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Friday, May 7, 2010
Our Village
16 comments:
- Krista said...
I think that's one of the best student-made auction pieces I've ever seen! How cool that you won it.
All I've asked for on Sunday is some hugs and peaceful behavior from the big kids, but I should throw some crafting time into the mix! Have a fun weekend!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- West Side of Straight said...
That is the best plate made EVER! I love it. Happy Mother's Day and Weekend!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- Judi said...
What wonderful ideas! I hope you raised a lot of funds! We are in the same boat in our city.
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- Heidi said...
I am SO in love with that plate!! They did an amazing job!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- floribunda said...
Absolutely wonderful! My youngest brother and his brood of 4 are moving to Vancouver BC at the end of the current school term (they're in Seattle now)and I hope they end up in your school!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- Nina Lise@Mrs Moen said...
That is the coolest platter ever; I would never even try to resist buying it if I had the chance!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- paulette said...
I LOVE this dish!! I am so glad that you scored!! What a wonderful keepsake that your son will treasure when he is older...and wouldn't it make a wonderful quilt!! Inspiration right in front of you!!
Have a wonderful weekend and Mother's Day!!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
Wow! That platter is amazing! If it were not for the child labor thing, we could put that class to work and solve the whole problem!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- Jamie said...
That is a fantastic plate! I'm impressed! I love your idea for Mom's Creative Day. That sounds like something I need to start here! =)
- Friday, May 07, 2010
That platter is gorgeous. This whole blog is wonderful. School is so important for children and I think sometimes although this is remembered the equipment, skills, money and commitment needed to make a great school is, it is always wonderful to hear about schools that put so much into their children x
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- alobsiger said...
Ooooh, the platter is GORGEOUS! And what a great memento! Have a very happy Mother's Day!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- carol said...
That platter is to die for and I'm so happy you won it. I want to copy it for a quilt.....even that would be marvelous, but when you think that the kids painted the platter themselves, it truly is a treasure.
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- rstogether said...
That platter is just amazing! I'm loving the red apartment building with the balconies hanging off the side. Children are so creative - no two are the same, and nor are their houses. What a lovely memory of T's years at this school. Lucky you.
Have a great time at Mom's day. Rebecca
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- Dianne said...
What a fab plate Krista!! Great job grade seven kids!! I agree with the other ladies about it being inspiration for a quilt - especially with the lovely fabrics you collect. HMD to every Mom out there!!
- Friday, May 07, 2010
- Micki said...
That is truly a work of art. You are so lucky to have gotten it!
- Sunday, May 09, 2010
- susan said...
oh my oh my! the food sounds delish!! i wish i was there. your sons platter is beyond awesome. that is such a clever idea and that is one of my fave quotes. so happy for you to win it. i am a sucker for a silent auction
- Monday, May 17, 2010


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Tanya Leighton
Esteban Jefferson, 'Petit Palais'
October – November 2020
Preview: Friday 30 October 2020
Christine Roland and Kara Hamilton
At Kurfürstenstraße 156
Site-specific installation at Henry Art Gallery
University of Washington, Seattle
11 June 2020 – 7 February 2021
Forthcoming Publication:
Suzanne Hudson, World of Art: Contemporary Painting, Thames & Hudson
Biennale Gherdëina VII, curated by Adam Budak
Otisei, Val Gardena
8 August – 20 October 2020
Olomouc Triennale 2020: The Universal, curated by Gina Renotière
22 April – 26 September 2021
Infinite Sculpture: From the Antique Cast to the 3D Scan
Co-produced by the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisboa and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris
18 September 2020 – 25 January 2021
Diversity United. Contemporary European Art
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
14 November 2020 – 21 February 2021
Infinite Sculpture: From the Antique Cast to the 3D Scan
Co-produced by the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisboa and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris
18 September 2020 – 25 January 2021
Masculinities: Liberation through Photography
Barbican Centre, London; Luma Foundation, Arles, and Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
'Masculinities: Liberation through Photography', Catalogue with contributions from Tim Clark, Edwin Coomasaru, Ekow Eshun, Jonathan D. Katz.
Published by Prestel Publications, and edited by Alona Pardo.
Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin, established in 2008, is dedicated to developing a cross-disciplinary, trans-generational gallery programme with off-site projects, in collaboration with artists, filmmakers, critics, art historians, and curators. Its international exhibition programme reflects a variety of opinions and practices as well as Leighton's associations with American and British experimental cinema, artist's film and video, performance, minimal and conceptual art.
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19 September – 15 November 2015, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) is proud to announce the solo exhibition David Diao, running from 19 September to 15 November, 2015. The retrospective brings together 115 artworks drawn from collections spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, the artist's largest exhibition to date. Born in Chengdu in 1943, David Diao left mainland China for Hong Kong in 1949, later settling in America where he has lived for nearly six decades.
His early work is profoundly influenced by the New York School of abstract painting. Starting from this exceptional moment in art history, he gradually transformed this authoritative aesthetic tradition by extending its language to individual experience. The painterly narratives that underpin his work—reflections on how we evaluate the modern masters, systems of artistic production, identity, and memories of his family and his ancestral home—have come to characterize a unique mode of symbolic signification.
Throughout his career, David Diao has shown a profound interest in the history of abstraction. From the 1960s until the late 70s, Diao sought to build on and break through the complex theoretical foundation laid by his artistic predecessors. Diao looked to the formal language of abstract painting, reflecting on and revising the predominant aesthetic discourses through his work. In works like Wealth of Nations (1972), Diao repurposed cardboard tubes discarded by garment factories as tools to apply paint to the canvas, disempowering superficial notions of the "aura" of the artist's brushstroke. He would paint over the bilateral canvas again and again until arriving at a satisfactory result—a working method at odds with the Greenbergian painting principles that were taken as consensus at the time. By naming abstract paintings after well-known books and movies in lieu of the standard "Untitled," Diao referenced objects external to the picture plane, a practice verboten in doctrinaire formalism that would inevitably risk being labeled kitsch.
From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, Diao took a brief hiatus, partly due to what the artist felt was an unresolvable crisis facing abstraction and formalism. It was at this time that Diao abandoned entirely self-referential artworks, incorporating narrative as a thematic buttress to the painting's composition. The 1984 work Glissement, which appears in this exhibition, is a landmark piece from this period. Based on a renowned photograph of Kazimir Malevich's landmark presentation in "The Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0.10," Diao overlays the paintings that comprised this spatial installation onto a single, compressed canvas. Diao's fluid sense of time and space sits at odds with Malevich's rejection of figurative reproduction, even as they both pursue extreme flattening in two-dimensional art. Writing in Artforum, renowned critic Thomas Lawson said of this piece, "With the work Glissement, [David Diao] reinvented his practice as a droll examination of shifting realities in art, history and personal experience." Himself an adroit observer of modernist art, Diao began to see art and the history that surrounds it as a game, as something to be engaged in contest. In the Little Suprematist Prisons, Diao attempts to reconcile the formal styles of Kazimir Malevich and Robert Motherwell in the same compositions, putting the two painters into a putative conversation. Though often considered within the same modernist tradition, Russian abstract art, once at the forefront of European abstract painting, was largely dismissed in Clement Greenberg's Cold War-tinged narrative of formalism. Similarly, in Tree (1988) Diao writes the names of several modern artists on the sprawling geometry of Malevich's Suprematism (Supremus #50) as if it were a broken genealogy of European abstract art, relationships of influence in disarray.
Other works address the systems that support art, in particular institutions tasked with critically evaluating artists. Most prominent among these is a series of canvases based on the art of Barnett Newman, one of Diao's artistic idols. In 1990 Diao read that in his 27-year career, Newman only painted 120 artworks in the style for which he was known. Fascinated by the disparity between Newman's enormous influence and relative paucity of works, Diao began to research various metrics related to Newman's output, displaying this information in a series of graphical paintings. These seemingly "abstract" paintings suggest that quantitative measures of an artist's practice amount to nothing more than trivial bits of information, immaterial to the true value of art. At the time he was making these works, Diao was also over twenty years into his own career, prompting him to consider his life and work with Newman's as an implicit foil. In Résumé (1991), the artist depicts his complete exhibition history as a series of lists by year; in the same vein, he also began incorporating other aspects of his career—studio floor plans, sales records, positive and negative reviews—into his artworks. The banal realities that underlie the life of the artist are thus transformed into a language of symbols. In doing so he deconstructs the romantic notion of the artist as solitary genius, replacing it with the banal realities of a career with its ups and downs. The exhibition's Chinese title is in part inspired by the artwork David Diao: A Retrospective (Chinese) (1995), one of a series of paintings of "invitations" to imaginary exhibitions at major institutions including MoMA and the Centre Pompidou.
Other works from the 1990s engage directly with then-current conversations around multiculturalism and identity politics. In pieces such as Twin Dragons (1999) and The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1994), Diao mobilizes imagery including film stills of Bruce Lee (considered by Diao "the most famous Asian man in American culture") and the Swedish actor Nils Asther playing a Shanghai warlord in a 1933 Hollywood film. In Pardon Me, Your Chinoiserie is Showing (1993), he makes a textual image from a riposte to a leading French curator's misguided comment during a meeting that "you're not really a Chinese artist."
Since the mid-2000s, Diao's art has taken a more autobiographical tack. Faced with his first solo exhibition in Beijing in 2008, and understanding that local audiences might not be as familiar with the modernist histories he often addresses, Diao artist decided to meet them halfway by using his childhood home—the Da Hen Li House in Chengdu—as the subject of a major cycle of paintings. For this project, Diao interviewed several of his family members now living in the U.S., turning their (often conflicting) recollections and other supplementary materials into a group of paintings that implicitly concedes the impossibility of objective truth, particularly where memory is concerned. In his most recent works, Diao depicts memories of his childhood in Hong Kong, where he lived on Chatham Road in Tsim Sha Tsui from 1949 to 1955. With these paintings, Diao, one of the most introspective contemporary artists to emerge in the past few decades, connects his practice to the artistic ecology of China.

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Sandra Markle; Photographs by Dr. Simon Pollard
Now that the weather is warming up here in Michigan, we can get outside and inspect the wildlife. With young children, "wildlife" to us primarily means insects. The newest in the Sandra Markle Biggest! Littest! series is our new favorite insightful guide to aphids, butterflies, weevils, dragonflies, moths and more.
I have never been much of a non-fiction reader myself, but seeing my children soak up this information in an amazing fashion makes me a convert. It's amazing to me how intently they listen, their brains absorbing each tiny detail, tucking away the facts, only to regurgitate them at some later date. And oh, the details given here! Like the title implies, this book affords us a close look at some of the biggest and smallest insects on Earth.
Twenty different insects of all shapes and sizes are showcased. They range greatly in size from the Minute Pirate Bug at 2 millimeters, up to the Giant Stick Insect, which can grow to be 22 inches. Why the size variance? Simply put, some bugs need to be big and some fare better with smaller bodies. The Raja Brooke Birdwing Butterfly pictured below has a wing span of nearly a foot. Scientists believe the big wings help mates find each other. On the flip side, small stature works for the Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly, who at 1/2 inch wide are less likely to be seen by predators.
Readers learn about how smaller sized insects can team up to form a larger. more powerful group, such as Carpenter Ants and Honeybees. We get a detailed description of how insects grow larger via life stages, and a great explanation on molting. This is a wonderfully informative, fascinating book for any child interested in the business of insects. Dr. Simon Pollard does his part by providing amazing photos - a great show of color and tiny details.
Sandra Markle is no stranger to non-fiction animal books. Others in her Biggest! Littlest! series include:


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The pitch event
Let your idea inspire the audience and the jury
The pitch event is where the winner of the FIEGE Innovation Challenge will be crowned
20 June 2018 is the big day: Inspire both the audience and the jury at FIEGE system headquarters with your pitch. The best ideas will be presented in 10-minute slots either in German or in English. The jury, comprising FIEGE's top management, and the audience will vote on the winner of the FIEGE Innovation Challenge. As a participant, you are automatically invited to the pitch event. If you are a finalist, you may invite up to three friends to join you.
Impressions from the FIEGE Innovation Challenge 2017
Click through the picture gallery
Your directions to FIEGE
FIEGE system headquarters are located directly next to the Münster/Osnabrück airport
Joan-Joseph-Fiege-Straße 1
48268 Greven
Tel.: 02571 999-0


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The Windows product key is a 25-character special code used to activate the operating system installed on your computer. This is an indispensable element confirming the legality of the installed software, as well as a tool for Microsoft to verify that the user does not use the license in a way that violates its rules (eg attempting to install multiple copies of Windows with a license for only one system). The Windows product key is necessary in order to be able to reinstall the system, install it on a new or upgraded computer, or re-install the system after a computer breakdown. In our guide, we will show how to find and how to read the product key from a working Windows system.
In the case of computers and laptops sold with preinstalled Windows, the product key for the operating system installed on such equipment should be visible on a special sticker placed on the computer casing (eg on the side wall of the desktop computer or the bottom of the laptop). If the system was bought in a box version, the key should be on a special card delivered in a box with the installation carrier. However, in the case of a license purchased online, the buyer receives the product key in an e-mail sent to him as a confirmation of
Unfortunately, life is full of surprises: stickers with a key with time may get blurred, a box with a card and a key may go missing etc. In a situation where we have a legal operating system installed, and we do not have a product key to it, there are a large number of users, who are forced to, for example, reinstall the system after upgrading components or replacing a hard disk / SSD, want to activate Windows.
The solution to the problem is thankfully simple. All you need to do is use the right software. We propose the Windows Product Key Viewer (Click to download) program developed by RJL Software.
Using the application is very easy. Its installation consists in unpacking the downloaded archive file and running the EXE file.
The program after running displays only one window, such as in the above illustration. The information most interesting to us, the product key for the Windows system on which the program was launched, is displayed in the Windows Product Key field. This information should be rewritten and stored in a safe place. In addition, the program displays information about the currently logged in user , installation date , data of the person or company name, for which the system is registered, system operation time from the last run (Windows Uptime), the exact date and time of the last boot , the product ID, the exact build number of the installed system and the unique Machine GUID generated during the installation of the system.
When will the product key be needed? It is necessary every time you need to activate Windows. The obvious scenario is to reinstall the system, but the operating system will prompt you to reactivate again if the computer is significantly upgraded. For example, after replacing the hard disk and memory, or replacing the motherboard. Why does replacing components require re-activation? This is due to the activation mechanism developed by Microsoft, the aim of which is to link software licenses to a specific computer (which gives the manufacturer confidence that a given license and product key are not illegally used on many computers). How is it implemented? Well, in the activation process, the product key is just one of
Finally, one more important remark. In many websites and other publications regarding the activation of Windows, you can find information that only the first activation of a specific copy of Windows can be carried out via the Internet, and each subsequent (required eg after reinstallation) must already be done in the telephone activation mode. This is not entirely true. Assuming that we are talking here only about individual licenses (the way we activate volume licenses is a separate topic at all, which we will not deal with here, it proceeds differently, in a more automated way – after all, it's difficult for an administrator in a company with 100 computers to have each computer can be individually activated), multiple Internet activation is possible, but only in the case when the appropriate time has elapsed since the last activation. Microsoft – understandably – does not specify what time is going on. The person who is trying to reinstall the system, eg after a month since the last installation and activation of the system, certainly has to count on the fact that activation via the Internet will fail. However, if we reinstall the legal system, for example, after two or three years since the last installation, then the Internet activation will succeed both when the system is installed on the same computer after its modernization or on completely new equipment (of course with assumption of resignation from using a given Windows license on the previous hardware – this scenario does not apply to OEM licenses, which are closely related to the hardware and can not be transferred to other computers).


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As we all of us know that there are several expensive products in the market for cleaning and removing the dead skin
As we all of us know that there are several expensive products in the market for cleaning and removing the dead skin. But the chemicals that are used in those products may be harmful which may cause injuries to your skin, because generally our facial skin is more sensitive than compared with other parts of our body.
Hence, most of the people opt natural ways which is low expensive and at the same time effective to a very good extent.
Dead skin from the face can be removed naturally by applying some home made face masks. Let's have a look on it…
- Take 3 teaspoons of raw milk and add 3 drops of lime juice, 1 teaspoon of sugar and little amount of glycerine to it.
- Mix thoroughly and apply it to your face.
- Massage gently with your finger tips for sometime.
- Leave on for 10 minutes and rinse thoroughly with water.
- Repeat it once in a week to wipe out the dead skin.
- Take a tea spoon of whole green gram flour/powder.
- Add 1 teaspoon of curd and some drops of water to it.
- Mix thoroughly and make a smooth paste.
- Apply it to your face.
- Massage slowly for sometime and rinse it off.
- Remove the seeds from dry jack fruit bulbs and grind it.
- Squeeze 2 teaspoons of juice from it.
- Add 1 – 2 teaspoons of lime juice and half a spoon of wheat flour (atta) to it.
- Mix thoroughly and apply all over your face and neck.
- Massage gently for 20 minutes and wash it off.
- Repeat it once in a week to remove dead skin and to brighten up the dull complexion.
- First make a fine powder with dried lemon peels.
- Add 2 teaspoons of honey and 1teaspoon of turmeric powder to a teaspoon of dried lemon peel powder.
- Mix thoroughly, and apply it to your face and neck.
- Leave aside for 10 minutes and wash slowly by scrubbing it.
- This pack acts as a natural scrubber that removes dead skin easily.
- Take a teaspoon of milk, 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder, half a spoon of sandalwood powder and besan flour (Gram Flour).
- Make a paste with all the above ingredients and apply it your face and neck.
- Let it dry for 15 minutes and rinse with luke warm water.
- Take 2 teaspoons of milk powder, 1 teaspoon of sandal powder, a pinch of saffron, 1 teaspoon of milk and 1teaspoon of rose water.
- Mix all the above ingredients to make a fine paste.
- Apply it and let it dry for few minutes.
- Again massage for 5 minutes and leave a side.
- Rinse thoroughly after 10 minutes.
- This pack enhances the glow of your skin and it is also called as "Saffron scrub".


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A man ended 2016 with a bang, as police say he was caught in a fire he started near the Exploratorium Friday.
Police say the they were called to the 1000 block of Front Street, which is between Green and Union Streets, at 12:08 a.m. Friday.
When they arrived, they discovered a 43-year-old man who "was standing in fire," according to the San Francisco Police Department.
Upon investigation, police say that the man had "set fire to the ground and his shoes." He was transported to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment of his injuries, which police say were not life threatening. After he received medical care, police say he was taken into custody, where he remains as of Wednesday afternoon.


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Lala Land Jumpsuit In Navy Linen Look
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This is the sweetest little jumpsuit you can find. Our Lala Land Jumpsuit is the perfect piece for those daytime events coming up. Wear it out to drink or maybe to a few celebrations, complete the look with some heels and a cute clutch.
- Made With 80% Viscose, 20% Linen & Love
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- Care For Me: Cold Gentle Hand Wash, Do Not Soak Or Wring, Do Not Bleach, Line Dry In Shade, Wash Separately
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How do I Jump a Ford Starter Solenoid?by Lina Schofield
When functioning properly, the starter solenoid carries the flow of power from the battery to the starter after the key in the ignition has been turned over. By jumping the solenoid you are bypassing the solenoid to directly transfer power from the battery into the starter. Jumping your solenoid can help you test the function of the solenoid or it can be used in emergency situations to start your vehicle. Only use this procedure in these specific situations and only perform the jumping for as long as you require to get the engine started.
Step 1
Wear rubber gloves and shoes with rubber soles like sneakers or work boots. The rubber insulates and protects you from the electric spark you will be creating. This is essential for your safety.
Step 2
[Locate the starter solenoid](https://itstillruns.com/locate-starter-solenoid-6573462.html) on the inner fender wall. The solenoid is a plastic covered cylinder roughly 6 inches in diameter with two cables attached to it. The exact location on the inner fender will vary in different Ford models. If you are having difficulty locating the solenoid, consult the service manual for your specific vehicle model.
Step 3
Scrape corrosion off of the terminals on the battery and the starter with the wire brush.
Step 4
Insert your key into the ignition switch and rotate it clockwise until you reach the starting position.
Touch the metal ends of the screwdrivers to the starter terminals by crossing the screwdrivers over one another making an "X." This will create a spark that is powerful enough to spot weld the screwdrivers together, so be sure to pull the screwdrivers apart immediately as the engine starts.
- It is imperative that you wear rubber gloves and rubber soled shoes for your safety, you are going to be directing strong electrical currents. Also remember to pull the screwdrivers apart as quickly as possible after you get your engine to start.
Items you will need
- Sneakers or work boots with rubber soles
- Rubber gloves
- Wire scrub brush
- Key
- 2 long flathead screwdrivers
- Jack Jones; Automotive Mechanic; Clark, Missouri


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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Reminiscent of the sweet flavour of freshly churned butter from the green hills of Normandy, this remarkably delicious butter infused olive oil is a wonderful vegan alternative. Its texture is smooth and silky, while its delicately sweet flavour can please the palate of the most seasoned chef. Whether you use it to toss pasta, pop popcorn, drizzle over vegetables, or use it in baked goods, you will find this butter infused olive oil an absolutely versatile and simply splendid ingredient.
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- Use in baking in place of butter, or whenever you need melted butter.
- Combine with Cinnamon Pear or Vanilla balsamic over squash.
- Cook popcorn, or use in an oil mister and spray after cooking.
- Combine with Maple balsamic and pour over pancakes and waffles.
- Recommended for anyone vegetarian, vegan or with dairy allergies or intolerances.
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Flashback to the days in middle school when your mom forced you take a first day of school picture to be put in a photo album as an embarrassing reminder of awkward smiles and fashion mistakes.
Looking back might be cringeworthy, but no feeling is better than one where you spent the entire night before planning the perfect outfit to start the school year on the right foot.
We love the diversity of styles on campus and wanted to celebrate that feeling of wearing an outfit that made us feel like we were ready to conquer the school year. These past couple of weeks, we at FAST took on the role of mom, and captured some of UCLA's finest fits during the first week of school. Get inspired by some of your fellow Bruins below!
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Spider Web reeled in Na Trachtalai Abu in the final strides to snatch victory in the JT McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National Handicap Chase at Limerick.
James Motherway's 40-1 outsider looked like causing an upset when coming through to lead what was a wide-open contest.
The race looked won until Luke Dempsey conjured a dazzling late run out of Spider Web (12-1), to cross the line three-quarters of a length to the good for trainer Tom Mullins and owner JP McManus.
Black Scorpion, the 7-2 favourite, was three and three-quarter lengths away in third, with Full Cry (25-1) fourth.
It was the biggest career success for Dempsey, who said: "I got under the second-last a bit and was slow at it, but he winged the last and he was good and tough and put his head down and battled.
"He fell the last day in Galway and Tom wanted to get his confidence back and he jumped brilliant – he flew home."
McManus' racing manager Frank Berry said: "Luke said he missed the last with a circuit to go and he gave him a lovely ride because he had a hard fall at Galway and he sneaked around today.
"He was travelling reasonably well when he fell at Galway and it shook his confidence a bit, but Tom Mullins has done a great job getting him back. We were hoping his confidence would build up during the race and it did and Luke gave him a lovely ride.
"He doesn't mind that sort of yielding or soft ground and we'll tip away until it gets heavy – it was a lovely pot to win."


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The probability densities of orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes of the autofocusing Airy beam (AAB) carrying power-exponent-phase vortex (PEPV) after passing through the weak anisotropic non-Kolmogorov turbulent atmosphere are theoretically formulated. It is found that the AAB carrying PEPV is the result of the weighted superposition of multiple OAM modes at differing positions within the beam cross-section, and the mutual crosstalk among different OAM modes will compensate the distortion of each OAM mode and be helpful for boosting the anti-jamming performance of the communication link. Based on numerical calculations, the role of the wavelength, waist width, topological charge and power order of PEPV in the probability density distribution variations of OAM modes of the AAB carrying PEPV is explored. Analysis shows that a relatively small beam waist and longer wavelength are good for separating the detection regions between signal OAM mode and crosstalk OAM modes. The probability density distribution of the signal OAM mode does not change obviously with the topological charge variation; but it will be greatly enhanced with the increase of power order. Furthermore, it is found that the detection region center position of crosstalk OAM mode is an emergent property resulting from power order and topological charge. Therefore, the power order can be introduced as an extra steering parameter to modulate the probability density distributions of OAM modes. These results provide guidelines for the design of an optimal detector, which has potential application in optical vortex communication systems.
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Image: Wright Brothers/Library of Congress
Before their groundbreaking powered flight over the dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on Dec. 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers conducted hundreds of test flights with unpowered gliders and kites.
Though Orville and Wilbur are widely considered the fathers of powered flight, their true breakthrough was in developing a system of controls to safely balance and steer a flying machine, a paramount task following the deaths of fellow aviation pioneers Otto Lilienthal and Percy Pilcher in glider tests.
Between 1900 and 1902, the brothers designed and flew a series of gliders to test methods of controlling three axes of aircraft movement: yaw, pitch and roll. The first two were handled with a vertical rudder and horizontal elevator, but the true innovation came in their solution for the third axis of control: roll.
Wilbur had noticed that when birds turned in flight, they would twist their wings and lean into the turn. Mimicking this, the brothers used a system of cables to twist and warp the trailing edges of the flexible spruce and fabric wings, causing differences in lift between the two sides.
By the end of October 1902, the brothers had completed nearly a thousand glides among the dunes of Kitty Hawk. They were convinced they had finally achieved complete control of the airplane's movements — and they were ready to strap on an engine.
Image: Wright Brothers/Library of Congress
Image: Wright Brothers/Library of Congress
Image: Wright Brothers/Library of Congress
Image: Wright Brothers/Library of Congress
Image: Wright Brothers/Library of Congress
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People often ask why I care so much about China. In some ways the answer is obvious, meaning that China is the world's second largest economy (the largest under certain methods of measurement). Therefore, marginal changes in the Chinese economy are important to understanding our own global situation.
But it goes much deeper than that. I have described my own fixation with RMB money markets as weirdly obsessive. It is "weird" only in the sense that it isn't immediately clear to someone on the outside why anyone who isn't Chinese should care. After all, the 3-month interest rate swap on overnight SHIBOR is about as far away from a Federal Reserve blaming opioid use for the failure of QE's to create a recovery as you might get. The second part we in the US have to deal with every day, so the first doesn't seem to rate any notice.
In reality, however, those two are linked. There is everything in China that we might want to know about the failure of the US economy to recover – as well as a great deal about how it all came to be this way in the first place. China is in many ways a mirror onto the eurodollar, a window into its existence that remains far from our everyday view. It matters because it is what ails the world.
The shadow system continues to be hidden because economists long, long ago declared none of this mattered. For them, they instead focused on "money demand" leaving the evolution in money supply to happen far out of sight (as well as far from oversight). The result was the collision in 2007 between how money actually works and the Keystone Cops, these policymakers under Ben Bernanke who couldn't even implement IOER properly.
The history of the crisis aftermath is one of only further such collisions. There was another big one in 2011, and then still another beginning in 2013 that crested more so in 2014. The timing could not have been more inconvenient for the Fed, as that was when officials were most optimistic about the global future and our place in it.
Yet, if they had been paying attention to the "dollar" instead (or had been forced to), they might have understood better the dangers to the global economy that were imminent at that very same moment. The term eurodollar is in many ways misleading, including the root "euro" that historically referred to these dollar markets in Europe. In many respects, the eurodollar after 2008 came to be more of an Asian "dollar."
I wrote in October 2014, just two days after a serious warning played out in a UST "buying panic":
I think that is a second unappreciated change that is taking place, and in some respects has already taken place. The dollar short was very European-centric in the 2000's, owing to their ready participation in the housing bubble in the US (and I would even argue that the bubble itself was largely based on that European short). Since August 2007, Europe has withdrawn somewhat, if only in terms of marginal participation. That, however, does not mean that the dollar short goes away with Europe's retrenching.
I called it then the Tangled Web of the Asian Dollar. It may not seem like much of a difference, but geography does matter. A eurodollar bank like UBS or Barclays operating from Europe have the same global reach as Eastern eurodollar banks like Mitsubishi UFJ, but there are very real differences in between them that matter. The global redistribution of "dollars" became more and more, at the margins, a Japanese affair.
And that brings us back to the basic analysis of the dollar short – nobody really knows much about it. It exists independent of any statistical measure and in far too many cases, including and especially policymakers, independent of knowledge and experience (closed system? The dollar short is the empirical refutation of all closed system approaches in economics). As it is in 2014 we are still finding out it is probably bigger (IMF) and more widespread than even thought now after seven years of close involvement with it.
However big it may have been in 2014, it seems for the global "dollar" experience in 2015 and 2016 perhaps somewhat smaller again. The BIS, however, in its latest annual report suggests that for Japan by the end of last year it might not have been.
Assets denominated in dollars on the balance sheets of Japanese banks surged to about $3.5 trillion by the end of 2016, the coordinating body for the world's central banks said Sunday in its annual report about the global economy. Those exceed liabilities in dollars by about $1 trillion, creating a massive so-called long position in the currency. The report also cited Canadian lenders for following a similar trend, almost doubling their dollar exposure since the crisis. Their net long positions reached almost $200 billion, the BIS said.
On the one hand, it is a positive sign to find the BIS interested in Japanese redistribution of "dollars", while on the other it is hugely frustrating asking yourself what these people have been doing the last few decades and why it took so long and so much economic damage for them to just now come around to it. The issue in eurodollars is largely opportunity, meaning why Japanese banks were exploiting the retreat of European (and Caribbean) banks in the money dealing "dollar" business. After all, Japan's eurodollar history is as long as Europe's, and in 2008 it was BoJ that was hitting dollar swaps second after the ECB.
The answer appears to be China. The Chinese were supposed to be the engine of strength throughout, but even more so in the post-crisis era of "new normal" low levels of growth in the developed world. Up until really 2015, many seemed to think China's economy and financial system was immune to eurodollar decay. Thus, it was likely for Japanese banks irresistible to use their aggregate familiarity with the intricacies of funding to increasingly supply China with its eurodollar "hot money" sourced from all the various hidden corners of the global market.
Having created this leading dealer position for themselves, Japanese banks have also recreated the imbalances European banks exhibited by 2007. They are hugely susceptible to "dollar" funding strains, a fact made quite apparent particularly in the first half of 2016 with the yen's sudden reverse. As Japanese banks go, so goes China's and the world's economy. Or, there is massive systemic and criminally unappreciated risk to this Asian "dollar."
You might therefore conclude that the latest (screwed up) SHIBOR or treasury curve does actually require serious investigation, even though ten years later we still live with the consequences of how these kinds of things mostly remain weird obsessions.


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While the interest rate on any mortgage might be the first thing to come to mind when searching for a deal, borrowers should also make time to consider those with an incentive package. Thankfully, the number of deals that offer cashback, a free valuation or free legal fees have risen year-on-year, as mortgage lenders look to entice borrowers with additional perks rather than rates alone.
The latest analysis by Moneyfacts.co.uk shows that there are thousands of deals within the residential mortgage market that offer one or more of the above-mentioned incentives, with the number of deals offering cashback alone increasing by 598 products between May 2017 and today. Not only this, but more lenders are offering at least £1,000 cashback compared to this time last year, and hundreds more now offer a free valuation and/or free legal fees too.
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"It is encouraging to see that lenders are not just looking to entice borrowers by offering competitive rates, but that they are also looking at the full mortgage package, leading to a rise in the number of products offering incentives," said Rachel Springall, finance expert at Moneyfacts.co.uk. "Incentives are an important part of any deal to consider as it could mean cash-strapped borrowers save significantly on upfront costs.
"As it stands, there are over 200 more cashback incentives available compared to a year ago, and within that, there are more lenders offering large sums of £1,000 or more, including Barclays Mortgage, Cumberland Building Society, Nottingham Building Society, Principality Building Society, Post Office Money®, Tesco Bank and Virgin Money. Over the same period, the number of deals that offer a free valuation has risen by more than 400, while there are now also over 100 more products that offer free legal fees."
Of course, the incentive that will be most appealing will be different for each borrower. For example, those looking to appoint their own solicitor may prefer to choose a product that offers cashback instead of a package that includes the incentive of free legal fees or a free valuation; one reason they may want to go down this route is to avoid a basic valuation of a property, as they may feel their new home could be overvalued and therefore would prefer to instruct their own surveyor for a more comprehensive estimate.
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How Donald Trump Won The Election!
So Donald Trump is the new American President.
I've read a lot of his books and they're always on point and provide great value.
His books – "Think like a Billionaire" and "The Art of the Deal" were amazing.
Now, I've kind of worked hard on breaking exactly what he did to win the election.
Here's what I learned from Trump that helped him win:-
- Be bold.
Trump was the boldest guy we've seen.
He was loud, clear and repeated himself again and again without hesitation or reluctance.
This is a trait of a leader.
Bold actions go farther than actions performed out of fear.
The Bold conquers the world.
Trump was 100% certain about him winning the elections and made bold claims.
"I Will Make America Great Again" – I always preached that Bold promises work, and now they actually did.
2. Straight real talk
Trump talks his mind.
There's usually not a lot of planning.
Or even if there was, he appears like he's talking his mind.
He's straight in the way he talks and gets straight to the point.
Doesn't care about who's offended, who loves him, etc.
He just talks and moves on.
He talks his mind and people feel that's authentic.
People have been craving for an authentic leader for ages and there's this guy who appears authentic.
People would rather choose an authentic and real leader over someone who is delusional but nice.
While Everyone around him was lying, he kept it real (atleast in his head)
3. He knew his target market and the system.
He knew the system on the back of hand.
He knew how the electoral voting system works, he knew where his haters were, he knew where they loved him – he avoided the places where his haters were and they went to places where the majority of the people supported him.
He knew he would win the chair through electoral votes.
4. He blamed the common enemy.
Everyone believes in conspiracy theories and believes that media manipulates everything.
He captivated on that belief and spoke about how they do indeed manipulate the world and people.
Trump was seen as this hero fighting against the dark world of politics.
This hero identity or character he built for himself made him president.
5. Omnipresence.
Trump was everywhere.
Everyday you switch on the news, or even open up Google you'd find a negative news of Trump.
He did whatever it took to get attention.
I wouldn't be surprised if he himself would've leaked those tapes.
He gots lots of attention initially and then started converting this attention into votes.
He really mastered the art of building a sales funnel, lol.
He got tons of traffic and then converted this traffic into sales.
6. Social Proof.
Trump was the King of Social Proof and using testimonials.
He had multiple black people, mexicans, Indians, whites and even Gay people give him testimonials and then he marketed these testimonials aggressively so people could relate with the people that made these testimonials.
Trump exploited the concept of social proof to get votes and he did a damn good job at it.
He understood a lot of influence tactics that most Politicians have no idea about.
He's a business person and he should know these tactics and strategies.
8. He is a master of Show Business.
Trump has always been about Show Business.
He has portrayed a "larger than life Image of himself"
He potrayed himself as being this guy who has the best women, best cars, best life, best home and one of the most luxurious businesses ever.
Everything he did was moving his image forward.
Him dressing up in expensive suits, travelling in style with a bunch of bodyguards, etc.
All adds to the show.
Best show business person I've ever seen is Trump, he became a TV personality so he can get attention.
If there's one thing you learned from this video – it should be – Court Attention at all costs.
9.Social Media.
Trump was tweeting at 3 AM in the morning.
The guy is 70 years old but still uses social media to get reach and attention because it works.
Do what works not what you want to do.
Social media works and Trump used it.
He stirred up controversy and shit on his enemies and competition through Social Media.
10. Brutally attacked Haters and Competition.
Trump put his competition to shames.
He attacked his haters aggressively.
He said they were all a part of a "conspiracy" which again played on people's present beliefs.
I decided to brutally attack my competition on social media.
11. His mind was set on the goal
He wanted to win, period.
He wasn't aiming to fail or lose.
He wanted to win and he was committed to to do anything to win.
Everyone was against him, he had tons of haters, a lot of hollywood celebs wouldn't take him serious, the media bashed him but who had the last laugh, huh?
12. Get haters!
Haters got him attention.
His fans weren't talking about him everywhere, his haters were.
The enemies of his haters would vote trump because an enemy of a enemy is a friend.
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Robotics, Formal Verification, Validation, Behavior-Based
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Computer Engineering | Robotics
Abstract— A key challenge in the automatic verification of robot mission software, especially critical mission software, is to be able to effectively model the performance of a human operator and factor that into the formal performance guarantees for the mission. We present a novel approach to modelling the skill level of the operator and integrating it into automatic verification using a linear Gaussians model parameterized by experimental calibration. Our approach allows us to model different skill levels directly in terms of the behavior of the lumped, robot plus operator, system.
Using MissionLab and VIPARS (a behavior-based robot mission verification module), we present a comparison of our predicted performance guarantees for two missions in which a teleoperated quadrotor identifies a target for an autonomous ground robot to intercept: one mission in which the operator flies the quadrotor by line of sight to locate the target and one where the operator flies the quadrotor using its video feed. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach by comparing predicated performance to experimentally measured performance.
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IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Banff Canada Oct. 2017.
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Damian Lyons, Ron Arkin, Shu Jiang, Matthew O'Brien, Feng Tang and Peng Tang, "Formal performance Guarantees for an Approach to Human in the Loop Robot Missions." IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Banff Canada Oct. 2017.
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Winter Hours through May 22, 2020
From Labor Day through Dec 31 We will be open every Monday for Matiness Doors open at 12:30 and movies will be scheduled to start at 1pm and after.
* if your school is off on a different day and you have a group of 10 or more.. call Dave 715-560-8213 to schedule a special showing*
Thanksgiving Medford School is out 11-26 early, 27, 28, and 29 . so We will open:
11-26 at 12:30 with movies scheduled through 9:30
11-27 at 12:30 with Movies scheduled through 9:30
11-28 is Thanksgiving opening at 4:00 with movies scheduled through 9:30
11-29 open at 10:00am with movies scheduled through 9:30
11-30 open at 12:30 with movies scheduled through 9:30
12-1 open at 12:30 with movies scheduled through 7:30 pm
Medford Schools are off 12-23 thru 1-1
Sunday 12-22 will feature regular shows plus late shows at 9pm
Monday 12-23 Open at 10:00am with shows through 9:30
Tuesday is Christmas EVE 12-24 will open at 10am with shows through 930
Wednesday Christmas Day we will have two evening shows 7pm and 9 ish
Thursday 12-26 open at 12:30 through 10pm
Friday 12-27 Open at 10am through 10pm
Saturday and Sunday and Monday we open Daily at 12:30 thorugh 10pm
Tuesday Dec 31 we open at 10am with shows through 10pm
Wednesday Jan 1 we open at 12:30 and have shows through 7:30pm
Medford will have their Spring Break March 17 through the 20 , We will open daily at 12:30 with Movies through 9:30 pm
Easter for 2020.. We will be open all Weekend with special
Late shows on April 8th
Matinees on April 9th and Good Friday,
Opening Late on Easter, Sunday
Other special notes the first Monday of each month is Senior Citizen Day.. $4 for each senior $1.50 small popcorn $1.50 small sodas for all ages (special popcorn and soda pricing valid October, through May)
STARTING JAN 7th of 2020 Every Tuesday will be Bargain Night $5 admission for all ages and $5 small popcorn and small soda Combo
we typically have 1 show each night Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... 2 shows on Thursday Night,
3 shows on Friday Nights 5 Shows on Saturdays, and 4 shows on Sundays
Fridays start around 4pm
Saturday and Sunday start around 1pm


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Theater Review: 'What the Constitution Means to Me'
Straight from Broadway—"What the Constitution Means to Me"—which has won awards for Best New American Play, is now onstage at Los Angeles's Mark Taper forum though Feb. 23. Inspired by the life experiences of Heidi Schreck, who wrote and starred in the New York Productions (both Off-Broadway and on Broadway), the LA production features Maria Dizzia as Schreck's character.
Throughout the 100-minute ( with no intermission) staging we learn that Schreck as a teenager earned enough money through Constitutional debate competitions, sponsored by the American Legion, to pay her entire college tuition. Her caveat that the college was a state school is typical of her story's self-effacing wit.
Despite the earthy homily-like soliloquies offered by Schreck's character, lending humble insight into her personal evolution, the comedy conceit of "What the Constitution Means to Me" is ably accompanied by a serious addressing of such lingering issues as women's rights, immigration, and domestic abuse.
As Schreck's character, with no adulteration, shifts between her current self as narrator and her fifteen-year-old self as immersed in Constitutional debate contests, which are moderated by an offbeat American Legionnaire (well played by Mike Iveson, who's character also has a revelatory transformation), we come to understand Schreck's personal dilemmas and political fury.
As a culminating event, the final 20-minutes of the show features a teen debater (a charming Rosdely Ciprian rotating performances with Jocelyn Shek) going head-to-head in a forensic display on Constitutional topics, and ultimately on whether the Constitution of the United States should be kept or abandoned in favor of a new governing doctrine. Some of the issues broached in this portion of the play are: Why should we be governed today by the words and thoughts of men from the 1700's?
Also, the point is made that during the period of the so-called Founding Fathers it wouldn't be possible for two women to debate policy on a public stage. Nevertheless, if the Constitution is to be viewed as a living document as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall noted in a 1987 lecture, why not work with and through that parchment, which has served us so well and for so long?
The audience is encouraged to demonstrate support for the points that resonate with them. And finally, a theatergoer is chosen to render a final verdict on who "won" the debate.
Directed by Oliver Butler, the production values of "What the Constitution Means to Me":are simple (Rachel Hauck, scenic design; Michael Krass, costumes; Jen Schriever, lighting design; Sinan Refik Zafar, sound design), but the ideas are complex and timely.
"What the Constitution Means to Me" is an important, if not essential, piece of theater that's in sync with the zeitgeist of our times. It's appropriate viewing for teens.
"What the Constitution Means to Me" continues at the Mark Taper Forum through Feb. 23.
The Mark Taper Forum is located at 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles.
Reservation can be made by calling (213) 628-2772. For online ticketing and further information, including performance dates and deals, visit www.CenterTheatreGroup.org.


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Doing Tips The Right Way
How to Turn Trash into Pocket Cash
It is possible to find out that every household has something that has been declared useless within the house. Some of the stuff can be too old to donate to charity. You will realize that some of the things can be ugly and make the room look disorderly when not put in the right place. One is supposed to happy because they have the chance to earn something out of the trash. You are advised not to throw away the trash because they can be beneficial in the long. One stands the chance to get some money from these things. It takes innovative minds to realize that there are many items they can make out of the old stuff available. You can learn some of them on the internet. There are some of the ideas discussed in this article.
The first option is trading in scrap metal. One is meant to know that there are companies which you contact when you contemplate selling these items. Here, you stand a chance to sell out all the metallic stuff that is not used in the house anymore. It is required that you check the copper price per pound to know what you can earn. The value of the money that you stand to get here is determined by the quantity and the quality of the metals you have. It is also beneficial to know that there are metals that are more valuable than others. Through this idea, you will find that the amounts you can get can either be less or more. Some of the things that you can trade in here are old cars, an old gate or wire that is no longer relevant. It is advisable that you locate the best buyers who will not underestimate the value of the metals.
It is important to note that the old furniture can also be revived to make some cash. Many people will get rid of furniture as soon as the edges start getting rough and peeling. You can decide to improvise new items out of the old upholstery. All you need is glue, new varnish or paint and some bit of sand. With these items, you can manage to make changes and have the stuff looking new and shiny. You can then sell the furniture at a price. It important to realize that old clothes can also be beneficial in this. For this project, you are expected to own a sewing machine and glue. It will then be possible to sell the pillows and other things you make to have some cash. Another idea that is also appreciable is the use of wooden pallets. When you do not know what to do then it is required that you ask others.


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SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California lawmakers are clashing with federal officials over the design of drivers' licenses for immigrants living in the country illegally, highlighting concerns about how to grant such permits while also making clear they do not confer legal status.
Ten U.S. states enacted laws allowing unauthorized immigrants to receive drivers' licenses or permits last year, including California and Illinois, while others have begun issuing the permits to young people who have temporary permission to remain in the United States.
This week, the Department of Homeland Security rejected California's proposed design for the permits, sparking a strong reaction from the state's Latino Caucus and other lawmakers who worked for years to pass the law to allow the permits.
"Our commitment is that this will not set us back," Assembly member Luis Alejo, a Democrat from the agricultural community of Watsonville, said on Wednesday.
Alejo, who authored the law last year, said the state had already been in contact with Homeland Security officials about the rejection, working through the Department of Motor Vehicles in the administration of Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
The top Democrat in the state senate, Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, also weighed in, writing to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to ask the agency to reconsider.
The licenses have become a focal point for controversy, as states seek to distinguish them from documents that are considered instruments for official identification as required by federal law.
In North Carolina, the license design calls for a dark pink stripe across the front and the words "No Lawful Status" in red. In Alabama, officials said the licenses will be marked "FN" for Foreign National.
Immigrant rights groups have complained loudly about the distinctions, calling them unfair and saying that they could invite discrimination.
Seeking to avoid such accusations, officials in California decided to indicate that the state's licenses were not the same as federal identity papers on the back, not the front.
But this week, the federal Department of Homeland Security advised the state that its plan did not go far enough.
In a letter to California Department of Motor Vehicles Director Jean Shiomoto, two homeland security officials wrote that the state needs to put the indication on the front of the license, and also use "a unique design or color" to distinguish the permits from regular licenses.
On Wednesday, immigrant rights activists scrambled to oppose the ruling, gathering online petitions and lobbying the state's Congressional delegation to ask Homeland Security to back down.
"We are strongly rejecting the attempts by the Department of Homeland Security to strongarm the state of California into accepting what we see as unnecessary requirements," said Arturo Carmona, a spokesman for immigrant advocacy group Presente.org.
Department of Motor Vehicles spokesman Armando Botello said the state still plans to begin issuing the permits next year and was preparing for an anticipated crush of applicants.
"We're still working on hiring an additional 1,000 people and opening four temporary offices," Botello said. "We're still hopeful that we can meet that deadline."
Reporting by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Ken Wills
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Bridge the Gap Between Online and Off-line Customer Profiling (
by Mark T. Hesler
In targeted and one-to-one marketing today, the conversation always revolves around a few subjects.
Mass customization is one of the main mantras. Companies are being compelled today to engage customers in unprecedented levels of personalization. The rise of the Internet as a viable marketing and sales channel raises the bar even higher.
Companies that succeed will do so because they've done a better job of understanding and integrating their customers' buying habits and preferences across multiple channels. This will become increasingly important as customers shift back and forth between traditional marketing channels to Web-based activities.
Some very exciting technology solutions are available today to assist marketers in this arena. These technologies let marketers profile customers and personalize content delivery online in real time. This sophisticated targeting technology is creating a buzz, and a recent Jupiter Communications study gives the leading online "suggestive selling" techniques very high grades.
In that study, Jupiter concluded that investments by marketers in technologies supporting online, real-time "suggestive selling," such as collaborative filtering, can have substantial rewards. These rewards can generate payback periods of fewer than 12 months with an ROI that may reach up to 300 percent. For any direct marketer familiar with the power of accurate customer profiling and data-driven personalization and targeting, these results should not be surprising.
Channel Integration
Successful mass customization in traditional direct marketing and e-marketing takes the same steps. As consumers increasingly add the Internet into their daily decision-support and purchase-transaction activities, the real challenge becomes first recognizing, accurately profiling and then communicating in a highly personalized manner, regardless of channel. For multichannel marketers to do this most effectively, they need to link back customer e-mail addresses with traditional name/address to create a full marketing profile (including traditional demographics and purchase behavior).
Getting There


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Fujitsu delivers refreshed PRIMERGY mono-socket servers
The servers are designed to enhance and future-proof workload performance for SMEs, and feature the latest processors and more memory capacity.
News facts:
Upgraded processor and memory capacity for Fujitsu's entry-level PRIMERGY models enhances and future-proofs workload performance
Mono-socket models are powerful enough to make them ideal for small and medium-sized enterprises across a wide range of use cases
Enhanced portfolio also well suited for deployment at the network edge, in handling local workloads where low latency is needed, and for hybrid IT landscapes
Fujitsu's refreshed portfolio of entry-level PRIMERGY servers are designed to enhance and future-proof workload performance for small and medium-sized businesses, and feature the latest processors and more memory capacity. This makes upgraded mono-socket PRIMERGY servers a cost-effective on-premises alternative to the cloud, especially for office tasks such as powering shared databases and for use at the network edge, where latency and bandwidth prove to be a challenge for cloud environments.
Performance upgrades ensure that the latest PRIMERGY mono-socket servers are well equipped to handle fluctuating workload demand. Future-proofing is thanks to expandable memory and disc capacity, providing anytime expandability and making sure these new models can cope with increased future demands.
The latest Intel Xeon E-2200 processors are standard across the mono-socket line-up, providing a significant performance boost. Maximum memory capacity is increased to 128GB, easy enough for tasks such as hosting a shared database in a branch office. At the network edge, on-premises servers deliver performance advantages over cloud-based solutions, since they provide effective local processing and filtering for IOT data.
Christian Leutner, Head of Product Sales Europe at Fujitsu, comments: "The days when a dual-socket server was the minimum requirement for a general-purpose workhorse are over. Today's PRIMERGY mono-socket servers deliver excellent performance and flexibility. The refreshed Fujitsu PRIMERGY portfolio, with its enhanced memory and upgraded processing capability, is designed to be an effective business enabler for businesses of all sizes, ensuring that customers have the technology to be ready for whatever technology challenges the future brings."
The ultra-compact PRIMERGY TX1320 M4 is a fully featured server for individual or virtualised workloads which fits anywhere, thanks to its small footprint. Like all PRIMERGY mono-socket models, it is silent in operation and features the Fujitsu Cool-safe advanced thermal design, allowing use across a wider range of ambient temperatures. It claims new industry-wide benchmarks in new energy-related SPEC CPU2017 integer and floating point suite benchmark tests across both speed (time-based) and rate (throughput-based) metrics. (1)
The PRIMERGY TX1330 M4 is highly expandable in terms of memory and disc capacity, ensuring that it excels in handling a wide range of standard workloads. It has set a new benchmark record in the SPECpower_ssj 2008 benchmark, which is a key benchmark to determine power and performance characteristics of server class computer equipment. (2) It also claims new industry-wide world performance records in the widely accepted SPEC CPU2017 benchmark tests, including integer and floating point suite benchmark tests for rate (throughput-based) metrics and floating point suite benchmark tests for speed (time-based) metrics. (1)
The PRIMERGY RX1330 M4 rounds out the mono-socket range. This is a rack-mounted server, boasting a rich selection of features to accommodate future growth and providing a perfect balance between performance and value. This model sets new world records in the VMmark benchmark (3), used to measure the performance, scalability and power consumption of virtualisation platforms, and has also achieved a new world record in the SPEC CPU2017 integer suite benchmark tests for speed (time-based) metrics. (1)
All three servers feature the Fujitsu Infrastructure Manager (ISM) Essential suite and iRMC S5, enabling simple and effective management throughout the entire server lifecycle, including deployment, installation and administration.
Pricing and availability
Pricing varies according to region and system configuration. New PRIMERGY servers are available to order either directly from Fujitsu or via SELECT channel partners.
(1) The SPEC CPU 2017 benchmark package contains SPEC's next-generation, industry-standardised, CPU-intensive suites for measuring and comparing compute-intensive performance, stressing a system's processor, memory subsystem and compiler. SPEC designed these suites to provide a comparative measure of compute-intensive performance across the widest practical range of hardware using workloads developed from real user applications. The SPECrate suite measures throughput (or work per unit of time), while the SPECspeed measures speed (for example, time taken to complete a workload). For further information and the latest test results, refer to https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/
(2) The SPEC Power benchmark is the first industry-standard benchmark that evaluates the power and performance characteristics of single servers and multi-node servers. It is used to compare power and performance among different servers and serves as a toolset for use in improving server efficiency. Refer to: https://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/
(3) VMmark is a free tool used by hardware vendors and others to measure the performance, scalability and power consumption of virtualisation platforms. For further information and latest test results, refer to https://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark.html
Online resources:
Read the Fujitsu blog: https://blog.global.fujitsu.com/
Follow Fujitsu on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Fujitsu_Global
Follow us on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/fujitsu
Find Fujitsu on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FujitsuICT
Fujitsu pictures and media server: http://mediaportal.ts.fujitsu.com/pages/portal.php
For regular news updates, bookmark the Fujitsu newsroom: https://www.fujitsu.com/emeia/about/resources/news/newsroom.html
Fujitsu South Africa
The evolving nature of every business means changes, enhancements and upgrades to its data center infrastructure. Businesses are finding data center upgrades to be not only disruptive but also costly. There is a constant need to re-train and re-skill data center staff in order to effectively manage applications whilst ensuring data availability, security and energy consumption optimisation. Not to mention maintaining compliance and service level agreements.
Fujitsu South Africa's approach to Solutions covering Servers, Storage and Integrated Systems offers the flexibility to tailor data center technologies to our customer's specific requirements. We provide the benefits of secure, robust, future-proofed technologies from a single source supported by a unique, consultative approach. This ensures you get exactly what your organisation demands bringing true business value to companies.
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 132,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.0 trillion yen (US $36 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. For more information, please see www.fujitsu.com


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May 2019Mixed media product A product consisting of two or more items in different media or different product forms, eg book and CD-ROM, book and toy, hardback book and e-book, etc
Number of pages: 50
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Drogheda, the twenty-ninth in the IHTA series, will bring this important Irish settlement into the Irish and European Historic Towns Atlas scheme where it can be compared with towns across Ireland and over 500 in Europe. Drogheda has a rich and varied history that has been carefully compiled by author Ned McHugh who has trawled hundreds of sources to generate histories of thousands of topographic sites in Drogheda. An essay with thematic maps fleshes out the topographical history into the development of the town. IHTA no. 29 will be reproduced in large format with many historic and modern maps and illustrations in loose sheets to accompany the detailed text section.
Solve our book cover jigsaw puzzle here.


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SmartTRAK hosted a forward-thinking panel discussion titled "Ortho 2020: Joints, Biologics and Supply Chain Innovation" at #AAOS2018, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting in New Orleans.
Moderated by Don Urbanowicz, panelists Kim French, Senior Analyst, SmartTRAK OrthoBiologics; Lisa Mahan, VP, SmartTRAK Ortho Content; Tom Hennel, President, Ram Healthcare, Inc. and Sharon O'Reilly, SmartTRAK Founder, President & CEO discussed the latest trends and technologies impacting the orthopedic market.
After the successful event, the SmartTRAK team unwound at Cafe Sbisa in the French Quarter. Pictured here are Lisa Mahan, VP, Ortho Content, Thea Bowers, Senior Account Manager and Sharon O'Reilly, Founder, President & CEO.


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Rename Multiple Files (Windows)
Want to rename multiple files and folders together? Renaming each item separately is definitely a problem when it comes to more files. Here is a cool technique for renaming multiple items together. There are two ways of doing it: one involving the mouse and the other with the keyboard only.
So here it goes ..
Select the items you want to rename.
Press F2 or right click one of the selected items and select rename.
This will highlight one item for renaming .. rename it to whatever you like.
Other items will automatically be renamed altogether using (number) at the end of your first renamed item. e.g, If I rename the first item as "myfile" the other items will follow as myfile(1), myfile(2) and so on.
Topic: Tips & Tricks, Windows, Windows Tips, Windows XP, Vista Tips, Windows 7
Tags: Tips & Tricks, Windows Tips


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Web357 Framework v1.6.4 released
A new version of Web357 Framework - Joomla! plugin has been released.
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23-Jul-2018 : v1.6.4 # [Bug Fixed] Error 500 The file: http://cdn.web357.com/web357-releases.json does not exist. All HTTP URLs have been replaced with HTPS. (502 Bad Gateway nginx). [Thank you, Ea] # [Improvement] An SQL query added to update the old update urls (web357.eu > web357.com) from the table #__update_sites (view the full changelog)


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Boston Artist Christine Palamidessi's "Laced Vest" demonstrates a deep affinity for the physicality of women.
When Mimmo Vestita remodeled his garage in Grottaglie, Italy, he discovered the floor of a Roman villa and with a little more probing he found a Byzantine crypt under his driveway.
Located in a field, to the side of a two-lane road, the Cripta del Crocefisso building looks as if it might be a farmer's old stone storage shed, but once inside the ancient underground structure that's been carved out of rock, you will be truly amazed by the frescoes and unusual ceiling paintings.
Funny meeting of artists who unbeknowingly were wearing the same clothes.
Artist revisits source of inspiration for her 2016 installation "Silent, Silenced, Silence".
A quick tour of Arsanale exhibit of amazing African artists- El Anatsui and Michael Armitage-- Venice Biennale, 2019
Visit master artisan printmaker Giancarlo Busato in his laboratory in Vicenza, Italy.
At Walead Beshy retrospective at MAMCO Geneva with Christine Palamidessi, Cindy Whittingham and Nazir Sunderji.
I want inner peace. I want love. I wanted the experience of being a woman in Abaya; I choose to do it for 21 days. I wore the garment as an artistic experience. I am an artist. Here's what i found out....


text: John Robinson is President of Our Ability Inc. He started Our Ability nine years ago to help disabled people find employment. People with disabilities are seventy percent unemployed and John's company is providing the disabled with opportunities by inspiring individuals to achieve their dreams through education and employment. Our Ability empowers employers to understand the valuable employment population of people with disabilities who have proven to lower job turnover rates and boost morale and productivity.