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Heiko Klare is awarded the "Baden-Württemberg Certificate" for university didactics (HDZ)
DSiS employee Heiko Klare received the "Baden-Württemberg Certificate" for university didactics ("Baden-Württemberg-Zertifikat für Hochschuldidaktik"). It certifies the participation at workshops, supervisions, practical coaching and individual qualification measures with a total amount of 200 teaching units. Heiko Klare specialized in developing concepts for e-learning and e-assessments. In this year, the certificates have been awarded without a formal handover.
The "Baden-Württemberg Certificate" is awarded by the center for educational development (Hochschuldidaktikzentrum - HDZ) as an association of the nine universities of Baden-Württemberg. Its goal is to further improve the didactic competences of teachers at these universities and to provide them with professional assistance during the two-year advanced training. After successful completion of three modules, the participants are awarded the "Baden-Württemberg Certificate" for university didactics.
HDZ Website
New paper in Journal of Systems & Software
The paper entitled "Detecting Violations of Access Control and Information Flow Policies in Data Flow Diagrams" by Stephan Seifermann, Robert Heinrich, Dominik Werle and Ralf Reussner has been published in the Journal of Systems & Software. The paper is about considering confidentiality in early software designs given as data flow diagrams. The presented approach allows designers to model and analyze systems using various commonly used confidentiality policies. The paper is an open access publication.
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New publication in Software and Systems Modeling
New journal paper in Software and Systems Modeling by SDQ member Robert Heinrich and Moussa Amrani, Dominique Blouin, Arend Rensink, Hans Vangheluwe and Andreas Wortmann on Multi-paradigm modelling for cyber–physical systems.
The paper "Multi-paradigm modelling for cyber–physical systems: a descriptive framework" by Moussa Amrani, Dominique Blouin, Robert Heinrich, Arend Rensink, Hans Vangheluwe and Andreas Wortmann has been published in Software and Systems Modeling volume 20 and will be presented as a journal-first paper at the ACM/IEEE 24th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS).
VKSI awards and honorable mentions for KASTEL members
Two awards and two honorable mentions have been given to members of the Institute of Information Security and Dependability (KASTEL). The association of software engineers in Karlsruhe (Verein der Karlsruher Software-Ingenieure e.V./VKSI) award students for excellent bachelor's and master's theses every year. This year, Larissa Schmid (from the group Modelling for Continuous Software Engineering, Prof. Anne Koziolek) receives the VKSI award for an excellent thesis on foundations of software engineering. Her master's thesis has the title "Modeling and Simulation of Message-Driven Self-Adaptive Systems". Sebastian Hahner (from the group Dependability of Software-intensive Systems, Prof. Ralf Reussner) receives the award for an excellent thesis in applied software engineering. His master's thesis has the title "Domain-specific Language for Data-driven Design Time Analyses and Result Mappings for Logic Programs". Honorable mentions for their final theses go to Dominik Fuchß and David Monschein.
VKSI homepage
New PhD: Dr.-Ing. Heiko Klare
Dr.-Ing. Heiko Klare successfully passed his defence with highest honors.
Photo by Dominik Werle
His dissertation on "Building Transformation Networks for Consistent Evolution of Interrelated Models" is available online.
KITopen
ICSA '21 10-years Most Influential Paper Award will be presented to Anne Koziolek, Heiko Koziolek, and Ralf Reussner
The 18th International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA'21) awarded the ICSA'21 10-years Most Influential Paper Award to the paper "PerOpteryx: automated application of tactics in multi-objective software architecture optimization" by Anne Koziolek, Heiko Koziolek, and Ralf Reussner.
ICSA is the premier venue for practitioners and researchers interested in software architecture, in component-based software engineering and in quality aspects of software and how these relate to the design of software architectures. ICSA has a strong tradition as a working conference, where researchers meet practitioners and software architects can explain the problems they face in their day-to-day work and try to influence the future of the field.
ICSA 2021 Homepage
Workshop on Properties of Software Engineering Research (PROPSER) 2021
First International Workshop on Properties of Software Engineering Research (PROPSER)
This workshop aims to bring together researchers at various points in their career and practitioner's alike, for discussing the systematic description and evaluation of software engineering research and their documentation.
The workshop is motivated by two observations:
writing and reviewing software engineering research results is often hindered by the lack of a community understanding what are important questions (hypotheses) to validate research and which methods are suitable, appropriate and needed for demonstrating evidence;
retrieving research results just through syntactical terms of the paper title (or even abstract) is often very hard, and, as a consequence, comprehensively relating research results to each other in terms of support, strengthening or contradiction is rarely done.
Therefore, in PROPSER we want to discuss in particular:
– properties for describing software engineering research, such as relevance, evidence, applicability, appropriateness, etc;
– general patterns for suitable empirical validations of research results and hypotheses;
– suitable classifications of software engineering research, beyond established subject categories;
– experiences, rules or guidelines, on how to decide on suitable validation questions and subsequently suitable empirical methods;
– managing and organising research knowledge at a finer grain than paper citations;
– methods for evaluating the impact of research on software engineering practice.
Paper submission: March 26, 2021
Author notifications: April 19, 2021
Workshop: June 23, 2021
Workshop Chairs
Antonia Bertolino, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Anne Koziolek, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Ralf Reussner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / FZI – IT Research Centre, Germany (main contact)
Workshop Homepage
Paper on Vitruvius in Journal of Systems & Software
The paper entitled "Enabling consistency in view-based system development — The Vitruvius approach" has been published in Journal of Systems & Software.The paper is about a holistic system development approach using multiple languages and tools to describe a software or software-intensive technical system from different viewpoints. This so called Vitruvius approach enables stakeholders to only deal with views containing information about the system that is relevant for their specific concerns. It especially provides formalized methods and languages to preserve consistency between the artifacts described in the used languages in an automated or semi-automated way.
The paper is available as open access.
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New journal paper of SDQ member Robert Heinrich in Journal of Systems & Software
The paper entitled "Architectural Runtime Models for Integrating Runtime Observations and Component-based Models" has been accepted for publication in Journal of Systems & Software. The paper is about using knowledge about software architecture to keep track of modern software applications while dynamically changing. This requires strong interaction of evolution activities on development level and adaptation activities on operation level.
The paper is accessible as preprint here.
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ICPE 10-years Most Influential Paper Award presented to Anne Koziolek (Martens), Heiko Koziolek, Steffen Becker and Ralf Reussner
The paper "Automatically Improve Software Architecture Models for Performance, Reliability, and Costs Using Evolutionary Algorithms" by Anne Koziolek (Martens), Heiko Koziolek, Steffen Becker and Ralf Reussner has been awarded the ICPE 10-years Most Influential Paper Award.
The conference International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE), the premier gathering of practitioners and researchers interested in performance engineering, awarded the paper "Automatically Improve Software Architecture Models for Performance, Reliability, and Costs Using Evolutionary Algorithms" by Anne Koziolek (Martens), Heiko Koziolek, Steffen Becker and Ralf Reussner the ICPE 10-years Most Influential Paper Award.
Palladio paper won the MIP Finalist award of Journal of Systems and Software
The Journal of Systems and Software is one of the leading international jounals in Software and Systems Engineering according to the Google Scholar ranking. The paper "The Palladio Component Model for Model-driven Performance Prediction" has been awarded as one of the four finalist for the Journal of Systems and Software's "Most Influential Paper" award.
Interview with Ralf Reussner on heise online
Ralf Reussner gave an interview with the news portal heise online on the training of programmers and computer science education (in German).
Interview on heise online (German) |
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The fifth and last day of joint staff training event is dedicated to group-work sessions in which participants debate to highlight the main topics which has been learnt during the previous four days, to evaluate the training process and define the eventual improvements and adjustments.
The participants were divided into 3 groups taken as single partnership; each group has a dedicated time to develop a practical project ideas, to define the shape and roles within the partnership-group, and to distribute the relative responsibilities and tasks. Each group mandate is to debate and address the aims and objectives; to identify the activities and sub activities on the basis of a problem tree, and its related solution tree. This exercise leads to the definition of draft project template. The group-work outputs has then been discussed on a plenary session where all participants share the lessons-learnt, and contribute with practical tips and suggestions on the basis of their competences and experiences.
Day 4 is dedicated to familiarize with PCM issues related to the implementation of a project proposal. The module 5 focuses on implementation, dissemination, valorization and communicative strategies. All these terms related to concepts which have precise meanings and logical implication within the framework of the development of an effective and sustainable project. The module also enlightens the procedures for the administrative and financial management; to the overview of the eligibility criteria of the cost items for the construction of the estimated budget, with attention to the differences between direct costs, indirect costs, other costs and subcontracting rules. Attention has been dedicated to the indication on how to navigate between the different forms of financing. The training day closes on tools for monitoring and evaluate the process, the activities and the results.
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Day 3 is dedicated to the deepening of the module 3 and module 4. The issues at stake in module 3 allow participant to focus on the following themes of Project Cycle Management: the differences between implementation, transfer of innovation and mainstreaming; things to consider when building the transnational dimension: the geographical balance, homogeneous entities, the allocation of responsibilities & operational management; the very central communication and collaboration aspect, with the related suggested ICT available tool. The module 4 is dedicated to the learning specifically dedicated to the submitting process, with focuses on the variety of forms and attachments, and the required documents to be prepared. Similarly to other days, the participants alternate given lessons on the major aspects from the chairing experts, with roundtable debate with productive answers-to-questions dynamics.
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All partners meet for the day 2 of the LTTA training event in Syros, a whole working day dedicate to learn the lessons on how to structure an innovative and sustainable idea. The training focuses on major principles of Project Cycle Management related to the structuring procedures that allow organizations to pass from a project idea to its development into a formal project proposal. The training program leads participants to familiarize to concept such as the analysis of the logical structure of the project intervention; the project cycle management general references; the process to pass from the need analysis to design of the SWOT matrix; the design of the objectives under the SMART matrix and their development into the logical framework to foster an innovative, sustainable, effective project idea.
Participants alternate moment of direct training with roundtable confrontation and share that allow to close the day 2 with feedback that will be further developed to maximize the training offer itself.
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the LTTA short term staff training event started successfully today in Syros, where partners congregate and started the working program with the testing of the module 1 of the training set on Project Cycle Management. The module 1 is focused on giving an overview on the financial and programmatic priorities of the EU2020 strategy within various programs. Some main thematic areas have been discussed, such as the areas and priorities for the 7 years mandate of the EU2020 strategy; the structural funds and of the funds for direct delivery; an overview of the matrix of opportunities available in the 2014-2020 program, with specific attention to the social dimension. All partners contribute to the debate, bringing and sharing their specific expertise, and fixing feedback, updates and amendments that will contribute to improve the effectiveness of the first module of the training on PCM.
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A little girl's search for her biological mother who had abandoned her as a newborn baby is brought out poignantly in A Peck on the Cheek.
It's gone so far from the beginning, from 'finding mommy' plot to Sri Lankan civil war. Indian films are kinda outrageous. |
The British mint issued Henry VIII coins during his 38-year reign (1509-47), and now the Royal Mint has struck coins for Great Britain commemorating the 500th anniversary of hisaccession to the throne at the age of 17.
The design on the proof gold and brilliant uncirculated copper-nickel coins shows Henry VIII standing before a frieze of roses in the "antique" style favored in the carvings and tapestries of the period. On the edge is a Latin inscription, Rosa Sine Spina (Rose Without a Thorn), which was also used on Henry VIII's own coinage. Additional details include the initials HR (Henry Rex) which represents his personal monogram and a rope border surrounding the coin's design which symbolizes the Royal Navy.
"Love him or hate him, Henry VIII is undoubtedly one of history's most influential monarchs," said Dave Knight, Director of Commemorative Coins at the Royal Mint. "His reign changed the face of England forever and we felt it was essential that this remarkable period of history was commemorated with a lasting and treasured momento."
Only 1,509 of the gold proof coins have been produced, 1509 being the year that Henry came to the throne, at the issue price of $2,000. An affordable copper-nickel brilliant uncirculated version is available in a colorful folder for only $19.95.
In addition, The Royal Mint has struck just 200 impressive silver proof coins containing one kilo (over 32 troy oz.) of pure silver for Alderney--the most northerly of the Channel Islands and a British Crown dependency. Designed by Mark Jamieson, the reverse features a handsome portrait of Henry VIII. Each kilo coin comes in a luxurious presentation case, featuring an individually numbered plaque and booklet incorporating a Certificate of Authenticity, and is priced at $2000.
The Henry VIII commemorative coins can be ordered by calling official distributor Panda America at 800-472-6327 or on their web site at www.PandaAmerica.com. |
Amazing Race Season 15 Episode 6
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Okay Team San Diego starts first. The guy Cheyne says that Meghan gets super stressed out all the time which kind of explains the crying fit she had last week. Each team chooses a briefcase travels to the harbor for a road block where they must find a yacht with a sheik on it, who will give them a watch. The trick is that the time is combination to the locked brief case.
Paddling those boats out the yacht is probably a lot harder than it looks, but Team Globetrotter uses his hands to paddle "For the 'Hood!" and Team Gay Brothers hand paddles "For the Suburbs!" Suburbs win, when Big Easy can't figure out the combination. The Globetrotters are way behind.
Next the teams are to Abra station. Where they weigh a $500,000 of gold or build a hookah pipe. Team San Diego starts assembling hook pipes. Meghyn gets frustrated and starts freaking out again. What's new?
Team Interracial is doing the long division to convert the price of gold, but they are doing the math wrong or the exchange rate is turning to fast for them. I don't understand why this is so hard. The price isn't changing that much. Once you figure it out once, you just tweak the number, it's not like you have to start all the way over.
Team Gay Brothers were smart enough to bring a calculater with them but they weren't smart enough to know how to use it. Fortuntely their alliance with Team Poker Chicks pays off and they share their answers.
Meanwhile Team Interracial switches to the hookahs. They put the wrong tubes on the wrong pipe. The Pagaent girl keeps saying, "Well it's close enough, small differences shouldn't matter!" or something like that. Here's the thing... they have to match exactly.
The heat is killing the rest of the teams and Team Country Girl says "I wish I was naked right now." That's a coincidence because I was just wishing that you were naked right now too.
The Globetrotters see how long it's taking Team Interracial to do the hookah challenge so they switch to the Gold challenge. They borrow a calculator from the hotel desk and solve the problem.
At the end the teams must slide down a six story water slide. It goes under a shark tank. The girls are complaining about scary it is. Megyn asks "Are those real sharks down there?" Okay seriously I'm not sure I could do the race with her always crying and getting frustrated. We can't have two people like that on one team.
Then comes Mika and Canaan. I think Mika is the guy on Team Country but honestly with those names, I'm not sure. Team Country girl will NOT go down the slide, instead she whines and complains for what seems like hours. Mika tries to push her down the slide. She screams "Help me! Help me!" Dude, that's messed up.
I'm trying to think of what I would do. I know that if I started to force her down the slide, I would finish the job. Once you make that decision, you put her down the slide! I probably wouldn't force her down, I'd just go down myself and wait at the bottom for her.
What would you have done? Was it wrong from Big Easy to trash talk her and tell her not to go down? I wouldn't have trashed talked her I would have said to the guy "Stop pressuring her! Can't you see she's scared?! You need to be a more understanding boyfriend." He would have been so pissed but he can't get mad at you. It would have been great and it would have ended with the same result.
In the end she never went down and Team Country was eliminated from the race. |
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hiring, and deployed incentive programs across portfolio.
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Rayan Al-Karawi is the MEIRA Saudi Chapter Chairman. Heads IR in Zain KSA, is an award-winning Investor Relations professional, with a career that spans more than 25 years, having held key positions covering areas such as financial markets, corporate finance and financial policies, apart from investor relations. The organizations he worked for include: the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, the Saudi Arabian Investment Bank and Dar Al-Arkan. Rayan holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Business from Schiller International University, London. He is also one of the founding members of the Saudi Chapter of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA).
Mr. Wilson is Head of Investor Relations at Aldar Properties PJSC. Mr. Wilson is responsible for the all investor related activities surrounding both equity and debt capital markets. Prior to his role at Aldar, Mr. Wilson served in various roles within investor relations, corporate finance and finance at FTSE 100 mining group Antofagasta plc in London.
Noor Sweid is the founder of Global Ventures, a Dubai-based, growth-stage venture capital firm. Previously, Noor was the Chief Investment Officer at The Dubai Future Foundation, focusing on developing the technology and innovation ecosystem in Dubai. Prior to this position, Noor was a Managing Partner at Leap Ventures, a growth-stage venture capital firm based out of Dubai and Beirut. With experience as a biotechnology and pharmaceutical strategy consultant in the US, and moving back to the MENA region in 2005, Noor joined her family business, Depa. Implementing best-practice corporate governance and enabling the scaling of the business tenfold in three years to reach US$600 million in revenues, Noor then led the IPO for the company in 2008, on the NASDAQ Dubai and the London Stock Exchange. In her eight year tenure at Depa, Noor's involvement ranged from the strategic and growth planning and implementation, to application of corporate governance, the execution of a private placement and an IPO, cross-border acquisitions, regulatory compliance, and investor relations.
During this time, Noor also founded ZenYoga, the first yoga and pilates studio in MENA. ZenYoga grew to become the largest chain of wellness studios in the Middle East, providing space and instruction for over a thousand students to practice yoga weekly, as well as facilities providing international teacher training and qualification, leading to improved health and wellness in the region. Noor exited ZenYoga in early 2014 through sale to a private equity firm.
The combined experiences have led Noor to focus in spaces of corporate governance and entrepreneurship. She is a Director-in-Residence for the Corporate Governance department at INSEAD where she teaches in the Value Creation for Owners and Directors program. She is Chairperson of the Middle East Venture Capital Association, and also serves as a Director for Nord Anglia International Schools, MIT Sloan, Endeavor UAE, The Grooming Holding Company and the Collegiate American School in Dubai.
Noor has been named in the Arabian Business 100 Most Powerful Arab Women list three times, and has been profiled on the covers of Forbes Middle East, Entrepreneur Middle East, and Arabian Business magazines. Noor holds bachelors' degrees in Finance and Economics from Boston College as well as an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Widely recognised as a leading lawyer for capital markets in the Middle East, Andrew Tarbuck is often the first port of call for both issuers and underwriters for IPOs and other securities offerings. He represents clients throughout the Middle East, USA, Asia and Europe on capital markets transactions, public and private M&A, restructurings, flotations and secondary equity fundraisings. In addition, Andrew also advises on debt capital markets transactions and sukuk.
Andrew is also actively involved in the market as a member of the NASDAQ Dubai Practitioners' Committee, Chairman of the Middle East Investor Relations Association and a member of the Corporate Finance Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales.
Consistently ranked in Band 1 for Capital Markets (UAE and the Middle East) by Chambers Global and in Legal 500 EMEA for Corporate and M&A (UAE), he has advised on many award-winning transactions, including the largest IPO ever in the Middle East.
Mahmoud Salem is a Managing Director in BNY Mellon's Investment Services sector and the Regional Manager for the Middle East and Africa. As head of transactions for the region for more than 15 years, Mahmoud has helped numerous governments and foreign issuers structure and execute IPOs, secondary offerings, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions involving depositary receipts.
Mahmoud structured the first depositary receipts program for the following countries: Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Tunisia and UAE. He has helped structure some of the largest cross-border acquisitions in the Middle East region and has worked on a number of key NYSE and NASDAQ listings and offerings for foreign issuers from Europe and South Africa.
Mahmoud also held the role of Head of Global Marketing for the Depositary Receipts Division from 2011 to mid-2014.
Mahmoud is a board member of the Arab Bankers Association of North America (ABANA). He speaks regularly at capital markets and securities industry conferences and forums. He received a BA and an MBA from Rutgers University and joined BNY Mellon in 1993.
Peter Gotke was a Vice President at BNY Mellon until mid-2016, representing their Depositary Receipt interests in the Middle East. Peter was based in the London office, supporting BNY Mellon Issuers, with responsibility for new Depositary Receipt programs in the EMEA region, and acting as a spokesperson in the media and at conferences for depositary receipts and investor relations. Peter holds a BA in Business Studies and Marketing from London Metropolitan University and prior to joining the Bank, Peter was employed by the Corporate division of Thomson Reuters. At Thomson Peter held roles that included Sales Director of EMEA, and Managing Director of their Investor Relations practice in Asia Pacific. Peter brings to the Middle East over 15 years of investor relations experience from his time in these and other emerging markets.
Paul Gay was appointed Almarai CFO in September 2011. In this capacity he directs all financial, systems, legal and Investor Relations matters. Additional focus is engaged on steering strategy, and actively participating in Almarai international Joint-Ventures and business development initiatives.
Previously, Paul was the CFO of Firmenich, the global leading Fragrances & Flavors house. Before that, he held senior finance management positions at Givaudan, Roche, Computerland, ICL, National SemiConductor and IBM, living in China, Japan, Europe and the USA.
Paul holds an executive MBA from ESCP Europe (1980), a French Public Accountant Certificate with Tax specialisation (1982), INSEAD Corporate Finance Diploma (2003) and Institute of Directors Diploma in Company Direction (2016).
Sofia is the Head of Investor Relations of First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), result of the merger between First Gulf Bank (FGB) and National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) in April 2017. In her current role, she oversees all investor-related activities and is responsible for developing and implementing an effective IR program designed to ensure accurate understanding of the company's story and strategy, and to enhance investor confidence in its value proposition. Previously, she was Head of Investor Relations at First Gulf Bank (FGB), a role she has occupied since 2013. Before moving to Investor Relations, Sofia was a sell-side equity research analyst for more than 7 years, and was heading the Banks & Financials coverage team at Dubai-based SHUAA Capital.
Sofia holds postgraduate degrees in financial management and control from Paris Dauphine University, and in international management from the American University in Washington, DC. She has been an active Board Member at MEIRA since 2014.
Omar is a Founder and General Partner at the Arab Angel Fund, a $25 million early stage venture fund focused on Seed and Series A technology investments in North America, which helps entrepreneurs access the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets. Previously, he was Director of Investor Relations, Strategy and Business Development at OCI N.V. based in New York City for over 3 years and was Head of Investor Relations at Orascom Construction Industries based in Cairo, Egypt for over 6 years prior to the company's relocation to the Euronext Amsterdam. Prior to launching his fund and joining the OCI-family, Omar was a Transfer Pricing Consultant for Deloitte Tax LLP based in Chicago and a Leveraged Finance Analyst for Deutsche Bank in London. Omar has over 11 years of international experience in corporate finance, corporate communications, management consulting, strategy, investor relations and venture capital.
To-date, Omar has worked on over US$ 35 billion worth of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, divestitures, share buybacks and various corporate restructurings. During his time at OCI in Cairo, Omar won the "Best Investor Relations in Egypt" award for four consecutive years. The award is based on votes from global investors and sell-side analysts conducted through Extel Surveys by Thompson Reuters on behalf of the Middle East Investor Relations Association. In 2012, Omar and his team also won the "Best Investor Relations Team in the Middle East for Crisis Communications" award.
Omar also has extensive experience in private equity and venture capital, having founded his own startup, Premier Foods SAE, which manages two gourmet fast food brands in Egypt. Omar previously advised Hikma Pharmaceuticals' corporate venture arm Hikma Ventures on its digital healthcare investments. Omar is also an angel investor in various startups including Andela, FiscalNote and Quarrio Corp and sits on the Board of various companies and associations including Gold Cleats Inc. and the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA).
Omar holds a BA in Economics and Political Science with Honors from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mohammad Abdal is a founding member and chairman of the Middle East Investor Relations Association Chapter in Kuwait and a member of the globally recognized National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).
Mohammad Abdal was appointed Chief Communications Officer of Zain Group effective July 10, 2015, heading three significant divisions within Zain Group: namely Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, and Corporate Governance & Compliance.
A Kuwaiti national, Abdal is a home-grown success story having joined Zain in 2001 as a finance executive soon after graduation. Over the next 16 years Abdal rose rapidly through the organization; playing a key role in various aspects of the company's evolution and success from a local operator in Kuwait to becoming the leading telecom conglomerate it is today.
Abdal has led the Zain Group Investor Relations department since 2008 and in January 2012 was given the added responsibility of overseeing the Group's Corporate Communications Department. In early 2014, he established the Group's Corporate Governance division, one of the first companies in Kuwait to fully embrace the new compliance regulations initiated by the country's Capital Market Authority.
Key milestones in Abdal's impressive career at Zain include managing two of the largest capital raisings in the history of Kuwait, namely a US$4.5 billion capital rights issue in September 2008 and a US$2.3 billion rights issue in November 2005. Additionally, he has overseen the IPOs and listing of various Zain entities over the years, including the successful listing of Zain Saudi Arabia on the Tadawul Stock Exchange in March 2008, and a subsequent capital raising of US$1.6 billion in July 2012; as well as the IPO and subsequent listing of Zain Bahrain in December 2014. He was also involved in the IPO and subsequent listing of Zain shares in Zambia in 2008 (known as Celtel at the time), and in June 2015 was involved in the successful IPO and listing of Zain Iraq on the Iraqi Stock Exchange.
Abdal graduated in 2001 from Portland State University, Oregon, US with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a double major in Finance & Management Information Systems. He has also attended reputable executive programs in recent years that earned him several recognitions as a Certified Investments and Derivatives Auditor (CIDA), a Certified Investor Relations Officer and a Certified Corporate Governance Officer. |
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American mathematician known for his work in classical mathematics, especially in the area of special functions. His work attracted attention in 1984 for a paper that provided a link to the Bieberbach conjecture, a problem having to do with functions of a complete variable. He earned his master's degree in 1956 from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in 1961 from Princeton University. He taught at the University of Chicago before joining the University of Wisconsin.
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The Ocean of the Rivers of Story
Clay Sanskrit Library
"The books line up on my shelf like bright Bodhisattvas ready to take tough questions or keep quiet company. They stake out a vast territory, with works from two millennia in multiple genres: aphorism, lyric, epic, theater, and romance."
--Willis G. Regier, The Chronicle Review
"No effort has been spared to make these little volumes as attractive as possible to readers: the paper is of high quality, the typesetting immaculate. The founders of the series are John and Jennifer Clay, and Sanskritists can only thank them for an initiative intended to make the classics of an ancient Indian language accessible to a modern international audience."
--The Times Higher Education Supplement
"The Clay Sanskrit Library represents one of the most admirable publishing projects now afoot. . . . Anyone who loves the look and feel and heft of books will delight in these elegant little volumes."
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"Very few collections of Sanskrit deep enough for research are housed anywhere in North America. Now, twenty-five hundred years after the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, the ambitious Clay Sanskrit Library may remedy this state of affairs."
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"Now an ambitious new publishing project, the Clay Sanskrit Library brings together leading Sanskrit translators and scholars of Indology from around the world to celebrate in translating the beauty and range of classical Sanskrit literature. . . . Published as smart green hardbacks that are small enough to fit into a jeans pocket, the volumes are meant to satisfy both the scholar and the lay reader. Each volume has a transliteration of the original Sanskrit text on the left-hand page and an English translation on the right, as also a helpful introduction and notes. Alongside definitive translations of the great Indian epics -- 30 or so volumes will be devoted to the Maha-bhárat itself -- Clay Sanskrit Library makes available to the English-speaking reader many other delights: The earthy verse of Bhartri-hari, the pungent satire of Jayánta Bhatta and the roving narratives of Dandin, among others. All these writers belong properly not just to Indian literature, but to world literature."
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"The Clay Sanskrit Library has recently set out to change the scene by making available well-translated dual-language (English and Sanskrit) editions of popular Sanskritic texts for the public."
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The frame narrative in "The Ocean of the Rivers of Story" is so swamped in the flood of stories that it is not until volume two of the CSL edition, 3,000 verses into the text, that Nara-váhana-datta, the protagonist, is born. Shiva has foretold his birth and said that he is a partial incarnation of the god of love and will become the emperor of the sorcerers. From here on the main narrative and many of the tales pouring into it describe the exploits of sorcerers and lovers. This volume ends with the events preceding the birth of Mádana-máñchuka, Nara-váhana-datta's first and greatest love.
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Clay Sanskrit |
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Dallas County Board of Education $2,044,124 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act Education Fund - For the support of public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
Selma City Schools $1,913,397 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act Education Fund - For the support of public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
Selma City Schools $1,625,159 Grant Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Recovery Act Help local education agencies and schools improve the teaching and learning of children failing, or most at-risk of failing, to meet challenging State academic achievement standards.
Dallas County Board of Education $1,094,350 Grant Special Education Grants to States, Recovery Act Provide free and appropriate public education to all children with disabilities.
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Middle school students are acknowledged for reaching honor roll and principal's list after term 1 marks were tallied.
Honour roll is achieved when students reach an 80% average in core subjects keeping all subjects above 70%.
Principal's list is achieved with a 90% average in core subjects also keeping all subjects about 70%.
Congrats to all of their hard work and determination! |
My name is Joan Klein Didold and I will now introduce you to the INTERNATIONAL SENIOR HOTEL CASA KLEIN in southern Spain. The hotel is situated on a hilltop overlooking the mountains and ocean, north of the town of Velez-Málaga, just a few minutes drive from the sea.
Our motto is – Can this be the place of your dreams?
Casa Klein is constructed in the old Andalusian style and has 16 single rooms and 2 double rooms for couples, overnight guests or family and friends. We are a wheelchair-friendly senior hotel and the large communal areas in the main building provide a pleasant environment for our guests on a daily basis. Meals can be taken either in the dining room or in your own room.
All rooms have their own entrance, toilet and shower. The temperature is regulated by remote control in each room, so the desired level of comfort is always achieved. There are TV channels in both Scandinavian and other languages. You can also add finishing touches to your room with your own personal items.
There is always the opportunity to use the communal facilities, along with other guests and members of staff. If you wish to sit back in comfort and enjoy a delightful morning in the mild southern Spanish climate, then that option is always available to you.
The dog is known as man's best friend. We have two dogs and they enjoy the company of our guests – and it seems the feeling is mutual.
Each member of the Casa Klein staff has their own area of responsibility and they are all warm, caring people by nature. All our guests at Casa Klein will live in comfort - that is an absolute requirement on my part.
We have several doctors attached to Casa Klein, together with our own nurses who, amongst other things, are responsible for the distribution and control of any medications prescribed by the doctors. We also have our own cleaning staff, who ensure that the Senior Hotel is always hygienic, clean and tidy.
Our chef makes international - though Scandinavian inspired - food that meets our guests' requirements and which is healthy and nutritious. As a guest at Casa Klein you decide what you want to eat and where you want it to be served.
We keep a twice daily record, with particular attention given to blood pressure and general well being. The staff can monitor or check your condition at any time during the day. Our computerized medical records mean it is possible to recall conversations with any member of staff.
Even if you have no specific medical problems we will monitor you.
Not everyone at Casa Klein is sick. Several guests are here because they feel secure and are not alone, should anything happen to them. There are always other guests and members of staff around, and you form part of our little family.
Throughout the years we have established a close relationship with high quality dentists, hairdressers and beauticians. You can always feel beautiful and well cared for.
Our guests really do appreciate the opportunity to relax in our large living room, or outside in the beautiful garden, where flowers bloom all year round. Our gardener, Auboria Maria, takes care of all the flowers, just as we want to take care of our guests.
Exercise and movement go hand in hand with our philosophy at the Senior Hotel. Our physiotherapist, Abelardo, comes every day and trains with our guests. You can also use one of our exercise bikes, go jogging or workout in our gym. Annette and the rest of the staff are also trained to instruct and assist our guests.
We have a large outdoor swimming pool with a lift for wheelchair patients, so everyone can have a refreshing dip or a daily swim in the hot summer.
"Casa Klein is a place in which every person should have the opportunity to stay.
I am so glad that my mother was able to experience staying at Casa Klein.
I am thankful for what you have done for me at Casa Klein. Without your help I would never have regained my health.
We at Casa Klein really do appreciate art, and you will see evidence of this in most areas. The house is decorated with paintings, sculptures and other objects which you can enjoy every day.
Our guests often sit and paint or read in the conservatory, where we have made a small studio, much to the delight of many.
Prices are excl. physical therapy and hairdressing.
Staying as a couple, guest No. 2 is of 50% discount.
Looking forward to seeing you at CASA KLEIN ! |
All Victorians should have access to cheap, clean energy that doesn't pollute our air or damage our climate.
But our energy market is dominated by a few big corporations, and they're pushing up prices and holding back the transition to renewable energy.
These energy companies have been able to wield their influence on successive Labor and Liberal governments through political donations and sheer corporate power. And they make huge profits, while far too many Victorians struggle to pay their bills.
The Greens have a plan to transition Victoria to 100% renewable energy by 2030, and start to bring our energy system back into public hands, where it belongs.
We can create a system that is sustainable for generations to come and doesn't contribute to climate change.
We can give Victorians peace of mind that they won't have to worry about ever-increasing power bills.
Double the Victorian Renewable Energy Target and build large-scale publicly-owned renewable energy, bringing energy back into your hands, where it belongs.
Upgrade the Victorian energy transmission network, unlocking a wind and solar revolution across regional Victoria.
Make the Latrobe Valley the battery test bed of the world by investing in $300 million in big batteries and pumped hydro energy storage so there is reliable energy for all Victorians, all year round.
Create a public energy retailer, Power Victoria, like we used to have before privatisation. It won't need to make a profit and won't spend millions on marketing, so it will save you hundreds of dollars a year through selling cheap power.
Install solar panels and batteries in every Victorian public school.
Reduce power bills for the Victorians who need it most by putting solar panels on 24,000 free-standing public housing homes.
Support all households to be a part of the solar revolution by providing $1000 grants for renters and people living in apartments to buy solar panels in solar gardens on public buildings, like train stations.
Require landlords to upgrade their houses to meet minimum energy efficiency standards, with grants available to some landlords to help them meet the standards.
Changing building regulations to require all new homes to have solar panels or solar hot water on on the roof.
Declare a permanent ban on all offshore and onshore gas exploration in Victoria.
Oppose the monster gas ship in Westernport Bay.
Support Victorians to phase out gas in their homes through an education campaign and $1000 grants to replace old, expensive gas heaters with efficient solar heat pumps.
Mandate non-gas heating in building regulations for all new builds.
Identify planning reform to stop new gas pipelines to new towns/suburbs.
Identify options for industry transition beyond gas, including use of biogas.
Increase Victoria's energy efficiency savings target to 10% by 2030.
Change the rules for Victoria's energy efficiency upgrades program, to recognise insulation as an energy savings upgrade.
Promote the installation of modern air-conditioners and hot-water solar heat pumps to save energy and reduce bills.
Include previously exempt businesses in Victoria's energy efficiency upgrades program. |
The Beatles 50 Years Ago Today: April 26, 1967. Beatles Radio: The Beatles, Solos, Covers, Birthdays, News The Fab 4 and More!
Overdubbing of bass, maracas, cowbell, tambourines, and backing vocal shouts onto "Magical Mystery Tour" took up the lion's share of this 7:00 pm to 2:00 am session. Another reduction mixdown then took take eight into take nine. |
Today in Music: A look back at pop music
(June 29)
Today's musical birthdays include Johnny Ace, who was born in 1929; Eva Boyd, a.k.a. Little Eva, Carole King's babysitter-turned-singer, whose No.1 single in 1962 was "The Loco-Motion," in 1945 (age 57); Paper Lace's Carlo Santanna in 1947 (age 55); drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple and, later, Whitesnake, in 1948 (age 54); and Colin Hay of Men At Work in 1953 (age 49).
Today in music history:
In 1967, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were convicted on drug charges stemming from a bust at Richards' home in London.
In 1968, Pink Floyd's "A Saucerful of Secrets" album was released. That same day, Pink Floyd played a free concert in London's Hyde Park with Jethro Tull and pop poet Roy Harper opening.
In 1969, the Jimi Hendrix Experience played its final show at the Denver Pop Festival. Hendrix would form a new group with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox.
Also in 1969, Shorty Long drowned. He was 29. Long did "Here Comes the Judge" as well as the original version of "Devil With a Blue Dress."
In 1973, Deep Purple played in concert in Osaka, Japan. It was vocalist Ian Gillan's and bass player Roger Glover's last gig with the band -- at least for many years.
In 1975, Elton John turned up, unannounced, at an Eagles-Doobie Bros. show in Oakland, Calif.
Also in 1975, Tim Buckley died from a drug overdose. He was 28.
In 1977, rocker Bob Geldof was attacked onstage during a Boomtown Rats gig in London.
In 1978, Peter Frampton was seriously injured in a car accident in the Bahamas.
In 1979, Lowell George, formerly with Little Feat, died from a heart attack at age 34.
In 1980, country's George Jones topped the charts with "He Stopped Loving Her Today."
In 1984, 2 million copies of the Jackson's "Victory" album were shipped to music stores.
Also in 1984, Prince's "When Doves Cry" topped the 1 million mark in sales.
In 1993, at a news conference in New York, Ike Turner denied beating his ex-wife Tina Turner, saying he only punched her once and slapped her around. Turner also challenged Tina to a musical duel. The challenge went unanswered.
In 1998, Aerosmith performed at a private party for 500 guests at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the world premiere of "Armageddon" was held. The movie co-starred Liv Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith lead singer Steve Tyler.
In 2000, the graves of Ronnie VanZant and Steve Gaines, two members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, were among the five disturbed by vandals at an Orange Park, Fla., cemetery. The musicians had been killed in a 1977 plane crash.
Today's musical quiz:
When Aerosmith reunited in 1984, what did the band have to do before signing with Geffen Records? Answer: They had to audition first.
Today's musical birthdays include the late legendary drummer Buddy Rich, who was born in 1917; singer/actress Lena Horne also in 1917 (age 85); Newbeats' Larry Henley in 1941 (age 61); the late Florence Ballard of the Supremes in 1943; Glen Shorrock of the Little River Band in 1944 (age 58); Sweet guitarist Andrew Scott in 1949 (age 53); Stanley Clarke in 1951 (age 51); and Adrian Wright of Human League in 1956 (age 46).
In 1922, Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland recorded the first discs ever made by Southern country musicians. The session was held in New York.
In 1923, jazz pioneer Sidney Bechet cut his first record, "Wildcat Blues," backed by "Kansas City Blues."
In 1959, Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" entered the pop charts.
In 1971, Bill Graham closed the Fillmore West in San Francisco.
In 1974, members of the Modern Jazz Quartet -- Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath and Connie Kay -- played their last U.S. show in San Francisco. The quartet would then tour Australia before retiring after 22 years together.
In 1975, four days after divorcing Sonny Bono, Cher married Gregg Allman. Within 10 days, they announced they were splitting up, then reconciled, then split up again. Eventually, the marriage lasted three years -- long enough for Gregg and Cher to become the parents of a son, Elijah Blue.
In 1977, Marvel Comics published the "KISS Book," featuring members of KISS as superheroes.
Also in 1977, the organizers of the Newport Jazz Festival announced they would relocate the festival the following year from New York City to Sarasota Springs.
In 1981, rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis underwent emergency surgery in Memphis for a hole in his stomach. He wasn't expected to survive -- but did.
In 1983, the Everly Brothers announced they'd settled their differences after a decade apart and would reunite for a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall in September.
In 1985, John Lennon's psychedelic-painted, Flower Power-era Rolls Royce was sold for more than $2 million at a New York auction.
Also in 1985, actor Sean Penn punched two reporters who tried to photograph him and his fiancee, Madonna, in Nashville, Tenn., where he was making a movie.
In 1991, a Tyler, Texas-based cable-TV company, TCA, dropped MTV, saying the music videos shown on the channel were "borderline pornographic materials." MTV said the dispute was over fees, not content.
In 1993, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was given the "Humanitarian of the Year" Award by the St. Paul, Minn., Urban League.
In 1994, Virgin Records shipped the Rolling Stones new album "Voodoo Lounge" early after several radio stations played bootleg copies.
Also in 1994, Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament testified before a congressional panel about what they called Ticketmaster's monopolistic practices.
And in 1994, Chubby Checker returned to his hometown of Philadelphia to perform at the third annual "Hoagie Day."
In 1995, Michael Jackson's "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1" debuted at No.1 on the Billboard album chart.
In 1997, Aerosmith kicked off its North American tour in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
Also in 1997, the Smokin' Grooves tour began in Boston. It featured George Clinton and Funkadelic, Foxy Brown, Erykah Badu and Cypress Hill, among others.
In 1998, the Smashing Pumpkins opened the band's latest tour in San Francisco to promote its new album "Adore." The 13-city, 14-show North American jaunt also supported local charities.
Also in 1998, the Vans Warped Tour -- featuring Bad Religion, Cherry Poppin' Daddies and the Specials, among others -- opened in Phoenix, Ariz.
And in 1998, Wu-Tang Clan member Big Baby Jesus, a.k.a. Ol' Dirty Bastard (real name: Russell Jones), was shot and wounded during a robbery at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y.
In 1999, rapper DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) and his wife were arrested at their home in Teaneck, N.J., on weapons charges following the shooting three days earlier of Simmons' cousin and manager.
Also in 1999, Madonna filed a $2 million lawsuit against her former financial advisers. She claimed their screw-up caused her to overpay more than $2 million in income tax to the state of New York.
In 2000, tragedy struck one of Europe's biggest rock festivals. Nine people were crushed to death against a barrier in front of the stage as Pearl Jam performed at the annual festival in Roskilde, Denmark, near Copenhagen. In a statement, the members of Pearl Jam said they were "devastated" by the incident.
Also in 2000, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots and Fishbone launched a tour in Saratoga, N.Y.
And in 2000, Metallica's "Summer Sanitarium Tour," with Korn and Kid Rock, kicked off in Foxboro, Mass.
How old was Buddy Rich when he made his professional debut as a drummer? Answer: 18 months old. By the time he was 15, Rich was earning $1,000 a week. By the way, on his deathbed in 1987, a nurse asked Rich if there was anything making him uncomfortable. He reportedly replied: "Yes, country music."
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Today's musical birthdays include the late blues musician and composer Thomas Dorsey, born in 1899, blues musician Willie Dixon in 1915; Delaney Bramlett of Delaney and Bonnie in 1939 (age 63); Deborah Harry, once and again with Blondie, in 1945 (age 57); B52's keyboardist and vocalist Fred Schneider in 1951 (age 51); Dan Aykroyd, one-half of the Blues Brothers, in 1952 (age 50); White Lion guitarist Vito Bratta in 1961 (age 41); Faith No More keyboardist Roddy Bottum in 1963 (age 39); and Alanis Morissette in 1974 (age 28).
In 1956, Elvis Presley appeared on "The Steve Allen Show," serenading a basset hound with his hit single "Hound Dog."
Also in 1956, Brenda Lee -- not yet 12 years old -- signed a recording contract with Decca Records.
In 1967, the Parliaments -- to be later known as Parliament-Funkadelic and led by funk king George Clinton -- made its chart debut with "(I Wanna) Testify."
In 1968, John Lennon publicly announced his love for Yoko Ono at the opening of his first art exhibit in London.
In 1969, rock 'n' roll pioneer Sam Phillips sold his Memphis-based Sun Records to Nashville music-biz powerhouse Shelby Singleton.
In 1970, Jimi Hendrix began recording for the first time at his own studio in New York City. It was known as the Electric Ladyland.
In 1972, the tribal rock musical "Hair" closed on Broadway after 1,729 performances.
In 1975, David Bowie began filming "The Man Who Fell To Earth" -- his motion picture debut -- in Albuquerque, N.M.
Also in 1975, Ringo Starr and his wife, Maureen, were divorced.
In 1984, the Music Theater Network launched its Concert Cinema service that put rock concert videos in 600 movie theaters.
In 1986, as part of her prize in an MTV contest, Prince's "Under the Cherry Moon" premiered in Lisa Barber's hometown of Sheridan, Wyo. He also sang for her and 200 friends.
In 1987, Wilson Pickett was convicted in Hackensack, N.J., of illegally carrying a loaded shotgun. It was his second weapons conviction.
In 1993, Bon Jovi offered free tickets to its July 3 show in Moline, Ill., to anyone who'd filled three sandbags to help shore up levees along the flooded Mississippi River.
In 1994, a judge in Baton Rouge, La., sentenced Percy Sledge to five years' probation and fined him $95,000 for tax evasion.
In 1995, legendary disc jockey "Wolfman Jack" (real name: Robert Smith) died of a heart attack. He was 57.
In 1996, tickets for the first 10 rows of the upcoming Hootie and the Blowfish concert in Long Island, N.Y., were voided after the band found out theater workers had held back tickets and sold them to scalpers instead.
Also in 1996, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled against John Denver, meaning he must stand trial for a 1994 drunk driving accident near Aspen. Denver had allegedly run his car into a tree.
And in 1996, members of the rock group the Wrens were arrested on trespassing charges after they were caught filming a music video in an abandoned Edgewater, N.J., building. They were released after the cops checked their identification.
In 1999, Blues Traveler cancelled its two scheduled Fourth of July weekend annual appearances at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado after lead singer John Popper was hospitalized with chest pains.
Also in 1999, singer Guy Mitchell died of complications from surgery in Las Vegas. He was 72. Between 1950 and '60, Mitchell had nearly 40 hit records -- most of them novelties, folk tunes and country songs.
Alanis Morissette has a twin brother. True or false? Answer: True. His name is Wade.
Today's musical birthdays include Paul Williams, a former member of the Temptations, who was born in 1939 (age 63); British pop singer Leapy Lee, born Lee Graham, in 1942 (age 60); Ambrosia's Joe Puerta in 1951 (age 51); Johnny Colla of Huey Lewis and the News in 1952 (age 50); Paul Briquette of the Boomtown Rats in 1954 (age 48); and Jerry Hall, the ex-wife of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, in 1956 (age 46).
In 1955, Lawrence Welk TV show debuted.
In 1956, Elvis Presley recorded "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" at the RCA studios in in New York City.
Also in 1956, Buddy Holly's first single -- "Love Me" with "Blue Days, Black Nights" on the flip side -- was released.
In 1964, country singer Jim Reeves held what would be his last recording session.
In 1973, Roxy Music's Eno -- full name, Brian Peter George St. John Le Baptiste De La Salle Eno -- quit the band after numerous personality clashes with singer/songwriter Bryan Ferry.
In 1981, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played the first of six sold-out shows at the Meadowlands in New Jersey.
In 1982, the Clash's Nicky Headon was charged with stealing a bus stop sign.
In 1987, rock promoter Bill Graham announced a badly kept secret -- a Fourth of July rock concert for peace in Moscow featuring Carlos Santana, the Doobie Bros., James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt.
In 1988, George Thorogood and Brian Setzer opened a nationwide tour together in Los Angeles.
In 1991, a riot broke out at a Guns N' Roses concert in suburban St. Louis, Mo., after lead singer Axl Rose allegedly attacked a fan taking photographs. The band then walked off the stage and fans went on a rampage. The destruction of the band's equipment forced the cancellation of its next two tour stops.
In 1992, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger became a grandfather when his daughter, Jade, 20, gave birth to a baby boy.
In 1994, pioneering gospel singer Marion Williams died in Philadelphia at age 66. She influenced Aretha Franklin and Little Richard, among others.
In 1995, a Seattle newspaper quoted Courtney Love saying she was unable to find a final resting place for Kurt Cobain's ashes. No cemetery wanted to accept the remains of the Nirvana lead singer because of security costs.
In 1996, Diana Ross's family added $25,000 to the $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed Diana's younger brother, Arthur "T-Boy" Ross. He and his wife had been found slain in a suburban Detroit home.
In 1997, EMI said it paid $132 million for a 50-percent stake in Berry Gordy Jr.'s company that held the rights to the classic Motown song library. The deal involved copyrights to tunes made famous by Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles -- among others.
Also in 1997, Bruce Springsteen donated part of the money from his Polar Music Prize to a Swedish school program that helps troubled teenagers stay out of trouble.
Who was the first artist to have five No.1 singles from one album? Answer: Michael Jackson. From his "Bad" album, the tracks "Bad," "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana" all topped the Billboard Hot-100 pop singles chart.
Today's musical birthdays include Jerry Gray, bandleader and Glenn Miller arranger, in 1915, jazz musician Pete Fountain, in 1930, Fontella Bass in 1940 (age 62); country singer Johnny Lee in 1946 (age 56); Paul Barrere, formerly of Little Feat, in 1948 (age 54); Heatwave's Johnnie Wilder in 1949 (age 53); Mike Corby, formerly of the Babys, and Neil Clark, guitarist with Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, both in 1955 (age 47); Laura Branigan in 1957 (age 45); Ratt's Stephen Percy, who later formed Arcade, in 1959 (age 43); Erasure keyboardist Vince Clarke in 1961 (age 41); and Taylor Dayne in 1962 (age 40).
In 1960, Elvis Presley was heartbroken when his dad Vernon announced plans to remarry, less than two years after his mom's death.
In 1969, former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones drowned in his swimming pool. He was 27.
In 1970, the three-day Atlanta Pop Festival opened. It featured Jimi Hendrix, Jethro Tull, the Allman Brothers Band, B.B. King and Procol Harum.
In 1971, Jim Morrison of the Doors died in a bathtub in Paris. He was 27. His death was listed as a heart attack but he probably died from a drug overdose.
In 1976, following a 12-year hiatus, Brian Wilson rejoined his brothers on stage at a Beach Boys show at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.
In 1986, Teddy Pendergrass -- paralyzed from the waist down since a 1982 traffic accident -- was again injured when he crashed his specially-equipped van into a utility pole in suburban Philadelphia.
Also in 1986, Boy George reportedly confessed to being addicted to heroin, then denied he had a drug problem.
And in 1986, Rudy Vallee -- the nation's first pop singing sensation -- died while watching the Statue of Liberty centennial festivities on TV. He was 84.
In 1987, the world premiere of the Ritchie Valens movie "La Bamba" was held in Watsonville, Calif., home of the Valens family.
In 1993, Blue Cheer drummer Paul Whaley died from an apparent heart attack in Los Angeles. He was 40.
In 1995, a Grateful Dead concert at the Deer Creek Music Center in suburban Indianapolis was canceled after ticket-less fans rioted the night before.
In 1996, Pollstar reported 1996 concert ticket sales were off 26 percent -- in part due to the absence of the Grateful Dead from the tour circuit.
Also in 1996, hundreds of fans gathered at Jim Morrison's Paris grave to mark the 25th anniversary of his death.
In 1999, Whitney Houston cancelled her concert in Holmdel, N.J., at the last minute. A spokeswoman said the singer had developed throat problems but had been hoping she'd still be able to perform.
Also in 1999, Blues Traveler lead singer John Popper left a Los Angeles hospital after undergoing angioplasty to clear a blocked artery. The surgery forced the band to cancel its annual Fourth of July weekend appearances at the Red Rock Amphitheatre outside Denver.
And in 1999, Morphine frontman Mark Sandman suffered a fatal heart attack onstage at a Rome music festival. He was 46.
In 2000, a utility worker claimed he was attacked by James Brown when he came to the singer's Beech Island, S.C., home to investigate a power outage. Authorities later decided not to charge "The Godfather of Soul."
Also in 2000, Christian pop star Amy Grant sang "America the Beautiful" as U.S officials unveiled the three-year, $10 million facelift of the Washington Monument during ceremonies on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
What's Taylor Dayne's real name? Answer: Leslie Wonderman.
Today's birthdays include composer Stephen Foster who was born in 1826, band leader Mitch Miller in 1911 (age 91); Ray Pillow in 1937 (age 65); Bill Withers in 1938 (age 64); the late Al Wilson of Canned Heat in 1943; Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer in 1948 (age 54); John Waite of the Babys in 1952 (age 50); and INXS's Kirk Pengilly in 1958 (age 44).
Today's musical milestones:
In 1952, Britain had its first U.S. No.1 single with Vera Lynn's "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart."
In 1970, "American Top-40," hosted by Casey Kasem, aired for the first time on radio.
In 1971, Donald McPherson of Main Ingredient died from leukemia at age 29.
In 1972, 61 fans were arrested as the Rolling Stones played Washington, D.C.
In 1973, David Bowie retired from live work as Ziggy Stardust.
In 1980, half-a-million people attended a free Beach Boys concert in Miami.
In 1982, Diana Ross opened her first solo world tour at Giants' stadium in the Meadowlands, N.J. Miles Davis was the opening act.
In 1983, Interior Secretary James Watt banned the Beach Boys from playing at the Washington, D.C., Capitol Mall. He said their music attracted a "bad element."
In 1984, the Beach Boys were allowed to play the Capitol Mall after President Reagan said he was a fan. Ringo Starr sat in with the band, which played the Mall again the next year.
In 1986, Willie Nelson held an 18-hour Farm Aid 2 at Manor Downs racetrack near Austin, Texas. It starred 88 performers -- ranging from the Beach Boys to Julio Iglesias -- and raised $1.3 million.
In 1987, at a "Welcome Home" concert for Vietnam veterans in Washington, D.C., John Fogerty finally performed "Proud Mary" and other Creedence tunes, ending a bitter dispute with Creedence Clearwater Revival's record company. Also performing -- Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby Stills and Nash, and the Four Tops.
Also in 1987, Willie Nelson's 15th Fourth of July Picnic -- dedicated to the nation's truckers -- was held in Carl's Corner, Texas.
In 1993, Whitney Houston opened her first tour in two years in Miami. She was booed when she snapped at a fan wanting an autograph.
In 1997, rapper Stanley Howse -- a.k.a. Flesh-N-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony -- was arrested at a Los Angeles-area home on illegal explosives charges and for firing off a shotgun.
In 1999, Spice Girl Victoria Adams, a.k.a. Posh Spice, married her English soccer hero boyfriend, David Beckham, in a ceremony held at a 15th-century Irish castle. Elton John performed at the reception. The 52-year-old singer later collapsed and was fitted with a pacemaker.
In 2000, Limp Bizkit launched its "Back to Basics" tour, a series of free concerts to thanks fans for their support. The road trip, sponsored by Napster.com, featured special guests Cypress Hill.
What was the No.1 song on Casey Kasem's first "American Top 40" countdown? Answer: "Mama Told Me Not to Come" by Three Dog Night.
Today's musical birthdays include the late Guy Willis of the Willis Brothers, who was born in 1915; Robbie Robertson of The Band in 1944 (age 58); Steppenwolf's Michael Monarch in 1946 (age 56); and Huey Lewis, of Huey Lewis and the News, in 1951 (age 51).
In 1954, Elvis Presley cut his first commercial single "That's All Right Mama" at the Sun Records studio in Memphis. Two days later it was an instant hit on Memphis radio.
Also in 1954, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" became Bill Haley and the Comets' first top-20 single.
In 1958, Ray Charles made his first appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island.
In 1964, the Four Seasons was invited by President Johnson to perform at the White House.
In 1969, the Rolling Stones gave a free concert in London's Hyde Park that was attended by 250,000 people. The event became a tribute to former Stones guitarist Brian Jones, who'd drowned two days earlier.
In 1982, Bill Justis died at age 55. He had a No.2 single in 1957, an instrumental titled "Raunchy."
In 1984, the Everly Brothers launched a reunion tour in Cincinnati. It was their first outing together in 11 years.
Also in 1984, the Jackson family announced they were scrapping the controversial mail-order ticket sales policy for their upcoming "Victory" tour. Michael Jackson also said he'd donate his tour income to charity.
In 1988, residents of Oxford, Maine, who wanted to ban concerts following a Grateful Dead show withdrew their petition when they found out it would also ban concerts at county fairs.
In 1994, Detroit songwriter Kevin McCord announced he was suing Mariah Carey for copyright infringement for the unauthorized use of his song "I Want 2 Thank U" in her 1992 hit "Make It Happen."
Also in 1994, Public Enemy's Flavor Flav was arrested in New York following a minor traffic accident after the police discovered he was driving on a license that had been suspended 43 times.
Again in 1994, Whitney Houston announced at her Atlanta concert that she was expecting her second child. The singer later suffered a miscarriage.
In 1995, more than 100 people were hurt after a balcony packed with Grateful Dead fans collapsed at a suburban St. Louis campground. The crowd had been seeking shelter from a thunderstorm.
Also in 1995, the Justice Department announced it was dropping its anti-trust investigation of Ticketmaster. The probe was sparked by complaints from members of Pearl Jam.
Again in 1995, Def Leppard's one-armed drummer Rick Allen was arrested and charged with spousal abuse after he allegedly slapped his wife around at Los Angeles International Airport.
In 1999, a reunited Eurythmics -- Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart -- performed a mini-concert aboard a Greenpeace ship on the Thames River in London to announce plans for an upcoming tour. It would be their first tour together in 10 years.
Huey Lewis had a cameo in the 1985 film "Back to the Future." In what scene? Answer: Lewis portrayed one of the judges picking contestants for the school's Battle of the Band contest. He told Michael J. Fox's character that his band was "too loud."
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Men caught on camera hitching a ride on back of Baltimore bus
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A traveler on a Maryland road captured video of two young men catching a free ride on the back of a Maryland Transit Administration bus.
Wife's need for a lighter leads man to $500,000 lottery prize
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A Virginia man scored a $500,000 jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket thanks to his wife's need for a new lighter.
Crews rescue struggling dog from freezing Washington state river
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Firefighters, police and animal rescuers responded to a freezing river in Washington state to save a dog that was unable to climb out of the water.
Two record-breaking fish reeled in by West Virginia anglers
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- West Virginia officials said a pair of anglers broke state records in the first two weeks the year with a 53.1-inch grass carp and a 49.84-inch blue catfish.
More than $40,000 found inside couch purchased from thrift store
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A Michigan man who noticed something amiss about the couch he bought from a thrift store found more than $40,000 stashed inside a cushion.
Pigeon spotted in Nevada wearing tiny sombrero
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Officials in a Nevada city said they are trying to find and rescue a pigeon seen wandering around with a sombrero apparently glued to its head.
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Overturned truck releases 1,738 piglets onto Iowa highway
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Police and animal rescuers responded to a highway in Iowa to round up more than 1,700 piglets that escaped from an overturned truck.
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Candy maker Mars Wrigley set a new Guinness World Record by producing a massive Snickers bar weighing in at 4,728 pounds.
Escaped horse rides city bus in Wales
Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A horse found running loose in the streets of the Welsh capital was captured by witnesses and loaded onto a bus for a brief ride.
Stanford researchers' PigeonBot provides insight into mechanics of bird wings
Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A team of scientists at Stanford University created a robot from pigeon feathers to better understand the mechanics of how birds fly.
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The California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals is the Californian chapter of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.
Membership is limited to California neutrals who have substantial experience in the resolution of commercial & civil disputes, and who have been recognized for their accomplishments through the Academy's peer-nomination and extensive attorney client review process.
, only 120 such attorneys have been recognized by the group, less than 5% of the state's neutrals.
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Q: LibreOffice is really slow refreshing the UI I am using Ubuntu 14.04LTS and I haven't really had much luck using LibreOffice. I am currently using LibreOffice v4.2.8.2 build ID: 420m0(build:2). I attempted to switch to Open Office and this hasn't fixed the problem either. I posted a video to youtube showing how slow LibreOffice is on a typical refresh:
https://youtu.be/_YnVnpvrWEA
I am running an Intel Q6600 with 8GB of ram, with an ATi R7 260x video card. I also have 3 monitors attached to this card. I am using the Catalyst driver instead of the Radeon driver. I've tried disabling "Use hardware acceleration" to see if that might help, though to no avail.
I've stopped almost all user processes and this doesn't seem to help. Top indicates a load average of 0.26, 0.50, 0.69. When I minimize the window and restore it, I temporarily see the xfdesktop process jump to ~25% but drops quickly, however, kworker and migration processes goes to ~30% during the entire time that it takes to refresh the UI, and on completion go down to nothing.
A: BINGO! I think I just found a clue on this issue --
This should be reported to the LibreOffice developers and I'll try to figure out how to do that as well:
I noticed that if I logged-out of my account then re-logged back in, the problem would immediately go away (ie, menus operating normally). I was shocked to see this, as I've never seen it work correctly before on this computer. I also noticed that upon rebooting/auto-login of my account, if I IMMEDIATELY launched LibreOffice, it would also seem to operate normal. But eventually it would become slow (ie, after closing LibreOffice and then later re-opening it on a new document).
This seems to indicate that maybe another background process is interfering somehow, or perhaps the LibreOffice components are not starting up in the correct sequence??
A workaround I've found that seems to be working consistently is to just turn on the quickstarter feature. That causes the components to load immediately upon login and perhaps they get priority over whatever else may be interfering.
Tool-> Options-> LibreOffice-> Memory-> [X] Enable systray Quickstarter
Hope this helps!
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Talent Profile - Gary McCord, Golf Analyst
Saturday, January 26, 2008 , Posted by Christopher Byrne at 10:05 AM, under CBS Sports, Gary McCord, Golf, Golf Analysts, PGA Tour on CBS Sports, Talent Profiles, Talent Profiles - CBS Sports
Gary McCord, the "Magic Man", is a golf analyst for CBS Sports. This is his profile as published by the network.
Gary McCord joined CBS Sports full time in 1986 as an analyst for the CBS Television Network's golf coverage. He and David Feherty hosted CBS Sports' offbeat, critically acclaimed late-night highlight shows for early-round coverage of several PGA TOUR events from 1999 to 2006. He also plays on the Champions Tour and won his first event at the Toshiba Classic in March 1999.
McCord's insight stems from his being a PGA TOUR regular from 1973 to 1986. He achieved best-ever finishes at the 1975 and 1977 Greater Milwaukee Open, placing second in both tournaments. He was the PGA TOUR's leading putter in 1984 and won the Ben Hogan Gateway Open in 1991 on the Nationwide Tour, the year he entered eight PGA TOUR events and finished in the money three times. On the CHAMPIONS TOUR, McCord recorded two victories in 1999 (Toshiba Senior Class and the Ingersoll-Rand SENIOR TOUR Championship).
A playing editor for Golf Digest, McCord has written two books, Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists and Golf for Dummies. He appeared as himself in the 1996 Kevin Costner movie "Tin Cup," for which he also served as technical director. McCord, along with David Feherty, provides commentary for the EA Sports video game, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR. McCord and Peter Kostis are partners in the Kostis/McCord Learning Center in Scottsdale, Ariz.
McCord was a two-time All-America at the University of California-Riverside, from which he graduated in 1971 after having been a member of the 1970 College Division II championship team. After turning pro, McCord was a player-director on the PGA TOUR's Policy Board (1983-86).
He was born May 23, 1948, in San Gabriel, Calif., and lives with his wife, Diane, in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Edwards, Colo.
Photograph courtesy of CBS Sports.
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Bloom was created as a means of extending the existing Saarinen TWA terminal to accommodate a hotel. The new and old architecture act in a symbiotic parasitic relationship; while the existing terminal is able to benefit by accommodating new environmental systems, the addition benefits from becoming a component of the most famous piece of object architecture. The new hotel celebrates a more glamorous era in flight while still holding true to the futuristic motif of the building. A parti, which begins at the AirTran station and curves around the terminal, follows the radial geometry of the site, and creates a gentle curve which guides travelers toward the Saarinen terminal, eliminating the sense of urgency that has become ubiquitous with modern travel. The new structure is able to create a more direct line of travel between the parking garage, AirTran station, and terminal. |
Eligor is een Franse modelautofabrikant. Het is onderdeel van het Majorette concern, wat op haar beurt onderdeel is van Adler-Triumph.
Eligor maakt modellen in de schaal 1:43. Dit zijn voornamelijk Franse auto's. Ook maakt het modellen van raceauto's.
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Q: Permanently deleting iMessages in a Mac I painstakingly delete all my iMessages from my Mac (Mountain Lion) but every time someone sends me a new iMessage all earlier messages of that person AND others get downloaded. Is not there a setting that allows me to delete the iMessages permanently from my mac?
Interestingly, the same thing does not happen with my iPhone. Once I delete the conversation from my phone, its gone and at least does not show me the history again.
A: *
*Go to "Messages -> Preferences..." (or hit Cmd + ,)
*From there, select the "Messages" tab from the row of icons at the top
*At the bottom of that pane are four checkboxes, the topmost of which says "Save history when conversations are closed". Make sure that checkbox is deselected, and you should be good to go.
A: I wrote a shell script to remove all iMessage logs for you- it's super convenient.. Just download and doubleclick: http://joshpopenyc.github.io/Shell-Scripts/
A: You can follow these instructions to delete your imessage history, they worked for me
http://applemacosx.com/2015/11/29/how-to-delete-imessage-history-on-a-mac/
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Les tripes à la provençale sont un mets réalisé à base de gras-double de bœuf et de vin. Il est donc spécifique à la basse Provence où se trouvent, comme en Camargue, des élevages bovins, et aux Alpes provençales. Ce mets ne doit pas être confondu avec les pieds et paquets, spécialité de Marseille et de Sisteron, qui sont cuisinés à partir d'abats d'ovins.
Historique
Durant l'Antiquité, Homère faisait référence à ce mets. Il expliquait que Thésis, la mère d'Achille, aurait offert à son fils un plat de tripes de bœuf. De même, le Grec Athénée fait aussi mention d'une préparation culinaire composée d'intestins de bestiaux.
Durant le Moyen Âge, les tripes étaient le régal de guerriers, tel que Guillaume le Conquérant qui les accommodait avec du jus de pomme. À cette même période, dans toute l'Europe, on faisait une consommation importante de produits tripiers dont le négoce était strictement contrôlé. En 1297, à Paris, selon le registre de la taille, la corporation des tripiers avait seule le droit et le privilège de faire commerce des tripes. Les tripiers les faisaient cuire la nuit et leurs épouses les vendaient ensuite le jour.
En 1791 (décret d'Allarde), toutes les corporations furent supprimées, ce qui donna naissance aux organisations professionnelles modernes. La consommation de produits tripiers diminua vers la fin du en Europe, tandis qu'en Asie elle restait d'importance.
Origine
Les tripes à la provençale sont un mets spécifique à la Provence où il est consommé de septembre à juin.
Ingrédients
Outre le gras-double de bœuf et une bouteille de vin blanc sec, il faut une cuillère à soupe d'huile d'olive, du lard de poitrine, une cuillère à soupe de farine, un oignon, une carotte, un bouquet garni, des clous de girofle, une gousse d'ail, du concentré de tomate, un verre à liqueur d'eau-de-vie de marc de Provence, du sel et du poivre du moulin.
Préparation
L'oignon et la carotte émincés sont mis à suer tandis que les lardons sont dorés dans de l'huile d'olive. Le tout est saupoudré de farine et mélangé avec le concentré de tomate et mouillé avec le vin blanc. Les tripes en morceaux sont alors mises à cuire dans ce bouillon avec de l'ail, le bouquet garni et les clous de girofle. Après avoir salé et poivré, le tout est flambé puis mis à mijoter pendant 40 minutes. Ce mets est à servir très chaud avec des pommes de terre vapeur ou cuites à l'eau.
Accord mets-vin
Les tripes à la provençale sont à consommer avec du vin blanc sec comme une clairette du Languedoc Adissan, un vin de Corse Porto-Vecchio, un gaillac, un pacherenc-du-vic-bilh ou encore un corbières. Plus classiquement, ce mets appelle un vin rouge régional comme le beaumes-de-venise, les côtes-du-rhône villages ou les-baux-de-provence.
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Run for office in EVE, the new CSM by Xhagen
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GM Xhagen
Posted - 2007.11.19 11:36:00 - [181]
Originally by: Kazuma Saruwatari
I'd like to bring up the recurring issue regarding the coverage of where you will get candidates?
Okay, stated that it is a popularity contest, if CCP chooses to try and pick from the less-well known groups of players (maybe even some unaffiliated ones, but who are very willing and able to participate as a council member), how are they meant to catch enough "popularity points" from the voters to even get onto the council?
Might I suggest a form of stage for each council candidate to state their position/s to all of EVE? The first step is in letting everyone know where this guy stands on something, and what the other guy stands on in comparison.
Granted a majority of the playerbase does not read Dev blogs, let alone participate in the forums. This already puts them in the dark as to what is going on. A proper news notice on the login linking to a CSM news page with the candidates and their positions/who they represent is a viable way to show "Hey, we have these guys who are willing to speak for you in regards to your EVE gameplay, do you want to vote?"
The bottom line here is visibility and choice. I believe I speak for a whole lot that showing who/what is going on to the masses can lead to wiser voting, and thus more capable council members once the votes are in.
If, even after showing people that they choose not to vote/choose to proxy it, its fine as well, since CCP did it's part in showing the important bits, and who/what the candidates are/stand for.
Aye. Having news items that are accessible via the ingame browser, perhaps special sections where the candidates can list their stances etc. is also possible (or a link to a free blog section they put up for that purpose). The possibilities are endless and ingame news post are a perfect way to get the voters attention.
EVE Customer Support
Originally by: Hamfast
Let me see if I understand this correctly...
When I vote (Day 1), I assign my vote and with it any proxies I have... using my original example, 100 proxy votes, all for Chribba (assuming he is running)...
Day 3 - 70 people withdraw their proxies from me, and assign them to Adunh Slavy who votes for Cyberflayer...
Day 8 - 30 of the 70 people again withdraw their proxy votes and again reassgn them to yet a third person.. Tarmanic... who votes for Himself...
Day 14 - The polls close, at that point I and all my proxies (30 at this time) are assigned to Chribba...
Adunh Slavy and his proxies (40) go to Cyberflayer
Tarmainic and his proxies (30) are all assigned to Tarmanic's tally...
If my assumption is correct, then it would be best to not have a counter as it would do more to confuse things as I would have voted with a counter that said 100, Adunh Slavy voted with 70 and Tarmanic with 30 yet only Tarminic's total was raised by the number of votes he cast...
To let you know, I am still (even if this allays my fears) against Proxy Votes, people who do not want to take the time to vote should not be required to nor expected to...
The Comment about "Moving Votes around" also lends itself to the "Tally after the polls close" where only the last vote counts...
Spot on infact.
The idea about the counter was that number would update every now and then to display how many proxy votes you had under your control. But that mechanism, i.e. the counter, is now under heavy attack and will either be removed completely or made update at random intervals.
First off, I agree with you and your points, people are going to represent the people that brought them... the biggest Alliances will (most likely) always have representation and some of them will not have the games best interest at heart, but their own alliances best interest... Alliances will by their very nature be PvP centric, Capital Ship Centric... things that those of us who exist in High Sec are somewhat adverse to (PvP) and unlikely to care much about (Cap Ships)... but those interests need representation...
Like RL politics, deals will be made, both to marginalize Problem cases, as well as trading support for a subject that matters to the Member (Protecting Missioning Characters from getting Ganked in High Sec for example) for support on an issue that they don't care about (Lets say Cap Ships)...
The problem I have, and I think you have touched on it, has to do with why a person casts the vote they cast... Vote for Chribba because of his work to support eve... vote for Sir Molle because you are a member of Bob... Vote for Tarmanic because you believe he really means all those things he says... Some will research the people who throw in their names, some will vote because they were told how to vote (Proxy perhaps) some will vote randomly... I would guess most will not vote at all... (put it this way, your numbers may be close, 58,000 votes for 196818 (My number, 433000 / 2.2) accounts)
Personally, I would rather have 58,000 voters that made an effort to elect the player of their choice decide then 58,000 that cared and 138,000 that picked randomly... if the 9th member is elected with 12 votes, he (or she) was still elected under the rules... if 1 Member turns out to be a problem case, it may motivate others to take the time to marginalize their voter base... If the Goons show they can get a person elected with 5000 votes, that person is disruptive, it gives incentive for those that care to insure that the top 14 people have 5,500 votes (minimum). Then again, I suspect there are enough Goons that care enough about the game that they would not support the person the next time... Oh, and if you think I am picking on the Goons, feel free to substitute any other large 0.0 alliance.
one last point, mostly for GM Xhagen... will there be any way within the CSM/CCP framework to remove a member that turns out to be a problem case?
There is currently no mechanism to remove a 'problematic' member of the CSM, neither is the option available to CCP or the CSM itself.
Several people have raised concerns about that matter so perhaps the option of unanimously voting away one person from the CSM might be introduced. But nothing has been decided yet.
But the problem you bring up with your post are very valid, and very known to us. And have been deemed, for the time being, worth the risk.
Helison
Times of Ancar
Originally by: GM Xhagen
Incidentally we used the carrier changes as a case study of how and in what manner the CSM would respond to that. And my answer would be that the CSM would then be contacted, or vice versa, and provided with the reasoning of the proposed changes. They could then express their concerns in turn and we would then proceed from there. And this can be done via the CSM forums, i.e. asynchronous communications are very possible as well.
This is already sounding a bit better, but what would be your plan for major nerfes in the future(they have to happen for sure)?
Will the CSM get info about it earlier? Can the CSM ask questions to developers in CSM-forums/by email, which are answered faster than the "normal" questions on the forum (this thread is excluded, as you are phenomenally great, Xhagen)? What incentive does the community have to contact the CSM instead of creating a threadnought?
Originally by: Manfred Rickenbocker
I stuck this in another thread, but its probably better served here.
People are having problems with large players trying to get a lock hold on the council. The issue of the council should be to promote player participation in CCPs decision making processes, correct? If the alliances do take control, most of the ideas they submit will be worthless, CCP will shoot them all down, and possibly dissolve the council and prevent any good stuff in the future.
A good solution to this would be to determine specific issues CCP thinks needs player involvement prior to convening a session. Obviously there is the subject of alliances power blocking into the council etc. The better way to promote this is to create rolls for the different members of the council. For example, a member for Role Play and storyline suggestions, a member for large alliance questions, a member to responsible for missions/exploration, etc etc.
Extending this idea a little further, the player base would poll each election cycle to see what ideas need to be championed the most and then the most popular ideas would each get their own champion. Champions could get voted based on their platforms and by extension would be responsible for becoming as knowledgeable as to what players opinions are on their respective topics, either through forum threads or other means.
Obviously, alliances are not completely interested in certain areas. To further limit a council take over, you can restrict people/factions for only running for one position at a time. Also, it causes a full member refresh since different positions will be available each year requiring different champions. Opening up the floor for different people and player bases to participate.
To be perfectly honest, I have predicted that the first year (two terms) will be very difficult and will seriously test everything and everyone that is even remotely connected to this. The reason for this prediction of mine is that something like this has never been done before on this scale. How this will pan out is more or less unknown. We are trying to be prepared for the worst by having the rules as simple as possible and to get as much discussion as possible about the CSM before actually putting it in motion. Here. These are my/our fears. But like the saying goes, 'no guts, no glory'.
Any classification, whether it is done by CCP or the players, is problematic due to the free form nature of EVE. I believe there is not a single person that can claim to be "just" a miner or "just" a Role player. They are always something more as well.
The point being that we are against any classification or restrictions based on players professions. I believe that if role players want to get a member into the council they will be able to do so. And any other group that might align itself together for that purpose can. That is the nature of the free from we are trying to maintain and encourage.
Originally by: Pilk
It's "John Locke", not "John Lock".
Also, am I the only one amused by the fact that CCP chose an image of Armageddon (the event, not the ship; specifically, the bombardment of Caldari Prime, I think?) to head up the section entitled "Implementing Deliverative, Democratically-Elected Council in EVE"?
--P
All images were carefully selected and placed.
The spelling error in Locke's name was sadly not deliberately placed... I humbly apologize for this oversight of mine.
Meh, I misspelled "deliberative", so it all works out.
I'd be very interested in statistics coming out of the proxy voting mechanism, by the way--for instance, how big is the largest bloc of delegated votes? I don't know if you were planning to release those (or, indeed, if you even have a mechanism to extract them), but as long-time supporter of alternative voting schemes, I'm intrigued by the system you propose and would love to see any stats you can (quickly||easily) generate once the voting has occurred.
The plan is to have a anonymous demographical information available for analysis later on. No decision has been made about release or other things like that.
Originally by: Captin Lawdogg
Well, EVE has always been built up as a PvP game, the PvE content only being added later. But that is not what I was going to bring up but the fact that the CSM would be the perfect venue to run for precisely to voice your concerns.
For the anarchy that the essential 'nature' of EVE is, we are offering a venue to let the anarchy blossom and for players to hopefully see some of their labor affect their environment.
I was in no way refering to PvE, I only pvp in game, However that is a good point for those of us that do not PvP, I was simply pointing out that this idea much like most other CCP implemented ideas, fixes, nerfs etc. will only beneifit major alliances and the smaller corps/alliances in eve will have no say whatsoever, If you think any different then you are mistaken imo.
Id rather see you work on something fixing Blobs tbh, it seems like most people refuse to pvp these days unless they have you outnumbered 2:1 and thats really hurting the game for those that do pvp. But thats a whole seperate issue.
It just seems to me that you guys focus on the wrong issues in game. The little guys get left behind and this will be no different.
If you really want it to be as fair and balanced as possible then there should be someone employed by CCP to take this role and dedicate his/her time to it.
Someone at CCP selecting matters to handle and delegating them forward is a perfectly valid method of doing the job, that is true. But the there one single flaw on that matter. It would still be a CCP employee. We at CCP cannot be like a regular player. No matter how much we wish we were. Hence we can not select in fair and balanced way matter that players bring up. That is the reason for this implementation. You perspective is unique as a player, a perspective we can never gain.
I do not see why this benefits major alliances like you say instead of smaller corps. Granted, the smaller corps will have to band together and work as a coherent unit on this single thing. Just like the alliances are doing. Second point I have is that there is no guarantee that the major alliances will act as a one, single coherent unit. They are tied together by corporations.
Originally by: Lincoln Armm
Alliances are not as monolithic as they appear to some here. In fact the more cohesive the alliance the smaller it is generally (in terms of sheer numbers of pplayers). I will say that the interests of 0.0 and pvp focused players are almost sure to be disproportiatly represented simply because those players are more likely to have multiple accounts and/or be active on the forums.
The best way to mitiaget this would be the campaign mechanism itself. If CCP works hard to publicize the elections and helps the candidates to make their positions know that would help a lot. Moderated debates for instance could be a really good way to generate interest.
Perhaps a candiate should have to collect a certain number of proxies to be enter the race? Thes proxies could be released afterwards but it would set a bar for active participation. Fewer candidates maes it easier for people to pick.
Another possibilty would be a endoresment system. Official endorsements from corporations, alliances, famous individuals, and fan sites.
These are very good ideas. I do not see why CCP should make these restrictions, but in turn I do not see why candidates should not do something along those lines.
A candidate can have an 'army' of aids at his disposal if he wishes so; and he could try and get 'endorsement' from sites or persons or corporations. Nothing wrong with that.
Originally by: Sirius Problem
Only read the first 2 pages of forum replies, so apologies if this has already been stated.
Forcing the player base into politics is a bad idea and has the potential to fundamentally change what this game is all about. It's another level of metagaming that ultimately gives more power to a select few, even though everyone here pays to play the game.
No one will be forced into the CSM. It is all voluntary work. And as has been stated in the thread, there is no necessity that dictates that ingame politics will control the CSM.
All this really does is make it easier for CCP. If there is an uproar on the boards after a council proposed idea goes through, CCP will just throw it back at the community, saying your elected representatives wanted this, so don't blame us.
I would not exactly use those words as this sounds very negative. We would however try and clarify what the issue is from what was brought up and act from there.
Good intentions aside, it is not possible for council members to have unbiased views, as they are stakeholders in the game. Undoubtedly they will base decisions with at least some regard for their own self interest, or those of their friends, corps, alliances, etc.
Very true. Hence we are not posing any restrictions on who can run for candidacy and who can not. I.e. everybody can try and get their views across.
Last but not least is the idea of corruption. It always exists in politics, so why not here? It is not unimaginable that an important issue is on the table and some rich/powerful players, corps, or alliances attempt to sway a council member through "rewards" or other pressure tactics.
Anyone who has been involved with RL committees, boards, councils, etc should be able to see the problems such a system will likely create.
CCP will have the ultimate power when it comes to decisions. We will not implement something that we feel would not benefit all players of EVE, nor will we ignore topics brought up by the CSM.
And about corruption. Sure, that will be there. We are not trying to exterminate corruption. That is impossible. But to corrupt someone in EVE is more difficult I believe than in RL, as you will never be able to get any guarantee that the one who is accepting money will do as you bid.
Surely there must be other mechanisms that CCP can employ to better gauge the needs and desires of the players without all the rigmarole an external political system will create.
Like has been mentioned in the thread before. CCP's view can never be close to the player's view, because of the different positions we have towards the game. We believe that this is a very good method to bring forth ideas, concerns and implementations that will benefit EVE more than it will if CCP would simply choose by its own hearts content.
This dynamic relationship that is being proposed could be something very special and wonderful; which means that the road to that destination will be as difficult at possible
Originally by: Helison
First I blush because of the praise
I would prefer if questions asked outside the 'schedule' would be as few as possible. However, when such a strong opinions surface like with the carrier changes, I believe it would be more beneficial to the whole of EVE if CCP contacted the CSM and asked them to gather (if not readily apparent) what the exact nature of the discontent would be and then act on information gotten from the CSM. I.e. more beneficial than to wait the riot out and then post something.
It must be kept in mind that although I'm the 'brain' behind this, I do not get to make all the decision (only in the perfect world I can ) so these are my thoughts and the ways I would like to see this work. I can not guarantee that it will be like this however. Just keep that in mind.
Originally by: Layla
I have read through the whole of the White Paper and all the comments here. What impresses me most is CCP's enthusiasm for this project and I am hopeful that it will go ahead. Their commitment to paying for players to go to Iceland is a small demonstration of that.
There is a tendency (more than just a tendency) for ppl on these forums to be cynical, paranoid and tin-foil-hat obsessed. The real, face-to-face contact of the council meetings will mitigate that. People can be disruptive, obsessive idiots in the safety and anonymity of a forum, but it requires a whole different set of skills to do that in person.
I may be as naive as CCP but I do believe that the people that survive this election process will be as dedicated and fair a group of people with the real interests of players at heart as you could hope to get within any elective system. There is a chance that minority interest or plain *****pot cadidates will be elected, but those chances will diminish as the process progresses and the system embeds itself in Eve's society.
I am also sure that this proposal will not be the final iteration. We will see it develop and expand. Personally i would like to see sub-councils for consultation on player activities (such as pvp, pve, economics,missions, etc) grow from this......but that's the future.
I do, however, have reservations about the potential for corruption within the proxy vote system. The most obvious is that some alliances leaders would sit and count their proxy votes and correlate them against the number of players in their corporations. I accept there is anonymity, but a lot of players will give in to inappropriate pressure or attempt to curry favour. I just dont like the proxy system.
I am also concerned that the 5% vote system and the infrequent stipulated meetings with CCP could create problems. Internet users expect instant gratification and instantaneous responses to rising subjects. I think there has to be some mechanism for the Council to respond more rapidly to issues that are wracking the player-base and to be able to raise and debate these with CCP very, very quickly.
Transparency must always be present with full access to all minutes, transcripts, Eve TV coverage of meetings, etc.
Under-voting is going to be a major problem unless the voting systems are in-game.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the campaigning. Should be fun
Everything has been duly noted.
And about the frequency of meetings, I will have to speak to the departments heads in more details about this to see what they believe is realistic. Too much will be even worse than too few.
Dark and Light inc.
Wow! A reply to every comentator!
Careful mate, your fellow GMs and the player base will start to expect this for every topic
(only kidding. You're doing a remarkable job and it demonstrates your/CCP's interest and commitment to this topic)
Kazuma Saruwatari
Technical question regarding the CSM:
In regards to having a candidate elected to a CSM position, and then find out he has a disability/problem that would hamper CSM-CCP meetings (like, say a physical disability requiring extra work getting through customs, hearing/speaking disability, or even having trouble with the English language), have you, Xhagen, thought of possible groundwork to support such candidates?
Odd Pod Out, a blog of EVE Online
Ramblin Man
Empyreum
Edited by: Ramblin Man on 20/11/2007 03:34:50
Dear GM Xhagen,
Who are you, aside from the aforementioned "I am GM Xhagen"?
Since you are the primary architect of the initial design, I find my interest somewhat piqued concerning your beliefs, opinions, and applicable background vis-a-vis political systems.
Secondly, I ask you what sort of power this new committee has.
"What can they compel CCP to do, that CCP doesn't want to do?"
Note, this isn't a trick question intended to fish out a negative answer. In reading the design document, I gather that the answer in the extreme, "CCP does not want to do X" case would be,
"Publicly explain any matter, in detail."
Thirdly, please strongly consider the suggestion to implement "Australian" or preferential balloting. I feel my own country, the US, is a lost cause for reform here, but it really does encourage a more finely-grained gradation of views and parties. I'd consider the invisibility of a hypothetically broadly appealing second-choice candidate to be a squandered opportunity were a single-choice system implemented.
-.-'-.-'- Assorted thread replies -.-'-.-'-
2 points...
Originally by: Chribba
Why is it limited to two terms? I thought this was supposed to aim for what the community wanted? If Pilot A does a great job and the community supports him he still cannot get elected a 3rd time - thus forcing us to maybe have a pilot who handles everything worse.
And as you stated, if a CSM member does a bad job he will most likely not get re-elected. What's the reasoning behind the "two term" rule?
Term limits should be determined by the voter... limit the terms by getting rid of those that do a bad job... normally (IRL) term limits are used by the minority to try to remove a member of the majority who their opponents find effective...
As someone who has lived in the US southeast, and read political histories of many of the smaller communities, allow me to assert that term limits are also one of the quickest ways of preventing political power from accumulating around individuals and families. "Effective" isn't how I would describe 10/20/30/40-year incumbents, and the notion that they're somehow 'better' at politics than at alternative, specifically in regards to the smaller proposed EVE body, smacks of elitism more than intelligence.
Originally by: Dark Divinities
... please have all "seats" rotate together, not staggered
[as it would limit ingame groups to voting in a majority instead of winning every election and packing the entire council]
Originally by: Imperator Jora'h
Unfortunetly though I can't think of a scheme for apportioning the electoriate that makes any sense. You can't assign seats by area, by corporation or by playstyle. SO this will probably be the best we can do.
I agree. I was trying to think of something along the lines Leon was on about but as you mentioned there is no reasonable way to pull that off.
I would go so far as to advocate for a random citizen-representative model
(Red Mars and, I believe, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress)
- Randomly select accounts from the playerbase (selection)
- Interview them via IRC concerning game mechanics (accreditation)
- Form your council from those who pass and let them self-organize (hierarchy)
Welcome to the dark side old friend. .Shar
Where we hate people through words.
Originally by: Serenity Steele
The first CSM is going to be the most difficult one, and in many ways the most important. It will really need to be a group of individuals who are capable of refining how the CSM operates for the future, at the same time as representing the multitude of ideas of the player base for the duration.
As I mentioned in the round-tables, the CSM is going to need a good set of tools to achieve this, and the forum is a good start, but it will need Web 2.0 style tools (player ranking of the players making the posts, in addition to player voting for supporting the posts) if it's to sift through the post clutter to find both the brightest *and * most popularly supported ideas to CCP.
The final post I wanted to highlight. As we're seeing in the real world today, the current burden of building a more representative... representative democracy is turning out to be metrics and transparency.
Since the proposed council is already transparent in regards to public meetings, which I don't think could be bettered, it falls upon robust metrics to advance the accuracy of the representation.
Dani Leone
Freelancer Union
Originally by: Ephemeral Waves
Excuse me for being cynical, but what's to stop a single - let's say 5000-boy alliance - from dominating the voting and turning this into griefing-in-space?
Eph.
The 195,000 other players maybe?
Vladimir Tinakin
Hadean Drive Yards
I did not envision that the CSM members would be monitored in any different fashion that other players are. The integrity and honesty of the CSM has to be maintained by themselves. In the perfect world a CSM member would simply step down from the council should he be accused of acting in an dishonorable way, but I have no illusions of this being a perfect world.
This is however an interesting topic and evidently you are quite worried about this happening are you not? I.e. that representatives being paid to advance a topic?
It was my thought that since representatives have to defend and follow up on a topic they put forth, it would be quite difficult to truly defend and advance a topic that you don't agree with. Or perhaps I'm more naive than I though about human nature
Naive? Perhaps not, but overly optimistic might apply
TBH, I'm not particularly worried about this--as you said, there are other factors that would inhibit this from happening.
However, the CSM was reborn in the wake of certain revelations of power abuses. And while a wholesale buyout of the council is unlikely to the extreme, I guarantee that it will come up where a council member is exposed to have been on the take, as it were.
Taking steps to mitigate or having a process set up in advance for ejecting a member in the wake of this and remediating the situation is prudent.
I'm more concerned about making sure the CSM is seen as an above-board entity, than about any specific threats to its credibility. Damage control and repair is easy; image reconstitution is not.
Adm Vladimir Tinakin
Mik Nostrebor
Archaic Rage
Originally by: Mik Nostrebor
Can I point out a flaw in your system?
At the moment it is heavily weighted towards specific parts of your clientelle. Ie those in the US and to a lesser extent the UK and maybe Germany. People in these areas will take all the roles and those of us in less populous areas will once again be ignored.
I'm sorry but I can not understand how that is happening in this case? Can you please elaborate? I can give you one example of how you will do better than a part of our players; language. Having English as a first language will make things a lot smoother. I bet that someone can confirm that the Icelandic accent is at times odd to listen to...
OK It is like this. We are online when others are not. We find it difficulat already to make friends in the US/European timezone as there are less of you online when we are. People vote for those they know.
The dynamic stretches even further in that because Eve is a large universe, we find that even players geographically close to us are far away in game. I am not complaining about that aspect, just pointing it out.
The main point is that timezone does dictate who we paly with and therefore who will vote for us. Smaller population will result in no candidate voted in and our issues being ignored.
Really I am getting sick of CCP's continuous and obvious bias against people not in those areas. Our fansites get de-listed, downtimes are right in the middle of our peak play periods, CCP support staff are not online when we are, CCP won't allow the sale of GT Cards/Online codes sales in our countries and many many many other degradations of service and consideration.
This is not the correct venue for this type of complaints.
I was merely listing the issues that face us as a player group. These are examples of the issues that we would have our representative address on our behalf.
With this new system, once again, the geographically challenged players will get shafted by the vocal cousins in the central western world. Why could you not have set some sort of quota of places based on geography. We understand that we are the minority and do not expect to have "undue" weighting in our direction and maybe 1 seat could be put aside for our region (SE Asia/Pacific Islands).
I'm sorry but I don't follow why people located in the Asia or Pacific Islands have less of a chance to run for the CSM. Can you please elaborate?
As I said above in the first section of my reply. Being voted in is a result of networking. Networking works the best when
a) you know the people
b) you are online at the same time
a) is dependant on b> really.
A candidate from our area would give us a voice in the darkness. It would do a lot to help bring players together and improve their game experience. It would see better player account retention in this region and increased sales resulting from that. Sales of people that use the servers in the quieter times (ie not requiring more money to be spent on hardware/bandwidth to service them).
Even though we are a minority, we do have a valid case to be answered and deserve a voice!
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Again I must admit that I do not see why you can not run for the CSM.
Oh, I (or better still someone with a better profile.... can run. I cn thinkof someone who could run from SE Asia/Pacific. Could you name someone?
Just because you don't hear or think of a problem, does not mean it does not exist!
Sadly we can not guarantee or classify those who deserve a voice, neither game ingame professions or geographical locations. If someone want to get on the CSM, that someone will have to run for candidacy just like everybody else.
And like always, we the minority players will get ignored.
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Originally by: Ramblin Man
This is not true because of a lack of term limits, but because of a glut of power and a dearth of transparency.
The CSMs meet neither of these conditions, with an entire forum dedicated to their jobs and no actual power. Such it seem that any political powerblock would instead be formed where there is power and isnt transparency, which would be the voters.
What is the difference betwen "Goon Canidate A" and "Goon Canidate B" if they are both there representing the wishes of the Goons? I dont see it.
But it does limit the ability of those who dont have a power block to put a competent voice on the committee, one who could effectivly curb the power of the blocks which dont have accountability.
Originally by: Reptzo
Having this out of game only will greatly reduce the number of voters. Most people wont even read the news/blogs that they are most passionate about. Because it involves reading, and leaving the EVE window. Many of my corp mates and friends won't even bother to read the blogs/news items that are linked to chat windows, cause its too much hassle. Even if its a super nerf that will stop them from playing, they refuse to read it/look at it. I believe most people will refuse to bother or care if it means they have to go out of game. That, and making it in game means that only active accounts can vote. I believe this must be made in game, not only on the website. I don't have a problem with it being both in game and on the website, but this cannot be website only.
Also, proxy votes should only be able to be given via in game controls, that way again, its only active accounts voting. I also feel there should be no visible counter for the proxy, I don't have a problem at with proxy votes. One nice thing about proxy votes means you can assign all your accounts votes to one account, so you don't have to vote 3-4 or more times. But the visible counter makes proxy votes a problem, simply getting rid of the visible counter, means you cannot be forced, since there will be no way to know.
My main point, is that you are rocking the forums, I haven't seen this kind of CCP response or interest in something other than PR stuff. Kudos to you for this idea, and great responses. I also like that you aren't just ignoring and sidestepping your opposition. Keep up the awesomeness!!
I will take this under serious consideration. I do believe that an ingame functionality should not be that hard to implement if you believe that it will make the huge difference you mention. Is there any other reason for people to rather participate in the elections if they are available ingame rather than out of game? Well, other than the general laziness and apathy?
Most people seem to be leaning towards the proxies not having any information about the number of votes they control. You guys and gals are beginning to convince me on that front as well.
And my presence here, I'm just doing my job which I happen to love
Originally by: sukio
just from the hip from what ive seen and heard from the podcasts this council is going to probably be totally over run by PVPers and be bias and thus makeing even more polacy to drive even more non-pvpers away from eve.
The CSM is the prefect venue to counter that tendency, if you feel this is the case. I can almost guarantee that if non-PvPers band together with the purpose of getting one or two members on the CSM they will be able to achieve that.
this is just another case of minority rule and favortism by EVE developers.
I fail to see where this is favoritism when we are making this available for everybody. Can you please elaborate further on this?
Personally, I see this as a huge effort on the part of CCP and a great step forward. Are there places I would do it differently? Yes, but even with all the "what if's" and "not fairs" that people are thowing out, CCP is trying and if two elections later they change something or improve something, so much the better.
This is exactly what we are trying to do. Figure out a way that sounds good and then go ahead and try it. If we can do things better, then we will try and do that. The first elections are by no means something that has to be followed blindly in the future.
There's a "Personality Test", I don't remember the name but it basically puts you into one of two "categories" within 4 traits... introvert/extrovert, thinking/perceiving etc... How long do you think it will take before someone comes up with questionaires for candidates to help us "normal folk" find people to support.
Based on how innovated the players of this game are, I have no doubt that while some will vote "on popularity" and some will vote "randomly"... there will be some who take this seriously and try to find representatives who support their game and play styles.
Very true. The point perhaps being that with the number of people playing EVE, anything is possible.
Congratulations on publishing a first document on the CSM.
Hi again :)
Work is being done on the EVE wiki (although I do not know when that will be done) and I am in the process of gather information about forum improvements and if they are scheduled at some time in the very near future. Things are moving, not perhaps at warp-speed (I'm far to tall for that kind of speeds ) but moving.
Originally by: Goumindong
I'm not trying to split hairs or getting out of Bartle's criticism via some lame dance. I'm simply stating that I do not understand his analogy because of his usage of the concept of "God".
He means that CCP wields all the power.
I got that. But does CCP wield all the power? Theoretically we do, but what about practically? What I mean is that people can leave EVE and us as gods will 'die' (become unemployed). People can not leave 'earth' and go play some other RL-mmo can they?
Again, the analogy was supposed to be helpful, but when tested it harms more than helps. The real reason would be that in order to refer to gods you would have to speak from the character's point of view, not the player's point of view. The character does not know anything else than EVE and its environment (where CCP can change things), while the player is 'controlling' the character (or characters) in there. And when I write this, doesn't that make the players gods over their characters?
See? Analogy not helpful as it leads us in unpredictable directions.
Originally by: Momoko Kochi
The last part about that is the most key part. They are representatives of the community, and they don't take it upon themselves to make a concerted effort to get the input and information from the whole of the group that they represent - as oppsed to the core member or closer circle - then their representation will be limited to just the wants and needs of a select few, often the vocal minority.
The amount of work we are demanding from the CSM is rather large. Huge is actually the word I would use. Because of that I believe that the representation will be rather even and that those who are elected will adopt positions as well as they go along.
I believe I have also said here somewhere that the first year will probably be very difficult, and that prediction still stands. But despite that I am confident that this will turn out to be something beneficial and groundbreaking.
But the usage isincorrect. He bases his view on the Christian/Islamic/Jewish God - a completely flawless entity. He does not take into consideration that there may have been gods that have made mistakes and have gone against their personal wishes to grant the wishes of their followers.
It is also an inaccurate term because gods don't need to make money - CCP does. And since making money is one of the main goals of a company or corporation, then it seems that the provider/customer situation pokes a huge hole in the god/populace analogy.
Gods can make things like Winter, and everyone now has to pay heating bills, buy winter clothes, shovel their driveways... or die frozen in the streets. If an MMO dev introduced Winter and everyone said "THIS SUCKS! Change it!" the devs aren't in the "I like it, so suck it, *****" position that a god is. Well, they can be if their goal was to close the servers and retire.
His usage was obvious enough to be understood.
Let us not have Bartle come up between us. :)
Originally by: Esmenet
This is why i think this will just end in nothing, but perhaps if the devs can balance input from the different members of the csm they can do some good. But players tend to be of this type: "Hi my name is scissors, paper is fine, nerf rock".
I have my doubts that any player can be objective enough for such a system.
Your doubts are the exact doubts people have been showing. I wish to answer this in the manner that we have two 'security' checks. One is the other members on the CSM and the second is CCP itself.
Additionally, the option which allows voters to force the CSM to take up a topic could very well be used to ask the CSM to delay handling of a matter while further discussions take place. The point being that there are multiple levels of 'checks' that reduce the number of arbitrary topics being pushed through the CSM.
Originally by: Orontes Ovasi
To me it seems like comments have already settled into roughly 3 camps:
1)People who think EVE is about spaceships not politics
2)People who think EVE politics will be about Alliance/COAD
3)People who think EVE politics is an interesting addition to the depth of the EVE world.
I'm one of the ones in the third group, and I'm not worried that the politics will be 'unfair' or 'corrupt' for the same reason I don't worry that shooting people or scamming people is 'unfair' or 'corrupt.' I think the glory of this game is that it is an experiment.
I'd also really like to say that Xhagen has put an amazing number of comments on this thread.
I believe that having only people from the third group would not be the best outcome. Multi-'cultural' CSM would be the best one in my opinion.
And you are correct, this is an experiment, yet we want it to work. Hence all the work we are putting into this :)
CCP Xhagen
Originally by: muujo
For the proxy voting, I think a middle ground would be better: showing the proxy counter would potentially lead to abuse, but there are cases where knowing you are the target of a proxy is useful.
So instead of a counter, we have a boolean statement: 'Do you have proxy votes assigned to you?' Yes/No.
I am beginning to agree with you here. No counter yet information about whether you have votes assigned to you or not. |
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The "Bank of Mom and Dad" offers an average of 145k for a home purchase
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Nov 26, 2021 • November 26, 2021 • 2 minute read • 16 Comments
Real estate sales in Toronto aren't going down, despite the pandemic. Photo by Files /Submitted
Blame the Bank of Mom and Dad for the lofty prices for real estate.
A new survey says a massive transfer of wealth is partly fuelling the steady spike in real estate prices, as wealthy parents help their children buy their first homes.
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"As housing values in most Canadian cities show little willingness to abate, the support of parents is becoming increasingly important," the survey by IG Wealth Management and Pollara showed.
Those parents are digging deep to help.
"The average amount of a gift to assist with a home purchase was approximately $145,000," their study said.
The survey focused on so-called "high net-worth" families — those with a lofty $1 million in investable assets.
That group is estimated to be 913,000 households in Canada, according to IG Wealth Management.
Almost three of four individuals surveyed said they either had acted, or were likely to act to help their children buy their first homes.
Parental support was highest in British Columbia (33%) and Ontario (30%), the provinces with the most expensive property markets in Canada.
One Vancouver resident who took part in the survey said: "We gave our youngest son $100,000 to buy a house in Vancouver because it's too damn expensive."
The average price for a home in Greater Vancouver in October was $1,199,400, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.
The average price for a property in the Greater Toronto Area in October was $1,155,345, according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board.
"The Bank of Mom and Dad seems to be playing its part in fuelling the demand for houses," IG Wealth Management said.
Few of the parents surveyed indicated they would pay the full amount for a home.
The average contribution from parents was expected to be 25% or less of the total purchase price.
The amounts of property-related gifts increased with the level of wealth or income, as well as the location of the family.
The survey estimates the amount that has been given and will likely be given to adult children in the years to come by affluent Canadian families totals about $100 billion.
Some parents even said they feared that too much support would lead to a lack of appreciation for the effort, determination and prudence necessary to ensure a comfortable and sustainable lifestyle.
"I've got a real fear that we've spoiled our kids terribly," one told the pollsters.
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Cream soda
For other uses, see Cream soda (disambiguation).
A cream soda served with ice cream
Cream soda (also known as creme soda) is a sweet soft drink. Generally flavored with vanilla and based on the taste of an ice cream soda, a wide range of variations can be found worldwide.
1 History and development
2 International variations
2.1 North and South America
2.1.3 Caribbean and Latin America
2.2.2 New Zealand
2.3.2 Ireland
2.3.4 Finland
2.5 Africa
History and development[edit]
A recipe for cream soda written by E. M. Sheldon and published in Michigan Farmer in 1852 called for water, cream of tartar (Potassium bitartrate), Epsom salts, sugar, egg, and milk, to be mixed, then heated, and mixed when cool with water and a quarter teaspoonful of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to make an effervescent drink. It was suggested as a temperance drink preferable to those of "Uncle Bacchus" and in compliance with the recently introduced Maine law.[1]
Alexander C. Howell, of Vienna, New Jersey, was granted a patent for "cream soda-water" on June 27, 1865. Howell's cream soda-water was made with sodium bicarbonate, water, sugar, egg whites, wheat flour, and "any of the usual flavoring materials—such as oil of lemon, extracts of vanilla, pine-apple, to suit the taste". Before drinking, the cream soda-water was mixed with water and an acid such as tartaric acid or citric acid.[2] In Canada, James William Black of Berwick, Nova Scotia was granted a U.S. patent on December 8, 1885, and a Canadian patent on July 5, 1886, for "ice-cream soda".[3][4] Black's ice-cream soda, which contained whipped egg whites, sugar, lime juice, lemons, citric acid, flavoring, and bicarbonate of soda,[5] was a concentrated syrup that could be reconstituted into an effervescent beverage by adding ordinary ice water.[4]
International variations[edit]
North and South America[edit]
United States[edit]
In the United States, cream soda is often vanilla-flavored and is either clear or colored a light golden brown, but red, pink, orange, and blue are relatively common variants. In some places in the U.S. where it is made on location, especially in cafes, cream soda consists of soda water, vanilla syrup, and cream or half and half.
Popular brands include:
AriZona Soda Shaq
A-Treat Cream Soda
A&W Vanilla Cream Soda
Barq's Red Creme Soda
Boylan's Creme Vanilla
Big Shot Cream Soda (New Orleans area)
Canfield's Swiss Creme (mainly in the Chicago area)
Dad's Cream Soda
Dr Pepper Vanilla Float
Dr Pepper Cream Soda
Dr. Brown's (mainly in the New York City area, but also kosher delicatessens across the country)
Foxon Park (mainly in Connecticut)
Hosmer Mountain (mainly in Connecticut)
Henry Weinhard's Cream Soda
Jones Soda
Jelly Belly French Vanilla Cream Soda
Mug Cream Soda
Original New York Seltzer Vanilla Cream Soda
Polar Beverages Cream Soda
Shasta Creme Soda
SodaStream Cream Soda Syrup
Sprecher Brewery
Vess (Old St. Louis variety that is a deep pink)
Virgil's Cream Soda
Wegmans Cream Soda
White Rock Beverages
Another variety is referred to as Italian cream soda. Despite the name, this drink originated in the US, not in Italy. The name is due to it being a form of Italian soda. Italian cream soda is usually a mixture of carbonated water, vanilla syrup, and added half and half or cream. Ratios vary widely, but the taste is usually that of sweetened, flavored milk.
Canada[edit]
In Canada, cream soda is mostly pink (except in Quebec and Newfoundland, where it is sold clear). Some brands, such as Fanta, market a colourless version. Many brands have a long-lasting, foamy head.
Brands include:
Barq's Cream Soda - colourless
Big 8 Cream Soda
Cott Cream Soda
Kiri Cream Soda – colourless
President's Choice (Loblaws)
Walmart Canada – US-style vanilla flavour
Some American brands are available in Canada as imports.
Caribbean and Latin America[edit]
Cream soda is usually served as a "red pop", particularly Fanta's Red Cream Soda.
Crema Soda (El Salvador)
DG Soft Drink Cream Soda (Jamaica)
Frescolita (Venezuela) - a bubble gum-flavored soda
Solo Beverage Company (Trinidad)
ToniCol (Mexico) – a naturally flavored vanilla soda
Oceania[edit]
Australia[edit]
Bundaberg Burgundee Creaming Soda
In Australia, two distinctly different flavored sodas exist. Creamy soda or brown cream soda is vanilla flavored, whereas creaming soda generally refers to a pink soft drink with fruit and berry flavors produced by Kirks, Bundaberg, and Bickford's,[6] among other brands. Another local variant produced by Golden Circle is vanilla and fruit-flavored, and colored yellow to distinguish it from existing brands.[7] More traditional brown varieties are also available, but less common. Brands include Kirks' Sno Drop (only available in South Australia, Victoria, and the Northern Territory), Tarax, River Port, Saxby's, Bert's Snowette (the original recipe of Shelley's Snowcap before the line was acquired) and Schweppes, which also produce a red variety as part of its "Traditionals" range. The term "creaming soda" is generally used to refer to the drink itself, the combination of soda and ice-cream is called a spider.
New Zealand[edit]
This is known as creaming soda, ice cream soda, chill drink, or cream soda, though the flavor changes are negligible. It is usually a bright yellow color or a white opaque. It is one of the many flavors sold by Foxton Fizz. It is also one of the many carbonated drink-flavors offered by Golden Circle.
Europe[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
A brand called UGGO is being sold in the Netherlands. There is a wide variety of tastes available. Asian (especially Chinese) supermarkets also sell Schweppes Cream Soda, which is imported from Hong Kong. A&W is also being sold in some supermarkets.[citation needed]
Ireland[edit]
Ireland has a brand of cream soda called Country Spring.
United Kingdom[edit]
In the UK, A.G. Barr, Ben Shaw's (a Cott brand), and DG Jamaica manufacture their own brands of cream soda, and many supermarkets sell it under their respective own brands.
Finland[edit]
A brand called Sun'n Cream Soda is made by Finnish brewery Nokian Panimo. They also have a variation called Orange Cream Soda, with a hint of orange taste.
Asia[edit]
Hale's Blue Boy Cream Soda Syrup
In Hong Kong, the Swire Coca-Cola Company markets a yellow Schweppes Cream Soda. Some people enjoy cream soda in a 1:1 ratio with fresh milk.
In Japan, "cream soda" (クリームソーダ) is a term used for an ice cream float made with melon-flavored soda(メロンソーダ) topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Japanese style cream soda
In Malaysia, the F&N or Fraser and Neave brand makes a clear ice cream soda.
Pakistan's popular brand is Pakola Ice Cream Soda, which is green in color.
In Sri Lanka, Elephant House Cream Soda is the most popular soft drink. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka launched their newest flavor, Fanta Cream Soda, in July 2009.
In Thailand, Hale's Trading produces Hale's Blue Boy Brand Cream Soda Flavoured Syrup, a green colored, rose/floral flavored cordial. This is mixed 1 part to 4 parts water/soda water to get a cream soda drink, very similar to the South African Creme Soda, or is used as a flavoring in their shaved-ice deserts. This syrup is sold worldwide in some Asian food stores. Additionally, PepsiCo's division in Thailand produces a green, cream-flavored soda under their brand name Mirinda.
In some Arabian countries, Canada Dry offers a cream soda flavor.
Africa[edit]
Sparletta Creme Soda
In South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe, cream soda is sold under the label Sparletta Creme Soda, a product of the Coca-Cola company. It is green in color.
Drink portal
List of brand name soft drinks products
List of soft drink flavors
^ "Receipts". Michigan Farmer. X (6): 183. June 1852.
^ US 48405, Howell, Alexander C., "Improved Beverage", issued 1865-06-27
^ CA 24012, Black, James William, "Ice Cream Soda", issued 1886-05-10 (Patent information at CIPO).
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Doctors Concerned For Queens Health
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From the Emperor's Desk:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/08/uk/queen-health-supervision-gbr-intl/index.html
Buckingham Palace has released a statement saying Her Majesty the Queen is under medical supervision as Doctors are concerned for her health. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge have traveled to Balmoral to be by her side and the rest of the Royal Family have joined them.
June 21, 1982: Birthday of HRH The Duke of Cambridge
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Official photo released on The Duke of Cambridge's 38th birthday.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, KG, KT, PC, ADC (William Arthur Philip Louis; born June 21, 1982) is a member of the British royal family. He is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. Since birth, he has been second in the line of succession to the British throne.
HRH The Duke of Cambridge
His father is HRH The Prince of Wales eldest son and heir to the throne of HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and her husband HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His mother, Diana, Princess of Wales was born Lady Diana Spencer (1961-1997) the fourth of five children of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1924–1992), and Frances Spencer, Viscountess Althorp (née Roche; 1936–2004). The Spencer family had been closely allied with the British royal family for several generations; Diana's grandmothers, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer and Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, had served as ladies-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
HRH The Prince of Wales
Prince William was born at Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London, at 9:03 pm on June 21, 1982 as the first child of Charles, Prince of Wales—heir apparent to Queen Elizabeth II—and Diana, Princess of Wales. His names, William Arthur Philip Louis, were announced by Buckingham Palace on June 28.
Prince William was baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on 4 August 4, the 82nd birthday of his paternal great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. He was the first child born to a Prince and Princess of Wales since the birth of Prince John in 1905.
William's mother wanted him and his younger brother Prince Henry (Harry) to have wider experiences than are usual for royal children. She took them to Walt Disney World and McDonald's, as well as AIDS clinics and shelters for the homeless, and bought them items typically owned by teenagers, such as video games. Diana, who was by then divorced from Charles, died in a car accident in the early hours of August 31, 1997.
Prince William, then aged 15, together with his 12-year-old brother and their father, were staying at Balmoral Castle at the time. The Prince of Wales waited until his sons awoke the following morning to tell them about their mother's death. William accompanied his father, brother, paternal grandfather Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and his maternal uncle Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, at his mother's funeral; they walked behind the funeral cortège from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.
The decision to place William in Eton went against the family tradition of sending royal children to Gordonstoun, which William's grandfather, father, two uncles, and two cousins all attended. Diana's father and brother both attended Eton. The royal family and the tabloid press agreed William would be allowed to study free from intrusion in exchange for regular updates about his life.
After completing his studies at Eton, William took a gap year, during which he took part in British Army training exercises in Belize, worked on English dairy farms, visited Africa, and for ten weeks taught children in southern Chile. By 2001, William was back in the United Kingdom and had enrolled at the University of St Andrews. The extra attention did not deter him; he embarked on a degree course in Art History, later changing his main subject to Geography, and earned a Scottish Master of Arts degree with upper second class honours in 2005.
Having decided to follow a military career, in October 2005 William attended the four-day Regular Commissions Board at Westbury in Wiltshire, where he underwent selection to judge his suitability to become an army officer. He passed selection and was admitted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in January 2006. After completing the course, William was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant at Sandhurst on 15 December 2006; the graduation parade was attended by the Queen and the Prince of Wales, along with other members of the Royal Family.
Prince William officially received his commission as a lieutenant at midnight. As "Lieutenant Wales"—a name based on his father's title Prince of Wales—he followed his younger brother into the Blues and Royals as a troop commander in an armoured reconnaissance unit, after which he spent five months training for the post at Bovington Camp, Dorset.
In January 2009, William transferred his commission to the RAF and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant. He trained to become a helicopter pilot with the RAF's Search and Rescue Force. In January 2010, he graduated from the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury, where he had been under the instruction of Squadron Leader Craig Finch. On January 26, 2010, he transferred to the Search and Rescue Training Unit at RAF Valley, Anglesey, to receive training on the Sea King search and rescue helicopter; he graduated from this course on September 17, 2010. This made him the first member of the British royal family since King Henry VII to live in Wales.
In November 2011, he participated in a search-and-rescue mission involving a cargo ship that was sinking in the Irish Sea; William, as a co-pilot, helped rescue two sailors.
William was deployed to the Falkland Islands for a six-week tour with No. 1564 Flight from February to March 2012. The Argentine government condemned the Duke's deployment to the islands close to the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Falklands War as a "provocative act".
In June 2012 Prince William gained a qualification to be captain or pilot in command of a Sea King rather than a co-pilot. His active service as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot ended in September 2013.
Prince William's private life became a subject of tabloid speculation, especially around his relationship with Catherine Middleton, one of William's university flatmates whom William began dating in 2003. Middleton attended William's passing-out parade at Sandhurst, which was the first high-profile event that she attended as his guest.
On November 16, 2010, Clarence House announced that Prince William and Middleton were to marry; the couple had become engaged in Kenya in October. The engagement ring given by William to Catherine had belonged to his mother.
The wedding took place on April 29, 2011 in Westminster Abbey, London. A few hours before the ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen ennobled Prince William with new peerage titles Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus were announced.
His wife's first pregnancy was announced on December 3, 2012. She was admitted on July 22, 2013 to the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London, where Prince William had been delivered. Later that day, she gave birth to Prince George. On September 8, 2014, it was announced that the Duchess of Cambridge was pregnant with her second child. She was admitted on May 2, 2015 to the same hospital and gave birth to Princess Charlotte. The Duchess's third pregnancy was announced on September 4, 2017; Prince Louis was born on April 23, 2018.
April 29, 2011. 9th Wedding anniversary of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Posted by liamfoley63 in Featured Royal, Royal Titles, royal wedding, This Day in Royal History
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On November 16, 2010, Clarence House announced that Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton were to marry; the couple had become engaged in Kenya in October. The engagement ring given by William to Catherine had belonged to his mother.
Prince William was born at Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London, at 9:03 pm on June 21, 1982 as the first child of Charles, Prince of Wales—heir apparent to Queen Elizabeth II—and Diana, Princess of Wales. His names, William Arthur Philip Louis, were announced by Buckingham Palace on June 28. He was baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace on 4 August, the 82nd birthday of his paternal great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading on January 9, 1982 into an upper-middle-class family. She was baptised at St Andrew's Bradfield, Berkshire, on 20 June 1982. She is the eldest of three children born to Michael Middleton (b. 1949), and his wife, Carole (née Goldsmith; b. 1955), a former flight dispatcher and flight attendant, respectively, who in 1987 founded Party Pieces, a privately held mail order company that sells party supplies and decorations with an estimated worth of £30 million.
The wedding took place on April 29, 2011 in Westminster Abbey, London. A few hours before the ceremony, HM The Queen conferred on HRH Prince William the new titles of Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus.
The couple have three children:
HRH Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge; born July 22, 2013
HRH Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge; born May 2, 2015
HRH Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge; born 23 April 2018
First pictures of Prince Louis of Cambridge.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share two photographs of Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Both photographs were taken by The Duchess.
The Duchess took the photograph of Prince Louis on 26 April.
The image of Princess Charlotte with Prince Louis was captured by The Duchess on 2 May, Princess Charlotte's third birthday.
Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank members of the public for all of the kind messages they have received following the birth of Prince Louis, and for Princess Charlotte's third birthday.
HRH Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge.
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The name of the Royal Baby: HRH Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge.
Both the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge have Louis among their names, as do other members of the Royal Family. This is the first member of the Royal Family to have Louis as a first name in British history.
Technically I do not count Lord Louis Mountbatten (Prince Louis of Battenberg), uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh who technically belonged to the House of Mountbatten a morganatic offshoot of the German House of Hesse and By Rhine.
Prince Louis of Cambridge is fifth in line to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43922335H
It's A Prince!
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It's a Prince! HRH The Duchess of Cambridge has safely delivered a boy! Congratulations!
The new Prince is 5th in line to the throne. Because of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 this new Prince will not supplant Princess Charlotte in the line of succession. This is the first occasion in the history of the British monarchy that a new Prince did not replace his sister in the order of succession.
Here is a short list of those in the line of succession as it is today.
Her Majesty, the Queen.
1. HRH The Prince of Wales
2. HRH The Duke of Cambridge
3. HRH Prince George of Cambridge
4. HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
5. HRH Baby Boy of Cambridge
6. HRH Prince Henry of Wales
7. HRH The Duke of York
8. HRH Princess Beatrice of York
9. HRH Princess Eugenie of York
10. HRH The Earl of Wessex
Any guess to what the name might be? Write in the comments section.
Why the Queen cannot give the throne to the Duke of Cambridge
Posted by liamfoley63 in Royal Genealogy, Royal Succession
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Frequently on social media I will see posts by people that think the Queen should give the throne to the Duke of Cambridge, bypassing the Prince of Wales. These people generally are not fans of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The truth is the Queen has absolutely no power to give the crown to anyone.
She cannot legally bypass the Prince of Wales and give the crown to the Duke of Cambridge. The succession to the throne is regulated by Parliament through its laws and statutes and this authority to control the succession has been in the hands of Parliament for centuries. Therefore, it would take an Act of Parliament to remove the Prince of Wales from his rightful place in the order of the succession. There are no plans to do so, nor is there any reason or need to alter the succession.
Here is a brief history of the power to control the succession.
Even during the reigns of the Anglo-Saxon kings the power to regulate or name your successor was not in the hands of the monarch. That power was in the hands of the Witenagemot (Witan) a council of elders. At the time the English kingship was elective and semi-hereditary. The Witenagemot had the power to name and elect the king and they limited their choices to princes within the House of Wessex. The Witenagemot didn't follow succession based on male primogeniture, they would often select a brother of the pervious King especially if the king left children too young to reign.
In 1066 when William I "the Conqueror" became king he abolished the Witenagemot and became the first English king to hold the power and right to name his successor. Although at this time the king did hold this power, the will of the king was not always followed. Case in point was Henry I of England (1100-1134) who named his only surviving child, his daughter, the Empress Matilda, as his successor. Empress Matilda was the widow of Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich V. However, despite the Barons swearing an oath to uphold the succession of the Empress Matilda, this oath was ignored upon King Henry's death allowing the King's nephew, Count Stephen of Blois, to usurp the throne, plunging England into many years of civil war.
Eventually the crown evolved into the male preferred primogeniture that remained the law of the Kingdom up until recently. Also, concurrent with the settling into the tradition of male preferred primogeniture, came the rise of Parliament which also tried to influence the crown in matters of succession. When Henry IV (1399-1412) usurped the crown from Richard II (1377-1399) he had his kingship sanctioned by Parliament to give his reign legal status.
Even when monarchs such as Henry VIII (1509-1547) and his son Edward VI (1547-1553) tried to alter the succession they were unable to assert their will without Parliamentary approval. Henry VIII did succeed in making his daughters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate and removing them from their place in the succession. However, Henry VIII's last queen, Catherine Parr helped reconcile Henry with his daughters. In 1543, an Act of Parliament put them back in the line of succession after Edward. The same act allowed Henry to determine further succession to the throne in his will.
One of Henry's desires was to exclude the descendants of the union of his sister Margaret and King James IV of Scotland. Henry VIII's successor, Edward VI, tried to bypass his sisters Mary and Elizabeth and give the throne to his cousin, Lady Jane Grey, desiring to maintain the Protestant faith which Mary would certainly (and did) return the English Church to the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Parliament did not sanction altering the succession that Edward VI attempted. This was another reason Lady Jane is considered a usurper. However, had the attempted usurpation by Lady Jane Grey, lead by her Father-in-Law John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, been successful and thereby solidifying Lady Jane's position as the first Queen Regnant of England, it is very plausible Parliament would have sanctioned her reign by passing it's own statute or legalizing the Will of King Edward VI.
James I-VI, King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) was the last monarch who had power to name her successor given the fact that she left no issue. This was a power she refused to use as she did not name her successor, although historians debate whether or not she did name her distant cousin, King James VI of Scotland, as her successor. However, during the reign of Elizabeth I concerns were once again raised about who would succeed the childless queen. Although Margaret's (Henry VIII's sister) line had been excluded from the English succession, in the last decade of her reign it was clear to all that James VI of Scotland, great-grandson of James IV and Margaret, was the only generally acceptable heir. In the end Henry VIII's will was bipassed.
Another succession crisis, called the Exclusion Crisis, which ran from 1679 through 1681 in the reign of King Charles II when three Exclusion Bills sought to exclude the King's brother and heir presumptive, James, Duke of York, from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland because he was Roman Catholic. None became law. Two new parties, Tories and Whigs, formed as a result. The Tories were opposed to this exclusion while the "Country Party", who were soon to be called the Whigs, supported it. The matter of James's exclusion was not decided in Parliament during Charles's reign, representing the last time a monarch asserted his power of controlling the succession.
After two failed attempts to pass the Bill, Charles succeeded in labelling the Whigs as subversives. Louis XIV of France offered financial support to Charles, allowing him to dissolve the 1681 Oxford Parliament. It was not called again during his reign, depriving the Whigs of their main goal. This crisis between Crown and Parliament almost caused another English Civil War.
James II-VII, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
The Duke of York became King James II-VII of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1685 and the tension between Crown and Parliament reached a head when he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. It was the abandonment of the throne by James II-VII in 1688 which lead to the Convention Parliament calling William III of Orange and Princess Mary, daughter of the deposed king, to rule jointly as king and queen.
This act was legalized when William III called for the election of a new Parliament which passed the Crown and Parliament Recognition Act of 1689. Also, With the Passing of the Act of Settlement in 1701, which regulated the throne to the Protestant descendants of the Electress Sophia of Hanover. With this Act Parliament then held held the complete power to regulate the succession to the crown and it's a power they'veThe most held ever since.
William II-III, King of England, Scotland, Ireland and Stadholder of the Netherlands.
Although France isn't England, even the great powerful Louis XIV of France and Navarre (1643-1715), an absolute monarch, was unable to alter the succession to the French throne when he wanted to give succession rights to his legitimized children after the Princes of the Blood. This demonstrates how difficult it is for a monarch to alter the succession to the crown.
The most recent example of Parliament altering the succession was when Male preferred primogeniture ended when Parliament (and all members of the Commonwealth) passed the Crown Act of 2013 which left the succession to the Crown to the eldest child of the Sovereign regardless of gender.
I hope this short history lesson demonstrates why the Queen cannot alter the succession to the crown by giving the throne to the Duke of Cambridge bypassing the Prince of Wales.
English or German? Part II
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In Part one we looked at the Cambridge-Teck family and how that even though they were technically a minor German royal family they were born and bred in England. The children of Princess Mary-Adelaide of Cambridge and Franz, Duke of Teck a morganatic scion of the House of Württemberg were all born at Kensington Palace and raised in England. As was had seen in Part one, the eldest daughter, Princess Victoria-Mary, known as May, grew up to become engaged to Prince Albert-Victor of Wales, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (second in line to the British Throne) until his untimely death in 1892. After a suitable mourning period May became engaged to Prince Albert-Victor's brother, Prince George, Duke of York who became King George V of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1910. May chose to be called Queen Mary and became the role model of a dedicated and dignified queen. She was born during the reign of Queen Victoria in 1867 and lived to see her own granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II, ascend the throne before she passed away in 1953.
Queen Mary's eldest brother was born HSH Prince Adolphus of Teck. He was educated at Wellington College and then joined the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. At the age of 19, he joined the 17th Lancers,, the regiment of his maternal uncle, HRH Prince George, The Duke of Cambridge, who was the commander-in-chief of the British Army from 1856-1895. Prince Adolphus was promoted Lieutenant in 1893 and transferred to the 1st Life Guards and raised in rank to that of Captain in 1895. In 1897 Queen Victoria created him Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) and in 1901 King Edward VII promoted him to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO).
1894 Prince Adolphus married Lady Margaret Grosvenor, daughter Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, (herself the fourth daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland). Prince and Princess Adolphus of Cambridge had four children, Prince George born in 1895, Princess Mary in 1897 (she later married Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort of the old Plantagenet line), Princess Helena in 1899 and Prince Frederick in 1907.
In 1900 Prince Franz, Duke of Teck died and Prince Adolphus as the second Duke of Teck and he and his wife were styled HSH The Duke and Duchess of Teck. In 1911 his brother-in-law, King George V, as a gift to mark his own Coronation, granted his cousin the style His Highness. In 1914 with the outbreak of World War I the Duke of Teck returned to military service first serving as a military secretary at the War Office and later as military secretary to the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Forces (B.E.F.) in France, Sir Douglas Haig, with the rank of brigadier general.
In 1917 there was a lot of anti-German feelings in Britain and King George V changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor and further renounced all German titles for himself and members of the British royal family. In response to this the Duke of Teck relinquished his title of Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg and the style His Highness. Adolphus, along with his only surviving brother, Prince Alexander of Teck, adopted the name Cambridge, after their grandfather, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850). The Children of Adophus Cambridge also lost their German princely titles and adopted the surname Cambridge. Shortly thereafter King George bestowed his brother-in-law Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham, and Viscount Northallerto. These titles were all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His elder son took the title Earl of Eltham as a courtesy title, while the younger children became Lord/Lady (Christian Name) Cambridge.
After the war Lord Cambridge made his home in Shropshire after at Shotton Hall near Shrewsbury and had an active socail life. In 1923 he was offered the vacant throne of the Kingdom of Hungary (long-held by the Habsburg family) but he gave this offer no serious consideration. Lord Cambridge died, aged 59, after an intestinal operation in October 1927 at a Shrewsbury nursing home, The was ist Marquess of Cambridge was first buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor, and later transferred to the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore. His elder son, the Earl of Eltham, succeeded him as Marquess of Cambridge.
Is it possible for a royal to be a commoner?
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When the Duchess of Cambridge married Prince William of Wales the media spoke about her being a commoner. They were correct. Until her marriage she was indeed a commoner. However, did you know that prior to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, creating her grandson Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus, that he too was a commoner?
What may be even lesser known is that the queen herself, as young Princess Elizabeth, heiress presumptive to the throne, was a commoner when she married Lt. Philip Mountbatten, former Prince of Greece and Denmark; and that he was not a commoner? You may think I have gone mad! Let me explain.
In the British system, a society historically divided by class, there are three legal standings, or classes, people can hold and belong to. These positions/Classes are: The Sovereign, Titled Peers/Nobility and Commoners. Therefore technically and legally speaking if you are a Prince or Princess of the United Kingdom and you do not hold a peerage title, and you are not the sovereign, you are in fact… a commoner.
The style His or Her Royal Highness and the title Prince/Princess of the United Kingdom is a courtesy title held at the behest of the sovereign but does not bestow a legal position. Do not confuse this legal and class status with rank or precedence which are different subjects all together. A person may hold a princely title and have more precedence and out rank a peer.
Therefore only members of the royal family that also hold peerage titles are not, technically speaking, commoners. The sons of Queen Elizabeth II are all Peers: The Prince of Wales, The Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex. Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, is a commoner because the title Princess Royal is a courtesy title and not a peerage title.
In the next generation, only Prince William, as Duke of Cambridge, is a peer and all of his cousins (his children and brother) are commoners. (at the time of this writing) The queens cousins, The Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Kent are also peers of the realm but their children are neither peers or royal. Two of the queen's other cousins, Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Alexandra of Kent, are royal, but they are commoners.
Interesting fact is that when the current Dukes of Gloucester and Kent pass on their titles to their children these Dukedoms will cease to be Royal Dukedoms because their children are not eligible for a Royal title. The title of Prince or Princess of the United Kingdom is limited via the 1917 Letters Patent to the male-line grandchildren of the sovereign. The children of the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent will be great-great-grandchildren of the sovereign, in this case the closest sovereign they are descended from is King George V. Though the next Dukes of Gloucester and Kent will not be royal, the will be peers and not commoners.
There are actually five types of peerages. The Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. These represent those titles that were created at the various times in the history of the country. The hierarchy, or rank, of these peerage titles is as follows: (highest to lowest) Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. There is also the hereditary title of Baronet but Baronets are not peers but fit into the social class of the Landed Gentry. It gets confusing doesn't it?
I will end my post by keeping it simple. Unless you are the sovereign or a titled peer, even if you hold the style and title of HRH Prince/Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, you are technically a commoner.
On November 20, 1947 HM King George VI created his future son-in-law HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich. This made the former Prince Philip of Greece a Peer of the Realm. When he married the king's daughter, Princess Elizabeth, the very next day, she was a commoner because she didn't possess any Peerage titles, while her husband was not a commoner any longer.
The New Royal Baby
Posted by liamfoley63 in In the News today..., Royal Genealogy
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Yesterday was an historic moment. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a royal prince yesterday. This was the first time since Queen Victoria had three direct heirs to the throne. First in line was The Prince of Wales (Edward VII), then came her grandson The Duke of York (George V) and her great-grandson Prince Edward of York (Edward VIII). Queen Victoria actually lived to see George VI, Edward VIII's brother, but there are not any pictures of her with her son, grandson and both great-grandsons.
There has not been too many monarchs who have lived to see an heir in the third generation. Louis XIV of France and Navarre was one such monarch. He lived to see his great-grandchildren. However, he also outlived most of them and his successor, Louis XV, was one of his great-grandchildren. Wilhelm I, German Emperor & King of Prussia also lived to see three generations of successors. In 1882 his grandson, Prince Wilhelm, future German Emperor Wilhelm II, gave birth to the future Crown Prince Wilhelm. Sadly, Crown Prince Wilhelm was not able to inherit the Royal and Imperial thrones due to the monarchy in Germany being abolished in 1918 at the end of World War I.
It seemed like we waited for a long time for the Duchess of Cambridge to give birth to the new little prince. Now the wait begins to see what the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will name the future King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
So what will the name be? George and James seem to be popular choices right now. Both names have historical precedence in British history. George is the name Elizabeth II's father chose to reign under, although he was named Albert after having the bad luck of being born on December 14, 1895, the 34 anniversary of the death of his great-grandfather, Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria. James is the name of Catherine's brother (as well as the Duke of Cambridge's cousin, James Viscount Severn, son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex).
If the name James is chosen we will see if Winston Churchill's suggestion that the highest ordinal between England and Scotland should be used. When England and Scotland shared a monarch they used an ordinal, or regnal number, for both crowns. For example, James VI of Scotland was also James I of England. His grandson was James VII of Scotland and James II of England. This is the only name affected. When Charles I came to both the English and Scottish thrones neither England or Scotland had had a king by that name before. William III of England was William II of Scotland. His wife, Mary II, was also Mary II of England and Scotland, with Mary Stuart being the first queen named Mary in Scotland and Mary Tudor being the first queen named Mary in England.
When the countries were united in 1707 the monarchs were settled in England and Scotland was often ignored by the monarchs. They have followed the English system of numbering kings. The first thee kings of the House of Hanover did not have a problem with their regnal number since neither England or Scotland had kings named George before. There seems to be no controversy in Scotland with William IV and his regnal umber. The first time we begin to see some conflict is with the reigns of both Edward VII and Edward VIII. In Scotland there were times thier regnal numbers were omitted even in the Scottish Church. This issue did become more prominent with the reign of Elizabeth II. Since Elizabeth I of England never ruled over Scotland many in Scotland did not think she should be called Elizabeth II in Scotland. Many things such as mailboxes carrying the II in the royal cypher were defaced or destroyed. This is what prompted Winston Churchill to offer the solution that he did.
If the new baby prince is named James he will be called James VIII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain instead of James III. The name also carries a little controversy seeing that the pretender to the throne, James Francis, son of deposed king James II-VII of England and Scotland was also called James III-VIII by himself and his supporters. But that was centuries ago I am sure there wouldn't be a problem now. It also follows that if the prince is named Richard, he will be Richard IV since there was not one named Richard who was king of Scotland. However, if he is named Robert or Alexander he would be Robert IV or Alexander IV since there have been three kings of Scotland with that name respectively.
Although we cannot predict the future the new little prince will not sit on the throne for a very long long time. Her Majesty the Queen is still going strong at the age of 87. Her son, the Prince of Wales is also healthy at the age of 64 and at the age of 31 the Duke of Cambridge will also likely see a long life. So it is possible that the new royal prince will not sit on the throne until he is in his 50s or 60s.
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Q: Removing whitespace from the end in python I am getting extra whitespace after the end of output because I've used end=' '. How can I fix this?
for i in range(0,6):
for g,h in q[i].items():
print(h/len(q1[i]), end=" ") //here
print()
A: How about having just one print statement per line? You can use join to put spaces between the values.
for i in range(6):
print(' '.join(str(h/len(q1[i])) for h in q[i].values()))
A: for i in range(0,6):
print(*[h/len(q1[i]) for g,h in q[i].items()])
print()
Using this answer, we can simply unpack the list to print everything without the inner for loop.
Example:
>>> print(*[1,2,3])
1 2 3
A: Use str.join() to put spaces in between your items:
for i in range(0,6):
items = [str(h/len(q1[i])) for g,h in q[i].items()]
print(" ".join(items))
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5 Things I Learned From Our Fall TV Role Models
Cookie Lyon (left) played by Taraji P. Henson in Empire
Ahhhh. Fall is around the corner, and once again, it will be time to organize our lives around our TV programming.
"Lol, hun. You know better than to ask me out for drinks after 8 p.m. on a Thursday. You know that time is not yours or mine. That time belongs to Shonda," will probably be sent in a few text messages.
And while we may be squirming in anticipation of the drama that is probably going to unfold in our favorite shows—How to Get Away With Murder, Scandal, Empire, etc.—I think it is also important that we reflect on the very real life lessons some of the memorable characters on these shows have laid down on us in the most epic of fashions.
Here are five things I've learned from our faves:
1. Learn how to flawlessly command the room—Cookie/Empire. From the moment Cookie walks into a room, all eyes are on her. Her personality just seems to effortlessly swallow the room. Not only does she command attention, but she also commands (and demands) respect. This is a valuable life lesson for any millennial to learn to put to use. Networking and other socially necessary "adult" events aren't favorable to the proverbial wallflower. Knowing how and when to put yourself out there and bring all (or the most important) eyes to you can never go wrong.
Bonus tip: Dress for the job you want, not the job you have. Age-old adage, I know, but there is something truly inspirational about Cookie's waltzing around various, random locations—a prison yard, a boardroom, her own house—in furs and leopard-print clothes, full face of makeup on fleek.
2. Trust yourself—Olivia Pope/Scandal. I know, I know. You're probably tired of it by now. Every time Olivia's fabled gut comes into the conversation, it wrings an eye roll out of me, and for the most part, the talk of the trusted gut has all but died as our characters have grown and gotten more complex (read: warped) and the plot has thickened over time. But yet, there is something beautiful that comes with the innate ability to trust yourself.
It is all too easy to second-guess yourself in a world filled with noise when you can message 100 friends instantaneously to bounce an idea off of them. But what about you and what you want? What does your gut tell you about that? The confidence that comes with trusting yourself and being able to take a leap (even if you do make some horrible decisions sometimes) is an important life skill.
Bonus tip: There is nothing that can't be solved with a glass (or entire bottle) of wine. (The Root encourages—and strongly advises—responsible drinking.)
3. "When in doubt, shut your mouth"—Annalise Keating/HTGAWM. This goes well beyond the Fifth Amendment and not incriminating yourself, although that is the main focus of the thriller from ShondaLand that refuses to let you breathe. Perhaps Mark Twain put it best: "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Keeping quiet is always an option, especially when you are unsure. Thinking before you speak also goes a long way.
4. Keep up with your hobbies—Michonne/The Walking Dead. Turns out, some hobbies could be lifesaving (for example, fencing is apparently great when you're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse), but on a more realistic note, multiple talents can also help you navigate the world much easier. Whether it's building a side hustle to rake in extra cash, or using it as just a way to unwind and relax after a long day at your job, hobbies have proved to be essential to enjoying life.
Bonus tip: Always be resourceful. I mean, there are extremes, like using chained walkers like dogs to pass through a zombie-infested world undetected (I think that's more along the lines of mad genius). But knowing how to use what you have to the best of your benefit can never, ever be a bad thing.
5. Find your safe space. Be yourself—Jamal Lyon/Empire. Jamal was dealt a painful hand from the time he was a small child. His mother (a shout-out to Cookie in the No. 1 spot) tried her best to protect him, but she spent a long time in jail, and Lucious, the father who tormented his own son for being gay, was unbearable to downright evil toward him.
The fact that Jamal was able to be true to himself through all that is inspiring, and not something that many people are able to do, out of fear for their own safety. Jamal finally emerged from his shell and came into the spotlight after his mother was released from prison, which shows how important having a safe space, good friends and/or family can be for the human soul.
Bonus fave: Never forget where you come from—Papa Pope/Scandal. Papa Pope is still an enigma to some, but this much is certain: He is successful, he's at the top of his game and he is exceedingly (frighteningly) intelligent. Despite it all, the way Papa Pope articulates, it is clear that despite all his success, he has a very real and raw view about where he came from and what was necessary to get to where he is.
This was very evident in what I still consider to be his most epic monologue yet: "You have to be twice as good." It is important for us to remember where we come from, because although it is true that we shouldn't wallow in the past, it is also true that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
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In 1968, young Arnold Schwarzenegger made his way to America with just 27,000 dollars to his name. In 1984 he was paid a measly 75,000 dollars for his role as the titular Terminator. Years later he made Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines for 30 million dollars. That amounts to 4,000 dollars for every second of screen time.
It wouldn't be his action franchises that netted him his biggest payday. Instead, he made more money than any other film with the release of Twins. He passed on a salary for a cut of the profits along with Danny DeVito and director Ivan Reitman. The comedy went on to make 215 million dollars worldwide. It was a gamble that definitely paid off.
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He also made copious amounts of money from real estate deals. In the 1970s he used his winnings from body building competitions to buy apartment complexes and other holdings. He bought his first apartment building (a six unit establishment) before buying his first house. He sold this small investment three years later and immediately bought a 12 unit apartment complex. Arnold's real estate empire alone is valued at over 300 million dollars.
Real estate wasn't the only investment Arnold was willing to make to build his fortune. In 1991, Schwarzenegger invested in Planet Hollywood along with other celebrities like Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis. Its initial run was very successful. Restaurants in Las Vegas and Walt Disney World ushered in talk of a game show and a Marvel-themed restaurant concept. By 2000 things had soured and Schwarzenegger cut his losses with the company in January before it went bankrupt in May.
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He's also dabbled in producing including such features as Last Action Hero, The Sixth Day and more recently Aftermath. In 2016 he ended his endorsement deal with MusclePharm before creating his own line of nutritional products in 2018.
Ladder is a supplement company the Austrian Oak developed with LeBron James, Lindsey Vonn and Cindy Crawford. It's an idea near and dear to Schwarzenegger's muscles selling individually specific orders rather than ten gallon buckets of powder.
Today, Schwarzenegger has a net worth of 400 million dollars. Money like that, Arnold could make his own Terminator robot.
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El terror analógico u horror analógico es un subgénero de la ficción terrorífica, ya sea literaria o cinematográfica o en videojuegos de terror, que centra su atención en los llamados "metrajes encontrados". A menudo citado como originario de videos de Internet de principios de la década de 2010, el terror analógico se caracteriza por gráficos de baja fidelidad, mensajes crípticos y estilos visuales que recuerdan a la televisión de finales del siglo XX y las grabaciones de señales analógicas, a menudo ambientadas entre las décadas de 1960 a 1990. Entre las obras de terror analógico destacadas se incluyen Local 58, Gemini Home Entertainment y The Mandela Catalogue.
Características
El horror analógico se caracteriza comúnmente por gráficos de baja fidelidad, mensajes crípticos y estilos visuales que recuerdan a la televisión de finales del siglo XX. Esto se hace para que coincida con el entorno, ya que las obras de terror analógico suelen estar ambientadas entre las décadas de 1960 y 1990. Se llama "horror analógico" debido a su incorporación estética de elementos relacionados con la electrónica analógica, como la televisión analógica y VHS, siendo este último un método analógico de grabación de video.
Historia
El horror analógico podría considerarse como una forma o descendiente de las leyendas o cuentos de terror aficionados conocidos como creepypasta. El subgénero generalmente se cita como originario de videos de Internet (principalmente de YouTube) de finales de la década de 2010, ganando una popularidad sustancial con el lanzamiento de Local 58 de Kris Straub. La serie, que rápidamente tuvo éxito, más tarde inspiraría obras como The Mandela Catalog y The Walten Files.
En 2020, Netflix anunció su propia serie de terror analógico, Archivo 81 (basada en un pódcast del mismo nombre), que comparte características muy similares al terror analógico. El programa fue cancelado después de una sola temporada.
Ejemplos
Local 58
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Mandela Catalogue
Mandela Catalogue, creado por Alex Kister en 2021, es una serie de videos instructivos falsos que difunden la conciencia de una entidad sobrenatural relacionada con un intento de replicar a un ser humano. En el universo de Mandela Catalogue, las cintas fueron creadas por las autoridades locales del condado de Mandela, diciendo que los clones (llamados "Alternativos") no logran igualar los complejos de rasgos faciales y corporales, lo que da como resultado extremidades largas y miradas extrañas. A medida que la serie continúa, se hace evidente que hay un aspecto tanto paranormal como oculto en los Suplentes, que tienen una historia que se remonta a antes del nacimiento de Cristo.
Gemini Home Entertainment
Gemini Home Entertainment es una serie de antología de terror de Remy Abode. Se centra en el epónimo Gemini Home Entertainment, un distribuidor ficticio de cintas VHS que detalla numerosos incidentes anómalos que tienen lugar en todo el mundo, incluidas las apariciones de varias criaturas alienígenas peligrosas en los Estados Unidos y un asalto en curso en el sistema solar por parte de "The Iris"., un planeta rebelde sensible que envió a las entidades a la Tierra como parte de sus esfuerzos por subyugar al planeta y a la humanidad. La criatura del "trepador de madera" en la serie está fuertemente inspirada en las mitologías de los nativos americanos de Norteamérica, especialmente los cambia pieles o wendigos.
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Tyler Perry causes chaos as people wait 16 hours for one of 5,000 free Thanksgiving turkeys
Atlanta's roads were snarled with traffic on Sunday as people waited for up to 16 hours in their cars to claim a free box of Thanksgiving food donated by billionaire actor and film studio owner Tyler Perry.
Perry, 51, was donating boxes full of supplies for the holiday to those in need, along with gift cards, Fox 5 in Atlanta reported.
Inside the boxes were cans of food and cranberry sauce, boxes of corn muffin mix, and a voucher for $25.
The food ran out by 10am, and those who missed out on the 5,000 boxes, but were able to make it to the front of the line by midday, were given a $50 voucher.
The Medea star, the first African American to own a film studio, found there was no shortage of those looking for extra help amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Giving back: Tyler Perry, 51, showed off his generous spirit on Sunday as he offered free Thanksgiving meal supplies to 5,000 families in Atlanta; pictured in 2018
Thousands waited in line for the free food packages donated by the Louisiana-born billionaire
Lines of cars stretched 12 miles long as people waited to get in to Perry's Atlanta studios on Sunday
Traffic was snarled up as tired people, some of whom spent the night in their cars, waited for their free food
Workers in PPE handed out the boxes to the families inside their cars, lining up on Sunday
People gathered at the studios to claim the help for their Thanksgiving tables
Perry's donations were processed through Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, and the event was called #TPSGiving.
'Although we wish that we could feed everyone in need, we will close the line at the 5,000th family,' a description for the charity event read.
The giveaway was intended to only run from 8 a.m. until noon, but the intense demand meant that some people lined up their cars the night before in hopes of getting a box of non-perishables.
Jeanette Walton, was the first person to line her car up, and she arrived at 3 p.m. on Saturday, 15 hours prior to the start, just to ensure that she wouldn't go home empty-handed.
'I've been blessed in where my job has allowed me to work from home, but still I've had other family members that have lost jobs and had to move in,' she said. 'That's really why I'm here because when you have to take on the burden of others, you find yourself in need yourself.'
Residents of Atlanta thanked Perry, who moved to their city in 1990 and still lives there
Perry's team handed out the supplies until midday to all those who made it to the front of the line
Tyler Perry's Atlanta studio is one of the largest in the country and was where Black Panther was filmed
Head start: Fox 5 in Atlanta reported that the first person in line arrived at 3 p.m. on Saturday, 15 hours before the distribution began. Twitter also had views of lines reaching for miles
Desperation: The giveaway was intended to only run from 8 a.m. until noon, but the intense demand meant that some people lined up their cars the night before in hopes of getting a box of non-perishables
Thanksgiving favorites: Photos on Twitter showed that the boxes including around 10 items, mostly non-perishable cans of green beans and cranberry sauce, as well as a gift card
Walton also explained that this was the first time she'd ever needed to take advantage of a food drive.
Photos on Twitter showed that the boxes including around 10 items, mostly non-perishable cans of favorites like green beans and cranberry sauce, as well as a gift card.
Perry has previously passed out Thanksgiving foods, but this was the first year his charity took the form of a drive-through, in order to cut down on possible coronavirus exposure.
Many social media users praised the writer and producer's charity efforts, including Back To The Future and Caroline In The City star Lea Thompson.
'This man @tylerperry is one of the big hero's [sic] of GEORGIA. He invested in the people of this fine state Bringing jobs confidence and power to the people,' she tweeted.
But some, including Dr. Steven W. Thrashner, blasted the filmmaker for what they described as a history of fighting unionization, under paying employees and using loopholes to decrease his tax burden, leaving Atlantans and Georgians with fewer resources.
Safety measures: Perry has previously passed out Thanksgiving foods, but this was the first year his charity took the form of a drive-through, in order to cut down on possible coronavirus exposure; shown November 15
Grateful: Many social media users praised the writer and producer's charity efforts, including Back To The Future and Caroline In The City star Lea Thompson
Not a fan: But some blasted what they described as Perry's history of fighting unions, underpaying employees and taking advantage of tax breaks
Many families are particularly struggling this year, as the pandemic has led to massive job losses.
A Pew survey from September revealed that 25 percent of Americans say they or someone in their household has lost a job since the start of the pandemic, and nearly half of Americans classified as lower income say they have had trouble paying bills and making ends meet.
Although Americans were sent $1,200 checks in the spring by the government, and some people were eligible for increased unemployment insurance payments, there hasn't been a second attempt at direct payments to Americans, and many of the increased benefits have now dried up.
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We all appreciate the scenic beauty of nature. In our diocese we are blessed with the Rocky Mountains; they are practically at our doorstep. Just a step outside, a nod to the west and the vision of the mountains brings us closer to nature and to God. The top of Pikes Peak is nestled right under heaven and, as sure as the air is crisp, many a prayer has been prayed there.
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In his article "Making Sunday the Lord's Day Again" (Herald Oct. 7, 2022 issue) Father Jim Baron proposes the idea of taking back Sunday — redeeming Sunday from busy schedules and refocusing the purpose of this day. He suggested making Sunday holy again.
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One Christmas day, 15 years ago, I sat next to my wife's grandmother, Marie Vigil, at a family gathering as my kids and their cousins tore through presents with delight and awe. She watched her family with a smile, laughing occasionally at a child's outburst of joy and parents' attempt to maintain order.
BLESSINGS IN BLOOM: Ponderosa Pine
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We are blessed, in our diocese, to have an abundance of ponderosa pines growing and providing wonderous beauty for all to enjoy.
The ponderosa pine, also known as the yellow pine, is one of the most widely distributed tree species in the West, growing from southern Canada into Mexico.
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By Sean M. Wright
The Church stubbornly calls us to reclaim Advent, making it a time of profound spiritual anticipation through prayer, sacrifice, and cultural detachment to cleanse our souls and be ready to be welcomed by Jesus on both Christmas Day and Judgment Day.
"O Jesus, be Thou not a stranger/ But make my heart Thy manger."
BLESSINGS IN BLOOM: Winter Birds
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Not all birds fly south! Watching beautiful birds during the winter months can be very entertaining. We are fortunate, in our diocese, to have birds year-round. This time of year, as the temperatures drop, they are busy foraging for food and seeking out water. Here are a few tips to help encourage our feathered friends to stick around for a while and survive the cold weather.
A Dark Spot on the Moon
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Born in 1192, St. Juliana of Liège (or of Mont Cornillon) entered religious life as a Norbertine canoness regular. Of her, Pope Benedict XVI wrote: "She is little known but the Church is deeply indebted to her, not only because of the holiness of her life but also because, with her great fervor, she contributed to the institution of one of the most important solemn liturgies of the year: Corpus Christi."
THE CATHOLIC REVIEW: Vatican II at 60: A Returning Pilgrim's Perspective
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During a Mass celebrating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis observed, "If [the Church] should fail to rejoice, she would deny her very self, for she would forget the love that begot her," he said. "Yet how many of us are unable to live the faith with joy, without grumbling and criticizing? A Church in love with Jesus has no time for quarrels, gossip and disputes. May God free us from being critical and intolerant, harsh and angry!"
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Have you ever tried to find basic information in Microsoft Dynamics GP but don't know which of the 800+ reports to look at? Have you ever tried creating your own Smartlist? Smartlists in Dynamics GP can be a quick and easy thing to create when you understand how they work. It's important to realize that a Smartlist is just a list of records that meet a certain criteria. Once you create the Smartlist, you have the ability to export it to Excel and get totals or subtotals on fields.
Ready to find the data you need in Dynamics GP with a Smartlist?
For this example, you might want to see a list of payments received from a specific customer during a specific time frame. You only want to see the Customer ID, Customer Name, Phone # and current balance fields in your list.
The Smartlist screen is broken down into modules and then sub topics.
Let's create the customer balance Smartlist.
Click on the '+' in front of the module name to expand the trees so you can see what the subtopics are and any Smartlists that have already been created and saved as Favorites.
Go to Smartlist – Sales – Customer and click on the '*' which is the default Smartlist you can use to build on. As you can see, this Smartlist already contains some of the fields we're looking for and others we don't really need.
If you click on the Columns icon on the top ribbon, the Change Column Display will open up.In this case, we don't need any address information in our Smartlist so we can click on the fields we don't need and hit the remove button.
That leaves us with these fields and now we can start adding fields.
To add a field, click the 'Add' button to bring up a list of available fields. The fields appear in alphabetical order based on the field name. If you know you're looking for a specific type of field, like Currency for example, you can click on the Type column header to sort the fields by type.Note: It's important to remember that each Smartlist item you select is only looking at ONE specific table in Dynamics GP. The field you are looking for may not be in the table for the Smartlist item you selected. Sometimes you just need to select a different Smartlist item to look at a different table, other times you might be looking for fields that exist in multiple tables. If that's the case, then you need to use Smartlist Builder, which allows you to select fields from multiple tables, but we won't be going into that in this example.
Use the scroll bars to scroll down and select the Customer Balance field and click the 'OK' button.
Now Customer Balance shows in our list. Once your list is correct and all the fields you want are displayed, click the 'OK' button.
Congratulations! You've just created your first Smartlist.
Note: Notice there are 3 fields at the bottom of the screen. The first one will show how many records were found, the second indicates the search has completed, and the third shows how many records were searched and what the criteria was.
Hit the 'Search' icon from the ribbon on top to open the Search Criteria window. Here, you have the ability to enter up to 4 different search criteria options. Maybe you only want to see customers who have a balance over $500.00. We can set that up as a Search Definition as shown below.
Enter the number of records you want the search to return in the Search Options field. If you have 500,000 customer records in your system with a balance over $500 and you leave that number as is, you will only see the first 1000 records. If you want to see ALL records, you might enter 9999999999 in that field to return all records that match your criteria.
Now we see 88 customers with a balance over $500.00.On the Smartlist below, I added the State field and moved it to the first column. While you're in the Smartlist, you could sort the record by State, Customer Name, Customer Number or Customer simply by clicking on the column heading. Notice the little up arrow on the Customer Number field – this indicates the Smartlist is being sorted on that field.
Let's say you wanted to see customers with balance of over $500 only in Kansas. To do this, we would add a second criteria to the Smartlist.
If you create a Smartlist you will be using over and over again, you can save it as a "Favorite" and it will show up on the Smartlist menu for you.
Click the 'Favorites' button on the top ribbon.
Give your Smartlist a name.
Click the 'Add' button for a drop down menu and select 'Add Favorite.' Now your Smartlist is on the menu for you to use any time you need it. If you need to make a change to your Smartlist, for example changing the state from KS to IL, just hit the 'Search' button on the top ribbon and change the State Criteria from KS to IL.
Okay, now you're a Smartlist expert! I hope this helps you find the data that you've always wanted to find in Dynamics GP.
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Uncomfortable: Having Faith – In what Exactly?
The first thing people say to you when things aren't going well, or right, is, "have faith"… What exactly am I supposed to have faith in? In Yahweh? In a higher power? In Allāh? In Buddha? There are so many ideals and beliefs in this world that it's hard to decide what to have faith in. Faith isn't tangible, you can't see it, touch it, or taste it – which is part of what makes having faith so hard.
But, "have faith" is the first thing we are told when we need something or someone to lean on.
Have faith, it'll all work out. Have faith, everything happens for a reason. Have faith, you may not understand now, but you will see later.
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Arjun Kapoor and Malaika Arora may not have made their relationship official yet but they are not shying away from it either. From flying off to vacations together to dropping not-so-subtle hints about dating each other on national television, this couple has done everything. Now, Bollywood Bubble exclusively told you that Malaika and Arjun might be tying the knot on April 19. However, some latest reports suggest that their wedding may not happen on the said date.
We all are eager to know when these two will finally tie the knot, so let's see if these reports turn out to be true. The couple recently returned from their Maldives vacation and since then, they have been treating their fans and followers with some stunning pictures.
On the work front, Arjun has 'Panipat', 'India's Most Wanted' and 'Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar' lined up. |
You can't go too far wrong with a three column grid on a poster.
If it's very wide poster, 5 or 7 or some other odd number of columns might be appropriate. But I will admit, a straight three column grid can all get just a little... rectangular.
Here's a trick I learned from the Babylonians. The Babylonians are the ones we have to blame for our twelve hour days. The Babylonians like counting in twelves, rather than ten. Ten can be halved... or divided into five. Twelve can be divided into two, or three, or four, or six. Much more practical.
Create a grid that can be divided in lots of different ways. Or, to think of it another way, create a primary grid (three columns) and lay a secondary grid on top of that. Here, a two column grid superimposed on each main column. That is, six columns total.
Now you're still following a grid, but you have more options for placement, and you can create a little more visual interest without sacrificing a disciplined layout.
You see this technique from time to time in journal articles, which might have a two column text layout, but will occasionally throw in a figure that is two-thirds of a page wide.
Better to make a complicated grid than abandoning a grid. |
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The Form C reed switch configuration is also quite common. A Form C switch has three contacts, a Common and one each, Normally Open and Normally Closed. Essentially, a Form C switch has the capability of both a Form A and Form B switch in a single package. In its default state, electricity flows from the Common contact through the Normally Closed contact. Upon introduction of a magnetic field, the Common contact moves from the Normally Closed contact to the Normally Open contact, opening one circuit and closing the other, thus redirecting the flow of electricity. Removal of the magnetic field will cause the Common contact to revert back to its initial Normally Closed position. Unlike either the Form A or Form B switch, direction of electrical flow should be considered when wiring a Form C switch, for typical SPDT functionality the electrical source would be attached to the Common lead. That is not to say that a configuration where switching between two electrical sources on the NO and NC leads to the Common lead is not possible, it simply is not the norm. |
Background: Artocarpus heterophyllus L. (jackfruit) has been used traditionally as treatment for inflammation and cancer. The aim of this study was to isolate compounds from A. heterophyllus wood extract and evaluate their biological activities such as anti-tumor promoting effect on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen induction, melanogenesis inhibitory activity on the B16 mouse melanoma 4A5 cell line and cytotoxic activity against three human cancer cell lines (HL60, A549, SK-BR-3). Methods: A. heterophyllus wood was extracted with n-hexane and methanol. The ethyl acetate soluble- fraction separated from the methanol extract was separated and purified with column chromatography to isolate compounds. The structures of isolated compounds were elucidated with spectroscopic methods. These compounds were evaluated for their biological activities. Results: Thirteen known compounds including four prenylflavonoids were isolated from the wood extracts. Nine flavonoids (2, 3, 5-11) exhibited potent anti-tumor promoting activity with IC50 values of 259-296 molar ratio / 32 pmol TPA. Two flavonoids, Norartocarpetin (6) at concentration of 30 μM and cyanomaclurin (11) at the concentration of 100 μM showed melanin content value of 47.6 % and 80.1 %, respectively. Two prenylflavonoids, cudraflavone B (2) and artocarpin (5), showed cytotoxicity against the human cancer cell lines tested. Cudraflavone B (2) showed cytotoxicity against all three human cancer cell lines whereas artocarpin (5) only exhibited cytotoxicity against two out three cell lines testes. The IC50 values were comparable to or better than cisplatin. Conclusion: From the view point of structure activity relationships of the flavonoids isolated, side chains such as prenyl and 3-methyl-1-butenyl moiety were key for their potent biological activities. |
This document outlines the steps required to add an OX6 UI to an OX App Suite installation.
Running parallel UIs (OX6 and OX App Suite) is supported beginning with OX6 version 6.22.2 (backend version 7.0.2) and OX App Suite version 7.0.1.
An OX App Suite installation v7.0.2 or later. This update guide is valid for a system installed through our Download and Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.
If you have custom plugins written by yourself which depends on an specific Open-Xchange Server, Open-Xchange can't guarantee that the plugins will work with the parallel setup.
As for every modification of the installation we strongly recommend that you make a backup of your system(s) before you proceed.
We start by adding some OX6 frontend repos to our zypper repos.
Install the OX6 frontend packages.
Since we are only adding a frontend, there is nothing to change in the configuration of the backend servers, the database, mail, or such. It is only required to adjust the apache web server configuration in the file vi /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/ox.conf.
Basically we need to merge the OX App Suite and OX6 versions of this file. A sample is given in the following.
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 6 months"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 6 months"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 6 months"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 6 months"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 6 months"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 6 months"
ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 6 months"
ExpiresByType text/x-js "access plus 6 months"
ExpiresDefault "access plus 6 months"
Header set Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"
That's it. It should now be able to access the OX6 frontend using the location /ox6/ in the request. |
Q: transforming a specific equation how does the following equation:
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+z^2}-z}$$
get transformed into:
$$\sqrt{1+z^2}+z$$
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious. Thanks.
A: $$\frac1{\sqrt{1+z^2}-z} = \frac{\sqrt{1+z^2}+z}{(\sqrt{1+z^2}-z)(\sqrt{1+z^2}+z)} = \frac{\sqrt{1+z^2}+z}{(1+z^2)-(z^2)} = \sqrt{1+z^2}+z$$
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In a dramatic shakeup at one of Israel's largest and most high-profile philanthropies, three senior executives are calling it quits.
That leaves the evangelical-funded International Fellowship for Christians and Jews without much of its senior leadership.
Jeff Kaye, director-general and executive vice president of the organization, will be stepping down at the end of December, as will Keren Claster, deputy CEO and director of human resources, and Yael Amar, director of program and content. Each of the three executives was employed at the organization for about five years.
Before joining IFCJ, Kaye spent 12 years at the Jewish Agency, in his last position serving as director of international fundraising efforts. He said he does not yet have another job lined up.
Reached for comment, Eckstein said he did not consider this string of departures a blow to the organization, which he founded 36 years ago and which raises about $140 million in charity each year. "The truth is I'm not even looking to fill those positions right now," he said.
Eckstein disclosed that IFCJ recently hired Deloitte, the giant professional services organization, to prepare a strategic five-year plan for his organization. "I frankly don't know what our vision should be now, and we need to better define our role in Israeli society and find a better way to distribute our funds," he said. To date, the organization has focused mainly on fighting poverty and promoting immigration to Israel. It invests about $100 million each year in projects in Israel.
About four years ago, IFCJ set up an independent immigration promotion division that effectively competes with the Jewish Agency of Israel. The first director of this division left after barely two months, the second director quit after three years, and a third was appointed just a year ago. This high rate of turnover is not uncommon for the organization.
The IFCJ is in the process of raising $60 million for its flagship project: a new building in Jerusalem that will serve as an activity center for evangelicals visiting Israel. As part of the new strategic plan for the organization, Eckstein said, promoting Christian tourism to Israel would become a top priority. "These are the people who will become Israel's ambassadors," he said.
Following a bitter dispute several years ago, Eckstein broke ties the Jewish Agency. The IFCJ had been donating millions of dollars each year to the Jewish Agency's immigration promotion activities. But after the Jewish Agency refused to give Eckstein the visibility and publicity he demanded, IFCJ withdrew his funding and set up his own independent operation. |
Winnipeg Jets Make Big Decision With Top Prospect
Michael DeRosa Friday, January 06, 2023 Winnipeg Jets
According to Jeff Marek, the Winnipeg Jets are set to loan top prospect Brad Lambert to the Seattle Thunderbirds of the WHL.
Lambert participated in the World Junior Championship for Finland, where he has one goal in five contests. In 14 games with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL, he has two goals and three points in 14 games. Yet, now he is set to join the Thunderbirds and should be a major contributor for them down the stretch.
Ultimately, it makes sense that the Jets have decided to send Lambert to the WHL. With the Thunderbirds, Lambert should have no trouble producing a lot against weaker competition. We will have to wait and see how he responds to this loan and how Seattle benefits from it. It seems like it can be a winning situation for all parties.
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Open to excellent candidates to the School's MSc programmes from UCD's undergraduate programmes in Sri Lanka which are run in partnership with the National School of Business Management. The Scholarship programme is funded by the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. Scholarships are awarded to academically exceptional students from Sri Lanka (currently residing in Sri Lanka) who will be ambassadors for their UCD Smurfit course and the School during their studies and after graduation.
Two scholarships worth 100% of the Tuition Fees and five worth 50% of Tuition Fees
About the Scholarships & Eligibility
This Scholarship programme aims to attract excellent candidates to the School's MSc programmes in Dublin from UCD's undergraduate programmes in Sri Lanka with the National School of Business Management.
These Scholarships are only open to either direct applicants to the School or students coming through a UCD recognised agent. Scholarships are open to self-sponsored candidates who have been offered a place on a full time MSc Programme. Applicants must have completed the application process to the programme of their choice and fulfilled all the necessary admissions requirements. Scholarship winners will be selected on merit.
There are two types of Scholarship on offer.
Two 100% scholarships for graduates who must hold a Hons 1.1 equivalent in their overall UCD bachelor degree result. Selection will be based on the overall quality of their UCD Smurfit application which includes their UCD grades, English Language competence, C.V. and essays in the UCD Smurfit MSc application.
Five 50% scholarships to the top 5 students annually across all streams in UCD Sri Lanka (by order of marks).
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From our range of one year, full-time MSc programmes offered in UCD Smurfit, Dublin for the 2021/22 academic year.
Please note that UCD Belfield programmes run in conjunction with UCD Smurfit School - MSc in Biotechnology and Business, MSc in Biotherapeutics and Business and MSc in International Law and Business - are not eligible for Scholarships.
The process is very straightforward. Students do not need to apply separately to be considered for these specific scholarships. All successful applicants for an MSc programme are automatically considered. These scholarships are merit based.
The deadline for submitting your MSc programme application is 1st May 2021. Ideally, we would like applications earlier than this date.
Decisions will be made by the Schools Scholarship Committee on or before 30th May 2021. In exceptional cases, we may offer some of these Scholarships in advance of May 2021. All decisions are final.
Late applications will not be accepted.
The application deadline is 31st May 2021.
All decisions are final.
Successful candidates can be awarded one Scholarship only from The School.
If an awardee does not take up a place or accept the scholarship, the award may be made to the next ranked candidate. Awardees that receive an award and subsequently cease study will be ineligible to apply again. The Scholarship award may not be deferred.
If you would like more information on this scholarship or our MSc programmes, please contact UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School on [email protected] or phone +353 1 716 4321
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Candidates may apply for a number of scholarships, if they are successful in attaining more than one scholarship, however, they may only accept one scholarship bursary. Scholarship bursaries can not be added together or combined. They will be awarded the higher amount. Candidates can not transfer or use one scholarship or bursary between or against another programme. Scholarships and bursaries are also not allowed to be deferred to a future academic year . it is only applicable and awarded to the student for the year they are offered a place in UCD Smurfit. If a student , subsequently , decides to defer their offer they will lose their scholarship or bursary and be required to apply in the future.
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Roberto Cavalli will show its next menswear collection at Pitti Uomo, running June 12-15 in Florence, Italy, as a special guest of the event. The date was not confirmed at press time.
This is a return to the roots for the Florentine brand and the relaunch of the brand's menswear collection, which will be separately presented from womenswear for the first time since Paul Surridge was appointed creative director in May. In February, the brand staged a coed show in Milan.
Pitti Immagine CEO Raffaello Napoleone highlighted the importance of the bond between the fashion house and the trade show. "This is the return of one of the Italian style's champions, one of the labels that made Florence a fashion capital in the world, and at the same time, it's the opportunity to outline a new path for the brand," he said.
In previous seasonsk Pitti Uomo has staged shows by Virgil Abloh's Off-White label, Undercover with Takahiromiyashita the Soloist, J.W. Anderson and Brooks Brothers for a special production to celebrate the American label's 200th anniversary.
Also to star at Pitti Uomo, Craig Green was named Menswear Guest Designer for the upcoming edition this month. |
Rings are among the top products today. They're classy, easy and look wonderful with various sorts of clothing. Wholesale silver rings are well-liked by women and men, and can likely remain a way staple for several years.
Men's silver rings could be worn on their own, or perhaps in groups to produce a unique fashion style. When they're worn in groups, they might be stacked, or just worn on several fingers. Putting on in groupings like this is particularly well-liked by individuals carrying out a Bohemian type of dress.
There are various kinds of silver rings available. Obviously, plain silver bands are popular and understated. You will find silver rings that can favor bridal sets too. They are frequently worn like a pre-engagement style ring or because they are sometimes known as, promise rings.
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Lots of people may question if it's appropriate to put on they with gold jewellery. The reply is not really a simple good or bad. The treatment depends around the exact pieces you select and the kind of style you are attempting to portray. Sometimes pairing gold and silver could be a fashion risk that actually works out well. That is certainly nice so that you can put on both colors of jewellery together. However, in case your pieces very bold you might find that mixing the 2 metals falls flat too and also you look overdone.
For those who have never attempted putting on rings, this is the time to test. There are lots of new designs which are turning up around the runways that appear to be great on nearly everybody who use them on. You'll easily be the same.
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Say What? ZTE U9810 Smartphone Appears in Leaked Image, Packing 4GB of RAM
By Briley Kenney
The Chinese mobile industry seems to be some part of an ambitious circus act lately. We're hearing lots of strange rumors from the region, like that Zopo phablet equipped with a 32MP camera, for example. It appears we have another funny rumor making the rounds.
According to GizChina, ZTE is diligently working on a phone powered by 4GB of RAM. That's right, 4GB of Random Access Memory, not to be confused with ROM storage. Seriously what the…?
The phone is conveniently named the ZTE U9810, which is clearly the model number and not the commercial title. Hopefully, ZTE will come up with something a little more attractive if they do get this thing to market.
Before I drone on about what 4GB of RAM would or would not do for the performance of a device, let's go over the rest of the rumored specs:
5-inch TFT LCD Display
1280×720 (720p) HD resolution
1.7GHz dual-core processor (unnamed)
4GB of installed RAM
16GB of internal storage with MicroSD expansion slot
13MP rear facing camera
1MP front facing camera
Approximately 150g (weight)
Size: 142mm x 71.5mm x 8.9mm
Looking at the rest of the specs, you'd never guess that ZTE is trying anything out of the ordinary here. Unless you consider the 13MP rear facing camera, but higher quality camera sensors seem to be a hot trend lately.
Keep in mind, none of this information is set in stone. In fact, it all came from a leaked image that clearly has no upfront source. It's likely that the device doesn't even exist, or that maybe there was a typo when the specs were listed. As we all know, spy photos and leaked images can hardly be considered the most authentic sources of information.
Getting back to that unusual amount of RAM, I will say it's certainly appealing. The real question here is whether or not that much RAM would benefit the user. In the case of running a multitude of apps, more RAM is always better. I'm willing to bet that most consumers (not all mind you) don't use their smartphone like it's a powerhouse.
Also relevant to note, is the five band frequency support. As you can see from the image, the U9810 is rumored to support GSM, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, FDD-LTE and TD-LTE all in one device. I would say it's a pretty crazy feature too, although not quite as remarkable as the supposed RAM capacity.
What do you think? Sound off in the comments below fellow smartphone peers. I know my readers usually have something to say when it comes to performance, so let's hear it!
Briley Kenney
Briley is a modern tech/gaming journalist, and electronic gadget enthusiast. All you need to know is that he's a self-proclaimed wordsmith climbing his way to the top. Briley writes for several online publications including Android Headlines, Dottech, The Tech Labs and more. Recently he served as a content writer for the game Tales of Illyria, and he also designed the web portal for the game. |
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Escalating drug use has fuelled 75 per cent of the claims growth within private drug insurance plans, a study by Innovative Medicines Canada concludes. The report finds that higher drug costs account for only 25 per cent of this increase.
From 2012 to 2016, claims rose by an estimated 4.7 per cent on average, 3.5 per cent of which is attributable to higher utilization (number of claimants and number of claims per claimant) and 1.2 per cent to drug cost increases, says the study. In 2016, the total annual average cost per claimant was $596, versus $538 in 2012.
More claimants
For the same period, the average rise in the number of claimants was 2.1 per cent, representing the biggest growth driver, at 45 per cent, the study says. The number of claims per claimant also rose by 1.4 per cent, and the cost of claims climbed 1.2 per cent, amounting to 30 per cent and 25 per cent of the total increase in costs.
Beyond the larger number of claimants, Innovative Medicines Canada pins these rises on several factors including age of claimants and effects of drugs for chronic diseases and the therapeutic class in particular.
Investing in prevention
"Even though growth is occurring mainly in and being driven by increased utilization of high-cost drugs due to increased incidence of chronic diseases in an aging workforce, payers need to pay attention to the fact that many of these are preventable and some even reversible diseases through lifestyle modifications," the authors say.
They recommend that employee health benefit plans invest in wellness and prevention programs to encourage good habits in nutrition, sleep, exercise and stress management as a cost-containment tool.
Study critiqued
The second part of the study, which deals with factors other than claims experience, has been critiqued, particularly by the Canada Life and Health Insurance Association. CLHIA President and CEO Stephen Frank told The Insurance and Investment Journal that some of the data used was "misleading."
Read more from the interview with Stephen Frank on Aug. 20 on The Insurance and Investment Journal's website.
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Executive Vice President Vanessa Girard called the meeting to order at 3:37 PM.
Voting Members Present: Chimezie Ebiriekwe, Vanessa Girard, Carmel Alon, Hayden Willis, Chris Thomas, Anya Shutovska, Joshua Miller, Kyla Blaylock, Nubia Milpas, Sedona Hill (late), Mitchell Nishimoto, George Scott, Nicole Becker (left early/came back), Luke Fishman, Charlotte Roberts, Nickolas Wohlman, Beck Svensson, Mary Staka, Chloe Sabio, Dustin Adkins.
Voting Members Absent: Brie Hornig, Noah Winne, Hunter Young, Sabrina Laut.
Ex-Officios (non-voting) Present: Sam Emami, Aileen Wei, Christina Brown.
Ex-Officios (non-voting) Absent: Dr. Randy Timm.
Visitors Present: Amber Nelson, Jermaine Rococorba, Christy Quiogue, Steven Plante, Emma Wenger, Michael Wiafe, Kim Alli, Angelica Espinoza, Erick Ramirez.
It was moved and seconded to approve the agenda of December 6, 2017.
Jermaine Rocacorba and Christy Quiogue from Career Services invited members to attend the Diversity Career Forum that will feature SDSU alumni. They will discuss career readiness and community empowerment through building connections. It will be Saturday, February 10 in the Student Union.
Kim Alli, A.S. Chief Justice, reminded members of the following deadlines. Recruitment requirements are due February 9. Amendments to bylaws and resolutions are due March 2. The requirements to attend a cultural event and student organization meeting due March 23.
Spring Retreat Follow-up: Chimezie and Christina discussed the history of A.S. Student Leadership at SDSU and showed the A.S. Legacy of Leadership video.
Campus Safety week will be from April 2-6.
Introduced "Future Forward February," a series of events hosted by Student Life & Leadership, Career Services, and other partners.
Encouraged collaboration with other student commissions.
Discussed the Aztec Game Experience and gave an update on the mobile ticketing. The next men's basketball game will be Saturday, February 3.
Greek Week will be from March 4-9 and will be partnering with the Wildlife Conservation Network.
Announced the appointment of the new president, Dr. Adela de la Torre. She will join SDSU in June.
The Aztec Mascot Taskforce has been assembled. Four students have been appointed to represent the student body. They are scheduled to meet in February.
Represented SDSU at the Cal State Student Association (CSSA) meeting at CSU Dominguez Hills with Chimezie. Discussed a possible tuition hike. There will be a [CSU wide] campaign to advocate for a fully funded CSU.
The California Higher Education Student Summit (CHESS) will be on March 10-12 for students to lobby for higher education in Sacramento. Applications will be available soon.
Will continue to work on the "Rock the Vote" campaign.
The Women's Resource Center will offer the Brave Project, which is a comprehensive, intensive training on sexual violence.
Completed interviews for positions on the Financial Affairs Committee (FAC).
Merrill Lynch presented on career prep at FAC. The next professional development opportunity will be on February 19.
Voiced student concerns with the education process with Anya at an open meeting in the College of Business.
University Affairs Board will meet on Tuesdays at 10 am in Council Chambers.
The Undergraduate Research Committee will meet biweekly on Wednesdays from 2-3 pm in the Aztlan.
Reminded members of the New Registration Timeline and the administrative citation for violation of school policies.
The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) will be presenting at the next UC meeting.
Excited to support commissions on their goals and visions for the semester.
Updated members on the projects she will work on. These include Campus Safety week, "Rock the Vote", and the ARC Referendum.
SDSU President has been announced.
Attended the Auxiliary Organizations Association conference with Chimezie. Chimezie had the opportunity to discuss how Associated Students contributed to his success.
Will attend the Basic Needs Conference with Dustin Adkins and Angie Espinoza. They will present on SDSU efforts for food insecurity as well on shelter and homelessness.
The Media Studio will be open this semester to all students. It is the only one in the country that is in the student union for student led projects.
Will attend the Association for College Union Information (ACUI) in Irvine.
Sent out an executive survey to gather feedback on professional development as a board.
The Union Beautification Committee (UBC) will recruit members. They will meet every other Monday from 2-3:30 pm.
GreenFest Enviro Fashion Show will be from February 25 – March 3. They will look for students to model recycled clothing.
"Recycle is Really Cool" will be painting and decorating recycling bins.
Tickets for the GreenFest concert will be on sale Monday at 8 am. Student tickets are $15. Guest tickets are $25.
The Residence hall mixer on February 12 from 1-3 pm has changed its location to the ENS field.
Good Neighbor Clean Up was successful.
Campus Safety Committee will meet every other Thursday starting February 8 at 11 am in the Visionary Suite.
Noah from Student Support Commission will be preparing a Food Pantry Training at the next meeting.
Will table from 9:30-11 am in the Student Union next Wednesday.
Max Johnson has been appointed as the new secretary.
Chris will present on the ARC Expansion at the next meeting.
Excited to collaborate with different commissions.
Will make efforts to collaborate with Aztec Proud and the Economic Crisis Response Team (ECRT) to fundraise and create a scholarship.
Discussed their goal to build their commission and education members on the ARC Expansion.
Will table from 3-6 on Tuesdays in the ARC.
Gave an update on their goal to increase SDC member involvement in Associated Students.
Invited Chris to present on the ARC Expansion.
Will invite other cultural organizations to speak at their meetings.
The "Thank you for being my teacher" event will take place on February 12.
SDC retreat will be on February 16 at Scripps Cottage.
Discussed concerns regarding U.S. Border Patrol attending the Diversity Career Fair.
Their first meeting was successful.
Discussed a stable transition of leadership.
Will attend the Food Insecurity meeting next week.
Will fill the Food Pantry Coordinator position.
GreenFest will discuss other sustainable options for their event.
The Green Lunch Bag series will be on Wednesday, February 7 from 5-7 pm in Montezuma Hall.
Reviewed the mission and vision of the committee.
Will work with the GreenFest street team on marketing strategies.
Will continue to work on the ARC Referendum with the leadership.
Executive President Vanessa Girard adjourned the meeting at 5:57 PM. |
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The number of employees of Chicago Metro Area (IL-IN-WI) was 502,983 for management in 2017.
Crash data shows information about each traffic crash on city streets within the City of Chicago limits and under the jurisdiction of Chicago Police Department (CPD). Data are shown as is from the electronic crash reporting system (E-Crash) at CPD, excluding any personally identifiable information. Records are added to the data portal when a crash report is finalized or when amendments are made to an existing report in E-Crash. Data from E-Crash are available for some police districts in 2015, but citywide data are not available until September 2017. About half of all crash reports, mostly minor crashes, are self-reported at the police district by the driver(s) involved and the other half are recorded at the scene by the police officer responding to the crash. Many of the crash parameters, including street condition data, weather condition, and posted speed limits, are recorded by the reporting officer based on best available information at the time, but many of these may disagree with posted information or other assessments on road conditions. If any new or updated information on a crash is received, the reporting officer may amend the crash report at a later time. A traffic crash within the city limits for which CPD is not the responding police agency, typically crashes on interstate highways, freeway ramps, and on local roads along the City boundary, are excluded from this dataset. All crashes are recorded as per the format specified in the Traffic Crash Report, SR1050, of the Illinois Department of Transportation. As per Illinois statute, only crashes with a property damage value of $1,500 or more or involving bodily injury to any person(s) and that happen on a public roadway and that involve at least one moving vehicle, except bike dooring, are considered reportable crashes. However, CPD records every reported traffic crash event, regardless of the statute of limitations, and hence any formal Chicago crash dataset released by Illinois Department of Transportation may not include all the crashes listed here. |
This issue deals with translation and norms. Norms are models of correct or appropriate behaviour and of correct or appropriate behavioural products. Since translational behaviour is contextualised social behaviour, translational norms are understood as internalised behavioural constraints which embody the values shared by a community. Gideon Toury and Theo Hermans, the main contributors to this volume, have been highly influential in the development of the concept of norms as an analytical tool in studying translations. They argue that all decisions in the translation process are primarily governed by norms and illustrate the interplay between the translator's responses to expectations, constraints and pressures in a social context. Describing translation as norm-governed behaviour in a social, cultural and historical situation raises a number of issues. For example, how do we reconstruct norms from textual features? What is the relationship between regular patterns in texts and norms? How do translators acquire norms? Do they behave according to norms? These are some of the issues raised and discussed in the two main contributions, in the debates and in the responses by Andrew Chesterman, Daniel Cite, Anthony Pym, Douglas Robinson and Sergio Viaggio.
Christina Schaffner is a lecturer in German in the School of Languages and European Studies at Aston University (Birmingham, UK), Co-director of the Institute for the Study of Language and Society, and Secretary General of the European Society for Translation Studies. Her main research interests are translation studies, political discourse, textlinguistics and metaphors. |
Beige is never boring and with our wide range of shades and styles there will be something to excite you here. From rich Honey to soft Creamy Apricot, you can have a muted but stylish colour that isn't quite white. These colours add a warmth and coziness to your living space.
Beige is never boring and with our wide range of shades and styles there will be something to excite you here. From rich Honey to soft Creamy Apricot, you can have a muted but stylish colour that isn't quite white. These colours add a warmth and coziness to your living space and bring a softness that will make you feel at home in the office.
When a space calls for a metallic accent but nothing too clinical then our Soft Stone perfect fit blinds can really add a subtlety to your other features. For something richer, try the Honey matt finish style to add warmth and lightness to your interiors. With the sheen of a pearlescent, Spring Blush brings a soft shine that compliments rich furnishings and metal elements of a room. If your window frames are glossy yet muted, our Harvest perfect fit blinds makes a feature of that area. A room that has natural wood and lighter elements, the Chestnut perfect fit blinds blend these tones together and brings the outside inside. The soft sheen of our Creamy Apricot blinds lean on the redder end of this palette and therefore adds true warmth to your living space and accents a lighter wall in your commercial space. |
In honor of Black History Month, Target recently launched its "Dare, Dream, Do" campaign. The print, web, broadcast, and interactive campaign tells the inspiring stories of Malaak Compton-Rock, Marc Morial, Marcus Samuelsson, and Steve Stoute. The banner ads and video interviews are a blend of 2d and 3d, Digital Kitchen seamlessly mixes live video with Sarah J. Coleman's intricate hand-drawn illustrations.
Look for web banners and print ads across the Internet and the nation. More information and videos can be found on the Target website.
Read the full story at the Bernstein & Andriulli Blog.
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Q: Find() does not return result with cache I am trying to implement memcache into my application, but I am running into some strange issues. If I run find() when there is no cache, then I get no results found. However, if I run the same query (refresh the page), then I get the results I expect.
Here is my code:
<?php
//Set the models cache service
$di->set('modelsCache', function(){
// Cache data for one day by default
$frontCache = new \Phalcon\Cache\Frontend\Data(array(
"lifetime" => 86400
));
// Memcached connection settings
$cache = new \Phalcon\Cache\Backend\Memcache($frontCache, array(
"host" => "localhost",
"port" => "11211"
));
return $cache;
});
<?php
class VideosController extends IndexController {
public function viewAction() {
/**
* This will always return an array;
* param 0 will always be the int
*/
$params = $this->dispatcher->getParams();
$id = $params[0];
$cacheName = 'videoForView_'.$id;
try {
$video = Videos::findFirst(array(
'id='.$id,
'cache' => array(
'key' => $this->router->getControllerName().'_'.$this->router->getActionName().'_'.$id
)
));
$this->view->setVar('video', $video);
} catch(Exception $e) {
echo '<pre>';
var_dump($e);
exit;
}
}
}
I am under the assumption that the Phalcon Model class would return me a database query, if there is no hit in the memcache server. It seems that the find() does find something and caches it, but it does not return me anything. Am I not understanding how the caching works in Phalcon? Or am I just doing something wrong?
A: The issue has been resolved. I worked with Andres (one of the developers of Phalcon), helping him resolve the issues I was having. Turns out it was deeper in the code than I would've expected.
The good news is it's resolved, and pushed up to the 0.8.0 branch on phalcon's github! Don't forget to recompile!
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February 24, 2016 May 31, 2016 by Akeem Balogun In Game Reviews, Reviews Leave a comment
Platform(s): Playstation 2. Genre: Fighting. Developer: Namco. Release date: 2005.
The sequel to Soulcalibur 2 is an enhanced return to the world of souls and swords with several new modes, characters and better graphics. The same great gameplay has been improved, battles are more intense and it is the first Soulcalibur that allows players to create their own character.
The usual cast of characters make a return to the series along with new faces Zasalamel, Setsuka, Tira, Olcadan and Abyss. Badly missed fan favourites, Li Long and Hwang, also return, albeit as minor characters, along with Amy.
Soulcalibur 3, like most fighting games, shines best in its Versus mode – against other players – but modes such as Soul Arena, which contains several different challenges to complete on various levels of difficulty, Survival, World Competition and Quick Play, which is the standard arcade mode, make single-player activities enjoyable. The game also has a rich music score and voice acting.
The graphics are some of the best on Playstation 2, and in consistent Soulcalibur fashion this is best displayed in the background of the arenas, which are packed with details that players can easily spend plenty of time doing nothing but looking at.
Despite the wealth of detail in Soulcalibur 3, the game is brought down by the tedious Chronicles of the Sword mode. This mode is made even worse due it having the potential to corrupt your saved data, including all modes outside Chronicles of the Sword, meaning you have to start the game from scratch if you haven't backed up the file on another memory card when the glitch hits. Tales of Souls, which unveils the game's story, also feels slow and isn't helped by stiff cut scenes. The fact you have to replay this mode with each character again and again to unlock certain features is frustrating, but these issues aren't enough to bring Soulcalibur 3 down entirely.
The game possesses an immense amount of unlockables and extras. There are several pices of artwork to be unlocked, weapons to purchase, cut scenes to discover and an endless amount of customisations that can be made in the Create-A-Soul mode. Character profiles and exhibitions can also be unlocked. All of this adds depth and time to the single-player experience in addition to the already excellent one-on-one fighting. In turn, this makes Soulcalibur 3 one of the most memorable fighters on the Playstation 2 and in recent memory.
Reasons to play: a superb fighting game with a large amount of content that provides a challenge whether playing with a friend or alone. It looks great and is still a unique, weapon-based fighter with a creative selection of characters.
Reasons not to: repetitive story modes and the game carries a horrific glitch.
Length and replay value: the wealth of unlockables will keep most players busy for months and the Versus mode is lasting fun.
Where to get: physical and electronic retailers.
Favourite quote: "Transcending history and the world, a tale of swords and souls eternally retold."
Have you played Soulcalibur 3? What did you think of it? Let us know in the comments
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The specialist asset based lending subsidiary of Bank Leumi (UK) plc, part of the Bank Leumi Group, has selected encompass confirm to support and enhance their Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance processes.
Leumi ABL provides invoice finance, stock finance, and plant and machinery finance.
Kevin Yates, Director of Risk & Compliance at Leumi ABL, said "Evolving regulations, not least the new requirements of MLR 2017 and 4 MLD, are a challenge for many companies, a challenge that encompass confirm enables us to meet.
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The cloakroom venture was successful enough to grow into a bookshop in a basement flat. It was named Lavender Menace, after the New York lesbian radical feminist protestors of the 1970s, and from 1982 to 1987, the bookshop provided a space for the LGBT+ community in Edinburgh.
It is here, on the last night of the shop's existence, that we drop in on booksellers Glen (Matthew McVarish) and Lewis (Pierce Reid), reflecting on the shop's final chapter.
Only a few years after homosexuality had been decriminalised, many people were still shy in public. Where nightclubs may intimidate, bookshops welcome. "That's the magic of them; they're such humane spaces," Ley says.
Ros Philips's direction nods to this. With Glen and Lewis chatting in the bookshop, another character repeatedly passes on his lunch break, trying to work up the confidence to walk inside.
Binding fact and fiction, much of the play is inspired by the first-hand stories Ley has been told. Today, his role as an observer has drawn his own character in the story. Through the chains of conversation, reunions have sprung up and Ley has been invited to become an honorary member.
"It's really interesting to not just research into that world but become a part of it. You feel a bit of a weight of responsibility." By writing the play, Ley has also been able to connect many booksellers and customers—including a number of couples still together—with the founders of the shop, Bob Orr and Sigrid Neilson.
Commissioned as part of LGBT History Month two years ago, playwright David Greig saw a reading and invited Love Song... to perform at the Lyceum. It sold out all subsequent runs and returns to the Fringe this year to a very different space at Summerhall. Transferring a large set to a space with a 15 minute get-in time means significant adaptation for Mamoru Iriguchi's designs, though Ley's team are determined "to keep the magic of it". With wobbled outlines and lit-up book spines, Iriguchi's design is suggestive both of bookcases and a cityscape at night. It is "a bit like a memory", Ley says, a visualisation of the stories that make up the city.
As the personal and political intertwine, Love Song perches on the edge of loss of hope. The AIDS crisis was about to hit and Section 28, the controversial law banning the intentional promotion of homosexuality, was around the corner. Glen and Lewis's relationship remains a question mark as they get ready to say goodbye to the shop, and perhaps to each other too. |
Travel directions: From Dunoon follow the A815 south to Toward and continue onto the east side of Loch Striven on B class road to Brackley Point. Turn off down a track to the edge of the water.
Parking directions: Park at the side of the track leading to the water.
Site entry/exit: Easy entry from the shore down a sand and silty slope.
Underwater directions: Head out to 9 -12m and turn left (south) and you will find a small barge. Or head out to 9 -12m and turn right (north) and you will come to the wreckage that is not recognisable as anything but could be an MTB.
Site Hazards: None really except the depth.
Accommodation: None in the area but its good here for wild camping.
Other comments: Brackley Point is a good place for a club day or weekend as its quiet here and there is nobody to disturb. PS Remember to clean up after you so its clean for the next club outing.
Thanks To: Jane Wilkinson for the pictures and video by Avril Keith.
Dive Report: John Nicolson A few years ago our club camped here for the weekend and dived the barge and wreckage of the MTB and the barge, the barge was the best and it is only good for a trainee to get experience in wreck diving. Brackley Point, however, is a great place to let of steam and not cause any problems. |
1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge , until these calamities be overpast .
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up . Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire , even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be thou exalted , O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down : they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
7 My heart is fixed , O God, my heart is fixed : I will sing and give praise .
8 Awake up , my glory; awake , psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
11 Be thou exalted , O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. |
This diagram shows the percentages of websites using various social widgets among the sites that use Finland. See technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys.
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The 2014 Teddy Award winners represent principles that are the hallmarks of sustainably successful injury prevention and workers' comp programs.
In January 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt addressed Congress to explain why a system of workers' compensation was a national imperative.
"Under the present law an injured workman … has no remedy, and the entire burden of the accident falls on the helpless man, his wife, and his young children," wrote Roosevelt.
Fast forward a century or so, and Roosevelt himself would be amazed by what workers' comp and risk management professionals are accomplishing on a daily basis. Workplace injuries and fatalities are no longer thought of as an unavoidable cost of doing business, and the injury-free workplace is the Holy Grail that employers strive to achieve. Some are even managing it, too. Teddy would be gobsmacked.
Employers large and small, across the spectrum of industries, are thinking creatively, maximizing their resources, and otherwise moving mountains to preserve the safety and well-being of their employees while simultaneously looking out for their organizations' bottom lines. Dedicated workers' comp and health and safety teams are constantly raising the bar on what it means to achieve excellence.
Part of what drives that progress is the continual sharing of ideas and strategies that work. In conferences and networking events, in books and magazines and online, workers' comp professionals are learning from their peers, and finding success by adapting strategies to their own workplaces. At its core, that is what the Theodore Roosevelt Workers' Compensation and Disability Management Awards are all about.
Employers large and small, across the spectrum of industries, are thinking creatively and maximizing their resources to preserve the safety and well-being of their employees while simultaneously looking out for their organizations' bottom lines.
There are multitudes of impressive programs out there. It's not easy to decide which ones to introduce to readers as Teddy Award winners. To help with the task, we enlisted the help of a panel of experts with decades of experience.
This year's panel included Bryan Schwartz, corporate risk manager of American Infrastructure, a 2013 Teddy Award winner; Bruce Jones, director of insurance and Texas plan administrator at Community Health Systems Inc., a 2012 Teddy Award winner; 2014 Risk All Star Patricia Hostine, U.S. director of disability management at Flex-N-Gate; Mark Noonan, managing principal at Integro Insurance Brokers; and Roberto Ceniceros, senior editor of Risk & Insurance® and co-chair of the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference® & Expo.
Judges reviewed applications independently, and then gathered via conference call to share their thoughts and opinions. Each finalist was then rated numerically in five separate categories to determine the winners of the Teddy Awards, which are sponsored by Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc.
Any analysis of Teddy Award contenders probably starts with the numbers. Injury frequency, lost time, and medical and indemnity cost data is carefully evaluated with an eye toward year-over-year improvement in performance. Judges factor in fluctuations in staffing levels and other factors that may have influenced outcomes.
Program longevity is also taken into consideration when looking at the numbers. A newly minted program may put up eye-popping performance numbers in its early years. However, a program that's been in place for a decade or more that shows modest, steady gains may be equally impressive.
Hazard levels and complexity are considered as well — a window manufacturing plant faces a vastly different set of exposures than a housewares retailer.
But the numbers never tell the whole story. Judges evaluated the finalists through the lens of their own experience, with an eye toward what makes for a program that is not only successful today, but has the tools in place to remain successful for the long haul.
Flexible, sustainable programs have the infrastructure in place that can adapt if the company grows, shrinks, merges with another company, launches new product lines or even alters its business model.
Compass Group North America, for instance, has seen a remarkable 31 percent increase in staffing levels in the past five years. And yet because of the programs and infrastructure they've put in place, they have managed a 30 percent decrease in medical-only claims in the past two years as well as a drop in lost-time claims.
Teddy Award winners distinguish themselves by applying a holistic approach to risk that addresses the entire pre-injury through post-injury spectrum. Their programs contain elements addressing safety culture, injury prevention, training and wellness strategies while also finding ways to manage medical costs, ensure the best recovery outcomes, minimize lost time, and get injured associates back to work swiftly and safely. These programs have an impressive number of moving parts, each one evaluated and measured on a regular basis in order to ensure that there is continued forward motion at every level.
These programs are typically designed to start reducing risks from the earliest possible point. Honda of South Carolina, for example, starts by eliminating exposures before they can ever occur. They maintain a proven process that helps engineer out hazards for each product long before a single factory worker touches it.
Harley-Davidson, meanwhile, uses a medical screening process along with a post-offer employment test to ensure that every worker can safely perform the specific physical tasks of the position before they're officially hired.
Teddy Award winners also exemplify the "it takes a village" paradigm in their approach to collaboration, and have painstakingly forged teams — either internally or including third parties — with the risk expertise and skills to make their programs successful.
Top organizations such as Harley-Davidson have had to work through the challenges of replacing multiple vendors and hand-selecting the TPA staff to find just the right mix capable of meeting the company's high standards. Weekly conference calls help ensure that all stakeholders maintain open lines of communications and share goals.
Lost time is the enemy of both employers and injured workers. The longer an injured person remains out of work, the less likely it is that he or she will ever be able to return. Lost time is a huge obstacle to recovery and can contribute to comorbid conditions such as obesity. In the meantime, employers are short a valuable team member, while paying disability costs on top of labor replacement costs. That's why the effectiveness of return-to-work programs is closely examined.
Not all return-to-work programs are created equally. Putting a recovering employee in a stockroom to count paper clips, does not benefit the employer or the employee.
Effective return-to-work programs require the right mind-set. It is not enough to rely on a doctor's restrictions stating what the person can't do. Instead, employers must look at what an injured worker can do independently or with some type of accommodation. That opens up the field to creative thinking and helps employers find productive work that benefits the organization while keeping injured employees engaged, active, and motivated to heal.
At Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, an employee confined to a wheelchair after spinal fusion surgery was enlisted to perform meaningful work helping to care for residents and accomplish other essential tasks.
At Harley-Davidson, an employee was casted and unable to drive or walk. The company didn't merely locate a job her capabilities would allow, it provided transportation to get her to and from work and a wheeled scooter so she could navigate the facility.
Compass Group modified an operation to accommodate an employee without the use of one hand. It also allowed her to job-shadow other employees in order to broaden the possibilities for tasks she could perform one-handed.
Sprinkled among the application narratives was something else Teddy Roosevelt would have been heartened to see. Successful employers are building health, safety and workers' comp programs with a genuine goal of caring for their people. Honda of South Carolina wrote earnestly that the "I Care" attitude shown to its associates is the underlying core that drives its health and safety and workers' comp programs.
This clear level of caring was not lost on this year's judges. If you focus on what's best for employees, judges said during their conference call, the cost savings will follow.
If that is the trend that guides the next century of workers' comp professionals, Roosevelt's legacy will be far greater than he ever dared to dream.
Building Value with Trust: Honda of South Carolina boosted its involvement with injured worker cases, making a positive first impression on employees and health care providers.
The TLC Behind the Roar: A proactive and holistic approach to employees' well-being has resulted in huge reductions in work-related injury claims for Harley-Davidson.
Quick to Act: Compass Group is lauded for its safety initiatives and for a return-to-work program that incorporates all of its business lines.
Healing the Healers: Teddy Award winner Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation proved that even small organizations can make a huge difference in their employees' lives.
The top 150 brokers earned total global revenues of $28.5 billion from commercial P&C activity.
TriMet's Debora Leopold Hutchins blends risk management into her personal life.
The underwriting of construction risk is undergoing a drastic change, one that may take many years to resolve.
The inability to fully establish credibility and trust exacerbated what should have been a manageable Ebola outbreak.
Overcapacity is the biggest threat to insurers in the short and long term.
A risk management professional constructed a versatile system that he can really believe in. |
Mokalik es una película de comedia dramática nigeriana de 2019 producida y dirigida por el veterano cineasta Kunle Afolayan. Está protagonizada por Toni Afolayan y Femi Adebayo. Se estrenó en cines el 31 de mayo de 2019 y recibió críticas positivas y buen desempeño en taquilla. Netflix la adquirió en julio de 2019 y se transmitió el 1 de septiembre de 2019. Fue incluida como parte de la colección "Made in Africa" en mayo de 2020 por Netflix para ser transmitida en medio de la pandemia global de COVID-19.
Sinopsis
Ponmile (Toni Afolayan) es un niño de once años de los suburbios de clase media y pasa el día como un humilde aprendiz en un taller de mecánica para ver la vida desde otros ángulos. Cuando su padre llega para llevarlo a casa; tiene que tomar la decisión sobre volver a la escuela o emprender su aprendizaje a tiempo completo a largo plazo.
Elenco
Toni Afolayan como Ponmile
Femi Adebayo como Mr.Ogidan
Wale Akorede como Baba Nepa
Charles Okocha como Emeka
Halimat Adegbola como Mama Goke
Tobi Bakre como Goke
Simi
Producción
El cineasta Kunle Afolayan eligió a su sobrino Toni para el papel principal, debutando junto a la popular cantante Simi y Tobi Bakre, quien participó en Big Brother Naija. La película se rodó principalmente en un pueblo mecánico y también en Agege y Lagos. Los trabajos de postproducción se realizaron en Nigeria. Se filmó con una cámara de cine especial y flexible Canon EOS C300 Mark II. Fue realizada con la intención de estrenarse en idioma yoruba.
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Enlaces externos
Películas en yoruba
Películas en inglés
Películas de Nigeria
Películas de 2019
Películas rodadas en Nigeria |
The Dragon Lady is now featured in the Air Warriors series of videos for The Smithsonian Channel. This 50-minute documentary covers the span of U-2 history from the early overflights of the Soviet Union, though the Gary Powers shootdown, the Cuba Missile Crisis, Vietnam, and onwards into the recent action over Afghanistan. It contains some great archive footage.
I was a consultant to the producers, Red Rock Films. I suggested some interviewees and was interviewed myself. My good friends and former U-2 pilots 'Fuzzy' Furr, Jeff Olesen and Chuck Wilson are also featured, not forgetting current U-2 driver 'Chaos' who brings the story up to date.
I was not asked to review the script. It is mostly accurate, but the discussion on today's U-2 sensors fails to make a proper distinction between radar imagery (eg the ASARS) and electro-optical and film imagery (eg the SYERS and the OBC).
The film was completed before the US Air Force confirmed that the Dragon Lady would not be retired. However, the narrator says that "the smart money is on the U-2 remaining in the inventory for many years." He got that right, for sure!
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Discover the rich history of Townsville and the surrounding region online and in the Local Collection Room at Flinders Street library.
Local History staff will be available to assist you in the library, or you can email your query to [email protected].
Open for Business: Influential business families of Townsville's past.
A comprehensive collection of information featuring 150 years of Townsville's history; neatly organised and presented for your use.
For a digital copy of the account of James Morrill mentioned in the year 4 activities please contact History and Heritage.
The following are zip files for downloading to complement the above T150 Education Kit.
These Heritage Information Sheets are a really valuable local history resource and are particularly useful for school assignments. Learn something new about our city's history.
Visit the Heritage Information Sheets webpage to view.
The World War 1 Education Kit has two aims, first to illustrate the relevance of CityLibraries Townsville's Local History Collection to the Australian History Curriculum and second to assist teachers in creating a meaningful and interesting history unit relevant to Anzac Day.
The kit includes a range of activities with relevant sources for Year 2, 3 and 6 which align with the relevant aspects of the Australian History Curriculum.
Whilst the pack has been made with specific activities attached to specific sources it is hoped that teachers look upon the pack as a flexible teaching tool which they can utilise in a variety of ways.
The teachers guide for the World War 1 Education Kit can be downloaded below. Please visit our For Schools page to access additional kit resources.
Funding was made available to support council's Minutes Through the Years: T150 Townsville City Council Minutes Online pilot project to begin the digitisation and cataloguing of Townsville's historic minute books and to make them available online. Through the From Selection to Discovery pilot project, one set of minutes is now online and was also made available for the commencement of the 150th anniversary year of Townsville City Council from January 2016.
From Selection to Discovery was funded by the Queensland Government through the State Library of Queensland, and provided five councils with a grant and training to support the completion of a digitisation project of their choice. It aimed to increase the presence and accessibility of Queensland's heritage collections online, and to build the capacity of councils and communities to continue selecting digitising and making collections accessible online into the future.
As part of ongoing Townsville City Council library work, further historical minute books will be digitised and made available during the anniversary year of 2016 building on the process established through the From Selection to Discovery project.
Look out for our lecture series and family history programs in Learn Discover Connect and What's On Townsville.
For more information, please ask your friendly staff at CityLibraries. |
Getting a manicure is one of the best ways to pamper yourself — but if your nails are thin, peeling, and cracked, one of the most enjoyable experiences becomes anything but. After all, nails that aren't in tip-top shape aren't exactly #ManiMonday worthy. Or, if you're a guy or the naked nail type (hey, no judgments) it can be frustrating, or even embarrassing, to have nails that look so distraught. And you're not alone! According to medical research, nearly 20% of the world population suffers from weak, brittle nails. But why the heck are your nails breaking so easily?
Below, we've rounded up the top causes of weak and splitting nails… and what to do to strengthen yours.
Gel manicures look gorgeous, and they last longer than traditional ones, making them a great option for vacation. The thing is, they're not so good for the health of your nails. In fact, they can actually lead to brittleness, peeling, and cracking. It's not exactly the gel polish that's to blame — this type of manicure has to be removed with acetone, which is also weakening. Plus, nail technicians will scrape and file and attack your nails pretty dramatically to attach and remove all that gel, which isn't great for your nails, either.
The fix: If you have a standing appointment at your nail salon, take a break and let your nails breathe between gel manicures. Switching to traditional nail polish may also help. Finally, keep your nails moisturized between gel manicures by regularly applying lotion or oil to your nails and cuticles.
Peeling off polish (whether gel or traditional) when your manicure starts to chip isn't just getting rid of a pretty coat of polish. You're also removing part of the top layer of your nails, leading to thinning. Hey, we're all guilty of doing this from time to time, but we're just here to warn you: your nails will suffer. It can take months for your nails to grow back healthy. No thanks!
The fix: Do not, we repeat, do not peel off your nail polish. Try a non-acetone polish remover to take off traditional nail polish without weakening them any further.
Cleaning your kitchen and bathroom is a necessary chore, but repeated, prolonged exposure to chemicals found in cleaners as well as soap and water could be weakening your nails, leaving them brittle and prone to splitting.
The fix: This one's easy — throw on a pair of rubber gloves before scrubbing. This will prevent chemicals, soap, and water from touching your nails (and skin!) while you clean.
Sometimes, breaking nails is caused by a vitamin or nutrient deficiency. The most common one is vitamin B7, and there's a water-soluble version you might have heard of: Biotin. It's important for the health of your hair, skin, and nails, which is you may have heard of it specifically when it comes to these types of supplements marketed toward women. There's validity there: Biotin helps our body to convert the food we eat into glucose, which is what our body uses to produce energy. Biotin also helps us create the building blocks of protein — fatty acids and amino acids — and activate the metabolism in the roots of our hair and the cells of our nails.
The fix: Another easy solution — add a biotin supplement to your daily vitamin routine. The daily dose to treat brittle nails is 2.5-5 mg a day, and there are tons of options out there, from traditional horse pills to sugary gummies.
If you tend to use your nails to scrape, peel, or pry things off, then you leave yourself open to breaking them. Hey, we get it.
The fix: Well, it's sort of a duh, but we're here to encourage you to use actual tools, like scissors, for prying, peeling, or scraping, instead of your nails. Keep them cut short to prevent further injury, too.
You can't stop the hands of time, and sadly, nails often become thinner as you age. According to a study published in the journal Canadian Family Physician, brittle nails are common, and more frequently found, in older people.
The fix: Apply a nail hardener to strengthen thinning nails caused by aging, and take some of the other measures we've already mentioned here, like laying off the gel manicures from time to time, wearing gloves when cleaning, making sure you get enough biotin, and using hand lotion or cuticle oil frequently.
And with that, we're confident your nails will be strong and crack free in no time! |
Find out how we set up the inside sales process in less than one month, tested 7 verticals, generated more than 2.000 contact data, while saving over $100.000.
Intelisale is a young, technology and product focused startup, targeting enterprise clients from wholesale and distribution industry across the USA and Europe.
Intelisale's innovative B2B omni-channel sales solution uses an AI-powered platform to increase sales productivity through all sales channels like field sales, telesales to e-commerce.
With Intelisale, wholesalers and distributors are able to leverage technology within one single platform and completely manage and improve sales and overall organization productivity for up to 50%.
Intelisale needed support in market segmentation, inside sales process setup, presales activities as well as sales enablement.
They were looking for a valuable partner that could support their entire sales initiative in order to test the grounds fast and effective.
Intelisale wanted to test new markets and actively attract new clients to see if the product will be a good fit for the rest of the market.
Market Republic recommendation was to test multiple industries, and determine if there is any need to tweak the product or perfect the inside sales process before going into full-scale selling mode.
Throughout this process, we managed to gather valuable information regarding product functionalities, learn more about Intelisale potential customers, their needs and expectation so to adjust Buyer personas, sales process and create future product development roadmaps.
Within 1 month we have kick-started an entire inside sales process for Intelisale. Within 6 months we have tested 7 verticals, filled bottom of the pipeline with 2.338 high-quality leads and gained 3 major opportunities.
Outsourcing this process saved Intelisale over $100.000 in cash, which would be the average cost of hiring a sales director and a business development manager for developed markets. Not factoring in the time Intelisale saved.
However, numbers don't tell the whole story.
The valuable feedback from the market ensured Intelisale is on the right track and that there was still work to be done on the product before developing a full-blown sales engine.
If the client had gone on a large scale selling campaign without testing the grounds first they would be risking a lot of resources and money. This way, Inteliasale was able to test some hypotheses fast and effective without too much risk or cost.
Market Republic team is everything a growing company needs. We have been able to kickstart and fully define our inside sales processes within a month, keeping maximum control of our overall spent. Market Republic helped us be more precise in market segmentation and ICP defining while leading us through industry vertical testing. It is a very successful cooperation bringing immediate value to the entire company. What I value the most is Market Republic's hands on approach with Intelisale.
Learn about how we helped several companies with the most important piece of marketing puzzle – the messaging framework.
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Bennett, who was diagnosed last summer with pancreatic cancer, was remembered as a champion of agricultural initiatives and a generous supporter of nonprofit organizations, especially those that support children or a clean environment.
He took over as president of Oakhurst in 1983, after his father's retirement, and oversaw a continuing expansion of the business and aggressive investments in clean-energy technology such as solar power.
Bennett also led the Portland-based company through a David-and-Goliath battle with Monsanto Corp., which sued Oakhurst in 2003, demanding that it stop labeling its milk as free of artificial growth hormones. Oakhurst kept the pledge on its labels, and the company's stand has since spread throughout the dairy industry.
Bennett, who grew up in Portland and lived in Falmouth, graduated from Tufts University in Massachusetts and earned a law degree from Boston University. After a brief stint as a legislative aide in Augusta, he went to work full time for the business started in 1921 by his grandfather, the first Stanley T. Bennett.
Most of his six siblings continue to work for Oakhurst Dairy, the largest independent dairy processor in Maine. The business employs about 230 people, distributing milk throughout Maine and New Hampshire and parts of Vermont and Massachusetts.
Oakhurst, for example, is using its school milk cartons and offering grants to promote good nutrition and physical activity in schools, she said.
The company also is regarded nationally as an industry leader in reducing fossil fuel use by improving efficiency and switching to clean energy, such as biodiesel fuel for its trucks and solar panels to heat water and make power.
Bennett made a name for Oakhurst when he and the company stood up to Monsanto.
Although the fight with Monsanto was expensive, Stanley Bennett didn't waver, his brother said.
"Stanley was very proud of our stand with Monsanto. We thought it was very important to be able to tell our consumers what was not in our milk," he said.
The long list of Bennett's favorite organizations included the Friends of Casco Bay. He got to know the bay aboard his motorboat, Lucia II. "He had as much time on that bay as many lobstermen," William Bennett said.
Another favorite was the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine, which made him an honorary life director in October to recognize 20 years of support for the group.
In 2003, an Oakhurst promotional campaign generated $100,000 for the clubs from milk sales.
Bennett sometimes went to the clubs to help serve meals. "He very much liked kids. He loved his visits," Clark said.
Bennett's community involvement included serving on the Falmouth Planning Board.
He recently used his influence to help independent Maine dairy farmers, even though they weren't affiliated with Oakhurst.
Bill Eldridge, chairman of Maine's Own Organic Milk Co., said he asked for Bennett's help in 2009 when 10 small organic dairy farmers lost their buyer and were in danger of closing. Bennett offered to help with distribution of their new organic brand, MOOMilk.
Rather than seeing the new brand as a competitor, Bennett wanted to support the industry and saw the independent organic farmers as partners, Eldridge said.
"He put Oakhurst money and himself out there. Whenever we needed something, he was right behind us all the way," Eldridge said.
In honor of Stanley Bennett and his remarkable contribution to the labeling of genetically modified foods, in particular milk containing the genetically engineered, synthetic growth hormone, rbGH, introduced into the US in 1994, while not allowed in Canada, the UK, all 27 countries in Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, we invite you to visit your local Wal-Mart, Sams, Costco, Kroger, Safeway, Whole Foods or local food retailer to purchase milk that has been labeled "rbGH-free" in celebration of Stanley's life which is an inspiring reminder that one person can make an enormous difference.
It's everyone's responsibility to carry on Mr. Bennett's work and fight for food choice. We've been victims, more akin to guinea pigs, of a food-borne battle being waged upon us by the likes of Monsanto. Whereas other countries have provided consumer protections through the outright banning of genetically altered foods to enforcing labels on food, the United States remains the only developed nation to conscript everyone: man, woman and child to the status of human feeding test subject. It was a surprise to me to learn just last year that genetically modified foods are in everything. Our Federal oversight agencies in the FDA, USDA and EPA have failed the US citizens. In fact, recent actions by the USDA further erode our food choice, and ultimately our health, by allowing several new genetically altered species to be planted. The most troubling is Roundup Ready Alfalfa. Alfalfa is a perennial plant used, in many cases, as primary feed for organic farm practice and animal feed. Alfalfa is a heavy pollinator and carries long distances via winds, plus attracts lots of bees. To say nothing of the fact that drift can and will contaminate adjoining field and destroy organic status, the untold impact on bees eating this stuff and turning it into honey effects our whole biosphere. How is that by forces of nature through winds, bees and birds, one company, Monsanto, can slowly take over our food supply? Well, if you wonder or feel concern about this, perhaps you get a sense of what Mr. Bennett took upon himself back in 1994 when he saw Monsanto for what it was then and now. By honoring him we honor ourselves, our families and the future of our children.
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At Asking Price Realty, our real estate agents are true experts in local Fresh Meadows homes. We understand the appeal of the community to others, and we monitor changes in the marketplace. If you are in the market to buy a home, you can use our knowledge of Fresh Meadows homes to help you more easily locate the right home for you. In addition, our market knowledge and negotiation skills can help you to get a great deal on your new property. If you are in the market to sell a home in Fresh Meadows, our friendly real estate agents will use our knowledge of the market to price your home and to attract interested buyers to you. For all of our clients, we will be by your side to represent you throughout the process and to answer all real estate questions you have.
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As we welcome in the New Year we would like to say a big thank you to all the volunteers (and their families) who have helped out over the Christmas, New Year Holidays and throughout 2015. It has been a challenging time for us all this holiday having to deal with the rain and wind, especially feeding the pigs in the field. It is like walking up the down escalator walking back up the field!! The pigs don't seem to mind though.
It goes without saying that your help is very much appreciated.
a Very Happy and Prosperous 2016. |
Women in the world of the Pope
OpinionMolly T. Marshall | October 1, 2015
By Molly T. Marshall
A bit of sadness crept over me as I watched the departing ceremony of Pope Francis. His presence in our midst has called each of us to a more joyous and merciful way of living. As a nation we have watched him embrace persons in wheelchairs, kiss children, visit those in prison, meet with victims of clergy sexual abuse, reprimand bishops, chide those in political power, and call for us to turn away from a consumerist culture. I miss him already!
A former student of mine posted this perceptive question: "Could this be a time of spiritual awakening?" Indeed, it could be. People from varied perspectives have repeated and tweeted phrases from his various speeches and homilies. The world is longing for goodness, and his lived faith is compelling. The papal visit has not simply touched the Roman Catholic faithful, but Protestants and persons of other faith traditions. It has been a particular joy to me to hear the soaring music of the church.
No religious figure rivals this pope in moral authority, and he speaks across ecclesial and religious boundaries. We saw this in his moving participation with other religious leaders at Ground Zero in New York City. His capacity to nudge people to live ethically is remarkable. He is above all a pastor and practical theologian, and he speaks with remarkable clarity.
Hardship has honed his humility. As a young Jesuit leader, he was imperious with his priests and was demoted. He attempted a doctorate in Germany and never managed to finish it. He spent time in barrios and became deeply acquainted with poverty. Now he calls the world to notice those marginalized by the global market and to live more simply for their sake.
On these matters I agree with the Holy Father. Yet, as a minister who has spent her life working for justice for women in the church, I must register a concern. This past Sunday, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times wrote that Francis would be a perfect 19th-century pope. She is known for her acerbic take on matters; however, the warrant for her critique is the Pope's recalcitrance on the role of women in the church. And she is right.
While Francis applauded the good work of women religious, they were always ancillary to the center of worship and the leadership of the church. The visual imagery of the Pope surrounded by only men at every liturgical event was striking. Women were in the congregations — some of the time — or near the altar in order to sing or offer a brief prayer for the people. That's all. When it came time for the Eucharist, they were not in view.
While it is not possible to do everything at once, surely the marginalization of women in the church requires sustained attention. The Pope offered a slight nod to the possibility of married priests; why not open the conversation about the ordination of women? Do not both fall under the rubric of tradition rather than apostolic dogma? Thomas Aquinas contended that priests should "bear a natural resemblance" to Jesus Christ; however, both his biology and theology are suspect here.
Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, courageous advocate for greater inclusion of women in the Roman Catholic Church, wrote a spirited letter to Francis on the cusp of his visit calling for him to pay more attention to the plight of women around the world. "It is impossible, Holy Father, to be serious about doing anything for the poor and at the same time do little or nothing for women." Women are the poorest of the poor, she notes, and cites the atrocities women suffer all the while. Further, women are mostly "ignored — rejected — as full human beings, as genuine disciples, by their churches, including our own."
Baptists are welcoming more women as pastoral leaders, yet the pathway of these women clergy toward fulfilling their calling is more fraught than their male colleagues. I am grateful for the good work of Baptist Women in Ministry, ably led by Pam Durso, and the sister American Baptist organization, with Patricia Hernandez creatively at the helm. The education and advocacy work of these two bodies is making a difference, for which I give thanks.
At every event, the Pope invited us to pray for him. I have begun doing so, for the world needs his continuing witness. I will also pray that he will be able to hear those persistent voices calling the church to welcome its daughters to every role within it. That would surely move him into the 21st century!
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