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Trae Young had 22 points on 7-for-21 shooting to lead the Sooners (18-13), who must now anxiously await their NCAA Tournament fate following their eighth loss in their last 10 games.
The Sooners beat the Cowboys by 20 in early January, back when they were ascending to No. 4 in the nation. But things began to fall apart midway through the conference schedule, beginning with a lopsided loss to Kansas State and an overtime defeat to the Cowboys in Stillwater.
Things weren't a whole lot better during the first half at the Sprint Center. Young was hassled every time he touched the ball, nobody else made shots and the Cowboys slowly built a 39-28 lead.
Young finally got on track for the Sooners, burying back-to-back 3-pointers when the Cowboys' defense lapsed. That kicked off a 12-2 run that concluded with Brady Manek's 3-pointer and drew coach Lon Kruger's slumping bunch within 52-46 midway through the second half.
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Actor/Comedian Karunakaran Asked Sorry To Actor Vijay !! Check Out The Reason !! - Chennai Memes
Actor/Comedian Karunakaran Asked Sorry To Actor Vijay !! Check Out The Reason !!
There's no denying the fact that Vijay is one of the most talented and charismatic stars in the Tamil film industry today. Fondly called 'Thalapathy', the actor enjoys a strong fan following thanks to his good looks, dashing personality, humble nature, impressive versatility as a performer and positive attitude towards life. During his career, he has starred in quite a few big blockbusters and this has established him as a force to be reckoned with. The actor now enjoys a huge fan following across Tamilnadu.
Recently, a battle between the fans of actor Vijay and Actor/Comedian Karunakaran took place in twitter. The actor posted a series of tweet confronting the fans of Vijay and also filed a complaint against them for death threat. Now nearly after 5 months the actor apologized to actor Vijay for using the word "hate" in his earlier tweets.
Karunakaran's tweet read as "I actually don't hate any one .I feel sorry I should not have used that word hate @actorvijayAnna one of my favourite he knows 👍🏻👍🏻I am sorry if I have hurt any one by words on social media… I mean it 🙏Sorry"
Here's the tweet of the actor which was posted earlier :
Click here to know more about his earlier tweets.
Check out some of the reactions for his today's tweet here :
இப்ப தான் மனுஷனாய் இருக்க pic.twitter.com/rYOjWQeHow
— i Love VIJAY aNNaN ✳️ (@iLoveVIJAYAnnan) April 19, 2019
😎😎😎😎😎 pic.twitter.com/t9b1Tg3P7l
— ☣️️GOD OF WAR☣️ (@Suryagmailcom14) April 19, 2019
என்ன தளபதி படத்துல வாய்ப்பு வந்து இருக்கு போல 😁😁நல்ல நடிகன் டா நீ
— Thiyagu (@Thyagukk) April 19, 2019
pic.twitter.com/Af4mvaysLu
— G N SARAVANAN (@saravanan_gns) April 19, 2019
நம்புற மாதிரி இல்லியே
— மணிகண்டன் (@Manikandan8387) April 19, 2019
இந்த நாயி அப்படி கேட்காதே. ஏதோ வேல ஆகனும் போல அதா நடிக்குறான். பன்னுறதெல்லாம் பன்னிட்டு சாரி கேட்ட மறந்துறனுமா? #ஆறாதே_நாவினாள்_சுட்ட_வடு @vijaycircle
— Absar Ali S (@absarali007) April 19, 2019
Those fans still mocking and teasing him..venam pa..it needs a guts to ask sorry for hurting!.. accept his apology and spread positivity..don't abuse anyone!!
— BharatMersal (@bharat_mersal) April 19, 2019
Karunakaran is a Tamil film actor, who has appeared in character and comedian roles . He made his breakthrough in Soodhu Kavvum portraying the role of Arumai Pragasam, before playing roles in Yaamirukka Bayamey and Jigarthanda.
Karuna was last seen in a Thriller movie named "Kalavu" which has actor Kalayarasan in the lead and he is expected to be seen in Yogi Babu's Dharma Prabhu.
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HOMILY FOR ANNIVERSARY BLESSINGS - The Monitor - Diocese of Trenton, NJ
St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Freehold
In our Gospel from St. Mark our Lord Jesus and his apostles are traveling again with a large crowd following them. They are leaving Jericho, some claim the oldest inhabited city in the world. It was an agricultural center, with beautiful fruit and palm trees, and was a winter resort for the wealthy and powerful of Jerusalem. Early on it was a gift from Mark Anthony to Cleopatra. It then became the property of the Roman Empire and was given to King Herod to rule. This background provides a sense of the historical importance of Jericho in the ancient world and, therefore, a good place for Jesus to work a miracle.
Remember what our second reading from the Letter to the Hebrews said of Jesus: in his humanity, he was our representative before God to offer gifts and sacrifices for our sins. He was fully God but fully man. He understood human weakness from "within our skin" so to speak and dealt patiently with sinners as a result. Long before he walked this earth, however, it was predicted in the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, the source of our first reading, that the Lord would gather the remnant of Israel, including the lame and the blind, mothers and their children, and make of them an immense throng. Jesus and his apostles accomplished that, didn't they? Christ built his Church on the apostles, gathering to Himself "the lame, the blind, mothers and children" and all those on the margins of ancient society and we, as Catholic Christians, have inherited all that he preached and taught and did. That became the Church, an even more "immense throng" today.
In the Gospel this afternoon, Jesus meets a blind beggar who asks him to take pity on him. The beggar Bartimaeus had heard about Jesus and, despite the crowd's attempt to silence him, called out for Jesus. Acknowledging Bartimaeus' faith, Jesus works a miracle and restores his sight. St. Mark tells us Bartimaeus then "followed him."
Notice it was not the miracle that made him a believer. It was his belief in Jesus that resulted in the miracle. Jesus "restored his sight" saying "your faith has saved you." That is the lesson for us: faith saves, faith makes the difference, faith works miracles.
Notice a couple things. Though blind, Bartimeaus knew who Jesus was. Though blind, Bartimaeus didn't let anything stand in the way of his connecting with Jesus. Though blind, Bartmaeus expected Jesus would do something for him. Though blind, Bartimeus asked for something good, what he really needed. Through faith, Bartimeus gained his sight and wasn't simply satisfied with that: he became a disciple and followed him. How I would love to have been Bartimaeus! Can you imagine having the Lord Jesus say, "what would you have me to do for you?" What would you say?
The Bartimeus story has something to teach us. The world has known Jesus for 2000 years. We, as Catholics, have known him all our lives since our Baptism. As we have grown over the years, we have connected with Jesus: through our parents and family; through religious education; through the Sacraments; through our marriages; through the Church; through our faith. At the altar, we receive the very Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus. It is to the altar that we bring our joys, our sorrows, our needs, our prayers, the things that help us to face life in this world. From this altar we receive Christ and take him out those doors into our marriages, our families, our community, our workplace, our lives. The Eucharist helps us believe but our beliefs, our faith is what leads us to the Eucharist.
We may not be blind as Bartimaeus was but we have other things, other burdens to bear, other crosses to bear, other joys to celebrate, in other words, our life as it is. Our faith brings us to the Lord Jesus. We call out his name. Our faith enables to see Christ in our spouses, in our children. Our faith has made our married life different, better, fuller. Our faith saves us. Do we take his presence in our marriages for granted? Or do we decide to follow him and continue to ask his blessing for the years to come. "What would you have me do for you?" As you celebrate your years together with your spouse, perhaps your answer is simply … "more of one another."
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Avs to entertain Red Wings as Patrick Roy looks for record-setting win – The Denver Post
Avs to entertain Red Wings as Patrick Roy looks…
Avs to entertain Red Wings as Patrick Roy looks for record-setting win
PUBLISHED: October 16, 2013 at 7:25 am | UPDATED: April 28, 2016 at 7:32 am
Nathan MacKinnon wasn't even born when the famous rivalry with the Avalanche and Detroit Red Wings began, so while he's aware of it, that's only because of technology.
"It's fun to look at clips on YouTube and stuff like that," the 18-year-old Avs rookie said. "It looked like it was pretty intense."
It was. But retirements, time and the Avs' slippage of the past few years have dimmed the rivalry that once was appointment viewing for the whole hockey world and beyond.
"I hope I'm not going to see a lot of red jerseys, that's all I can say. I want to see burgundy and white," Roy said.
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It excludes all gargoor nets used on boats registered with the ministry and approved by EAD for research and scientific study purposes.
Ahmed Al Hashmi, executive director for the terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector at EAD, said the type of cage being banned in Abu Dhabi is popular worldwide, although the materials used to construct them varies.
“Fishermen try to put feed or something to attract fish to go inside. There is a large opening door for them, but it gradually becomes smaller and the fish becomes trapped. It cannot get out again,” said Mr Al Hashmi.
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For four days every summer, the Salt Palace becomes the world's largest playground and the ultimate destination for outdoor enthusiasts. Climbing walls. Check! Paddling area? Check! Trout pond? Check! Everything you could hope to find for an Everyday Adventure and you don't even have to bring your own gear.
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Pet Issues Archives - LA Progressive
You're Not Supposed to Be Happy By Tina Dupuy Tina Dupuy: The whole idea of a democracy is accepting you'll never fully get your own way in government. Posted on June 21, 2011Why Arlen Specter's Defection Should Terrify the GOP By David Greenberg On August 11, 1971, John Lindsay, the Republican mayor of New York City, radiating calm and charm after a 10-day camping trip in Colorado and Utah, stepped before a crowd in the ballroom of Gracie Mansion to announce that he was becoming a Democrat. After explaining where he believed his party had gone astray—Vietnam, wiretapping, […]
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Finding your bottle - Yachting Monthly
Finding your bottle
Message in a bottle's 'voyage' from UK to Australia
The message encased in a plastic bottle which was tossed into the sea at Morecambe Bay, Lancs by four-year-old Alesha Johnson has found her a 10-year-old penpal……….nine thousand miles away.
The youngster, from Perth, Western Australia, has written to Alesha six months after she sent the missive off.
Penny Hollliday of the National Institute of Oceanography, in Southampton said she had never heard of a bottled message travelling so far so quickly.
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Tomb Δ is of similar construction to the other built chamber tombs, and its burial chamber is roughly the same size as that of Tomb B, with internal dimensions of 3.45 m. x 2.50 m. x 2.66 m. It preserves in situ two of the five stone slabs that formed its roof, each of which measures 3.80 m. long x 0.90 m. wide x 0.45 m. high. The slabs rested on a wooden beam, the large sockets for which are visible in the two side walls. When the upper surface of the stone roof blocks was cleared, vivid black scorch marks and the remains of a fire were revealed. Rather than the remains of the dead person’s pyre, these are believed to have been caused by the burning of a variety of materials in the performance of posthumous rites (Fig. 44). The tomb is enclosed by a rectangular edifice used for worship purposes, the south-west section of which was destroyed when the later Tomb B was constructed. Three sides of the rectangular plan survive, while on the north-east side three courses of stone masonry laid in a stepped arrangement survive, and Z-shaped lead-coated iron clamps can be seen. Against the inner wall of the south-west side lies a rubbish pit (which was actually partly hewn out of the stone), in which a quantity of ash was found. Apart from the rectangular plan, on the south-west and north-west sides remains of floors were found, constructed of slabs made from a mixture of gravel, sand, scoria and probably lime. The scattered drums of Doric columns also attest to the grandeur of this building.
The tomb dates from the first half of the 5th century BC and was looted via a small opening in the south corner measuring just 30 cm. across. Of the grave goods only a few remains survive, such as fragments of terracotta figurines, gold rosettes and bronze phialai with holes in their bases that had been crushed or deformed after they had been used to make libations during the performance of devotional rites. It is worth mentioning that other similar ‘crushed’ phialai have been found scattered throughout the Necropolis.
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President Trump speaks at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 99th Annual Convention at Opryland in Nashville on Jan. 8
Jeannette Daniel | 11 January, 2018, 09:11
Pool reporters traveling with the president said he mouthed what appeared to be some of the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner", but they could not tell exactly what he was saying or singing. "And yet, Trump seemed lost as he tried to sing along to the anthem before last night's national college football championship".
"You would think that a man who ran on a platform of pure patriotism and who spent months lecturing athletes about respecting the national anthem, would, at the very least, know the words to the anthem", Meyers began. As Americans commemorate King's birthday next week, the president will again be called upon to hear out those citizens who support using the First Amendment to protest racial injustice - including on the football field.
Most of the players from Georgia and Alabama remained in their locker rooms during the anthem - though Alabama star running back Bo Scarbrough was caught on audio yelling "F-k Trump" in the tunnel at the Atlanta stadium before taking the field. President Trump's mental state has already been called into question, and the bad lip sync has been identified by some as proof that the president's mental health is deteriorating.
"It looked like Donald Trump just kept repeating "applesauce" during the National Anthem", one Twitter user wrote.
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Send in the Puppy Killers – Militant Libertarian
Militant Rants Send in the Puppy Killers
Mili Note: I think you all know what I would do in this situation (or afterwards), so I won't spell it out. We have three dogs in our house and I am Director of a local animal rescue. Woe be unto the idiot who messes with my family.
from FreedomPhiles
Hello Freedomphiles! If you are a dog-lover, maybe Missouri isn't the place for you. Yesterday, I posted the disturbing video of a SWAT team who broke into a house and killed the family dog over a weed pipe and some shake, and today I find this article in The Riverfront Times, concerning a woman and her dog in a Saint Louis suburb:
"Her tail was wagging and she was smiling at him," recounts Alvarez, who says the man soon identified himself as a cop with the north St. Louis County suburb of Bellefontaine Neighbors. He said he was investigating a report of a vicious dog on the loose.
"I tried to tell him that Jade had never bit a soul and that she wasn't violent, but he didn't give me a chance," says Alvarez. "He drew his gun, and said, 'I have to shoot her. I have to shoot her.'"
Within seconds Alvarez says the officer squeezed the trigger dispensing a round from his department issued .40 caliber Glock right between Jade's eyes. The bullet exited though the canine's neck.
"I couldn't believe it," continues Alvarez, who says she attempted to grab Jade moments before the shooting but fell to the ground when her newly reconstructed knees buckled. "I had knee replacement surgery in January. I was lying on the ground wailing, and he just shot her. Just like that. My seven-year-old daughter was home sick that day and came running out to see her dog dying in the backyard. That dog was her baby — and mine."
Alvarez admits that Jade looked similar to a pit bull, but said the dog was not such breed. "She was trained as a service animal," she says.
The officer claims that he was responding to a call from her neighbor that her dogs were roaming the streets, and that the dog was trying to attack him when he shot it. Chief Robert Pruitt commented: "The dogs need to be in a fenced yard or on a leash, and that wasn't the case here. Our officer says the dog was charging at him, she says something different. The point is, we have dog ordinances to protect both parties."
Something doesn't smell right about this, though. First of all, the complaint wasn't that the dogs were violent or dangerous – just loose. Alvarez says she has an invisible fence (actual fences are banned in her neighborhood), but that it was broken. If that is true, I find it hard to believe the dogs were roaming the neighborhood. The point of invisible fences aren't to torture the family pet when it slips outside the boundary, but to condition it to stay within the yard. The dogs would be conditioned to the point where they wouldn't even test it anymore, broken or not.
Second, what was the cop doing skulking around in her backyard, anyway? Did he have a warrant? If he was following up on a call that the dog was doing something dangerous in the back yard, he would have probable cause to enter, but this was a nuisance complaint by one nosy neighbor. Why didn't he knock on the front door and ask questions? Even if the dog did attack him, it was his fault for trespassing on her property without justification.
The police department has not issued a statement on the incident, and it has been over a week. That alone is pretty telling.
UPDATE: An alert reader who calls himself Raoul Duke gave me this link to another story of impropriety by the Bellefontaine Police Department, where a man claims to have had a taser forced into his mouth and then driven to Illinois and stranded.
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January 29, 2022 November 21, 2020 by Kelly A Hartigan
Are your kitchen cupboards cluttered up with too many compact devices that can only do one thing? One to grind your coffee, one to make a smoothie and another to chop up salsa ingredients. When this becomes highly cumbersome, it's time to consider a blender food processor combo.
To get the best blender food processor for your kitchen, you have to consider a number of important features. This Best Blender Food Processor Combo Reviews has highlighted them so that you know what to pay attention to. First, you will require one with a motor power that's durable enough to meet your requirements (like pulverizing ice for silky smoothies).
This multifunction food processing blender offers you a swift and effortless way to make smoothies, shakes and juices on the go. With a one-touch operation, you can now effortlessly make your favorite drinks in 10 seconds. Once you're done, pull off the portable (570ml) bottle and enjoy it anywhere.
If you require a simple fine texture for your homemade hollandaise, then this machine will work its best for you. Most people cannot get the proper consistency no matter how much they try, and maybe you're just trying with the incorrect appliance.
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After reviewing all these exceptional products, if space isn't an issue for you, the Ninja Mega Kitchen System can serve you in the best way. And if you are looking for a versatile tool, then the Cuisinart PowerBlend can offer you more than your expectations. But if effortless handling of the combo machine is your main concern, then obviously Oster Pro 1200 is unbeatable.
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AuthorEmma ClarendonPosted on June 4, 2017 CategoriesMusic, Musicals, News, Theatre, UncategorizedTagsGary Lloyd, New Wimbledon Theatre, Prince
A new theatrical production celebrating the music of the late singer will be embarking on a UK tour in 2018 it has been confirmed.
Directed by Gary Lloyd (Thriller Live), this new production will explore the legacy of Prince through his music, visiting venues across the UK from February 2018.
This new show is presented by West End producers Adam Spiegel and Mark Goucher, with Claire-Bridget Kenwright and will feature a group of 26 singers, dancers and musicians to bring the music of Prince to life.
Talking about the news director Gary Lloyd said: “Prince’s music and constant reinvention is legendary, so to get the opportunity to bring that and all his colourful characters to the theatrical stage is a dream. There is also a real appetite for live music shows that showcase the musicians as part of the performance. Prince was all about this. Prince was a consummate, theatrical artist, but in our show his music is the star. There will be so much for audiences to enjoy whether they’re fans of musical theatre, Prince, or both. Purple Rain is a fast-paced, music lover’s night out that will tease, surprise and excite audiences in the same way he did.”
Casting and further dates have yet to be confirmed. The dates that have so far been announced are as follows:
Letter from the Leadership Committee of the Springwood Seventh-day Adventist Church of Brisbane, Australia
As the Leadership Committee of the Springwood Seventh-day Adventist Church of Brisbane, Australia, we desire to add our voice to others in sharing our concern regarding the proposal of the GC ADCOM with its document ‘Regard for and Practice of General Conference Session and General Conference Executive Committee Actions’. This document outlines a compliance procedure that concentrates authority in a hierarchical structure and thereby disempowers and suggests mistrust of Unions and the decisions made at Union Constituency Meetings.
We add our voice because not only are we, as local church, part of the decision making at such Union meetings, but also because the proposal suggests the compliance process being potentially implemented at other levels of church structure and we protest to it being the modus operandi that characterizes church practice. We believe it would be detrimental to the following:
The call of Jesus to love one another and be united in the Spirit (all the while appreciating the important distinction between ‘unity’ and ‘uniformity’)
The keen desire of our local church community (along with that of our Union) to ‘growing young’, and our resultant desire to positively impact our young adults, youth and children as we seek to emphasize things of eternal value in their discipleship. It is our desire to nurture belonging to a church that holds true to its biblical worldview while also contextualizing it to the needs of life today (including that of the dignity and equality of all).
Our God is a God whose governance is undergirded by freedom of choice. Our protestant heritage leads us to remain convicted regarding our current pattern of church operation. We see that it affirms any needed self-correction under the Holy Spirit’s guidance. We believe this new GC proposal will be detrimental to the robust health of our church-at-large, as together we pursue the Lordship and authority of Jesus in living out the Gospel Commission within our unique local context.
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Back2Basics Sober Living Staff Graduates With Doctorate
Back2Basics long-term residential drug rehab congratulates its own martial arts instructor on his doctorate in physical therapy.
Taken in martial arts class at Back2Basics Outdoor Adventures.
Because [Qigong] is so introspective, you have to be present and in the moment. It's not like running on a treadmill while watching TV.
Flagstaff, AZ (PRWEB) May 29, 2014
Ben Scharfenberger, Kung fu and Qigong instructor at Back2Basics long-term drug rehab and alcohol treatment program, recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a doctorate in physical therapy.
Scharfenberger has been mastering the practice of Kung fu and Qigong since age 19. Instead of pursuing a more traditional route in Chinese internal medicine for his education, he looked to the three-year doctorate program at NAU to move forward in his field and practice.
"It is an old custom of Chinese martial arts that you become a master in Chinese internal medicine," said Scharfenberger. "Physical therapy was better suited for me and my family; I've had opportunities to combine martial arts with my studies [at NAU]."
Founder and CEO of Back2Basics Outdoor Adventures, Roy DuPrez was roommates with Scharfenberger in 2000. Years later, DuPrez came to him about his potential business endeavors -- a "back to basics" drug rehab and alcohol treatment center that married physical and psychological life-skill building exercises.
"He saw the character and physical benefits of Kung fu training through a mutual friend of ours that I was instructing," said Scharfenberger. "The goal was to improve residents' health and expose them to something different."
Scharfenberger teaches Kung fu and Qigong daily, bright and early at Back2Basics Outdoor Adventures. By combining his expertise in martial arts and studies at NAU he is able to lead a class that simultaneously nurtures each resident's physical abilities, while improving their mental state.
"Every group that has come through is different, which is a challenge for me," he said. "I have to monitor their physical state in each class. That's where my physical therapy schooling has come into play."
The benefits of Kung fu and Qigong classes with Scharfenberger go beyond weight loss.
"My observations have been increased energy, improved mental state, patience and agility," said Scharfenberger. "Because [Qigong] is so introspective, you have to be present and in the moment. It's not like running on a treadmill while watching TV."
Watch a class on the Back2Basics Outdoor Adventures YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=0pzyc8-u7LY
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Other ‘low carb leaders’ suggested this was an unrelated, opportunist racist attack. But I completely disagree. They lit a fire, stood back and watched it burn. Their rabble-rousing and the accusations made by their followers – which went unchallenged by them – contributed to what happened.
In a later blog post, the doctor who received the racist email wrote that, while monitoring the reaction to our article, the ‘usual mix of accusations of conspiracy’ didn’t bother him. But what had bothered him was ‘seeing a number of clinicians involved in the low-carbohydrate movement not making any attempt to quell the rising anger or indeed making oblique references to me. On cue I started receiving my share of messages and emails…’
Wanting to draw a line under things, he has graciously accepted the Unwins’ consolations. But I think they could have been far more unequivocal.
Why did they not take this opportunity to call out the extremists, the conspiracy theorists, and correct the misconceptions – by saying that those who hold such views have no place in their following?
Because, frankly, it is not in their interests to do so, and possibly because they agree with at least some of it. Perhaps, in their mission to push the low-carb agenda, and save Britain from its diabetic obesity crisis, the monstering of good doctors is, as the expert suggested in his blog, just ‘collateral damage’?
The truth is, our article was not ‘anti-low carb’. The professors we quoted were not ‘against’ Dr Unwin – none even commented on him personally.
Dr Unwin has helped scores of his type 2 diabetic patients lose weight and control blood sugar – without medication – by following his low-carb diet advice (file photo of Accucheck monitor)
Debate is integral to science. It’s how it evolves, and moves forward. To call it a war, or characterise them as ‘opponents’ is a false controversy.
Dr Unwin has called it a ‘David & Goliath struggle’, but this seems disingenuous, considering the substantial media and political backing he enjoys.
Ultimately, NHS watchdogs the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, who had initially endorsed Dr Unwin’s infographics, conceded that the matter needed further investigation, and removed links to them from their website. A scientific approach would have been to engage with that process, rather than whipping up a frenzied mob in a bid to prove how popular you are, as some kind of proof you’re right.
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Please do not edit out inline citations! <ref>...</ref> - WikiTree G2G
Sources are critical to genealogy, and providing sources is an obligation in our Honor Code.
Our Help page on Sourcing reminds us that "As you become more experienced and start to collaborate with other WikiTreers you will need to learn how to create references, i.e. footnotes, endnotes, or citations. After stating a fact for which you have a source, surround the reference with these tags: <ref> ... </ref>"
Using inline citations helps the reader know which fact came from which source. My impression is that inline citations are optional for post-1700 profiles, preferred for pre-1700 profiles, and really becoming mandatory for pre-1500 profiles; the older a profile is, the more complicated it is to find facts for it, and the more important it is to know exactly which facts came from where.
An offline discussion among several of us revealed that many of us have had the experience of well-intentioned WikiTree members stripping out the <ref> ... </ref> that marks an inline citation, perhaps because they didn't know what they were, or thought perhaps they were GEDCOM garbage. They are not garbage! They are a vital part of documenting profiles!
Recently I had the experience of a surely well-intentioned person wasting four hours of their time carefully removing in-line citations from a profile and replacing them with a list of sources at the bottom. Knowing how carefully this had been done, and how much time the Changes tab showed had been expended, I felt horrible having to Restore the profile to what it had been before the work started -- but the profile needed its inline citations to show which facts came from where.
So I enter my plea -- if you don't understand <ref> or don't like them, that's OK -- but please don't destroy the work that others have done! Inline citations take some work to put in and are a valuable part of the profile!
edited Aug 17, 2020 by Robin Lee
Hopefully, you contacted that person that made the change and 'nicely' stated the above. If not, the person will continue to do that on other profiles and people may not realize that the changes were made.
commented Aug 17, 2020 by Linda Peterson G2G6 Pilot (519k points)
I added to the title, because if they are editing them out, they probably don't know that they are in-line citations....
commented Aug 17, 2020 by Robin Lee G2G6 Pilot (707k points)
I wish the inline citations would show up at the bottom in edit mode once they are entered. Imagine editing a research paper with your footnotes (bodynotes?) right in the middle of the page.
commented Aug 18, 2020 by Ron Moore G2G6 Mach 2 (21.3k points)
I believe I may have encountered that same member who Jack found going to great lengths to remove inline citations. The member I encountered knew exactly what they were doing, and they did it because they do not like the appearance of text that has footnote callouts -- footnotes get in the way of telling a pretty story. But all too many of those pretty stories are mythology. The stories that good genealogists assemble often are not pretty -- they contain inconvenient uncertainties and inconsistencies. We absolutely need footnotes to indicate where the details in a story came from.
I have had some stiff offline discussions with someone that clearly dislikes the inline citations. Some folks really feel passionate about them.
From a referencing perspective it is actually incorrect to "only list sources at the end". Sources hardly every cover the full biography. They usually only refer to a few facts and as such should be linked to those (if you follow scientific writing guidelines, see eg this rather gentle paper) If you want to add 'further reading' or See also links, those can go at the bottom as they do not relate to a specific fact.
commented Aug 18, 2020 by Michel Vorenhout G2G6 Pilot (222k points)
@ Ron - Hi, I'm not sure if you know already, but if you click on Turn on Enhanced Editor when editing a profile it highlights the citations, so it makes it a bit easier to tell citation from biography text.
Also really handy to ensure all your <ref> and </refs> are lined up correctly.
commented Aug 18, 2020 by John Atkinson G2G6 Pilot (478k points)
I have had the same happen, agree with everyone that has posted. One additional thing that a person or two has also done on a few profiles, has been to go through a few profiles and add their "Ancestry" source as inline cites, it was almost as if they just put it right before or after my cites. And when you click on their Ancestry link ... yea, you got it no sources listed, just one or two personal family trees. I pointed out to them to look under help, and advanced editing, but also pointed out that Ancestry by itself ... is not a source. As for the person that told me they did not like reading all that inline cites, I just told them not to click on edit mode, just read it like shows when you first click on the profile.
commented Aug 19, 2020 by Virgil Kester G2G6 Mach 1 (13.3k points)
Thanks for the reminder Jack. I've come across this twice in the last 3 months and in one case the person didn't understand what they were and in the other case, the person didn't like them. I'd recommend to everyone that if you see anyone stripping out the <ref> tags from a profile, refer them back Jack's post here.
answered Aug 17, 2020 by SJ Baty G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
An important request. Luckily restore is a very useful function but only if the changes are noted. If the history of the member involved shows that this is not a one off incident then I think you should look to involve a mentor.
answered Aug 17, 2020 by Helen Ford G2G6 Pilot (340k points)
Generally I do not do that. But I had someone go in and add incorrect inline citations to profiles I manage. I took those out because they were not correct as to where the information came from. And one actually would have changed the meaning of the information.
Just saying there could be another side to why this is done.
I added a note that all of the information came from the primary source and listed it.
In line sources are not useful in all profiles. Some are better because of all of the disagreeing sources to have sources listed with their respective arguments.
I have not removed any in quite sometime but sometimes removal is not a mistake. It is the PM's desire.
I use them when and where they make sense. Not on a profile with a single source. That makes no sense.
answered Aug 17, 2020 by Laura Bozzay G2G6 Pilot (670k points)
But in this case the person is removing them from several profiles, that the profile managers have chosen to format the biographies, using inline sources. Choosing to not use them in a profile that you are manger of is fine, but we should let others use their preferred sourcing style in the profiles they manage, and not remove the persons work.
commented Aug 17, 2020 by Patricia Roche G2G6 Pilot (458k points)
"I have not removed any in quite sometime but sometimes removal is not a mistake. It is the PM's desire. "
And yet, Profile Managers do not own any profile. Rather than having to guess which facts are born out by sources (or read through the whole source to figure it out), in-line citations explicitly show which facts come from which sources.
Incorrect information is another thing, correcting to show correct information from correct sources makes sense. (and then might be added to Research Notes)
commented Aug 17, 2020 by Jonathan Crawford G2G6 Mach 9 (92.8k points)
I agree, inline citations should not be added or removed but source changes should match the style of the profile.
Since the original post was not as much a question as it was a request to use a style I wanted to get clarification that it goes both ways.
I have also seen a few that had a confusing mixture of both inline and prose styles. Those in my opinion should use what will make the information clearer. Which is a subjective view.
Yes, someone who is taking them out for no good stated reason needs to be made aware of what they are and how the work.
commented Aug 17, 2020 by Laura Bozzay G2G6 Pilot (670k points)
Jonathan I agree no one owns the profile but generally we are asked to follow the PM's lead as to style and not to substantially change a profile without first contacting the PM. I am not in a place I can look up those policy statements but if you need me to I can find them. .
Laura, you make a good point, but what if someone wants to add information from a different source? How is that person supposed to indicate what source their information came from? Using only one source and stating that all of the info on that profile comes from that one source effectively prevents others from adding to that profile without messing it up.
commented Aug 19, 2020 by Edie Kohutek G2G6 Mach 8 (82.1k points)
Hi Edie that is a good question. I am thinking of some specific profiles I manage that are for people who lived 4 to 6 centuries ago. We have been looking for more sources for centuries. We in this case encompasses local historians, later family members and current members of an international organization based in France of which I am an elected official. If someone found a bona fide additional resource we would be thrilled. In that case the person adding a source would be perfectly in the right to change that note to read The following data fields are supported by this source and list what was originally filled in. Or if the source supports something the first source also supports a note could simply be added that says this source also supports and name the field. Since no additional sources have yet been found my fear would be is it real? It could be or it might be a secondary source that actually references the source already cited.
If someone wants to use inline citations in this situation they wiuld need to first direct everything already on the profile to the listed comprehensive source. Then add the new one. I personally would welcome finding such a new source.
commented Aug 19, 2020 by Laura Bozzay G2G6 Pilot (670k points)
I fully agree with the comments about not changing a profile's prefered layout. I like a neat time line in date order, unless I have any other details rather than a few census returns and a BMD. Then and only then it's story time. But there is a whole gamut of the "Story" type profiles that range from masterpieces to truly awful.
The John (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11) Smith (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14) lived at London (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10) before he moved to Bristol etc etc are the really awful ones.
Totally unreadable and unnecessary especially as it is gleaned from splitting a couple of census returns into their component parts. It really is important to give clarity.
As long as I dont have to waste ages searching for information buried deep in irrelevances everything is fine with me.
answered Aug 18, 2020 by Chris Hoult G2G6 Mach 1 (19.9k points)
The only profiles I have found with that multiple numbers for each fact are usually the result of a Gedcom import as most stand alone genealogical programs seem to attach each source to any fact. An example of the is https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Downie-177 which I found on Suggestion 867 Too many Inline Citations. It is the result of a Gedcom import in 2014 and been basically left alone since then. Very unreadable and is actually effectively unsourced as the only sources are actual Ancestry Public Trees.
My point is that sometimes those terrible looking Inline references style profiles are not the result of deliberate design and sometimes the result of generated profiles.
So that multi numbered every fact style profiles could quite easily be cleaned up so the actual source is lined up with only the needed facts and not for stuff that isn't needed. That would still keep the profile in the same style but clean it up a lot. What happened to the question asker (and others) sounds like a disregard of their preferred style that they have taken responsibility for looking after.
commented Aug 18, 2020 by Darren Kellett G2G6 Pilot (164k points)
I am beta testing an app to help with this type of problem and will see what it does with this if it doesn't get edited by someone else first.
commented Aug 18, 2020 by Hilary Gadsby G2G6 Pilot (176k points)
That profile is an interesting test case for my WikiTree AGC extension. I have made a local copy of the data for my regression tests. I should be get it to remove a lot more of the duplicate facts and sources.
Though as Darren says, there is a limited amount of improvement that can be done automatically when there are no real sources.
Good heavens, Darren!! How long did you have to look to find that perfect HORRIBLY sourced profile to use as an example! I am duly impressed!!
commented Aug 18, 2020 by Carole Bannes G2G6 Mach 1 (18.4k points)
Hi Carole it didn't take long at all. I clicked onto the suggestion tables, clicked on the 867 too many online citations open suggestion, found an orphan profile then checked the start info to check it was a Gedcom import profile.
I have done quite a few of that suggestion and it seems to have been a feature of Gedcom imports that generate multiple numbers for each fact. I find when working these profiles that a search of the generated Span code helps identify where the source is repeated and identify which individual citations are excess and which need to stay.
It's totally amazing. 131 citations and yet it's basically unsourced. The machine-generated references look like a Cartesian product.
commented Aug 18, 2020 by Leif Biberg Kristensen G2G6 Pilot (111k points)
The original import that this profile arrived with has at least another 50 similar examples lurking in the suggestions list, that I have found so far. I think most are orphaned. The profile manager was active in 2019 but is taking a sabatical. We all get very busy I had to let go for a while.. Do you want access to the list Hilary :-) or do I guess you already know how to get there? I think this would be an ideal testing gound for your app.
commented Aug 19, 2020 by Chris Hoult G2G6 Mach 1 (19.9k points)
Thanks to everyone who has weighed in on this! I did not intend to object to removing superfluous citations. (and of course it's often a judgment call as to what is superfluous!) But if a birth date has multiple citations including a parish record, a published genealogy, and several links to ancestry.com personal genealogies, the personal genealogy citations certainly can go. But as with everything about collaboration, making minor additions to a profile is a "just do it" thing, but the desire to make significant subtractions should trigger some kind of contact with the profile manager(s). If I plan major changes, I usually ask to be on the trusted list, which is a way of saying, "please put me on the team for this profile." A few times in the last 5 years the answer has been "no", in which case I am alerted that the profile requires extra sensitivity, and proceed accordingly!
answered Aug 18, 2020 by Jack Day G2G6 Pilot (363k points)
And Jack you have my permission to work on any of mine because I trust your judgement. You know that. But I don't give that out lightly! You earned it by how you handle these things and I truly appreciate what you do.
Just wanted to clarify that because I am a fan of Jack.
commented Aug 18, 2020 by Laura Bozzay G2G6 Pilot (670k points)
This is a question not an answer to those who prefer inline references. Why if you have a primary reference would you use more inline refs,?
Example- If you have one or 2 primary birth reference that shows correct information, Why would you use a lot of inline references to census etc, that show varied information not always correct for birth or birth place. For me it makes it more difficult to see if the information is from a reliable source . (not a fan of inline refs as i find often too many refs to unreliable conflicting info instead of just to the reliable sources. "Over sourcing to conflicting information is of no benefit when you have a source")
I can see why some prefer them, when there is no primary sources, they can be useful to show different possibilities or your conclusion.
answered Aug 18, 2020 by Jean Skar G2G6 Mach 1 (13.6k points)
I would want one reference for birth date, possibly two, no more, and these would be the best references I could find -- primary birth record, etc.
Since a census record gives you a glimpse of what the person's life and family were like at a particular time, I generally put the census information under a separate heading for that year in the person's life -- where he/she was, what their occupation was, where they were living -- and most importantly, what their family composition was at that point. That's where I would put the citation for the census data.
Of course, if I could find no primary record for age or birth year, and calculated it from the census, I would put a citation to the census after the birth information as well!
commented Aug 18, 2020 by Jack Day G2G6 Pilot (363k points)
Jean I sometimes add some that are in conflict, usually put that part into a research notes section
A lot of profiles are far from complete - works in progress, so you have to look at what you have and hope to find more later to solidify the facts
commented Aug 19, 2020 by Navarro Mariott G2G6 Pilot (147k points)
As was stated above, many profiles that have 10 citations for each 'fact' has come from a Gedcom, but you can also find half a dozen 'different' sources on family search for a marriage. Some might have different spellings, different dates (marriage intention vs actual marriage date), different locations (spouse lived in different areas, so both are sourced), some have one or both parents of each person, different spellings of one or both names, etc. Those are all valid, to me, because if you only put one or two, and those disappear, you could have nothing, but when they have different information, it is important to have them.
I have seen multiple birth sources for similar reasons because some may have no parents, one parent, or both parents.
Personally, I don't put census as a source for birth, other than the 1900 census since it has month and year of birth and that would only be when there is no existing primary birth source. That census also has approximate date of marriage, so if no source exists for marriage, it is a source.
commented Aug 19, 2020 by Linda Peterson G2G6 Pilot (519k points)
I just found an example of this, and when I looked at the person's contributions, it appears that is all they have been doing the past few weeks.
answered Aug 19, 2020 by Ron Rowland G2G6 Mach 1 (14.3k points)
edited Aug 19, 2020 by Ron Rowland
They may be thinking they're making an improvement, but if what they are doing is deleting all the inline citations, that is vandalism.
commented Aug 19, 2020 by Jack Day G2G6 Pilot (363k points)
If it is happening on multiple profiles, someone should create a Mentor Intervention, giving examples of the profiles that have been changed.
I'd recommend for folks to follow the problem with members protocols. You might find a solution that is lesser than an MIR. I'd recommend to reach out to the other member first and supply them a link to the specific help page. If after that, if they don't reply, they disagree, or they reply in anger, then an MIR may be warranted.
I'm all for directly supporting individual facts with an inline cite. It shows the reasoning with a click, but is not distracting to the reading if that's what you are doing. They serve their purpose.
However, links in the body of a biography - actually a form of inline citation - as well as good old text, also serve their purpose. If I am introducing or discussing the implication of various facts in the text of the biography, and to my knowledge there is nothing wrong with that, and then drop a link directly below that discussion to freely available online sources, I don't see what the violation of WT policy is. Yet someone recently went through a profile I was working on that very day (that I am still working on) a profile no one had paid attention to (literally - no one had touched it until I made a connection two days ago) in the 9 years it had been on WT, with no notice before or after, and took out narrative and links and put them in a footnote. Did not make the profile more understandable. Not collaborative.
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I didn't understand the unspoken pain points of the industry I was trying to enter.
Back when we were starting this company, we had a negative opinion on ebooks. They were basically paper under glass, and they didn't offer any other advantages from a story perspective over reading a paper book. There was a lot of flexibility and technology and convenience that the ebook format provided, but none of that enriched the content.
We wanted to improve them, and our plan was to embed adjacent materials associated with the story into the files – things like images, videos, definitions, character details, etc.
That process went pretty well. We got to work with a best-selling author and a famous rock star. We did a number of these interesting one-off or pilot projects.
It was an exciting time. I was running all over the world, doing talks, keynoting conferences in Sweden, and there was a lot of activity. We were on national television. We had lots of exposure. But at the same time, we just weren't making the returns we wanted to for our investors.
It wasn't a fiscally rewarding path.
We were readers that had a desire and a passion for the way we wanted content to be presented for us. But we didn't understand, for example, the hold Amazon had on major publishers.
At the time, when Amazon first offered a way to provide ebooks, they had a very healthy revenue share for the authors and booksellers. They were the main game in town when it came to getting ebooks to readers. As a result, booksellers had to go to them and adhere to their constraints, which included ebook functionality specifications. That meant things like videos, images, and even color would not work.
We were readers that had a desire and a passion for the way we wanted content to be presented for us.
We fell into a trap. You can read about an industry. You can go to conferences. You can interview people on the inside and have them talk to you. There's still a difference between an insider view and an outsider view.
There were unspoken rules and norms in the publishing world, and there was no one in our company that came from that world. In a situation like that, it's hard to provide a solution that's sticky enough.
One of the challenges of being a leader of a new technology and the CEO of a startup is that you have to have blinders on to get things done – by definition you are resource limited – and at the same time you have to have the peripheral vision to pay attention to the trends outside of your immediate goals.
For us, we had a client come to us and say, "We haven't been able to find anything like this. Could you do something specific for us?" We said sure, but I thought it was an anomaly. They were great to work with, and it was an interesting project, but I didn't think much more of it.
Only after recognizing that our original dream to work with publishers was not the right path did we see this one-off project was a perfect fit. That's when we pivoted the company.
What was peripheral has become our main offering. Often our clients are at the enterprise level. They have a lot of clout in their industry, and they have the luxury of taking risks and pushing the envelope.
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January 24, 1925 - March 8, 2013
Gene W. Strawman, 88, of Johnston, Iowa died on March 8, 2013, at Hospice Kavanagh House in Des Moines of complications from cancer.
Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, March 11, 2013, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Des Moines. Committal services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter.
Gene William Strawman was born on January 24, 1925, in Anamosa, Iowa, the son of Albert (Bert) W. and Marjorie L. Strawman. A member of the golf team and drama club, Gene graduated from Anamosa High School in 1943. He enrolled at Iowa State University, then felt the call to serve his country, and enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in late 1943. During World War II, Gene received education and navigator training at various military bases, and at Butler University, before shipping off to the South Pacific. He was a 1st Lieutenant and navigator for the 13th Air Force (commonly called Jungle Air Force), and flew on 39 bombing missions on a B-24 Liberator airplane. Gene was always industrious and hard working, starting as a young child working in his parents' strawberry field and also was a carrier for the Anamosa newspaper. As an adult, he was a successful salesman, and later co-founded Peerless Supply Inc. in Des Moines. On November 28, 1947, he was united in marriage to Marjorie A. Fitzsimmons. This marriage was blessed with three children, Jerry, Tom, and Linda, and lasted 49 1/2 years before Marge passed away in 1997. On March 13, 1999, Gene married his childhood sweetheart Lucille E. (Remley) Sunleaf, and saw his family triple in size with the addition of her family. Gene was a dedicated mentor for SCORE, Al-Anon, and the Boy Scouts of America. He was head usher at Westminster Presbyterian Church, where he was a member for 66 years, and was a member of the 13th Air Force Veterans.
Gene had untiring energy and ideas, and was always researching or working on a task. His most recent project was beginning to organize a memorial to WWII Air Corps veterans, to be showcased at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum. He loved to golf and travel, especially to Orange Beach, Alabama, during the winter months. Gene loved to bake cookies and bars and make Jello for the holidays. He was a kind, loving, and optimistic man, who was very generous with his time and talents.
Left to honor and cherish his memory include Jerry (Ardie) Strawman, Tom (Jan Nuetzmann) Strawman, Linda (Mike) Baldwin, Dave (Sue) Sunleaf, Larry (Mary) Williams, Ed (Laurine) Williams, Lucy (Curt) Ziemet, and Art (Amy) Sunleaf. Also grandchildren Carey (Chris Boysen) Seger, Jeff (Michelle) Strawman, Ryan (Heidi Nelson) Baldwin, Whitney (Mark) Rech, Ella Strawman, Brie (Matt) Brubaker, Beth Williams, Paul Williams, Brian (fiancee Cindy Mask) Williams, Mandy (Stephen) Daley, Grant Zeimet, Maja Stina, Annika, and Eliza Sunleaf: and great-grandchildren Taylor and Cael Boysen, John-Paul and Lainey Strawman, Ava Lucille Rech, Anna Nelson Baldwin, Emilee Williams, and Anna and Jackson Buzzard. Gene was preceded in death by his wives, Marjorie A., and Lucille E., his parents, and his sister, Nelda L., and step-son, Roger Sunleaf.
Gene's family would like to express their thanks to Dr. Mohammed Milhem, Dr. Kristi Chang, Dr. Douglas Henstrom, and Dr. Richard Allen of the University of Iowa Hospitals; to Dr. Richard Rinehart, Dr. Richard Deming, and Dr. Brad Hiatt of Des Moines; and to the exceptional staffs of Powell 3 and ICU at Iowa Methodist Medical Center and the Kavanagh House for all the wonderful care given to Gene.
Gene asked, in his final days, that his family should all walk in his footsteps, and lead long, happy lives. We will honor his memory by doing just that!
The family will receive friends from 3 - 5 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Iles Funeral Homes-Westover Chapel. Memorials may be given to Westminster United Presbyterian Church or John Stoddard Cancer Center (Powell 3). Online condolences will be welcomed at IlesCares.com.
To send flowers or a remembrance gift to the family of Gene Strawman, please visit our Tribute Store.
Strawman, W. Gene Visitation - Westover Funeral Home 6337 Hickman Road Des Moines, IA 50322
Strawman, W. Gene Service - Westminster Presbyterian Church 4114 Allison Avenue Des Moines, IA 50310
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Baccarat is known for a long time as the game of the kings, and with good reason. This game is one of the most played casino games around and it's easy to see the reason. In fact, baccarat has become so popular that more players are playing it in casinos than any other gambling game. If you go into an establishment these days and take a look around, you'll probably see at the very least one person playing baccarat, and possibly more. Baccarat isn't only a novelty found in Atlantic City: it is popular across the globe. Now, however, thanks to the Internet, it's possible to play Baccarat virtually from anywhere.
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WATCH: Aniah Blanchard's mother issues warning to parents at candlelight vigil | WBTW
WATCH: Aniah Blanchard's mother issues warning to parents at candlelight vigil
Posted: Nov 27, 2019 / 01:02 PM EST / Updated: Nov 27, 2019 / 01:04 PM EST
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) – The Summit Media family hosted a candlelight vigil, Tuesday, in honor of Aniah Blanchard. The 19-year-old has been missing since October 24th.
Multiple authorities have said that they believe they found Blanchard's remains in a wooded, rural part of Macon County on Monday. The results of any forensic testing to formally identify the victim have not been announced.
Blanchard's mother, Angela Harris, addressed the crowd at Homewood Central Park, encouraging parents to talk more with their children about safety and come up with a plan. You can watch her full interview at the vigil, above.
"Nothing you do can prepare you for some evil that is out there," Harris said. "So I'm begging parents."
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CounterPoint Music Festival | blu eCigs®
Here's what happened at CounterPoint 2014 Four live stages. Nearly 100 acts. Thousands of free-spirited festivalgoers. This is the recipe that turned Kingston Downs in Georgia into a musical powerhouse during CounterPoint Music Festival, April 25–27. A diversified lineup brought diehard fans from all over the country to enjoy sets from some of music's hottest acts.
Music-lovers, eager to set up camp before the festival started, poured into the campgrounds. Armed with camping gear, flags, colorful tapestries and good vibes, they crafted a pop-up village that would be their home away from home for the next three days.
The festival began with Poolside's DJ set on the blu Freedom stage, while a special surprise addition to the lineup, Break Science, broke in the Steeplechase stage.
Big Gigantic, always a crowd-pleaser in Atlanta, tore it up on the blu Freedom stage, and attendees broke out their dance moves with Matt & Kim—and danced into the night with a stellar laser and live band show from Pretty Lights. Krewella, represented by the two ladies of the trio, finished out the night with a beat-heavy set (and breathtaking laser show) of their own.
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Janelle Monae rocked it, including a pillow fight during her set. After judging a campsite decorating contest, A-trak delivered his set to welcome in the night (a reprieve from the Georgia heat). And later, a jam-packed lineup left fans with a few tough calls to make.
Determined to soak in a little bit of everything, many bounced from stage to stage throughout the night. From the highly anticipated performance by Foster of the People, to back-to-back sets from Wolfgang Gartner and Above & Beyond, day two closed out with a bang.
Rain Can't Stop Day Three
Two days of beating sun gave way to overcast skies for the final day, but that didn't dampen the spirits of fans, who sprawled on the hillside for afternoon sets before storms rolled in and shut down the venue for a few hours.
When the stages opened back up that night, fans embraced the muddy festival grounds. A condensed lineup preserved as much of the original schedule as possible, and Riff Raff fans got a special treat when he joined Diplo (from Major Lazer) on stage. The crowd went wild when Diplo crowd-surfed in a bubble during the set.
On the blu Freedom stage and back in their old stomping grounds, Outkast celebrated 20 years in the music scene with ATLiens, who couldn't get enough of the dynamic rap duo. And fans who powered through the weekend and made it to the last set of CP14 had their choice of sets from either Flux Pavilion or Tycho.
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Organic Matcha - Mint - Tipson Tea USA
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fatal allergic reaction – CBS New York
Allergic Reaction To Smell Of Cooking Fish Suspected In Death Of 11-Year-OldPolice say his father was cooking cod at his home on 82nd Street near Flatlands Avenue Tuesday evening when the boy began to have an apparent allergic reaction.
Staten Island Boy Dies After Suffering Allergic Reaction On HalloweenA Staten Island family is mourning the death of a 7-year-old who died days after suffering an allergic reaction on Halloween.
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I have always wanted to be special. Throughout most of my childhood, I felt like I wasn’t, like something was missing, like I had nothing exceptional to offer. I was simply ordinary, destined to live an ordinary life. It was far from satisfying, but I just didn’t really think I could be extraordinary. I did not feel brave, I did not feel strong, I did not feel like a leader. I remember countless nights going to sleep hoping that I would wake up with superpowers and I would be able to finally do extraordinary things and change the world.
It’s the sexiest trend nowadays: the desire to change the world. I don’t know why, maybe it’s a generational thing. Maybe it’s been the case for centuries. Who knows?
Regardless, the fact remains that most of us want to contribute, we want to “make a difference”, we want to “have an impact”. Whatever the hell that means. Because another fact is that most of us have no clue what we mean when we say that. We have no clarity about it. We just know we want to get involved and change lives, or the way the world works. And this is a beautiful thing. In many ways, my work consists in helping my clients tap into their full capacity to create, so they can make that difference they dream of in the world.
Where I got it wrong, and where I see most people get it wrong, is that we believe that we need to know what the impact, what the difference, what the contribution will be, before we really do something about it. We want to know what is this big breakthrough that we are going to make and not only that, we want to have some kind of assurance around it: what it looks like, how it feels, how it smells, how much money it will make us and most importantly, whether or not we will succeed. And we want all this before we dive in and give our all.
Well that’s a losing game if I ever saw one.
Because all of these answers that we want before engaging down the path emerge precisely from taking the actions and walking down the path. You only get them on the other side of going for it. Do you get me? You cannot know whether you’re going to succeed. You cannot know how your impact will look like or feel like. You cannot know how much money you’re going to make. You cannot know exactly what will be the nature of your contribution to change the world, until you get moving and actually start!
I still dream of superpowers and magic and changing the world. But there is something that changed since my childhood. Something I got to understand which has turned my entire world upside down. I discovered a superpower. I have the capacity for it, and you have the capacity for it. It holds in one simple word.
* COMMITMENT *
People who object to the above typically tell me that they can’t possibly commit before they have clarity and know whether it’s worth it. “Fair enough”, I tell them, “Good luck with changing the world.”
When I started in the world of changework, I explored approaches such as Hypnotherapy (therapy utilising hypnosis) and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. As I started working with clients, helping them reframe and re-create their world, I was often caught up in fears and doubts around my own competence because I did not feel as good as I wanted to be. One day I shared this with one of my teachers, and he replied: “You don’t need to be good to start, but you do need to start to be good.”
I’ll paraphrase him here and say: “You don’t need to be confident to start, but you do need to start to be confident.”
Because here’s one thing that has pretty much been true throughout history: the people who changed the world in significant ways all got committed to something way before they knew about the results, outcomes, impact, money, difference or fame that would come out of it. They got committed to a desire so deep within their bones that it didn’t matter what the outcome would be or whether they would ever reach it. They just went for it with all their heart and soul, committing to the process and pursuing the dream rather than questioning the outcome and being paralysed by the doubts of whether that would be “big enough”, or whether they could “do it”.
Entertaining these fears and doubts – which many of us do and reach a quasi-expertise in – is just a way to act out excuses so we can sit on the couch, binge-watch West World and do nothing about the Real World out there. Oh, and we get to do that whilst still claiming in public that we want to make an impact, of course, but that we haven’t found our passion yet, so we’re kind of waiting for an epiphany that will reveal our divine purpose to us, so we can then go out and shine bright and do what we were put on this earth to do. Blah blah blah. Excuses.
If you want to change the world, get committed.
Look within yourself and find something that you are willing to deeply and profoundly commit to.
Then start walking and don’t stop.
Work on yourself.
Invest in your personal growth.
Surround yourself with people who inspire you.
Do things that scare you.
Follow what fills you with energy.
Take tiny steps every day to act out your deepest commitment.
Serve people around you (family, friends, colleagues, clients) – because changing the world starts at home.
Really, the recipe is quite simple.
But the kick-ass ingredient? The type of commitment you make to yourself and the world.
It’s entirely up to you.
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
THAT THE MOMENT ONE DEFINITELY COMMITS ONESELF,
THEN PROVIDENCE MOVES TOO.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man [or woman, obviously…] could have dreamt would have come his way.”
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APP's Press Pass meet-up at Watermark tonight
What do you want to see on APP.com? What are we working on?
Meet up with us from 7-9 p.m. tonight (March 12) at Watermark, 800 Ocean Ave., in Asbury Park to find out.
Hear about our toughest enterprise projects and our latest stories to go viral from journalists including APP's investigations reporters Kala Kachmar and Susanne Cervenka, breaking news reporter Andrew Ford (pictured), and Asbury Park reporter Nicquel Terry.
Learn more about what we do in our newsroom and in the community.
And tell us what you want most from your local news website and what life's like for millennials in New Jersey.
Hang with us for Happy Hour (and take advantage of the Happy Hour prices), and hashtag your questions, live tweets and pics: #PressPass.
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Quilting - Blocks - C&T Publishing
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5 Questions To Ask Your Managing Partner | Above the Law
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Summer Associates
5 Questions To Ask Your Managing Partner
Nov 12, 2013 at 10:11 AM The year-end Biglaw management machine is starting to grind into motion. The compensation committee is starting to look at the numbers for individual partners — to decide who will be rewarded and who will be de-equitized. And the firm's A/R collections crew is starting to pressure the partnership to get bills out the door and talk to clients about what will be paid by year's end. The associate bonus committee? If one still exists, is must be having a hard time reserving conference room space to meet. The end of the year is a serious time for law firms. For many individual lawyers in Biglaw, it is the time of year when their die may be cast, in terms of compensation, lateral movement options, or even their continued employment. As anyone who follows Biglaw knows, we are living in interesting times, with many firms navigating choppy seas in terms of client demand, financial performance, and expense management. And at many firms, there has never been a wider gulf between the rank-and-file partner and firm management when it comes to the ability to make or influence decisions about the firm. Partners at many firms are often clueless about what the firm is doing and why, to the extent that partners are asked to vote on lateral candidates or even mergers based solely on the "reassurances" and "enthusiastic outlook" of management.
The net effect of this divide between management and the partnership? An increasing sense among partners that they are simply assets of legal "brands" rather than owners or even stewards of a professional enterprise. For many, it is a bit of a hopeless feeling, especially when they consider the Biglaw options down the street, which usually present the same level of management opacity to the putative "owners" as their current firm. But just because management likes to tell the partnership to "leave the managing to us, you just focus on building your practice" does not mean partners aren't entitled to information — even if it's just the personal views of the managing partner on certain issues.
Here are five questions for your managing partner. The topics are varied, but the answers given should give partners a good sense of both their relative standing within their firms and the values that drive the business decisions of their leadership….
Question 1: What should our partnership compensation spread be and why?
The answer to this question will say a lot about your managing partner. Of course, the content of the answer will vary widely from firm to firm, but what you want to see in response to this question is conviction — that the firm's partner pay policy is the best one going. If your managing partner can't sell that belief, it signals trouble on a number of fronts. For one, you can bet you will have a hard time recruiting lateral partners, given the prominent role managing partners play in closing those deals and the fact that compensation is usually reason 1(a), (b), and (c) behind any lateral move. Plus you always want your managing partner to be the best public and internal advocate for your firm's culture. Any equivocation on their part is not encouraging, especially on such a key topic as partner comp structure.
Question 2: What practice groups do you consider essential to the firm's future?
Biglaw firms today are increasingly being managed at the practice group level. You want to make sure your practice group is an important one for your firm. If not, you are on the slow march to the cliff's edge, where the best you can hope for is a few frantic months on the lateral market looking for a new home. With money tight, the only investment your firm is likely to make is in mission-critical practice areas. Better to know this sooner than later.
Question 3: Which office is the firm most interested in growing?
Resources in Biglaw are scarce, and the answer to this question will be telling. For some firms, the answer might be none. For others, it may be an office that is not yet opened. Either way, it is important for partners to be able to anticipate where the firm's resources may be diverted, and plan accordingly. Feel free to celebrate a bit if you hear that both your office and practice area are considered growth spots for the firm. That is the closest thing to employment insurance (with upside) that Biglaw offers today.
Question 4: Why can't we get rid of the summer associate program?
For many Biglaw firms, summer associate programs are more of an unnecessary marketing expense than a sound investment in the firm's future pool of talent. How your managing partner answers this question will illustrate their general willingness to consider radical changes to the typical Biglaw model. You may or not be comfortable with the ramifications, but it is an important thing to know.
Question 5: What client(s) do you feel the firm should be representing but is not yet?
Again, the answer to this question will give you a sense of your managing partner's sense of the firm's place in the market, and the value proposition it can offer to potential clients. The answer will also tell you quite a bit about the firm's strategy to deploy existing assets in the pursuit of new business. Hopefully the client(s) on the firm's wish list are those that you can personally be involved in securing work from and servicing. If not, you may need to consider trying to get on the radar screen of the firms that are already representing your dream clients.
Ultimately, the answers to these questions (an idiosyncratic selection for sure) should provide you a window into your managing partner's ambitions and management focus. If anything, for Biglaw to survive and flourish, information flow between management and the partnership needs to improve, particularly as firms continue to try and get either large/global or more boutiquey and focused on key practice areas. One question for you before we go: Can you really call yourself a (prospective or current) Biglaw partner if you would be scared to ask questions of this type to your firm's current managing partner?
What question would you ask your managing partner? Let me know by email or in the comments.
P.S. Of course, if you are currently a Biglaw managing partner and want to answer these questions for the ATL audience, let me know and we will figure out a way to let you do that — anonymously or publicly.
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21 Exchanges To Buy Bitcoin In West Bend, WI (2021)
Buy Bitcoin In West Bend
The city of West Bend, Wisconsin is home to approximately 100,000 citizens and is a popular place for people to buy bitcoin.
Here are the 21 best exchanges in West Bend to buy bitcoin.
Bitcoin IRA Companies In West Bend
Best Place To Buy Bitcoin In West Bend
With over 30 million customers, Coinbase is the easiest and most preferred method for buying bitcoin in West Bend. The verification process on Coinbase is simple, secure and streamlined. If you need bitcoins fast, customers in West Bend are able to make instant purchases with a debit card or credit card which incur fees of 3.99% or instant purchases with bank deposits which incur fees of only 1.49%.
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Discover canvas beautiful photos and images for your every day design needs. Free images and videos you can use anywhere. 10 Sites To Get Free Stock Videos For Social Media 20 Best Websites To Download Free Vectors 11 Best Royalty Free Music Sites For Your Amazing Videos Animaker Beautiful free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Free image sites . 14 amazingly free stock photo websites attribution and licenses explained when you do a google images search the resulting photos are not necessarily ones that youre free to immediately use. Another top site for easily sharing photos free image hosting is similar to imgur but without the trendy layout and or the convenient hyperlink shortener. All contents are released under the pixabay license
The truth is high quality stock photos dont have to come hand in hand with a hassle or high price tag. The 17 best free and paid stock image websites 1. Cool Free Stock Photo Sites For All Your Social Media Needs 17 Best Free And Premium Stock Photo Sites In 2019 31 Free Stock Photo Websites For Every Situation 2019 Colorlib Run by a 24 year old photographer who was tired of getting his photos rejected by major stock sites and decided to create his own picjumbo is now a thriving free stock photo community with a big selection of beautiful free photos. Stock image sites . This is because viewers on stock imagery sites browse photos as thumbnails so make sure your images look good small. Which stock imagery sites did you use. Pexels is the go to image source for many b
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Wordle word puzzle game "sparked into a star" after being acquired by the New York Times, continuously attracting many players and becoming a creative inspiration for other games in increasingly difficult versions, such as: Quordle with the player having to solve four Wordles at a time. Now, many word puzzle lovers have a new option with the game Octordle.
Octordle compared to Wordle and Quordle is somewhat different. With 13 guesses with eight different vertical lines, the player needs to solve all eight horizontal words at the same time. Play at: https://wordgames.gg/octordle
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Octordle - Play Octordle On Word Games
Octordle is one of the most challenging word games in the word guessing genre. Guess 8 words at once through up to 13 attempts.
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Ben is a three year letterman on the varsity football team. He is a member of the National Honors Society, National Spanish Honor Society, and National Science Contest Winner.
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OYO Corporation, Pacific - Doctor to the Earth
CAREER/PARTNERING
Japanese knowhow and technology
Sustainable design through geoscience
Environmental experts who protect and preserve
CAREERS/PARTNERING
We are an OYO Group company that provides civil design, geotechnical, and environmental engineering services
for US government clients outside the continental US. Engineer teams operate from our corporate headquarters
in Guam and a branch office in Okinawa, Japan while also maintaining a network of expert partners.
We're proud to be a prime source of "local" expertise in the Pacific since 2010.
OYO Corporation, Pacific has a unique corporate identity. It is not just a technical investigator of high competence. It is a solution provider and partner to authorities, general contractors, and local citizens. We take great care in meeting the unique expectations and circumstances of clients who encounter issues where the built environment and natural environment meet.
OYO Corporation, Pacific, with the support of its parent, OYO Group, provides civil, geotechnical, environmental compliance, and natural resources services and technologies honed through 50 years of service in Japan and the Pacific.
Creating "Kizuna"
"Kizuna" is a famous Japanese word about relationships that also conveys a strong sense of mutual trust and support. In partnership, "kizuna" is our guide.
The projects shown below are a small sample of OYO Corporation, Pacific's experience.
In a typical year, our engineer teams contribute to over 100 projects.
Individual efforts are spread across our core services and vary in terms of size, scope, and complexity.
Special Inspection of Record / Special Inspection Services for Yokose
The OYO team's Special Inspector of Record oversaw OYO-team functional Special Inpspectors for concrete, steel, and deep foundations. Work included complex concrete work in a marine environment, structural welds, high-strength bolting, seismic connections, and piles for deep foundations. Our expertise supported MILCON upgrades to make an installation fuel wharf capable of mooring the lastest class of tanker vessels.
Construction Inspection and Laboratory Services
Kadena Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP)
Our team performed a bottom-up reassessment of the installation ISWMP and qualified recycling program business plan. The foundational task was performing a solid waste characterization survey, which involved detailed sorting through 100 samples collected from throughout the installation. Supporting tasks included commodity market and economic feasibility analysis, updating waste management tracking / diversion databases, as well as performing an audit of the base...
Hakozaki Fuels Terminal Support
Provided on-site management of all tasks necessary to make three 200,000 barrel underground fuel tanks inspection-ready. Tasks included confined space entry supervision, tank cleaning, gas-free certification, erection of 13 levels of full internal scaffolding, and API 653 inspection team support.
Kadena Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) Facility Design
OYO Pacific was the Civil Designer of Record for MILCON design of three specialized warehouses for ADR materials. Created designs for three separate sites, each requiring separate analysis of site development, pavements, utilities, fire protection water storage tanks, drainage / infiltration systems, and retaining walls. Additionally, OYO led topographic and geotechnical surveys of each site, recommended foundation solutions, and provided local cost estimate...
Switchback Road and Slope Repair Geotechnical Investigation and Biological Survey
in Northern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan OYO Pacific conducted a geotechnical investigation in support of proposed rock bolt and anchor system design for the repair of a landslide which caused closure to a switchback road. OYO analyzed surface erosion and rock slope failure mechanisms through site modeling and provided design values and technical recommendations for the design of the slope stabilization system. In...
Study to Resolve Sinking Floor Slabs
at Various Buildings, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni. In this project, OYO worked as the lead geotechnical investigator to conduct an investigation of subsurface conditions causing floor slab deformation and wall cracking occurring at eighteen facilities spread throughout the installation. OYO conducted a detailed subsurface exploration program that included subsidence survey, S-wave prospecting, ground penetrating radar, soil boring with in-situ testing. Based...
Recent / Key Updates
Keep an eye on this area for things we'd like to share.
Such updates may include new employees or partnerships, significant awards of new work or other milestones,
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Vicksburg National Cemetery remembers veterans this weekend - MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS
Vicksburg National Cemetery remembers veterans this weekend
It is a patriotic scene this Memorial Day weekend at the Vicksburg National Cemetery.
A number of displays were set up Saturday at the Military Through the Ages event. It gives visitors an idea of how American service members lived during each battle our country has faced.
Period uniforms, equipment, vehicles and weapons were big attractions.
Volunteers and park staff decorated 18,000 graves at the cemetery with United States flags Friday.
Remembering those who fought for our freedom is part of the park's mission and important to many visitors.
"One of the key points our park tries to focus on is memorialization. All of the monuments here in the park, for the most part, were put in place by the veterans themselves, both North and South. They felt a great need to do that and we think Memorial Day is the best day to do it on," said Park Guide Jake Koch.
"We're headed down to Gulf Shores but we spent the night here in Vicksburg and wanted to come out and show the boys the Civil War battlegrounds and to understand the history this Memorial Day weekend," explained Benton, Arkansas visitor, Scott Dannelley.
The Military Through the Ages program will continue Sunday. It will begin at 9 A.M. and continue until 3 P.M.
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Welcome to the first Tumultuous Tuesday of the new year! Schedules changed accordingly. In short:
Early lunch – we all return and read the afternoon article.
NO Visitors form Burlington High School today. At the same time we have had late visitor adds so we are going to keep our visitor schedule just in case. We are going to have an early break as part of our visitor schedule – and this will be the norm when we have visitors.
As of now we have 6 kids visiting both Thursday and Friday for the Design Contest Extra Credit Visit. One of them is Calacci's cousin.
There were many students missing at least one project from yesterday's grading, and if not cleared up by tomorrow that means a required afternoon in the Cawd Homework Club. Please take a look at your grades during our Missing Work Check time after lunch (or sooner) and get me that missing work. I know we are getting back into "normal" grading, but remember:
Have to give me 3 renders of all 3D work – even Skills production – if just turning in stills.
Have to have "skills" folder on Web Server / Shared folder to for Skills assets.
File names must be perfect for full credit.
9:45 Tuesday Photoshop Vector Exercise: Avatar
Example 1 (oooooh, the stock imagery watermark burns)
Example 2 (more pain)
Example 3 (IT BURNS)
This may be connected to your online profile in a social media app, gaming app, forum, etc.
This morning I want you to continue to practice the Vector art tools in Photoshop. I want you to create a vector avatar in Photoshop with a solid background. This avatar COULD be you but not required.
Create a new document in Photoshop which is 2048 x 2048 pixels in height. Following the design style of the examples above create a cartoonish character.
The style is totally up to you. Create a goth character. Create a high school athlete. Create a snowboarder. Create YOU (if you wish).
Feel free to copy and paste reference images of photographs or cartoons to use to trace if you need to. Just make sure to delete them when you are done.
Detail is limited to what we see above. Limit hand detail to "nubs" as seen above.
Fully facing us.
Have a happy / neutral-happy face.
Doesn't have to have glasses (these just happen to.)
Try to fill the canvas, but leave a reasonable sized margin around the character.
The workflow will be layering different closed shapes created with the pen tool. Multiple layers, stacked on top of each other. If doing something like glasses I can show you how to create a pass through.
Save your file as "(lastname)Avatar.psd" and "(lastname)Avatar.jpg" and upload to your "week_21" folder.
10:10 (Early Break 15 Minutes)
10:25 Tuesday Photoshop Vector Exercise: Avatar
11:10 Morning Photoshop Content: Working with Typography
This morning we are going to get some quick practice with Typography, how to control fonts, and create your intended look. We are going to explore the:
Web / Graphic layout
Typing along paths
Ability to distort and warp text (use with caution)
Resolutions / DPI's
Review of vector tools
We are going to practice a couple of small in class exercises that are edgy and popular, should fit right in with you youths. I don't how long this will take, we will roll with it.
Education is the most valuable weapon
This morning is a work session to explore, learn, and tinker.
11:40 Intro the Afternoon Typography Project
12:45 Tuesday / Wednesday Two Part Photoshop Typographic Exercise: Motivational and Song Typography
Over the next two afternoons you are going to work on creating two separate Typographic Projects to start getting the hang of working with Type.
Part 1: Motivational Typography
Create a new document. 8.5″ x 11″ in Portrait or Landscape Orientation at a resolution of 300.
Go online and find a motivational saying or statement. It can be from a movie, it could be from a speech, it could just be from the internet.
Using vector and type tools create a piece of motivational typography.
Save your file as "(lastname)Motivational.psd" and "(lastname)Motivational.jpg" and upload to your "week_21" folder.
Part 2: Song Lyric Typography
Go online and find a song lyric. I know we are all into "deep tracks" to show you are a "real fan", but finding a lyric that most people know may resonate better as a piece of art. Up to you.
Using vector and type tools create a piece of lyrical typography, and cite the band at the end.
Save your file as "(lastname)Lyrical.psd" and "(lastname)Lyrical.jpg" and upload to your "week_21" folder.
A variation on this theme if you are interested in visualizing the song a bit more musically:
This was created by a former student named Alex.
If you look at this while listening to Vampire Weekend (which I wish he cited) you can see that the song lyrics is visualized by the music itself. The lyric "Joahanna drove slowley" is sung at a higher pitch than "into the city", as an example. You can go in this direction if you want to explore the idea of connecting the visuals to the sounds of the song itself.
If you go in this direction talk to me and I am can be flexible in your document dimensions. Something like Alex did here with a longer, more billboard size may make more sense if you like. I am sure we can agree on something. And yes you need to cite the band!
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This album is for members of the Red River Astronomy Club to post pictures from events or photos they have taken through their telescope.
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Download Lonely Beats You Will Love | Easy and Unlimited
Monetize in more places, keep more royalties, and get more rights. Downloading Lonely is fun and easy, and the possibilities are endless. This is your chance. Do more of what you love at SFR Beats.
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Scalping is the fastest moving strategy type and this means that it can be pretty nerve-wrecking. Before considering becoming a profitable Forex scalper, a trader should begin by testing their skills in a less hectic environment, such as swing trading, for instance. And after you gain some knowledge about how the market operates in general, how the charts tend to act and what tools are there to assist you during the trading process, feel free to try out scalping methods and see if this type of trading is for you. As a general rule a productive Forex scalper will match these criteria:
Impeccable attention to detail. Since scalping normally takes place on the smallest timeframes - traders have to pay very close attention to each element on the chart. The necessary move on the graph can occur in a matter of seconds and the action needs to be taken immediately.
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Ab-Norm-al Econ: Janet Yellen's First Meeting With Congress As Our New Chairperson Of The Federal Reserve
Janet Yellen's First Meeting With Congress As Our New Chairperson Of The Federal Reserve
Tim Duy reports and analyzes Janet Yellen's testimony. She was part of the team that developed the Fed's strategy under Ben Bernanke. She supports the twin mandate of the Fed to manage inflation and the unemployment rate. There are no current indications of an inflation threat and the details of the employment picture suggest that the Fed is still concerned about the labor market despite a declining unemployment rate. Yellen indicated that the Fed will continue with its plan to reduce its purchases of financial assets, and more importantly, she suggested that the Fed will continue to keep short term interest rates low until it is more comfortable with the labor market.
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Posted: Jan 22, 2019 / 04:00 AM CST / Updated: Jan 22, 2019 / 04:06 AM CST
AUSTIN (KXAN) — When Ben Buck heads into work at the concert venue Empire Control Room, what he walks past can get pretty ugly.
"Finding feces on the sidewalk and having to clean it up is part of it," Buck said. "Every time you have to walk through the alley you'll find things such as used condoms, syringes, and feces."
The alley branches off from Red River Street near 7th Street and connects the road with the path below at Waller Creek.
With the Austin Resources Center for the Homeless just a block away, the alley is primarily used by some of the city's homeless to conduct illegal activity.
Bars flank the alley on either side, and across the street is Hoboken Pie. Manager Jerod Ray said the constant back and forth mixed with questionable activity from those entering and exiting hurts business.
"People will be a little apprehensive to come down this way, just because, you know, it has a certain vibe," he said.
After more than a year spent studying what to do to improve the area, the city's Economic Development Department decided to install fences.
The two fences will both be ten feet high. One will block the front of the ally and include gate access for city workers and building owners, while the other will block the back of the alley on the Waller Creek side.
"Having a fence there does eliminate the passageway from Waller Creek up to Red River and also we hope will discourage the type of activities that have been taking place in the alley," said City Council Member Kathie Tovo, whose district includes downtown.
There's no estimate yet for how much the fence will cost.
In addition to the fence, the city is also considering improving the sidewalks and lighting in the area. It's also looking into installing planter boxes.
The Economic Development Department is currently in the process of selecting a contractor to build the fence. Once it does, it's expected to take another six to eight weeks to actually build it.
Buck is glad something's being done, but believes ultimately more help for the area is needed.
"In the end, people would end up finding a different spot, there's always another dark hole, alley, place to lounge," Buck said.
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[PDF] Meta-learning with differentiable closed-form solvers | Semantic Scholar
Corpus ID: 29153681
@article{Bertinetto2019MetalearningWD,
title={Meta-learning with differentiable closed-form solvers},
author={Luca Bertinetto and Jo{\~a}o F. Henriques and Philip H. S. Torr and A. Vedaldi},
volume={abs/1805.08136}
Luca Bertinetto, João F. Henriques, +1 author A. Vedaldi
Adapting deep networks to new concepts from a few examples is challenging, due to the high computational requirements of standard fine-tuning procedures. Most work on few-shot learning has thus focused on simple learning techniques for adaptation, such as nearest neighbours or gradient descent. Nonetheless, the machine learning literature contains a wealth of methods that learn non-deep models very efficiently. In this paper, we propose to use these fast convergent methods as the main… Expand
A. Devos, S. Chatel, M. Grossglauser
Meta-learning, also known as learning-to-learn, is a paradigm that exploits cross-task information and training experience to perform well on a new unseen task. Expand
Yingjun Du, Haoliang Sun, +4 authors Cees Snoek
This paper proposes meta-learning kernels with random Fourier features for few-shot learning, called MetaKernel, which consistently delivers at least comparable and often better performance than state-of-the-art alternatives. Expand
Linyu Zheng, Ming Tang, Jinqiao Wang, Hanqing Lu
A novel and easy-to-implement training framework for visual tracking which can generalize well to the trackers based on online discriminatively trained ridge regression model and modify the origin shrinkage loss and then employ it as the loss function for efficient and effective training. Expand
Meta-Learning of Structured Representation by Proximal Mapping
Mao Li, Yingyi Ma, Xinhua Zhang
Underpinning the success of deep learning are the effective regularization techniques that allow a broad range of structures in data to be compactly modeled in a deep architecture. Examples include… Expand
This work proposes a simple, yet effective variant of deep kernel learning in which the kernel is transferred across tasks, which it is called deep kernel transfer, and demonstrates that the proposed method outperforms several state-of-the-art algorithms in few-shot regression, classification, and cross-domain adaptation. Expand
This work proposes task-and-layer-wise attenuation on the compromised initialization of model-agnostic meta-learning to reduce its influence and names the method as L2F (Learn to Forget). Expand
Memory-based Parameter Adaptation alleviates several shortcomings of neural networks, such as catastrophic forgetting, fast, stable acquisition of new knowledge, learning with an imbalanced class labels, and fast learning during evaluation. Expand
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Merle Elmore »
Merle Elmore
Merle A. Elmore, 84, of Newton, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family.Funeral services celebrating Merle's life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Newton Christian Church with Rev. Brad Harper officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Crain Funeral Home, Newton. Burial will be in the Trexler Cemetery, rural Newton, with full military rites by Jasper Post No. 20 of the American Legion.Memorial gifts in memory of Merle may be made to the Newton Christian Church or to the Lincolnland Hospice.Merle was born on Dec. 3, 1929 in South Muddy Township, Jasper County, the son of Homer and Mamie (Clagg) Elmore. He served his country in the United States Marine Corp. On Feb. 24, 1953, Merle married Rosemary Childers in California. After returning to Jasper County, Merle was a grain farmer until his retirement.Merle was a member of the Newton Christian Church, Jasper Post No. 20 of the American Legion. He served on the Bishop Mutual Board and the North Muddy Township Board. From 1972-1982, he served on the Jasper County Board where he was chairman for the last two years of service.Merle will be loved and remembered by his wife of sixty years, Rosemary Elmore of Newton; daughter, Marilyn Miller, husband Fred of Newton; granddaughters, Rebecca Kennedy, husband Kevin of Newton and Emily Shull, husband Caleb of Pinckneyville; great-grandchildren, Michael and Amelia Kennedy and Brooklyn Shull; brothers, Marvin Elmore, wife Dorothy of Wheeler, Vonley Elmore of Wheeler, Sheldon Elmore, wife Betty of Mason, Loren Elmore, wife Norma Jean of Johnsonville, Roscoe Elmore, wife Edith of Wheeler; sisters, Ilene Corso of Newton and Beverly Flinn, husband Paul Dean of Milton, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.His parents, brothers Alvin and Dean Elmore, and infant sister Katherine preceded him in death.Sign the guestbook at www.effinghamdailynews.com.
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This Summer Vacation Many Parents Opt for a Unique Cultural Learning Experience
Paravati Family Travel offers families the unique opportunity to learn about Northeast India's Ladakh region by participating in fun language, art, and cultural immersion programs.
Ladakhi children playing
"It is my hope that this understanding and sense of purpose will occur even among the youngest of travelers."
Bellevue, WA (PRWEB) April 8, 2010
Paravati Family Travel (http://www.paravatifamilytravel.com), the newest humanitarian travel company offering cultural immersion programs, today announced their upcoming journey to India scheduled for August 11-25, 2010. The company is currently accepting applications for this tour, specifically geared for families with elementary to high school aged children.
Jennifer Spatz, founder of Paravati Family Travel and company tour guide, wanted to create cultural exchanges for traveling families and their host communities that would foster an understanding that there is a unity of humankind. It is her goal that participants will return home with a sense of global connectedness that will ultimately contribute to their own sense of purpose and happiness. "It is my hope that this understanding and sense of purpose will occur even among the youngest of travelers," said Jennifer.
The Journey to "Little Tibet" begins in the northern India town of Leh, the capital of the Ladakh region of Northeast India. A highlight of the tour is the home-stays offered in the village of Stok, where families will spend time living and working with a local host family. "Participants will have a unique opportunity to experience the ways of life of this ancient, self-sustaining and harmonious culture," stated Jennifer. "And they will learn how the role of community plays in the intrinsic values and lives of the Ladakhi people."
During the week in Stok, participants will also have a chance to do some volunteer work on projects such as environmental cleanup and waste management strategizing, further helping the Ladakhi people advance their sustainable and cooperative way of life.
While in Stok, families traveling with Paravati Family Travel will enjoy activities with students at the Siddhartha School while forming friendships and learning about local traditions. Other activities available for the entire family include visits to local Buddhist monasteries, cultural presentations, performances by local Ladakhis and educational talks about the community environmental and social concerns. Yoga and meditation sessions will also be offered for participants of all ages. Parents can also enjoy some free time as their children are supervised by Paravati Family Travel's experienced and caring staff.
The journey ends with three days in New Delhi. Participants will visit the Red Fort via rickshaw, passing through the famous Silk Road and Silver Bazaar. They will also have the opportunity to see the Gandhi Memorial Museum and cremation site. And finally, families will have the exciting opportunity to see one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal in the nearby town of Agra.
Paravati Family Travel's Journey to India expedition is being operated in conjunction with the non-profit, community-based travel organization, Crooked Trails. "I have been traveling and working in Ladakh for the past 10 years and find it to be one of the most life changing and rewarding places to visit", said Tammy Leland, Cofounder and International Program Director for Crooked Trails. "The new partnership with Paravati Family Travel has provided us with a way to continue to support our communities and local partners in Ladakh and to expose families to the wonders of Ladakh."
For more information on the upcoming trip to India, please visit http://www.paravatifamilytravel.com
About Paravati Family Travel
Paravati Family Travel (PFT) offers family-friendly travel tours throughout locations from India, Morocco, Spain and Turkey. Each tour offers a unique opportunity for adults and children alike to learn about the cultures they are visiting through participation in fun, age-appropriate language, art and history programs.
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solar heat - Renewable Energy Forum - GardenWeb
Posted by mudbugtx (My Page) on Wed, May 26, 04 at 11:40
Been interested in this for a couple of years, but don't know of anyone with experience on the subject. I was thinking maybe it would off-set my heating bills in the winter. Since Texas winters are relatively mild it wouldn't take much. Any thoughts or personal experience?
Here is a link that might be useful: solar wall heater
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by Bry84 (My Page) on Wed, May 26, 04 at 16:30Solar heating is something I've recently been quite interested in. I've been looking at building a house, but it's unlikely to be a large house and many of the renewable energy systems are either expencive or need a lot of space. Solar heating of air (water systems are far more complex and expencive) is however affordable, reliable and compact. I'm confident heating would be the largest user of energy in the house, but solar heating could drastically reduce it during the day. Here in the UK we use the heating often due to the cold weather, which is one of the reasons solar heating is high up on my list of must-have items for the house. Without a doubt, it would pay for itself in just a year or two and continue to save a large ammount of cash for decades. However, I have concerns about it's pay back time in Texas, somewhere that I assume has short winters that don't get very cold? You should work out the cost of your annual heating, and then the ammount that would be replaced by solar before investing in a solar heating system. It's impossible to be exact with a figure concerning so many variables, but a ballpark figure can tell you if it's worth the money. You might also be interested in this link: http://www.cleardomesolar.com
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by RCMJr (My Page) on Wed, May 26, 04 at 19:15. There was a solar water heat collector made ~ 20 years ago . .. don't know the reason of the company's demise . .. . called the Solar Cricket. An incredibly ingeniously simple design . . . . COMPLETELY passively driven . . very low tech and therefore virtually nothing to go wrong. It was basically a very well designed and implemented thermosyphon . . . . the ONLY moving part was a check valve. No pumps, sensors, or the like. Used a mixture of alcohol and water; which not only keeps it from freezing in colder climes at night; but also allowed for a lowered boiling point of the fluid as it operates under a partial vacuum. Just as your radiator on your car operates under INCREASED pressure ( which raises the boiling point of the mixture ), by operating under a partial vacuum this setup allowed for a lower boiling point. This boiling action is what "powers" the system . . . no pumps! It also self-regulates; that is when the sun goes down the system simply slows and eventually shuts off since there is no longer any thermal differential to drive it. You can look for it in Google; there are still some hits out there on it. I happen to have one of the original brochures . . . . can copy if anyone is really interested . . . just email me. I am planning on building one in the not so distant future . . . . being an engineer; it's utter simplicity always impressed me. I'm in central New York state; and while it may not do much for heating a place up here; it can certainly "pre-heat" my water before going into the water heater. In the summer here; it could surely handle most of my hot water needs . .. . Bob
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by Chief18 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 1, 04 at 13:04Bob, if you are looking for a newer, more complex version check out the site I attached. I know a guy who has one set up, even in -40 weather it is still pulling off 140 F water in full sunlight. The vacuum in the tubes allows for very little heat loss. I am incorporating 2x30 tube solamax arrays in a house I am constructing this summer. I have no idea if there are similar products out there, but this is one I am familliar with. chiefHere is a link that might be useful: http://www.solarthermal.com/
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by solarman (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 08 at 20:20Here is another couple of url's about solar thermal for water and space heat using Coaxial Vacuum Tubes or CVT;s.-------- Well now I have been warned of the perils of not allowing the profit makers from their graft. So the url's are not here, but suffice to say the solar bang for the buck is greater for solar thermal than PV by far. Why is there a optional link box at the end of this posting panel if busineses are not allowed? Even .orgs have agendas of profit for someone.
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by greif (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 08 at 22:24here is a site that can answer lots of questions and it is great I once again have to give GAry thanks for putting this togetherHere is a link that might be useful: builditsolar
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by dan_dhrt ([email protected]) on Mon, Jun 30, 08 at 4:51We are looking into this as well. It seems that open loop designs are not as efficient as closed loop designs and therefore are only used on commercial / industrial buildings and not homes. I received one quote for a closed loop design but it would cost me $3,000 which is surprising as it is as you say a rather simple design, only heats up to 1,200-ish square feet and can only provide heat during the day when our large south facing windows already let lot's of sun in the house. It's far colder at night which is when I would want the most help with the furnace. Then again, with the spiking of natural gas this year to more than double the past average $13 per MMbut, the finanial payback is certainly looking more viable. But we'll keep looking and seeing what we can find. Dan
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by garymunson-2008 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 1, 08 at 6:55You probably use AC enough to make a heat recovery unit on your AC the device of choice for domestic water heating. Free hot water and a 10%-20% increase in AC efficiency.
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by brendan_of_bonsai (My Page) on Sat, Jul 5, 08 at 3:07Dan, you can try to increase the thermal mass of your dwelling, get a few big fishtanks and keep goldfish or koi (you know you would love a 600 gallon tank in your living room wall) that way you can hold onto some of the heat from the day and some of the cooling from the night, not a good choice for 1,200ish SqFt however.
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by dan_dhrt ([email protected]) on Sat, Jul 5, 08 at 9:55My wife would love the fish tank! She had one when we were dating and our first few years of married bliss, but in our many, many moves it got left behind. I came across information from one of our blogs sponsors (for full disclosure) about solar radiant heating over the weekend. He mentioned it before to me but I never gave it a second thought because we just put down nice hardwood floors in our dining room, kitchen and family room and I 'assumed' (yes, I know what they say :-) ) one would have to rip out all the floor to install radiant heating. However, I was speaking with someone from another company and she was saying that you don't have to do that; i.e. for a retrofit the installer can simply install the radiant heating for say a main floor from the basement by placing the coils (if that is the right word....I'm still very, very new to all this) within the basement ceiling of an unfinished or a drop ceiling type of basement. Does anyone have any experience with solar radiant heating? Does it really work? What is the financial payback like? Would one also need a solar air space heating unit to heat the basement if one installed a solar radiant heating system for the bungalow's main floor? The initial material I have seen states that radiant heating also does not dry out the house as much as force air heating of any type. Is that true? Yes, we live in Canada where it can get cold every once in a while. Lots of questions I know. Thanks for the responses. Dan
clip this post email this post what is this?see most clipped and recent clippingsPosted by nevea2be (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 08 at 11:40 "Does anyone have any experience with solar radiant heating? Does it really work? What is the financial payback like?" I don't know about solar radiant heating. I have radiant system in place heated by a Bock oil water heater and have been looking at using a solar water heater in line to heat both DHW and Heat while using the oil as a back up system. "Would one also need a solar air space heating unit to heat the basement if one installed a solar radiant heating system for the bungalow's main floor?" You would zone off each section to your house. The basement could always have radiant tubbing installed on top of it and then have cement poured over it if you have the ceiling height. Here is how this guy did it; http://www.arttec.net/Solar/6-25/July25.html http://www.radiantcompany.com http://www.radiantec.com Post a Follow-UpPlease Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
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36 comments on "Introducing Breakout Poker"
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Dimetriy78 27/01/2018 22:28:38 GMT
I passed registration 26,01 And tickets did not yet get(
CALICUL 28/01/2018 09:53:25 GMT
for those who want to register in this new poker room will have to do it through but via BankrollMob. Is the best in this way because also received an email and we have to respect this site. It's not hard and we have nothing to lose. Hopefully it will be a good room to play poker.
vaci38 28/01/2018 13:12:36 GMT
I thought the same as my friend Calicul it would be best to register through our bankrollmob site I got emails from bankrollmob and I'm sure I will register on this poker room but it is also great to read the experiences of other members of our forum
dallassimcoe 29/01/2018 03:56:34 GMT
i registered with breakout today but no free tickets . typical b.s. all hype and no delivery
taute33 29/01/2018 10:07:31 GMT
You must've did something wrong because I got it next day after registration
Sandmanilo 02/02/2018 07:18:05 GMT
Posted by dallassimcoe:
Posted by Dimetriy78:
They are issuing tickets on the midnight GMT on the day after registration. So check your accounts again, they must be in their place already. I've noticed yesterday that they have a variety of cryptocurrency deposit methods, including BRK coin, which is likely to be their own cryptocurrency. Interesting, have never saw poker rooms with their own cryptocurrency yet
bowie1984 06/02/2018 17:23:04 GMT
well what can I say, always nice to see another poker room on the scene and trying to take on the more established brands. not to say that it is going to be an easy fight but hey what can we know, maybe in the not so distant future breakout poker is going to be nr. 1 poker room in the world.
Not with these (max.) deposit and withdrawal limits for sure.
pajalnick 07/02/2018 06:52:02 GMT
received five tickets .... at the moment I have only one ticket left .... it seems very good tournaments ... little players ..... a nice prize ..... but I can not win at all .. The thing is that at the same time there are tournaments at 888 poker and I'm distracted and in the end I do not play very carefully
vaci38 07/02/2018 17:20:52 GMT
I see a few members of our forum registered at Breakout Poker,I did not manage to read all the rules at Breakout Poker so if bowie1984 tell me something more around deposit and withdrawal limits,what's wrong with this limits?I wanted to open my account through the bankrollmob what are your experiences for these days since you've been playing poker there
bowie1984 08/02/2018 00:48:13 GMT
Nothing wrong with the site, just read te article above. I was reacting 2 pochui who is thinking this brand will be there to challenge long time companies on the market. Max. deposit $7500 and max. withdrawal is 15k - these are not world beating measurements. Especially if some people manage to take down some tournies with high payouts and then they could only withdraw certain percentage of their BRs...
Sandmanilo 08/02/2018 15:59:28 GMT
I am sure that they will move up those limits in the future. I have played all my 5 tournies there, and must admit that they seem like a serious poker room. In addition, they have pretty aggressive europe-oriented marketing both with their poker and casino sites.
pajalnick 09/02/2018 07:31:31 GMT
I still have one ticket from the BRM to the freeroll .... if he does not bring me any profit, I probably will not play any more in this poker room ..... the client of this poker room absolutely did not like me .... maybe this is just the first impression .... but it usually happens right
vaci38 09/02/2018 11:37:25 GMT
bowie1984 thanks for your reply but I do not think this is a problem for me I have never won a big sum of money the biggest sum I've withdrawn is $ 400 of 888 poker I see that many members of our forum already play poker there I can say that I will open my account today
godoy 09/02/2018 13:34:47 GMT
oK another poker room plus this is a bit complicated since there are numerous rooms of medium size or small amis hope it is good because the market prescissa of this
Mober 10/02/2018 10:32:02 GMT
It is never too complicated playing poker.
You just pick the site or sites you want to play, opening up the maximum number of
tables you can handle, and start grinding.
Plus it is always better when there is a competition. More rewards for the players.
Sandmanilo 10/02/2018 17:34:29 GMT
Mober, what is your record in maximum amount of tables being opened? I remember myself opening 16 tables at Pokerstars, but it was only once during the promotion. I'm comfortable with around 4-8 tables, it depends on game and max players on each.
doaga 11/02/2018 10:33:34 GMT
Mober 11/02/2018 11:06:37 GMT
No you are talking about too many tables there. 16 was a number that there wouldnt be any case
doing a single move right.
The maximum i was comfortable to play was eight tables at a time.
Playing in a small monitor also doesnt help, cause when the tables started popping up i was losing the ball So with eight of them on full display it wasnt that bad.
Sandmanilo 11/02/2018 17:15:29 GMT
Yes, playing sixteen tables at one time was extremely difficult, but my prize for that # of hands race covered my losses. I remember the old video from nanonoko, where he was playing 32 tables on several monitors... just crazy
vaci38 12/02/2018 12:11:01 GMT
I opened my account breakout poker and got the tickets,I played only one tournament and my first experience on this poker was not more than 1 minute I got A J the first three cards are 4 A J one player raised I'm all in he paid and showed 4 4 my first appearance on this poker ended up very fast
easymoneysni 13/02/2018 13:41:39 GMT
same, i didn't get any tickets either, said i'd get five, typically i got none.
vaci38 13/02/2018 15:58:33 GMT
I do not have much luck in this Breakout poker yesterday I played again at the bankrollmob tournament and I had a similar situation like last time I'm going to play the third tournament tonight, I hope this 3 tournament will bring me more luck
propokerash 14/02/2018 07:55:46 GMT
I wish you luck at Breakout poker. Yesterday I was playing the bankroll mob tournament and I registered at last minute. After 2-3 hand I managed to double stack, 20 players left and I was dealt , AKo raising 100% after 1 minute wait to respong on my bet , i was called by Romanian player , flop was like 3 6 Q rainbow , I bet raise to all in , got called BY JT and was rivered with T .
My usename is psihopatikus my game will be all in all time, no slow play nuts!!!
Mober 14/02/2018 12:31:50 GMT
There are still a few tournaments in breakout poker, from what i can see in the freerolls
I dont know if more will be added, but i am curious to see how many players are
usually in, since it is tracked.
godoy 14/02/2018 22:28:07 GMT
It should be more a site we'll see if it's good and even with this good bao I'll try and let's see what happens if bao is worth friends, then I'll put together a lot of money kkkkk
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Tron Shows Off Its Listing Prowess As Hydax Becomes The Latest Platform To Adopt TRX
You are here: Home / News / Tron News / Tron shows off its listing prowess as Hydax becomes the latest platform to adopt TRX
Tron and Justin Sun, the CEO and founder of the Torn Foundation, have always been at the forefront of cryptocurrency news generation, and with the advent of new updates every day, the pattern just seems to continue. Today, on November 8, Sun tweeted that the TRX token was now available of Hydax Exchange, with holders of the token having the option of trading in TRX/USDT and TRX/BTC.
Over the past couple of weeks, the 11 pace cryptocurrency has seen several updates and listings, mostly focussed on making TRX a cryptocurrency to be reckoned with. Despite the additions, the price of the cryptocurrency does not seem to have affected much as TRX was also stuck in the bear slump, just like the majority of the cryptocurrency market.
At the time of writing, the value of TRX had fallen by 1.58 percent, and the cryptocurrency was trading for $0.019. TRX held a market cap of $1.28 billion and a 24-hour trading volume of $1.07 billion. Since Tron was listed on several exchanges, it was a tough fight to see who gained the top spot in TRX trading.
HCoin, a relatively unknown exchange, controlled 10.06 percent of all TRX/USDT trade, which amounted to $107.372 million. HCoin was followed by Cat.EX, where the Ethereum Classic TRX pair ruled the roost, clocking in $70.983 million worth of trade.
Justin Sun had recently teased the cryptocurrency community by asking what asset will Poloniex, one of the most popular exchanges on the planet, will list. Although users expect Sun to confirm that listing soon, the Hydax announcement was enough to get the Tronics riled up.
Getting TRX listed on multiple exchanges has always been Sun's priority, and he has never shied away from that fact. Even during a recent interview, he had said that Tron's listing on major US exchange was his number one priority. According to his tweet:
"Yes. It is our #1 priority now. We will have a full team including me dedicated to this matter. We will get all these things done with #TRON speed! #TRX $TRX."
Even though fears abound that the cryptocurrency could be pushed away from the United States markets, TRX fans can take heart in the fact that it is very much present on eToro and Bittrex, two of the most popular platforms in America.
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PrivateTable.com Launches Play Money at California's First Online Poker Room - Casino Rankings
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PrivateTable.com Launches Play Money at California's First Online Poker Room
In the past few weeks, a California Indian Tribe named Santa Ysabel has been making noise in the online gaming, and specifically in online poker, industry after releasing what it claims will be the State's first real money, regulated online poker room-PrivateTable Poker.
While news of the room breaking a few weeks into July, 2014, there had not been any real action on the room until the past few days when play money games started to run. Real money play has been promoted and alluded to, but has yet to be made available on the site. When a player signs up and enters the third party downloaded client, they will find the following layout, quite similar to the rooms of the late 2000s in the world of online poker…
At the time of this writing on August 3rd, only a play money balance option was available in the cashier area, though instructions for real money deposits did pop up. At the moment, there are a handful of players populating the play money poker tables. Private Table gives players 1,000 play money chips to start off their bankroll. While this is hardly of much interest to any serious, real money players, it is indeed the first "legitimate" action that California residents have been able to find in the way of online poker for several years.
It will be interesting to see whether the tribe does in fact launch real money play, and if so, what the reception will be among the player base, in addition to how regulatory elements play out in the following days, weeks, and months. Many have raised concerns over the tribe's ability to facilitate payments, which is in addition to questions as to whether it is even able to legally operate in the first place. The room is attempting to circumvent widely accepted legal policies in the name of their status as an Indian Tribe. It is impossible to say whether it will or will not work, but there is a good chance that this news will help to move regulation of online poker in California ahead at a faster pace.
Please be sure to check back for more updates as PrivateTable.com continues to develop, and potentially releases and makes available, real money online poker in California.
Las Vegas has more poker rooms than any other city in the world, though Los Angeles has more games running. There are over 50 Vegas casinos in the market that offer poker tables. These range from local joints with a couple of tables up to major poker rooms with as many as 59 tables. Largest Vegas Poker Rooms There …
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Patent US20060282817 - Winforms control hosting in unmanaged applications - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsSystems and methods for hosting managed code controls within unmanged hosts, such as MICROSOFT Word and Excel. There are two components to the hosting architecture, a wrapper control that implements various interfaces and a container control that hosts the managed code control. A design-time implementation...http://www.google.com/patents/US20060282817?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20060282817 - Winforms control hosting in unmanaged applicationsAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS20060282817 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 11/148,620Publication dateDec 14, 2006Filing dateJun 9, 2005Priority dateJun 9, 2005Also published asUS7735059Publication number11148620, 148620, US 2006/0282817 A1, US 2006/282817 A1, US 20060282817 A1, US 20060282817A1, US 2006282817 A1, US 2006282817A1, US-A1-20060282817, US-A1-2006282817, US2006/0282817A1, US2006/282817A1, US20060282817 A1, US20060282817A1, US2006282817 A1, US2006282817A1InventorsGeoffrey Darst, Eric Carter, Michael Shneerson, Stephen StyrchakOriginal AssigneeMicrosoft CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (6), Referenced by (42), Classifications (6), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetWinforms control hosting in unmanaged applications
US 20060282817 A1Abstract
Systems and methods for hosting managed code controls within unmanged hosts, such as MICROSOFT Word and Excel. There are two components to the hosting architecture, a wrapper control that implements various interfaces and a container control that hosts the managed code control. A design-time implementation allows for a designer to drag and drop managed code controls onto documents that run in a design component process. A runtime component allows managed code controls to run within hosts under security permissions specified by a policy. Images(5) Claims(20)
1. A method of hosting a managed code control in an unmanaged host, comprising: providing a wrapper that implements control interfaces and abstracts managed control from a host; and providing a container control as an intermediary managed object that is container for said managed code control. 2. The method of claim 1, said wrapper providing implementation for methods. 3. The method of claim 1, said container control being an empty WinForms user control. 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing message reflection via said container control. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing said managed code control as a child window of said container control; and sizing and synchronizing said managed code control with said container control. 6. A method of hosting a managed control in an unmanaged host, comprising: placing said managed control on a document within said host; instantiating said managed control; and loading a wrapper control on said document. 7. The method of claim 6, said placing said managed control on said document further comprising persisting said wrapper and in information that describes a type of managed control to be hosted. 8. The method of claim 6, further comprising: instantiating a container control; and hosting said managed control within said container control. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein during design-time, said method further comprises instantiating said container control and said managed control by a designer component. 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising generating code to instantiate and initialize said managed control at runtime. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein during runtime, said method further comprises: executing code within said document to instantiate said managed control; calling a runtime engine to locate said wrapper control on said document. 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising running said managed control in an isolated environment. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein opening said document results in said managed control executing to an extent allowed by a security policy. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein said security policy defaults to not executing said managed control. 15. A computer readable medium having stored thereon computer instructions for hosting a managed control in an unmanaged host, said instructions performing the method comprising: placing said managed control on a document within said host; instantiating said managed control; loading a wrapper control on said document. instantiating a container control; and hosting said managed control within said container control. 16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein during design-time, said computer readable medium further comprises instructions for instantiating said container control and said managed control by a designer component. 17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising instructions for generating code to instantiate and initialize said managed control at runtime. 18. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein during runtime, said computer readable medium further comprises instructions for: executing code within said document to instantiate said managed control; calling a runtime engine to locate said wrapper control on said document. 19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions for running said managed control in an isolated environment. 20. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein opening said document results in said managed control executing to an extent allowed by a security policy, and wherein said security policy defaults to not executing said managed control.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates in general to the field of software development. More particularly, this invention relates to a system and method for providing reusable and customizable components in a managed code environment. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Prior to the release of MICROSOFT.NET technologies, MICROSOFT ACTIVEX controls were a preferred technology for creating reusable components. One use of ACTIVEX controls is document hosting. Applications (such as MICROSOFT Excel and MICROSOFT Word) provided a design-time environment that allows end users to add ACTIVEX controls to a document, and through user interface elements (such as a property browser), define the behavior and attributes of the control. The applications also provided a runtime environment whereby the control would execute. In addition, many applications provide a scripting language (e.g., MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC for Applications) which enables the end user to add code that would govern the ACTIVEX control's behavior at runtime. By supporting ACTIVEX controls, applications enabled a rich level of component use and customization by end users. [0003] Unfortunately, the promise of ACTIVEX controls as reusable and customizable components on the document did not materialize. First, the controls themselves are extremely difficult and time consuming to develop. Second, the powerful customization that they offered is extremely susceptible to abuse. Documents containing ACTIVEX controls typically run the controls on load, which means that the mere act of opening a document makes end users vulnerable both to malicious controls and "good" controls being used in unintended and/or malicious ways. [0004] With the advent of .NET, the WINDOWS Forms (WinForms) form package became available, which provides a way to create controls in managed code. Managed code is code that has its execution managed by the .NET Framework Common Language Runtime. WinForms controls can be easily created either from scratch or by extending an existing control. Because the controls are written in managed code, they run within constraints of the .NET Development Platform (NDP) security model, which makes them far less susceptible to abuse. [0005] However, while WinForms controls eliminate the two disadvantages of their ACTIVEX counterparts, they cannot easily be hosted in unmanaged hosts (e.g., documents). The basic problem is that WinForms controls were designed to be hosted in Windows Forms, not on documents. WinForms controls expose the ACTIVEX interfaces that would enable them to be hosted in an ACTIVEX container, however, not all interfaces are provided. Most notably, IDataObject is missing, which means that WinForms controls cannot be cut, copied, or pasted. In addition, some of the existing implementation does not follow the rules of ACTIVEX. For example, WinForms controls do not support scaling. At runtime, the expected behavior is for such controls to deactivate if scaling is attempted. WinForms controls do not do this which results in poor behavior when hosts attempt to scale them. [0006] In addition, the ACTIVEX implementation exposed by WinForms ensures that the control will be run immediately when a document is loaded. This is undesirable behavior because, as noted above, it means that opening a document may cause arbitrary code to run. Even though that code will run within the context of security policy, there is no guarantee that the user will be fully protected from all possible harm that could befall them, particularly if the user has granted full trust to any controls that are already installed on their machine. [0007] Therefore, there is a need for a system of improving upon the WinForms ACTIVEX implementation, adding back the missing ACTIVEX implementation, and providing a mechanism for instantiating the managed control which occurs independently of document load and therefore can be accomplished in a secure way. The present invention provides solutions to this and other limitations in the prior art. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0008] The present invention is directed to systems and methods for hosting managed code controls within unmanged hosts, such as MICROSOFT Word and Excel. There are two components to the hosting architecture, a wrapper control that implements various interfaces and a container control that hosts the managed code control. A design-time implementation allows for a designer to drag and drop managed code controls onto documents that run in a design component process. A runtime component allows managed code controls to run within hosts under security permissions specified by a policy. [0009] In accordance with an aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for hosting a managed control in an unmanaged host. The method includes placing the managed control on a document within the host; instantiating the managed control; loading a wrapper control on the document. instantiating a container control; and hosting the managed control within the container control. [0010] According to a feature, during design-time, the method may include instantiating the container control and the managed control by a designer component. Code may be generated to instantiate and initialize the managed control at runtime. [0011] According to another feature, during runtime, the method may include executing code within the document to instantiate the managed control and calling a runtime engine to locate the wrapper control on the document. The managed control may be run in an isolated environment. In addition, opening the document may result in the managed control executing to an extent allowed by a security policy, wherein the security policy preferably defaults to not executing the managed control. [0012] Additional features and advantages of the invention will be made apparent from the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments that proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0013] The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purpose of illustrating the invention, there is shown in the drawings exemplary constructions of the invention; however, the invention is not limited to the specific methods and instrumentalities disclosed. In the drawings: [0014] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an exemplary computing environment in which aspects of the invention may be implemented; [0015] FIG. 2 illustrates the exemplary hosting architecture of the present invention; [0016] FIG. 3 illustrates a host container and the design-time process; and [0017] FIGS. 4-7 detail a runtime process in accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [0018] Exemplary Computing Environment [0019] FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a suitable computing system environment 100 in which the invention may be implemented. The computing system environment 100 is only one example of a suitable computing environment and is not intended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use or functionality of the invention. Neither should the computing environment 100 be interpreted as having any dependency or requirement relating to any one or combination of components illustrated in the exemplary operating environment 100. [0020] The invention is operational with numerous other general purpose or special purpose computing system environments or configurations. Examples of well known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use with the invention include, but are not limited to, personal computers, server computers, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based systems, set top boxes, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, distributed computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like. [0021] The invention may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network or other data transmission medium. In a distributed computing environment, program modules and other data may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including memory storage devices. [0022] With reference to FIG. 1, an exemplary system for implementing the invention includes a general purpose computing device in the form of a computer 110. Components of computer 110 may include, but are not limited to, a processing unit 120, a system memory 130, and a system bus 121 that couples various system components including the system memory to the processing unit 120. The system bus 121 may be any of several types of bus structures including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, and a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. By way of example, and not limitation, such architectures include Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus (also known as Mezzanine bus). [0023] Computer 110 typically includes a variety of computer readable media. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by computer 110 and includes both volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. By way of example, and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and non-volatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store the desired information and which can accessed by computer 110. Communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. The term "modulated data signal" means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media. Combinations of any of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media. [0024] The system memory 130 includes computer storage media in the form of volatile and/or non-volatile memory such as ROM 131 and RAM 132. A basic input/output system 133 (BIOS), containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within computer 110, such as during start-up, is typically stored in ROM 131. RAM 132 typically contains data and/or program modules that are immediately accessible to and/or presently being operated on by processing unit 120. By way of example, and not limitation, FIG. 1 illustrates operating system 134, application programs 135, other program modules 136, and program data 137. [0025] The computer 110 may also include other removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer storage media. By way of example only, FIG. 1 illustrates a hard disk drive 141 that reads from or writes to non-removable, non-volatile magnetic media, a magnetic disk drive 151 that reads from or writes to a removable, non-volatile magnetic disk 152, and an optical disk drive 155 that reads from or writes to a removable, non-volatile optical disk 156, such as a CD-ROM or other optical media. Other removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer storage media that can be used in the exemplary operating environment include, but are not limited to, magnetic tape cassettes, flash memory cards, digital versatile disks, digital video tape, solid state RAM, solid state ROM, and the like. The hard disk drive 141 is typically connected to the system bus 121 through a non-removable memory interface such as interface 140, and magnetic disk drive 151 and optical disk drive 155 are typically connected to the system bus 121 by a removable memory interface, such as interface 150. [0026] The drives and their associated computer storage media, discussed above and illustrated in FIG. 1, provide storage of computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules and other data for the computer 110. In FIG. 1, for example, hard disk drive 141 is illustrated as storing operating system 144, application programs 145, other program modules 146, and program data 147. Note that these components can either be the same as or different from operating system 134, application programs 135, other program modules 136, and program data 137. Operating system 144, application programs 145, other program modules 146, and program data 147 are given different numbers here to illustrate that, at a minimum, they are different copies. A user may enter commands and information into the computer 110 through input devices such as a keyboard 162 and pointing device 161, commonly referred to as a mouse, trackball or touch pad. Other input devices (not shown) may include a microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, or the like. These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unit 120 through a user input interface 160 that is coupled to the system bus, but may be connected by other interface and bus structures, such as a parallel port, game port or a universal serial bus (USB). A monitor 191 or other type of display device is also connected to the system bus 121 via an interface, such as a video interface 190. In addition to the monitor, computers may also include other peripheral output devices such as speakers 197 and printer 196, which may be connected through an output peripheral interface 195. [0027] The computer 110 may operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 180. The remote computer 180 may be a personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described above relative to the computer 110, although only a memory storage device 181 has been illustrated in FIG. 1. The logical connections depicted include a local area network (LAN) 171 and a wide area network (WAN) 173, but may also include other networks. Such networking environments are commonplace in offices, enterprise-wide computer networks, intranets and the Internet. [0028] When used in a LAN networking environment, the computer 110 is connected to the LAN 171 through a network interface or adapter 170. When used in a WAN networking environment, the computer 110 typically includes a modem 172 or other means for establishing communications over the WAN 173, such as the Internet. The modem 172, which may be internal or external, may be connected to the system bus 121 via the user input interface 160, or other appropriate mechanism. In a networked environment, program modules depicted relative to the computer 110, or portions thereof, may be stored in the remote memory storage device. By way of example, and not limitation, FIG. 1 illustrates remote application programs 185 as residing on memory device 181. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are exemplary and other means of establishing a communications link between the computers may be used. [0029] Embodiments of WinForms Control Hosting in Unmanaged Applications [0030] A "control" is a reusable shared component, which may have some design time UI. In the unmanaged world, the term "control" generally refers to a component built using specific ActiveX technologies. Unmanaged applications that host controls are in-place-activation containers that implement various interfaces that ActiveX controls depend upon to function properly. In a managed environment, the concept of a control is more nebulous. Managed applications with UI are built around forms packages (such as WinForms) and as such, reusable components are written specifically to interact with the forms package that they are intended to be used with. These controls are either Winforms controls distributed as part of the .NET technologies or a custom-built controls, i.e., user controls. Managed controls support ActiveX functionality to some limited extent, however, they do not fully support ActiveX functionality. The present invention implements an architecture that hosts managed controls in ActiveX containers (e.g., Word and Excel) by extending ActiveX implementation built into these controls. These controls aim to provide the whole range of functionality of the managed controls hosted on the Winforms. [0031] Referring now to FIG. 2, the present invention provides for two components in the hosting architecture. The hosting architecture may be part of a larger architecture for enabling document customization using managed code. An ActiveX container 200 (e.g., an Excel sheet or Word Document) hosts an ActiveXWrapper control 206. The ActiveXWrapper control 206 is an ActiveX control that implements all of the required ActiveX interfaces. In some cases, the ActiveXWrapper 206 provides implementation, such as for methods that are missing or improperly handled by the WinForms implementation. In other cases, the ActiveXWrapper 206 delegates the call back to a VSTO Container control 204, described below. [0032] The ActiveXWrapper 206 abstracts the managed control from the host. As far as the host is concerned, the ActiveXWrapper 206 is the control being hosted. This enables all hosts that currently host ActiveX controls to also host managed WinForms controls 202. The ActiveXWrapper 206 does not persist any of the data that is owned by the WinForms control. Instead, it persists enough information to identify the managed control that it wraps. A reason for this is security. Because the wrapper control is automatically loaded when the document is opened, it is preferable to reduce the chance of harm. Because loading the ActiveXWrapper 206 does not depersist arbitrary WinForm control data, nor does it actually load the WinForm control, thus the present invention advantageously provides additional safety in its implementation. [0033] The second component of the architecture is the VSTO Container Control 204, which sits between the ActiveXWrapper control 206 and the WinForms control 202 being hosted. The VSTO Container Control 204 is an empty WinForms User Control, which by virtue of the fact that it is a WinForms control, exposes all of the ActiveX interface implementation provided by WinForms. This is the implementation that the ActiveXWrapper 206 delegates to whenever doing so is appropriate. In addition, the VSTO Container Control 204 exposes some private interfaces that facilitate communication to and from the ActiveXWrapper 206. [0034] The VSTO Container Control 204 is the container for the WinForms control 202 that is being hosted. The document customization is responsible for pushing the WinForms control 202 into the container 204, and then pushing the container to the ActiveXWrapper 206. This work is done by code that is generated as part of the document customization which leverages functionality built into a runtime engine. [0035] The VSTO Container Control 204 is derived from UserControl (which is derived from Form), which provides for message reflection. Message reflection is a technique that is used when wrapping an ActiveX Control around a Win32 control (i.e., the MICROSOFT WINDOWS API for developing 32-bit applications), and allows an ActiveX Control to intercept Win32 notifications and "reflect" them back to the Win32 control, thus informing the Win32 control to behave like an ActiveX control. This is used because Win32 controls use a different protocol for interacting with their host that is message based. Non-Form based controls do not implement message reflection themselves, because containing the WinForm control within the VSTO Container Control ensures correct behavior for WinForm controls that are wrapping Win32 controls. [0036] The WinForms control's window is a child window of the VSTO Container Control's window which is sized to match and kept in sync. This results in a seamless visual display for the user as they are never aware that the WinForms control is actually contained by its parent. [0037] An exemplary end to end control hosting scenario is as follows. First, the control 202 is placed on the document 200 at, e.g., design time. For example, In MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO Tools for Office 2005, the control 202 is placed on the document by dragging and dropping it via a toolbox item provided by Visual Studio. Drag and drop allows the host to persist the control via the ActiveXWrapper 206 to an IStorage using IDataObject. In this case what is persisted is the ActiveXWrapper 206 including the COM CLSID and the information that describes the type of control that should be hosted. [0038] The host then instantiates the control via a well known COM means (i.e., CoCreateInstance). At this point, there is a loaded ActiveXWrapper 206 control on the document and nothing more. Next, is that the designer (which is in the VISUAL STUDIO process) is notified that a new control was added. The designer generates the code that will result in the control being loaded at runtime. In addition, it creates an instance of the VSTO container control 204, creates an instance of the WinForms control 202, parents the WinForms control 202 to the container 204, locates the ActiveXWrapper 206 in the host, and pushes the container control to the wrapper control in the host process. Properties are set in the Visual Studio property browser. Property persistence is achieved because the designer generates code to set the properties to the desired value when the control is initialized at runtime. At this point, the components are connects and WinForms control 202 is ready for use. [0039] In the Visual Studio Tools For Office 2005 implementation, components may be connected differently depending on whether the host is in a design-time environment or instantiating the control at runtime. During design-time, when the control is placed on the document 200, a designer component instantiates the WinForms control 202 being hosted (as well as the VSTO Container Control 204) and makes the requisite calls to connect the components together. Additionally, the document designer generates the necessary code to instantiate and initialize the control at runtime. This includes generating code that will set the control's properties to the correct value. The designer component is part of Visual Studio Tools For Office 2005. [0040] Referring to FIG. 3, in the design-time case, a Visual Studio host container 208 shown in the figure has many responsibilities. It is responsible for creating components, binding them to designers and providing services to the components and designers 209 it maintains. It is also responsible for loading designers from some sort of persistent state, and saving them back to that state. The host container 208 provides logic for undo, clipboard functions and many other services that the designers rely on to provide a robust design-time environment. [0041] Visual Studio's host container 208 saves persistent state as source code in a user's project. The host container 208 consists of three parts: The Host Container, a Designer Loader 210 used to save and load the form design, and a group of serializers 210 provided by the actual components that work with the designer loader to perform the actual loading and saving of the form. [0042] In the runtime case, the document 200 includes code that has been written by, e.g., a solutions developer and stored with the document 200. This code includes the designer generated code to instantiate the control. When this code executes, it creates the WinForms control 202, initializes the control with the persisted state, and then calls methods in the runtime engine that will actually locate the correct ActiveXWrapper controls 206 on the document. The VSTO Container Control 204 is created and all of the components are connected. The runtime engine component is part of Visual Studio Tools For Office 2005. [0043] In the runtime case, the WinForms control 202 is created by and manipulated by the customization code which runs in a custom AppDomain (an application domain that is an isolated environment where applications execute) with its own security policy. This means that regardless of whether the control itself is fully trusted, control instantiation, initialization and execution will be limited by the security policy of the caller. Opening a document will only result in control code executing to the extent that the end-user is willing to trust the document. By default, no code will run, which means that the end user can safely open any document without fear of unknown and possibly malicious code running as a side-effect of that action. [0044] In the event that security policy prevents code from running (and thus prevents controls from being instantiated) the ActiveXWrapper 206 control will still exist on the document 200. The user can elect to change policy to allow code to run on the document, at which point controls will resume functioning. To accomplish this, the document is reloaded after any changes are made to policy in order for those changes to enable controls. [0045] FIGS. 4-7 detail the runtime process in greater detail. It is noted that the runtime example is being provided for exemplary purposes only and do not serve to limit the scope of the claims of the present invention. The runtime process preferably includes four phases: Load, Startup, Load Runtime Storage Control (RSC) and Open Event. FIG. 4 illustrates the Load phase. Initially, the host (Word/Excel 214) checks for the existence of 2 custom properties: _AssemblyLocation and _AssemblyName. If the properties exist, the host 215 will co-create otkloadr 218 and call IWRLoader::Load. If the _AssemblyName property value is equal to '*', then otkloadr 218 recognizes that it relates to a customization and it then instantiates the runtime by co-creating TarmacLoader 220 and delegates the call to it. TarmacLoader 220 creates and returns to the caller a IWRAssembly pointer implemented by TarmacAssembly object 222 to MICROSOFT Office. It is preferred that customizations are not loaded yet at this point. [0046] FIG. 5 illustrates the Startup phase. Here, the host 214 calls IWRAssembly::Startup passing pointers to the host's object model. TarmacAssembly 222 will subscribe itself to listen to the document's open event. Referring to FIG. 6, the host loads the Load Runtime Storage Control (RSC) 224, which is an ActiveX control that is added to the document when the project is built. At runtime this control 224 is loaded as part of the normal document loading sequence. [0047] FIG. 7 illustrates the Open phase. The host will fire an Open event once it has finished loading the document 200. Because TarmacAssembly 222 subscribed to this event in the Startup phase, it will receive this event and this is where the actual loading of the customization takes place. First, TarmacAssembly 222 finds the RSC through the Office Operations Manager (OM), and then TarmacAssembly 222 reads the manifest from the RSC. TarmacAssembly 222 then co-creates a Common Language Runtime (CLR) shim 226 that implements activation and calls CreateDomain passing the manifest. The shim 226 extracts the code base, i.e., location of the assembly from the manifest. The shim 226 starts the CLR and creates Evidence for the new AppDomain based on the location (URL, etc). The shim 226 then creates a new AppDomain. The shim 226 loads Tarmac runtime in new AppDomain and creates AppDomainManager 228, which parses and updates the manifest. [0048] The AppDomainManager 228 loops through the entry points in the manifest, and it for each entry point, loads the entry point's assembly and calls the entry point's static method CreateForClient. CreateForClient is a static method that creates an instance of the "Startup class" ("ThisDocument" for instance) and provides it with pointers to interfaces that will allow it to communicate to the host in order to initialize view controls and data caching. The call into Startup results in the managed controls being created and hooked up as well. [0049] While the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments of the various Figs., it is to be understood that other similar embodiments may be used or modifications and additions may be made to the described embodiment for performing the same function of the present invention without deviating therefrom. Furthermore, it should be emphasized that a variety of computer platforms, including handheld device operating systems and other application specific operating systems are contemplated, especially as the number of wireless networked devices continues to proliferate. Still further, the present invention may be implemented in or across a plurality of processing chips or devices, and storage may similarly be effected across a plurality of devices. Therefore, the present invention should not be limited to any single embodiment, but rather should be construed in breadth and scope in accordance with the appended claims. 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Apple has become the most profitable tech company in the entirety of China, beating local giants like Alibaba and Tencent thanks to the market dominance of the iPhone — reports the Financial Times.
According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, Apple racked up operating profits of a whopping $31.2 billion in China during its fiscal 2022. Meanwhile, China’s largest domestic tech companies, Tencent and Alibaba, trailed behind with $15.2 billion and $13.5 billion, respectively, in operating profits for their most recent 12-month periods.
Not only is China the largest manufacturer of iPhones, accounting for about 95% of global iPhone production, but it has also become one of Apple’s largest markets. The iPhone was once eclipsed by homegrown smartphone maker Huawei in the Chinese market, but a series of U.S. sanctions have since crippled the local company and put Apple on top.
“Today, Apple has much of the $600-and-above market to itself,” said Archie Zhang, an analyst at Counterpoint Research. “If you’re going to buy a $1,000 smartphone, there’s nothing else.”
What’s more, Apple has struck up a cozy arrangement with Beijing that allows it to enjoy China’s cost-effective labour and factories while the government cracks down on homegrown tech companies.
However, Apple’s reliance on China for manufacturing has proven to be a double-edged sword as of late. Ever since the pandemic hit, factory closures and COVID-19 prevention measures across China have wracked Apple’s supply chain.
Most recently, the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory, went into a COVID-19 lockdown.
Apple on Sunday announced that the facility “is currently operating at significantly reduced capacity,” lowering the supply of the company’s latest iPhone 14 Pro models and affecting shipments during its high-volume holiday quarter.
China has also often dictated Apple’s direction in product design. According to a person familiar with Apple’s Chinese operations, the iPhone’s adoption of bigger screens, more advanced cameras, and dual-SIM support were all encouraged by Apple’s Chinese employees, based on the desires of the Chinese market.
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I appreciate your article on this topic. I am especially interested in hearing more about the ways narcissists reference other people in conversation. I've started noticing lately that my husband (who I strongly suspect to be a narcissist) frequently uses "I" statements when referring to things that involve both of us. I have overheard him conversing with friends, family members, etc and he omits any reference to me entirely. "I saw such and such movie Saturday night…" (we were both there), "I've thought about selling my house" (we both talked about selling our house )… etc. I sometimes feel like I'm being petty even caring about this, but it just seems so bizarre to me that he doesn't reference me in stories about our life. Especially when he is talking to people that know me. To hear him talk sometimes you wouldn't even think he was married or lived with another person. I'm curious about whether this is just a matter of different people having different styles of speaking or if there is something more going on there.
I've also noticed that, with his parents, he never actually says my name if he does reference me. He just says "she"…. Is that weird?
Illeism can also be pathological in nature, caused by brain injury or autism. My sister was autistic; she was non-verbal until age 5. When she started talking, at first she only repeated what she heard others say (echolalia). Gradually she began speaking her own words, however, she always referred to herself in the third person. For example, she would say "Sally wants a drink of water" rather than "I'd like a drink of water". Also, she would verbalize her thoughts (talk to herself) but even then, she always referred to herself in the third person.
I can understand why you would think that Autism is connected with Illeism but it really isn't, your sister refers to herself by name because that is what she has heard others refer to her as. Autism is not Illeism or narcissism but a lack of a core sense of self,like islands within the brain that cant connect in a meanful consistent way..hence why they is also a sensory processing disorder.There is no centralised core to bring sensory information and experiences together.As a mother of an adult Autistic son I wish you all the very best with your sister.
I looked up "referring to yourself in the third person" just now because of Donald Trump's Tweet about himself today as "Trump", which he has done often before, just saying "The President". The connection between that behavior and narcissism definitely fits here. P.S. Thanks for the new word, "illeism".
My husband and I have an acquaintance we know through a musical group. He does things that are very annoying, but most people in the group are either too nice to call him on things, or just don't want to bother with it. When he writes e-mails to the group, he refers to himself by his name, e.g., "[Name] can't make practice tonight." The other thing he has done is HE invited someone to the musical group, without discussing it with us, who has mobility problems and needs transport and aid for every practice. He provided the transport for two or three practices, and then basically dropped off the face of the earth. Of course, the kindhearted people in the group started taking turns driving him, which was way, way out of their way to pick him up, get him in the car, take him to practice, assist him getting to his chair, assist going back to the car, taking him back home, assisting him into his home. When the mobility challenged individual emails the group asking for a ride, he emails, "Brad would gladly give you a ride, but I can't make it tonight." I see his whole motivation in introducing this guy to the group as wanting to be seen in some heroic role, but it was too hard to maintain, so he stealthily dumped it on the rest of us. Ugh. So I say he has both illeism and is a narcissist.
What is the logic when someone constantly refers to you in third person? They have all the signs of being a narcissist as well & need constant attention. When things don't go their way, they become dismissive immediately. They put on a grand show of how they are easily annoyed & don't like people, yet can do things that are very kind. Maybe they do it only for praise. Their character exhausts me & I just don't understand their behavior.
I remember talking about myself to my therapist in third person when my ego-collapsed during a psychosis. I believed that i had died and for the rest of my life i would be a souless no one
I regularly refer to myself in the third person, but I feel it is mostly for comedic effect. And the more people comment on it, the more I am likely to do it. I have even been known to refer to myself in the first person and the third person in the same sentence (e.g. I told Chris to do this, but as usual he forgot or Chris thinks he is a bit of a fool at times and I agree with this assessment). Does this say anything about Chris?
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Little background first. I am currently a full time student doing a Cooperative Work Experience course at my school. I get credit for working in my field. I have an AAS in Diesel Technology, and I work for the railroad. I mostly stock parts and order parts, but I have to sign off defects and that to. I enjoy this job but I had way more fun working for Wyoming Machinery Company over the summer and wrenching on mine equipment. Only because I got to work on stuff. But the job I have doesn't allow me to.
I want to know what your dream job is? For me I would be doing the same thing I am now, I make ridiculous money, the thing I would change now is that I actually get to work on them not just around them.
Im Navy ROTC. When I get out of the navy, my dream is to open up my own custom shop. Love working on cars of all kinds and doing new crazy things with them.
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Do it! its the best thrill you can ever imagine. start taking some classes and work towards ur associates in criminal justice and you get a pay increase in most places. im working on my criminal justice stuff now. if you are interested or need any help feel free to i.m or just chat with me on facebook
Just to get into the police academy you need 32 college credit hours. I have 22 maybe a little more. I am 28 now and 2nd child on the way. I have no time for classes right now.
wow thats a bummer, where im at, you just work as a detention deputy and when you get a years senority, they will take you to mandate school ( police academy) once that is done, your a deputy..
I could probably get a job at the city jail and work my way there. Right now the city is in financial trouble so there is no hiring
more than just your city thats in trouble lol
i would still apply even tho they dont have any openings..
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With the rise of Samsung in particular, HTC has been relegated to also-ran status in the smart phone world, with its latest devices causing nary a whisper anywhere but in the most gadget-obsessed blogs, and then only temporarily. In the Windows Phone world, obsessed as we are by Nokia at the moment, things are perhaps even worse for the company. And that's too bad, because its latest Windows Phone handset, the Titan II, offers some compelling advantages over even the best Nokia devices despite a fairly generic design.
The first HTC Titan shipped in 2011, part of the initial wave of Windows Phone 7.5 devices. It's claim to fame was its screen, not so much for the quality but rather for the size: At 4.7 inches, it was the biggest screen on any Windows Phone handset, and not coincidentally resulted in the Titan being the biggest of the devices overall, too.
If the Titan's screen and form factor size was controversial, that was nothing compared to the reaction HTC got in January when it announced it was replacing the device with a new version called the Titan II. It didn't ship until this month, but the paltry 6 month lifetime of the original model sets a new record, of sorts, and obviously angered those who purchased it. (A one-year lifetime for smart phones is both acceptable and, I think, the norm.)
If HTC had its reasons for the quick turnaround, it's never voiced them. But the Titan II provides a couple of interesting improvements over the original model, at least one of which is aimed at righting a wrong it had no control over late last year: At that time, Windows Phone 7.5 simply didn't support LTE wireless networks.
Much of this phone, of course, is unchanged from the original model.
It features the same massive 4.7 inch screen, which is of the Super LCD (S-LCD) variety and not the more generally desirable AMOLED type screen used by Nokia, Samsung, and others. S-LCD was developed by Sony as an alternative to AMOLED, but when you look at the Titan II and Nokia Lumia 900 side by side, with both configured for the same brightness levels, the differences are obvious. The Lumia screen is brighter and more vibrant, with whiter whites, while the Titan II is much less vibrant, with almost light gray whites and a matte-like look. (Some may prefer that, however, just as some prefer matte laptop screens over the now-more-common glossy displays. This is of course a matter of taste.)
A big screen has its advantages. Even with the supposedly limiting 480 x 800 that graces/inhibits all Windows Phones—one of those faux issues people who never use the devices love to complaint about—text and photos are crisp, clear and wonderful. If your eyesight isn't great, the Titan II is a great choice. In apps like Mail where Windows Phone's typography-based design is used to optimal effect, the type is gorgeous and readable, vastly superior to the iPhone's eye straining, postage stamp-sized screen.
Big isn't always better, of course. I'm a big guy, so the larger form factor required by the Titan II's voluminous screen is OK by me. But more normally proportioned folk may find the device hard to use with a single hand. As I've noted before, there's a happy middle ground when it comes to smart phone size, and the iPhone 4S (tiny) and Titan II (humongous) sit on the extremes at either side of that middle ground. Neither is perfect for everyone.
Looking beyond the screen, the Titan II also picks up its predecessor's RAM (512 MB), internal storage (16 GB, non-expandable), and microprocessor (a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm). These are all fairly standard for Windows Phone, as is the device's lackluster front-facing camera, which delivers 1.3 megapixels of resolution.
Which leaves us, of course, with the Titan II's two big differentiators: LTE support and its incredible 16 megapixel camera.
I wrote about Windows Phone's support for LTE in Day 4 of my series about the Nokia Lumia 900. It works similarly with the Titan II, offering support for older 3G and 4G/HSPA-type networks in addition to LTE if you can get it. (I can, where I live outside of Boston.) Internet sharing is available as well, assuming you have the appropriate AT&T data plan. And the Titan II will switch easily between various network types, opting for the fastest available on the fly. I won't have the device long enough to do thorough real world tests, and I'm not a fan of largely-BS speed tests that don't really prove anything, given the variances in actual conditions when you're out and about.
(Call quality is another issue I need to pay attention to. The more I use the Lumia 900, the more I realize that Nokia did something—it could be as simple as turning up the call volume—to improve call quality. It's just far better than any Windows Phone device I've used. The Titan II works more like the Samsung Focus S. It's fine, but not notable in any way.)
And then there's that camera.
When HTC announced the Titan II, it raised a few eyebrows, and not just for the timing so close on the heels of the original Titan. The most eagerly awaited feature of this phone, by far, was its 16 megapixel camera, since it offers twice the resolution of competing smart phones. There was some talk that the Lumia 900's superior Carl Zeiss optics would put it on par with the Titan II, since no one was particularly upbeat about HTC's ability to deliver a superior camera experience, regardless of the megapixels. And there was talk that, surely, both of these devices would at least compete with the camera in the iPhone 4S, which remains the standard by which all other phone-based cameras must be judged.
As I discovered with the Lumia 900, sadly, the highly-touted Carl Zeiss optics can't save that phone's middling camera, which is at best "very good," and not excellent like that of the iPhone 4S.
But what about the Titan II? Does it rate?
To find out, I devised two sets of tests, one in which the Titan II camera was pitted against that of the Lumia 900, and one in which I compared it to that in the iPhone 4S. I performed these side-by-side tests as I did with my previous Lumia/iPhone comparison, taking two shots of each scene with each camera and using a selection of indoor and outdoor (while sunny) shots in which the cameras were, by and large, using their default settings.
This last bit is somewhat important because Windows Phone lets the hardware maker create the camera experience and decide which features are included. And compared to the Lumia, the Titan II provides a few unique camera features, which I find a bit vexing. There's a panorama shot mode which should be on all phones. And a burst shots mode that lets you take three shots, very quickly. The Titan II includes the same set of scenes, but adds a new Intelligent Auto, which is the default, and appears to put the phone into modes like Macro or Portrait automatically. (I guess Auto is really "Dumb Auto".) And there are other unique settings like smile capturing and face detection. Seriously, this stuff needs to be standardized.
The Titan II doesn't have any widescreen shooting modes like the Lumia, but it does of course offer massively huge photos: It's 16M mode is 4640 x 3480, well above the Lumia's 8MP. (And yes, HTC uses "M" for megapixels while Nokia uses "MP." Again, it's just not standardized.)
Surprisingly, it was pretty close. In about half of the photo sets, the picture quality was comparable. The Titan II, of course, offers much larger resolutions. But when view side by side, or zoomed to roughly the same areas of interest, about 4 of the 8 photo sets were comparable.
In three of the remaining four, the Titan II came out ahead, though rarely by a wide margin. The one exception was some photos of a kitchen-based stereo. Here, the Titan II delivered a level of detail not present in the Lumia shots. In others, the color reproduction was a bit more realistic, but close.
Nokia Lumia 900 (left), HTC Titan II (right)
In one, an outdoor shot, the Lumia shot, on the left, is clearly superior, with deeper darks and a truer color reproduction. The Titan II shot is washed out, and you can't see any blue in the sky.
Given the Lumia 900's poor showing compared to the iPhone 4S, I was expecting this comparison to be a lot more one-sided. So I was expecting the iPhone 4S to handily beat the HTC Titan II as well.
The results were somewhat surprising. Yes, the iPhone 4S still has the superior camera, and it beat out the HTC Titan II overall. But it was closer than expected. Of the indoor shots, the iPhone 4S won two out of three, offering more true to life colors in separate photos of bananas and a tomato.
HTC Titan II (left), iPhone 4S (right)
But in a shot of that same kitchen-based stereo, the Titan 2 images were dramatically clearer while offering comparable color quality:
Moving outdoors, it was no contest. The iPhone 4S won each time, with better details and better colors. Outside, it wasn't even close.
There is one other Titan II differentiator worth mentioning, I guess. Like Nokia and other Windows Phone licensees, HTC creates its own Windows Phone apps that are only made available to its customers. On the Start screen, you'll see three AT&T apps—U-Verse Mobile, Navigator, and Scanner—but only one HTC app, the HTC Hub. It's a strange app, and perhaps a peek at what an HTC-designed Windows Phone might look like, with weather, stock, news, and feature (apps) panes. That last bit also can also launch into HTC's special area of the Windows Phone Marketplace, where you'll find other HTC and third party apps, including HTC Locations (directions with voice), a photo editor, and a DLNA-based media streaming app, among others.
The Titan II is available now from AT&T Wireless for $199, which is stunning (the bad kind) given that the more desirable Nokia Lumia 900 is only $99. Given the competition, I expect it to hit the bargain bin quickly.
Like all non-iPhone handsets sold through AT&T—including the Lumia—the Titan II comes in AT&T's el-cheapo, designed to fall apart the second you open it-type packaging. I wish they'd get over this and let the handset makers design their own boxes. Or at the very least go upscale for the packaging on the higher end devices. This packaging just contributes to a bad initial experience.
Awful AT&T packaging
The HTC Titan II is a decent Windows Phone handset and would have offered viable competition to the Samsung Focus S and Flash if those were current generation handsets. Sadly, compared to the Nokia Lumia, the Titan II comes up short, even for those taken with its larger form factor, big screen, and somewhat superior camera. If the Titan II proves anything, it's that we're on the cusp of a future with high resolution smart phone-based cameras that are truly excellent. And that with Nokia and its amazing designs now in the market, coming close isn't enough anymore.
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Download ALLConverterToPSP Freeware - The next generation of ALLConverter to PSP brings easy video/audio conversion. ALLConverterToPSP is a Windows-based free...
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ALLConverterToPSP is a Windows-based free software that merges external subtitles with video/audio to make friendly files for PSP playback. This tool can be used to convert all known formats with subtitles. It is the first easy and free solution for users.This converter uses PSP-like GUI. Just pick a video file like mkv/DivX/Xvid/flv and external subtitles like smi/srt/sub/txt/mpl2 to make a quick conversion. The converter comes with built-in profiles for PSP, so no extra adjustments are required. The process can be terminated any time and the file with subtitles will be created. You don't need, as in other programs, to choose sophisticated options like bitrate, resolution, etc. ALLConverter to PSP exactly matches any movie to your console, and in Hi Quality mode you have resolution exactly matching your device, and if you have older equipment, or want to have a smaller file, Quality settings are precisely created for you. If you have ALLPlayer installed, you can choose the right subtitles format (e.g. size, font color, font family) in ALLPlayer setup. Those settings will be imported to ALLConverter. When you don't have ALLPlayer installed, you can only use default fonts without the possibility to change them.
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Invitation with Watercolor Flowers in Pink and Purple, Romantic Invitation Suite, Calligraphy Names Spring Wedding Invitation SAMPLE | Posy
Watercolor flowers in shades of pink and purple adorn the edges of this romantic invitation suite featuring the bride and groom's names in elegant calligraphy script. Perfect for a spring wedding in the garden!
This listing is for a SAMPLE of the Posy wedding invitation and rsvp card.
For the Posy design as shown, pricing starts at $485 for 100 sets in flat printing.
The Posy sample invitation is flat printed on 118# brilliant white cotton paper with gold text.
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GOP consultant launches hilarious 'South Park' parody targeting Mormon Church's tax-exempt status - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism
GOP consultant launches hilarious 'South Park' parody targeting Mormon Church's tax-exempt status
"Salt Park" preview
A "South Park" parody by longtime Republican political consultant and prominent LGBTQ activist Fred Karger will target the Mormon Church's tax-exempt status.
Karger, who's spoken out against the LDS' anti-LGBTQ policies for years, told the Salt Lake Tribune the parody "Salt Park" will "point out the vast wealth of the Mormon church."
"People may be aware of the church's ownership of City Creek Center, but not much beyond that," Karger said. "That was an eye-opener for me when I started this, to see just how vast a business empire they have."
Karger funded the five-episode animated series, which took about $12,000 and two to three weeks per episode. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Karger said the episodes are "noticeably clunkier and the jokes flatter than its inspiration, but that's not really the point." Instead, he hopes to show how the church abuses its tax-exempt status.
Karger said the impetus for launching the series was the church's 2015 decision that forced LGBTQ members out of the church.
"Ever since Prop 8, people have encouraged me to go after their taxes, but I never felt comfortable enough to do it," he told the Salt Lake Tribune.
"I thought I really needed to go after something that's sacred to them, and that's their tax status," he added.
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Mountain Hardwear has fully launched its high-fidelity Augmented Reality shopping app, featuring its completely redesigned equipment line. The app is meant to limit time needed to visit retail stores, decrease difficulty of in-store setup, and limit the guesswork of online ...read more
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Far From the Madding Crowd: A New Visitor, Not Quite so Welcomed :-\
Posted by Linda Yarrow at 23:44:00
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I know I've said this before, Lin, but I always have mixed feelings about Sparrowhawks visiting our garden. Usually I'm quite happy to accept an occasional visit. There have been times, however, that I've started to get concerned when the visits were several times a day over several weeks.
You did very well to get such great images of your visiting female. I usually find that our visitors are quick to depart the moment they spot me! - I'm still talking Sparrowhawks here!!! :-)
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1. Solution Provider Directory
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2. Theorem's latest Publish 3D release publishes NX 11 data to 3D PDF
... Interface (UI) with Theorem's Publish 3D On Demand product provides the opportunity for multiple PDF publishing from a single data source. A user can select templates from the samples delivered with the ...
3. Theorem Releases Update to Visualize 3D Adapter
Theorem Solutions has announced the release of their latest Visualize 3D Adapter for CATIA V5 to Creo View users supporting up to and including CATIA V5-6R2014-2018. For those that need to work with, ...
4. Theorem Releases CATIA V5i to JT Visualization v20.3
Theorem Solutions has announced the latest release V20.3 of their CATIA V5i to JT visualization solution – part of the Visualize 3D product suite. Theorem's CATIA V5i- JT is a uni-directional direct ...
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Theorem Solutions announces the latest release of CADverter V20.3 for CATIA V5i to NX. CATIA V5i-NX is a uni-directional direct database converter between the Dassault Systemes' V5 and ...
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Theorem Solutions is back at Develop3D Live this year and is excited to be exhibiting as a Gold sponsor. You can find them at stand #54/55 in the Mead Gallery. Taking place on 20th March 2018 at Warwick ...
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Theorem Solutions of Tamworth, UK, have launched a 'Multi-Device' Visualization Experience App for Augmented (AR), Mixed (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR) devices ...
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Theorem is releasing V18.5 of its Multi-CAD products for CATIA V5 R25. All of the products released under V18.5 will now include support for V5 R25 which provides the user with ...
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Theorem's latest CADverter range of products now support the processing of Model Based Definition (MBD) information as standard. This is helping to streamline the manufacturing process ...
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Deep diving into the dark web - MarkMonitor
Stefanie Ellis October 22, 2019 December 5, 2019
Much of our perception of the dark web is limited to what we see on TV — a hub for criminals, illicit goods and illegal activity. But to understand its true impact on business, it's helpful to demystify some of the terminology you've likely heard.
Imagine that the internet is an iceberg. The visible ice, above the water, is the surface web, and includes all of the websites indexed by search engines and accessible by anyone, from news and banking sites, to entertainment and brand websites.
Deep, dark and surface
The largest part of the iceberg is underwater. This is the deep web.
It's a collection of sites not indexed by search engines, typically not for nefarious reasons, but because they're behind a login. Examples include company intranets, private databases, medical records, scientific reports and financial transactions. You can also find private message boards or forums here; for the most part, these are also legitimate, but can be used by cybercriminals to communicate with each other or buy and sell items.
The dark web is like the bottom of the submerged iceberg.
It can only be accessed by anonymised browsers, such as TOR (the Onion Router), and typically its traffic can't be monitored. Again, it's not just used by criminals.
Individuals with privacy concerns, as well as journalists, use the dark web, but there is also a host of illegal activities taking place here as well: from buying and selling illegal merchandise (drugs, guns, counterfeit luxury goods), stolen credentials, pirated software and luxury counterfeit goods, to hacking tutorials and the sale of targeted cyberattacks, such as DDoS.
The threat of the dark web
So how does this apply to your business? If your business has experienced a phishing attack or data breach, the stolen data could be up for sale on the dark web.
This could include information about your business, your intellectual property, staff, payment details, etc. In addition, if staff use their work email addresses to sign up for online services and those sites are hacked, those email addresses (and potentially even passwords) could be floating around on the dark web. If your staff use the same passwords across sites, including their work emails, this makes your organisation vulnerable.
In the same vein, counterfeit products (with your brand name) could be available on the dark web. Hackers also identify vulnerable networks and create lists of IP addresses, also all available for sale in these marketplaces.
Items found on the dark web can vary, and your vulnerabilities as a brand depend on the type of industry you operate in. For example, financial institutions need to guard client account data, manufacturers protect their IP, retailers protect customer credentials and payment data, and healthcare organisations safeguard patient records.
But can you monitor the dark web when everything and everyone operating within it is anonymous? Yes, you can. You can monitor for mentions of your brand, employees or customers. If this information is found, you can evaluate what kind of data it is, what risk it poses to your organisation and you can take steps to mitigate that risk, whether that's closing a vulnerability, changing email addresses, or notifying customers.
In our on-demand webinar, we take a deep dive into the dark web and discuss how criminals use it. We also address the role of cryptocurrencies, threats to your business and actions you can take to mitigate risk. Watch now.
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Tu Huynh on HubPages
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Managing The 'Open Innovation Culture' Project and Tasks Relating To SME Collaboration : The 'VIP+' and 'KMU-NetC' Funding Measures | VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH: Projektträger und Dienstleister für Innovationen
'VIP+' Funding Measures
The aim of the German government's new high-tech strategy 'Innovationen für Deutschland' (Innovation for Germany) is for research to be translated more rapidly into new products, services and innovations for society as a whole. To do this, it is necessary to further strengthen the links between academic research and its applications for commerce and/or wider society. This is where the 'VIP+' funding measure for validating innovative potential comes in. It helps researchers to systematically validate their research findings and to identify and tap into areas of application.
'KMU-NetC' Funding Measures
One of the major challenges that SMEs face as they seek to exploit new market potential is the need to update their processes, products, services and business models. The innovative SMEs with the most success tend to be those who work together – in networks and clusters, for example. Within networks and clusters that have a high proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the 'KMU-NetC' funding measure provides funding for sophisticated alliances in the areas of research, development and innovation. The alliances align with the needs of the SMEs and with the innovation strategies or technology roadmaps of the networks and clusters. 'KMU-NetC' is part of a Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) concept for prioritising SMEs, which consists of a ten-point programme for increased innovation in SMEs . With this concept, which sits within the German government's new high-tech strategy ('Innovationen für Deutschland'), the BMBF is seeking to promote new ideas, new possible applications and new business models. It is also promoting the widespread distribution of and use of research findings and model solutions among SMEs.
The BMBF has commissioned VDI/VDE-IT with managing the 'Open Innovation Culture' project and with tasks related to SME collaboration . As such, VDI/VDE-IT is implementing the 'VIP+' and 'KMU-NetC' funding measures. This project is being managed together with the project management agency 'Projektträger Jülich'. The tasks associated with managing this project include providing advice to interested organisations, processing funding applications and supporting the funded projects.
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Own Franchise Business - eBook store google-site-verification: googlee0a3012d902528f7.html
I am Vathani Ariyam, I have launched three eBooks for the people who like to start a new business. I have explained about how to start a business, accounting advice for the firm owners and video marketing for the entrepreneurs to market their business using videos.
Now, I have written this eBook all about franchising, with the intention of helping people who are interested in setting up a franchise. The book shows, how to choose a franchise, managing it and making the profit out of it. It also helps you to decide whether a franchise is a good investment. You also will get to know about an online franchise and home based franchise business, as both forms of franchising when becomes successful, gives you a better lifestyle. Remember making a success is easier to the franchise than in any other business. I am also planning to create an online course about franchising; it will help lots of people as they like to learn and become a franchise owner.
I hope the eBook will help and educate you all about franchising and become a successful franchise owner. Another good news for you is I am on the lookout for someone to work along with me; I will give you free coaching in any of the areas that I am working on at the moment.
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There’s a new guy giving roses to Olivia Caridi. The former Bachelor contestant raved about her beau on Instagram as they traveled through South Africa’s Tswalu Kalahari Reserve with friends.
“He’s the reason I’ve been spending a bit of time in Amsterdam, and now we’re living the dream at @tswalu in the Kalahari,” Caridi, 27, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, February 26. “What is life.”
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ALVIN – Being perfect is something Pearland Dawson has done one before in the short history of the program.
The 2020 Eagles entered Friday trying to keep the hopes of joining the 2012 Dawson team – which went undefeated in the regular season and finished 12-1 overall – as the only other team to finish the regular season unblemished.
Facing defending Class 5A Division I State Champion Shadow Creek at their house – Freedom Field – would be the last thing standing in the way.
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Get PDF - Sustainability, spatial hierarchies and land-based production
Sustainability, spatial hierarchies and land-based production
Cocklin, C.; Blunden, G.; Moran, W.
Agricultural restructuring and sustainability: a geographical perspective: 25-39
The starting point of this paper is a paradox: geographers have participated widely in the discourse on sustainability/sustainable development, yet a significant contribution that is distinctly geographical is not clearly evident in the literature.
Accession: 002973576
Land-based production of animal protein: impacts, efficiency, and sustainability. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1328: 18-28, 2015
Production potentiality and sustainability of rice based cropping system under medium land situations of Assam. 2007
Spatial pattern and sustainability of the land-cover of Wufendigou Catchment, Huangfuchuan, Inner Mongolia. Rural Eco Environment 21(4): 12-16, 2005
Land resource sustainability for urban development: spatial decision support system prototype. Environmental Management 36(2): 282-296, 2005
Land use practices in Lesotho: implications for sustainability in agricultural production. Journal of sustainable agriculture8(2-3): 5-24, 2001
A policy perspective on the sustainability of production environments: toward a land theory of value. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 31(2): 149-161, 1992
Spatial analysis of land use/land cover over India using satellite based remote sensing techniques. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics 55(2Supplement): 19-28, 2000
A spatial explicit allocation procedure for modelling the pattern of land use change based upon actual land use. Ecological Modelling 116(1): 45-61, 1999
Using spatial land resource data and computer simulation modelling to evaluate sustainability of wheat cropping for a portion of the eastern Darling Downs, Queensland. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 33(5/6): 463-468, 1992
Stratifying land use/land cover for spatial analysis of disease ecology and risk: an example using object-based classification techniques. Geospatial Health 2(1): 15-28, 2008
Stratifying land use/land cover for spatial analysis of disease ecology and risk: an example using object-based classification techniques. 2007
The start of sustainability in Amazonia? A new paradigm based on fertility for sustainable land management. Empowerment Of The Rural Actors: A Renewal Of Farming Systems Perspectives: 8th European Ifsa Symposium, Clermont Ferrand, France, 6-10 Y: 1-600, 2008
A 'Legislation-Check' based on '3-D Sustainability' – Addressing global precautionary land governance. Land Use Policy 29(3): 0-660, 2012
Land Acquisitions in Tanzania Strong Sustainability, Weak Sustainability and the Importance of Comparative Methods. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 26(6): 1127-1156, 2013
Animal production and land use sustainability. An approach from the farm diversity at territory level. Livestock Production Science 61(2-3): 275-286, 1999
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Staff members from the Sultana Education Foundation will take you on a journey through 35 million years of Bay history using the Holt Center’s GIS programming. This cutting edge system is used in combination with a 1,000 sqft floor map of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Lake Braddock Secondary School - Kingstowne-Rose Hill, VA Patch
West Springfield High School (in Burke Patch), Robinson Secondary School (in Burke Patch), Lake Braddock Secondary School (in Burke Patch), and 1 more ›
More than 150 area high school students will join the critically acclaimed Boston String Quartet on November 12, in a performance called The Ethno-Urban Orchestra. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Northern Virginia Community College's Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall. The Boston String Quartet's Ethno-Urban Orchestra program develops, encourages and enhances students' musical gifts through pre-concert workshops, then provides a concert experience to showcase their abilities. Since 2004, the Quartet has been a creative leader in contemporary classical music, performing their own arrangements of classical chamber music, rock, jazz and world music. "We offer a distinctively different approach to classical music, and also enjoy retelling …
Lake Braddock Secondary School (in Burke Patch), West Springfield High School (in Burke Patch), Annandale High School (in Annandale Patch), and 2 more ›
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Global factors contribute to Palau's declining tourism: Press Secretary - Island Times
by Island Times September 10, 2019 June 11, 2020
Press Secretary Olkeriil Kazuo told the media that global factors are at play to the declining tourist arrivals in Palau and said that although tourism revenues are going down, the country remains to be among the top destinations for ocean activities.
Kazuo, however, did not specify the global factors affecting Palau's tourism but instead shared Palau President Tommy Remengesau, Jr.'s strategy of putting emphasis on attracting freely independent travelers (FIT) and cutting down charter flights and reducing package tours.
Kazuo said that they are currently working on "niche activities" that attract diverse groups of tourists but he also acknowledged the challenges they are facing in "getting things done."
The press secretary said that Palau needs to bring more flights and create products for tourists.
"We always put into consideration [the global factors] and you always notice that the visit of [Japan] Foreign Minister [Taro] Kono and [Japan Prime Minister's Special Advisor Kentaro Sonoura] indicated that they are pushing hard on getting back Japan direct flights," Kazuo said.
Japan is among Palau's top tourism markets but there are currently no regular direct flights servicing routes between the two nations.
Kazuo also expressed optimism that Vietnam's air carrier, Vietjet, will provide the country another source of tourists from Southeast Asia.
Pacific Note recently reported that tourism forecast for Palau sees tourist arrivals declining to less than 100,000 by the end of 2019 – the first time to happen since 2010.
The Palau Visitors Authority (PVA) statistics also showed there are only 55,334 tourists in Palau from January to July this year compared to the 69,086 tourists that visited the country last year for the same period.
PVA's data shows that Palau's tourist arrivals rose to 163,909 in 2015 and has since gradually reduce to 106,303 in 2018. (Rhealyn C. Pojas)
Tagged: Palau, Tourism, Vietnam
Japan, Vietnam agree to boost defense ties, resume flights October 20, 2020
Taiwan official in hospital after alleged 'violent attack' by Chinese diplomats in Fiji October 20, 2020
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7 Effective Herbs – Maintaining a healthy immune system can benefit your body and boost your body's defense against bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens.
The immune system becomes susceptible to several illnesses when introduced to chronic stress. Chronic stress increases the level of suppressor T cells. These cells are responsible for suppressing the immune system. You become susceptible to viral illnesses like cold, flu, etc.
You can combat stress with medications. But if you are not so keen on dealing with the side effects of drugs, consider powering up your immune system with herbs. Sarah Corbett of Rowan and Sage says, "Remedies made from herbs are a modality filled with strong allies for your immunity".
If you want to keep your immune system robust, it is essential to eat healthily, wash your hands frequently, exercise, observe adequate sleep, etc. On top of these practices, consuming some herbs will give you additional immune benefits. Many herbs actively fight against bacteria, bugs, viruses, and worms.
7 Effective Herbs For Boosting Immunity:
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-psychoactive component of the Cannabis Sativa plant that may have the ability to improve your immune system due to its anti-inflammatory attributes.
Some suggest that CBD can have immunosuppressive properties, but what does this mean?
Immunosuppressants are medications that can either stimulate or suppress the immune system. They treat autoimmune disorders effectively. Emphasizing CBD's ability to boost immunity, we refer to its anti-inflammatory properties and tendency to act as immunosuppressants.
CBD gummies are convenient and subtle methods of using CBD. They are edible candies with excellent pain control, anti-depressant, neuroprotective, and anti-anxiety properties. CBD gummies may directly or indirectly boost your immune system.
Turmeric is a herb and spice that has been in existence for years. It contains nutrients like potassium, ascorbic acid, zinc, calcium, iron, beta-carotene, and niacin. Turmeric has lots of beneficial nutrients; thus it is prescribed for healthy living.
The addition of turmeric to our meals is incredibly effective in boosting immunity.
Turmeric has a strong aroma and savory taste. It is packed with numerous benefits that supply the body with anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and probiotic properties. Some of the functions of turmeric include healing injuries, controlling blood sugar levels, reducing inflammation, treating stomach ulcers, etc.
Ginger is a versatile plant with anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antibiotic properties. It is excellent for enhancing your overall immunity. Ginger is safe for cooking and treatments.
It is loaded with vital nutrients like manganese, vitamin B6, magnesium, etc. Ginger is reliable for preventing cough, flu, cold, and fever in the cold season. It is the perfect fix for improving metabolism and digestion. The benefits of consuming ginger include treating chronic indigestion, weight loss, treating nausea, lowering blood sugar, etc.
The benefit of garlic goes beyond using it as a recipe to make tasty meals. It has the potential to ward off cold and cough infections, improve heart health, enhance brain function, balance blood sugar, boost immunity, get rid of fungal infection, etc.
This effective immune-boosting herb improves the function of white blood cells. It is easy to add to your diet and works wonders. It has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and antiseptic properties.
Garlic contains numerous nutrients such as selenium, arginine, flavonoids, and oligosaccharides. It contains sulfur which is responsible for its strong and stinky aroma.
Fire cider is also called the Master Tonic. This tonic contains Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) and other ingredients that support health.
Fire cider can be used as a natural remedy to relieve cold, support digestion, boost immunity, and relieve nasal congestion. This intense fluid combines onion, ginger, garlic, hot peppers, and horseradish.
It is simple to prepare and can be sprinkled on your meal.
Ashwagandha is a therapeutic herb that supports the body in combating stress. It is excellent for people who fall sick often.
Also known as adaptogens, Ashwagandha proves to be highly useful when sick or exposed to stress. It stimulates the lymphocytes to fight against pathogens.
Ashwagandha is great for people who fall sick often.
Cinnamon is a favorite household spice known for its medicinal advantage to our health. It has a pleasant smell and flavor that makes it popular in the kitchen. Cinnamon contains anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-bacterial properties. It supports digestive health and restores the balance of bacteria in the gut. It also helps to lower blood sugar levels.
Cinnamon is a potent herb that can act as an immune stimulator. It is recognized as safe when consumed in small amounts as a culinary spice.
A weakened immune system makes us prone to catching infections. Conversely, a robust immune system defends us against disease-causing pathogens. To maintain a strong immune system, we need to exercise, be hydrated, sleep well, and use herbs as an addition.
Before taking any of these herbs, you should speak to a qualified practitioner who can help to figure out which one will work best for you.
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Best Articles Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles » Book-reviews » Facebook was just for Harvard students in the beginning
Facebook was just for Harvard students in the beginning
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 Time: 4:58 PM
Would you trust it that Facebook was started only in 2004 and was just originally for individuals from Havard University.
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Before taking any further action, ensure you accurately look at the signs that the ex is displaying. If they're not producing any cues likely still into you it will be possible that they've improved. If that is true, your cause is unfortunately a lost one. Trying to get he or she back once they've moved past your relationship which is looking forward can get you nothing but further pain. Visit blog links with the Author's Bio for quite effective tips for an ex lover and get him falling in love with you yet again.
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Now this is the place where the fun starts. Start dating someone, and ensure that your ex lover is aware of him. It may not the simple, but dating is a sign of confidence and self-respect. Remember that men respect strength, and even if you probably prefer love, the reality is that if you ever need to get back with the ex then you'll definitely need to show personal and emotional strength to him.
In case, the issue is worth breaking apart over, then yes do give one other space. Don't jump the van and to push he or she boyfriend to function things out with you immediately. You might be the true reason for the problem, would you like give it a while for both person to think about things. If in this instance, you are the situation in the relationship, we have some work to do.
When your ex is completed being angry, done crying, talked effortlessly her friends, and contains sat alone in her own room for quite a while... this is when she's going to reestablish experience of you. This is also in places you ex might begin asking all regarding the cheating, in very vivid detail. She probably already knows who, but she'll need to know why. Your ex might interrogate you, asking you in which you met this girl, if you saw her, and ways in which many times you were physically along with her. Here's in places you need to downplay the majority of the details of your affair - both for ones exgirlfriend's benefit, and also for the future of any relationship you could have. Don't lie to her regarding the major information on what you did - you have to own up to that part - however, you can certainly minimize just how your ex views the entire nasty situation because they are vague, general, and also downplaying frequent you actually met this girl. Remember the golden rule: the less information you allow her, the less them will know. And trust me, though she's requesting details to rationalize the cheating in the own head right this moment? She ultimately doesn't want an incredibly strong imprint with the affair stuck in their head through-out your relationship.
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The Prosecutor in her Request does not explain this background on the Montevideo Convention. She does, however, appropriately decline to be confined by it. She says that the Article 1 items cannot be mechanically applied in a situation in which a state’s territory is under belligerent occupation. She appropriately puts more weight on the acceptance of Palestine by the other states of the world. In the final analysis, it is that acceptance that determines whether an entity is a state. An entity that satisfies the Montevideo points is not necessarily a state. Only the acceptance by others constitutes it as a state.
The Treaty of Lausanne, which made Palestine a state, was concluded at a time when self-determination of peoples was becoming accepted. Self-determination was reflected in the League of Nations Covenant.
Article 22, paragraph 4 of the Covenant referred to Palestine and the other formerly Turkish areas in the Arab world as “independent nations,” albeit they were to be administered for a time by an outside power. Palestine functioned as a state while under administration of Britain. Palestine had an identity as a state. Treaties were concluded in the name of Palestine.
The Palestine Liberation Organization referred to League Covenant Article 22 and to the Treaty of Lausanne in 1988, when it declared itself to be the Government of Palestine. Palestine was not being declared as a new state in 1988. Rather, the PLO was putting itself forward as the government of a state dating back to the 1920s.
The fact that the State of Palestine dates back to 1923 reinforces the Prosecutor’s analysis that Palestine is a state. The Pre-Trial Chamber need not avert to this earlier time. It can confine itself to referring to General Assembly Resolution 67/19 and to the contemporary acceptance of Palestine to conclude that Palestine is a state. If it does so, it will be on solid legal ground.
Prof. Quigley’s curious exercise in legal acrobatics, bending over backwards in order to prove that a Palestinian state has existed since the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne (!) verges on the absurd and is totally misleading. Indeed, the Lausanne instrument followed the 1920 San Remo declaration that incorporated into the mandate given to Britain, the 1917 Balfour Declaration regarding the establishment of a national home for the Jewish People in Palestine. But Quigley seems to ignore the fact that the ‘Palestine’ he refers to is indeed the Palestine inhabited by the Jewish People, that ultimately became the State of Israel, and not the presently-claimed Palestinian state that he sees being originated in UN General Assembly resolution 67/19 of 2012. His reliance on the fact that international acceptance – including by this politically generated General Assembly resolution adopted by an automatic majority, can determine statehood, despite the fact that no state may exist, – may well be what he believes, but it does not carry water in current international law and practice. Similarly, he is ignoring the fact that the ICC Statute is, by its own terms, open to states, and states only. It is not open to an artificial, non-state entity… Read more »
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Sherry's popularity isn't just growing in the US, Ray Isle of Food & Wine visits London's top sherry bars and shares his favorite bottles, including Maestro Sierra Amontillado.
Ellen Bhang of The Boston Globe talks sherry in her article "These aren't your grandparents' sherries."
Sherry Returns to Trendy Bars, Old Bodegas, Thanksgiving
Elin McCoy goes to Sherryfest in New York and talks with André in her article "Sherry Returns to Trendy Bars, Old Bodegas, Thanksgiving."
Sherry Fever Grips New York
From Brooklynguy's Wine and Food Blog
Brooklynguy shares his recent experience at Vera in Chicago. Check out that Sherry list.
Karen Ulrich of T. Edward Wines wrote up a recent Sherry tasting, complete with cocktails and an interview with André in "My Conversation with Andre, About Sherry."
June saw a double dose of Sherry in the New York Times. Two Sherry articles from Eric Asimov graced the Dining and Wine section. First he wrote about the movement toward higher quality, smaller production projects in "In Spain, Sherry Producers Learn to Think Small."
June saw a double dose of Sherry in the New York Times. Two Sherry articles from Eric Asimov graced the Dining and Wine section. After talking about the movement toward small production, he focused on specific ideas in Jerez in "Sherry Sidles Out of the Drawing Room."
Aroma: Candy apple sweet and nutty with notes of hazelnuts and walnuts; lightly floral.
Flavor: Sweet fruit upfront quickly shift to more savory notes of almonds and green olives.
Finish: Long with bitter almonds and cream.
Overall: This one's rich body and mouthfeel makes it a good match for salty meats and aged cheeses.
- Tracy Howard (Imbibe, Sept/Oct 2010, pg 24)
N.V. Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Pedro Ximénez
Another step up is the non-vintage Pedro Ximénez from a 15-year-old solera. It is brown amber in color with aromas of orange peel and English toffee. It is thick and rich on the palate and very long. –J.M. (#169, 2-28-07)
N.V. Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Pedro Ximénez Extra Viejo
The non-vintage Pedro Ximénez Extra Viejo is motor oil thick and opaque brown in color. From a solera at least 50 years old, it comes across as nearly over the top with its layers of figs, toffee, and marmalade. A little of this goes a very long way. –J.M. (#169, 2-28-07)
N.V. Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Amoroso
Among the sweet sherries from El Maestro Sierra, the non-vintage Amoroso is medium amber in color and acquires its sweetness from the addition of a small amount of Pedro Ximénez to the Palomino base. It would match well with a fruit tart or creme brulee. –J.M. (#169, 2-28-07)
N.V. Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Fino
The non-vintage Fino offers up aromas and flavors of sea salt and roasted nuts. It is excellent as an aperitif or as an accompaniment to sushi. –J.M. (#169, 2-28-07)
N.V. Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Oloroso
The non-vintage Oloroso is darker in color than the Fino and adds elements of smoke and butterscotch to its off-dry character. –J.M. (#169, 2-28-07)
N.V. Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Vinos Viejos Amontillado 1830 VORS
Next in sweetness is the light amber colored non-vintage (Vinos Viejos) Amontillado 1830 VORS, which has been aged at least 50 years in the solera system. It is racy and intense and would work well with lobster bisque. –J.M. (#169, 2-28-07)
N.V. Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Vinos Viejos Oloroso 1 / 14 VORS
The (Vinos Viejos) Oloroso 1/14 VORS is medium amber and spicier than its predecessor, with just noticeable sweetness, complex flavors (toffee and caramel come to mind) and outstanding length. –J.M. (#169, 2-28-07)
N.V. Bodegas El Maestro Sierra Vinos Viejos Oloroso Extra Viejo 1 / 7 VORS
Taking it to an even higher level is the non-vintage (Vinos Viejos) Oloroso Extra Viejo with its smoked nuts and butterscotch personality. This can be enjoyed in the same manner as a vintage Darroze Armagnac or great cognac because it is still essentially dry and just loaded with character. –J.M. (#169, 2-28-07)
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No ministry task is too small; some ministry tasks are too big. — Michael H Smith
Communication, Leadership, Misc-
"No one will ever agree to do that job; it is just too small and seems so easy and unimportant." I have heard that statement more than once by someone in a place of leadership who is trying to recruit volunteer team members.
I believe the opposite is really the disease in ministry organizations; we make jobs too big.
Sure it may seem that it is easier to recruit people to a seemingly important job, but often those seemingly important jobs are really overwhelming because they are really a group of tasks put under one title.
In recruiting volunteers for ministry positions I believe we must communicate the following:
There is no such thing as a volunteer position in a ministry. All positions are places of service that are filled with people who are called by God for that service.
The mission of the ministry, first as the whole and then more specifically the sub-ministry. Ex: whole = church; sub = children.
How the position fits into the big picture. This is often where we fail by not helping the recruit see how important the 'small' job may be and how if not carried out successfully can bring down the 'big picture.'
The requirements of the position. (What skills are needed; how much time is required.)
What is expected if they say yes to the position? (What is the expected attitude; when are they expected to be on the job)
Our appreciation of their commitment.
Once we have recruited and got a person in place in a new ministry position we must then:
regularly check up on them to make sure they are thriving
ask for their input about the ministry
if needed give them a chance to re-evaluate their commitment and if needed find them another place to serve
There is no such thing as a small 'ministry position' because every position is important.
There is no such thing as a volunteer position because every position is a place where people called of God serve.
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Self Storage Units Near Elverta, CA | U-Haul
Find a Storage Unit Near You in Elverta, CA
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With a variety of self-storage facilities in Elverta to choose from, U-Haul is just around the corner. We are committed to providing storage locations that are clean, dry and secure. There is no cost to reserve and you're guaranteed to find a unit and size that fits your needs.
Picking the Right Storage Unit in Elverta, CA
Each location is going to have a unique mix of features and services, giving you multiple options to choose from when renting a storage room. Find one that fits your needs by determining the size and type of unit you need first. Available options in the Elverta market include:
Rates for mini storage in Elverta are going to depend on the features and services selected. Generally, climate controlled facilities tend to cost more, but provide double the security and protection. Meanwhile, if you are looking at accessing your unit frequently, drive up storage units are more affordable and convenient.
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These vegetables are very similar. Can you tell them apart? – TIPS FOR LIFE
these vegetables are very similar. Can you distinguish them?
small tomato and large tomato
small tomato is also known as virgin fruit, many people mistakenly think that virgin fruit is genetically modified food, but in fact, this kind of small tomato is the most original variety of tomato, and the large tomato is bred for the purpose of fruit size.
there is a Chinese saying called & lt; Concentration is the essence " The same is true for small tomatoes, which are more nutritious than large ones. Because the proportion of the center part of the small tomato is lower than that of the large tomato, so it will be more sufficient to contact with sunlight, and the skin and flesh of the small tomato are connected more closely than those of the large tomato, which can provide more dietary fiber.
Chinese cabbage and baby cabbage
baby cabbage and Chinese cabbage belong to cruciferae vegetables. In fact, baby cabbage is a kind of pocket cabbage which is introduced from Japan and South Korea and germinated by burying roots after harvest. In terms of price, baby cabbage is slightly more expensive than Chinese cabbage, so people will think that baby cabbage is more nutritious than Chinese cabbage, but in terms of composition, Chinese cabbage is no less nutritious than baby cabbage.
Chinese cabbage is rich in carotene, B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements. The content of zinc in Chinese cabbage is not only among the highest in vegetables, but also in meat and eggs. In fact, the nutritional value of Chinese cabbage and baby cabbage is almost the same. It is worth mentioning that the carotene in baby cabbage is much higher than that of Chinese cabbage, but in terms of cost performance, Chinese cabbage is slightly better.
both belong to Brassica oleracea, except that broccoli is green in color, while cauliflower is generally yellowish white, the appearance of these two vegetables is almost the same.
in nutrition, two kinds of vegetables are very rich in protein, carbohydrate, cellulose, minerals, carotene and vitamin A, but broccoli is better than cauliflower, the carotene and vitamin A in every 100 grams of broccoli is more than 200 times higher than cauliflower. In addition, the two kinds of vegetables are recommended food for cancer prevention and anti-cancer, which are very beneficial to human health.
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This page is to provide you with the basic remedies for essential items that I used to assist my body in repairing and restoring my immune system and just as important my colon. You can go to my blog to find more details on thoughts on specific remedies. As always, I am providing the basics as a foundation starting point. I can provide details on the remedies I used but for now your stepping stone is to know the foundation remedies.
For the complete listing of my remedies I utilized as well as the complete set of directory, recipes, and resources which I turned to in time of need please inquire about my guide book or a consultation with me.
Hi I am Matt Murphy from Ohio. I hope to provide you with the knowledge that will help you to live a more meaningful, informed and healthy life. This blog is an invitation to start living and thriving
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By reordering their priorities to invest more in education, states could start repairing the damage done by these recession-era cuts and otherwise improve their education systems, especially in high-poverty neighborhoods most directly affected by high incarceration rates. They could, for example:
Expand access to high-quality preschool. A substantial body of research indicates that children from low-income families who attend a high-quality preschool program improve their cognitive skills and tend to earn more as adults.[32] Yet only a little over one-third of 3- and 4-year-olds from low-income families nationally are enrolled in preschool, including both public and private programs.[33] Only New Jersey and the District of Columbia have enrollment rates exceeding 50 percent.
While some high-incarcerating states perform comparatively well on this measure, others do not. Mississippi enrolls nearly half of its low-income 3- and 4-year-olds in preschool, for example, but Arizona enrolls only about 27 percent.
Reduce class sizes in high-poverty schools. Evidence suggests that reducing class sizes can boost achievement, especially in the early grades and for low-income students.[34] After the recession hit, though, class sizes rose nationally and in a number of states.[35] Kansas schools, for example, had 19,000 more students last school year than they did in 2009, but 665 fewer teachers.[36] Further, in a handful of states, teachers in high-poverty schools have more students, on average, than teachers in low-poverty schools - the opposite of what is generally required to produce an equitable education system.[37] In Alabama, for example, the average teacher in a high-poverty school district had 19 students in 2011, while the average teacher in a low-poverty district had 13. Four of the states with this backward arrangement - Alabama, Arizona, Florida, and Texas - are among the ten highest-incarceration states.
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Crossing language lines and legal tradition lines - legal translation as an economic phenomenon
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Arts internships Get hands-on experience and study credit. Study abroad Broaden your mind with new ideas, new people, and new cultures. Applicants to this programme would normally be expected to meet the minimum entry requirements indicated above. You will have a minimum of two supervisors based in the Department. Upon receipt of your application, we will identify supervisors whose research expertise matches your chosen topic. You will usually meet your supervisors once a month, and possibly more often at critical stages of your candidature, including preparing for final submission.
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Nine months into your candidature, you will present a first piece of substantial writing e. Thereafter, the University will assess your progress every 6 months. Phil students are eligible to apply for an upgrade to a Ph. D if they demonstrate the ability to perform at doctoral level. If you are a Welsh speaker our dedicated academy, Academi Hywel Teifi , is here to support you throughout your time at Swansea University. We offer you:. You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.
You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page. International students and part-time study: It is now possible for some students to study part-time under the Tier 4 visa route.
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Time passes, things change and we rush on. There’s value in freeze-framing a moment in the evolution of our community and reflecting on the accomplishments to date.
The Tampa Downtown Partnership (TDP) took a beat Nov. 30 atop the Beck Group building in Tampa Heights, hosting the 10th Annual Urban Excellence Awards. As TDP CEO Christine Burdick reflected, “This display of all the things that have come together to make downtown grow is a diverse effort. These awards get better every year.”
Collectively, the 11 award winners make you smile. The People’s Choice Award – the “Before I Die” public art mural – entices passersby to record their hopes and dreams on a 40″ x 8″ placard. This interactive project was sponsored by Leadership Tampa Bay’s Class of 2016 and is one of 1,000 “Before I Die” murals around the globe inspired by New Orleans artist Connie Chang. Currently located on the Riverwalk just north of the Brorein Bridge, this artwork is washed clean by rain, only to be re-chalked by the public.
Maryann Ferenc, beloved co-proprietor of Mise en Place, was named Downtown Person of the Year for her myriad contributions to downtown and Tampa Bay. When she and Chef Marty Blitz moved their restaurant to Grand Central Place off Kennedy Boulevard in 1992, that portion of downtown was pretty seedy. They survived and transcended, bringing modern American cuisine to a stretch of Kennedy that had previously been known as the “Plasma Path” because it linked the blood donor center and the temp jobs office.
In typical Maryanne style, she used the occasion of the Urban Excellence Awards to credit all the players, especially the TDP. “I am one of many boosters of downtown, and it’s finally the destination we’ve been working toward.”
Over 5,000 curious folks attended this year’s Tampa Bay Veg Fest, a day-long vegan food festival sponsored by the grassroots, non-profit Florida Voices for Animals. The day was a fresh success and attracted the Juror’s Choice Award.
Proving yet again that with TLC and spackle buildings can be wonderfully reborn, the Historic Rialto Theatre Renovation won the Historic Preservation Award. Hope Donnelly and George Carter of 8-Count Productions purchased the theater in 2013, turning it into a mixed-purpose arts and event space that adds to the vibrancy of North Franklin Street.
For each of its 11 years, the Gasparilla International Film Festival (GIFF) has grown in scale and ambition, winning this year’s Arts and Culture Award. In 2016, over 15,000 film-lovers enjoyed over 120 films from around the world. The 2017 season is even more ambitious, with a record-setting 8-day calendar and 35 events and 150 films planned.
Tampa’s Riverwalk is buzzing with activity, and this year’s Activating Spaces Award winner was the Straz Center’s Arts on the River program. The Straz offered a dynamic mix of performances and activities on its adjacent stretch of Riverwalk, including Daniel Chauche’s “Who We Are: Faces of Tampa” installation. “We want the Straz to be a place for people to enjoy with or without a performance ticket,” said Straz COO Lorrin Shepard.
Continuing the theme of free arts enjoyment, the Tampa Museum of Art won the Downtown Detail Award (though at 23 feet tall, she’s hardly a detail!) for the purchase of the stunning sculpture “Laura with Bun.” This elegant portrait by Jaume Plensa came to town for an exhibition, but remains here through the generous contributions of TMA benefactors.
On a completely different note, The Beach Tampa offered a frolicsome summer entertainment as the Amalie Arena was filled with beach chairs overlooking 1.2 million recyclable white balls in a 15,000-square-foot immersive “ocean.” Snarkitecture (love that name) created this interactive installation, funded by the Vinik Family Foundation and winning the Downtown Experience Award.
As an enthusiastic but risk-averse bicyclist, I’m thrilled at the construction of the Cass Street Cycle Track (originally called the Green Spine). This Public Sector Project Award winner will make east-west rides much safer, thanks to the concrete barrier separating the car and bike riders. Fortunately, this 3/4-mile-long segment is the first part of a safe route between West Tampa and Ybor City.
Perry Harvey Park, an 11-acre, $6.9 million public park, was awarded the Landmark Development Project Award, which is ironic because it sits on what had been the hub of Black Tampa’s social and cultural scene on Central Avenue. After construction of the interstate destroyed the neighborhood, the park created in its place boasted a world-recognized skatepark which was relocated to make way for this latest reuse of the property. Hopefully, this incarnation of the area, hosting public art, odes to Tampaâs black history and shady walkways as well as a new skatepark, will become a successful gathering place.
Kudos to Troy Manthy, owner of Starship Yacht Dining Cruises, for launching the Pirate Water Taxi. Three bright yellow 50-foot boats cruise from the Channel District to Davis Islands to the Riverwalk, offering passengers 14 stops as well as historical narration and concessions and earning its Private Sector Project Award for creativity and guts.
The Awards Jury faced a challenging task of selecting winners from among a rich crop. Hats off to Kevin Plummer, Mickey Jacob, Susie Nelson-Crowley, Keith Greminger and Rich Linquanti, jury chair, for their thoughtful selections. These awards make you want to play hooky and explore downtown.
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And as we've been saying, there's so much that's so that's been our culture designed to prevent people from really telling the whole truth and to the stories we tell ourselves.
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MDS's game studio Lunar Rooster's 'Sky Noon' game nominated for SXSW Gaming Award - Campaign Brief New Zealand
MDS's game studio Lunar Rooster's 'Sky Noon' game nominated for SXSW Gaming Award
Tuesday 07, March 2017 at 12:11 PM by Ricki
New Zealand games studio Lunar Rooster, formed as part of the third year Game Development programme at Media Design School, has become the very first New Zealand-based developers to be nominated for a Gamer's Voice award at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas.
The game, Sky Noon, was initially launched at the end of 2016 as Lunar Rooster's final Game Development project and has been designed to change the way that players approach traditional FPS gameplay, emphasising speed and positioning in combat.
In Sky Noon, which is described by the team as "...a Western-themed first-person shooter with brawler mechanics," players are required to use all the tools at their disposal to keep their footing on The Floating Frontier.
The nominees for the Gamer's Voice award, which celebrates excellence in indie gaming, are selected by the SXSW Gaming Staff, who play every single entry. The Gamer's Voice Multiplayer Award, for which Sky Noon is nominated, is a heavily contested category, with 15 other games from around the world having been nominated in this category.
Craig Taylor, Sky Noon project lead and programmer, says that being nominated for a Gamer's Voice Award was a huge surprise: "We didn't yet have a measure of Sky Noon's popularity, so getting nominated left us feeling pretty ecstatic."
Both Taylor and Chris Cullen will travel to SXSW to showcase their game at the SXSW Gaming Expo, which takes place from Thursday, March 16 - Saturday, March 18 in Austin, Texas.
Says Cullen: "We're both keen to experience such a huge event like SXSW, which is far bigger than any other event we've been to. We're looking forward to meeting a bunch of new people and to hopefully having people enjoy the game."
SXSW Gaming occurs from Thursday, March 16 - Saturday, March 18 at the Austin Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 1 & 2, in Austin, Texas.
For more information about Media Design School, visit: www.mediadesignschool.com.
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I posted earlier today when it was around 6.18 that I expected AMRN to close at 5.99 (which was fine with me actually since the 6.00 Puts I sold last month would be assigned). Looks like my prediction is about to come true. This game is starting to get predictable.
Aug 16, 2013 9:49 PM
It's not predictable for you. You said today you were surprised and never had expected it to be over $6. You also said it might end at $5.99, not that you expected it to end at $5.99. Nice try
iocopostman has been saying that for months.
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TWO years ago at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Janet Werker, from the University of British Columbia, presented results of a study showing that newborns which had been exposed to two different languages while still in the womb could tell them apart after birth. At this year's (2013) meeting, held on February 14th-18th in Boston, Dr Werker presented her latest findings on bilingual babies. This time, she looked at seven-month-olds to see how they manage to pull off the trick of distinguishing languages before they have any inkling of grammar. She and her colleague Judit Gervain explain that what the children discriminate is prosody, or cues which relate to pitch and duration of words in an utterance. And prosody, in turn, serves as a cue to the acquisition of grammar.
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Thecatamarancompany - Hurrican Season Guide - Boat Plans
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Post-Human Advertising: Does AI Spell The End Of Media And Marketing As We Know It? - Unruly
Unruly / Blog / Post-Human Advertising: Does AI Spell The End Of Media And Marketing As We Know It?
2017-01-12 Back to blog
In the domain of digital advertising, predictive models and machine learning have been with us for several years now, used both to combat ad fraud and to improve campaign goal optimisation, whether that's customer lifetime value or video viewability. Neural networks and deep learning have the scope not only to improve these sorts of capabilities but also to introduce novel ones.
Reality check: the world's first AI media agency already exists; Blackwood Seven was in fact set up three years ago. It's slightly intimidating but seems fairly obvious that machines will do a better job of planning and optimising media than lightly trained execs shuffling Excel sheets around.
But what about creative? While digital has always promised the possibility of customising (and then multivariate testing) thousands of creatives for different audience clusters, this strategy has tended to fall over in practice or be implemented simplistically because it's expensive and slow. If AI can make it fast and cheap, this might just revolutionise mass marketing.
In the realm of video, IBM Watson and Fox have already used AI this year to produce a movie trailer for the sci-fi horror flick Morgan. Convolutional neural networks were trained on a database of horror films to recognise scenes of high tension and high terror. There's risk of overclaim, of course. The neural network suggested scenes but a human editor was still needed to stitch them together into a coherent whole. At least for now.
This stuff is not as fanciful or as distant as it may seem – it is much closer to science fact than science fiction. An appropriately trained neural network is not only better at spotting objective patterns and images than an expert human (so better at, for example, measuring brand prevalence in a video) but also has the potential to be better at recognising the soft stuff too – the tone of a creative, the sentiment of the editorial in which the ad is inserted, the emotional reaction of the audience and even, at the fringes of current research, the aesthetic and creative value of the ad itself and its tendency to exemplify a set of stereotypes.
What's vertiginous here is not so much the breathless pace of technological change but rather the trajectory we're headed on, to a time in the not-so-distant future when machines are better than us – not just at the mundane tasks that threaten hundreds of millions of jobs in the developed and developing world, but also at the sorts of things that we think of as being elevated and distinctively human, including the creation of advertising and culture.
The claims here oughtn't to be especially surprising or contentious, though perhaps the evidence is, through familiarity, becoming increasingly invisible to us. In many areas of life we've already handed responsibility to intelligent machines. News and our life stories to social networks. Navigation to mapping apps. Collision prevention to autonomous driving systems. Medical diagnosis to neural networks. Life partners and one night stands to dating platforms. EdgeRank. PageRank.
We trust the algorithm to know us better than we know ourselves. This is the end of the human as we know it: Man displaces God, Machine displaces Man.. .and, more prosaically, Algorithm displaces Ad.
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Privacy Policy for www.photographyimmersion.com which is a division of Lightscapes Photographic Artwork, Inc.
We recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit www.photographyimmersion.com, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.
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Why aren't banner ads as effective any more? | The Drum
2 March 2020 - 11:45am | posted by Cory Schmidt
Banner ads definitely have their purpose, but times are changing and so is their effectiveness. It's vital to know when they work and when they don't. Also, what should you use to advertise instead of banner ads? Here are some key questions answered as well as some helpful hints.
Banner ads have come a long way, beginning as a clever way to essentially 'trick' internet users into a click. Though they are now capable of delivering more data-driven insight, the banner ads strategy is arguably less effective than it once was. This is because even though banner ads have evolved, so have internet users. People's ability to ignore even the most relevant and alarming internet ads has made them immune to the powers of this type of ad. Furthermore, ad-blocking tools have seen a surge in popularity.
On top of this, there's also a self-fulfilling prophecy causing banner ads to be less effective. Due to users increasingly avoiding banner ads, companies are now spending even less on the practice. This in turn makes them even less effective – not just because there's less of them – but because there's less effort and research put into them. Part of a healthy marketing budget mix certainly should go to the efficacy of advertisements. But without quality creative input, the ad is bound to be even less effective.
Another reason banner ads are struggling is the lack of competent checks by marketers, leading to unfortunate banner placements. For example, a banner advertising a new rock group would have trouble at the top of an article about country music. This type of misstep all leads to an overall ineffectiveness of the practice. In a worst-case scenario for an advertising brand or the site on which the advert appears, the advert might even contradict or offend when viewed alongside the core page content.
Finally, the last thing really bringing down the effectiveness of modern banner ads is the power of alternative advertisements which can now be highly targeted through access to audience data. Companies are making creative campaigns that appeal to customers in numerous ways and through multiple channels. This includes a resurgence in outdoor advertising, TV and streaming service commercials. Many media publications now offer sponsored content, that appears editorial in nature to drive better engagement. Facebook and YouTube ads, in particular, have boomed in popularity for brands both large and small looking to reach particular audience groups. Not only that, they often demonstrate strong ROI.
Replacing banner ads with video
There are two potential purposes of banner ads – get someone to click on it and/or get someone to circle back to your website/product/service in the future (assuming they don't click the ad but later visit your site because they saw your ad). Regardless if either of these successes come to pass, you pay in full. Now consider a different scenario, one in which you pay for the advertisement only if you gain a successful result. Though it sounds unrealistic and outlandish, this exact process is how YouTube advertising works.
When you pay for a YouTube video ad, you only have to pay for the ad when the users watch the entire ad! If you can then imagine the impact this has on your company's advertising budget, it makes this type of ad almost too good to be true. In turn, this cranks up the ROI of this venture, limiting payments to only-successes.
There must be some sort of loophole, catch or hang up, right? The initial cost must be higher or something, right? Actually, no. In fact, there is no starting cost to the YouTube ad. It's almost like a pay-as-you-go system. Whereas if you pay for a banner ad, you're locked in no matter what; the YouTube ad is paid for only when it does what you want it to (gets a watch).
The most important thing of note out of all this, besides the immediate advertising potential and ROI reward, is the future growth of this advertising route. As mentioned before, banner ads are dying and growing less and less effective. On the flip side, YouTube is growing exponentially. When you're calculating the ROI and making room in your budget, it's important to account for the possibility of greater reward due to massive growth potential.
YouTube video ads aren't a new thing, however, that doesn't mean it's too late to get in on the possibilities. The landscape is still growing and there's plenty of room for new advertisers to make a big splash using the platform.
If you've noticed your banner ads have gone stale despite the best of efforts, it might be time to switch to a modern alternative. See if YouTube ads are right for your company. The result could change your entire marketing approach.
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Sandi Whetzel's Contemporary Fine Art: SUCCULENCE! : Fantasy Blends with Reality: ACRYLIC PAINTINGS OF INTIMATE SUCCULENTS BY SANDI WHETZEL, CONTEMPORARY FINE ARTIST, FEATURED AT DIVA
SUCCULENCE! Fantasy Blends with Reality in intimate views of succulents by acrylic contemporary fine artist, Sandi Whetzel, this July at DIVA, the Eugene, OR Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts in the Membership Gallery, one of six galleries at DIVA.
This lively collection of acrylic paintings celebrates luscious, stimulating colors, graceful lines, textures and intriguing motifs inspired by the artist's fascination with organic shapes in the world of succulents. Her art embraces and explores the nuances in shapes, patterns and color drawn from the plant world. Seventeen intimately cropped succulents are generously spaced along six white walls of the space devoted to Sandi's exhibit and two succulent paintings are mounted in the lobby entrance to DIVA. Many of her paintings in this exhibit feature very tactile textures and a couple of them are quite 3-dimensional. All nineteen paintings have brilliant chromas and graceful curvy lines in common.
Whetzel makes her home in Days Creek, Oregon in the southern part of the state. For the past twelve years she has been instructing Community Education art classes for Umpqua College in Roseburg, OR. Recently she has exhibited twice at the Coos Art museum in Coos Bay, the 2009 Inaugural National Art Exhibit in Gold Beach, OR, the Jacobs Gallery at the Eugene Hult Center in 2008 and solo exhibits at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association in Roseburg over the last few years.
Whetzel's painting design, Wine on the Vine II, won DIVA's Art Pour Favor competition for the Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 wine label gracing a special bottling of the wine for DIVA fundraisers in 2009. The Oregon Glide Wildflower Society selected her image of the Oregon Grape to promote the premiere Wildflower Show held in April 2009. Sandi is best known for her use of vibrant color and graceful shapes inspired from the plant world as well as her signature pieces to promote the wine industry in Oregon.
The opening reception for Sandi's exhibit at DIVA, 110 W Broadway, is Friday, July 3, 2009 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The event is a part of Eugene's First Friday Artwalk. Typically, the first Friday of each month is devoted to the "First Friday ArtWalk" in downtown Eugene. The public is invited to tour several art galleries, see diverse art and enjoy meeting the artists and community leaders at the receptions as they stroll the comfortable distance between art exhibits. For more information regarding the details of the featured stops of the First Friday ArtWalk, hosted by Jeff Geiger, the Artistic Director of NO Shame Theatre of Eugene, click here .
Whetzel's Succulence! Fantasy Blends with Reality solo art exhibit is on display at DIVA from July 3 through August 1st, 2009. Regular gallery hours at DIVA are Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon to 6 pm. For more information about DIVA click here
Labels: art pour favor, contemporary acrylic painting, DIVA, downtown initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, fantasy blends with reality, first Friday artwalk, solo art exhibit, succulence, succulents
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On leaving college, Hegel did not enter the ministry; instead, wishing to have leisure for the study of philosophy and Greek literature, he became a private tutor. For the next three years he lived in Berne, with time on his hands and the run of a good library, where he read Edward Gibbon on the fall of the Roman empire and De l'esprit des loix, by Charles Louis, baron de Montesquieu, as well as the Greek and Roman classics. He also studied the critical philosopher Immanuel Kant (Kant, Immanuel) and was stimulated by his essay on religion (religion, philosophy of) to write certain papers that became noteworthy only when, more than a century later, they were published as a part of Hegels theologische Jugendschriften (1907). Kant had maintained that, whereas orthodoxy requires a faith in historical facts and in doctrines that reason alone cannot justify and imposes on the faithful a moral system of arbitrary commands alleged to be revealed, Jesus (Jesus Christ), on the contrary, had originally taught a rational morality, which was reconcilable with the teaching of Kant's ethical works, and a religion that, unlike Judaism, was adapted to the reason of all men. Hegel accepted this teaching; but, being more of a historian than Kant was, he put it to the test of history by writing two essays. The first of these was a life of Jesus in which Hegel attempted to reinterpret the gospel on Kantian lines. The second essay was an answer to the question of how Christianity had ever become the authoritarian religion that it was, if in fact the teaching of Jesus was not authoritarian but rationalistic.
Hegel was lonely in Berne and was glad to move, at the end of 1796, to Frankfurt am Main, where Hölderlin had gotten him a tutorship. His hopes of more companionship, however, were unfulfilled: Hölderlin was engrossed in an illicit love affair and shortly lost his reason. Hegel began to suffer from melancholia and, to cure himself, worked harder than ever, especially at Greek philosophy and modern history and politics. He read and made clippings from English newspapers, wrote about the internal affairs of his native Wurtemberg, and studied economics. Hegel was now able to free himself from the domination of Kant's influence and to look with a fresh eye on the problem of Christian origins.
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