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How's it going everyone. Alex here, and I am back with my DraftKings NBA sleeper picks for January 28th, 2017. Saturday night's slate is solid slate with seven games to attack. Be sure to follow all the injury news up until the 7:00 PM EST lock tonight, to see if any new injury news comes up. As always if any of these picks help you win or if you need any advice, let me know on Twitter. Hunta512.
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PG: Darren Collison: (4,900) Collison has been on a tear, averaging 42.6 DK points in his last two games. This season he only averages 29 minutes a game, but has played 36 and 46 minutes in these last two. These minutes are inflated with both games going to overtime, but if you still knock off five minutes from each game, he is still playing 36 minutes a night, which is still a sizable increase from his season average. With SF Rudy Gay done for the year (Achilles), Collison has picked up his scoring, averaging 24.5 points with a 23.3% usage rate, which is a nice jump from his usual 13 points and 19.6% usage a night this season.
At a first glance his matchup tonight with The Hornets is a difficult one with this defense ranking 5th vs PGs, but they have been vulnerable as of late, with a high current opponent +/- of 2.21 points. Coach Joerger has been unpredictable with his rotations this season, but after the past two games Collison has had, I think he will likely see 30+ minutes again tonight. There is definitely risk here with this team coming off an overtime lose, but at a cheap price of $4,900, Collison is a very nice GPP target that has upside if he continues to log heavy minutes.
PF/C: Darrell Arthur: (3,000) With starting center Nikola Jokic out (hip), Arthur should see some extra playing time and usage tonight vs The Suns. It's unclear who will start in Jokic's place, but it was Arthur who came in for the final minute and half this past Thursday after Jokic got hurt. Arthur is by no means is an exciting player, but if he sees 20+ minutes tonight, he has a pretty good shot to return value at his bare minimum $3,000 price tag. This season the veteran is averaging 0.8 DK points per minute and, in the last four games he has played at least 17 minutes, he is averaging a solid 24.6 DK points a game. This isn't the best matchup for him with The Suns ranking 11th vs centers, but they do have solid a current opponent +/- of 1.12 points.
Also this Nuggets Suns game is the best game to target tonight with a very high O/U of 231.5 points and a tight spread of only three points in favor of The Suns. I am not expecting Arthur to go off, but 15-20 DK points is a fair expectation for him. That might not seem like a much but at only $3,000 he is a very viable punt that will give you exposure to the best game environment of the night. He is still in play even if he doesn't draw the start but is obviously much safer if he gets the starting nod. Jusuf Nurkic didn't play in The Nuggets last game, but if he draws the start tonight, he is also in play at $4,300 with Jokic out.
SF/PF: P.J. Tucker: (4,400) Tucker has been playing all the minutes he can handle, averaging 35.25 minutes over his last four games. He has been great in this stretch averaging 26.9 DK points a game scoring 0.74 DK points per minute. This coaching staff has finally realized they need him on the court as much as possible with his ability to guard to multiple positions at a very high level. With no game last night or tomorrow, Tucker should once again see around 35 minutes tonight in this high scoring matchup with The Nuggets. (231.5 points Vegas total)
They rank right in the middle of the pack defending SFs allowing the 16th most DK points to the position, but as a whole this defense should become a weaker unit with starting center Nikola Jokic out. Both of these teams rank in the top five in pace this season, and there should be plenty of opportunities for Tucker to rack up steals, with The Nuggets giving up a high 8.4 steals a game this year. Tucker should score 25+ DK points tonight and is my favorite SF value of this seven game slate.
Also Consider: Jonas Jerebko/Jaylen Brown (both still only $3,000), Greg Monroe (burnt me last night only playing 17 minutes, but this a great spot for him vs The Celtics), Kenneth Faried, Jusuf Nurkic, Shaun Livingston/Andre Igudola (if Steph Curry is out, currently questionable), Danilo Gallinari, Wayne Ellington (nice value if Johnson remains out), Willie Reed (only if Whiteside is out), James Johnson, Arron Affalo, Spencer Hawes (if Cody Zeller is out), and Jae Crowder.


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The museum offers one of the few magnificent views over the river Rhine and the city of Düsseldorf. Unfortunately the building cannot be barrier free.
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Logicom becomes HP distributor for the Middle East
IT distributor Logicom has bolstered its product portfolio by signing an agreement with Hewlett-Packard covering seven markets in the region
IT distributor Logicom has bolstered its product portfolio by signing an agreement with Hewlett-Packard covering seven markets in the region.
The Cyprus-listed outfit has confirmed that it is authorised to carry all major product lines from HP's PC, printing and storage units in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the UAE.
Logicom believes the tie-up will strengthen its channel breadth and increase its appeal among resellers that want a 'one-stop-shop' when sourcing multinational IT brands. The distributor already boasts Middle East contracts with Cisco, Intel and Microsoft.
"Logicom has traditionally excelled with HP in Europe. We will combine our track record in Europe with our success in the Middle East to surpass our targets here," said Nicholas Argyrides, general manager at Logicom Dubai.
"We definitely have the know-how and channel in place, and we are strategically investing to deliver strong results. Our tie-up with HP will significantly catalyse our growth within retail markets, while cross-selling and up-selling markets are bound to grow with the addition of new product lines," continued Argyrides.
The signing of HP is not the only new vendor in Logicom's portfolio. The company has also struck agreements with power supply vendor APC for Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen, and software firm Polaris Retail for the GCC and Pakistan in recent weeks.
Argyrides believes the trio sit well with its existing brand basket, giving the reseller channel a comprehensive proposition.
"They will allow us to address certain segments we were missing before, and we expect to see our market reach significantly enhanced," he explained. "While APC and Polaris will strengthen our presence in the enterprise segment, HP will play a key role in consolidating our position within the retail markets."
Logicom serves more than 2,000 resellers across the region and made sales of US$250m last year, according to the Channel Middle East 2009 Power List. The distributor has offices in Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.


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October 2014 Profiles
The fall season is officially upon us and for many businesses in Ohio this is an exceptionally busy time of year. From harvesting crops to providing family entertainment and education at markets and festivals, these businesses help us usher in a new season and provide a cornucopia of reasons to celebrate "Ohio's Harvest."
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has hosted their famous Pumpkin Show in Pickaway County, since 1903, attracting more than 400,000 visitors from all 50 states for their parades, contests and entertainment. And don't forget the samples of pumpkin-flavored delicacies.
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On paper, it looked like a well-planned mini-festival of Jewish composers over two nights at Carnegie Hall.
The pianist Evgeny Kissin, who feels strongly about his Russian Jewish heritage, presented "Jewish Music and Poetry" on Wednesday, offering commanding accounts of three sizable neglected works by Ernest Bloch, Alexander Veprik and Alexander Krein, along with his deep-voiced, vividly dramatic recitations of Yiddish poems by Yitzhak Leybush Peretz. Then, on Thursday, Leon Botstein conducted the American Symphony Orchestra in "Russia's Jewish Composers," a program of shorter works by Krein and Mikhail Gnesin, Anton Rubinstein's Cello Concerto No. 2 and the American premiere of Maximilian Steinberg's 40-minute Symphony No. 1.
That these programs took place on successive days, however, was just a "terrific coincidence," as Mr. Botstein, the orchestra's music director, explained during a preperformance talk on Thursday. In any event, these two evenings offered a rare look into a fascinating cultural tradition. The history of Jews in Russia in the several decades surrounding the 1917 revolution is an amalgam of "segregation, poverty, exclusion, persecution and extraordinary intellectual and cultural achievement," as Mr. Botstein wrote in extensive program notes.
Mr. Kissin, continuing his Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall with his program, took the audience deep into the larger Jewish culture by giving extraordinary performances of three teeming pieces. Here was a classical-music superstar revealing profoundly personal connections to a rich heritage. I left the hall with newfound intellectual respect and personal regard for this dedicated artist.
He began with a stupendous account of Bloch's 25-minute Piano Sonata (Op. 40), composed in 1935. Born in Switzerland, Bloch became American by choice and "bristled at the label of 'Jewish composer,'" as the scholar James Loeffler writes in excellent program notes. Yet Bloch was strongly attached to the expressive musical language of Jewish Eastern Europe and drew upon Yiddish musical syntax, as he did in this sonata.
Soon into the somber opening of the first movement, a stern three-note motif prods through murky, restless piano textures. The music evokes, and somehow deftly blends, disparate influences: grim Expressionist harmony, plaintive klezmer melodic writing, even hints of jazzy dance. The searching qualities of the piece continue even during a tranquil middle movement, a pastoral; the finale is like a stormy march that scatters that main motif.
Then, using a microphone, Mr. Kissin recited from memory the poems by Peretz, a Polish Jew who lived from 1852 to 1915. He said, in a recent New York Times interview, that he learned Yiddish from his maternal grandmother, and grew to love the language and culture. For all his confidence as a virtuoso, Mr. Kissin has always had an awkward stage presence; he almost never speaks to audiences, not even to introduce the numerous encores he often plays. So it was startling to see him in a theatrical mode, speaking with earthy expressivity, relishing the Yiddish words and conveying the ambiguities of these poems, which, in his presentation, came across beautifully.
He recited 14 in all, in two groups, each engrossing. I especially like "Time," where time is presented as a woman who goes her way, knows nothing of "close" or "far," who hears not whether thousands rejoice or thousands need bread. The overall sentiment conveyed in the poem, and by Mr. Kissin, seemed to be resignation: What are you going to do about it?
In "My Muse," the poet says that his muse is no dainty flower or butterfly, nor a nightingale singing a sweet tune, but an "old Jewish woman," her face "an ugly ruin," or an abandoned wife with orphans, to quote Mr. Loeffler's translation. Mr. Kissin sounded like a wizened Jewish elder telling the sad truth.
He gave a brilliant account of the Piano Sonata No. 2 (1924) by Veprik, who was born in Ukraine in 1889 and died in California in 1958. A composer who helped found the Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg in 1908, Veprik spent four years in the early 1950s in a gulag under Stalin. As this sonata made clear, his music combined Jewish musical idioms with avant-garde style in the manner of Bartok. The final piece was "Suite Dansée," by Krein (1883-1951), who was born and remained in Russia. This inventive suite has Neo-Romantic touches and tuneful episodes, and recalls the texturally murky style of Scriabin, the composer's mentor. Mr. Kissin played magnificently.
The American Symphony Orchestra program began with another intriguing work by Krein, "The Rose and the Cross," subtitled "Symphonic Fragments After Aleksandr Blok," the Russian symbolist poet. I also liked Gnesin's "From Shelly," another symphonic fragment, this one a curious blend of wayward lyricism, diffuse chromatic harmonic writing and evocations of Wagner. Rubinstein's Second Cello Concerto, a 30-minute work from 1874, received a rousing ovation from the audience, especially for the elegant, accomplished soloist, Istvan Vardai. I found this unabashedly Romantic piece a little light, too eager to please. The cello, playing animated and often melodic lines, dominates, with not much competitive back-and-forth with the orchestra in the way of most concertos of that period.
In his talk, Mr. Botstein expressed enormous respect for the early Symphony No. 1 by Steinberg (1883-1946), a student of Rimsky-Korsakov at the same time as Stravinsky. He became Stravinsky's rival and Rimsky-Korsakov's son-in-law. The piece, completed in 1906, is impressively orchestrated, often inventive (especially the slow movement, which seems to unfold as a continuously flowing melodic line), and ends with a hurtling finale. I found the music, over all, somewhat conventional.
Mr. Kissin chose bolder, wilder pieces to play and gave inspired performances. To end the evening, he recited another Yiddish poem, one of his own, he told the audience. Titled "Ani Maymin" ("Credo"), it begins with the father of Abraham asking his son, "Why are you not like all the others?" In the final line, Abraham answers: "If I am like the others, who will be like me?"
Well said. We certainly need someone to be Evgeny Kissin.


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Continuing in a series of interviews with businesses that benefit KDE
and benefit from KDE, we investigate AEI
(Analytical Engineering, Inc), a Midwestern engineering firm founded in 1994.
In an interview originally conducted by Aaron
Seigo, AEI's design engineer and
author Caleb Tennis discusses AEI's IT needs and KDE's involvement.
What sort of products or services does AEI offer, and what is your role at AEI?
CT: We're a research and development firm. Right now we are heavily focused on diesel
engine technology, particularly emissions. We offer in house durability testing
and performance development. We also make a number of products which measure
various engine characteristics, such as lubricant oil soot particles. My role is
facilities design engineer, but I'm also head of the IT department.
What are AEI's IT requirements?
CT: We have a number of rooms (called test cells) which house the engine that
is being tested. The engine is coupled to a large amount of instrumentation
that monitors various parameters, such as temperatures and pressures. All of
this instrumentation is connected back to a computer, which maintains the engine
running at various conditions. Most importantly, it has to be certain that
everything is running correctly. If any problems happen, it has to get the
engine shut off and notify someone to fix the problem.
We also need a computer to watch over the facility globally. To support each
of the cells, we have fans that must provide air for combustion. There are
pumps to bring fuel into the building. There is a process water that must
be cycled to provide cooling capacity. All of these things must be monitored
and maintained.
Furthermore, it's very important from a cost standpoint to minimize how
hard the facility is running - we only need to provide air, fuel, and cooling
for what the current needs are at any snapshot in time. Providing extra is
wasted electricity.
How is KDE helping AEI meet its IT needs, and how long has AEI been using KDE?
CT: Having a very easy to use GUI for the test cells is very important to us. Our
test cell computers operate in what I call "pseudo-kiosk" mode. That is, most of
the desktop features of KDE aren't used much, but they are available. Instead, all
of the operation is done via a few custom written applications. The widgets that
are available, and the ease of customizing new widgets, is a huge plus.
A polished
look helps a lot too. Not only does it make life very simple for the operator, but
eye candy is actually quite important from a business perspective. Potential
clients on plant tours tend to remember catchy things they've seen, and almost every
computer in our test facility that controls something uses KDE.
What were the key factors that led you to choose to deploy KDE at AEI?
CT: We chose Linux because we felt the need to have something that would be rock
solid, customizeable, and affordable. We chose KDE because the API and documentation
for it and Qt are unbeatable. In the end it really did come down to a Gnome/KDE
decision. Some people still seem shocked that we didn't choose Gnome, because
it's "free". That may be so, but from my perspective after having tried both,
Qt's design fits our needs a lot better. There will always be an argument for
which side is better; after having evaluated both, Qt/KDE worked best for us.
When it comes down to it, we cannot afford to have a mistake happen because
the program crashed. Many desktop users are now completely accustomed to
having to reboot every few days. They're also used to programs crashing
haphazardly. That may be liveable on your girlfriend's computer, but for
one that's monitoring a $1,000,000 development engine, it becomes pretty
important to not have problems because "Windows crashed".
From our experience, Linux/KDE uptime and reliability are second to none.
How smoothly did the initial deployment of KDE go, and does KDE integrate
with any other systems at AEI?
CT: Not that bad. We initially started by using Redhat. I fell in love with
KDevelop for my development and started getting disgrunted when trying to
compile snapshots of it. This was also around the time that the KDE 3.0
series was being released and I wanted to try it out. We fell into the
"rpm dependency hell" that gets talked about very frequently. Later we
switched to a Linux From Scratch setup, and now we're using Gentoo. While
our production systems all run stable versions, we are constantly trying
to keep up with the development versions so that we can take advantage of
what's new. Some people believe you should upgrade every few years. I think
it's much easier if you're constantly upgrading, every few months. You don't
get behind the game this way.
We started using KDE in one of the units we sell to customers. This
is as a replacement to software that was running on Windows 95. So far the
feedback has been good. Once we're all comfortable with it, we plan to
offer more embedded KDE type products in the future.
How many and what sort of machines are you using KDE on?
CT: We have 12 test cells, 2 database servers, development servers, production
machines, and various emissions racks. We probably have 15 computers running
KDE and another 15 running just Linux.
Has AEI realized any special business or technology advantages
from using KDE? (Alternatively: How has KDE been useful/instrumental in
solving problems or addressing special needs that AEI has?)
CT: The cost savings has been phenomenal. Our test cell code is used in
house, which means that we didn't need to buy a Qt license. We did
anyway - because we believe that the value was there. Our code probably
doesn't have much value to the greater open source community, anyway.
Linux and KDE are allowing us to make use of older hardware. When someone
needs a new desktop computer for their office, we can take their old desktop,
put KDE on it, and give it another 5 years of useful life. This means that
instead of having to upgrade every computer in the building every 3 years, we
can "hand down" computers and get more life out of them. Obviously, this
makes management very happy.
Most obviously, since it's all open source, we can customize anything we
need. We can also get in and see how things work. We can get ideas from
existing code.
And it's not all about us. I've attempted to give back by contributing
to projects that I've used. I've worked on KDE, both in bug fixes and
documentation. I helped as the maintainer of KDevelop through a large
portion of the 3.0 release. Currently I'm helping maintain KDE within Gentoo.
I think if more companies realized that this method works, and that
it's substantially less expensive than what they're used to, they would be
begging for more information. We've been working more and more
with outside companies who are experienced in Qt and KDE development for
building up some of our products.
What are your favourite and least favourite aspects of KDE?
CT: My favorite part of KDE is the strength of the community. There are people
who thoroughly enjoy their work and their contribution. They want to make
the product better. If you have a problem, there's someone who wants to help you.
My least favorite is the strength of binary compatibility. This is also
one place where the library shines brightest. I would personally like to
see binary compatibility broken more often, particularly when it adds tons
of functionality. But I move a lot faster than the rest of the world - and
I'm sure 95% would disagree with me. I want the latest and greatest. I don't
mind recompiling.
Where would you like to see the future of KDE go, and what would you
like to see in future releases?
CT: It's in the right direction now. Continuous improvement - listen for feedback
and make things better. The people who care about KDE are doing this anyway.
Better interoperability with Gnome is important, and I think that's heading
the right direction. freedesktop.org
is a wonderful idea.
Currently I fail to understand why so many people are scared of Qt's
licensing scheme. My prediction is that over the next few years, a lot
of companies getting interested in Linux will jump to Gnome to avoid
paying for Qt. Right now the Gnome folks are dangling this carrot
by saying "We're LGPL. You can use us for free!". This will translate
to higher costs in the end as the key Gnome players charge more and more
for their services. It's like buying razors. The razor costs almost
next to nothing; it's the refills that are really expensive.
I absolutely agree with Caleb Tennis and have to say that I share his experience with using Qt for development of commercial software products on Linux. At first I looked into GTK because of all the hype around it, but dropped it after a few days struggling to get the simplest app to work. Qt, on the other hand, is a pleasure to code in.
Great job, Trolltech!
It's nice to see a quite lengthy interview with somebody, who uses Qt/KDE for the work.
I also like working with Qt, although not professionally yet - but that's why I like companies to use Qt.
How many people are actually employed at your company?
What annoys at KDE are almost these small glitches in the default configuration and some oddness of the programs.
Example Kmail, you set focus on your mails but are unable to scroll through bykeystrokes. I always did it like that, don't know what other key is used by KDE.
KMail's keys are set that up and down control one thing, and left and right control another (one set controls scrolling through the list of mail, the other scrolls through one of the individual messages). Not the most intuitive, but it does work better than the other way once you know how it works.
Yeah, KMail's keyboard navigation is broken. This has already been reported as a usablity bug. The dev's ignore it, but you can reconfigure it yourself to some extent to mak eit behave normally.
It's NOT broken. It's the only way which makes sense. I hate to grab the mouse just to change focus into the mail overview window if I want to got to the next/previous message.
After you get used to it you don't want to miss it anymore.
@Kmail devs: please igonre these usability trolls which claim that Kmail's keyboard navigation is broken. It's one of the main reasons I use Kmail.
Thirded, nothing even vaguely compares to KMail in terms of usability. It's the power of a shell client, with the power of a GUI.
Heh. I was used to kmail and then tried to use outlook express at work. I could not work out how to scroll through a message and switch between messages. I worked out it was context sensitive, and I can use tab to switch the focus, but the must be a better way.
Kmail is by far much better.
"Our test cell code is used in house, which means
that we didn't need to buy a Qt license."
Really? It was my understanding that if Qt is used for commercial purposes, the Trolls want it licensed commercially, regardless of distribution. It was never clear to me if that was just a suggestion, or a hard requirement (and if intended to be the latter, whether that's inconsistent with the GPL...)
Anyway, a moot point in this case, since they did buy a license.
>> "Our test cell code is used in house, which means
>> that we didn't need to buy a Qt license."
> Really? It was my understanding that if Qt is used for commercial
> purposes, the Trolls want it licensed commercially, regardless of
> distribution.
But Caleb's company doesn't sell the applications, they just use them
in-house, which makes them non-commercial.
If they only use it inhouse they can even use the GPL version legally. Because the GPL only forces you to make the source available along with the binary if you give it to someone else (outhouse).
Yes, but acording to Trolltech, you cannot use the open-source version of Qt unless you are pulically distributing the code:
Hence my question of how they can require this and not violate the GPL. Anyway, the reading of the above FAQ answer is a bit vague. Maybe they only "recommend" the commercial license for internal applications.
"Using the Qt Open Source Edition, can I make _non-opensource software_ for internal use in my company/organization?"
Keyword: 'non-opensource software'
"Although it is possible to write open source software for internal use, it is difficult to ensure that such software is used and distributed legally. For example, if your open source software requires any modules that impose conditions on you that contradict the conditions of the GNU GPL, including, but not limited to, software patents, commercial license agreements, copyrighted interface definitions or any sort of non-disclosure agreement, then you cannot distribute it at all; hence it cannot be given to consultants, employees for their personal computers, subsidiaries, other divisions, or even to new owners."
Right here it says that you can write open source software for internal use, just that if you're using any modules their license may contradict the GPL.
Next time please read the link before posting, ok?
indeed. so, as most software development is done in-house - most development doesn't care at all about GPL or LGPL... and some even still pay for the support!
I'm not talking about GPL vs. LGPL, I'm talking about Trolltech's position that internal development can *only* use the commercial license; you are not supposed to use the open-source edition for internal-use applications:
They don't say that. Read again.
GOSH, please READ the article, LMCBoy!
You are making wrong claims.
They could even sell the apps using the GPL version, as long as they provided the source to their customers upon request, and otherwise complied with the GPL. Trolltech should really call their "commercial" license their "proprietary" license, since there's no problem distributing commercial apps under the GPL.
That's the experience I had. I've been asked if Qt/GPL prevented the author from being paid for the work done. Most people combine "commercial" with "to be paid for", which is a big issue.
Haha, you can sell the GPL version to a custommer but the custommer can freely post it on the Internet and everyone else can dowmload it for free.
GPL really is not a commerce-friendly license. It protects rights of the user, not author's rights.
Long as your take that into account with your business model thats not a problem, RedHat is surviving rather well (and is making a profit) despite all of their code being GPL/LGPL/other OSI approved OSS license.
Also for pretty niche products the version on the Internet probably wouldn't spread very fast...
> But Caleb's company doesn't sell the applications,
> they just use them in-house, which makes them
> non-commercial.
Wrong, according to Trolltech:
>> But Caleb's company doesn't sell the applications,
>> they just use them in-house, which makes them
>> non-commercial.
>Wrong, according to Trolltech:
How about actually reading that link? Please stop trolling.
The interview doesn't mention QtRuby, but as well as writing a book about it Caleb and AEI have been sponsoring my work on the Qt4 version of QtRuby recently. So a big thankyou from me for that. Working on it fulltime has allowed me to get the Windows port done, along with a whole pile of bug fixes, enhancements and new example programs.
What is the title of that book?
"eye candy is actually quite important from a business perspective. Potential clients on plant tours tend to remember catchy things they've seen"
KDE eye candy is profitable for your business. I guess you didn´t see that coming.


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A several of years ago, I had the great idea to get as many KAAY deejays to send in audio Christmas greetings; several were able to and Greg Barman mixed them with vintage KAAY Christmas audio spots. We thought it would be appropriate that we bring it back!
Sadly, Jerry Sims, one of the "Sonny Martins", is no longer with us, but his spirit lives on in these and other recordings... so, please enjoy him and the other deejays in their holiday greetings to you all! Roll it, Greg!
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Olympique Marseille remained firmly in the race for second place in Ligue 1 when Florian Thauvin's first-half goal gave them a 1-0 home win against Girondins Bordeaux on Sunday.
Midfielder Thauvin headed home from Dimitri Payet's corner in the 34th minute to put third-placed Marseille on 55 points from 26 games.
Monaco are second on 56 after thrashing Dijon 4-0 on Friday, 12 points behind runaway leaders Paris St Germain who beat Strasbourg 5-2 on Saturday.
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Lille dominated possession but Lyon were the more clinical as they went ahead in the 21st minute when Traore tapped in after keeper Mike Maignan had released a Memphis Depay cross into his path.
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Guided float fishing on the French Broad RiverNorth Carolina's premier smallmouth bass fishery(828) 216-1336 Asheville, NC
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How is Frozen connected to every Disney animation?
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Nigeria's biggest pop star right now is a year older today! Wizkid aka Baba nla is 26 today.
Starboy was born July 16th 1990 in Surulere, LAGOS.
2016 has really been the year for Wizkid, following a feature from Drake on his hit track 'Ojuelgba'.
Download: Wizkid Ft. Drake & Skepta – Ojuelegba (Remix)
He went on to feature on Drake's album in the biggest track on the album – 'one dance'. The track has been number 1 in the US for over 14 weeks now.
He recently released 'Shabba' ft Chris Brown + Trey Songz + French Montana (about to become another monster hit judging by the increasing popularity of the song.
His tour with his friend – Chris Brown has also created a huge buzz around the African 'superstar'.
Not to forget his collaboration with fellow Nigerian, Tinie Tempah on summer track, 'Mamacita'.
When Wizkid isn't making a hit song, he is posing for the camera and he is not camera shy. We are almost sure he goes around with a camera crew.
READ:#HappyBirthdayWizkid: Wizkid Is 26…. A Recap Of Starboy's Rise To Stardom
To celebrate his birthday we share some really candid shots of him over time. With these close up photos, we are able to get full details of his diamond watches, gold chains, designer T shirts, face caps and exquisite bandanas.
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After the arrival of her 2015 single Okoro, pop diva Jowana Grand comes back with Loco highlighting raves existing apart from everything else Slimcase and Mr Real. The Mass Communications move on from Lead City University, Ibadan says "I enjoyed a reprieve to horn my specialty and get ready for what's to come.
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Antique Dealers in Searsport, ME
Comprehensive list of Searsport, Maine based collectible & antique dealers, shops and stores.
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Allsmallantiques is an antiques and collectibles store run by Roger and Deanie Brownell situated in Searsport Maine. It is a great big building filled with tiny treasures. Stop by and visit us in person or shop online by browsing the listings above.
One of Maine's finest multi-dealer group shops with 10,000 sq ft on two floors full of affordable American and European antiques from 70 of the areas finest dealers. Step back in time with fine country, Victorian and formal furniture, exciting smalls, engaging collectibles and so much more displayed in attractive room settings.
A beautifully restored stagecoach stop converted into a 4,000 sq. ft. antique shop and 2nd floor bed and breakfast with private baths. Greetings from Maine! Welcome to the Old Winterport Commercial House antique shop and bed & breakfast in downtown, historic Winterport, Maine.
- Great antique store which is fun to browse whether you end up buying anything or not.
The idea for delivering an eclectic mix of cultural products at attractive prices began on the owners' farm in Tuscany with their own olive oil and award-winning Chianti Classico wine. From there, it spread across the European countryside to include the unique work of contemporary, tiny-production artisans working in a array of traditions, as well as the best eighteenth and nineteenth century European
From nineteenth Century armoires to books on Zen, the Big Chicken Barn caters to the interests of today's collector of antiques and paper collectibles. Our 21,600 square feet of floor space holds an ever- changing and diverse range of intriguing items displayed for unhurried and unhindered browsing. Come and be a fan of our Facebook page. See new photos and recieve coupons.
- I really enjoy the Chicken Barn, they have so many interesting books and collectibles.
Welcome to Gamage Antiques - your source for Antiques, Appraisals, Auctions and much more. We are glad to provide this year's fine antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs and items of interest at our annual summer auction. Highlights include: graphite drawing of Dudley Dud Rockwell, keeper of the Olson House; study graphite drawing of the Stephen Taber titled, Carrying Wood, both by Andrew Wyeth, 1917-2009
Welcome to Mid-Coast FINE ANTIQUES of Maine, a privately owned business, set up in 1962. Our immaculate, air conditioned, shop is on one level - with a lighting system that highlights our fine antique furniture displayed in room arrangements, coupled with tasteful accents of antique accessories.
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Horrible Histories - Ruthless Romans
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We all want to meet people from history! The trouble is everyone is dead! So it's time to prepare yourselves for HORRIBLE HISTORIES – RUTHLESS ROMANS live on stage!
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Organic Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier (50/50). De-stemmed and 2 weeks maceration, to give a bit more extraction than his other light reds. Then 30 months élevage in old demi-muid.
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The Samsung Galaxy S10 128GB has a nearly frameless Cinematic Infinity Display for more detail and clarity, more immersive and uninterrupted content, in a slim, 6.1inch Quad HD + Dynamic AMOLED screen. The Pro-grade Camera effortlessly captures epic, pro-quality images of the world as you see it with its 12MP Super Speed Dual Pixel, 16MP Ultra Wide and 12MP 2x Zoom. The in-display sensor opens seamlessly with one hand in almost any light, rain or shine. This next-generation Ultrasonic Fingerprint ID keeps your phone and data secure. A powerful, intelligent battery that optimizes usage based on how you live, to deliver an intuitive and energetic peak performance throughout the day.
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Over five years ago, Mercy Tchupa from Jonathan Village in Traditional Authority Mlauli in Neno had never heard about HIV. But as fate had it, when she came to hear about HIV, she came face to face with it.
This was when she was nursing her ailing aunt who later died from HIV-related sicknesses.
"We were very affected as a family because apart from that she was a young person whom everybody was expecting to get married and start a family. But by the time we realised she was HIV positive, we had already spent a lot of money on various medications which were not curing her," she says.
All the relations thought it was a 'strange' ailment for lack of a better name to it. It was until one health professional advised them to have her blood tested that they learnt she was HIV positive. Unfortunately, the realisation came in a little too late.
"I think she had never gone for HIV testing on her own when she was well because she thought there was no way she would be infected. Also, the different barriers that people face in order to access testing services might be another factor why she never had her blood tested for HIV. Sadly, we lost her just like that," says Tchupa.
Roselyn Mwale, also from Jonathan Village, attests to Tchupa's sentiments that there are different barriers to people to get tested and young people such as her are not spared.
"Long distances and busy environments in health facilities make it difficult for people to access HIV testing services," she says, adding that: "No one wants one's parents, relations or friends see you going for HIV testing let alone coming out with a solemn face from a testing room at a health centre as that is considered a hint that one has tested positive."
For fear of being derided and called different names such as 'dead person walking' many people opt not to for testing.
When ignorance is not bliss
Knowledge of ones HIV status helps HIV-negative individuals make specific decisions to reduce risk and increase safer sex practices knowledge as their status allows them to take action to protect their sexual partners, to access treatment, and to plan for the future
However, the lack of knowledge about ones HIV status technically slows strides towards achieving the 90-90-90 targets aimed at eliminating HIV by 2030 as the country has embarked on a test-and-treat initiative in which those diagnosed with HIV start taking drugs immediately.
The 90-90-90 target, backed by UNAids, reflects the global hope that by 2020, 90 percent of all people living with HIV will know their status; 90 percent of all HIV-positive will be on regular antiretroviral treatment; and 90 percent of those on treatment will have viral suppression.
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While Tchupa's late aunt might not have had the opportunity to know her HIV status at a right time to seek treatment and plan for the future, the story is different for Tchupa.
It is also different for Roselyn Mwale, her fellow youths and others in rural and peri-urban areas of six high HIV prevalence districts of Mwanza, Neno, Blantyre, Machinga, Mulanje and Chikwawa.
This is because of an ongoing HIV self- testing study (HIV Self-Testing Africa-Malawi Cluster Randomised Trial: Star-M CRT) which is being implemented in the six districts by Population Services International (PSI) and Pakachere Institute for Health Development while the Malawi-Liverpool Welcome Trust(MLW) Clinical Research Programme is doing the clinical research part.
Moses Kumwenda, a senior social scientist in the Star-M CRT, says HIV self-testing is a concept where people get to test themselves for HIV without any support, for instance from a trained professional.
He says the concept was introduced to help meet the 90-90-90 targets as more people will know their status and thereby seek necessary treatment in good time, adding that previously there were challenges to reach the first 90 due to the HIV testing approach used.
"If you look at the HIV testing approach that has been used all over the country at health facilities, data shows that it is about 50 and 60 percent of people being captured.
"That is where there was a thinking that, maybe we should do more by asking people to test themselves in order to capture the remaining people who are unable to come to the facilities," says Kumwenda.
However, the scientist says HIV self-testing is not something that is there to uproot or compete with the existing methods; it is something that is aimed at complementing the methods that the country already has.
"This is why we encourage those people that have self-tested to go to the hospital for a confirmatory test, thereby taking HIV self-testing as an initial screening method for now.
"It is more like a pregnancy test: People go to the pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test in order to screen themselves if they are pregnant or not. However, they still go to the hospital to be tested by a trained professional," he says.
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PSI Malawi deputy head of HIV department Richard Chilongosi says there are a lot of questions that have to be answered before HIV self-testing can be considered as a standard way of testing in Malawi.
As such, the implementers are working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health who are mandated to oversee all public health activities.
"The Star project is in two phases – phase one is two years and phase two is also two years. So, we finished phase one in July 2017 and phase two started in August 2017 and we will be finishing it in July 2019.
"The primary objective of phase one was to understand the feasibility and acceptability of different distribution models to different groups of people. We had four distribution models that we were testing and evaluating," he says.
The distribution models included community-based distribution agents (CBDAs) who were community volunteers selected via districts health office (DHOs) and community leaders.
According to Chilongosi, the CBDAs were trained on how to provide pre-test information, distribute HIV self-testing kits, provide post-test support to people who use the kits and also to help them to link to support and care after testing themselves, especially if they test positive. About 172 000 testing kits were distributed in rural communities using this model.
"Evidence from phase one shows that it is acceptable and feasible to distribute HIV self-test kits in rural set ups.
"An increase in uptake by adolescents and men was also notable. It was also interesting to note that 26 percent of the 172 000 who used the kits in rural communities have never been tested before for various reasons," he says.
Chilongosi adds that, in a way, from phase one there was evidence that HIV self-testing can increase access to testing for people who are failing to test at public and private health facilities.
Phase two, he says, is basically to assess the public health impact of self-testing through generating additional evidence on the impact of self-testing to the national programme.
And according Department of HIV and Aids, Khumbo Namachapa, the results of the research will inform government policy on HIV self-testing.
"As a ministry, we will have to draw lessons from the research and also identify some gaps. Then we will come up with an implementation plan on how best we can implement HIV self-testing," she says.
The research project is not only working in Malawi but also in Zambia and Zimbabwe and in phase two, the research is expanding to South Africa,Bostwana and Swaziland.