at Squaw Valley will also feature Music by the Pool, live blues music on the Granite Bistro deck Tuesdays 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. starting June 26. Discounted Aerial Tram Sightseeing & Adventure packages will be available on Tuesdays with $10 off adult and $5 off youth tickets. Guests are invited to stay in the heart of the action in the Village at Squaw Valley with lodging rates beginning at $99 per night each and every Tuesday.
"I feel like this will be one of our best years yet," said Brent Harding, who books the shows through Devildog Productions. "Aside from our usual list of legends, I am particularly excited about new additions Ron Artis II and my old friend from the Hill Country, The Cedric Burnside Project."
The Village at Squaw Valley welcomes the following musicians for Bluesdays 2018:
June 12 – The Blues Monsters
The Blues Monsters open the weekly Bluesdays summertime series for the fifth consecutive year. The only local band on the lineup, the Blues Monsters formed 27 years ago. The rockin' blues quartet — Dunn, Tom Barnes, Barry Slayton and Michael Overhauser — will add the three-member Groove Foundry horn section – Jen Campbell, Brian "Nak" Nakagawa and Todd Mather – for a nonstop set from 6 to 8:30 p.m. South Shore keyboardist Terry "The Secret Weapon" Ogg also will join the jam. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
June 19 – Nick Schnebelen Band
Before starting his own band, Kansas City blues guitarist Nick Schnebelen played with his family band, Trampled Under Foot, the 2008 winners of the International Blues Challenge. Schnebelen also won the Albert King Award at the IBC for best guitarist. Trampled Under Foot won the 2014 Blues Music Awards for Best Band and Best Album. Schnebelen plays in a trio with Cliff Moore, who played bass with Michael Burks, and drummer Adam Hagerman, who has played with the Hadden Sayers Band, as well as Junior Watson and Big Bill Morganfield. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
June 26 – Mark Hummel's Golden State/Lone Star Revue
Harmonica star Mark Hummel will return to Bluesdays for the seventh-straight year. Blues purists appreciate Hummel's straight-ahead style. He's presented Harmonica Blues Blowouts with all-star players for decades, has released dozens of albums and in 2012 published a book, "Big Road Blues: 12 Bars On I-80." The Lone Star/Gold Coast Revue is comprised of musicians from California and Texas. Hummel, bassist R.W. Grigsby and the band had four Blues Music Award nominations in 2017. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
July 3 – Curtis Salgado
Curtis Salgado is one of the most soulful, passionate and award-winning singers alive, and yet his greatest hit in years is a love song to a dog. "I Want My Dog To Live Longer (The Greatest Wish)" is getting radio play all across the nation. Anyone who has outlived their canine companion can related to the tune, part of the new album, "Rough Cut," recorded by Salgado and his longtime guitarist, Alan Hager. The record has been near the top of the charts for weeks and is a stripped-down contrast to Salgado's more crooning albums from recent years. Salgado was the inspiration for John Belushi and "The Blues Brothers." The actor was in Eugene, Oregon, making the movie "Animal House" when he saw Salgado perform. He created the character Joliet Jake Blues based on Salgado's onstage persona. In 2016, Salgado survived emergency quadruple bypass surgery and two months later swept the Blues Music Awards with honors that included his fourth for Soul Blues Artist of the Year." This year, he has been nominated for Soul Male Artist. In 2019, he and Hager are almost certain to be nominated for Traditional Blues Album. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
July 10 – Debbie Davis
A touring blues woman for more than 30 years, the virtuoso guitarist and passionate singer has 13 solo albums. If Davies' tone is reminiscent of Albert Collins,' there's a good reason. She played in his band the Icebreakers from 1988-91. "It was like a dream come true," Davies said. "Albert happened to be going through some band changes in his lineup and I got the call. "I opened the shows. We would do a real up tempo instrumental then I would sing one then do this big bruhaha thing and then bring him out. If he broke a string, he would give me the lead. It was a real blues jam band." The Debbie Davies appearance could be the highlight of a Bluesdays summer that has never been better. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
July 17 – Ron Artis II and The Truth
Of all the great Bluesdays guitarists this summer, Ron Artis could be the fastest. Blues is just part of the mix that Ron Artis II & The Truth bring to the bandstand. There's also soul, folk and gospel. But when he wants to, Artis can accelerate to Jimi Hendrix mode. He plays in a trio with his younger brother Stevon on drums and Riley Pa'Akaula bass. Ron and Stevon are among 11 children who all grew up in Oahu to become musicians or artists. This summer, Artis will make his second consecutive appearance at the Wanderlust Festival. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
July 24 – Albert Castiglia
Albert Castiglia is an internationally acclaimed band leader. Still a Florida resident, he has only made one previous Bluesdays appearance, in 2013. He released his seventh album, "Up All Night," last fall with producer Mike Zito. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
July 31 – Joe Louis Walker
The Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis displays the likeness of a litany of legends who are no longer living. One of those busts, however, is of Joe Louis Walker, who is still very much alive and fighting for the blues. Walker appreciates his fellow inductees and wants to emulate Muddy Waters' philosophy about supporting other players. In 2016, Walker became the first Hall of Fame member to perform at Squaw Valley's Bluesdays. He was joined by keyboardist Travis Reed, drummer Byron Cage and bassist Lenny Bradford. Walker has been prolific in the studio since his recording career began in 1986. Since 2002, he's released 12 albums, which vary in styles that range from electric Chicago blues, acoustic, rock, gospel and Christian blues. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
August 7 – Kenny Neal
Kenny Neal and the Family Band is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. All 10 Neal siblings grew up to be professional musicians, and Kenny is the eldest. He was backed by his brothers on Bluesdays show of the summer in 2016. Kenny Neal plays guitar, harmonica and sings. Frederick plays keys, Graylon plays drums and Darnell is the bassist. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
August 14 – Chris Cain
San Jose's Cain has played Bluesdays more than any other artist. Chairlifts were open for skiers on the Fourth of July during his 2017 appearance. He attended a B.B. King concert when he was just three years old and it must have made quite an impression. You can hear King's influence in everything he plays. Cain studied jazz, which he taught at San Jose City College, and was a professional player before turning 18. His recording career began in 1987. He also plays piano, bass, clarinet and saxophone. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
August 21 – Terry Hanck
A saxophone superstar with a bent for vintage rock and roll, Terry Hanck is a beloved Bluesdays headliner. He lives in Florida, but spends most of summers in California, where he built a fan base from 1977-87 when he was in Elvin Bishop's band during its heyday of hit songs. Hanck won the Blues Music Award for Instrumentalist (Horn) in 2017, 2016 and 2012. Hanck's blues-based sound is flavored with early rock and roll — when the saxophone, and not guitar, was the featured instrument. A Chicago native, Hanck was inspired by the blues at a 1962 B.B. King concert. Hanck's West Coast band is top shelf. Johnny Soubrand plays a Fender Telecaster guitar, Butch Cousins plays drums and the bassist is Tim Wagar. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
August 28 – Coco Montoya
One of the most respected artists in blues, Coco Montoya will appear at Squaw Valley for the second-straight summer. Montoya is a graduate of the school of Albert. Montoya plays guitar like Albert King, left-handed and upside down, but his tone sounds like Albert Collins. The liner credits on his 2017 album, "Hard Truth," read like a who's who of blues artists. It was produced by Tony Braunagel, mixed by John Porter and the musicians include Mike Finnigan, Johnny Lee Schell, Bob Glaub, who, like Montoya, attended Venice High School. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
September 4 – Cedric Burnside Project
Bluesdays 10th season concludes with a rare treat, the percussive, hypnotic Hill Country blues from the Cedric Burnside Project. Cedric Burnside is the son of drummer Calvin Jackson and grandson of the all-time great R.L. Burnside. He began touring at age 13. Burnside plays in a duo with guitarist Trenton Ayers, whose father was in Junior Kimbrough's band. Ayers and Cedric Burnside have been friend since they were children. – Tim Parsons, Tahoe Onstage
New Aerial Tram Hours and High Camp Activities
Beginning June 15, the Aerial Tram at Squaw Valley will expand operating hours, open daily from 10am to 5pm. The Aerial Tram will be open daily from June 15-September 3 as well as Saturdays and Sundays September 8-9, September 15-16 and September 22-23, and Friday through Sunday September 28-30. Enjoy an aerial climb over 2,000 feet from the base of Squaw Valley to High Camp, located at 8,200 feet, with 360 degree views of Lake Tahoe's high alpine beauty. Daily activities at High Camp including roller skating, hiking trails, the Olympic Museum, disc golf, lawn games, and more. All High Camp activities will be open daily June 15 – September 3. Click here for Aerial Tram rates and details.
Free Aerial Tram Access for New IKON Pass and IKON Base Pass
Guests who have purchased the new Ikon Pass can take advantage of free Aerial Tram rides this summer at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows. Learn more here.
Bluesdays Tuesday Lodging Special
Each Bluesdays Tuesday this summer, guests can book overnight lodging in the heart of Bluesdays action in The Village for $99 for a one bedroom suite, $199 for a two bedroom suite, and $299 for a three bedroom suite with stage views, pending availability. Guests will enjoy being steps away from the Blues Bar, food and drink specials, and the music. Click here for more information and to make a reservation.
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The Village at Squaw Valley is a year-round destination in the heart of Squaw Valley, located in North Lake Tahoe. This European-inspired Village features over 50 bars, restaurants, galleries and boutiques, including a yoga studio and spa. Condominium style suites are conveniently located for access to four season adventure including aerial tram rides to High Camp at 8200 feet, overlooking Lake Tahoe. The Village events plaza is home to a variety of outdoor activities and premier music festivals, including free outdoor movie nights and Bluesdays throughout the summer season. Visit squawalpine.com/lodging or call (866) 818-6963 to learn more.
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Voted 'Best Ski Resort' in North America for the third year in a row by USA Today and 10Best Readers' Choice, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is an internationally renowned mountain resort in North Lake Tahoe, California. Spanning over 6,000 skiable acres across two mountains, skiers and riders of all ability levels are welcomed by over 65 percent beginner and intermediate terrain, 14 easy-to-navigate mountain zones and a custom app to make the most of every visit. The resort features slopeside lodging at The Village at Squaw Valley®, which bustles year round with nonstop events and over 50 bars, restaurants and boutiques. With an annual average of 450 inches of snowfall and 300 sunny California days, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is known as the Spring Skiing Capital™ as it provides one of the longest ski and snowboard seasons in Lake Tahoe. Visit squawalpine.com or call 1.800.403.0206 to learn more.
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Hello everyone, today I will be reviewing the Cruel Prince by Holly Black!
Release date: January 2, 2018
Hardcover page count: 384
My rating: 4/5
My review:
The Cruel Prince tells the story of Jude, a young girl whose parents were murdered while her and her two sisters were whisked away to the High Court of Faerie. Yet despite of this, Jude still wants nothing more than to fit in this mysterious new world. But many of the Fey despise humans, and none more than prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest prince. To prove her place among the Fey, Jude must defy him and prove her worth all while navigating through royal conspiracies and a kingdom soon at civil war.
When I first began this book, I thought it was slow and wanted to put it down. Various aspects seemed over played and I just couldn't stand it. But boy was I wrong. Both the characters and the plot develops so much during the course of this book and it was for the better. The book ends in a way that you don't at all expect it to end, and frankly the title does this book wrong.
This book is such a great example of showing instead of telling. Everything had great detail and many layers, at times you think one thing would happen when something else entirely is going on. Several YA cliques are at play in this book, yet the author finds a way to dismiss them and twist them in new ways. I loved the way that Mrs. Black wove in the magic of this world with our world to give a depth to things that we might not have previously thought about. Many fey books often dismiss many things about the real world, yet she does not shy away from the aspect of it.
Power is a big theme in this book. Jude who is a seemingly weak human who can be easily manipulated changes her position quickly, something not so easily done in a book with magic like this. It is breathtaking because in many books with magic, you wither have power or you don't, something which Jude has seemed to over come.
The only reason why I am not giving this book a 5/5 rating is because of the slow beginning but it changes so much over the course of the book that soon the beginning seems obsolete. Of course, there are some annoying bits throughout the book but they can easily be dismissed. I can not get this book out of my head and the more I think about it, the more I love it. Don't hurt yourself by putting this book down because you will not be disappointed.
If you are looking for a magical tale of political intrigue filled with great characters and an ever changing plot, you won't be let down with this book. If you can last through a slow beginning, you will be happy that you stuck with it. I would recommend this book for older readers because of a few scenes of violence. I can't wait for book two!
I hope that you guys enjoyed this review! Hopefully if you are bothered by the beginning, you can learn to love it as I have. Let me know in the comments if there are any books that you would like me to check out and review.
Until next time,
Original review posted here: http://teenreaderscouncil.blogspot.com/2018/01/review-cruel-prince.html
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Welcome to the Book Enigma! I review different genres of books from young adult fiction to sci-fi. Enjoy!
Author: Camille
Aspiring author who, along with reading YA and with other genres, also fosters kittens, and play the piano and cello!
January 2020
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Earning a Michelin star is such a dreamed recognition for gourmet chefs all over. In 2005, Michelin crossed the Atlantic and their prestigious inspectors started reviewing fine-dining restaurants in New York, San Francisco and the Bay Area, and Chicago. It requires a consistent, high-level performance in both the kitchen and the front room. "If they arrive in Charlottesville, Fleurie is likely to be one of the places they will look at," explains Erin Scala, wine director at Fleurie, the temple of sophisticated French cuisine on the Downtown Mall.
Fleurie is a special occasion restaurant, with crisp white table cloths and high end service, suited for memorable tasting menus and celebrations. Even the front room staff do motivational meetings before patrons step in because they are chasing excellency. Fleurie is the big brother of Petit Pois, a more relaxed place also owned by Brian Helleberg, an appreciated chef committed to French tradition and local sourcing. "Fleurie means to blossom and it is also a division of the Beaujolais wine region in France," explains the down to earth chef, once mentored by a 3-star French chef.
The changing menus, as you can imagine, include all kinds of delicacies prepared by Helleberg and the chef de cuisine Matt Henson. Delicious house made Foie Grass in a brioche, lobster bisque and incredible tartare and carpaccio may open the feast. Shrimp stuffed calamari, veal sweetbreads or gnocchi with blue cheese and sweet pecans carry on the party. And more hearty plates like Scottish salmon on fennel puree with saffron potatoes, herb-crusted sea bass or roasted Angus beef tenderloin may be the mains. A delightful dessert proposal could be molten mango cake, lychee sorbet with coconut, pineapple, and balsamic-strawberry coulis.
Scala, the talented sommelier adds, "To me, wine is a simple thing- a beverage to enjoy with your meal. But it is also something that is subtly profound. When we drink wine, it might just rival Chef Brian's cuisine as the best way to experience the bounty of the Earth."
So we wish everybody accomplishments to celebrate at Fleurie.
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text: When ancient Greek armies traveled across the sea to do battle, the first thing they would do after landing was to burn the boats, leaving them stranded. With no way to make it home besides victory, the resolve of the soldiers was strengthened. When success and failure are the only options, you have no choice but to follow through.


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From Use Case Diagrams to Executable Context-aware Ambients
(The 10th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2015), 2015-12-14)
This paper proposes an approach to translating a use case diagram into an executable context-aware ambients. The requirements of a context-aware system is captured and represented in an extension of UML use case diagrams ...
An Extension of the UML Activity diagram to model the behaviour of Context Aware Systems
The main characteristics of context-aware systems are their ability to sense perpetually the context of the user and adapt their behavior accordingly in response to changes the user's context. Modularity is an important ...
An Extension of the Use Case Diagram to Model Context-aware Applications
Context-aware applications have the ability to sense the context of the user and use the sensed context information to make adaptation decision in response to changes in the user's context. Hence, besides the functional ...
An Extension of Class Diagram to Model the Structure of Context-Aware Systems
(The Sixth International Joint Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (AET-2015), 2015-12)
Context-aware systems (CASs) have become a reality thanks to the development of smart software and hardware to assist the users in various real life activities. The proliferation of context-aware services has led to the ...
Analysing Use Case Diagrams in a Calculus of Context-aware Ambients
(Infonomics Society, 2016-03)
Use case diagrams are an excellent tool for capturing and analyzing the functional requirements of a system under development. Context-aware use case diagrams are an extension of use case diagrams to cater for both the ...


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The MATCH Study: Mindfulness And Tai chi for Cancer Health. This innovative clinical trial conducted by the University of Calgary/Tom Baker Cancer Centre and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is now recruiting cancer survivors! As a participant you get to choose which treatment approach you want, or let us assign you to a group if you are equally interested in both. We will measure program effects on psychological, physical and biological outcomes including quality of life, mood, stress, balance, blood pressure, heart rate, immune function and more! Visit www.thematchstudy.ca for more details.
by Joan Hunt, MSW, RSW and certified teacher of MBSR. Joan is one of the MBCR instructors for the Toronto site of the MATCH study. She taught the first group of MATCH study patients in the program in the Spring of 2017. Below are her reflections on the importance of the attitudes that participants bring to a practice of mindfulness, or any approach to healing, for that matter. Our hope is that these reflections may resonate with cancer survivors and care providers generally and serve as a reminder of the imperative of self-compassion when coping with any challenging life situation.
"Don't turn your head. Keep looking at the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you." – Rumi
Jon Kabat-Zinn, in his book "Full Catastrophe Living," (1990) described seven attitudinal qualities that underpin developing a mindfulness practice. The adoption of these attitudinal qualities are a significant part of the training of the Mindfulness Based Cancer Recovery Program (MBCR). These attitudinal qualities will determine its long-term value to participants and will help develop a framework from which "to be with" experience as it emerges, moment by moment.
The attitudinal qualities described by Jon Kabat-Zinn are non-judging, patience, a beginner's mind, trust, non-striving, acceptance and letting go.
Non-judging is cultivating kindly awareness to the stream of experience just as it is, without adding interpretation or judgment. In this way it becomes possible to see more clearly the internal process of adding judgment and reaction to experience. There is no need to "judge the judging", but merely to notice its omnipresent quality, and notice how it influences the nature of experience to constantly be thinking "this is good", or "this isn't good". Only then are we able to choose deliberately to step back from this habit.
Patience is simply working with things as they are right now and allowing that change takes place in its own time. We are often so rushed and hurried, looking for a quick fix to what ails us. Applying patience is a recognition that most healing and learning takes time, then sitting back and allowing change without pressure.
Beginner's mind is bringing the intention of curiosity to experience, staying in the present moment, rather than looking at the experience through a lot of preconceptions. It's like seeing ourselves and our experience for the very first time, through the lens of curiosity and open-mindedness.
Trusting your experience and learning to validate your own sensations, thoughts, feelings and intuition. There is also a component of trusting in the practices being learned, which have a history over thousands of years
Non-striving is about not trying to fix problems or find solutions, but embracing a willingness to let the experience be as it is. Non-striving is paradoxical as it turns out the only way to achieve desired outcomes (like learning to cope with stress), is to simply let go of striving for that outcome, and learn to simply "be" in the world.
Acceptance involves seeing things as they actually are with an attitude of kindness. This does not imply one is happy with the way things are, or is giving in to negative outcomes; it simply recognizes the reality of one's life situation with kindness, freeing us from the weight of denial.
Letting go involves the acknowledging of the ever changing nature of experience such as thoughts and emotions, arising and passing without forming attachment to them. It recognizes that the only certainty in life is change, and that we cannot fight against the force of this inevitability. It's better to learn to "ride the waves" of change, than struggle to keep things the way we want them to be.
For more information visit our website: www.thematchstudy.ca
Joan Hunt is a clinical Social Worker MSW RSW currently in private practice, who offers Psychotherapy. She has worked since 1979 in Canada in a variety of clinical and non-clinical roles and settings in the mental health and addiction fields. She is also a Certified Teacher of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) who received her certification to teach MBSR from the University of Massachusetts Medical School.


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The just announced price drop of the iPhone to $399 is an interesting launch price scenario that would make for an interesting research piece or PhD thesis.
During the launch of any product now, people go look at eBay as the "marketplace" for judging hype and of course, supply & demand.
Interestingly enough, during the few days and weeks after the launch of the iPhone, prices did not "go crazy" leading some with no greater understanding of the marketplace to conclude that the iPhone wasn't as hot as it could be.
But really, the brilliance of everyday on eBay for most everything is that you do get a snapshot of a live supply & demand and in most cases, as pure as can be. Unlike even a swap meet, eBay is global and 24/7. Buyers from around the globe can instantly decide if the pricing falls within their interest – there are virtually no barriers other than having an internet access.
What was eBay and eBayers really saying? For the most part, most iPhones sold at a slight premium or virtually none at all. In the first days, people were willing to pay an extra $50 to $100 for no standing in line but as supplies were replenished, by the 3rd or 4th day, it was clear "street" supply was meeting demand so ultimately, pricing essentially moved to the $600-$650 range.
For Apple, it meant they pegged pricing and demand pretty much perfectly. They knew they could sell @700,000 phones at @$550 (presuming they sold more 8GB phones at $599 than 4GB $499 phones). And after that, they knew the price point had to be moved lower which they did. They guessed the early buyers were willing to pay a premium and eBay along with their supply line answered that Apple was essentially correct.
In other words, Apple managed not just the launch but also the revenue and profit from that frenzied launch.
Why is that important?
It is important to get hype – whether it's the launch of the PlayStation 3 or XBox 360 or the iPhone but a real ongoing business means you have to go beyond day two and answer – where is my revenue & profit from this?
Where Sony & Microsoft fell down is they delivered a limited amount to a small subset of the ready and willing buyers and pretty much called it a day – happily and really, stupidly basking while watching the frenzy of activity on eBay. Acting gleeful as if PR hype and eBay sales were the true measure of success? Really, how smart is that? How smart is it to take a loss on a product and turn your profit over to a third and distant party? Not even your retail partners but literally some guy off the street willing to sleep there to be first to put it on eBay and reap $500, $1,000 or more? Sure, it's hype but how exactly does that build profit, and customer relations? Basically, they turned away hundreds of thousands of people willing to pay $399 or $599 – how smart is that strategy? It's great for eBay and random people on the streets with plenty of free time … but that just having $399 or $599 (plus more if you add peripherals) is simply not a good enough to be their customer – you must brave a cold night on a sidewalk?
Apple was certainly willing to be coy but when asked, they were honest in saying there should be enough – of course, they wanted people to leap to the wrong conclusion and presume it would be like the PS3 or XBox 360 … but in the end, by 9PM in most Apple stores that night, they still hand stock in hand because they guessed reasonably well how many they could sell in the first few days, weeks and months at max price and more importantly at max revenue.
Then after that, they would re-set the price to bring in the next group. Perhaps perfectly played? Instead of eBay & eBayers making most of the margins, Apple actually managed to pocket 80% of the "premium" the first group of users/buyers were willing to pay?
Perhaps that is the reason, they are amortizing the revenue from the iPhone over many quarters instead of one – they didn't want to unduly raise expectation on margins if this quarter were to spike very high only to see it drift back towards the norm 25-35% range.
So unlike Sony, MS & even Nintendo who watched eBayers make a 20-300 percent return – they should have been smarter in their pricing.
Of course, the problem with $300+ plus is that people start to think of it as "real" money 🙂 and the first phase is fraught with difficulty because while you want to maximize profit, you want to create the illusion of affordability – perhaps what they should have done is sell a thousand at $1,500 dollars with everything going to charity and then next 25,000 going at $1,000 with some limited item included that's really just a hunk of plastic …this way the early fanatics and those who absolutely have to be first can feel special (though with $1,500 out of pocket) … you made some money, then after that, you release it at your "regular" pricing … of course, supply should meet demand a few weeks down the line, otherwise, why bother throwing away millions of dollars of PR. The bottom line is when people are ready to buy – you better be ready to sell. If you wanted a limited audience, then price it as such – $1,500, $5,000, etc, etc … if you are selling to the masses and want a mass market audience – don't annoy YOUR customers!
As for the price drop of $200 and the so called buyer's remorse? First, other than the people who work at the music labels or NBC, digital and tech stuff costs less and less as we move along the cycle – not MORE and more – it's normal course of business for prices to drop.
It should be pointed out this is an everyday occurrence – that the first days you drive your new car off the lot, you've just spent $5 to $10k driving around town.
So, for those who are panicked at the alleged drop in margins, really, maybe Apple already figured all this out. That instead of selling the first million at $399 only to realize they could've sold 700,000 at $599 – that's EXACTLY what they already calculated. You can do the math of $200 more revenue times 700,000 🙂
And now, every news station is delivering another $100 million dollar FREE ad/PR campaign for Apple and telling people the iPhone is $200 less than before … so, is that good enough for you? Who else can orchestra all this?
That Steve Jobs guy, I'm telling ya – he might be smarter than you think 🙂


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Tops Tips About Soccer That Anyone Can Follow
Athletes always want to get better at their sport. But there is more to it than that. Just reading up on the subject won't do it; you must practice all you can. Below is some great advice you can begin to try out for yourself.
When purchasing soccer cleats, make sure that they fit well. You must have snug cleats that give your arch plenty of support. Your ankles should be able to move freely. If you pick up a pair of bad cleats, it could lead to an injury, so be careful with your selection.
Do everything possible to avert colliding with another player. Do everything possible to predict your opponent's next location. You can avoid injuries and improve your chances of keeping the ball.
Make the opposition think you have pattern when you cross the soccer ball the same way for several plays. The other team will think you are going to repeat it over and over again. Then, alter the approach quickly by crossing in the opposite direction. This could gain you a few seconds as they regroup to catch up.
If you're in the center of the field, look at what is happening on either end. You need to be prepared to get the ball at one place and get it to another in good time. You need to be aware of who is open and where defendants are all the time.
Practice penalty kicks in order to raise the chance that you can score with them. You can use this to train yourself to concentrate on making the penalty kick after a foul. Strive to learn and perfect a few different kicks for your penalty shots so that you can successfully implement them during a game.
You need to wear the correct shoes when you're out on the field. You can't use football cleats or running shoes. If you aren't wearing the proper shoes, you might hurt someone else or yourself.
Try finding professional players who usually play your position and pay attention to the techniques they use. You'll improve your play by copying some of their moves. If you identify any signature moves, imitate them and begin using them when you play.
While football is a bit more physical than soccer, soccer is still a pretty physical game. Don't be scared of bumping into another player. You can get physical without playing dirty. It's unfair to kick someone on purpose, but being physical isn't. If is scares you to get physical, you need to conquer that fear. Wear soccer pads to keep your legs safe.
Nothing is more important in soccer than communication between teammates. This makes you a stronger unit overall. When an open spot is located, communicate that spot to the person that has the ball. Learn the soccer words for doing this. For example, "through" will tell your teammate that you're going to move between two opponents to receive his pass.
A good soccer shoe that is right for you is extremely important. If your game will be on the grass, you will need a cleat with enough traction. Shoes with permanent cleats are an excellent option. These cleats come in a variety of patterns used to help you grip the ground firmly.
Learn how to kick properly. Kicking the ball involves more than just kicking it. When you want to ball to go high, kick it at its bottom. Use your foot like a wedge, get under the ball and kick up while leaning backwards.
Because you have educated yourself more on the game of soccer, it is time to utilize this knowledge. Practice what you've learned, and then show your teammates. Whenever you and your team take measures to improve, your team's chances of winning a game are greatly increased.


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The UK Government plans to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant could need additional cash and electricity payment top-ups worth £30bn ($38bn), according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
The parliamentary watchdog said that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's deal for Hinkley Point C is a risky and expensive project with uncertain strategic and economic benefits.
Though UK needs some new nuclear power, the economic case for Hinkley Point C was marginal and subject to significant uncertainty, it said.
It also said that the Department had limited capacity to take alternative approaches to the deal after it finalised the terms in 2013.
NAO said: "The government has increasingly emphasised Hinkley Point C's unquantified strategic benefits, but it has little control over these and no plan yet in place to realise them."
In September last year, Britain approved the £18bn project, following the completion of a revised agreement with French energy giant EDF.
EDF is the developer of the 3.2GW Hinkley Point C project, which will be located in Somerset, England.
Upon commissioning in 2025, the Hinkley Point C project is expected to meet 7% of electricity needs in the UK for 60 years.
The project will feature two turbines, each with a gross generating capacity of 1,770MW.
The project, which is being financed by the French and Chinese governments, is expected to create up to 25,000 jobs and supply power to about six million homes.
In 2015, China General Nuclear Power (CGN) agreed to acquire 33.5% stake in the project by investing €6bn through its new company General Nuclear International (GNI).
NAO head Amyas Morse said: "The Department has committed electricity consumers and taxpayers to a high cost and risky deal in a changing energy marketplace.
"Time will tell whether the deal represents value for money, but we cannot say the Department has maximised the chances that it will be."
Image: Illustration of the Hinkley Point C nuclear project in the UK. Photo: courtesy of EDF Energy.


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The anti human exceptionalists are—rather desperately, it seems to me—ever pretending that animals are like "us," even as they say there is nothing special about being human anyway. And now, the effort to stop whaling has scientists in high anthropomorphic gear about pods of whales being "tribes" and alleged cetacean personhood. Latest example, New York Times science writer Natalie Angier, who argues that we should "Save a Whale, Save a Soul:"
After two years of transcontinental haggling, the commission had been expected to replace today's hunting ban with limited hunting quotas. Supporters of the policy change had argued that by specifying how many whales of a given species could be sustainably harvested over a 10-year period, and by tightening or eliminating current loopholes through which whaling nations like Japan and Norway kill the marine mammals for "scientific" purposes, the new measure would effectively reduce the number of whales slaughtered each year.
Yet many biologists who study whales and dolphins view such a compromise as deeply flawed, and instead urge that negotiators redouble efforts to abolish commercial whaling and dolphin hunting entirely. As these scientists see it, the evidence is high and mounting that the cetacean order includes species second only to humans in mental, social and behavioral complexity, and that maybe we shouldn't talk about what we're harvesting or harpooning, but whom.
To show you where Angier is coming from, SHSers may recall that the last time I blogged about her writing, she ridiculously opined that plants are the most ethical life form on the planet because they live without killing. I guess she forgot that ethics requires rational analysis and the intentional creation of moral codes, activities in which only humans are capable of engaging. Oh, and what about those cruel venus flytraps? They digest their prey alive!
Here's the thing: We don't need to go through the mental contortion of making whales people too in order to support an international treaty banning commercial whaling. Human exceptionalism supports it based on our duty not to treat animals cruelly or cause animal suffering for little human benefit. The need for whale meat is very low and the cruelty of the killing method very high. That being so, it doesn't matter that a pod of killer whales once seemed to play with dead salmon (discussed in Angier's piece). As a matter of applying basic animal welfare principles, the arguments in favor of a commercial ban are clear and convincing.


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Herencia Custom Garage was found in 2009 by Federico Bonomi, in one of the hardest places to find motorcycle parts. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the team over at Herencia Custom Garage creates quality bikes, apparel and accessories. The hands of Federico Lozada and German Karp have created breathtaking custom motorcycles. They are constantly coming up with new design concepts, paying attention to every detail. This respectful direction Herencia follows is a synonym of TheArsenale's concept of good mobility.
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CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES | The Coconut Palace
We're near the end of our tour of the CCP complex now, and we come to arguably the strangest building of all: The Coconut Palace (or the Coconut CocoHut, as I prefer to call it).
Built for Imelda in 1978 and designed to highlight the ingenuity of Filipino crafstpeople, 70% of the structure is supposedly made from various parts of the coconut. I find that hard to believe (those cool '70s toilets and bidets certainly aren't made of coconuts). Nonetheless, this is an important building (if you're keen on seeing how the nouveaux riches like to live).
During our recent visit to Manila (December 2009), I felt compelled to visit for the first time (previously I thought, "that kind of architecture just doesn't interest me"). I guess having a blog helped me to overcome my coconut prejudice; I wanted to report on this Thing on the Bay.
We showed up for a tour. Paid our ₱100 and got the grand tour from a docent who seemed to know less than I did about the place. We were all alone, wandering the many rooms of this strange edifice. I'm really glad I saw the CocoHut; it certainly put the word "decadent" into perspective for me.
Ostensibly built for the papal visit in 1981, John Paul II decided that it was way over-the-top and refused Imelda's offer to stay there (he would have liked the swimming pool and the gorgeous view of Manila Bay).
Some months before [the Pope arrived in Manila], she had ordered a special stretch limo for the Pope's visit. The maroon limo was out at the airport waiting for the Pope, but he would have none of it. He also turned down Imelda's offer to stay in the Coconut Palace, a fascinating structure, shingled with coconut bark, and bathrooms tiled with coconut shell, which she had built for his arrival. The pope chose instead to stay at the nunciatura.
– Beth Day Romulo, Inside the Palace: The Rise and Fall of Ferdinand & Imelda Marcos. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987: 146.
Rather than receiving the papal imprimatur, the CocoHut became the home-away-from-home for various Imelda hangers-on such as Brooke Shields, George Hamilton, and Christina Ford whenever they were in town. Now it sits forlornly, waiting for you to show up and take a gander.
It's an interesting place. Be sure to check it out if you're in Manila. The bathrooms alone are a special treat and the empty shoe closets are somewhat wistful.
A traditional bahay kubo, the most indigenous domestic house in the Philippines. Built on stilts like a "floating mass," they resemble traditional Malaysian and other South-east Asian huts.
The Tagalog word "bahay" means house and "kubo" is derived from the Spanish "cubo" or "cube."
The Coconut Palace (Tahanang Pilipino) was meant to glorify traditional Filipino materials and became an over bloated tribute to its patron, Meldy Marcos. It was designed by Franciso "Bobby" Mañosa and completed in 1980.
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Like any PC gamer, I have plans to upgrade my PC, to make it better than it already is. That essentially means that I have to decide on what parts to buy, if they're compatible, if the power supply is big enough, etc. I put a lot of thought into what parts I want and how long it'll take me to afford them, either buying them piecemeal or all at once. Earlier this year I was planning to completely rebuild my PC because it's starting to have problems more and more frequently. However, I never went through with it because this years parts were on the horizon. There were rumors about Intel's 9th generation CPU's and rumors about NVIDIA's 11-series cards and so I figured "Ok, I'll wait until later this year and then upgrade. Hopefully my PC can hold out that long." Well my PC has held out, but the performance of NVIDIA's 20-series GPU's has made me hesitate.
While we have no unbiased third party benchmarks, NVIDIA has released some numbers of their own showing that without ray-tracing turned on, games can hit 4K at 60fps on the 2080, no numbers for the flagship 2080 Ti. But as demonstrated via the demos for RTX games, ray-tracing has such a performance hit that you'll likely end up playing at 1080p with 60 frames per second once the final retail code is out in the wild since the demos were very early, very crude implementations.
But see, therein lies the rub of it all: The performance gains over the 10-series aren't that big of a leap. Ray-tracing in and of itself, running in real-time at 1080p30 is still one of the greatest things to happen to gaming and obviously it helps out other industries as well, but for the cards themselves to be marginally better without RTX features turned on, is still somewhat of a bummer. Obviously we'll have to see what third party benchmarks have to say about performance, but even NVIDIA's own charts weren't game changers in the performance department. The king of leap that I'm assuming gamers expected was to be able to play games at, at least, 4K60 with RTX turned on. And then there were the outliers who saw the 4K G-Sync HDR 144Hz monitors and thought the new cards would be able to attain that kind of performance, which personally I felt was a tad unrealistic especially since you'd then be expected to pay $2000 for a computer screen.
So now I'm looking at the 20-series GPU's specifically the 2080 Ti, and I'm no longer dead set on having it. A part of me wants to wait until next year, or the year after that, to get the next set of cards which should be on 7nm architecture, and being the second generation RTX cards, should perform better with RTX turned on since the tech will have matured some more. But because my computer is on the verge of death, there is pressure to just toss out my 980 Ti and get the 2080 Ti. My current GPU isn't the part that's going bad, but I like having all the visual bells and whistles turned on, so as newer games come out, the performance starts to dip bit by bit. It could probably last me a few more years before newer games start to fall below 30fps if I don't turn any settings down. And for me personally, I'm a self-admitted graphics whore, so ray-tracing really excites me. As long as the game can maintain a minimum resolution of 1080p, at 30 frames per second, with every setting cranked to maximum and RTX switched on, I'll be a happy camper, but because of the performance cost of ray-tracing, a part of me is concerned that the 2080 Ti won't last as long at that standard as I would want it too and thus I question if it's even a good investment. Upgrading to an i9-9900K which should be releasing in November for an estimated $450 feels like an easily more worthwhile investment since I'm upgrading from an i7-3770.
I'll likely still be getting the 2080 Ti at some point, but NVIDIA definitely isn't making it more difficult to just wait for better performing refreshes or even a next generation.


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By Diyanah Kamarudin | Image by Nicolas Wong
Peter Lewis (Class of 2018) cycling at Marina Bay Sands
Michael Moore Jones (Class of 2017) first stumbled into his love for cycling after purchasing a cheap, run-of-the-mill bicycle in Singapore.
"[I bought it] with the intention of getting around UTown (University Town) and maybe to Clementi," he said. "But I found myself going out on the bike every day, exploring new parts of Singapore and increasing the distances I was riding."
Peter Lewis (Class of 2018), on the other hand, found that the bonds of friendship formed after every ride personally inspired him.
"One of my favorite aspects of road cycling is that it is a cooperative sport, and a challenge that everyone meets together," Peter elaborated.
"Riding hundreds of kilometres as a group requires that everyone support each other physically—by taking turns in the wind—as well as emotionally, through encouragement."
The two students discovered their mutual love for cycling after bumping into each other on the road.
After racking up thousands of kilometres cycling together, including a cycling trip in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, the pair decided to co-found the Yale-NUS Cycling Club in the fall semester of 2015.
The Cycling Club aims to nurture a passion for cycling in the College community, both as a means of transport and as a sport, as well as contribute to the local and regional burgeoning cycling communities. Students from all levels of fitness are welcome to join.
Currently, the club has around 16 members, including College faculty as well as several National University of Singapore (NUS) students.
Training mostly takes place in the form of ad-hoc rides throughout the week, where members embark on scenic routes around Singapore, such as those in Marina Bay Sands, East Coast Park, the Kranji farmlands, as well as Sentosa Island.
The club, however, has also run into a few roadblocks. As with many other young student groups, differing opinions have come up over how the student club should be run, Michael explained.
He stressed, however, that the co-founders "have tried to take all these visions into account and create an informal environment where people can try cycling at little or no cost, and can then see a path to take it further if they find they love it."
The club is now gearing up to participate in cycling competitions over the next academic year. Several members have already participated in the club's first team race, the Nongsa Challenge, in Indonesia earlier this year.
The Challenge, an international cycling race held annually, took place on Batam Island in February 2016.
In addition, the club is hoping to rope in more ad-hoc members for recreational rides, as well as organise an international cycling trip in the future.
Michael and Peter are also actively finding ways to get more College faculty members involved in the club, and bring more NUS students into its activities in order to build closer ties with our neighbours .
Peter personally hopes to see more students taking advantage of the resources that the Cycling Club provides.
"We have a [selection of] road and mountain bikes that students can borrow…[meaning that] everyone can give it a go with no commitment and then see if [cycling] is something they enjoy," he stated.
Another goal for the club is to get more students signing up for its weekly guided rides, which are open to students of all cycling abilities.
"Seeing a bunch of Yale-NUS students all out riding at sunrise is a fantastic sight," Peter enthused, "and everyone is back in time for class."


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New Resource Available – Online Portal Tutorial
Posted Wednesday, July 3, 2019 by Shelly Nye
Have you checked out your Online Portal yet?
If not, NOW is the perfect time because The Nevada Registry recently published another user-friendly "how-to" video that walks you through the portal – everything from accessing it for the first time to printing out a transcript of your completed Registry-approved training on file. This video will help you become familiar with each section of the portal and ensures you are taking full advantage of everything it has to offer!
You may access additional helpful "how-to" videos right here including the steps for setting up a free email account and creating PDF documents on various devices – which will be especially useful when submitting your online membership Update/Renewal Form in the future. Additional video tutorials are being developed so be sure to check back often!


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It was a staycation day, Emerson was at school and Karl and I were lying on respective couches, drinking our respective drinks (beer for him, wine for me), watching something on the History Channel… or was it NatGeo? Or The Travel Channel? Anyway, it's one of those channels that gears most of its ads to white men over 50 and there was an ad for Ring.
"This is what I was talking about!" Karl said as the ad started. He had mentioned seeing some sort of camera for the front of the house. I was assuming a camo-printed infrared thing made for hunting but Ring was very polished, attractive, and sounded pretty darn great. $199 one-time fee and a satisfaction guarantee… I opened my laptop, read a few unsponsored positive reviews, and ordered one that very day.
Ring is an internet-connected video doorbell. Not much larger than a juice box, Ring has a long-running battery and adheres to the front of your house. We don't have a doorbell system so we didn't wire it to the house, though it is possible to hardwire it to an existing doorbell system and your home's electric wiring. When a visitor presses the Ring doorbell, instead a bell ringing inside our home, we receive a notification on our SmartPhone (you can choose the type of notification; Karl has chosen chimes and a banner message). When we open the app, we see fish-eye video of who is there and we're able to verbally communicate with them. Recently, Ring updated to include motion detection; the app notifies you when there's activity at your door.
The Ring app (Android and Apple versions available) can be added to multiple mobile devices; since Karl is home more often than I, he has more notifications; mine just flashes a notification on my lock screen when there's a visitor. However, no matter where we are, either of us can open our phone, see a video of what's happening at our front door and speak (really good for freaking our raccoons ransacking our recycling bin). We've been able to tell the FedEx guy to leave a package with our neighbor when we're five states away, and we can use it from our living room to determine if we want to answer the door to a solicitor. And yes, it's darn fun to hear that chime late at night, open the app and scream at raccoons from our cozy bed and see them flee.
Sometimes there's a bit of a delay – a few seconds between someone at the door and getting a notification, and sometimes a delay with the video showing up. Depending on the speed of the wifi you are on, the video can be pixelated or frozen, and audio can be garbled. When in the house we rarely have an issue, but when we're out and about and somewhere without wifi, we'll get the notification but won't be able to load the video or will see the video but won't be able to speak or hear.
Since we got it this past spring, we've only had to charge the doorbell once; you remove the body from outside and hook it up to your laptop and an hour or two later put it back. We don't have a porch so our doorbell is exposed to the elements but it has held up beautifully. About 75% of people who come to the door recognize it as a doorbell, but in our historic community doorbells aren't terribly common. Now that we have the motion activation we still know someone's there if they lightly rap on the door and can still communicate with them.
With your purchase of a Ring doorbell you receive 30 days free of cloud recording; if you want to continue to have your sessions saved you can pay just $3 a month or $30 a year. Some of our neighbors have had packages stolen from their front steps; as a blogger I get a ton of packages in the mail and love this added security. With the fisheye lens not only can I see our front step, but our front gate, entire walk, and our next door neighbor's front walk. There is no two-way video, and we have freaked out a few delivery people with our headless voice coming from the house, but it has been a really great tool and form of added security for our home without a huge price or monthly fee.
I know this isn't fashion related, but it's just a cool gadget I had to share. I hesitated sharing it but when I read this week that Richard Branson invested in the company, I felt it was a sign to share. Branson had a visitor to his island use the app to communicate with a UPS delivery person back home in California; Branson was so intrigued he reached out to Jamie Siminoff, CEO and inventor of Ring asking to invest in the product. I'm a fan, and am happy to answer any question completely honestly (this may be a glowing review, but I am not sponsored in any way).


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Penrith will play at the Warriors in a do-or-die Finals showdown at ANZ Stadium next Saturday night.
The game was originally pencilled in for Allianz Stadium, potentially as a double header alongside the Roosters v Sharks game, but is now stand alone at the former Olympic venue.
NRL CEO Todd Greenberg said the opening weekend of the Finals Series offered some wonderful match-ups.
"Based on how the top eight unfolded, our Finals Series is likely to be incredibly close," Mr Greenberg said.
"Just two points separated the entire top eight, which highlights how open the Finals Series will be.
"Anything can happen on any given day and I'm sure we will see the closeness of the regular season replicated in the Finals Series.
"This will be a great way to kick off the Finals Series."
Tickets for Members will go on sale at 10am on Monday.
NRL Telstra Premiership Finals Series – Week 1
Qualifying Final: Friday, September 7, 7.40pm, AAMI Park
NRL: (2) Melbourne Storm v (3) South Sydney Rabbitohs
Elimination Final: Saturday, September 8, 5.30pm, ANZ Stadium
NRL: (5) Penrith Panthers v (8) New Zealand Warriors
Qualifying Final: Saturday, September 8, 7.40pm, Allianz Stadium
NRL: (1) Sydney Roosters v (4) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Elimination Final: Sunday, September 9, 4.00pm, Suncorp Stadium
NRL: (6) Brisbane Broncos v (7) St George-Illawarra Dragons


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Important: Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct
Issue with building qtwebkit-opensource-src-5.7.1
Hi! I want to build
WebKitmodule for
Qt 5.7.1and for
I have installed
Perland downloaded
qtwebkit-opensource-src-5.7.1.zip, extracted the archive:
Run VS2015 command prompt and run command:
perl Tools\Scripts\build-webkit --qt --release
I displays the error:
'qmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ERROR: bison, gperf, win_flex missing but required to build WebKit.
How to build it? Thanks in advance.
raven-worx Moderators last edited by raven-worx
i think it's better to let Qt make all the stuff.
See this for a proper setup environment (Qt already ships bison, win_flex, etc -> gnuwin32\bin)
then go to qtwebkit folder and run qmake and after that nmake
Hi! I have tried your solution, but it doesn't work.
@echo off REM Set up \Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, where <arch> is \c amd64, \c x86, etc. CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" \c x86 REM Edit this location to point to the source code of Qt SET _ROOT=C:\Qt SET PATH=%_ROOT%\qtbase\bin;%_ROOT%\gnuwin32\bin;%PATH% REM Uncomment the below line when using a git checkout of the source repository SET PATH=%_ROOT%\qtrepotools\bin;%PATH% REM Uncomment the below line when building with OpenSSL enabled. If so, make sure the directory points REM to the correct location (binaries for OpenSSL). REM SET PATH=C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin;%PATH% REM When compiling with ICU, uncomment the lines below and change <icupath> appropriately: REM SET INCLUDE=<icupath>\include;%INCLUDE% REM SET LIB=<icupath>\lib;%LIB% REM SET PATH=<icupath>\lib;%PATH% REM Contrary to earlier recommendations, do NOT set QMAKESPEC. SET _ROOT= REM Keeps the command line open when this script is run. cmd /k
I have changed this line to:
CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64, and no error exists. But the same error:
'qmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
OK. I have set environment variable to
C:\Qt\5.7\msvc2015\binand run
qtwebkit-opensource-src-5.7.1. But again the error:
I have fixed it by setting
SET SQLITE3SRCDIR=C:\Qt\5.7\Src\qtbase\src\3rdparty\sqlite. Then it throw the error again:
So I need to install all these software to finally build successfully? Thanks.
I have fixed the issues, but only one is still exists.
raven-worx Moderators last edited by raven-worx
configure -icu
and make sure qt finds it. I see you have this in your script:
REM When compiling with ICU, uncomment the lines below and change <icupath> appropriately: REM SET INCLUDE=<icupath>\include;%INCLUDE% REM SET LIB=<icupath>\lib;%LIB% REM SET PATH=<icupath>\lib;%PATH%
remove it
Hi! I have run
configure -icuand then
jomto reconfigure Qt:
Waiting to the process to complete.
I get the errors:
I will try with
raven-worx Moderators last edited by
jom actually calls nmake...so you will get the same error.
The strange thing here is. WTH do you build into
Something went wrong during your Qt configuration call.
Yes, you're right. I get the same error:
I will run
nmake confcleancommand to clean old configurations.
Then, I have created
QtBuilddirectory (path:
C:\QtBuild') navigate to that directory, run
configure -icuand run
It displays the error again:
I need to navigate to the
Qtsource dir and build there?
configure -icufrom
And now
And again errors:
I think
configure -icuapproach will not work.
From docs: https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git#Configuring_Visual_Studio_2013_on_Windows_8.2C_8.1_.26_10
ICU on Windows Qt 5 can make use of the ICU library for UNICODE and Localization support. This is required for building Qt WebKit. You can use pre-compiled versions of ICU with a Visual Studio 2010 dependency from the website, get pre-compiled versions for different compilers from download.qt.io, or compile ICU on your own. The absolute paths of include and lib folders of the ICU installation must be passed with -I and -L option to Qt's configure. In addition, uic.exe needs to find the ICU DLLs during compilation, for which the lib folder of the ICU installation must be added to the PATH environment variable. At run-time, the ICU DLLs need to be found. This can be achieved by copying the DLLs to the application folder or adding the lib folder of the ICU installation to the PATH environment variable.
I get precompiled libs from the link only for VS 2013: http://download.qt.io/development_releases/prebuilt/icu/prebuilt/
I think it will work.
Nope. Even with these libs included to the
PATHit doesn't work. The same error with
ICU is required.
I will uninstall
Qtand then build it with the source with
Again errors:
Hi! Even when
Qtwas configured and compiled with
QtWebKitmodule still can't find it and require
ICU. So I think it's better to use
qtwebkit_tp4_qt57_msvc2015_x86.zip(https://github.com/annulen/webkit/releases) and drop
Win XPsupport in the application.