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Today it looks like YouTube is rolling out the long-awaited Copyright Match tool, which will let normal Creators deal with video-stealers. In the past it's mostly just been larger companies that have been privy to Content ID and other more exclusive tools.
The tool was announced a while ago but (at least for me) just released and was added to the YouTube Studio Beta, where it can be found in the new Copyright section.
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How Copyright Match Works
You'll get an email when you have access to Copyright Match in the new Studio Beta dashboard. It's not presently in the old Creator Studio.
You'll be shown something like below, assuming you have any matches. It lists the videos, some metadata on them, and includes links to the video to see it. You should check the video manually to see the exact context it's used in, though as you can see in the below images, my matches were all 100% direct rips with not so much as a commentary track or video edit of any kind.
All in all it was pretty simple for me; just 3 videos, all 100% start-to-finish rips of my own videos uploaded as their own, and on channels loaded exclusively with stolen videos. I selected all three, then you're given a little form to fill out affirming that you're the content owner:
Of note, the physical address of your channel/self is not given to the other party unless they attempt to sue you. This is a step up from the current process which would require a hard address. Granted, some people simply spoof information in the existing system.
After this form, a real, meat human reviews the case at YouTube, and only after this review is the video actually struck and removed. Theoretically this will reduce abuse, though it's YouTube we're talking about here so that remains to be seen.
Removal Options
There's three main options when you get a match: Archive, Request Removal, and Contact.
Archive simply archives the match (use this when no action is needed), Contact lets you request removal manually or otherwise work things out by talking to the uploading channel without (yet) sending a strike.
Request Removal has two sub options; you can give a 7 day notice, or request immediate removal. With the 7 day notice, the other party has 7 days to remove the video before a strike. This is best used for cases where you truly do want the video down but for whatever reason don't believe they channel deserves an instant hit, such as ignorant but not malicious misuse. The instant removal you can use for all your humdrum "yeah I'll just copy paste this video and claim it as my own" stuff.
Generally speaking total mismatches/fair use/etc should be Archived, rude but not infringing videos should be Contacted (for example, a "react" style video that you're okay with, except they didn't even bother to link your channel in the description), and outright copied videos with malicious intent should be Removed.
Why The Copyright Match Tool Is Good
Copyright tools on YouTube have long exclusively been for large companies, like the ever-suing Viacom or "Blocked In Germany" GEMA. Copyright Match is the first time that regular creators will have any form of say in how their videos are used with a meaningfully effective process.
Notably, unlike Content ID not all matched videos are treated the same, since the creator (an actual human) has to review and select an action on each video.
This addresses the issue of Content ID where many people just wanted to claim videos of improper use, but end up netting everyone because Content ID is purely automated and has no concept of fair use. On top of that, many people won't bother appealing either, as YouTube deliberately makes the process quite intimidating.
Hopefully this tool leads to the removal of a lot of these old scummy channels that have never been hit simply because normal people haven't previously had a say in YouTube copyright issues. The three channels that stole my content for example were almost immediately identifiable as infringement, being filled with Let's Play videos of multiple different people, podcasts, and even full episodes of TV shows.
What About Abuse?
Of course any new YouTube copyright tool carries the potential of abuse. I'm quite familiar with YouTube copyright abuses at an unfortunately personal level. But it's pretty much all good news in this case due to a rather simple qualifier; you have to have been the first to upload the video to claim it.
This means that you can't just upload someone else's video after the fact and claim you're the real owner; Copyright Match will only ever match newer videos matching an extremely high portion of your video.
Is it impossible to abuse? Well nothing's impossible. A worst-case scenario I can easily think of would be a movie or game trailer being distributed to press outlets, then someone at the movie/game company deciding to strike all channels that uploaded the trailer they offered for distribution…but that's not exactly good business sense.
A more realistic fear I have is the potential of recording a short clip of the intro or cutscenes of a video game and very quickly uploading them and potentially matching parts of Let's Play and other gaming videos that include that segment.
You would have to be the first to do this and manage to trigger the match, then a real human at YouTube would have to approve your claim for it to actually go through. I'm not sure how practical this theoretical attack is, it's just a potential example. As you can see there's quite a few stops along the way.
All in all I would say this is at the very least, the most abuse-proof copyright/trademark related tool that YouTube has in their toolbox, considering abuse of their other tools.
In the past their copyright mechanisms have let anyone claim any video and appealing was incredibly difficult. This tool only lets you claim content you have actually uploaded before later uploaders, and lets you be human in your decision to remove it, contact the uploader, or just let it slide.


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WWE is having what has been described as the company's "most successful house show weekends" in a long time according to a report by Dave Meltzer. Events this past weekend were either sold out or close to being sold out. Official figures will be out later this week.
Source: The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online

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During these middle years, my mum would tell me, "If you familiarise, you equalise, and then you neutralise". Meaning, if you get too familiar with your coach, you will lose respect and you will begin to equalise by thinking you know more than them. This lack of respect will then neutralise their effect in your life. It was quite easy during these middle years to allow familiarity to set in, I had to make a constant effort not to go through the motions. I would try to use each day, each practice and each lecture, to gain knowledge, to learn tactics or valuable lessons from my coaches and lecturers.
A coach is more likely to give a team a weekend off when they can see how hard you have worked as they want to reward you. A professor is more likely to give you a weekend with no papers due if they note how seriously the class is taking their course. During off season in college, we would go on camping trips to the lakes and canyons. Free weekends in the Olympic cycle included concerts or trips to the coast. I found that working extremely hard would reap fun rewards and if not abused, would allow these two middle years to be balanced and loads of fun.
The most enriching and enduring highlights over these two years at both ASU and my Olympic preparation, were the friendships that were forged. Year one is the relational foundation building year. Over the next two years you really build on those connections and form friendships that can last you a lifetime. Some of my closest friends are from relationships that were tried and tested in those two years. My advice to anyone going to study in the U.S.A.; place great emphasis on relationships, it makes your time away from family and friends so much easier to handle and you make memories that you will cherish forever.
Make sure to catch next week's blog: The final stretch
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After stating that he would not accept corporate contributions for his inauguration, President Obama reversed course and announced that he would take unlimited donations from corporations for pragmatic reasons. The 2013 inauguration will likely cost taxpayers over $100 million.
The President's new Twitter account @ObamaInaugural released a photo of the plans for the elaborate inauguration, which include a 40 by 60 foot planning map.
Spotted at the DC Armory: the 40- by 60-foot #inaug2013 planning map, complete with miniature capitol. pic.twitter.com/2BN420jo
— Obama Inauguration (@obamainaugural) December 12, 2012
The official #inaug2013 platform will hold 1,600 people, including @BarackObama and @JoeBiden. Check out the view: pic.twitter.com/5RbOluYM
— Obama Inauguration (@obamainaugural) December 12, 2012
A behind-the-scenes look at construction on the official platform from #inaug2013 partner @JCCIC2013: pic.twitter.com/T7SmsyWf
— Obama Inauguration (@obamainaugural) December 11, 2012
It is a massive undertaking, which may seem too extravagant for the tumultuous economics times in which we live, but, hey, it's all for the people.
I was hellbent on attending the Presidential Inauguration until I found out that tickets are $249 to stand by the WASHINGTON MONUMENT….
— Jillian Ramick (@JillianRamick) December 12, 2012
Oops. Well, there's no question it will be a fancy party whether we've gone off the fiscal cliff or not. #inaug2013, yay!
$16,375,874,429,255.52 (+) #nationaldebt
— National Debt Tweets (@NationalDebt) December 12, 2012
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4 Statistics Every Financial Services Process Professional Should Know
The financial services industry is transforming. With the advance of the digital era, those who occupy this space are facing new threats, new opportunities and a dire need to disrupt their approach to people, process and technology. Here, we share four statistics that demonstrate the pressing reality of this approaching evolution.
50% of Gen Y consumers would consider switching from a traditional financial provider to bank with Google or Amazon. (Accenture)
While neither of these companies currently offer bank or insurance products, this statistic is a reflection of Millennial openness to digital-only banking. Additionally, according to MarketingCharts, there is a belief among this generation that the GAFA companies (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) would offer a better customer experience than traditional brick-and-mortar institutions.
70% of banks will invest in tech to strengthen their competitive positioning and build market share in the next three years. (EY)
Technologies such as Robotic Process Automation and Cognitive Learning offer the ability to drastically transform a financial service business from the front to back-end. Relieving human workers from the monotony of tedious activities, reducing errors rates and dramatically decreasing the length of time needed to perform a variety of processes - they can drastically improve the productivity and positioning of an organization.
26% of banking executives say only 1 in 4 of their employees is ready to work with intelligent technologies. (Accenture)
Despite the growth in the implementation of intelligent technologies within the financial services, there is a clear digital skills gap among the industry's workforce. This, of course, is a large inhibitor for organizations seeking to boost operational excellence this way. In OPEX in Financial Services' 2018 Strategy Report, 46.7% of process leaders cite internal training/skills gaps as key challenge in boosting operational excellence.
Only 7% of Millennials graduating from college in the US in 2016 indicated an interest in banking and capital markets as a career. And only 3% are interested in working in the insurance industry. (Accenture)
Recruiting and developing key talent who demonstrate the skills necessary to address the challenges and opportunities of the digital age is and should be a major focus of many in the financial services industry. But, as the statistics show, more has to be done to attract the younger generation to these roles. A generous salary alone is no longer enough here as millennials put greater emphasis on a company's culture, social responsibility and work-life balance in comparison to previous generations.
To discover more future focused statistics about the future of financial services download our exclusive infographic.


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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The makers of three Golden Globe- and Oscar-nominated foreign films shared the secrets of their craft — and admiration for one another — at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 10th annual Foreign Film Symposium.
Oscar-nominated Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom moderated the panel Saturday featuring "Kon-Tiki" directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning of Norway, "A Royal Affair" director Nikolaj Arcel of Denmark and Austrian director Michael Haneke, whose film "Amour" also earned Oscar nods for picture and director this week.
The five men spent 75 minutes discussing their approach to filmmaking during the program on the Los Angeles campus of Loyola Marymount University.
The 70th annual Golden Globe Awards will be presented Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and broadcast live on NBC.


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Puerto del Sol, published by the New Mexico State University, accepts "poetry, fiction, non-fiction, translations, artwork and criticism, as well as any interesting combinations thereof". The journal is published twice a year, and is almost half a century old.
Poetry Sought
3-5 poems, translations, or cross-genre works from emerging or established authors
Quick Facts
- Pays 2 copies
- Simultaneous submissions OK
- Welcomes beginning writers
How to submit to Puerto del Sol
To get published in Puerto del Sol:
Read the Guidelines
Always read the complete submission
guidelines before submitting your work.
Send your Submission
Puerto del Sol accepts submissions through:
More About Puerto del Sol
Puerto del Sol purchases one-time print, electronic, and anthology rights. Rights revert to writer upon publication. Subscriptions for one year ($20), two years ($35), and three years ($45) are available.Established 1959.
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New Mexico Legal Information
In March 2007, the New Mexico legislature passed SB 523, "The Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act." The law allowed patients and their caregivers to collectively possess up to six ounces of usable cannabis and, after obtaining a separate permit, cultivate up to four mature plants and 12 seedlings. The Department of Health (DOH) overseas the rules and regulations for patient and caregiver ID's, Personal Production License (PPL) for patients or caregivers to grow medical cannabis for personal use and Licensed Non-Profit Producers (LNPP). Today 35 licensed nonprofit producers server medical cannabis patients.
DOH has updated the regulations several times to expand plant numbers and clarify requirements. New Mexico's medical cannabis program includes a Medical Advisory Board that can approve new qualifying conditions and was the first to approve PTSD. The board also removed restrictions on chronic pain patients from qualifying for the program. In 2016, DOH extended the expiration date for many patients so that they could improve their ability to turn around patient applications more quickly.
In This Section
New Mexico Medical Marijuana Laws & Regulations
The New Mexico legislature passed the state's medical cannabis law March 13, 2007 as Senate Bill 523, "The Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act," by a vote of 36-31 in the House and 32-3 in the Senate. The law was signed by then-Governor Bill Richardson on April 2 and went into effect July 1, 2007.
Becoming a Patient in New Mexico
An approved New Mexico patient may legally possess marijuana for medicinal purposes. A patient can also apply for a production license, which would allow the patient to grow their own medicine. A patient may designate a caregiver for assistance. The state issues IDs for both patients and caregivers.
Recommending Cannabis in New Mexico
Medical professionals recommending medical cannabis must be medical personnel licensed in New Mexico to prescribe and administer drugs that are subject to the Controlled Substance Act this includes MDs , DOs and nurse practitioners that have a primary practice in New Mexico.
Facing state or federal charges?
Unfortunately, patients, caregivers, and providers are still vulnerable to federal and state arrests, prosecutions, and incarceration. They also suffer pervasive discrimination in employment, child custody, housing, public accommodation, education and medical care.


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I'm going to try to keep it basic for those who are unfamiliar with computers. Please let me know if I need to clarify further, by contacting me.
To have a website you need 2 basic things, hosting and a domain.
Hosting is a place to put your files. This means that there is a physical location somewhere that has a computer that holds the images, text, and coding that makes your website look the way it does.
A domain is an address that your website is at on the internet. A domain is not a physical address, this is the name of your website. For example, my domain is monzanita.com. Now the title and site name are whatever I want it to be, such as Monzanita's Web Services or Websites R Us. To access my website people type in monzanita.com or http://monzanita.com to get to my website.
If you purchase a domain and you purchase hosting you are still missing a vital part of your website- the design. The design can be built by hiring a designer (shameless self-advertisement goes here) or by building your own website.
Wix, Weebly, Squarespace
There are many do-it-yourself website companies available now. These companies would be giving you hosting in your package with an easy to use 'WYSIWYG' platform (what you see is what you get). There are many options of companies to go with. There are two things you want to look for if you choose a company like this. First, is to make sure you will be able to customize it as you wish. Secondly, make sure that the company updates their software or platform rather than phasing it out.
For example, I used to work for GoDaddy and they had one of the first platforms like this and everyone knew of 'Website Tonight'. Most of the time when they update that builder (I saw the change from Website Builder Version 6 to Website Builder Version 7 to GoCentral) you would have to redesign or rebuild your website. Now please keep in mind that websites should be looked at and redesigned or at least have some major updates every few years to make sure they are working with the latest technology. Also, websites should be updated regularly to help your SEO (search engine optimization). The SEO stuff is unrelated at this point, I will go into that in another post.
WordPress Hosting
The types of websites I design I build using WordPress. I am not able to build a WordPress website on the hosting you may have from a WYSIWYG platform like Weebly or something similar. There are many WordPress based hosting plans or plans like cPanel that you can install WordPress onto.
The way I build most of my WordPress websites I build in a way that it still is WYSIWYG unless there is something that I specifically have to go in and code. I build them this way because I can teach my clients to easily make simple changes if they would like to.
.Com, .Co, .Org
Domain names are something that has to be completely unique. There are no duplicate domain names. This does make them "worth" different values. Available domain names are going to be valued at whatever the company selling them may list them, such as GoDaddy sells .com for $14.99 per year. Now, if a private party owns it they are able to sell it on GoDaddy's website at whatever price they want. They call it a "Premium" domain name.
Domain names have had different endings called TLDs like .com, .org, .net and a few others almost forever. Now, they are coming up with new domain names that can be everything from .guru, .cars, .nyc, etc. There are many to choose from. What you want to choose for your TLD is based on who your target market is. With a target audience of anyone older than Millennials I would stick to the traditional .com, .org or .net.
A sub-domain is a word, phrase or something before the domain (so technically, www. is a subdomain). If you are offered a domain on a website like Wix that is example.wix.com and you are trying to run a business, please find a domain. It will make your website look much more professional. Some companies use sub-domains as a way to organize their website, such as shop.monzanita.com for an e-commerce section.
Domain Name Privacy
ICANN is pretty much the company that rules the internet. They require that the person that owns the domain name list their Name, Phone Number, Address and Email Address in a WhoIs database. This means that if someone wants to look up who owns a domain name, your name would show up.
There is a loophole to this rule. Companies now allow you to pay for "Privacy". Privacy is where the company you purchased your domain name from will show their information instead of yours. This will help prevent people from spamming your email address or getting your personal information.
Costs Involved Starting a Website
I touched on some of the costs of the domain names but I wanted to break it down further. These costs will vary company to company, I would research a few before deciding. I also would make sure the company you go with has good customer support, many companies you can call before purchasing to see how quickly a warm body answers the phone.
- Domain – Yearly Cost
- Premium Domain – Additional Initial Cost
- Domain Name Privacy – Yearly Cost
- Hosting – Monthly Cost – Some discounts for yearly or multiple years up front.
Additional items that can be purchased would be your SSL, email addresses, email marketing, additional site security, as well as many other marketing services. I will be going over these things in later posts or I can go over them with you personally.
Now For the Sales Pitch
I love working with small businesses. I am happy to help you understand what kind of website hosting and domain is needed for your business. My initial consultations are free of charge, whether you want to use my services or not. We will discuss what is best for your business. I will put together a quote for you after our call, and it will look better and better the more time you spend on a do-it-yourself website builder. All joking aside, I offer very low rates, especially for the number of services included.
I love to talk on the phone! Give me a call at 602-574-1999 to schedule your consultation today!


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Asda's really getting under the skin of its rivals with its promise that its controversial price guarantee scheme is here to stay.
The promotion helped the grocery retailer grow like-for-like sales by 1.6 per cent in its fourth quarter, quite an impressive achievement in a market distinguished by economic gloom and fierce competition in the grocery sector.
Naturally its competitors last year cried foul over the previous scheme, with nine complaints into the Advertising Standards Authority, claiming that Asda excludes a large number of everyday items. Yet while upholding some complaints that related to non-food goods, the ASA allowed Asda to continue running its grocery claims.
In the latest version of the scheme shoppers are refunded £10 if after checking on the price comparison website mysupermarket.co.uk, they find their £100 basket is the same price at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Waitrose. The scheme covers nearly 15,000 items listed by the website.
It's notoriously difficult to make price promotions like this work over a long period as the competition inevitably come up with their own under-cutting versions but Asda's looks as if it has some stickability.
In the last eight months of 2010 one million baskets were compared, around five per cent of Asda's regular throughput but the scheme is obviously gaining momentum.
It looks as if Tesco, which calls Asda's claims "rubbish" and its rivals will have to come up with something clever to remove the edge that Asda has clearly found.


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The Odyssey (L'Odyssée)
Dr. David I. Kline is Associate Project Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He is a coral reef ecologist who studies the fate of coral reefs to determine the future impacts of increasing carbon dioxide levels from molecular to ecosystem levels. In particular, he collaborates with computer vision scientists, engineers, chemists and physiologists to develop new techniques for studying the impact of climate change on coral reefs. He has led or co-authored over 45 high impact peer-reviewed publications with over 2000 citations. He studies the ecology of corals and reef communities, and how reefs will change under the plethora of stresses they face, both local (e.g. pollution and disease) and global (warming and ocean acidification). He was our guest in 2017.


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Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour expects Egypt's economic growth rate in 2018 to be "good" at around 5%, higher than previously expected.
The reform program adopted by Egypt achieved positive results in its first year, Azour said on the sidelines of "Opportunity for All: Promoting Growth, Jobs, and Inclusiveness in the Arab World," conference held in Morocco on Tuesday.
He explained that the economic reform program contributed to the improvement of the financial situation significantly by raising foreign exchange reserves, addressed the chronic problem faced by the foreign exchange market, increased investment and capital flows, and improved the sovereign rating of Egypt.
Azour said that the expectations for inflation indicators are also good after it has now fallen to 22%, and is expected to reach 12% by the end of this year. He described this as a key economic objective because inflation plays two negative roles, which are; creating a state of instability, and a "masked tax" paid by all citizens.
With regard to the challenges that Egypt is going to continue to face this year, the IMF official said that continuing the reform approach in Egypt is the main challenge, so that the public feels that the suffering felt has a positive reflection on their life, and the most important thing is to find employment.
Azour summarized the challenges as three things: to continue to achieve a rate of growth that allows the creation of jobs, especially that there is a need to provide 700,000 new jobs annually, and to face rising prices.
He explained that the third challenge is to give the private sector a greater chance to be the engine of growth, especially that the public sector, which remained the first employee in many Arab countries is now unable to create jobs.
Azour noted that the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) succeeded in taking measures that contributed to the gradual reduction of inflation. He expected that there will be a bigger decrease in the budget deficit this year compared to last year.
He stressed the importance of Egypt restoring its significant economic role in the region in order to benefit from the improvement in the global economy by increasing export growth and attracting more investments.
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Blizzard Wants Diablo 3 Cross-Play on Switch
Blizzcon is just a few weeks away and it seems that Diablo might get the biggest push from Blizzard. Along with the teased sequel, the opening ceremonies line up with the release of Diablo 3 on Switch. And to coincide with that new port, Blizzard is pushing to get Diablo 3 cross-play to happen on its hellish RPG.
In a talk with Business Insider, a Blizzard representative stated that cross-play is "a question of when, not if." The Switch marks the seventh platform where the action RPG has released, including versions on home computers and last-gen consoles. It's unclear whether older consoles or computers would join in on the fun. However, given this statement, it is certain that active talks are going on. If Blizzard and the three major platform holders can work together than players will be able to as well.
Talk of cross-play in big games began in earnest with Microsoft bridging the gap between editions of Minecraft. Market rival Sony refused to play ball even as games like Fortnite rose to popularity thanks to their flexibility in play. Big publishers like Bethesda spoke out over Sony's refusal and the whole debacle even affected the company's financials for a time.
Eventually, Sony relented, and the feature looks to be headed to many more games in the future. Sony's cross-play initiative started with Fortnite, whihc was one of the titles spearheading the cross-play effort. Other games like Fallout 76, The Elder Scrolls: Legends, and more are left out in the cold for now. However, if all goes well with these developments, cross-play could come to many more titles in the future.
Diablo 3: Eternal Collection is coming to Nintendo Switch on November 2 for a full $60. As for whether Diablo 3 cross-play will work in time for the full release, only time will tell.


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(English) Nginx, a Russian company, has been developing advanced web servers which are recognized globally. An estimated 40% of international servers and more than half of highly loaded servers are said to operate based on Nginx web servers.
Nginx is a vivid example of a very successful international start-up of Russian origin. With an investment of $103m the start-up put together what then emerged as the world's third most widely used web server after the Apache and Microsoft products; the Nginx servers beat those of Google. The start-up is still headquartered in Moscow.
Earlier this year Nginx was bought by F5 Networks, a U.S.-based provider of cloud and IT security solutions. The American company had to shell out $670m in the deal.
The Nginx co-founders—Igor Sysoev who wrote his first code back in 2001 for the Rambler search engine, Maksim Konovalov and CEO and co-investor Gus Robertson—joined F5 as new employees.


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Celebrate a special birthday with this quirky Orangutan Birthday card!
Personalise this card by choosing a specific age.
The card is a high quality Art print Made from an original watercolour on slightly textured white Matt 245gsm card.
Card Dimensions A5
Included is a Silver envelope and inside the card is blank, ready for you to write the perfect message!
Each card is packed carefully in a clear cello bag, and posted in a hardbacked envelope for protection.
How Old? (Customise Age) #202027


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|Operation Bravo
|« Operation Payback
|Operation Phoenix »
|Release date
|September 19, 2013
|Completion date
|February 5, 2014
|Agency , Ali , Cache , Chinatown , Gwalior , Ruins , Siege , Seaside
Winter Offensive:
Cobblestone , Overpass
|Weapon Case
|Operation Bravo Case
|Weapon Collections
|Operation Bravo Page
Operation Bravo was the second Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Operation, following Operation Payback. The operation was launched on September 19th, 2013, and was scheduled to last until January 20th, 2014. However, it was extended to February 5th, 2014 due to its popularity.
Operation Bravo featured a playlist of 7 new maps (and one returning from Operation Payback) from the Steam Workshop. Unlike Operation Payback, these maps were playable for casual, competitive, and Deathmatch scenarios.
A new addition to this operation included "Operation weapon finishes". There are two new weapon collections: The Alpha Collection available exclusively as individual all-map weapon drops to Bravo pass-holders, and the Bravo Collection available to everybody as part of the Bravo weapon case, also available through timed all-map drops. (Pass-buyers were able to get Bravo case drops in addition to regular drops)
The Winter Offensive Update updates the Operation with two more maps.
Hostage rescue
Bomb Defusal
* Added to the operation as part of the Winter Offensive Update and later became official maps
Operation Bravo Coin
Badge Progress
- Bronze: Buy the pass
- Silver: 10 hours (600 Minutes) play time and 5 Competitive wins on Operation maps
- Gold: 30 hours (1800 Minutes) play time and 15 Competitive wins on Operation maps
- The title image for Operation Bravo shows the AK-47 Fire Serpent and Nova Tempest from the Bravo Collection within the featured Agency map.
- Although the weapons displayed are from the Operation Bravo Case, the case pictured is a standard unmarked weapons case.
- The title image for the Winter Offensive Update shows the P250 Mehndi and the Five-SeveN Kami from the Winter Offensive collection wielded by a GIGN member on the featured map Overpass.
- The Alpha Collection is listed as
set_bravo_iiin the in-game files.
External Links
- Operation Bravo at Counter-Strike.net
- The Winter Offensive Update at Counter-Strike.net


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For some reason when we bought the MacPros they arrived with 16GB of RAM. First I thought it would be impossible to work with that amount, but it turned out that these small but powerful machines can do wonders even with this seemingly small amount of RAM.
However, as sessions grows and newer plugins released, we just hit the wall when it comes to RAM. Well, that's not entirely true, because quite amazingly everything is working fine, but I always keep my eyes on the System Resource Window and it is obvious that it's high time to upgrade.
The main rigs all received 64GB of RAM so I think we won't have any RAM related issues for awhile. And to be honest on bigger score mixes I always felt that Disk Cache would be so cool with let's say 32GB.
By the way replacing RAM in these new Mac Pros are so easy you wouldn't believe it. Really. The whole thing is a beautiful and clever piece of engineering and art.
Somewhere I read that Disk Cache should not be used during recording. I can imagine that it can be an issue, although I think in 2016 it shouldn't be. Hence I plan to make some tests if this statement is still true or not.


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'This is where you come in'
New accelerator lab energizes nuclear research at JMU
SUMMARY: The laboratory will be capable of performing low energy experiments for a range of purposes, including nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear engineering, nuclear forensics and homeland security.
When you look at stars through a telescope, you only see a little, you can only measure a few isotopes. To better understand how stars create all naturally occurring elements, you need some knowledge of what goes on inside them, "and that's where you come in," Professor Art Champagne told a gathering of researchers last week at a workshop to explore the research possibilities at a new physics lab at JMU.
The Madison Accelerator Laboratory, located on the first floor of the newly renovated Madison Hall, will swing into full operation this fall. More than 10 years in the making, the laboratory features a medical electron linear accelerator, a 140 keV X-ray imaging machine and standard particle detection instrumentation. The linear accelerator, purchased from Rockingham Memorial Hospital when it moved to new digs, is a versatile magnetron unit that can provide electron and photon beams with energies up to 15 MeV.
Champagne, the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, was one of 10 speakers to address the two-day workshop that included researchers from universities in Greece and Turkey that also have medical accelerators. While other labs are also investigating how stars work, there's always room for more, Champagne said. No one facility will be able to answer all the questions, "we need complimentary facilities, we need to have a very broad approach to some of these problems."
The laboratory will be capable of performing low energy experiments for a range of purposes, including nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear engineering, nuclear forensics and homeland security. Much broader applications in a variety of fields, such as accelerator physics, medical physics, materials science, environmental geochemistry, geology, biology, astronomy, archaeology and art history were discussed at the workshop, with the aim of forging possible collaborations.
Adriana Banu, associate professor of physics and astronomy at JMU and one of the leaders in establishing the lab, said convenient access to do beam research will be one of the greatest advantages of MAL. Such research now requires making reservations at places like Jefferson National Laboratory in Newport News or the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory in Durham, North Carolina. Those reservations are hard to get and add pressure to do the research in the time allotted. Students also will benefit by working in a facility with an accelerator where they will get training on working with equipment that produces radiation and on running the equipment, which will prepare them for a wide range of careers.


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Mere Jeevan Saathi Hindi Movie Review
First the good news: For a film that has taken inordinately long to be made, "Mere Jeevan Saathi" doesn't look dated or drained-out. In fact it exudes a certain positive energy that renders itself well to the balance of kitsch, melodrama and music that director Suneel Darshan strives to achieve in his cinema.
But now the bad: For a film that revolves around music and a musician's life, the songs and music are of poor quality. The blame for this must go to Nadeem- Shravan who appear to be completely out of step with the requirements of the theme and the times.
Think of the great musicals about rock stars. Shammi Kapoor in "Teesri Manzil" and Rishi Kapoor in "Karz" had such terrific music support from R.D. Burman and Laxmikant-Pyarelal respectively.
True-blue musicals have seen their day. What remains is this decently packaged rock-around-the-docks as Akshay Kumar copes with two demanding women. Amisha is the one he loves and Karisma is the one who wants him to love her.
The anti-heroine as a predator has been done to bludgeoning death by actresses as varied as Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction" and Urmila Matondkar in "Pyar Tune Kya Kiya".
Karisma's obsessive act is watchable. Though she doesn't really get sturdy support from the script (which wobbles more dangerously at times than Karisma's rising voice pitch), she leaves us with the feeling that she retired a little too soon.
This isn't the first time that Akshay plays a man sandwiched between two demanding women. Moving effortlessly away from the comic cosmos of his recent films, he plays his role with quite an abundance of native charm.
Here's an actor who has grown more watchable with every passing year. And yes, it wouldn't be wrong to say he prevents "Mere Jeevan Saathi" from crashing loudly to the ground.
Amisha's sweet, oblivious, angel's act careens dangerously between ham and cheese. That's understandable when Akshay is the pet squeeze.
But the ones who bring down the film's precarious credibility considerably are Gulshan Grover and Ashish Vidyarthi. Their archaic and bland comic villainy grate on your nerves.
Pick up pieces from this fragmented triangle if you want to.


text: Politics / House of Representatives Legislator Trolls Republicans With Fake Craigslist Ad 'Babysitting experience STRONGLY PREFERRED' for next speaker By Michael Harthorne, Newser Staff Posted Oct 9, 2015 12:26 PM CDT Copied Fake Craigslist ad posted by Rep. Mark Takano's staff that pokes fun at Republicans' search for a speaker of the House. (Twitter) View 1 more image (Newser) – "Proven ability to work with irrational people who pursue narrow priorities at the expense of millions of others." That's one of the main job requirements for speaker of the House, at least according to a fake Craigslist ad posted to social media Thursday by a Democratic congressman's office. The Hill reports this piece of political satire comes from California Rep. Mark Takano and pokes fun at Republicans' inability to find someone to replace outgoing speaker John Boehner. story continues below The fake ad came shortly after Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who was expected to win the position, withdrew his name from consideration, the Hill reports. Apparently the speaker of the House is responsible for "managing multiple investigative committees aimed at attacking Hillary Clinton"—a reference to McCarthy's comments on the Benghazi panel—and "babysitting experience [is] STRONGLY PREFERRED." (In the real world, pressure is building on Paul Ryan to step up.) View 1 more image


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Panel Witnesses Discuss Reform 'Roadblocks'
Washington--Education reform has had measured success but obstacles to new ideas still persist at every turn, according to local, state, and national leaders who testified before the Joint Economic Committee last week.
Witnesses such as Gov. Robert Orr of Indiana and John Murphy, superintendent of the Prince Georges County Public Schools in Maryland, described successful education programs that have been implemented in their systems.
Governor Orr told Congressional panelists about Indiana's "A+" program, under which officials have reduced class size in the early grades and launched a statewide testing system.
Mr. Murphy described his district's guaranteed-diploma program, which will ensure employers that students have basic skills. If an employer hires a student who does not meet minimum skills criteria, the school district will fund and provide remedial training through 4adult-education programs. The first guaranteed diplomas will be awarded in 1989.
Roadblocks to Reform
After hearing about the successful efforts, Representative Hamiliton Fish, Republican of New York, questioned witnesses about the "roadblocks" they encountered in implementing new programs.
Vera Katz, Speaker of the House in Oregon's State Assembly, outlined opposition to reform efforts in her state from school management, labor, the business community, and parents.
School officials, Ms. Katz said, have been slow to respond to reform. "School districts, administrators, and schools of education have been concerned about what the changes mean for them," she explained.
"Anytime there is external pressure to change, the level of paranoia increases." Mr. Murphy disagreed with Ms. Katz, however, saying administrators are "well aware" of the need for change and it is "time to stop passing the buck."
Governor Orr came to the defense of principals, saying they are willing to implement changes but need additional training and technical assistance to carry out reform mandates.
Labor leadership has also lagged in its support for change, although teachers at the local level want reforms, Ms. Katz said.
"You have to get to the rank-and-file teachers and hope they will bring the labor leadership along," she said.
In subsequent testimony, Mary Hatwood Futrell, president of the National Education Association, outlined efforts by nea affiliates at the local, state, and national levels to bring about changes. Ms. Futrell said the nea has taken the lead in establishing models for educational leadership at the school-building level through its "Mastery in Learning" project. The project, now in 27 schools in 19 states, is designed to demonstrate to policymakers that a faculty-led, school-based approach holds the key to improving public schools, Ms. Futrell said.
Ms. Katz said the business community has focused on the university level because of its research capabilities and, until recently, has not understood the importance of focusing on K-12 education.
Other witnesses testifying during the fifth of a series of eight jec hearings on the subject of education and the economy were Richard Riley, former governor of South Carolina; Barbara Hatton, dean of the school of education at Tuskegee University; and Sonia Hernandez, a teacher at the Emma Frey Elementary School in San Antonio, Tex.
In an earlier jec hearing, Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas warnedt reducing the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, which stands to be cut if mandated Gramm-Rudman-Hollings budget reductions are enacted.
Support for Student Loans
Reducing student aid while college tuitions are rising would result in fewer college graduates at a time when the need for a more educated workforce is acute, he said.
Governor Clinton, who spoke on behalf of the National Governors' Association, advanced an idea he said the governors were "passing around'': the enlistment of college students in tutoring programs for adult illiterates and young, at-risk children in exchange for increased financial aid.
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Women and men look at faces differently
The team observed that it was possible to tell the gender of the participant based on the scanning pattern of how they looked at the face with nearly 80 per cent accuracy
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London: The way women look at things may differ significantly from how men see. Researchers have found that women and men look at faces and absorb visual information in different ways.
"This study is the first demonstration of a clear gender difference in how men and women look at faces," said lead author Antoine Coutrot from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
The study suggests there is a gender difference in understanding visual cues.
"There are numerous claims in popular culture that women and men look at things differently - this is the first demonstration, using eye tracking, to support this claim," co-author Isabelle Mareschal from QMUL's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences added.
The researchers used an eye tracking device on almost 500 participants over a five-week period to monitor and judge how much eye contact they felt comfortable with while looking at a face on a computer screen.
They found that women looked more at the left-hand side of faces and had a strong left eye bias, but that they also explored the face much more than men.
The team observed that it was possible to tell the gender of the participant based on the scanning pattern of how they looked at the face with nearly 80 per cent accuracy.
Given the very large sample size the researchers suggested that this was not due to chance.
"We are able to establish the gender of the participant based on how they scan the actors' face, and can eliminate that it wasn't based on the culture of the participant as nearly 60 nationalities have been tested.
"We can also eliminate any other observable characteristics like perceived attractiveness or trustworthiness," Coutrot noted.
The findings, published in the Journal of Vision, suggest the gender difference in scanning visual information might impact many research fields, such as autism diagnosis or even everyday behaviours like watching a movie or looking at the road while driving.
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