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Saffron Cards and Gifts adds extra spice to the Ling group portfolio
The goodwill and assets of Saffron Cards and Gifts are now part of the Ling 'family'.
As announced on a PGBuzz 'Breaking News' story earlier this morning (Tuesday March 6), reinforcing its commitment to growing and strengthening its presence in the greeting card market, Ling Design has acquired the goodwill and certain assets of design-led brand, Saffron Cards and Gifts.
Paul Steele has made the difficult decision to retire from the industry after 40 years.
The acquisition comes as a result of industry stalwart, Paul Steele, ceo and previous owner of Saffron, making the "difficult decision to retire from this great industry" after 40 years of his involvement in the card and gift trade.
Paul said that he "could not be happier that it is Ling Design that has taken over Saffron and I am sure they will go from strength to strength."
Saffron is to continue as an independent brand within the Ling 'family' with Viv Barlow, Saffron's highly popular national accounts manager joining the Ling team. Independent retailers can now order Saffron products from the Ling Design sales team.
Less than a year into his role as md of Ling, Alessandro Arosio now has seven brands in his armoury.
Alessandro Arosio, managing director of Ling Design, said that when Paul made the approach about the possibility of buying the Saffron brand, he immediately recognised it as a perfect fit. "Both are dedicated to excellence in design and service. Saffron will bring an added dimension to our collections."
The announcement comes hot on the heels of the company's launch of The Curious Inksmith, at the Spring Fair, a distinct homegrown brand targeted at Millennials.
Dapper is one of Saffron's male ranges.
The Curious Inksmith was the 6th standalone brand within the Ling portfolio, but with Saffron it now has a 'magnificent seven'! They join Ling Design, Talking Pictures, Velvet Olive, Rainbow and on giftwrappings, Penny Kennedy, thereby covering all tastes, from contemporary and edgy to traditional.
David Byk, ceo of Swan Mill is now heading up an impressive empire.
David Byk, ceo of Swan Mill, the parent company of Ling Design, added: 'it is only three years since we purchased Ling and it has proven to be a fantastic decision." Saffron is Ling's second card acquisition since Swan Mill took over, the first being Velvet Olive. "We are very excited about the opportunities for this brand within the Ling and Penny Kennedy family," adds David. He told PGBuzz that Saffron's "strong international business, good distribution in nationals and attractive product ranges, such as those from The London Studio" added to its appeal.
As Saffron had been represented by Is It Art for the independent channel up until six months ago it had no long standing relationships with agents. Out of courtesy all the agents were informed of the change this morning (March 6).
The Saffron offices in Hersham, Surrey will cease to be operative from the end of next week with a full handover expected to have been completed by March 9.
For Paul Steele, this is his second attempt to retire from the greeting card industry. His first attempt was when he sold Hotchpotch (a company he bought in 1997, having seen an advert in PG) to Carte Blanche Group in 2011, but he missed the industry too much and was lured back, buying back Saffron when it went into administrative receivership in January 2014.
Commenting on the last few years, Paul told PGBuzz: "It's been a bit of a rollercoaster, partly due to my health and partly due to the industry. I have loved my time in this industry" but adds that "there have been lots of high spots, including winning a Henries award for Joanna's Pearlies in 2003."
As to what advice he would give to his younger self, Paul said: "I'd tell myself that it is a lot harder than it looks to succeed in this trade and that it's all about the product and the people involved."
Saffron is known for its upmarket ranges, such as Haymarket.
He paid tribute to the many talented designers and colleagues with whom he has had the good fortune to work, including Viv Barlow.
Apart of a small shareholding in Eddingtons, a housewares company that Paul invested in along with former Carte Blanche directors Roger Murphy and John Coda, he says he is "definitely retiring." Then he added…"Although, that said, I have recently taken out a three year subscription to Progressive Greetings and would be up for a well paid non-executive chairmanship!"
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UDI RC U839 Nano Review – Is This The Right Drone For You?
The UDI U839 drone is available in four different colors – Blue, Green, Orange, and Pink! The nice thing about the UDI RC U839 is the fact it can be flown right out of the box. There is absolutely no setup required and because of this, I find makes a suitable toy for people of all ages. Many people love the UDI U839 because it's small and very easy to fly.
One of my favorite aspects however, is the fact that despite being so miniature you can fly it both indoors and outdoors. One thing I get asked a lot is whether flying the drone can destroy other objects in the house. That is not the case. Despite its fast speed, you can crash this into just about anything without any harm done.
Even the drone itself is very well protected with the outer propellor protector. And just like other drones in this category, it can be flown for almost up to 10 minutes. If that's not long enough, you can easily purchase some additional batteries off Amazon for some longer flying time.
The UDI U839 is much smaller than many of the drones out there. Coming in at just 3.5 inches wide and 3.5 inches long, this drone can almost fit into the palm of your own hands. The weight is very light as well, coming in at only half a pound. Despite this drone's small size, you will be so surprised when you see how high it can go.
I literally flew it above my house and over to the other side. Thankfully, it didn't get stuck into the gutters! Also, that's another thing to watch out for when flying your UDI U839. Because of its small size the wind can sometimes take hold of it, so its best to make sure you're flying it in open space so doesn't get stuck in a tree.
I also enjoyed flying this drone indoors however. It made for some absolute fun and would recommend it to anyone looking to control something in the air from anywhere in their house!
The reason I really have an admiration for miniature drones like the UDI U839 is not only because of the flexibility in terms of where it can be flown, but because of the flying itself. There's nothing more fun to me than making this drone flip in all sorts of ways from your very own desk chair.
In-fact I usually use my UDI U839 when taking a break from work in the office. It's given me something to look forward to and it just never gets old. It's really surprising how fun these things are.
The mere challenge of trying to accomplish different tricks can really use up your time. I'm always looking to improve on my flying skill set and I think that's another reason that makes this so enjoyable. In regards to expertise level, I think that the UDI U839 quadcopter is near perfect for beginners. I believe the small size as well as your ability to fly indoors gives you better control of how to fly a drone.
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If you have yet to get a drone, get the UDI U839. This thing is perfect to get your hands on for your first or second drone. You'll grow much better accustomed to how these things actually fly as well as gauge your interest into whether you enjoy flying drones. For a price of $27.99, you just can't go wrong!
All in all, the UDI U839 is capable of doing many of the tricks available with larger drones. Sure there might not be a camera or a GPS, but not everyone needs that in their first drone. If you're looking for some pure enjoyment and a drone that will literally last a lifetime, simply said the UDI U839 is a perfect way to go.
2 Comments on "UDI RC U839 Nano Review – Is This The Right Drone For You?"
I personally think it's pretty fun, but yeah, $20 would be more tempting for something gimmicky like that. I have the UDI U830 and will be reviewing it soon, btw.
That's great to hear Alojamiento. Let me know once you do!


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4 Ways You're Using Spotify Wrong Without Even Knowing It
Ben Stegner June 11, 2014 11-06-2014 7 minutes
Spotify has quickly become a prime contender in the music streaming industry. It offers an attractive deal: all the music you could want for free, as long as you can put up with a few ads here and there. If you opt for the Premium package, at $10 a month, you lose the ads and pick up some bonus features, too.
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However, whether you're satisfied with what you get in Spotify Free or opt for Premium, you're probably using the service inefficiently in some aspect. Read on to see how you can experience Spotify the right way.
Your Playlists Are A Mess
Does your Spotify selection of playlists look like this?
Perhaps you created a multitude of playlists The 15 Best Spotify Playlists for the Summer The 15 Best Spotify Playlists for the Summer Looking for the best Spotify playlists to soundtrack your summer? Here are the best Spotify playlists for summer vacations, cookouts, road trips, and more. Read More consisting of albums for offline listening on your phone, as you used to be unable to select an entire artist or album for offline use. If you've still been doing this, it's time to bring your playlists under control.
First, let's review playlist groups. In the Spotify desktop program, head to File > New Playlist Folder or use the shortcut Control + Shift + N to make a new group. These allow you to put any number of playlists into a single group; greatly cutting down on the noise in one step.
Try putting all of your offline playlists into one folder – then you don't have to worry about playlists you only use on your phone when you're on your desktop.
Even after you've done this, there's more you can do to tame your collection of playlists. With Spotify's new "Your Music" feature, you can bring your favorite albums and songs together and completely forget playlists when listening to a single artist or album.
To use "Your Music", look for the plus icon when listening to anything on Spotify. Clicking this adds the current album or song to Your Music for later use. The "Save" button is equivalent.
"Your Music" can then be selectively listened to, whether online or offline (if you have Premium). Only like certain songs by Johnny Cash? Cherry-pick your favorites, then sync the Cash section of Your Music to your phone. No more album playlists!
Finally, here's a super-secret playlist tip: if you make a new playlist and name it "-" (without the quotes), it will become a divider. Super handy for even more organization!
You Share Everything That You Listen To With Everyone
There's no doubt that Spotify is a social service, and we've covered some ways to take advantage of those social features. However, if you use Spotify as your main music source and don't want everything you do on the service being broadcast to the world, you'll want to shut these features off. How many times have you seen this on Facebook?
Do you really want all of your friends to see every track you listen to? All of the social features are enabled by default, but it's easy to turn Spotify into a quiet, personal service. Let's take a look.
First, you'll want to dive into Preferences, located under Edit > Preferences on Spotify's desktop program, or use the Control + P shortcut. Here, you'll find a number of social features.
You don't necessarily need to uncheck all of these; if you like to use Last.fm's Scrobble feature How to Scrobble Your Spotify Music With Last.FM How to Scrobble Your Spotify Music With Last.FM In this article we explain how to scrobble your Spotify music with Last.FM, list the benefits of doing so, and offer alternatives. Read More to discover new music and have its settings under control, it's probably safe to leave that on. The most important boxes are the ones that share to your followers and to Facebook. Get rid of those check marks and you'll stop sending out all of your listening history. It's also a good idea to make your new playlists private by default.
If you only want to shut off Facebook and Spotify sharing at certain times, you can use a private session. Just click your name in the top-right section of the desktop client to enable a Private Session, which lasts for six hours. This will have the same effect as turning off the sharing boxes, only temporarily.
And if you're only using Spotify on mobile, you can access your sharing settings though the Preferences menu in the same way.
For maximum privacy, you can quickly check if your playlists are visible to only you. Just right-click any playlist, and if you see an option to "Make Public," then it's not shared. If it's currently public, you'll have the option to "Make Secret."
You Look Up Lyrics In A Separate Window
How many times have you searched Google for a song's lyrics and visited a site like AZLyrics or MetroLyrics? There's nothing wrong with lyrics sites, but you can use apps inside Spotify to get real-time lyrics while listening to a track instead. It's faster and more fun.
Head to the App Finder in Spotify's sidebar; from there you'll have access to plenty of free apps that enhance Spotify.
The one you'll want to use for real-time lyrics is TuneWiki. At the time of writing, it's the #1 app in the top charts.
Once you choose the app, you'll immediately see lyrics to whatever you're listening to. A bar across the top will allow you to add TuneWiki to your favorites; click this to stick it in the sidebar right below the App Finder.
It works well right out of the box, but if you'd like, you can customize the text and background to your liking. Just click the gear icon in the top-right corner, near the social buttons. You can change the lyrics' text size and color, the size of the current line, and the spacing between lines.
Now, whenever you have a song playing in Spotify, you can pull up its lyrics with one click and have them follow along with the song. It might not seem like much, but it will save you a lot of time if you often look up lyrics. Plus, if you leave it open during a song change, it will start displaying lyrics for the new song.
If you're feeling especially adventurous, try clicking the "Get Creative With Lyric Art" button near the bottom. This will let you set a photo background and change the font of the lyrics – great if the original app looks a little bland to you.
Your Searches Aren't Efficient
Most people know about Google's search operators like "AND", "-", and "site:", but did you know that Spotify also allows for advanced search queries? When you type a basic search into Spotify, it tries to match your search terms to artists, albums, and playlists.
But you can use operators to refine searches and get exactly what you want. You can try searching by year or genre (and even combine these), such as "year:1998-2001 genre:pop." If you'd like to find a specific user on Spotify, search terms can help you there, too. Type "spotify:user:Ludacris" to go to that user page.
Note that if you signed up for Spotify using Facebook, your username is likely a random string of numbers, which is clunky to search for. If you'd like to find your username, just click your name in the top-right (the same place you click to start a Private Session) and click "Account." A webpage will launch with your account info, including your username numbers.
Another way you can search that you might not have known is to use Control + F to filter your playlists. Once you press the command, a small bar pops up in the top-right corner of the playlist.
From here, you can type anything and it will filter your playlist in real-time. It allows for the artist, song title, or album.
You can even make a filter of your current playlist, so if you have a big playlist of songs and type "the" in the filter, Spotify will play only songs in that playlist that contain "the" until you change the playlist. The only drawback is that you can't then use Control + F on artist or album pages, but Spotify has explained why.
And on the subject of efficiency, take a look at these handy Spotify keyboard shortcuts The Ultimate Spotify Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet The Ultimate Spotify Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet Get more out of Spotify with this cheat sheet of essential Spotify keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac. Read More that'll have you moving through it faster than ever.
Are You A Pro Spotify User Yet?
Hopefully, with these tips you'll be a pro Spotify user in no time. Though we've covered some top tricks for Spotify Make Better Use Of Spotify With These Top Tips And Tricks Make Better Use Of Spotify With These Top Tips And Tricks If you've invested time and money in playlists and a subscription, it makes sense to learn some of the lesser known functions and quirks that the Spotify client has to offer. There's no denying the... Read More in the past, the service has changed a lot in a few years, so it's good to keep the best tricks up-to-date. And of course, be sure to check out the brand new manual for Spotify, which will give you all the info you could ever desire about the green streaming machine.
Did you know about these tricks? Are there any you would add to this list? Do you have any other thoughts on Spotify? The comments section is only a click away!
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Jeff Peddigrew
Joined Spotify a couple of weeks ago and I'll put on a recommended playlist and at most I can get 2 songs in a row then it just stops. I then have to go back to the app and click on the next song in qeue for it to play again. Then it happens all over again after the next song or if i'm lucky two songs. Guess it's back to YouTube for this guy.
I can't find anything but radio and browse in the "main" section, wish they still had the other features
I wish they would let you put this on your sd card. I use it quite often and would love to use all my playlists offline but songs take up too much space....
Wish Spotify had all the information on artiste players, where and when recorded etc. Or am I missing how to find this?
Ben Stegner
Are you looking for information about artists and when a certain album was recorded?
For the former, go to any artist page and check the "Biography" tab to read about them.
For the latter, the year of an album's release shows up when you select it in Spotify, but they aren't always correct in my findings.
Thanks Ben. As you say, year is often wrong - reissue, re-mastering etc. The biography is OK, but why do they not have the album notes with personnel, recording studio and so on. I keep having to refer to discog and others.Maybe they could merge in an ideal world. Not a big deal, jus wonderin.
That would be neat if they expanded their info on artists. I guess that assume most people won't check it out, so they leave it off. Maybe this could be added to Spotify in a future update! You could put a request in on their forums.
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Glad to hear it! I'm a big fan of their older stuff (pre-Tait). They're still good, but it's a different Newsboys.
Who are you to have such a wonderfully diverse interest including RED (rocks), 12 Stones (miss 'em), Disciple (seen 'em), and Guardian (awesome drum solo with whiffle bats)? I just filled out a Google Play playlist without any of them, but now I've got work to do. Thank you Ben!
You're welcome! I'm glad to hear from someone who likes the same kind of music as me! :)
I have premium spotify and can access it from my pc,tablet and phone. Everything is good with pc however in my tablet and phone not so much. Every time I open the app on my phone or/tablet there's a whole lot of playlists added on the "recently played" area even though I have not played some of those songs/artist. I get them off my activity and when I open the app again... surprise they're there again!! It's annoying specially because they're ALOT 25+ playlist. Hoe can I get them out for good.
This does not happen on my pc, only on my tablet and cell phone
BramVh
Why does this bother you? They're just there as a handy overview of the stuff you've checked out lately, they're not incorporated into your own actual playlists.
Edit: just checked it out on my phone and it's totally correct, all of those playlists/albums/artists I have played recently
How do I turn off Shuffle on an iPhone 6+?
Hi Ben, great article!
Just noticed you missed out a search operator that I use a lot and isn't included on the link you posted for the complete list of search terms. Ignoring the square brackets [], it's the [label:"search term"] operator, allowing you to search only for items signed to a particular label. I use it all the time and it's really great for discovering new artists and ones that are similar to those you might already like, especially if the label is independent.
An example search might be [label:"ghostly international"], and there's no need for the quotes if your search term is only one word.
Where!?!? In the app, where do I find the music that spotify "pushes" me, which I "Follow" .
Normally when on the computer, you see alittle "bell" in the top screen , here you will find new music released by the artists you follow, but where do I find it in the app on my iPhone ??
Deirdre Statham
None of the options when you click on Preferences are there any more. I can't get Tunespeak to acknowledge my Spotify or Facebook either. It DOES NOT give you the option to "Share my activity and what I listen to on Facebook" so I'm totally boned on how to get these to link up because those are the directions given on the damned application.
Yeah, unfortunately this article is almost a year old and Spotify's most recent (lousy) update changed a lot of these settings. You can still activate a Private Session, though, so that should keep you from sharing when you want to be private.
I never used TuneSpeak; perhaps ask over at MUO Answers for some help?
Yeah. It took two days of turning the option on then it finally recognized Facebook. Once it did this Tunespeak recognized it as well. So, just have to wait what feels like an eternity before it connects.
Playlist separators don't work anymore either, and Apps have been eliminated as well. Spotify is fully following the trend of "streamlining" applications by removing any and all functionality, and leaving only a few one-button actions that even the most stupid can understand =( I fully expect the search operators to go next. In the meantime, they *still* haven't implemented playlist folders on the web player, and sharing has been broken in various ways and places for years. This amount of not caring about users is mind-boggling, I guess Spotify is darn lucky that there is no reasonable competitor around, otherwise my Premium would have been gone long ago.
It's a shame they've been removing all of this functionality. I still like Spotify, but it sucks to see power features taken away.
I don't use the Web player often but the few times I have seen it, it felt kind of lackluster to me.
Have you looked into either Google Play Music or Apple Music, depending on what platform you're one?
Thanks for the article.
I am a relatively new user, and have encountered a problem that seems out of the ordinary. I created several playlists; I made one of them Public. If I send a link of the public / shared one to someone, they can see it, play it, and Follow it. However, it does not show up in Search. It has a fairly unique name, and when the name is typed exactly in Search, the results come back as "No match." What's up with that? Could there be some sort of a one week or so delay in getting new playlists into the Search database?
Thanks for you insights!
Jeff, I don't know exactly how Spotify's playlists work, but if you've made the list public and your profile isn't private, you should be able to find it. I would wait a week or two and then try it again. If you can use the link to access it correctly, the playlist uploaded as it should and I'd wager it just takes time to be indexed.
My music will not go from Spotify to my Google player
Why will my music from Spotify go to my Google play account ever other music app I have ever had and download music it go's to it automatically
I don't understand what you're asking. Are you wanting the music you have saved into Spotify to be downloaded to your device automatically?
Spotify App was not working from Windows App store so I uninstalled it, now I cannot find it in the windows app store to reinstall it, can you help?
Ivy, I don't use Windows 8 so I can't check for myself, but I don't see a Windows 8 Metro app for Spotify anywhere. Could they have phased it out, perhaps?
This is the download link for the regular Spotify Windows desktop program:
https://www.spotify.com/us/download/windows/
Is there a way to play ONLY the songs on a playlist? When I make a playlist and try to play its songs, it plays one song from that list and then a random song (from the same artist) comes up (as if it turns the playlist into a radio of that artist or such). This only happens with a playlist I myself create. When I added/imported a playlist from a friend's shared Spotify link, the playlist worked fine, playing ONLY the songs listed. I thought it might be because I'm using the free Spotify version and not the premium, but my friend uses the free version as well. So, I'm a bit confused. Let's say my playlist has 10 songs - I just want to be able to play only those 10 songs. Is it possible at all in the free version? Thanks for your help.
I'm honestly puzzled by what you're seeing. When you select a song in a playlist, it should play music from just that list. I would suggest posting on Spotify's forums or re-installing the desktop app, because I haven't heard of this problem before.
When you check the play queue, is the song you selected the "now playing" track? The others in the playlist should follow it to complete the queue.
Someone has just followed my private playlist - how is this possible?!
I have been using Spotify for years and have always created my Playlists by Artist - adding all albums by one artist into a playlist named the artist. With the newer versions, this doesn't seem like the new view of Albums/Artists/Songs necessarily bring the albums I have already identified into the new view. any advice how to do a mass add so I don't need to go to each playlist? I think it has to do with the old Star method, as well as whether they were saved or not. Any advice?
I'm not totally sure what you're asking here, but I know that the latest update to Spotify really screwed a lot of things up.
It sounds like that you're trying to do is make "My Music" show all the albums you've added to any playlist. There really isn't a way to do this besides manually saving each album to your music. It shouldn't be too hard - just go into each playlist you want to save, CTRL + A to select all, and then right-click and save to your music. That will get it into your collection and you can get rid of or stop using the playlists after that.
If I read your question wrong, please let me know.
Yeah that is what I was afraid of. You read it right. I have hundreds of playlists so will take time, thus looking for a workaround. Thanks for the insight here and above!
I wish there was an easier solution I could think of, but Spotify isn't exactly going in this direction lately. Best of luck and feel free to report back to me if something works out!
Is this article out of date now? My Spotify does not have the option to make folders in the File menu.
As luck would have it, Spotify had a huge (and controversial) update just a few days ago that changed a lot of how it works. I apologize for this.
Here's the changelog of everything they screwed up so you know what to look for:
https://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/2y6a68/spotify_update_1011060gc75ebdfd_mega_discussion/cp6mg13
Francesca @onegrloneworld
Wow, this was super useful!!
fgeuio
One feature that blows all this to hell is that if you use Adblockplus with the web version, it blocks all ads even if you're not premium!
I have a playlist for a first grade play I'm doing with snippets of songs (about 30 seconds each) but now when I play those songs, not from the playlist, they only play the 30 seconds. How can I fix this?
Alex L
I love Spotify. I'm not sure if this feature exists but it will be nice to sort albums by year in ascending or descending order. Nice tut. Thanks.
I found really good use of the divider and the folders. After my friend complained I only had one giant playlist, I started separating my artists into playlists, which was nice for others to find what I listen to, but a bit annoying for me to see all those playlists. Now, I got one playlists, a playlist folder and a divider in between. Thanks a lot.
That's awesome! Keeping each artist in a playlist can get annoying, but is necessary sometimes too. Glad I could solve your problem!
I'm glad you found the tips useful and got your playlists under control!
I still don't quite understand what you're asking. Is there any way you could provide a screenshot of what you're seeing?
Are you saying that a song is appearing in your playlists without adding it to one, or is it becoming its own playlist?
Thank you for such an fast answer! :)
It is appearing in my playlists without adding it to one. I always react to it because it
mostly appears in my "Rock"-list, and it doesn't quite fit in to say the least...
I may be able to take a screenshot sometime for you if you need it, but as of right now
i'm an not on a device that i can log in to Spotify on.
Thank you for these tips, my lists looks much cleaner now :)
I have a question; I keep getting a song (ABBA-dancing queen haha) randomly in my lists, sometimes multiple times in each list... And know that i've put the playlists in folders like you showed me, i can only see the songs when i'm in the big folder, and when i go to erase them in my playlists they are nowhere to be seen... Thus i can not take away intruding ABBA :(
Ps. i think this is what Alan meant to :)
Great help thanks. I have premium. So I am a bit confused as to why I c get adele's 21. Any ideas?
Alan, I don't understand your question. Are you seeing an ad for the album 21 by Adele? Or can you not listen to the album?
Unfortunately, playlist folders are *still* not implemented in the web player. People have been asking for that ever since the web client went public, as it becomes very tedious as soon as you have a few playlists. I don't get why they keep ignoring such an essential and assumingly simple to implement feature. But Spotify have a track record of working hard on all the stuff people don't want, and taking years to acknowledge the simplest, most obvious, most widely requested bugfixes. I have hundreds of playlists in about a dozen folders, and loading the list of playlists in the web player takes about a minute, if it decides to work at all.
Thanks for the tip on the dividers, I didn't know about that one! And search options definitely need to be made more widely known, lest Spotify will start disregarding power user features like these if they think people don't use them. It's a trend among tech companies to do that, everything is simplified down to a complete lack of functionality.
Been using Spotify for years, never knew about any of this. Thank you so much. More Please!!!
Glad you liked it! Keep an eye out for more tips in the future!
For free spotify. When will I get a free next button.. I've been listening for almost 10 songs, then I try to hit the next button and it works. I was just wondering if it add me some next button when I listen to a song or two from start to end?
Juan Maria Solare (pianist, composer)
Can you give tips about optimizing Spotify for Artists?
Yes, I already know my memory the official page spotifyartists.com/ - I mean something which is not there.
The goals are 2: being discovered as an artist and earning some royalties (which, I can tell you with one hand on my monthly Statement, are lower than the figures mentioned in most internet pages).
Juan Maria Solare
Spotify. I joined Facebook once. All of a sudden, I was bombarded with requests. I suspect Spotify is the same?
Spotted the app. It seems like a virus that will ruin my privacy?
What app are you talking about?
Hi Ben, What about lyrics when using spotify on an iPhone? I haven't found any way to do this. Help!
Ezb, it's a bit harder on mobile. You have a few options, none of which are perfect:
- Scan a song with Shazam, which will pull up its lyrics in real time.
- Use the app SoundHound, any you can pull up lyrics to any song on your phone. This won't work in Spotify, however.
- Try TuneWiki's iOS app, but you have to search for the song manually.
Sorry this isn't perfect!
Yowzzah
I'm on a Chromebook. Love it, but no desktop Spotify application, so I have to use the web, which means that so many of these great tips don't apply :( But thanks!
Glad these helped you! Happy listening!
Same! I still love the setup of the Chrome App, though. It seems incredibly polished.
Alonso Vega
What is the full list of search operators? It seems like a really useful feature.
I apologize for not including these. Tim's article, linked to at the end of this one, detailed them a bit more than I did. But you can check this page for a complete list of these commands. Thanks for commenting and happy searching!
Joel, unfortunately I do not think that it is. The only solution would be to manually add some empty space after your own tracks, which would be incredibly tedious.
Joel B
how about longer time between songs? Is this possible?
Thanks for the separator trick! Very usefull.
You're welcome! I actually just found out about that while writing this article - it was news to me. A small trick, but really helpful. I wonder why it's not well-documented.
Efi D
Damn those playlists! I have about 12 playlists :(
12 isn't too bad! I used to have a lot more before the big update came to Android with the Your Music feature. But keeping all of my offline playlists in one folder really helps reduce the clutter.
You can get them under control!
Chuck MacWilliam
I used to be able to hover my cursor over the minimized Spotify icon in my task bar and it would show the artist and song currently playing in the player. Now all it shows is "Spotify Premium". Do you know how I can get that feature back? Thanks.
musiXmach is better than TuneWiki
I just checked it out and I actually like it better than TuneWiki. Thanks for the recommendation!
The lyrics look a lot crisper and I like the feature of being able to click on any line of lyrics to jump to them in the song. I think I've just replaced TuneWiki.
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I have been receiving a lot of messages from foreign and local travelers who want to visit Balabac but are nervous because of the existing mindset that it is not safe there. As someone who has traveled there four times accompanied by other Pinoy and international adventurers (yes I travel balabac in groups), I will attempt to answer this tricky question.
What are the risks of visiting Balabac?
The primary aspect that makes Balabac the Last of the Last Frontier (or the Last Paradise) of the Philippines is its geographic location. Situated at the southernmost part of Palawan, this group of islands shares its border with Sabah, Malaysia, therefore possessing similar astonishing ocean characteristics as that of the latter. This location is the same thing that puts it at the bottom of many's must-visit list because it is located at Sulu Sea. Ting! Yes, that's right. On the other side of Sulu Sea is Jolo, Sulu where PH army continues to battle against bandits.
The second and less threatening factor is that Balabac is known for its saltwater crocodiles. Although I never saw any crocs during my 4 visits, I don't discredit the fact that they are spotted at the mainland.
Another concern is Malaria. It is normal for wise travelers to check this so I always get asked especially by foreigners if they should take anti Malaria shots. The answer is a safe no. The Malaria breakout happened in mountainous Mainland Balabac. The islands we listed as highlights are safe from Malaria. Even in the monster mosquito-infested Canabungan island is safe from Malaria, but we don't really camp there after experiencing how notorious and numerous the mosquitoes there are.
The last 2 concerns (crocs and malaria) are addressable by skipping the mainland. But how can you visit Balabac by skipping Balabac mainland? Read until the last part of this blog for the answer.
These are the same concerns that I had when I was planning for my first trip to Balabac. Despite these "risks", there has been zero tourist assault in Balabac until now. So I didn't allow myself to miss out on this hidden paradise just because others said it is dangerous.
Think with me. The entire Palawan has the Sulu Sea on the east. In fact, even the world-famous Tubbataha reef which we proudly offer to international divers is in the midst of Sulu Sea. But how come only Balabac gets the negative connotation of being near to bandits? It may be because there are Muslim communities there, but it is not right to judge them as a threat. In fact, we have always visited a Muslim community there named Marabon where we buy Malaysian products for pasalubong. Guess what? They don't look harmful to us, even to our foreigner guests.
Map of Palawan. Entire east of Palawan is located at Sulu Sea.
If crocs freak you out, then simply skip the areas where they are frequently spotted. Where are they usually spotted? At the coastal areas of Brgy Poblacion in Balabac mainland. During the previous 4 visits, we didn't actually set foot in Balabac mainland because aside from being far, the only thing that we could visit there is the Melville Lighthouse, which we are not allowed to climb anyway.
Based on my experience, I (and my groups) have never felt threats of terrorism and crocs. The only thing that could really bother you is the weather. We have also been staying in Punta Sebaring, an island owned by Palawan Governor. He has deployed his men to watch over his property which makes them additional security for those camping in Punta Sebaring beach. Aside from that, our guide and boatmen are known and trusted by the governor, which kind of makes them untouchable by other people in Balabac. Given that, here are my tips for those who want to visit Balabac but are worrying about safety.
1. Travel with a trusted local guide, someone who is esteemed by other people in Balabac.
2. As much as possible, travel in bigger groups. This doesn't just make your expense cheaper, it also gives you added peace of mind. But if you really have no choice but to travel as a couple or small group, just make sure your trip is coordinated by trusted locals.
3. If you are afraid of crocs, just skip Balabac Mainland, which would require you to hire a private boat from Rio Tuba or Buliluyan Port which will let you visit the islands right away, instead of riding the passenger ferry that could only take you to mainland.
4. Although weather can be unpredictable, you can still choose the less windy months of December to January. Safe months to visit in terms of waves is March to November.
If you still have worries, let us know through the comments below and will try our best to answer. You can also follow @balabacpalawan on Instagram to see latest photos from guests in Balabac.
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New York Yankees Game Preview vs. Baltimore Orioles 7/12
The New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles will play in the second of their three game set at Camden Yards this afternoon. The Yankees will send Shane Greene to the mound to face off with Chris Tillman for the Orioles. Tillman is filling in for the injured Ubaldo Jimenez this afternoon after he was placed on the disabled list with an ankle injury before the Yankee series. The Yankees have owned Ubaldo in his career so you have to wonder if this convenient timing is simply a phantom DL kind of situation. Anyway, the game will be played at 4:05 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network, MLB TV, and can be heard on the radio with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WFAN.
Greene earned a second start after impressing the team in his first start of his career last time out against the Cleveland Indians. The Yankees would win the game and Greene allowed two runs in six innings. Greene threw tons of sinkers and the Indians batters simply pounded the ball into the ground all night long.
Tillman has quality starts in four of his last five starts including his last start against the Washington Nationals. Tillman allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings to match zero for zero with the Nats Stephen Strasburg.
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Q: Execute Code Between If and Else-if Statement in Java I got this code:
if (conditionX) {

                    doX();
                }

else if (conditionY) {
                    boolean isSomethingTrue = findOutIfSomethingIsTrue();
                    if (anotherConditionIsTrue) {
                        doY();
                    }
                }

XYZPojo xyzPOJO = getXYZPOJO();

else if (xyzPOJO.getValueX().contains("xyz")) {  // <- eclipse wants me to delete this 'else' statement

                    doXYZ();

                }

When I run this code eclipse complains that "Syntax error on token "else", delete this token". I understand this is because I have the code:
boolean conditionXYZ = checkIfXYZIsTrue();

between both else if statements. But I cannot check the value of conditionXYZ unless I set the value of conditionXYZ in between both else if statements.
The only other similar question I found on SO is this one and it suggests to use two if statements. The problem is I don't want conditionXYZ to be evaluated if conditionY is true.
My other option is to use two if statements and add a return statement for each if statement. But I do not find this solution to be elegant in terms of code design.
My third option is to  checkIfXYZIsTrue() before executing any of the if statements but this is not efficient because if conditionY is true we don't need to check conditionXYZ.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

A: Java syntax doesn't allow you to have statements between chains of if/else (that's not in their respective blocks).
You can execute your third condition in the else if condition:
if (conditionX) {
    doX();
} else if (conditionY) {
    boolean isSomethingTrue = findOutIfSomethingIsTrue();
    if (anotherConditionIsTrue) {
        doY();
    }
} else {
    XYZPojo xyzPOJO = getXYZPOJO();
    if (xyzPOJO.getValueX().contains("xyz")) {
        doXYZ();
    }
    //reuse xyzPOJO
}

Alternatively, the last else can still look like:
} else if (getXYZPOJO().getValueX().contains("xyz")){
    doXYZ();
}

A: I know this is pretty old, but seeing as no one gave the answer I would have, I figured I would post my answer incase anyone else finds their way here looking for options.

The problem is I don't want conditionXYZ to be evaluated if conditionY is true.

You could use a ternary operator to check that conditionX and conditionY are false before evaluating conditionXYZ above the if/else statements.
//Evaluates xyzPOJO only if conditionX and conditionY aren't true, otherwise set xyzPOJO to null
XYZPojo xyzPOJO = conditionX==false && conditionY==false ? getXYZPOJO() : null;

if (conditionX) {
    doX();
}
else if (conditionY) {
    boolean isSomethingTrue = findOutIfSomethingIsTrue();
    if (anotherConditionIsTrue) {
        doY();
    }
}
else if (xyzPOJO.getValueX().contains("xyz")) {
    doXYZ();
}

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La battaglia di Lèuttra fu combattuta tra Spartani e Tebani il 6 luglio 371 a.C.; costituì l'inizio dell'egemonia tebana.

Antefatti

Nel 382 a.C. una guarnigione spartana, guidata da Febida, si era impossessata della Cadmea, la rocca di Tebe, con la connivenza di Leonziade, Archia ed altri politici tebani, che, protetti dai militari lacedemoni, governarono la città come tiranni. Dopo circa tre anni un gruppo di esuli, guidati da Pelopida ed appoggiati da altri concittadini, tra i quali Caronte, nell'inverno del 379-378 a.C. rovesciarono il governo oligarchico e scacciarono i militari lacedemoni, restaurando la democrazia a Tebe.

Come conseguenza, scoppiò un conflitto, detto guerra beotica, tra Sparta e Tebe, quest'ultima alleatasi con Atene. La guerra si protrasse senza né vinti né vincitori per otto anni fino alla decisiva battaglia di Leuttra, nonostante i tentativi di mediazione di Atene del 375 a.C. e del 371 a.C., l'ultimo dei quali portò Atene ad uscire dal conflitto ma a lasciare, soprattutto per l'intransigenza di Epaminonda, beotarca tebano, Sparta e Tebe ancora in guerra.

Svolgimento

Dopo il fallimento della conferenza del 371 a.C., che doveva, nei piani ateniesi, portare alla pace, Cleombroto I, uno dei due re di Sparta,  si diresse col suo esercito verso Tebe e si accampò nella piana di Leuttra, nel territorio di Tespie. Ad Epaminonda fu assegnato il comando delle truppe tebane, che contavano circa seimila opliti, dei quali i trecento soldati scelti del battaglione sacro, agli ordini di Pelopida, mentre l'esercito spartano era di diecimila effettivi, dei quali settecento Spartiati.

Il 6 luglio del 371 a.C. i due eserciti si schierarono pronti per la battaglia. Dopo uno scontro delle cavallerie, dove ebbero la meglio i Tebani, superiori in numero in questo reparto, le truppe spartane si disposero in maniera tradizionale, con gli Spartiati, guidate da Cleombroto, disposti sulla destra su una decina di file, mentre Epaminonda introdusse una notevole innovazione, schierando il battaglione sacro e le altre truppe scelte sulla sinistra, proprio di fronte al re spartano, disposte su cinquanta file: questa tecnica, perfezionata nella battaglia di Mantinea nove anni dopo, era la cosiddetta falange obliqua.

Plutarco racconta che Cleombroto intuì la tattica tebana, che puntava sul respingimento degli Spartiati con un attacco frontale portato da una falange profonda, e tentò di modificare lo schieramento aggirando il nemico, ma il battaglione sacro di Pelopida si lanciò contro lo schieramento del re spartano con un tale impeto e una tale decisione prima che questo avesse di nuovo serrato le file, che lo sbaragliò completamente.

Lo stesso Cleombroto morì in battaglia, trafitto da un'asta. Fu la prima volta che un re spartano cadde in battaglia per mano di un soldato greco. Secondo Plutarco, questa sarebbe la dimostrazione del fatto che i nemici degli Spartani avevano in genere un fortissimo timore reverenziale nei confronti della dignità del re, tanto da esitare nel lanciarsi contro di lui in uno scontro diretto.

Mille Peloponnesiaci vennero uccisi, tra i quali quattrocento Spartiati, mentre i Beoti persero solo trecento uomini.

Conseguenze

La vittoria di Leuttra segnò la fine dell'egemonia spartana sulla Grecia e l'inizio di quella tebana. Gli alleati peloponnesiaci, infatti, vista la sconfitta e la perdita di più di metà degli Spartiati, revocarono le loro alleanze con Sparta, mentre a Tebe furono attribuiti grandi onori ad Epaminonda e a Pelopida, che proseguirono la guerra invadendo il Peloponneso e strappando diverse città al dominio spartano.

Le tecniche militari di Epaminonda, sperimentate nella battaglia di Leuttra, fecero scuola nell'arte della guerra, tanto che il futuro re macedone Filippo II, nel periodo in cui fu ostaggio a Tebe, le fece sue e le sfruttò per migliorare l'efficienza del suo esercito e guadagnare così una posizione di forza in Grecia.

Note

Bibliografia
Fonti primarie

Fonti secondarie

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Leuttra
Egemonia tebana
Storia di Sparta

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TV RECAP: 'The Walking Dead' Episode 503: 'Four Walls and A Roof'
by Eric Miller, Oct 31 2014
Gareth is doing a lot of talking to Bob. The rantings and ravings of a mad man I suppose. He tells Bob that he saw Daryl and Carol drive away. He threaten to go after Sasha next, saying that girls taste better than guys.
He gets mad when Bob won't react to him, yelling about how he's being a human being by talking to Bob. Bob is crying, and then starts laughing hysterically. Bob shows them the bite on his shoulder, shouting "I've been bitten you stupid pricks – I'm tainted meat!"
Sasha confronts Gabriel, now that Bob, Daryl and Carol are missing. Gabriel swears that he doesn't have anything to do with this. Sasha wants to know who is out there, and where their people are.
Rick accuses Gabriel of working with someone else. He asks him about the note carved into the church siding (You'll burn for this). Gabriel's story is that he always locked the church doors at night. When everything went down, and his congregation came for refuge, the doors were still locked.
Gareth's crew returned Bob to the grass outside the church. Bob tells them all about Gareth's cannibalistic crew, and that he said that Daryl and Carol left. Bob shows them his bite, saying it happened at the food bank. Gabriel gives them the sofa in his office for Bob. Based on Bob's description, Gabriel figures Gareth's crew is holed up at the elementary school south of the church.
Abraham wants to leave right now (middle of the night), but Rick wants to wait for Daryl and Carol to come back. Rick and Abraham are arguing about who gets the bus and when to leave. Glenn promises that if Abraham waits one day, he and Maggie and Tara will go with them. In the end, Abraham agrees to wait 12 hours, until high noon the next day.
Sasha wants to know why Bob didn't tell her about getting bit. He says that he knew once he told her it would be about the end, and he really likes the middle.
Rick declares that they are in control because they know where Gareth's crew is. Sasha wants to go with them, and Tyreese tries to talk her out of it. He says that she is going to be the only thing Bob will want to see when he wakes up, and that she can't throw away the time she has left with him. Sasha shows Tyreese how to kill Bob's brain if he dies.
Rick, Glenn, Maggie, Abraham, Michonne, and Sasha head out to find Gareth's camp. A few seconds later, Gareth's group comes out of hiding. They approach the church, where they know that only Gabriel, Carl, Judith, Tyreese, Bob, Eugene, and Rosita remain.
Gareth carries on and on trying to get them to come out, they are extremely outnumbered and outmanned. All of a sudden shots ring out; two of Gareth's men are dead, and his hand has been partially blown off.
Rick and the others emerge from the shadows, showing that they had tricked Gareth. They line up Gareth and his remaining team and make them get down on their knees. Gareth tries to get Rick to agree to let them go, saying they could have killed them already by now. Rick says they didn't want to waste the bullets, and he, Sasha, and Abraham proceed to beat Gareth and his crew to death.
Michonne gets her knife back from one of them, and Gabriel is appalled that this has happened in the Lord's house. Maggie says that it's just four walls and a roof.
Bob wants to talk to Rick. He thanks him for taking him in when no one else would. He believes that nightmares end, they shouldn't end who you are. He tells Rick to look at Judith and try and tell him the world isn't going to change.
Sasha is with Bob now. He wakes up from a dream where Sasha was smiling at him. Sasha asks Bob what the good is that will come out of this bad. Bob doesn't answer. He's dead. Tyreese comes in and takes the knife from Sasha and asks her to leave the room. He kills Bob's brain.
Sasha is decorating a cross on Bob's grave. Abraham tells Rick that he wants his group there in Washington when everything is better. Glenn, Maggie, and Tara are going with Abraham, Eugene, and Rosita in the bus to Washington. Abraham gives Rick a map to Washington, and has included a note apologizing for being a jerk, and saying that the new world is going to need Rick Grimes.
Michonne is talking to Gabriel when she hears something in the woods. Daryl emerges from the woods. Michonne asks him where Carol is. Daryl tells someone to come on out.
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When I think about my life 7 months ago, I would have easily embraced the concept of living the life of a traveling follower of Jesus Christ. I think there needs to be more pastors out there that are going out into the world exposing what is being done. I don't even know what is being done out there myself, because all I have to go off of is the stories I hear from the few pastors that have gone to India, and Haiti, and have reported back all of the destruction and disgust that results from countries that neglect God and embrace the devil.
What would my life look like if I were to adopt this lifestyle. Deep down I know that God is placing that calling on my life, so what am I going to do about it? Like it says in Matthew 7:21, only those who do the will of the Father in heaven will enter the kingdom of God. So what's the point of doing anything else?
I think I need to allow God to give me vision for the calling that he has placed on my life. There are big changes for me in 2017, so I'm going to need to rely on God to steer my life in the right direction.


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Home News Avita Medical signs distribution deal with China's Sinopharm
Avita Medical signs distribution deal with China's Sinopharm
by Emily Hughes
Avita Medical, a regenerative medicine company, has signed an exclusive distribution deal for China with Sinopharm
The deal, signed in Beijing on Thursday with Sinopharm's MedTech subsidiary, grants exclusive distribution of the Avita range of medical devices, which rapidly deliver a cellular suspension to trigger healing in burns, chronic wounds and aesthetic conditions.
Avita has been active in the China market for five years, with sales in the main cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Avita said its focus has primarily been in the fields of plastics and repigmentation, with a presence in several hospitals.
State-owned Sinopharm is involved in distribution, retail sales, research and development (R&D) and the manufacture of various healthcare-related products.
Avita Medical will provide clinical support to the Sinopharm MedTech sales team and extended agent network, to help with interactions with medical professionals.
The Company said the support strategy would also involve backing new research into Avita's regenerative medicine approach, given the positive interactions with Chinese researchers to date.
Avita CEO Adam Kelliher, said: "Sinopharm MedTech have a proven track record of building up strong recurrent sales of medical devices and we greatly look forward to supporting their efforts in growing the China market."
Qiu Shiru, general manager of Sinopharm Med-Tech's Beijing office, said the company viewed ReCell to be a, "significant milestone product in the field of regenerative medicine, as it not only heals physical wounds, but also supports mental health.
"We regard it as a great honour to be the exclusive distributor of ReCell in China."
The Chinese distributor deal is the eighth territory to be signed by Avita in the past three months.
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Another month of traveling around the country full time is in the books and spending time in New England wasn't cheap. Honestly, it wasn't that expensive relative to a typical month of living in Seattle either!
We started the month outside of beautiful Acadia National Park and finished it in Richmond Virginia after a whirlwind tour of New England. Major stops included Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and several cities in between!
Parking expenses were a common theme this month as we stayed in or near major cities, but being within walking distance of numerous attractions was well worth the cost.
Our points bookings were spread across several brands as you'll see below, but all of the points+cash went to Hyatt this time around. The additional non-chain hotel that we booked was the tail-end of a 4th night free booking with our Citi Prestige card.
The primary motivation for booking points+cash was to stretch our points a little further through the end of this year-long adventure. We've been fairly consistent with maximizing value and utilizing offers to boost our points balances throughout the year, but our totals are starting to dwindle as we head into the final stretch.
It was nice to finally find a good use for the 3 free Wyndham nights we earned nearly a year ago and a hotel that normally runs $300+ per night near Times Square was the perfect opportunity. IHG and Hilton were once again timed to take advantage of their respective 4th and 5th night free benefits.
Nothing too exciting on the earnings front this month. We still have the opportunity to spend ~$1k on cash IHG stays to earn a bonus ~56k points during their promotion that runs through the end of the year, but I'm not sure if we'll utilize it or not. We're also only a couple nights away from getting top-tier Spire status with IHG which will happen by year's end. The ongoing benefits aren't a big jump over Platinum status, but the free 25k points will be a nice perk.
Our mileage for the month was down because most of the major cities we visited aren't too far apart, but we more than made up for the gas savings with parking costs. The majority of the parking costs came from hotels we were staying at, so I debated putting them in with lodging, but ultimately decided to separate it out here instead.
Tolls was a reload of our prepaid iPass account that has worked on most highways during our adventure. Uber and public transit got us around when driving was less than ideal.
Nothing too surprising here, but we did find some delicious pizza along the east coast!
An Off-Broadway Musical Parody of The Office!
Most of the locations and attractions we visited were absolutely free (and amazing!), but we did spend some money on an off-broadway show that had us laughing all night.
Candlepin bowling near Boston was a new experience and very difficult. We also found time to indulge in our usual mini golf and bouldering hobbies that have shown up here on a monthly basis.
The fantasy football "investment" I made last month is already paying off with a $10 bonus for being the high scorer of week 5!
Most of these expenses are our typical recurring ones, but we did spend a bit in the super generically named "shopping" category. I was due for some new shoes, Becky's favorite sunglasses broke, we love puzzles, and a Pull-Up bar will be nice for the many hotel gyms without one available. We also got Becky's iPhone battery replaced to take advantage of the discounted price between now and the end of the year.
The other unusual expense this month is the cost of keeping Becky's nursing license active. An unfortunate reminder that we'll return to work at the end of this adventure. Luckily, our progress towards financial independence means we'll be working on our terms instead of grinding it out to make ends meet. That small mindset shift has the potential to make all the difference.
After 9 months of living an adventurous life on the road, we've spent a total of $28,225.
It's still kind of surreal that we're living on the road full time and visiting brand new corners of the country on a weekly basis. It's unfortunate that it all has to come to an end at some point, but I'm also excited to begin the next chapter of our lives together. There's something to be said for settling into a routine that just isn't possible while traveling full time.
Our savings are sufficient to finish out the year with just enough of a buffer to let us settle into a new place while looking for new jobs. Our plan of not tapping into our investments will come to fruition and we'll be able to pick up our savings goals right where we left off.
It's still too early to start hammering out the where, when, and how details for the end of this trip, but it has been a popular topic of conversation for us lately. Stay tuned over the next few months to find out how we plan on wrapping this gap year up and what's next.
In the meantime, be sure to follow us on Instagram for some awesome photos and mini-recaps of the places we visit!
Really interested in hearing how you two end up re-entering "normal" life. I'd say it's a mark of an excellent adventure that you aren't looking forward to its end.
It will certainly be interesting settling into a new life at the end of this adventure. We're both a little nervous but also excited to start our next chapter. Thanks for following along!
Seriously was bummed to miss you both while in DC but glad you had a good time! It really is crazy how close the east coast cities are to each other when you compare to the west coast. Only a few hours separates them!
It was unfortunate we missed you! Crazy how our trips lined up almost perfectly, but I'm sure we'll run into each other in the not too distant future.
It was hard to believe how many of the big east coast cities we visited this past month! At the start of our trip, we had a lot of "filler" cities between the big ones, but there's been no need for them lately.


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Arc rallies Narrogin's business community
NEWS UPDATE 09.11.2017
Arc Infrastructure has brought Narrogin's business community together and raised almost $2,000 from a unique fundraising partnership to benefit Cancer Council's Relay for Life.
The ongoing partnership demonstrates the company's commitment to building positive, lasting relationships within the communities Arc Infrastructure operates.
"While attending the Narrogin Chamber of Commerce meeting, I was impressed by Arc Infrastructure's presentation on what their future plans are for our town and surrounding areas. I was excited about the opportunity for FarmWorks Narrogin to partner with Arc Infrastructure assisting to boost Narrogin's local business economy while also fundraising for a great cause. It keeps people shopping local, supporting local families which is a vital part of keeping Narrogin sustainable," Ashley said.
Farmworks Narrogin Director Ashley Wilkins said his business jumped at the chance to be involved in the unique fundraising opportunity.
"Arc committed to purchasing vouchers across the businesses who in turn increased the voucher amount as part of their own contribution. Soon we had a collection of vouchers worth $1,000. We've been overwhelmed with how many fellow local businesses wanted to join in and support the cause."
"Initially we wanted to make a donation on behalf of the company but we soon realised there were many passionate people in town who also wanted to support Relay for Life so we thought we'd band together to really make a difference," Mrs Clarke said.
Arc Infrastructure Regional Administration Officer and long-time Narrogin resident Sharon Clarke said the company had originally planned to donate $500 to Relay for Life but instead developed the gift voucher raffle concept to turn that figure into so much more.
Tickets were bought far and wide before a special prize draw saw Narrogin resident Sara Ballard scoop top prize. Sara won the $1,000 voucher collection thanks to the generous support of local businesses including Denman Tech Solutions, Farmworks Narrogin, Ballards of Narrogin, Narrogin Bearings, Parry's of Narrogin, Toyworld Narrogin, Rambling Rose, Bill and Ben's Hot Bread Shop, Narrogin Country Meats, Narrogin Fresh, Goodlife and Café 27.
The idea to combine donated vouchers into a single prize was the brainchild of Arc's Narrogin team who wanted to support a colleague affected by cancer. Together they created the novel way to partner with likeminded businesses to not only support the worthy cause but also and keep money in local communities.
The much-needed funds were raised through a community raffle where a $2 ticket gave people the chance to win $1,000 worth of gift vouchers to use at Narrogin's leading outlets.
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Thin Places: Works by Deborah Stratman
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The Uinversity of Rochester Film and Media Studies Program and the Dryden Theatre welcome filmmaker Deborah Stratman to Rochester, April 13-14th. Thin Places includes nine works by Chicago-based filmmaker Deborah Stratman focused on epistemological questions embedded in the relationships between humans and their envirnonments.
- ...These Blazeing Starrs! (16mm film, 14:16 min, 2011)
- Musical Insects (video, 6:30 min, 2013
- Palimpsest (16mm, 3 minutes, 1993)
- Untied (16mm, 3 minutes, 2001)
- How Among The Frozen Words (video, 44 seconds, 2005)
- The Magician's House (16mm, 5:45 minutes, 2007)
- It Will Die Out In The Mind (video, 3:50 minutes, 2006)
- Hacked Circuit (HD video, 15:05 min, 2014)
- In Order Not To Be Here (16mm, 33 minutes, 2002)
Post-screening Q&A with the artist
FREE & open to the public
This screening will be complemented with a second screening of The Illinois Parables (2016, 16mm, 60 minutes) on Friday, April 14th at 7:30 pm at The Dryden Theater, George Eastman Museum at Rochester. More details about this second screening here.
These screenings are sponsored by the University of Rohchester Film and Media Studies Program, The Dryden Theatre, The Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies & the University Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies.
Poster design by Adam Maida.
Deborah Stratman
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Jueves, Abril 13, 2017 - 18:00
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Retaining in mind that singing vowels shade and modify out and in of each other like colors of a rainbow and language vowels are linear, when we assign colours to the singing vowels some very useful training illustrations may be created. Please word that Singer stitching machines can't be shipped to Guam, Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands or to navy bases abroad.
Musicians and singers want to advertise their performances via native communities, phrase of mouth, and social media. Sherine, one of the country's most well-known singers – and a choose on the Arabic model of The Voice TV show – instructed a fan that consuming from the famous river would possibly give them parasites. The Yarl was popularized in the 90s rock music scene with singers corresponding to Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Chris Cornell (Sound Backyard), Scott Stapp (Creed), Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) and Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots).
Singer is an open supply normal for shifting information between databases, web APIs, recordsdata, queues, and just about anything else you possibly can think of. The Singer spec describes how information extraction scripts — referred to as Taps" — and knowledge loading scripts — called Targets" — should communicate utilizing a standard JSON-based information format over stdout.


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Home News Va. coronavirus cases top 2,000
Va. coronavirus cases top 2,000
46 deaths and 312 hospitalized, reports Virginia Department of Health
Published April 3, 2020 by Kate Andrews
5:30 p.m. April 3 update: A woman in her 80s has died from COVID-19 related causes, the Chickahominy Health District reported Friday afternoon. She is the first fatality in this district, which covers Charles City, Goochland, Hanover and New Kent counties.
4:30 p.m. April 3 update: A 17th resident of Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center has died from COVID-19, according to a news release from the center Friday afternoon. As stated Thursday in a Henrico County news conference, the long-term nursing facility had 92 patients who tested positive, as well as 25 staff members. All of Canterbury's staff has been tested, but some test results are still outstanding, according to the news release. Fifty-three positive residents have not shown any symptoms, a number that has remained unchanged within the past 48 hours, the center said.
2:45 p.m. April 3 update: A woman in her 90s has died from causes related to COVID-19, according to a Henrico County Health Department spokesman. She was a resident at the Masonic Home in the county's East End and is the first nursing home resident in the county to die from the virus, aside from the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Henrico's West End, where 17 deaths have been recorded as of Friday afternoon.
Thursday evening at a Henrico County news conference, Dr. Danny Avula, director of the Henrico and Richmond health departments, said there are seven nursing homes in the county and the city experiencing clusters of COVID-19 cases.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Virginia is now 2,012, according to Friday's update by the Virginia Department of Health. Forty-six people have died from causes related to the virus, 312 people are hospitalized, and 19,005 have been tested.
The United States has 245,601 positive cases, according to Johns Hopkins University's most recent data, and the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has topped 1 million, with 54,369 deaths recorded.
VDH updates its data daily at 9 a.m., including all cases and fatalities reported by local health districts before 5 p.m. the day before. Any information reported after 5 p.m. Thursday — or until 5 p.m. Friday — will be reflected at the Saturday update.
This article will be updated.
Below is current data from VDH.
Va. cases jump to 77, with three 'outbreaks' across state
Blood drive cancelations have also caused blood supply shortages, Gov. Northam announces.
Va. coronavirus cases nearing 1,500
10 more fatalities reported since 9 a.m. Wednesday update; deaths now at 44 statewide
Sunday update: 2,637 COVID-19 cases in Virginia
Number of fatalities is now 51, one less than Saturday's total


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Rumor | Ofo close to take over by Didi
Written by KrASIA Writers Published on 30 Jul 2018
The news come after the bike-sharing company halted its international expansion plans
Bike-sharing company Ofo is reportedly close to a takeover by Didi Chuxing, according to 36kr, our parent company, on Monday (link in Chinese).
The two companies have reportedly restarted a new round of acquisition talks in July this year, almost two months after DAI Wei, co-founder and chief exec, rejected an olive branch extended by Didi co-founder CHENG Wei in early April, according to an account by South China Morning Post.
DAI Wei had insisted on keeping the company independent at that time, leading to the breakdown in talks.
Ofo declined to comment when asked by KrASIA on the new round of negotiation on Monday.
Beijing-based Ofo, in the wake of rounds of reports on its cash flow issues , has pulled out of the US, Germany, Australia and Israel among other countries recently in an attempt to focus on its so-called key markets.
A decreasing price tag
Didi restarted the acquisition talks earlier this month with a price tag of close to US$3 billion, a source familiar with the matter told 36Kr/KrASIA, and there have been few rounds of talks. Another source also told us that Didi was coming back with a lower price for every negotiation.
Both Alibaba and Ant Financial are also reportedly in talks to buy over Ofo, although the prices proposed are lower than Didi's.
Ofo's potential price of US$3 billion would put it close to rival Mobike's US$2.7 billion acquisition by O2O giant Meituan Dianping in April this year. Since last year, Chinese bike-sharing companies have been facing growth and cash-flow related issues. The third largest bike-sharing company then, Bluegogo, went bankrupt late last year and was acquired by Didi earlier this year.
Editor: Ben Jiang
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Vector CEO Simon Mackenzie (right) unveiling Asia Pacific's first grid-scale Tesla Powerpack last year.
Auckland energy network company, Vector, has secured exclusive Australasian rights to "Internet of Energy" (IoE) technology from Israel-based mPrest.
Vector CEO, Simon Mackenzie, said the addition of mPrest takes Vector's development of customer solutions and network management to a new level.
Powered by artificial intelligence, the mPrest software positions Vector to enable customers to generate, store and manage energy use in their homes and businesses.
"It is the most comprehensive monitoring, analytical and control system available anywhere in the world," he said. "We have worked with mPrest to trial it and we are now moving to full implementation."
The software sits over customer, market, distributed energy resources and network systems managing performance in real time.
Through self-learning, it is able to assess and predict multiple factors including loads, market dynamics, storage, customer demand and capacity, Vector said.
"This greatly enhances the resilience, security and efficiency of customer solutions and our network," he added.
The utilities sector is characterised by many unconnected, legacy-based systems from various vendors and operating to different standards, mPrest explains on its website - these include Ethernet, SCADA, OPC, ONVIF and MODBUS).
Each typically covers a particular area of activity, such as temperature, pressure, noise, alarm and access control. This makes it difficult to create a coherent, cross-organisation picture and to make operational decisions.
For mPrest CEO Natan Barak, the system aligns with Vector's vision of "creating a new energy future" for its customers.
"Vector customers will see innovative solutions whilst these are coordinated in a complex system," he added. "The company will be better able to assist customers capitalise on new energy technologies and optimise the energy use in their home or business."
The project was a product of a New Zealand Innovation Mission to Israel last year.
Vector also recently acquired home heating company ECo Products (HRV) and PowerSmart.


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High phylogeographic and genetic diversity of Tidestromia lanuginosa supports full-glacial refugia for arid-adapted plants in southern and central Coahuila, Mexico
Ivonne Sanchez-del Pino
Alejandra Alfaro
Ruben H. Andueza-Noh
Arturo Mora-Olivo
Mariana Chavez-Pesqueira
Ariadna Ibarra-Morales
Michael J. Moore, Oberlin College
Hilda Flores-Olvera
Premise: Recent phylogeographic work suggests the existence of latitudinal gradients in genetic diversity in northern Mexican plants, but very few studies have examined plants of the Chihuahuan Desert. Tidestromia lanuginosais a morphologically variable annual species whose distribution includes the Chihuahuan Desert Region. Here we undertook phylogeographic analyses of chloroplast loci in this species to test whether genetic diversity and differentiation of Mexican populations of T.lanuginosachange along a latitudinal gradient and whether diversity is higher in Coahuila, consistent with ideas of lower plant community turnover during the Pleistocene.
Methods: Haplotype network, maximum likelihood tree, and Bayesian phylogenetic haplotype were reconstructed, and genetic diversity was assessed among 26 populations. Barrier analysis was used to explore barriers to gene flow.
Results: Four major population groups were identified, corresponding with physiographic provinces in Mexico. Each population group displayed high levels of genetic structure, haplotype, and nucleotide diversity. Diversity was highest in southern populations across the species as a whole and among the Chihuahuan Desert populations.
Conclusions: Tidestromia lanuginosaprovides an important example of high phylogeographic and genetic diversity in plants of northern Mexico. Barriers to gene flow among the major population groups have most likely been due to a combination of orographic, climatic, and edaphic variables. The high genetic diversity of T.lanuginosain southern and central Coahuila is consistent with the hypothesis of full-glacial refugia for arid-adapted plants in this area, and highlights the importance of this region as a center of diversity for the Chihuahuan Desert flora.
Sanchez-del Pino, Ivonne, Alejandra Alfaro, Ruben H. Andueza-Noh, et al. 2020. "High phylogeographic and genetic diversity of Tidestromia lanuginosa supports full-glacial refugia for arid-adapted plants in southern and central Coahuila, Mexico." American Journal of Botany 107(9): 1296-1308.
Additional Department
Archaeological Studies
10.1002/ajb2.1536
Amaranthaceae, Chihuahuan Desert, Cuatro Cienegas, Gene flow, Genetic diversity, Genetic structure, Gomphrenoideae, Mexican physiographic provinces, Pleistocene refugia, Tidestromia lanuginosa