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Samsung's LED Cinema Screen Can't Beat Traditional Theater Setup
A few months ago, Samsung launched their first 'prototype' of a 34-foot LED Cinema Screen at the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Today, their first commercial installation is complete at the Lotte Cinema World Tower in South Korea.
At a 4096x2160 resolution, the LED screen runs entirely projector free, is HDR compatible, and manages a peak brightness of about 500 nits - or five times Dolby Vision's 106 nits and nearly ten times the Digital Cinema Initiative of 48 nits. On the other end of the spectrum, LG's OLED hits over 1,000 nits, but it's apples to oranges when comparing a 65-inch TV to a 34-foot screen.
The biggest advantage is the Cinema LED Screen doesn't suffer from ambient light issues, unlike Dolby Cinemas that become affected by even the smallest of light sources - think aisle lights and exit signs. The nature of LEDs also lets the Cinema Screen turn completely off, creating an actual black spectrum.
Finally, a wall of LED screens can provide a "distortion-free presentation" thanks to the rigid LED display.
On paper, Samsung's LED Cinema Screen seems to solve a lot of the big problems with traditional commercial theaters. However, it also adds a new set of challenges to the equation, the most significant being audio.
Traditional screens have a level of acoustic transparency that allows speakers to produce a more immersive sound. The current work around is the Sculpted Surround sound setup from JBL by HARMAN that is arguably more than acceptable but will be interesting to see how it stacks up to traditional setups.
Secondly, while 34 feet seems big for what is essentially a glorified TV, it looks pretty mild next to the average 45-foot commercial screen and really meek next to the 72-foot IMAX. Samsung hasn't yet reported how much it costs to maintain or produce the screen, but early speculations lead me to believe it will be very, very pricey.
Samsung's limited information also leaves out any information on recalibrating broken panels or what happens when a rogue popcorn bucket smashes into the display. Okay, maybe that's a bit far-fetched but a screen can definitely take a bit more abuse than a rigid panel display. Additionally, there was no mention of this technology bridging the gap between LED TVs and LED Screens in home cinemas.
My final thoughts are this has successfully moved from a really cool proof-of-concept to an interesting piece of technology. However, I think the conversation needs to stay away from comparing it to traditional theaters. There are too many different elements that make this an entirely new venture, not a way to replace a traditional setup.


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A Joyful Journey
A joyful journey, as I see it, involves holistic — or whole person — health.
It includes the emotional, physical, spiritual and mental realms. Balanced focus, divine empowerment, and confrontational self-examination in all areas will enable all of us to use more of our gifts in full measure. We are each endowed with talents and come as a "complete package" of inherent creative value and worth.
Socrates said "the unexamined life is not worth living." Why?
Could it be that there is not value in a life that is floating mindlessly along without concern of its true potential and full health?
To make sure we are not limiting ourselves and to instead experience greater joy and well-being, we need to ask ourselves these questions while traveling on this journey of life.
- Compassion vs. Judgment
Do I often think, "why is someone doing or feeling that?" in judgment instead of trying to come from a place of understanding and insight into the big picture? Do I listen for the meaning behind the words when someone is speaking to me? Do I try to hear their heart? Do I check my internal motive before I speak or do I care about just saying the "right" thing? Does my motive reveal a rejection of who the person is or am I really trying to understand them?
- Passion vs. Practice
Do I see a value in making marked investments in people and causes that concern me? Do I say yes to people and events coming from an obligation of "should do" or from a desire of "want to"? Do I live out of a sense of purpose and feel fulfilled or am I not sure how to use my time well? Do I confront when I see abuse or do I try to "keep the peace" and not say anything?
- Protection vs. Abuse
Do I protect myself by respecting and honoring my boundaries, making sure I give myself time for refreshment and enjoyment? Do I often give in for the sole reason that someone else requires something of me or do I first check my emotional fuel tank to see if I am overcommitted in one or more areas? Do I voice concerns when I feel like I am mistreated or disrespected or do I allow it by stuffing it? Do I find myself saying "it's fine" a lot when what I really want to say is something else? Do I protect the emotional well-being of a fellow journeyer? Do I keep others' confidences when required and when safe to do so?
- Growth vs. Stagnation
Do I see myself as a victim of circumstance or an agent of change? Am I always working on some internal area in my life where I would like to see victory or have I written it off to "I'm just that way?" Do I give myself a break when I blow it and not give up the fight even though I have lost a battle? Have I identified and have inner healing from all childhood wounds so I can have the capacity to love myself and give love to others?
There was another great thinker, English writer Charles Reade who penned "Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny." This has been translated in modern days as "Mind your thoughts for they become your words; mind your words for they become your actions; mind your actions for they become your habits; mind your habits for they become your character; watch your character for they become your destiny."
There is so much joy to be gained on the journey when we become purposeful travelers instead of accidental tourists! The examined life is very much worth living as it brings joy to us as well as to others.
Bogdanos, M. (2018). A Joyful Journey. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 27, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/a-joyful-journey/
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There has been a competition running at McDonald's. It's all about Monopoly matching a set of clours to win a large prize. I am 2 train station from winning a new laptop and all i need is Kensington to win a trip back to London where i can stay for good.
I don't eat at Macas much because of my own cholesterol issues in my life. But i have been going around Sydney collecting unclaimed tickets off other people garbage. I got lucky last Thursday when i won an Instant Win Attraction pass.
I went online and decided that i would visit the Sky Tower. So i saved myself some $24 with a voucher.
When i got inside they made us watch an amazing 4D movie that went for 5 minutes. They ever had water effects when mists would be sprayed all over the cinema to resemble water splashing.
After that this lady took a shitty photograph with a green screen and chanrged us $40 when we got downstairs. Sorry but that's a tourist trap.
It took 60 seconds to get to the top floor and all of a suddern i felt like i was at the top of the world. I had a 3660 view of Sydney. I could see as far as Chatswood and even some of the most longest destination such as the SCG/SFS, St Leonards, Balmain all over sydney


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Drug Addiction is a physical and emotional dependence on a drug or a medication. People with a drug addiction seek to use one or more legal or illegal substances despite negative physical or emotional consequences and the harm it causes. Drug addiction can lead to serious consequences in physical and mental health, relationships, employment and the law.
Drug addiction can cause an intense physical and psychological craving for effects of the drug. Most people who are dependent and who want to stop using a drug find they can't do it on their own. Getting help from an Addictions Counselor is the first step toward recovery.
It's also a family disease that not only negatively affects the individual but the entire family. Marriages and children suffer emotional damage and develop unhealthy, co-dependent relationship patterns living in a household where an individual or individuals are drug addicted.Individuals who binge and/or excessively use drugs may not meet the full criteria of any substance use disorder, severe, but may still need treatment due to the negative consequences.
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It's not a secret that after CryptoKities, a new wave of collectible blockchain games began to rise, each one with tons of extra features, special mechanics, and loyal players base.
Some will say collectibles are not games and they all have a point here. It is 2018 and we expect awesome 3D Graphics with lots of blood, piles dead enemies and overclocked graphics cards at peak performance, but is that the case here?
On the other hand, some players don't like "ordinary" games, they prefer browser-based collectibles with animals that might have a bigger value in the future, they want to battle, breed and level up their favorite pet. This article is dedicated to those players.
Without further ado, let's take a look at the first game, it's not what you would call a "pure collectible", but you have to collect cards and strategically battle with others.
Gods Unchained
If you are a Hearthstone fan, this one is for you. Gods Unchained is a collectible card game (CCG) or TCG if you prefer all about collecting powerful cards and winning your opponents.
Backed by a number of Capital ventures including Coinbase, Gods Unchained places its self in the e-sports industry, in fact, it's the first blockchain e-sports game.
With a huge number of cards, a lot of different types and incredible battle mechanics, this hearthstone-like community-focused game aims to be one of the most playable card games ever. Like in every blockchain game, the cards truly belong to you, you are free to keep or sell them to other players.
Many players see this game as an investment, the more cards your own as the game becomes popular, the bigger their value will be.
Fuel Games, the company behind Gods Unchained is in the race to launch the game and attract a players base outside cryptocurrency community. No one can predict the future, but we believe that players will appreciate this one.
The Gods Unchained World Championship will be held in early 2019. There are only 20,000 entrance tickets and they exist as ERC20 tokens. Prize Pool goal is 1.6 Million USD.
The game will be available as an early access mode this Winter.
- Interested in learning more? Read our article.
- Visit Gods Unchained website and get your first deck for as low as 0.012ETH.
- Join Gods Unchained Giveaway Contest.
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MLB Crypto Baseball
For the first time in history, Baseball meets Blockchain and the result looks awesome. Lucid Sight, a respectable Blockchain Games company is in charge to bring you this unique collectible game featuring your favorite Baseball Teams and Players.
MLB Crypto Baseball will launch on August 31st, around the time the MLB playoffs heat up heading into the World Series.
An interesting fact to look over is the real-life performance of the players, whatever action a player does in a game, it will be recorded on the blockchain and provide points to your digital champion, increasing his value.
Baseball fans are not only in the USA, Millions of people fill the stadiums every week to watch their favorite teams. We expect this to be a major hit among baseball fans, especially with promoting the game in stadiums through various events.
MLB Crypto Baseball is currently in the pre-sale stage, you can purchase your favorite champions by visiting their website, make sure you have Metamask and some ETH loaded.
Watch Paulina Shafir from Lucid Sight talking about MLB Blockchain Game.
Etheremon is a crypto collectible game available since late 2017. It's one of the first decentralized games based on the Ethereum Network with plans to migrate into VR the next year.
The game takes place in a fantasy world of unique Mons, the adorable little monsters who exist in the Ethereum blockchain. Your goal is to collect as many Mons as you can and train them to become the most powerful trainer. Collectible players are going to love this one!
Etheremon, one of the most popular collectible blockchain games has over 6.500 Players with 35.000 Mons Purchased.
Using the Decentraland technology, a virtual world that runs on open standards, Etheremon aims to become the King of Blockchain Virtual Reality games.
An explanatory video is available for Etheremone, make sure you watch it.
Axie Infinity
Axie infinity allows players to breed Axies, raise them like they were your pets, battle like a pro trainer and why not, sell them in the decentralized Marketplace for a profit.
The game is available in open beta and anyone can play. The beta runs on the Rinkeby Ethereum Test Network and you will need a wallet like Metamask to play.
Axie Infinity is based on Axies, adorable cute monsters that can be equipped with more than 150 body parts, each one different with special powers and statics.
Players are able to complete daily activities, quests, breed, train and battle their Axies with other opponents on the Ethereum Blockchain.
As most collectible games, you will need a Metamask Wallet to play and some Test ETH from this faucet.
Axie Infinity community is constantly organizing events and they are growing more and more every day.
An example of their overwhelming community is this fan-made hip-hop song all about… Axies.
Blockchain Cuties
One of the most active collectible games is Blockchain Cuties, amazed by how friendly their community is, this game was meant to be in our today's article.
Blockchain Cuties is a collectible blockchain game on the Ethereum network with lots of adventures and animals like cats, puppies, bears and more.
Players can collect Cuties, train them and breed them. As your Cutie becomes more and more powerful, you can test their skills in real time battles with other players and gain experience points necessary to level up. Each Cutie is an ERC-721 token, hodl it or sell it for a profit.
Cuties come in Generations and you can start playing using Metamask for as low as 2$, there is a free tutorial pet to test the game but if you decide to play, you must buy at least one Cutie.
Don't miss the Pawedcast every Thursday at 10PM GMT+3.
We welcome you to try Blockchain Cuties and send us your feedback.
Cryptage Origins
Cryptage Origins is a special game, a mix of tycoon with collectible elements and idle philosophy. Confused? Let me explain.
Currently, in Open Beta on Kovan Network, your goal is to build the most powerful Mining venture and skyrocket your earnings. Playable with cards, you can hire developers, consultants, rent offices and buy new hardware mining equipment.
Cryptage Origins looks awesome, we have played this game for several hours before the new UI and it was a great experience. Now, with the new UI, we are sure it's addictive, developers are doing a great work by providing constant updates and upgrades.
A marketplace is planned to be released once the beta ends. In order to play, you will need some Test ETH from any Kovan faucet, and of course, Metamask.
If you are a fan of collectible and tycoon games, Cryptage Origins is definitely for you.
Everdragons is a popular Crypto collectible game available on the Ethereum network.
It is the first blockchain collectible that is powered by real-life events. Compete with other players, trade on the marketplace, receive gems and Ether by playing.
The game offers some cool abilities making the gameplay fun, addicted and inspiring.
Every Everdragon is an ERC-721 Token, and lives on the Ethereum Blockchain. The owner has the only key to this Everdragon. Everdragons can't be deleted, changed or taken away.
Win your valuable Gems, get the prestige you always wanted and most importantly, win some ether by taking part in the in-game contests. Get your dragon ready for epic battles. Contests are based on real-life events.
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|An increasing number of interactive applications must deal with real-time processing, and/or management of large databases of media (i.e., text, sound, images, videos). Often, limitations with computing power, requirements for distributing knowledge, availability and convenience of programming environments, make most intensive systems often fragmented across machines and even locations. These programs must exchange streaming data quickly, and seamlessly.
The Media Laboratory explores and prototypes such systems. However, emphasis is often given on interactivity and content management rather than on communication technology. Open Sound Control (OSC) enables fast prototyping development of efficient communicating programs regardless of the programming language, computer architecture, and operating system.
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The year has ended and we are reflecting on the memories of 2017. We played great music, met amazing people, and rocked some killer events. Before we get out our champagne glasses, noisemakers, and watch the ball drop on the new year, we thought we'd look into the history behind that tune you always hear just after midnight.
Auld Lang Syne is a time-honored classic that you may or not know all the words to depending on how you're feeling when the clock turns over into 2018.
The original lyrics come from a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 that are now set to a folk song. The english translation of "for auld lang syne" is roughly "for the sake of old times". The tune is fitting to look back as we think about our resolutions and goals for the upcoming year. Maybe we're thinking about the people who touched our hearts, laughs that we shared, music we heard, or tough times we endured.
Whatever comes to your mind, the song provides an uplifting feeling suited for a New Year's Eve anthem. Find the lyrics and more history here and then listen to these few renditions of the tune, Auld Lang Syne, from the movie It's A Wonderful Life, and artists like The Tenors, Mariah Carey, and Susan Boyle.


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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that EU law does not force the disclosure of internet users' details in file-sharing cases. The judgment will be a blow to record labels but could also put ISPs in the UK at a commercial disadvantage, a copyright expert has said. The ECJ has said that it is up to each country to decide how to balance the rights of the copyright holders to protect their intellectual property and the rights of internet users to protect their privacy. See Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-275/06 Productores de Música de España (Promusicae) v Telefónica de España SAU (ECJ Press Release). See also EU court ruling on file-sharers is not what it seems (OUT-LAW News).


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Fairfield Books has claimed a valuable niche in the world of cricket publishing. In its pages lie the neglected voices of the game's past, valuable and award-winning stories about the likes of Bob Appleyard and Tom Cartwright, players who never achieved the greatest or longest-lasting fame but about whom there were valuable insights to be gained and stories to tell.
Much in that vein comes In Sunshine and in Shadow, the authorised biography of the former Yorkshire and England offspinner Geoff Cope, by Stephen Chalke. In the wrong hands, Cope's story might have become a little maudlin: only three caps for England, a Test hat-trick that wasn't, a career disrupted by three bans for throwing, and the diagnosis in middle age that he was gradually going blind.
Chalke, though, has proved himself to be a skilful author, with the game at his heart, and whatever challenges Cope has had to surmount have been met philosophically. There have been few more easy-going Yorkshire cricketers than "Todge", nor many with a greater fund of gently amusing stories designed to convey an abiding love for the game. The result is a delightful rendition of a life that will add further lustre to Fairfield's reputation.
Many books have been written about the characters who made up the great Yorkshire side of the '60s - Fred Trueman, Ray Illingworth, Brian Close and all - and it might be fairly wondered what more can be said, but Cope's emergence in county cricket came when the side was in decline, and they are seen in a softer light. As much as he regards them as heroes, they are vulnerable figures approaching the end - or the end at Yorkshire at least.
Close is an inspirational and heroic captain, but one whose faith in his senior players is so absolute that on one occasion, when Cope hand-delivers a note from the committee requesting that he plays, Close shoves it in his pocket and tells Cope to say that he did not see it till lunchtime. Trueman's rapid spell to bowl out Sussex at Eastbourne is dredged up as if from memory, but he is depicted as a strikingly caring and knowledgeable leader, responsive to the next generation. There is even a recollection of Len Hutton, in Cope's childhood, unable to bend for the ball on the boundary's edge because of lumbago. The passage of time is never far away.
"There have been few more easy-going Yorkshire cricketers than "Todge", nor many with a greater fund of gently amusing stories designed to convey an abiding love for the game"
Of Illingworth, there is less obvious praise. Cope, as a fellow offspinner, was his potential replacement, and as such, as much rival as team-mate. Cope is not a malicious man, and this never reads like a book aimed at settling old scores, which makes his understated reference to the autobiography of another England offspinner, Pat Pocock, all the more intriguing.
In his autobiography, Pat Pocock recalled a Surrey-Yorkshire game in which Cope was bowling. "Illy approached me in our dressing room. 'How can you let him get away with that?' he said. 'He's chucking every ball. It's terrible, that is. You'll have to report him.'"
Ian Chappell, captain of the 1972 Australians, is also presumed to have lodged a complaint, and shortly after Yorkshire play Australia at Park Avenue, Cope is suspended from bowling in first-class cricket. On Trueman's advice, salvaging his career is entrusted to Johnny Wardle, another Yorkshire legend with a cantankerous reputation, who Cope finds "warm and caring". They work daily, a bacon buttie followed by several hours' tuition in Wardle's rudimentary coaching shed in his back garden. Their relationship becomes so strong that Cope nicknames him "Dad". Wardle promises him he will play for England.
That England career came on the 1977-78 tour of Pakistan for an England party weakened by an exodus of players to Kerry Packer's rival World Series. Cope had toured India the previous winter, forever hopeful of a debut which never came, his tour blighted by the death of his father from carbon monoxide poisoning. The debut finally comes in Lahore. England concede the slowest century in first-class cricket, by Mudassar Nazar. Cope then thinks he has become only the second England player to take a hat-trick on debut, only for his captain, Mike Brearley, to withdraw the appeal because he is unsure he has caught Iqbal Qasim at slip.
"I think I'm going to bring him back for the future of the series," says Brearley. Cope no longer holds the first hat-trick by an England player in Test cricket for 20 years. In the third Test he plays with a digestive disorder and loses two stone. The following summer he is suspended for chucking for a second time. "You play for England - and then wallop," he says. A final suspension follows, at the end of 1980, by which time Illingworth has returned to Yorkshire as a none-too-sympathetic team manager.
In Cope's story, incompetent administrators stalk every corridor. The Yorkshire hierarchy are caricatures of opinionated and unyielding men, who issue no contracts to the Yorkshire greats beyond a verbal take-it-or-leave it offer and a handshake. In later years, Cope is elected to the committee and recognises that the county is sleepwalking into bankruptcy, which it avoids at the last minute when he enlists the financial help of Colin Graves, now ECB chairman, and the club is restructured on a more professional footing. As he greets guests in the Lord Hawke Suite, 70 now, guide dog at his side and his sight narrowing by the year, Cope can take tremendous pride in the good he has done during a life lived in the face of adversity.
Much worse, though, than Yorkshire's administrators are those who sit in judgment on Cope's career. The make-up of the panel studying his action is kept secret, as is the identity of the captains or umpires who have reported him, and those in charge at Lord's are fearful to be seen in his company, but more staggering for those reading the story for the first time will be the realisation that nobody discussed the findings with Cope or offered him an analysis of exactly what was wrong.
Perhaps Peter Parfitt, the former Middlesex and England batsman, sums up Cope's career. "You should have been banned for life or you should have played 50 Test matches for England because you were the best spinner." Instead, he briefly fulfilled his dream and that has always sustained him.
In Sunshine and in Shadow: Geoff Cope and Yorkshire cricket
By Stephen Chalke
Fairfield Books £16, 256 pages


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Weekly Analysis: Livestock Markets
Live Cattle: The August contract closed $1.525 lower at $114.775. August live cattle remain in a secondary (intermediate-term) downtrend following the double-top formation near $127.50 and double bearish crossover by weekly stochastics above the overbought level of 80%. The contract's break of the interim low at $116.775 signals an extended sell-off to $106.05. This would be a test of support between $108.70 and $105.25, prices that mark the 50% and 61.8% retracement levels of the previous uptrend from $89.875 through the high of $127.50. Weekly stochastics remain bearish.
Feeder Cattle: The August contract closed $2.900 lower at $145.025. The contract's secondary (intermediate-term) trend remains down with a next target of $136.70. This price marks the 50% retracement level of the previous secondary uptrend from $109.90 through the high of $163.50. Weekly stochastics are still bearish.
Lean Hogs: The August contract closed $0.525 lower at $83.225 last week. August lean hogs are an interesting technical study, showing what looks to be a spike reversal following last week's activity. The contract posted a new high of $85.375, just short of the next major (long-term) target near $87.05, before closing lower for the week. Meanwhile, weekly stochastics are above the overbought level of 80% and nearing a bearish crossover. While the secondary (intermediate-term) trend hasn't changed direction yet, the contract needs to be watched closely for a bearish turn.
Corn (Cash): The DTN National Corn Index (NCI.X, national average cash price) closed at $3.47 3/4, up 13 cents for the week. Despite the strong rally the NCI.X remains in a secondary (intermediate-term) sideways trend on its weekly close-only chart. Resistance is at the previous high of $3.48 (week of June 5) and support the low of $3.19 1/4 (week of June 19). Despite last week's rally in the futures market, basis versus the September contract strengthened 1 1/2 cents to 44 3/4 (cents) under.
Soybean meal: The August contract closed $24.50 higher at $330.70. Soybean meal's secondary (intermediate-term) uptrend quickly extended after establishing a 2-week reversal. The August contract is already testing resistance at $331.10, a price that marks the 61.8% retracement level of the previous downtrend from $354.40 through the recent low of $293.50. The 76.4% retracement level is up at $340.00.
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Last night, I had the chance to be cool. This is very unusual for me since I have lived a life of ultimate un-coolness. My best friend emailed me a few weeks ago and said she could get tickets to the Lauryn Hill show. Was I in? Let me think. I like Lauryn Hill's music and her lyrics AND she's cute. I get to dress up, get my dance on, and maybe flirt with a cute young thang. Was I in? Oh, hell yeah. So, last night, I took more time than usual getting ready. Normally, I can be out the door in ten minutes. Last night, though, it took me a good half hour to decide what to wear. I wanted to wear my cute little black dress that made me look gooooood (ladies, you know what I mean), but it was supposed to hit sub-zero temps last night. And, while I love the cold, even I am not that crazy. At least not in the temperature sense. So, instead, I threw on a pair of black velvet pants, a black tank, a black wrap over the tank, and declared my wardrobe complete.
And yet, accessories! Every woman knows that the secret to a glam look is how one accentuates one's positives. The problem is, most of my earrings are missing one of the pair or are broken. I like to wear big, bold earrings (partly because I have such long hair), so I was flummoxed. I had one pair of big black hoops made of African rubber, but that meant putting my hair up. I pulled the front part of my hair up into a high ponytail, and, because I'm OCD, spent fifteen minutes making sure it sat just right. I added a few rings (silver, I hate gold), a bracelet, and some lipstick. Cyber, by MAC, a colored girl's best friend (in makeup). I have to admit, I clean up nicely. I threw on my stylish-yet-practical black boots, and I was good to go.
The doors to First Ave were supposed to open at eight, but that got pushed back to nine. I made it to my best friend's place at eight-fifteen. We were standing in line to get into the club by a quarter to nine. We were in the door and coats checked by nine, and we were ready to groove. We hit the bar. I had forgotten to heed Angry Black Lady's advice and take some Pepcid AC before going out–I'm allergic to alcohol like many Asians, and she says her Asian girlfriends SWEAR by it–so I knew I wouldn't be able to drink much. Normally, I'm a bourbon and diet coke, gin and tonic, rum and diet coke kinda gal (I am the least allergic to hard liquor), but I was in the mood for something different. I decided I wanted to try the Twisted Ice Tea. It came in a 24 oz. can, and I felt a bit ridiculous holding it, but it was really really tasty. Deceptively so. I was drinking along thinking, "Mmmmm, yummy. There can't be any alcohol in this–oh, damn. Yes there is!" It went down smooth and hit me hard. I think I might have drank a third of it.
We staked out our territory by the railing just off the stage. We made a blood pact that we would not be jostled out of our position. If we needed to pee? We went alone. Buying drinks? I went by myself (my best friend has a near-pathological aversion to going to the bar to get her drinks, but I don't mind). If we wanted to slip out to smoke a cigarette?* Tough luck, sister. It wasn't happening. On the way over, my best friend had told me that she heard that Lauryn was a difficult performer who always showed up late. But, she had apparently changed (or so my best friend thought). Normally, I would have Googled that kind of info before going to a concert, but I had been derelict in my duty, and, oh, would we pay for it.
9:30 came and went. Nothing. The First Ave DJ was spinning some old-school hip hop and rap like Snoop and Biggie and such and keeping the crowd up. He was really damn good. I was bopping along and kinda getting into the mood. My Twisted Ice Tea was hitting the spot, and there was some fine eye candy in the club. MN women know how to dress, but guys? Would it kill you to ditch the sports jersey and/or baseball cap for the night? Or to shave? Or wear something a bit dressy? kthxbai.
10:00 p.m. came and went. I was starting to get antsy. I'm Taiwanese American, and I was scarred as a kid by attending events that never started on time. I overcompensated for a long time by being early to everything, way early. I've mostly cured myself of the need to be a half-hour early, but I still like things to start within a half-hour of the scheduled start time. In addition, there was no opening act. We have a lot of quality rappers in Minneapolis, so there was no excuse for not picking a local talent to do a half-hour set. My best bud went to the bathroom, predicting Lauryn would be on stage when she returned. Lauryn was not. I went a bit later–still, no Lauryn. However, there was so much marijuana smoke in the bathroom, I got a slight contact high–which was not something I wanted.
10:30 p.m. came and went. The woman to my left was furious. She had a scowl on her face, and she was starting to mutter darkly under her breath. I was pretty pissed myself. I am not the most patient of people in the best of times, and putting me in a hot, crowded room and making me wait wait wait is definitely not the best of times. The mood was still upbeat, but people were definitely getting restless. There was a pregnant lady (that became her moniker for the rest of the night) who looked to be about seven months pregnant according to my best friend who has a kid and presumably knew what she was talking about. Pregnant lady really started to wilt around the hour-and-a-half mark, and we were starting to worry about her. We thought she should find a seat, but there were none to be had. My best friend said, "I bet she got herself up for this and is determined to stick it through. She's had to give up so much–she's not giving this up, too." I added, "She probably said, "This is the one thing I'm going to do for fun in my last few months of pregnancy." She probably saved up for it." We were worried she would have her baby right then and there. I said, "This is why it sucks being a liberal. I'm worried about random pregnant lady at a nightclub."
11:00 p.m. came and went. My best friend turned to me and said, "This is like the bad relationship in which he shows up two hours late and you take it." I heard the women behind me saying, "I guess she hasn't changed after all." The crowd was starting to grumble, though the DJ was doing his best to keep the vibe going. We in MN don't really throw bottles at the stage or anything like that. Still, we were getting restive. My best friend posted this as her FB status around 11:10 p.m.:
" Ooo la la lah, I paid a helluva lotta moolah, but the vibe is still good! Gotta love 1st Ave. DJ's (sic)!
She was getting pissed, too, though. She bends over backwards to give someone the benefit of the doubt until that person crosses a line. Two hours of waiting with no explanation was the line crossed. Honestly, if the tickets weren't so damn expensive, we would have walked. I was already writing this blog post in my head, ready to rip into Lauryn for being such a damn diva.
11:30 p.m. My best friend had gone to pee again a few minutes before, and I went at 11:30. I had a feeling that if I went to the bathroom, Lauryn would come out on stage. I liken it to my horrible parking karma–the minute I pass by a car, it pulls out, and the person behind me gets the spot. Sure enough, as I stepped into the bathroom, a huge roar went up in the crowd. She must be on stage! On my way back to the railing, a woman blocked my way saying, "You can't get to the stage from there. There's a bar in the way." I glared at her and said, "I know. That's my friend right there" and pointed at my best friend. I wanted to say, "Bitch, please. I did not stake out my territory and stand there for two-and-a-half hours only to lose my spot", but I realized she wasn't trying to be a bitch–not really.
Back in my spot, I noticed that it was only Lauryn's DJ who had come on stage–and he wasn't as good as the First Ave DJ. Lauryn's DJ kept shouting out to Minnesota and Minneapolis, a theme that was continued through the night. A few minutes later, the band members wandered onto the stage and, what the fuck? They're checking their instruments and doing mike checks now? Really? They couldn't do that in the previous two-and-a-half hours? Apparently not. And, my best friend was flummoxed by the Plexiglass surrounding the drummer. WTF?
I'm seething by this time. It's unprofessional and rude to boot. My best friend had a good point. She said, "They should have just said, doors open at 9:00 p.m.; there's a dance party for two hours; then it's time for Lauryn." How fucking hard would that have been? Apparently, too goddamn hard. I was furious. I don't go to live shows very often, and I was really mad that she would think so little of her fans that she would do them like that (and me, but I'm not a true fan).
11:50 p.m. Lauryn stepped foot on stage. Place went wild. All, apparently, was forgiven. Lauryn started out high energy and gave an amazing show. There was something definitely off about her, though. I don't know if she was high or not all there or what, but her behavior was making me nervous. As I have told my friends, I'm the crazy one. I don't do well around people who are crazier or more of a drama queen than I am. I was able to let go of my mad and my jitters after a half hour, though, telling myself I was going to enjoy the concert (and then resume my mad later) because why ruin the whole evening? By the way, I wouldn't have been able to do that five years ago. I would have been like the woman next to me–nursing the anger and letting it get to me. She left a half-hour into the concert.
Gah. This is getting long. I'll end Part I here.
*I smoke when I drink, which is approximately once every other month.
ETA: A friendly Lauryn Hill PSA. If you have tickets, go two hours after the doors open. You won't miss a thing.


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Ron Conway Rallies Tech Community To Support New Lobbying Group Sandy Hook Promise
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Monday, January 14 2013
A new non-profit lobbying group formed by several members of the Newtown, Connecticut community is launching Monday with the help of the technology community in Silicon Valley.
The group is called Sandy Hook Promise, and its launch marks the one-month anniversary of the shooting of 20 children, four teachers and two school administrators at Sandy Hook Elementary. For now, the group's newly-launched Web page says that the group's purpose is to both support the families of the victims, and also to "prevent tragedies like this from happening again." The site doesn't list specific policy goals, but several of the group's leaders, who are parents of some of the slain students, are holding a press conference at 11 a.m. in Newtown.
Silicon Valley angel investor Ron Conway is spearheading the local tech community's efforts to support the group through social media. Conway, through his own local civic engagement group SF Citi, sent out a note over the week-end to the group's member companies calling on them to post badges on their Web sites linking to Sandy Hook Promise. The site is then building its list by asking visitors to sign a pledge to do everything they can to "encourage and support common sense solutions" to make the country safer from similar acts of violence. Members have also been asked to send out tweets with the hashtag #sandyhookpromise.
Conway also announced that he's establishing a committee to find tech solutions to gun safety. SF Citi has more than 320 members, which include AT&T, Autodesk, Expedia, Foursquare, Optimizingly, Twlillio, Twitter, and dozens of others.
Pando Daily Founder and Editor-in-Chief Sarah Lacy had back story behind Conway's involvement in December, writing: "Last year's SOPA and JOBS Act fights showed a new catalyzing of the startup ecosystem's political power. Conway wants this fight — which doesn't have to do with boosting anyone's bank account or financial prospects — to be the biggest thing Washington has seen from our community yet."


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1 packet active dry yeast
1 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce
½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt, divided
2¾ cups white whole wheat flour*
3½ cups butternut squash, cut into ½-inch chunks
1½ cups broccoli florets, chopped
¼ cup non-dairy milk
¼ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon (1 clove) garlic, minced
¾ cup Sweet Earth Natural Foods Tuscan Savory Grounds
½ red onion, thinly sliced
Handful of arugula
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In a food processor or blender, add butternut squash, non-dairy milk, garlic, ½ teaspoon salt, and pepper. Blend until smooth, adding more milk if needed. Set aside. Increase heat to 400F.
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Seen Off Broadway: Shakespeare's The Tempest lends itself to magic, and this its Bridge Project staging at the Brooklyn Academy of Music has in abundance. In its second season The Bridge Project, a three-year alliance of BAM, The Old Vic, and director Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions, is performing what is thought to be Shakespeare's last credited play in repertory with As You Like It, and has ensured that the Bard goes out with a bang. Besides Mendes' pacy direction (the show runs an intermissionless two hours) and a fine cast led by a wearily commanding Stephen Dillane as the sorcerer Prospero, the lovely Juliet Rylance as his daughter Miranda, Christian Camargo in an androgynous spin as the spirit Ariel, and Ron Cephas Jones as the hot-tempered slave Caliban, much of the credit goes to the design team, who have bent the Harvey Theater to the magician's will.
The production, a saga of hard-won reconciliation and forgiveness, has been given an elemental staging. Upstage is a large pool of water, from which the shipwrecked supporting characters converge upon Prospero's island via ramps (or by simply splashing through). Set designer Tom Piper's center stage element is a large circle of sand, from which some of the actors make surprising entrance and exits from beneath the floor. Stage left, where the onstage musicians who are a typical facet of Bridge Project productions play, also houses a ramshackle book-filled room where Prospero retreats. Fire plays an important part in Paul Pyant's transporting lighting design, giving an extra boost to an already colorful look. The sound design, by Simon Baker for Autograph, is one of the more detailed I've heard at the Harvey, with a number of ear-pleasing directional effects. Costumer designer Catherine Zuber and hair and wig designer Tom Watson have collaborated to give the more otherworldly denizens of the island a distinctive look, with Caliban a chalky monstrosity in full body makeup and Ariel all but taking flight in a winged apparatus. The revels of The Tempest (and As You Like It) are ended on March 13, with international dates to follow through August.
Horton Foote's last work, The Orphans' Home Cycle, has come to a close with its third part, which is playing in repertory with its predecessors at the Signature Theatre Company. "Big Foote" (I say that with love) condenses nine of the prolific playwright's works into hour-long playlets, set in Texas, that combined form a story not unlike the author's own and conclude in 1928. The limitation of the compression, which Foote completed before his death last year at age 92, is apparent here, as characters introduced in one scene are dead the next and a certain emotional engagement is short-changed. As directed by Michael Wilson, however, the saga makes for compelling, raw-boned viewing, and a large and tight-knit ensemble coalesces around a wonderful central performance by Bill Heck, as the embattled-but-resilient father of the writer-to-be.
Enhancing the show is an eloquent design. Automated sliding panels by Jeff Cowie and David M. Barber are given life by fine projections by Jan Hartley, drawn from research into the town that inspired Foote's fictional locale. The sets are simple but have an equally appealing specificity to them, as does Rui Rita's lighting design. The period flavor is accentuated by David C. Woolard's costumes and Mark Adam Rampmeyer's hair and wig designs, which, along with John Gromada's plaintive music and sound design further anchor the show to its time and place without constricting Foote's theatricality. The entire cycle runs through May 8.
If Brokeback Mountain were to become a musical it might turn out something like Yank!, which after prior incarnations is getting an Off Broadway run at the York Theatre Company. It would probably be less exuberant, however—if more concise and better-organized, as the show, centered around the plight of Stu, a gay World War II serviceman (Bobby Steggert) in love with a closeted squad member (Ivan Hernandez), becomes clotted with more plot elements and themes than it can comfortably handle by its second act. The writers, Joseph and David Zellnick, and director Igor Goldin just didn't know how to quit some of Yank!'s clumsier ideas, like the awkward framing device of a contemporary Stu reading the period Stu's diary in the present, or the second act's show-stopping (in the worst sense of the phrase) "dream ballet." The frothily enjoyable pastiche score and the authors' harder-hitting views on prejudice and discrimination never really align.
But, while the production is too much of a good thing, it has some good things going for it. Steggert and the show's choreographer, Jeffrey Denman (whose journalist character shows Stu the ropes of gay life and gets him a photographer's job on the servicemen's publication of the show's title), are terrific, particularly in a tap number, and it is consistently watchable through its uneven patches. Much of the costume (Tricia Barsamian) and wig and hair design (Ashley Ryan) is shoulder (or shoulder-padded) by its lone female castmember, Nancy Anderson, who is excellent in a variety of roles. Ray Klausen's movable panels make for a functional set design (the magazine covers lining the proscenium are a nice touch) and Ken Lapham's lighting is dexterous, with an interrogation sequence chillingly supported. No need for a sound design in this venue; the voices alone carry Yank!, which is scheduled to run through March 21.—Robert Cashill
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The Tempest
Scenic Shop: Coolflight Ltd.—Richard Nutbourne (UK) Lighting Equipment: PRG
Audio Equipment: Masque Sound
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Live Search Gets Updated
Microsoft's Live Search is getting several upgrades rolled out over the next few weeks, and if rumors hold true, this could become an annual event around this time of year.
Microsoft has announced the major updated components, with one of the biggest being that they have increased the number of indexed documents by four times. To help you navigate that much new information, they have also tried to improve the way the engine understands your query and the intent, as well as trying to improve the relevancy of the returns.
One of the biggest changes users will see is the expansion of "Rich Answers". Microsoft has learned from customer feedback that many people just want quick responses to queries such as weather, images, celebrities, entertainment, stocks and so on. With this in mind that have expanded their Answers platform to give you quicker, more specific responses.
Using this same thought process, it seems they will be focusing on improving the vertical search results of shopping, entertainment, health and local info and maps. They will add more channels in future releases, but for now they feel these four verticals are the most popular searches.
Apparently they have also figured out that the name "Live Search" doesn't lend itself to being as exciting as "Google it", so they will be looking at the possibility of rebranding the application.


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Over the past three decades, California has quadrupled its incarceration rate. More than 500 out of every 100,000 residents are locked up in prison. Most will get out; and most will commit new crimes or parole violations and end up back in. California provides few rehabilitation services, but others have filled the vacuum. In the final part of our five-part series on prisoner reentry, KPCC's Frank Stoltze looks at who is doing some of the heavy lifting when it comes to rehabilitating criminals. (This series was produced by Frank Stoltze as part of a fellowship with USC's Institute for Justice and Journalism.)
Frank Stoltze: Crime does pay, at least for a while. Steve Estroza started out stealing hubcaps. He was 27 when he robbed his first bank.
Steve Estroza: It was so simple and easy. Gave 'em the note, and they gave me the money, and I put the money in all my pockets as quick as I can, and I turned around like nothing and walked out, and when I walked out, I did like, just jumped in the air and said "I did it!" (laughs)
Stoltze: Estroza eventually went to prison. He had a heroin habit and nowhere to go when he got out. He landed at Victory Life Training Center in La Puente.
Estroza: I was beat up and tore up. But they took the time to help me, the patience to help me, and they gave me the love.
Stoltze: Guys lift weights in the backyard of Victory Life – a Christian rehabilitation center for parolees fresh out of prison. Thirty-eight-year-old Jeff Denartog broke into houses to feed his drug habit.
Jeff Denartog: There's really no preparation for you to come outside. It's pretty much a gladiator school. I left prison with the same thinking that I went into prison with.
Stoltze: California spends less than 10% of its $10 billion prison budget on rehabilitation. That leaves religious organizations to fill in some of the gap.
Jeff Denartog: Wasn't raised in any religion at all, and I came into the home, and I have brothers here and people who've been through what I've been through. And they've got the Lord in their life today and they're changed. And I see a true happiness, and it's something that I want.
Stoltze: Victory Life provides stability and structure: room and board, counseling, and mandatory Bible study. Pastor Ruben Reyna directs the program. It doesn't get money from the government.
Ruben Reyna: Once these people have an experience with Christ, with the Holy Spirit, it changes their lives. It gives them an appetite. It takes away the scales away from their eyes so they can see. And we're not dominating them. I mean, once they graduate, they can go wherever they want to go.
Stoltze: Jeremy Travis is president of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He says religious groups play an important role in the prisoner reentry discussion.
Jeremy Travis: They bring a language to this conversation that is very important to the country. It's the language of forgiveness. It's the language of redemption. It's the language of hating the sin but loving the sinner.
Stoltze: Travis disparaged the idea of making religious belief a condition of rehabilitation. But nobody interviewed for this story criticized the role Christian, Muslim, or any other faith-based groups play in that process.
A few months ago, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives held a prisoner reentry summit in Los Angeles. The speakers included the director of Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion. Byron Johnson says ex-offenders need support and guidance – from anyone willing to offer it.
Byron Johnson: It could be a person in the faith community that they've connected with that's become a role model for them, more than it is that faith that changes then why they behave a certain way.
Stoltze: And maybe not even somebody from the faith community, just somebody that takes an interest in them?
Johnson: That's correct. Mentors matter, period.
Pat Nolan: I'm Pat Nolan, the vice president of prison fellowship. I was a member of the California State Assembly for 15 years, and was convicted as part of a federal sting for campaign contributions and went to prison for two years.
Stoltze: As an assemblyman, Pat Nolan voted for dozens of bills that lengthened prison sentences and built more lockups. As a prisoner rights advocate, he preaches the value of Jesus, and jobs.
Nolan: It's not enough just to take the gospel. And that inmate needs to be able to support his family when he gets out. He needs the dignity of a job, not just the paycheck. If he's had mental health issues, he needs the medications.
[Sound of guitar and singing]
Stoltze: Victory Life Training Center provided a new start for 39-year-old Martin Moreno, a career burglar and check forger.
Martin Moreno: When my son walks through that door, when he comes in that door, he runs, and he hugs me, man. You know how good that feels? It feels so good, man, just to hold your kids, man, and man, did you see the smile on their face, saying "Daddy! Daddy!" You know, like before, when I was on drugs, they would be scared.
Stoltze: Moreno is an example of what's at stake in the prisoner reentry debate. Rehabilitation returns fathers to their kids. It's too late for one of his sons, who grew up while Moreno was locked up. He followed his father's footsteps; he's serving time on a robbery conviction for the next five years.


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It is well documented that people who suffer from diabetes are more susceptible to developing infections than non-diabetes sufferers. It is not widely known that periodontal disease is often considered the sixth complication of diabetes, particularly when the diabetes is not under proper control.
Periodontal disease (often called periodontitis and gum disease) is a progressive condition that often leads to tooth loss if treatment is not promptly sought. Periodontal disease begins with a bacterial infection in the gingival tissue which surrounds the teeth. As the bacteria colonize, the gum pockets become deeper, the gums recede as tissue is destroyed and the periodontitis eventually attacks the underlying bone tissue.
Diabetes is characterized by too much glucose (or sugar) in the blood. Type II diabetics are unable to regulate insulin levels which means excess glucose stays in the blood. Type I diabetics do not produce any insulin at all. Diabetes is a serious condition which can lead to heart disease and stroke.
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Experts suggest the relationship between diabetes and periodontal disease can worsen both conditions if either condition is not properly controlled.
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Diagnosis and Treatment
It is of paramount importance for people suffering from any type of diabetes to see the dentist at least twice yearly for checkups and professional cleanings. Studies have shown that simple non-surgical periodontal treatments can lower the HbA1c (hemoglobin molecule blood test) count by as much as 20% in a six month period.
The dentist will use medical history, family history and dental X-rays to assess the risk factors for periodontal disease and determine the exact condition of the gums, teeth and underlying jawbone. If necessary the dentist will work in conjunction with other doctors to ensure that both the diabetes and the gum disease are being managed and controlled as effectively as possible.
Non-surgical procedures performed by the dentist and dental hygienist include deep scaling, where calculus (tartar) will be removed from the teeth above and below the gumline, and root planing, where the root of the tooth is smoothed down to eliminate any remaining bacteria. Antibiotics may be applied to the gum pockets to promote healing.
Before and after periodontal treatment, the dentist and hygienist will recommend proper home care and oral maintenance as well as prescribing prescription mouthwashes which serve to deter further bacteria colonization.
If you have questions or concerns about diabetes or periodontal disease, please contact our office.
In one word 'outstanding'. I have had dental services from Cambridge, Mass to Dallas, Texas in my life but I have never ever come across such a truly outstanding practice. Dr. Christopher Yoo, and his father Dr. Yoo Senior, are both outstanding professionals. They have created, trained, and nurtured an outstanding staff from the reception desk all the way to the operatories. I will have to use my calculator to count the number of times Dr. Yoo uses gentle and comforting words like "sir", "please", "thank you", "appreciate it", etc. When I am in the operatory, I have the honor and pleasure of being in a very refined and multitalented company of Dr. Yoo, who takes the time to explain and teach all aspects of his treatment and empower the patient to follow up and take care of their dental hygiene. I want to specially mention appreciation by Dr. Yoo's peers. My friend Dr. Kevin G. Murphy, Baltimore, who is a well regarded periodontal-prosthodontic practitioner thinks very highly of Dr. Yoo and he personally recommended that my wife and me to be under Dr. Yoo's general dentistry practice and care. Please convey this review and my thanks to Dr. Yoo and his staff.
Subhash K.
This was my first visit to Dr. Yoo's clinic and I was very impressed with all aspects of the practice. When I called to make an appointment, I was scheduled for the very next day. The receptionist was gracious and very polite, both on the phone while making my appointment and when I arrived at the clinic. The person who referred me to Dr. Yoo had told me many things about the practice, so although I wasn't surprised, I was very impressed with the high-tech environment and the way it was used to make me both better informed and very comfortable during my initial examination and cleaning. Especially interesting was the digital imaging of my teeth and the camera tool that provided a real-time image of my individual teeth. All of these images were present on a screen that I could view while in the chair. Dr. Yoo was very personal, patient, and supportive, and took time to carefully explain his findings and recommendations. I highly recommend Dr. Yoo and his staff and look forward (really!) to my next visit.
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Declaration on Open and Transparent Government
The Declaration on Open and Transparent Government was made by Cabinet in 2011. It sets out a government-wide approach to increasing the openness and transparency of the New Zealand government, by actively releasing high-value public data it collects and holds on behalf of taxpayers.
New Zealand Data and Information Management Principles
The New Zealand Data and Information Management Principles (NZDIMP) are a set of seven principles under which the New Zealand government releases its open data.
The principles state that data should be:
- open
- protected
- readily available
- trusted and authoritative
- well-managed
- reasonably priced (preferably free)
- reusable.
Unless there are identifiable reasons for its release, personal and classified data remains protected. Government data and information should also be trusted and authoritative.
International Open Data Charter
New Zealand signed up to the International Open Data Charter in 2017. The charter supports and builds on the New Zealand Declaration on Open and Transparent Government and the supporting Data and Information Management Principles.
The charter has six principles and supporting actions. Data should be:
- open by default
- timely and comprehensive
- accessible and usable
- comparable and interoperable
- for improved governance and citizen engagement
- for inclusive development and innovation.
Applying these principles and actions will:
- reinforce New Zealand's continued commitment to open data
- ensure New Zealand remains internationally aligned
- provide government agencies with clearer principles and supporting actions for accelerating the release of open government data.
Principles — International Open Data Charter


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Despite rumors that spread like wildfire on the Internet this evening, NBC's 'Community' has not been canceled.
The comedy show, which stars Joel McHale, was not on the NBC's midseason renewal plans, but The Hollywood Reporter said that the show was not canceled.
After 'Community' enthusiasts started to panic thinking the show was canceled, Brain Stelter, a New York Times reporter that covers television and digital media tweeted the following:
"Community is definitely NOT cancelled, NYT's Bill Carter says, two cubicles over. NBC says it'll be off the air for only a brief time."
While the show is on NBC's prime Thursday night slot, it's no secret it's struggling.
According to MSNBC.com the show's most recent airing attracted 3.5 million viewers, which is just short of its season low.
And for those who care to know, 'Prime Suspect' was not canceled either.


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iphone 4s
i update from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0 or 1.3.0 airweb.After i finished,it can not run when i open this app.
i restart my iphone ,deleted this app and reinstall,it still cannot run correctly.
no jailbreak.
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What do you mean it can not run? What happens when you try to open the app?
sorry ,i am not good at english.
i mean:After i downloaded this app,then touch the icon"air web",then it opened,but nothing shows.it is very strange!
1.1.0 is ok,but the later ver 1.2.0 and 1.3.0 i can not use it
help me ,thanks
Can you take a screenshot of what comes up on the screen after the app has launched and email it to support @ airwebapp.com? To take a screenshot click the home button and the power button at the same time. The screenshot will be in your camera roll in the Photos app after that.
ok , i emailed .have you see?
a short viedo named:air web bug
Got it, I'll continue this over email.
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Eye Level offers excellent business opportunities in more than 19 countries to those who have passion and ambition in education!
Eye Level is the Global Leader in Math and Language Education. We nurture:
Eye Level is one of the foremost global leaders in supplemental education. More than two million children in 19 countries have benefited from the Eye Level Program.
In an increasingly competitive world, academic achievement is at the forefront of parents' priorities for their children and the Global private tutoring market is expected to surpass US$102.8 Billion in 2018. As a premier supplemental education and enrichment program, Eye Level offers a competitive franchise opportunity for its partners with its effective program, backed up by the headquarters' strong business related support.
1. Smart People Do Smart Business!
We are looking for ambitious entrepreneurs who value quality education and financial success!
2. We Are Family!
Our success depends on your success!
Eye Level Excellent Awards
Every year, excellent performing franchise owners are awarded with a free trip to Korea to share their know-hows and network with other franchisees around the globe.
Franchisee Meetings
Regular meetings are held by each regional office to allow franchise owners to feel a sense of belonging and share new ideas.
Eye Level Knowledge Community
Every year, teams with innovative ideas present and compete for a chance to win a ticket to Korea for the final round.
3. Eye Level Global Vision
Eye Level Welcomes You to Join Its Global Community and Network in 19 Nations over the World.
Daekyo has launched into the overseas market to serve not simply the Korean immigrants but to reach a wider audience. The local residents have been receiving Daekyo's competitive high-quality education services which is improving day by day as it grows in to a world-renowned educational company. Daekyo foresees high growth potential in the overseas markets thanks to the continued consumer demand for education and the availability of advanced education delivery systems.
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We're looking for franchise owners who are outgoing and have sales, marketing, and who loves working with children. A person who has a passion for education and would like to contribute to the society through an education. You must have a minimum of $75k in liquid capital, and be ready to make a full-time commitment.
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Our saddle pressure mapping system is comprised of a thin and flexible film upon which 64 sensors have been positioned. The maximum measurement frequency is 200Hz; information can thus be gathered with high precision. The data are wirelessly transmitted, which makes both indoor and outdoor measurements possible. The film is applied on the saddle and the cyclist may position himself on it without changing his riding style. In this manner the pressure distribution on the saddle can be measured static as well as dynamic, i.e. while cycling. Using a color scale, the pressure distribution in the different saddle areas is displayed graphically.
- Measurement of the pressure distribution in different seating and handle bar positions
- Comparison of different saddle types
- Displaying of the results though a colour code or a 3-D pressure chart
- Features to analyze asymmetries and phases of loading
We obtain valuable data related to how your body is interacting with your saddle.
- Mean pressure across the saddle
- Front and rear saddle pressure (pubic bone v's sit bone)
- Max pressure values and their location on the saddle
- Left and right side pressure comparison
- Center of movement and pelvic tracking pattern
- Gross angle of pelvic hemisphere alignment
We dynamically record the planar pressure stain inside the biking shoe. The pictures of the pressure measurement contain information on the stressed points inside the shoe. This may help to choose the fitting of the shoe, the tension of the straps and it is possible to fine-tune the shoe – pedal connection. And finally, one may use these pictures to choose insoles, wedges or even to order customized ones. Each of the measuring soles contains 32 sensors. The data are wirelessly transmitted and saved. This ensures the cyclist's mobility during the measurement. The maximum measurement frequency is 200Hz; information can thus be gathered with high precision.
- Displaying of the results though a color code or a 3-D pressure chart
- Cue-play and return features for the pressure measurement data
- Individual definition of foot-areas for which maximum values and power curves can be displayed
- Color printed report
We obtain valuable data related to how your feet are loading and unloading during active pedaling.
- Mean Pressure across the foot
- Foot pressure in each zone (by zone)
- Max pressure values and location on foot
- Left and right side pressure and force comparison
- Foot pressure tracking pattern


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|Naturi Naughton as Tasha St. Patrick
By Kaila Kea
I have a confession…I hate Tasha St. Patrick's look. I hate the weave. The boots. The make-up. Oy, the make-up. Don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with actress Naturi Naughton. As a matter of fact, I really dig Naturi. She seems like someone who would be great to know in real life. Her comeback from her early days in a music trio is arguably one of the best glow-ups we've ever seen. Not to mention, she stays away from the drama, enjoying a successful career on the ever-popular Power while keeping her private life…well, private. We can all learn a thing or two from Naturi.
In fact, it is my love for Naturi that makes me hate Tasha's look even more.
In fact, it is my love for Naturi that makes me hate Tasha's look even more.


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Powder Mountain
With access by lift, snowcat, heli, and converted school bus, sleepy Powder Mountain offers one-stop schralping just 55 miles from Salt Lake City. Powder's built upside down, so you park near the top of its modest 2,005 vertical feet and ski down to the lifts. Though many of the resort's lift-served runs may not be as steep as Alta's, they're nearly as deep—400 inches annually. With last year's high-speed upgrade of Hidden Lake, you can now access the same acreage as Vail (5,500) for only $53. The best part? The mountain offers zero shopping.
Powder Day: For the biggest bang off the Paradise quad, ski beneath the lift to short but steep Saddle Chute and Eureka, skier's left of the spine. Then move farther down to the right, dropping through several steep rock-slot options to wide-open Silver Bowl and Powder Horn.
Three Days Later: Unlike Utah's more famous resorts an hour away, Powder Mountain stays fresh days after a storm. To guarantee untracked snow, spend $150 for a single guided heli drop and a full-day lift ticket, and grab 2,800 vertical feet of untouched powder off nearby James Peak before hitching a lift.
Park and Pipe: With a 400-foot-long, eight-foot-deep halfpipe and dozens of other features, the Hidden Lake Terrain Park is your best bet.
Backcountry Access: Hire a Powder Guide (powdermountain.com) and tour southwest into Wolf Creek Canyon, an 800-acre, lightly treed, 30-plus-degree drainage with a shuttle bus waiting at the bottom. Or if you really want to cheat, $10 gets you a snowcat ride to Lightning Ridge for countless 2,200-plus-vertical-foot runs.
Weather: Located at the northern tip of the Wasatch range in a north-facing valley, Powder gets hammered by microsystems that can skip Alta.
Après: Open till five on weekdays and six on weekends, the Powder Keg, downstairs in the Timberline Lodge, serves baseline suds and grub. Specialties include the flame-broiled Powder Burger and PBR on tap—yes, we just called PBR a specialty beer.
Fuel: Nobody hurries anywhere at Powder, even on powder days. So take a few minutes to chow on a sourdough scone in the cafeteria (which doesn't open till 9 a.m.) before you head out for laps on Timberline.
Up all Night: They roll up the streets in nearby Eden every night. So unless you're willing to travel to Salt Lake City, plan on getting 12 hours of sleep.
Digs: Few slopeside hotels here. If you book early and come with seven friends, you can stay for less than $55 a night (three-night minimum) at condos or private homes on the mountain. We liked Pow Mow Ski-Inn Condos


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I spent my last day here reading in these chairs by the ocean. I know, it's hard, but someone has to do it.
This guy watched me the entire time. I must have looked suspicious to him.
Then I went for a late lunch to the Pacific Way Cafe. The food was delectable and the wine was wonderful as always.
Should you ever find yourself in Northern Oregon (and you really should consider finding yourself in Northern Oregon!),this place is the perfect seafood restaurant Pacific Way Cafe.
After dinner I came back here, packed and then made myself a goodbye Oregon cocktail.Print
Marionberry Cocktail
- 1 t marionberry syrup
- 1 shot vodka
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- Mix all the above in a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Drain into a cocktail glass with a sugared rim…
Goodbye Oregon, I promise I'll be back soon…


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Gabourey Sidibe at 2010 SAG Awards
2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe is all about bold colors. Tonight she's a babe in a bright amethyst Pamella Roland. But, what I'm really zooming in on are her diamond earrings and necklace. What's your verdict?
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1 cup plain soy yogurt
2 cups water
1 teaspoon rosewater (optional)
6 tablespoon sugar
8 tablespoon mango pulp (best & easiest if canned)
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend for 30-60 seconds. For a thicker lassi, add more yogurt and a bit more mango. I never concern myself with exact measures. Also, many people like to play with the amount of vegan sugar and mango to vary the sweetness- that is always good, but try it this way first.


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Film adaptations of the best-selling books have been aplenty these recent years. Here's a list of books that are hitting the big screens soon – read 'em before they go on reel!
The Dark Tower brings the reader along a sci-fi, dark fantasy ride as it tells the story through the eyes of gunslinger Roland Deschain. It is set in a fallen Mid-World land, and much like knights in the medieval times, Deschain's quest sees him saving the decaying world.


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London has enermous amount of sightseengs, it's impossible to write them all down...
All I an say is to try to avoid the on peak time,(8-9 am) when it's almost impossible to use some undergrund ways because of the crowd.
If you willl arrive by plan, I recomend to use airport shuttle service, it's easy and you can spare time with that. Check this site: (Admin: Link deleted)
John Dennis
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You have lots and lots...
london's museums, galleries, tourist detinations...
Westminster Abbey, London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Harrods, Madame Tussauds, Tower of London, British Museum,...
Annette Jones
There isn't a specific time to visit London-all year around, they have wonderful things to do and some places you might want to see would be the Westminister Abbey, Stonehenge, Windsor Castle and the Tower London.
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I am also planning for travelling to london specially Cyprus(villasrentcyprus.co.uk) with my family...I already hired a Cyprus Villas for 3 nights and 4 days..I am very excited about my this trip to london.


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A naked American man stole my balloons.
Title: An American Werewolf in London (1981)
From John Landis this is my favorite werewolf movie and one of my favorite movies of all time. Two American students were touring the English countryside when they were attacked by a lycanthrope (werewolf for the lay person). One dies, the other survived, but infected to become a werewolf in a murderous rampage about London.
Memorable Quotes:
Jack: It's a full moon.
Jack, David: Beware the moon.
David: And stick to the road. Oops.
Jack: I vote we go back to the Slaughtered Lamb
"On the moors, we were attacked by a lycanthrope, a werewolf. I was murdered, an unnatural death, and now I walk the earth in limbo until the werewolf's curse is lifted. The wolf's bloodline must be severed; the last remaining werewolf must be destroyed. It's you David."
"A naked American man stole my balloons."
The linking actor is Jenny Agutter. She was probably my first glimpse of a naked woman. Could there be a hotter actress in a nurse uniform than her? I also didn't see this movie in the theatres. I saw it on either HBO or ON TV (remember them?)


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Bike of The Week: Santa Cruz Blur
We're very excited about the fantastic mountain bike that rolled through our doors a few weeks ago. This black XL Santa Cruz Blur LT is outfitted with a great Deore XT groupset. With a standover of 30.7″, this is perfect for riders 6′ tall or taller. The frame was manufactured sometime between 2005-2007.
This 27-gear Blur (3×9) with Juicy Sevens hydraulic brakes provides you the means to get up and go as well as the ability to stop on a moment's notice. Suspension is provided by a Fox Float R in the front and a Fox RP23 in the rear. Additionally, the Blur uses the venerated VPP (Virtual Pivot Point) system for the utmost in rear suspension responsiveness.
This beauty is available now for only $1250.00. At that price it will go fast. You can come check it out at The Bike Kitchen before someone nabs this deal and heads for the trails. We're open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 5 PM and are located at 860 Pacific St in San Luis Obispo (corner of Morro and Pacific streets). Come in and see us!
The Bike Kitchen is a program of The SLO County Bicycle Coalition. We have all the parts, tools and knowledge you need to fix your bicycle! We can help you build a bike from the ground up, fix that junker you just found at a garage sale, or simply tune up your bicycle. Looking to buy a gently used, ready to ride bicycle? We sell them! We serve all types of people, and are committed to creating a safe space for everyone and have provided guided instruction to over 7,000 people since opening our doors in 2010.


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Torch. 8 function Multi tool. 3-in1 Compass, Magnifier andThermometer. Packed in a carry pouch. Product Size: 100 x 50 x 45mm. Product Packing: Bulk Packed. Decoration Size: Knife 60 x 4mm, Torch 40 x 7mm, Pouch 30 x 15mm. Decoration Position: Knife, Torch, Nylon pouch. Decoration Method: Pad Print | Laser Printing. Carton Quantities: 96. Carton Size: 36 x 23 x 37. Carton Weight: 21.6. Colour: SilverBlack. Price includes: See drop down menu for decoration options.


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Karl Marx was not necessarily the last of the philosophes, but in contrast, he could easily be seen as the death of the philosophes. Karl Marx was avidly opposed to anything having to do with reform, instead, he advocated the revolution of the proletariat. All of the eighteenth century philosophes were in support of reform through already established governments in order to implement their own ideas. Karl Marx was influenced by, but directly opposed to the political reform strategies and the internal reform ideas of the French Socialists. Marx believed that only revolution could cause true reform through destroying the social class structure. Piecemeal reforms would not be able to transform society because the class struggles that permeated throughout history were never accidental factors, but class struggle was in itself deliberate, and the proletariat would have to become class-conscious in order to overcome their oppressive existence.
None of the philosophes brought that much complexity into their political ideals solely because they were reformist in nature according to Marx's taste. He was influenced by them, yet he understood that he would have to oppose all of their ideas in order for him to create what he thought was the correct intellectual agenda and ultimately achieve the revolution of the proletariat. However, Marx conducted political writing and research in the very same ways that French philosophes such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau did. He used a variety of directly opposing views as his resources, and he wrote his agendas in such an authoritative manner that would be reminiscent of Rousseau. However, Marx's nullification of all past political works including the philosophes and his radical, purely working class rhetoric would have been bizarrely foreign to the Enlightenment philosophers, and thus Marx only had abstract connections to them.
Marx's theories were purely working class and revolutionary in manner. Marx was indeed, the beginning of a new era in political writers who would write according to their own analyzations of events around them, (such as Marx's reactions to the revolutions of 1848). Marx utilized his own interpretations of Hegelian historical analysis in order to define and point out class struggle in the world around him. Although Karl Marx absorbed influences and styles from the aforementioned great philosophers of the preceding century, his work can be more accurately interpreted in view of his contemporary surroundings.


text: Alex Sox-Harris has a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology and M.S in Statistics from Stanford University. He is Associate Director of VA Program Evaluation and Resource Center, tasked with monitoring the treatment of VA patients with Substance Use Disorders (SUD). He is also the Research Coordinator of the VA SUD QUERI, striving to improve the quality of care for patients with SUD through implementation research. His primary research program has focused on validating measures of SUD treatment quality and refining the processes by which quality measures are developed. He has also documented great variation in the application of consensus standards of SUD care within the VA system. He hopes to use his participation in IRI to develop implementation studies aimed at reducing this undesirable variation and, more broadly, to increase the SUD QUERI's contribution to implementation science.


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DualShockers' Community Playdate: Dead By Daylight
The August Playstation Plus games were just released this week. Most of our community members are now sitting on a brand spanking new copy Dead By Daylight. You know what that means: let's kill each other!
It's DualShockers Weekly Community Playdate again!
Where: https://www.twitch.tv/dualshockerslive/
When: Tonight, August 9th at 8:30 pm EDT
We'll be playing the PS4 version of Dead By Daylight. Once again, we'll be communicating with each other using PSN voice chat. That's the easiest method for everyone actually playing… though this time it will probably make things much easier for the killer. Oh well.
Anyone with a copy of the game should feel free to join the party. If you don't have the game, you can always grab it via our affiliate link at Amazon.
Join us for Dead By Daylight!
Each week, we end up discussing potential Community Playdate titles in the Official DualShockers Discord channel.
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Three races were sailed on the second day of the XV Lino Favini Cup in Luino. Amazing summerlike October day and better wind conditions made the Race Committee and sailors happy allowing execute one race in the morning breeze and two in the afternoon.
Local team of Flavio Favini on Maidollis collected three bullets and takes the lead after five races sailed.
Because of not typical wind conditions yesterday the Race Committee led by PRO Enrico Vaccaro decided to take the most out of the morning breeze and the first warning signal was signaled at 9am already. The northern wind dropped during the race and it was more than clear that the sailing can continue only when the afternoon breeze would fill in. This happened around 2pm increasing quickly up to 15 knots and consecutively two races were sailed.
The team of Gianluca Perego's Maidollis ITA854 helmed by Flavio Favini found their right move after a bit rusty first day and did not give many chances to the rivals today. They finished all three races with a considerable margin ahead of Akos Csolto's Seven-Five-Nine HUN759, Sergio Caramel's Arkanoe by Montura ITA809 and Robert Bakoczy's FGF Sailing Team HUN728 in the third, fourth and fifth race respectively, jumping to the lead of the ranking with nine points in total after five races and one discard.
Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team GBR694 with Geoff Carveth in helm scored 4-4-9 and discarded the final race, being second in the provisional podium now, one point separating them from the leader. Marco Cavallini's Jeko Team ITA638 jumped to the third position (3-8-6), five points behind the second place.
The battle is fierce among top six teams as the fourth and fifth, Marco Zammarchi's Taki 4 ITA778 with Niccolo Bertola in helm and FGF Sailing Team HUN728 respectively, are tied at sixteen points and Michael Tarabochia's White Room GER677 with Luis Tarabochia helming is only two points behind.
A maximum of eight races will determine the winner of the 2018 Melges 24 European Sailing Series, 2018 Italian Melges 24 Tour, 2018 Melges 24 Swiss champion and the winner of the event itself. For the final racing day, where the last warning signal can be made until 2:30 pm, the racing has been scheduled to start early morning again – at 9 am. Three more races can be sailed.
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