Editor's note: Tolga Ozuygur is the co-founder of Overdose Caffeine, an indie game-development company from Turkey that develops cross-platform, real-time multiplayer games. Follow him on Twitter @tolgaozuygur.
We at Overdose Caffeine had previously announced that Pocket Fleet, a real-time multiplayer space dogfight game developed for mobile devices, would be available soon on OUYA. Our players were looking forward to it. Even we were excited about the prospect of bringing the game to the platform, as we loved the device and thought TV was a great medium for fast-paced multiplayer gaming.
However, we have decided to end development for it and switch to GamePop. I know many people were looking forward to playing the game on OUYA, so I thought I'd explain why we made this decision.
Pocket Fleet works on Android, iOS and any computer with a browser. We are also about to release the game on Samsung with the 100 percent revenue share indie deal we struck with them. Gamers can also play the game on their PCs and keep playing on their mobile devices, battling players from any other platform. The game runs the same way on every platform, which is why we wanted to add support for a TV console to expand our PC-Mobile combo, and were going to do it with OUYA.
We don't have a separate "design group" to rework menus. We focus all of our energy on building the best possible game mechanics and providing new fancy features to our fans. This has paid off so far, as Pocket Fleet has exceeded our wildest expectations, having reached downloads in the seven figures in just a few months and a feature in Google Play. We don't have time to mess around. If we had a larger team, things might have been different.
While it might seem we would only need to map the controls in Pocket Fleet to the OUYA controller (a job of only a few days), it turned out to be much more than that. The biggest surprise was what they required in terms of new menu design. We assumed the user could move a cursor around to select things on our main menu, but this was not the case. The company required that we redesign the main screen so that people could move around it by highlighting different buttons. This may sound simple but certain circumstances meant that it was anything but. Their ODK was also pretty shoddily thrown together and updates didn't note what had changed. It began to get very onerous very fast.
We still loved the idea of bringing Pocket Fleet to TV. Recently, we were contacted by someone from BlueStack, which was about to launch their GamePop subscription service and console. They asked for no menu changes or controller mappings, there's no SDK, no nothing. Seriously, it was about the easiest onboarding we've ever had to a platform, since they basically use our stock APK.
We were (and still are) fans of Ouya and have been rooting for them since the start. We wish them the best. For independent developers however, we just can't do so much work for such an uncertain benefit. We're taking the Occam's Razor approach and going with GamePop for now. Pocket Fleet looks awesome on its prototype and we can't wait to release the finished product.


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Lightly brush steak with oil and season with salt and pepper. Heat barbecue and cook until done to your liking. Rest meat, loosely covered with foil for 5 minutes.Meanwhile make the dressing. Whisk oil, vinegar, mustard, honey,paprika, onion and herbs in a bowl. Season. Stir in the cherry tomatoes.Slice beef diagonally into thin slices. Mix with dressing. Serve on bed of rocket leaves.


These 1960s Onitsuka Tiger Mexico Delegation trainers really are a wonderful reissue.
One day, Onitsuka Tiger will reissue the wonderful Nippon 60 footwear again. But in the meantime, we'll have to make do with three new versions of the 1970s Onitsuka Tiger Corsair Vintage trainers.
We're not usually excited about Onitsuka Tiger as most of its reissues don't look a lot different to the last. But the Onitsuka Tiger California 78 35th Anniversary trainers and holdall are certainly worth talking about.
It's the same old shape, but now the Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 trainers have been reissued with a Mesh Pack variation.
That effectively means the leather upper has been replaced by a mesh finish, which apparently allows your feet to 'breathe' more easily, especially on those warm summer days. Aside from that, this is the same 1960s Onitsuka Tiger shoe, first seen at the Mexico Olympics in 1968 and the first to feature the company's trademark stripes.
Of course, these days, it works more as a slimline casual shoe rather than a runner. If that's what you're looking for, check out Schuh, which will be selling them for around the £60 mark.


Updated (8/7/2012): Added screenshot at end of post of which includes data broken out by fiscal calendar (starts in July) and link to that file as well.
Updated (8/9/2012): Added some information at the bottom of the post in regards to downloading issues and more information available in the comments section.
We can see that the SQL Saturday events over the past couple of years have really grown in popularity and after 2010 they went global as well.
We can zoom in on the map and get a close up as well. Last year we had the SQL Saturday #99 in Eden Prairie, MN.
I even added the ability to drill down from the cities to the zip code level and also some drill down on the column chart for the counts as well.
We can even upload this into the Office 365 preview and share this information as well which support PowerPivot and Power View.
The data that I grabbed for this was from the SQL Saturday events page here (just copy paste and a bit of cleanup).
If you are experiencing any issues with the downloads take a look at the comments section of this post. I did some testing and found some issues if you try to directly download the file from the browser and a workaround if the SQLSat Dash does not load for you. You can download the file(s) from my Public|Blog SkyDrive folder.
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This is fantastic! I'd be interested in viewing this by PASS' Fiscal Year (July 1 to June 30). I assume easily doable just by changing/adding some specific dates in?
the download link didn't work. Can you fix?
I updated the links, so now it opens up in Office Excel Web App. From there you can download I guess. Not seeing a quick way to provide a direct download link, I was trying, but it must just be temporary.
Something weird going on. I downloaded the .xlsx, open in Excel2013, and in the area where the Power View report was there is simply an image that is an illustration of a Power View report (and I know its an image cos when you select it "Picture Tools" appears at the top).
I'm getting more and more exasperated with the whole Power View in Excel story. It should be brain dead simple to view this stuff, and it isn't!
Nope, that didn't work for me. I downloaded from the folder, disabled/enabled Power View add-in…I'm still seeing the image.
Really not impressed at all, even if IS a preview.
You make me laugh Jamie:) After you disable it and click ok you have to go back into the add-ins to enable it again. Then once you click on the Power View sheet it should open it up without any issues. Maybe we are running into a localization issue, I programmed it to only work in U.S.:D (j/k). Not sure why it is not working for you. Sorry man.
Ya beat me to it getting this out. It's great having the mapping layer and Power View in Excel 2013. Incidentally, your book should be in my hands today or tomorrow. Looking forward to learning some new stuff on Power View.
Great to hear. Definitely leave feedback on the book and let us know what you think. Leave a review on Amazon as well:) Thanks and hope you enjoy the book and Power View!
I love this demo – wonderful job!


CHICAGO Secretly recorded phone calls were played in court.
"No, no, he resigned but also there was some – Jim told me there was some attorneys in the governor's office said that tony Abboud's firm does business with the TRS, and I asked him to look into it further. They did and they came back and they said they thought it was nothing major, they thought it is okay," Rezko said on the recording.
Rezko is accused of using his influence in the administration of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to stack at two state boards to extort kickbacks from companies trying to do state business.
For one 15- to 30-minute stretch during the questioning, prosecutor Chris Niewoehner asked Levine about his drug use. Levine said during the years before his indictment he used methamphetamine and an animal tranquilizer called ketamine, mostly during the week at parties with male friends in a Lincolnwood hotel. He also testified he did snort crystal meth in his office when he had it left over from parties but never did it at home in order to deceive his family.
Speaking of Levine's family, attorneys for his wife, Shari, are trying to quash a subpoena from Rezko's lawyers. She apparently was subpoenaed by the defense last week. Her lawyers contend she has no relevant information and that any conversations between wife and husband are protected by marital privilege.
Levine is still under direct examination. The cross examination by the defense probably won't begin until later this week.
Rezko, 52, is charged with scheming with Levine to pressure kickbacks out of money management firms seeking to invest assets of the $30 billion Illinois Teachers Retirement System.
Rezko and Levine also allegedly schemed to split a $1 million bribe from a contractor who wanted state approval for construction of a hospital.
Rezko is charged with using his political influence with Blagojevich's administration to launch both of the alleged schemes.
The trial has been closely watched in the political world because Rezko has been a key fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama. Neither of the officials is accused of any wrongdoing in the case.
Levine was known to have engaged in extensive drug use, but his testimony Monday cast a harsh light and provided fresh details of his history.
He testified that he would regularly withdraw cash from the bank for drugs and other expenses and estimated that between 2000 and early 2004 his withdrawals totaled "in excess of $1 million."
One subject that didn't come up was exactly who his friends at these parties were. He did say that all of them were male.
But U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve has barred any testimony concerning Levine's "personal social life," which she said would be too prejudicial if presented to the jury. Defense attorneys have described it as Levine's "secret life."
On another topic, Levine testified that Springfield millionaire businessman William Cellini told him that Rezko was getting a lot of pressure to find a way for Blagojevich's father-in-law, Chicago Alderman Richard Mell, "to make money."
Levine quoted Cellini as saying that if they could help Rezko "solve this problem it would greatly ingratiate them with Mr. Kelly and Mr. Rezko." Christopher Kelly was another key fundraiser for Blagojevich.
"Mr. Kelly and Mr. Rezko were very powerful in the Blagojevich administration," Levine testified. "They had the power to appoint people to boards and that was very important to Mr. Cellini and me," he said.
Levine testified that he hit on a scheme under which businessman Sheldon Pekin, who was trying to land business with the pension board for several investment funds, would share a $375,000 finders fee with Mell.
Levine said Cellini told him there was some initial interest in the idea and Pekin was agreeable but he said Rezko later said that Mell was not to get the money. Pekin told a similar story earlier on the stand.
Mell has said that he knew nothing about any such scheme.
Levine testified that he and Cellini hatched a scheme soon after Blagojevich took office to kill a plan to consolidate three state pension funds under a single board. The plan, championed by Blagojevich budget director John Filan, would have hurt a small group of insiders who had long been controlling the teachers pension fund, Levine testified.
Levine, then a board member, said Cellini proposed to contact Rezko and Kelly and get them to use their influence to kill the plan. He said that in turn he and Cellini would use their influence to give money management firms recommended by Kelly and Rezko preferred treatment.
Levine also testified that when the small coterie of insiders who controlled the fund were in danger of losing their majority on the board in May 2004, Rezko installed two loyal board members willing to vote as their were told on key issues.
Neither Kelly nor Cellini are charged in the case.


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Interview SimpleMMO with Michael
We have a candid interview with Michael, the mystery man behind SimpleMMO.
Who is Michael?
I'm Michael and I'm the developer behind SimpleMMO and the director of Galahad Creative.
I first started web development back in 2008. Coincidentally, the very first experience I had in development was the result of dipping my toes in the creation of text-based games. I've always been a huge fan of them. I went through plenty of games since I was a child. Games like Torn City, Mafia Wars, GangsterRPG, PhantasyRPG, Boredest, Hobowars, and the likes were my go-to games. I'm still staggered to see some of them still alive and kicking today – almost 12 years later!
Since then, I've been heavy into web and software development. I've studied it in both college and university. I then ran a relatively successful freelancing gig before I moved on to being the sole developer for a SME manufacturer. That was until I founded Galahad Creative.
My favourite game of all time is simply "The Witcher 3". It is a classic. I love medieval esque games. I was so torn up at the ending that I replayed the entire game just to change it as I felt bad.
My very first game was built on an engine called "MCCodes". No doubt many developers within the web-based game development sphere have heard of this. It was the go-to engine despite it being a buggy, clunky, awful mess. However, it made for a great learning experience despite its terrible flaws.
My first game was called "Military Nation". I believe I was only 12 at the time and it was built with duct-tape and spaghetti. I ended up selling the game for £40 worth of Microsoft Points. Since then, I've dipped in and out of web-based game development, but I never built anything of actual value.
Who is helping you with all this?
Galahad Creative consists of 2 full-time employees and multiple contractors. We work in many different spaces within the digital world however SimpleMMO is our most successful project to date.
I'm the only developer of SimpleMMO. The Web App and the Android app share the same codebase, so it is relatively straightforward to develop for multiple platforms. The wrapper for the Android app is developed by a contractor. Essentially the Android app is a website, but the wrapper for it makes it look and feel almost like a native app. We will start working on an iOS wrapper for the game later this year!
In-game, however, there is a fantastic team of administrators, advisers, and moderators. They ensure that a player's experience in the game is as smooth as butter. They are the go-to people if someone needs help. They are a great bunch, and, without a shadow of doubt, the game wouldn't be where it is today without their help.
The game is also being translated into the Russian language. Our talented Ekaterina is translating almost every piece of content into Russian. However, due to the scale of the game, this undertaking is huge, and we don't expect it to finish before the end of this year.
How did SimpleMMO start?
It all started in 2017. I was discussing the old text-based games I used to play with a friend - mainly "Mafia Wars". I wanted to play something like it. I wanted a game that I could involve myself in for 5-10 minutes per day. It needed to be extremely casual. Essentially – I wanted to play a toilet RPG game. It needed to be something I could play while I was on the loo. Despite my attempts in finding this holy grail of a game, I could not find anything. Simply nothing of the likes existed on the Android Play Store. That is when I got the idea of building my own.
That night, I sat down on my bed and started developing on my laptop. While doing this, I was also testing out a brand-new development framework, Laravel. I thought I would kill two birds with one stone. I don't believe I even slept that night. After about 10 hours, I had the core functionality nailed down which was the "travel" system.
Since that night, I just slowly worked on it every weekend. It became both a passion and learning project. It was never something that I planned to release. At least not initially. Usually, I created projects and then burned out after a couple of weeks. Never in a million years did I ever dream of building something that would go on to be so popular years later. Though, I suppose it was written in the stars due to the nature of how I entered web development!
Today the game has averaged around 300 online players at any given time. However, this is higher than usual because there is currently an event on-going. The average amount of players increases by about 20-30% during events.
COVID-19 caused a massive influx of new players last year. During it's very peak, the game had around 500-600 players at any given time. We reached over 500,000 total downloads on the Google Play store too. In an ideal world, it would've stayed like that. However, the spike was simply unsustainable, and deep down I always knew that. I expected the active player amount to drop significantly but I'm extremely happy with how it turned out. It is now at a healthy and sustainable amount.
Players usually communicate either by using the in-game global chat feature, direct messages, or the official Discord server. Small gatherings of communities such as guilds also communicate via their own dedicated Discord server.
We have lots of exciting things in-store for SimpleMMO. I think the most significant thing we have planned is an official iOS app. We have a Trello that we update semi-regularly with what is coming this year and beyond.
What do you consider to be the most unique feature of SimpleMMO?
Most definitely the "Travel" system. I don't believe I have seen it in any other game. The closest that I can think of (and it is what inspired the system) was a similar feature in a game called "BoringRPG" that I played circa 2010.
I believe it is the most unique and arguably the most important feature of SimpleMMO because it gives the player a very easy sense of progression while doing almost nothing at all. It became the perfect toilet game! In the words of Borat – "Great success!".
Best tip for new players?
Just take it slow. It isn't a marathon. The game was built so that you could make reasonable progress within a very short timeframe. You can hop on for 20 minutes and within that time you are able to travel for a short period, perform some quests, defeat some enemies, and then start up a job once you are finished for the day. The job allows you to progress your character even while you are not playing.
What are the biggest issues you encountered?
Oh, this question is so easy that I have many different answers! However, there are two answers that stick out more than the rest.
The first one is scaling the servers and changing the way the game works to accommodate literally millions of requests per day. After all, this game was initially built as a learning tool. All my errors that I had made years and years prior were starting to become more evident. The slightest change of code can cause massive choke points when dealing in the millions instead of hundreds. The influx of new players caused me to segment the game into separate servers and I had to heavily utilize caching mechanisms. All the problems were the result of the game initially being a learning tool. I am still fixing those issues even today.
This brings me to the second point:
The inventory system.
It is a pain to work with and it still haunts me to this day. It was the second feature I developed in the game. It was built even before you could attack enemies. Heck, it was even developed before you could level your character.
The problem is how it is built. Every time someone gets an item, it places a single unique record within the database. That happens with every item. Now imagine millions upon millions of these items across hundreds of thousands of players. It starts to become incredibly taxing on the servers to sort and handle them all. It was the result of lack of foresight. At the time, I did not expect more than 10 players on the game, never mind 500,000. After all, why would I build a game for scale when I had no initial intention of ever releasing it? By the time I realized it was becoming a bit of a problem, it was too late to change anything.
Luckily, I have a plan on fixing this issue. It might take me months (maybe years!) but hopefully it should be solved eventually. In the meantime, I have made multiple refactoring changes to the system which has significantly increased performance.
What is the hardest part of the life of an admin for you?
Probably dealing with the intense criticism that can come with the change of a feature even with the best intentions. It's very common to receive negative, ill-informed knee-jerk reactions to changes in the game simply because people just don't like change. The criticism itself isn't what is hard. I welcome it. After all, nothing can improve if there is nothing wrong with it. The hardest part is that it can become quite a challenge trying to differentiate between constructive criticism that holds actual value, or the knee-jerk reaction of a player who simply disapproves of a change within the first glance.
If I were to guesstimate, I'd say a good 70% to 80% of complaints to changes are usually gone within the first few days simply because players get used to the new change.
I like to refer to this XKCD quite often.
Any funny stories to share?
Many! The game is essentially my play thing. I tease the community often. I enjoy a sprinkle of chaos from time to time.
One time, during the early months of SimpleMMO, I was working in an airport and I accidentally pushed out an update that gave everyone free gold every time an NPC died. My flight was scheduled within 15 minutes so I had to quickly push out a fix or it would've been catastrophic! I learnt a very good lesson there.
Another time, during April fools, I fooled everyone by distributing a fake item which was a replica of the most powerful item of the game. Most people enjoyed the small gag but one player in particular did not like it in the slightest.
They said, and I quote, "This has to be one of the most disrespectful things I have seen a developer do to their user base". Feeling a little remorse in my actions, I done what any other person would've done.
I put the quote on the item itself.
Does Michael's story make you interested? Check out SimpleMMO!
1 comments on "Interview SimpleMMO with Michael"
HaanHaan September 21, 2021 at 02:35 pm
Sounds like Moik lol
Kiban September 21, 2021 at 02:48 pm

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The Role of Sulfotransferase 2B1b in Acetaminophen-induced Liver injury
An, Yunqi (2018) The Role of Sulfotransferase 2B1b in Acetaminophen-induced Liver injury. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)
Overdose of acetaminophen (APAP) is the leading cause of acute liver failure (ALF). Although mechanisms of APAP-induced liver injury are well known, those that affect the progression of APAP-induced liver disease and facilitate liver recovery are less understood. The sulfotransferase 2B1b (SULT2B1b) participates various of liver relative diseases including metabolic syndrome, chronic liver injury and hepatocellular carcinoma. Our previous study showed that SULT2B1b is transcriptional regulated by Hepatic Nuclear Factor 4α (HNF4α), which is essential for liver development and function. However, the importance of SULT2B1b in APAP-induced acute liver injury remains unknown. In this study, we examined the role of SULT2B1b in APAP-induced hepatotoxicity. We showed that hepatic overexpression of SULT2B1b in liver sensitized mice to APAP-induced liver injury, whereas ablation of Sult2B1b conferred resistance to the APAP hepatotoxicity. Indeed, upregulation of Sult2B1b by Hnf4α in wild type mice showed more severe liver injury and this effect was abolished in Sult2B1b knockout mice evidenced by comparable liver damage. Therefore, we conclude that SULT2B1b represents a potential therapeutic target for the prevention and treatment of APAP-induced acute liver injury.
University of Pittsburgh ETD
An, Yunqi yua8@pitt.edu yua8 0000-0002-5789-7264
ETD Committee:
Committee Chair Xie, Wen wex6@pitt.edu
Committee Member Ma, Xiaochao MXIAOCHA@pitt.edu
Committee Member Li, Song sol4@pitt.edu
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School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutical Sciences
MS - Master of Science
sulfotransferase; HNF4α; acetaminophen; liver injury


On September 4, 2012 at Safra Square in Jerusalem (near the Municipality) will take place the first official celebration of International Cake Day-2012 in Israel.The holiday organizers invite interested companies and organizations to become partners and sponsors of the event.
International Cake Day, established in the Kingdom of Love, is a holiday dedicated to friendship and peace between people, countries and nations. Kingdom of Love is an international non-profit project that implements global cultural, humanitarian and peacekeeping initiatives. The holiday, originated in Jerusalem, is based on one of the initiatives of the Kingdom of Love to promote ideas of peace on the planet through culture. The holiday celebrated this year in space theme.
ICD-2012 celebration in Israel, called FAR SIDE OF THE MOON, will take place in a format of space show in Spaceport Jerusalem. The program includes a demonstration in support of the holiday, a competition on best peace and friendship related cake design, thematic cultural program (music, art exhibition, fashion show), gift giving of cakes to representatives of public organizations (orphans, Second World War veterans, Holocaust survivors, etc.), free refreshments for all participants.
If you would like to assist in this worthwhile endeavor and are interested in sponsorship, media coverage or other forms of cooperation, please contact the organizers.
Space demonstration in support of International Cake Day holiday is planned to take place in Jerusalem by the International Organizing Committee of ICD-2012 of the Kingdom of Love with help of Israeli Chefs Association.
The «FAR SIDE OF THE MOON» demonstration will be held in first week of September at Safra Square in the presence of honored guests: diplomats, members of social organizations of Second World war veterans and Holocaust survivors, children-, peace-, environment -related organizations and many others, as well as representatives of the space industry, municipal and governmental structures. Residents of Israel, as well as tourists from around the world, will be able to fly to the Moon from the Spaceport Jerusalem on this day.
The space social action with the main slogan I CAKE YOU is a unique event of interplanetary significance. The organizers intend to support the celebration of friendship and peace holiday in many ways – by speeches, posters, the contest for the best peace-themed cake design among diplomats, and many more. All demonstration participants at Safra Square will be given away the refreshments — miracles of confectionery art, made in honor of this event by professional Israeli chefs. The action will be part of the film «Breaking the Wall», produced in the Kingdom of Love in a new genre of Real Fantasy.


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Q: php if specific date expires do not echo vars I am trying to figure out how to NOT echo a var if the date has expired.
My PHP below shows:
Match 1 - April 1, 2015
Match 2 - April 8, 2015
So what I need is that, IF the Current date is, April 2, 2015, Match 1 will not echo. If April 30th, nothing will echo.
Here is the php
<?php
$match1 = "Match 1 - April 1, 2015";
$match2 = "Match 2 - April 8, 2015";
?>

<?=$match1?>
<?=$match2?>

I have looked at several codes and tried a few myself, but nothing works. Thanks.

A: Basic idea:
$expiration_date = strtotime("2 April 2015"); //converts your date into a unix timestamp

$time = time(); //current time in unix format

if ($time < $expiration_date){ // if the current time is less than expiration date do something
    echo $match1; // or whatever variable you wanted to echo
} // if the current time is past the expiration date the if statement will evaluate to false and do nothing

A: I wanted to update this for future users.
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10 (more) historic London garden squares…4. Red Lion Square…
by exploringlondon October 2, 2019
This Holborn square was laid out in the 1680s by property speculator Nicholas Barbon and took its name from the Red Lion Inn which once stood here.
The inn, incidentally, is said to be the place where the exhumed bodies of Oliver Cromwell, his son-in-law (and Parliamentarian general) Henry Ireton and John Bradshaw, president of the parliamentary commission to try King Charles I, lay the night before they were taken to Tyburn where they were desecrated (there's a story that the bodies were switched that night and the real men lay buried in a pit in a square).
The square was laid out on what had been known as Red Lion fields and there were apparently some physical scuffles between the workmen, led by Barbon, and lawyers of Gray's Inn who objected to the loss of their rural vistas.
The square, meanwhile, soon became a fashionable part of the city – among early residents was Judge Bernard Halle – but by the mid-19th century, its reputation had slumped only to move up again in later years.
Famous residents included Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1851 and William Morris who lived in a flat on the southern side of the square with Edward Burne-Jones in the later 1850s. The art deco Summit House was built in 1925 on the former residence of John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer. Jonas Hanway, the first man to walk London's streets with an umbrella, apparently also lived on the square.
The square today is home to the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Conway Hall, home of the Conway Hall Ethical Society (in fact, it was Conway Hall which was at the centre of one of the most famous incidents in the square – clashes between anti-fascist protestors and National Front members and subsequent police response which took place on 15th June, 1974, and left a university student, Kevin Gately, dead.
The garden in the centre of the square features a statue of anti-war activist Fenner Brockway and a bust of philosopher, essayist and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell.
PICTURE: Top – View across part of the square (Google maps)/Below – Fenner Brockway statue (Matt Brown/licensed under CC BY 2.0)
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Lost London – Exeter/Essex House…
by exploringlondon June 17, 2016
Located on the south side of the Strand, the then-named Exeter House was built in the 1300s as the London palace of the Bishops of Exeter on land which had previously been occupied by the Knights Templar.
It was Bishop Walter Stapledon who had the palace constructed – as well as being Bishop of Exeter, he was Lord High Treasurer to the unpopular King Edward II, a role which eventually led to him being dragged from his horse in the City of London and murdered.
King Henry VIII gave the property to his Secretary of State, William, Lord Paget, and, in the late 16th century, it came into the hands of Robert Dudley, the 1st Earl of Leicester. He rebuilt it and renamed it Leicester House which it remained until, following his death in 1588, it was inherited by his stepson, Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, and renamed Essex House.
The house was rather large and in 1590 was reported as having as many as 42 bedrooms as well as a picture gallery, a banqueting suite and chapel.
Devereux ended up beheaded for treason on Tower Hill in 1601 but his son, also Robert Devereux, became a distinguished general for the Parliamentarians during the Civil War. He received a delegation from the House of Commons at the property to offer their congratulations after the Battle of Newbury in 1643 and was laid out in state there in 1646 (insatiable diarist Samuel Pepys, then a 13-year-old boy, was among those who saw the body).
After the Civil War, the family's debts resulted into the property passing into the hands of other families. The main part of the house was eventually demolished in the 1670s and part of the property sold to developer Nicholas Barbon. He built Essex Street, which still stands in the area, was built on the site.
The remaining part of the house, meanwhile, was used to house the Cotton Library before, in 1777, it too was demolished.
The mansion's chapel, meanwhile, became a dissenters meeting house, known as the Essex Street Chapel, which became the birthplace of Unitarianism in England. The denomination's headquarters, named Essex Hall, still stands on the site.
The pub The Devereux (pictured above), named for Robert Devereux, is among the buildings which now stand on the site (for more on the pub, see our earlier post here).
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Located at 20 Devereux Court, just off the Strand in the area of London known as Temple, The Devereux takes its name from Elizabethan Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex, whose mansion, Essex House, once occupied the site on which it stands.
Devereux, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, inherited the mansion from his step-father, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, in 1588 (the house was originally called Leicester House). A spectacular fall from favor which culminated in an abortive coup, however, led to Devereux's beheading in 1601 (interestingly, he was the last person to be executed inside the Tower of London – the tower where he is held was named after him).
Used by other members of Devereux's family following his death, a plaque outside the pub explains that the property was sold to property developer, Nicholas Barbon (also noted as the founder of fire insurance), in 1674, and that he had it demolished soon after.
The present building is said to date from 1676 and was originally two houses. Soon after its construction, it became the premises of the famous Grecian Coffee House which had moved from Wapping Old Stairs.
Noted as a meeting place for prominent Whigs, it was also frequented by members of the Royal Society such as Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Hans Sloane and Dr Edmund Halley as well as writer, poet and politician Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, editor of The Tatler (who gave the coffee house as the magazine's postal address).
The early 1840s, the premises was into lawyers' chambers and then later into the public house which now occupies it.
There's a bust of Essex on the facade beneath which is written the inscription, "Devereux Court, 1676". The pub is these days part of the Taylor-Walker group. For more, see www.taylor-walker.co.uk/pub-food/devereux-temple/pid-C7177.
For a great book on London's pubs, take a look at London's Best Pubs: A Guide to London's Most Interesting & Unusual Pubs .
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By Karo Chakhlasyan, Warren Bessant on April 6, 2012 in Arts, Etc., Music
Vanessa Paloma performs a collection of Spanish-Jewish music March 29 in Morgan Auditorium that commemorated the exile of Jews from Spain in 1492. Paloma received a terminal degree for a master of music at Indiana University's School of Music. / photo by Warren Bessant
Karo Chakhlasyan
Tales of perseverance and celebration about the Sephardic Jewish culture were painted through music by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony March 29 in Morgan Auditorium.
The audience included the Los Angeles Consulate General from Turkey, Aydın Topcu, the Los Angeles Consulate General from Spain, Enrique Ruiz Molero, and University of La Verne President Devorah Lieberman.
Uplifting stories of love were chosen to show strength for the Sephardic culture, as this concert coincides with the issuing of the edict of expulsion, the 1492 order by the Kingdom of Spain to expel Jews.
"La Convivencia Musical," as the title of the concert, describes a musical era of coexistence between Jews, Muslims and Catholics until the expulsion.
All songs preformed were in the Ladino language, which sounds like Spanish with a heavy Hebrew influence, and Arabic accents on certain words.
The music carried the same rich tone as the language.
Operatic voices started the first song of the night with a first-person outlook of a helpless romantic looking to get away with his significant other.
The second song had an archaic rhythm with a soft gospel chant from the choir.
A melodic drone was layered with the higher range of female vocals balanced with the deep rasp of the males.
Although performed in a foreign language, the emotion was clear, a "forgotten feeling."
The third song started with an uplifting ethnic beat by percussionist Jamie Papish.
The second set of songs included a classical guitar. Its flamenco flair blended with the harp, flute and the singing of Vanessa Paloma in the Ladino language.
The highlight of the night came during the third set of songs, composed by Michelle Green Willner.
"It was exciting, giving birth exciting," Willner said.
The night was also the world premiere of a two-movement piece entitled "A Letter Fell Out of the Sky." The decision was made to create an original piece of Sephardic music with awareness of the upcoming anniversary of the Edict.
"It's important that you're working with material that resonates with you," conductor Noreen Green said.
Willner and Paloma collaborated to use the Edict and the Ladino language.
"I asked Vanessa to speak very slowly, and had to follow her accents in her voice in order to know where to put the accents," Willner said.
Once written, it was left for Green to bring to life.
"She's the composer and I'm the de-composer," Green said.
The first movement told the story of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand expelling the Jews and threatening those who did not leave with death. The music was dark.
The second movement of the set was uplifting, rich in bright tones speaking about the blessings of arriving in a new land.
The final set of songs showed the influence of the Sephardic culture in music from different countries such as Turkey, Greece and Bosnia.
A standing ovation from the crowd closed a powerful set filled with culture and tradition from a group of people who could have been forgotten.
"It was pretty unique, but at the same time it had a lot of feeling to it," senior business major Buddha Gurang said.
Karo Chakhlasyan can be reached at karo.chakhlasyan@laverne.edu.
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Q: htaccess rule to consider double slashes as single I am working on a project built using codeigniter. And the mistake I have made is that I have added "/" after the base_url() method in many links(href) I have given on the project files as shown below.
<? echo base_url();?>/about

So the URLS are looking like
http://myproject.com//about

in place of
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And because of that, it is resulting to 404 error.
Now the situation is that the site is ready but I am only allowed to update the .htaccess file of the project to fix this.
So is there any rule I can write in .htaccess file so that it considers the double slashes in the URL as single slash and open the specific page?
Funny thing is, it was already considering double slashes as single slash somehow and opening the "About" page on the development server. But now as the server is changed, I have started facing the 404 issues.

A: You can use this rule as very first rule in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file to remove multiple //:
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Biografia
Nacque a Faenza il 20 settembre 1830 da una famiglia di umili condizioni.

Compì i primi studi presso il Ginnasio, poi presso la Scuola di Disegno sotto la guida dell'incisore G. Marri, dell'architetto Pietro Tomba e del pittore Achille Farina scoprendo la propria inclinazione verso la pittura. Nel 1852 si trasferì a Firenze grazie all'aiuto di benefattori faentini e completò gli studi presso l'Accademia di Belle Arti con l'insegnamento di Antonio Ciseri ed Enrico Pollastrini. Durante questo periodo strinse amicizia con Odoardo Borrani e Luigi Bechi avendo così modo di frequentare il gruppo di macchiaioli che riconobbero le sue capacità. Lo stesso Stefano Ussi nel 1854 lo volle come collaboratore nella stesura dell'abbozzo a chiaroscuro La cacciata del duca d'Atene.

A causa nel 1857 della morte del padre, dovette rientrare a Faenza per difficoltà finanziarie, svolgendo svariati lavori. Nel 1864 vinse il concorso della Cattedra di Disegno ornamentale e figurato presso la Scuola di Disegno succedendo a Farina. Con la trasformazione della Scuola di Disegno in Scuola d'Arte e Mestieri, Antonio Berti ne divenne il direttore fino al 1906. Durante questo periodo diede un preciso indirizzo per una formazione rigorosa ai giovani nei quali intuiva il talento, sollecitando il loro interesse ma lasciando allo stesso tempo spazio all'espressione individuale. Alcuni tra i suoi più celebri studenti furono Francesco Rava, Antonio Argnani, Domenico Baccarini, Orazio Toschi; gli scultori Ercole Drei e Domenico Rambelli; i ceramisti Pietro Melandri, Anselmo Bucci, Riccardo Gatti.

Lasciata la scuola per l'anzianità, Antonio Berti che aveva da sempre condotto una vita solitaria, si ritirò presso la famiglia A. Mazzotti che lo assistette fino alla morte avvenuta nel 1912 curando inoltre la destinazione delle sue opere alle appropriate raccolte pubbliche.

Giudizio critico
Il temperamento artistico e la sensibilità del Berti emergono nelle sue rappresentazioni delle nature morte, dei fiori, delle vedute dei busti, ma in modo particolare nei ritratti ad olio. Le sue conoscenze tecniche gli permisero di praticare anche il genere dell'affresco, realizzato all'interno dei soffitti di alcuni palazzi faentini e nell'atrio del Teatro Comunale. Eseguì anche restauri di affreschi nella Cappella della Madonna del popolo in Cattedrale e dell'affresco di Gerolamo da Treviso nella chiesa della Commenda. Dal 1867 Antonio Berti si dedicò alla ceramica lavorando presso la fabbrica Ferniani e realizzando opere con le diverse tecniche: dipinti a sanguigna, ad impasto policromo, a mezza macchia monocroma.

La rivalutazione critica del Berti risale a pochi anni fa. Inizialmente i suoi quadri, i suoi disegni furono considerati degli "schizzi" "di qualcosa che avrebbe potuto più ampiamente affermarsi grazie alle risorse di un temperamento pittorico felicemente quotato" (Catal.della mostra…,1926). Solo nel 1955, in occasione della mostra degli artisti romagnoli dell'Ottocento, la critica lo rivalutò riconoscendo nelle sue opere la personalità artistica che servì da formazione a numerosi artisti faentini dei primi decenni del novecento.

Opere
 Faenza, Pinacoteca Comunale:, olio su tela.
 Faenza, Pinacoteca Comunale:, olio su tela
 Faenza, Pinacoteca Comunale:, olio su tela.
 Faenza, Pinacoteca Comunale:, olio su tela.
 Faenza, Pinacoteca Comunale:, olio su tela.
 Faenza, Pinacoteca Comunale:, olio su tela.
 Faenza, Museo del Risorgimento:, olio su tela.
 Faenza, Museo del Risorgimento:, olio su tela.

Note

Bibliografia
 Elio Jacchia, Antonio Berti illustre maestro e geniale artista faentino, in  La piè, gennaio 1963, pp.14-15.
 Marcella Vitali, Bice Montuschi Simboli, Berti Antonio, pittore (20.9.1830 Faenza, † 14.07.1912 Faenza) in Manfrediana. Bollettino della biblioteca comunale di Faenza, XIXX, 1995, n. 1, Faenza, pp. 36-8.
 Luigi Zauli Naldi, Antonio Berti e la sua opera ceramica, in Faenza. Bollettino del Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, XLVII, 1960, n. 3, pp. 65-69.

Voci correlate
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Parts & Labor hail from Brooklyn, NY, and have been creating electronics-heavy psych/noise/punk/rock for over seven years. They cite the following bands as influences and are totally cool with you name-checking them: Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, Boredoms, Minutemen, Neutral Milk Hotel and Amps For Christ. They've performed with TV On The Radio, Mission Of Burma, Battles, Matt & Kim, Clinic, Deerhoof, Lightning Bolt, Harvey Milk, Oxbow and many, many more. In addition to maintaining a relentlessly busy touring schedule, the band also run their own label, the ever growing Cardboard Records.
P&L released their fourth LP (third for Jagjaguwar) in late 2008 to widespread acclaim. Receivers showcases their catchiest and darkest moods, reveling in a growing dynamic sensibility only hinted at in their previous work. Though they've maintained their love affair with glitchy oscillations and anthemic vocals, they are now utilizing the full possibilities of a band that was once a scrappy punk trio, and now a mature art-rock quartet. It's a heady mix of psych, noise, and pop influenced by the arty minimalism of Wire, the surreal pop of early Eno, and even the spaced out psychedelia of Dark Side-era Pink Floyd. The album also features a unique sonic experiment: the band used audio samples sent by friends and fans to embellish their most adventurous full length to date.
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we were walking down Center Street in Provo and I stopped to admire a bronze statue of a woman holding a baby.
We talked about the statue for a moment, and then continued on our way.
And as we walked, Sam said, "Speaking of mothers...what are your feelings on motherhood?"
I hopped on my soapbox and talked for a couple of minutes about how important motherhood was to me.
And that was the last major test I had to pass, in his eyes, before continuing the relationship.
From the very beginning, I've seen how parenthood is so important to Sam.
I remember the first time I saw him play with little kids for an extended period of time.
It was just a month or two after we were married, and we volunteered to babysit during a church activity.
The gym was filled with children, and there were a couple of little red-head boys in particular that were rough-housing with Sam...jumping on him, tackling him, and having the time of their lives.
and I was so satisfied when, after the event, he expressed his hopes that we would someday have "rumbly-tumbly" little kids. That wish has definitely been fulfilled!
I'm so grateful to share parenthood with him.
a man who never slacks on his duties, who works incredibly hard, who provides for our needs, who teaches them chivalry and respect, who loves their mother whole-heartedly, whose understanding of Gospel truths runs so deep, and who adores his little boys.
I was likewise blessed with a wonderful father.
He is one of the smartest men I've ever known--when we were young, we could ask him anything, it seemed, and he would always have an answer, from what tar on the roads was made from to how planets maintained their orbits around the sun.
His testimony has been a rock in the foundation of my own, and his Gospel knowledge has always been something I've admired.
His logical thinking appeals to my own logic-seeking mind, and his generosity to others will always inspire me.
"Life is designed to provide stretching moments sprinkled throughout the normal, joyful path of life. I'm sure there will be occasions when you feel less than ecstatic about the way things are going. That is normal and expected, so I hope during such times you will be neither unreasonably discouraged, nor hard on yourself, nor have expectations that are unreasonably high. Try to maintain balance as much as possible, and to remember that ever since the Fall of Adam and Eve, no totally mortal being has ever been, nor ever will be, perfect. We all struggle at times. We stumble and fall, but we pick ourselves back up and with faith and hope and a recognition that we are children of Deity-the Creator of this universe, we press on. We could not reach our full potential if every act we performed were outstanding. Thankfully, because of the power of the Atonement, our best is good enough, even when we don't think so."
and a special thank you to these men who have changed my life for the better.
Popsicles are pretty serious business around here.
Until they're gone, that is, and then the silliness comes back with full force.
Ah, summer...we are soaking in your magic.


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Illegal Haulage: Dangote Patrol Team Arrest, Hand Over Errant Drivers To Authorities
Posted on September 12, 2022 Author highcelebrity Comments Off on Illegal Haulage: Dangote Patrol Team Arrest, Hand Over Errant Drivers To Authorities
…Urge the general public to assist with info to help curb the trend
In a renewed effort to rid the Dangote Group of unscrupulous drivers who engaged in illegal haulage activities and others who constituted themselves into menace to other road users, the company's drivers' Patrol team, has made several arrests of drivers, and handed them over to relevant authorities.
Dangote's management, it would be recalled, recently solicited the help of members of the public to assist in apprehending those truck drivers who are engaging in illegal haulage activities.
Then, the company had announced a mouth-watering monetary reward for any member of the public who offered information that would lead to the arrest of such lawless persons by the law enforcement agents.
Among several others, the team, recently in the North Central Zone of the country arrested both a driver and his truck carrying fully loaded illegal haulage of timber and handed them over to the Police.
The driver was subsequently charged to a Magistrate Court in Akwanga, Nasarawa State for criminal breach of trust where he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months incarceration in a correctional center. While the presiding Magistrate ordered that the truck and load be released to the company and owner respectively, he advised the company to file a civil case against the owner of the goods.
Also, in the South-West region, the Patrol team noticed a third party truck, with Dangote logo on it, parked inside a private company yard in Ode Remo, Ogun state, recently, while offloading granite stone. The team reported the case at Ode Remo police station and got both the driver and the truck arrested. The driver has also been charged to court.
The Dangote drivers' Patrol team has made several more arrests and handed the offending drivers to Police and other relevant authorities for prosecution.
Dangote Management has therefore renewed the warnings to those who illegally transport materials on Dangote trucks, and asserted that such unauthorised goods shall be confiscated while such drivers and owners would face the full extent of the law.
In a statement issued by the Dangote Industries Limited and signed by its Group Chief Branding & Communications Officer, Mr. Anthony Chiejina, the company said "The Management of Dangote Industries Limited wishes to solicit the assistance of the general public in the fight to rid the organisation of illegal haulage activities being perpetrated by some unscrupulous persons."
To clarify its position, the management went on to list its products and goods which its over 10,000 trucks operating across the country and the neighbouring West African countries could convey.
It stated, "Dangote Trucks are permitted to transport only the following materials: Dangote Cement Plc – Dangote Cement, Limestone, High Grade Gypsum and Coal; Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc- Dangote Sugar; NASCON Allied Industries Plc – Dangote Salt & DanQ Seasoning; and Dangote Packaging Limited – Bags."
"We hereby alert the public to report any suspected Dangote Truck driver involved in illegal haulage supported with credible evidence of such act," the statement added.
While the Police and other law enforcement agents have been authorised to arrest any Dangote Truck driver and vehicle involved in any such illegal act, the company's management also urged members of the public to also assist in this drive for the common good.
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By: HighCelebritySquard …Imposes Dusk To Dawn Curfew …Businesses, Markets, Malls Get 6-Hour Operation Time Ahead of the Monday expiration of the lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos State, Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos State Government has introduced strict framework for movement and re-opening of businesses. The set of […]
FirstBank Commemorates It's Annual Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Week And Promotes kindness Across Over 7 Countries
Posted on August 27, 2022 August 27, 2022 Author highcelebrity
By: Highcelebritysquard …The FirstBank CR&S Week is a dedicated week designed to offer opportunities for employees to give their time & resources to defined causes in line with the Bank's CR&S strategic approach …The FirstBank CR&S Week is held in Nigeria and 7 other countries: United Kingdom, Ghana, DRC, Guinea, Sierra Lone, Senegal […]
2023: Use Wisdom Not Power, Ooni Urges Tinubu Campaigners
By: HighCelebritySquard The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Monday urged politicians promoting the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to deploy wisdom and avoid arbitrary use of power. The Ooni who doubles as the Spiritual Head of the […]
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Messages of hope in a divided world: principles for reconciliation
Arabic and Hebrew
We produced a documentary of 45 minutes (three episodes of 15 minutes) on reconciliation in cooperation with several organisations, including Musalaha, an organisation in Jerusalem which has been working with Palestinian Christians and Messianic Jews since 1990 to promote reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians according to biblical principles. Goal of the documentary is to evoke awareness and discussion in the Arab World about biblical reconciliation principles.
Theologians dr. Isaac Munther and Lisa Loden share about the Biblical basis for reconciliation in the first episode, without losing sight of the reality of the situation in the country. "We live here in many respects in a complicated situation. There are many people groups here and we need to get along," says Lisa Loden. "I belong to a small community of Messianic Jews. I have many brothers and sisters here, also among Arab and Israeli Palestinians. But there are many differences and many problems between us. Differences in theology, way of life, social circumstances, political opinions… there is much that divides us. But as believers in Christ, Who is the basis of our faith and life, we should be united because we are sibling, according to the Scriptures and the will of God… When Jesus was on earth he saw every person, He accepted everyone. He is our example."
In part 2 and 3 we see examples of reconciliation in daily life, including a desert trip with Palestinians and Israelis; how people live together in a small village of Nes Ammin and how students in the old city of Jerusalem are studying and performing classical music together.
The languages of the program are Arabic and Hebrew, subtitled in Arabic where Hebrew is being spoken, and the other way around. We have also subitled the series in English and Dutch. If you would like to receive the documentary on USB, please send a message to contact@arabvision.org
The documentary with English subtitles can also be watched on our YouTube channel.


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The Heat Look To Be Planning A Deep Playoff Run
A spectacular Tuesday night of basketball was provided by many of the league's top players, including LeBron James, who is close to getting his 100th career triple-double. Are the Miami Heat on their way to the playoffs?
Heat Take Control
The Miami Heat are back to winning ways and are increasingly taking a more important position in the rankings. Jimmy Butler had a lot to do with this victory after scoring 28 points, and 12 rebounds, while his teammate Bam Adebayo, back from a knee problem, scored 14 points and in this way, the Heat managed to easily beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-98 on Tuesday night. Kelly Olynyk, Tyler Herro, and Duncan Robinson also contributed after scoring 17, 15, and 14 points, respectively for Miami, which has now won 11 of its last 12 games.
Collin Sexton led Cleveland with 21 points, while JaVale McGee managed to get 16 points and eight rebounds. The Cavaliers have been through a lot of ups and downs lately, after losing 10 consecutive games, then won four in a row, and have gone 0-4 since then. Larry Nance Jr. and Darius Garland tried to do their best and scored 14 and 11 points, respectively, which wasn't enough to dampen the streak the Heat have been on. Coming up next, the Cavaliers are going to host the Boston Celtics tonight, and the Heat will get some action, as well, visiting the Memphis Grizzlies.
Jazz Recover From Recent Loss
The Utah Jazz have already achieved the best record in the NBA. If they continue with performances like the one against the Celtics, it is very likely that this record will be even better by the time the season ends. Utah hit a total of 19 3-pointers to overcome Boston 117-109 on Tuesday night. Donovan Mitchell got a total of 21 points, while Jordan Clarkson added 20 points off the bench as the Jazz swept the season series between the teams.
Boston led by as many as 11 in the first half but couldn't keep up the pace and eventually faded. For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum led the scoring with 29 points and Jaylen Brown added 28. None of this great effort was enough to be able to battle back against the hot shooting Utah had last night, as Utah picked up 45 points from its bench. The Jazz will visit the Washington Wizards tomorrow, and the Celtics will get some action tonight when facing Cleveland.
Sixers Sneak By The Knicks
Tobias Harris was unstoppable last night, scoring a game-high 30 points, while Seth Curry chipped in after adding 20 more points, helping the Philadelphia 76ers down the New York Knicks in a tight 99-96 game. Harris scored seven straight points, including a go-ahead layup that made it 96-92. He definitely believed he should have joined teammates Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid in the Atlanta All-Star Game. Joel Embiid couldn't participate in this game as he is still battling injuries. Simmons had a total of 16 points and 13 rebounds and has never lost against the Knicks.
On the other hand, Julius Randle had 19 points and 16 rebounds, while his teammate RJ Bartter added 17 points for the Knicks. As part of what's coming next for these teams, the Knicks will face the Orlando Magic on Thursday, while the Sixers are going to host the Milwaukee Bucks today in the teams' first meeting this season.
Lakers Pull Away Against Timberwolves
King James is missing just one more triple-double to reach the 100 figure in his entire carrier. He got 25 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists last night, leading the LA Lakers to a 137-221 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Montrezl Harrell scored 25 points, putting on another great show, which is usual for the defending NBA champion. Dennis Schröder got 16 points and seven assists, while Talen Horton-Tucker and Kyle Kuzma scored 16 points apiece for the Lakers.
For the Timberwolves, Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards scored 29 points apiece, but that wasn't enough to defeat the great night the Lakers had. The winner of this game will host the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday, while the Timberwolves will visit the Phoenix Suns the same day.
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Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Datuk Muhammad Ibrahim has urged financial institutions (FIs), especially the insurance industry, to "wake up from its slumber" and adopt new technologies to meet consumers' demand or risk losing out.
Following the stagnant rate of life insurance penetration in Malaysia at 55% for the third consecutive year, Muhammad said the insurance industry needs to redirect its focus on nurturing talents, adopting new technologies and building trust with consumers as the industry's growth potential remains significant.
"The industry appears to have reached a plateau yet Malaysia is far from being a saturated market," he said in his keynote address at the 6th Malaysian Insurance Summit in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Muhammad said it is critical to make insurance and takaful accessible to consumers as increased penetration would ensure the industry's sustainability over the long-term period.
He added that micro-insurance and micro-takaful should be further developed to improve access to lower-income groups.
In 2015, BNM set a target to increase the penetration rate to 75% by 2020. Industry leaders have since appealed that the government provide incentives to meet the target.
Suggestions include Goods And Services Tax relief for both life and medical insurance policies, as well as separating the existing RM6,000 tax relief for the Employees' Provident Fund and life insurance into individual amounts.
Muhammad said BNM would support efforts to develop talent within the industry through the establishment of regional functions and centres of excellence by insurance and takaful operators to serve the regional and international market.
The industry must have a strategic focus to attract, retain and develop talents which could spur the industry's growth, he added.
Muhammad said with more than 200 actuarial science graduates coming into the market annually, a healthy talent pipeline exists to support a whole range of functions from pricing to risk management in f inancing and financial reporting.
"The industry must do more to leverage this resource," he said.
Muhammad also urged global financial institutions to address the trust deficit within the industry as lack of consumer trust has severe implications to business growth.
"Most consumers do not understand what they had purchased. Insurers are chasing the same group of customers which result in intense competition that gives rise to poor sales practices," Muhammad said.
A report by BNM in 2012 found that poor sales practices and behaviour stemmed from the promotion of more complex products with higher expected returns without considering whether the products are suitable for the targeted consumer.
Muhammad said insurers need to design simple products that people needs and wants to buy in order to affirm society's trust in the industry.


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The great part of saving is the potential of using your creativity to revamp the usual good-times into a cheaper version of the same great times. Planning on a budget friendly alternative to your usual nights-out are a great option (unless you are lucky enough to have one special friend who has more money than everyone combined and can float all of you, every weekend, for the remainder of the year). Activities at home are always less expensive than going out and by doing this you are saving money that you can use towards the meals, beverages, and other evening activities. A game of charades, a bottle (or two) of some great wine, and a group of your best friends can make for a night that you'll remember for a long time. Use your imagination and creativity to come up with some good ideas for weather-appropriate activities. Ask around the group to see who has an updated Wii system, see if anyone has a transferable volleyball net, have your BFF bring her folding ping-pong table for a sweet all-night tournament; the options can get really sweet once you start recognizing all of the items and options that you have on hand.
You do not have to make a point to advertise the reason for bringing the hang-outs to your pad, just initiate the first gathering, make the date and set it at your pad, ask around for some entertainment gear (ex: mini karaoke machine), put together a beverage 'fund' or make it a BYOB get-together, buy some dollar-store streamers, have your BFF help you whip up some cheap dishes and finger-foods and then have a sweet night with friends. This initiation may provoke the next friend to offer the next weekend of activities at their pad, and so on and so on. Saving money can be a blast; and being people you care about is always a win-win situation.
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Gryphon hoops women clout Waterloo to end losing streak
GUELPH – The Guelph Gryphons put an end to their three-game losing streak as they crushed the Waterloo Warriors 77-49 in OUA women's basketball play Saturday at the Guelph Gryphons Athletic Centre.
The Gryphs grabbed the lead for good midway through the first quarter and built on it in the second quarter when they held Waterloo to six points in the quarter. The hosts put the game out of reach in the third quarter, extending their lead to 31 points in the final minute of the quarter.
Guelph led 18-12 at the end of the first quarter, 33-18 at halftime and 59-29 at the end of the third quarter.
The locals hit 40 per cent from the floor and both teams were 2-of-18 on three-pointers. The Gryphs pulled down 47 rebounds, 12 more than Waterloo, and they also turned Waterloo's 21 turnovers (Guelph had 10) into 34 points.
Sarah Holmes led the Gryphs with 16 points while Skyla Minaker had 15, Modupe Okeowo 11 and Ashley Wheeler 10. Wheeler and Minaker each had eight rebounds and Minaker also had five steals.
Vanessa Hughes and Meghan Sharp each had eight points for Waterloo while Sharp had eight rebounds and four steals and Hughes had six assists.
The win lifts the Gryphs to 5-3 while Waterloo falls to 1-8. The Gryphs are fourth in the West Division behind the Western Mustangs (9-1), Windsor Lancers (9-1) and Laurier Golden Hawks (6-4).
The Gryphs have two games left on the 2019 portion of their league schedule as they're to play the Lancers in Windsor Wednesday (6 p.m. game time) and host Western Saturday at 1 p.m. at the GGAC.
Gryphons 77 Warriors 49
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The Northern Federation Declares Independence
By Lestari,
Nation Name:Lestari
After several years of hard work and much effort, the independence movement that had arisen in several prominent provinces of the CAN protectorate in Eastern Canada finally achieved its goal. Independence faction leaders Robert Halford, Antony Iommi, and Ian Kilmister succeeded in at last convincing the CAN representatives at their headquarters in Greenland to grant the people of what is now the Northern Federation sovereignty and self-determination. Halford returned to his newly born independent nation and as per the wishes of the people of the Federation immediately began work setting up a provisional government to guide the nation before a more permanent leadership could be designated.
As Director of the Provisional Government, Halford spoke in an internationally-televised conference addressed to the people of the newly independent nation as well as to the international world at large, during which he outlined the goals of the provisional government and in what direction, in accordance with the will and with the support of the people, they intended to take the Northern Federation.
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Nation Name:Qamadan
"The Republic of Noveria recognizes the Northern Federation, and welcomes it to North America and the world. Troops and assets of the Noveria Peacekeeping Force will be withdrawn from its territories and redistributed to other parts of the CAN protectorate."
Nation Name:San Francisco
Alliance Name:World Task Force
Greenland recognizes the independence and sovereignty of the Northern Federation. We welcome our new neighbors and hope that we can build and maintain mutually beneficial relations between our nations for the betterment of our peoples and the continent and world as a whole.
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Nation Name:the shadow empire
Alliance Name:GATO
The Republic of Newfoundland recognizes the Northern Federation, upon the world stage.
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Nation Name:Lincoln
The Dixie Confederacy hereby extends recognition towards its fellow North American state.
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Nation Name:Atlantik Clique
Alliance Name:Green Protection Agency
"The Cajun Federation grants diplomatic recognition to the Northern Federation."


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