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	require_once('./system/funciones.php');
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print "$url\n";

?>

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Name Withheld is a prolific contributor of sad, embarrassing, and painful articles to other sources like STD Digest, Modern Train Aficionado, and Ensign. He also reports on Middle Eastern drone attacks under the name "sources who could not be identified because of the sensitivity of information," and he has written thousands of lousy poems and given hundreds of so-so paintings to museums under the names "Anonymous" and "Anonymous Donor." As this story would hurt his wife deeply, he chooses to remain anonymous. Read his other guest posts here.
1. I could not do it on my own: Before I joined ARP, I tried to overcome my addiction on my own. I tried everything—reading my scriptures more, praying more, seeing the Bishop (many times), going to the temple, home teaching (yes, even that!), reading books, doing missionary work, studying Isaiah (I figured that the answer must be in there somewhere). I remember one month when I fasted every Sunday, but by Wednesday I had relapsed. What I discovered from this is that I could not do it on my own.
2. For me the keys were compassion and community: What I found in ARP was compassion. To be with people who knew the worst about me, who knew how defeated and ashamed I felt and how broken I was and who still loved and supported and even admired me was amazing. In ARP I found a community where my burden was lighter because it was shared. I also found the deep satisfaction of extending compassion to others. I discovered that it really is not good for man or woman to be alone. To the degree that my addiction made me feel isolated and alone, ARP helped me feel connected in bonds of compassion. It was like cool rain on parched desert soil.
3. It is NOT about repentance: One thing that kept me back from the program was thinking that it was really just about repentance. I figured I could repent on my own; I didn't need a program for that. I had the erroneous idea that the core of the program is repentance or "really getting a broken heart and a contrite spirit" or learning about the Atonement. I learned nothing new about repentance from ARP. I had had a broken heart and contrite spirit many, many times before. And I did not discover anything new about the Atonement. The steps mirror repentance and one might feel more of the Savior's love, but that is not what ARP offered me.
4. You do not have to talk: ARP does not require any sort of confession. When one attends, you can read from the manual if you'd like and speak if you'd like, but you never have to say anything. At all. It is not like the typical images of Alcoholics Anonymous. You will never have to confess anything or talk about your addiction at all. Some people find it useful to speak and relay elements of their struggle, but no one is ever required to in any way.
5. There are many different people with struggles in ARP: You might be surprised who you see there—old, young, new in the church, a long time in the church, men, women, etc. Some struggle with what we traditionally think of as addictions. Some struggle with the lasting effects of "addictive" or unhealthy relationships.
6. Yes, it is frightening to go the first time: I have a substantial fear of the water, and going to ARP for the first time was like jumping off of the high dive. I only went because the pain of my addiction trumped my fear.
7. Help, Peace, Love, and the beginning of an ending of one's addiction are on the other side of that first meeting: Just on the other side of that door to that first meeting were blessings that the Lord had for me. Frightening though it was, it was the beginning of the end.


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Q: Turn an event handler.on() after you have turned the event handler .off() jQuery newb here.
How can I go about turning an event handler .on() and .off() in such away that it is like a toggle?
I have an .onClick event handler bound to the $(document), and when a user does not click on a specific field (inputElement), the .onClick event handleis "turned" .off(). How can I "turn" the event handler back .on() when the user does click on the specific field (inputElement)?
This is my code thus far:
$(document).on("click.viewHeaderInput", function (e){
    if (inputElement !== e.target)
    {
        $(inputElement).blur();
        $(document).off("click.viewHeaderInput");
    }
});

I thought of using something like this to "turn" the event handler back .on(), but realize this will not work, as the event handler is "turned .off():
$(".textInputTwo").on("click", function()
{

})

I appreciate your guidance.

A: jQuery .off() does not disable the event handler, it removes it (see the docs) so nothing remains.
You need to run the exact same .on() code again to re-create what you created initially and which you then discarded by calling .off().

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Wednesday again! So that can mean its time for a new challenge at MMCS Challenges.
They are offering the lucky winner 5 Digi's of your choice! How great is that!!!
They have such a fab store with tons of images to choose from so you really will be spoilt for choice!
You have till 8pm Tuesday 15th May to get your entrys in!
Here is my inspiration card for you.
I decided on 'The Little Mermaid' after seeing the AMAZING new collection of digital images from Make it Crafty.
Not only do they offer individual elements but also pre made pictures ready to print and colour, of which this is one.
I am totally in love with these so don't be surprised if mermaids don't keep popping up all over my blog and FB page!!!
The seaweed is also made from MIC chipboards.
I have used a combination of promarkers, fleximarkers and copics to colour this.
The seaweed also had a few squirts of Glimmer Mist.
Please let me know what you think and don't forget to enter!!!!!
Looks gorgeous, Trudie, and I agree those new mermaids are fabulous.
Fabulous card, love the sweet mermaid design and fabby details.
Wow! Such a great card,thanks so much for joining us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.
I love mermaids and you did a beautiful job on this one! Love all of the embellishments. Thanks for joining us this week for our Inks and Such challenge at Jackson's Digital Expressions!
This is adorable! I love the image and I can understand how one mgiht get addicted! Nice work. I look forward to seeing more of your mermaids in our upcoming challenges. Thanks for plyaing with us at Jackson's Digital Expressions.
Oh Wow this is gorgeous and the way you have used those dicuts makes it all look 3D :D Thank you for joining us at Crafts and me and good luck.
Trudie, this is just adorable! Thank you for playing along with us at JDE.
Trudie, this is so cute and I like the coloring! Thank you for playing along with us at JDE.
Thanks for sharing with us at One Stitch At A Time, for our use a digi/ mothers day challenge.
Wow, what a fabulous card. Great coloring and layout. Thank you for sharing and entering your card with us at Whimsy.
Love the scene. Gorgeous image and love all the detail. Fab. Thanks for joining us at Drem Valley challenges.
Oueen for a Day at My Mum's Craft Shop.
An announcent and a Super Duper new release!!


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The Miix 320 flips effortlessly from one mode to another, based on your needs. One minute it's a full-fledged laptop with a keyboard, the next it's an interactive, multimedia-rich tablet.
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Be productive and entertained, anywhere.
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Boost your productivity in a snap with the island-key keyboard. Along with a smoother typing experience to help minimize typos, it gives you two ports to connect and charge your devices, plus a precision touchpad that lets you utilize pinch-to-zoom and multi-finger gestures.
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With screens larger than smartphones (8 to 10.1 inches), tablets are the perfect device for on the go, and Lenovo tablets feature the perfect mix for work and play. Whether you want a Windows tablet, an Android tablet, or an amazing 2-in-1 tablet with a keyboard, we offer a full range of affordable devices. You can even go online with our 4G models that don't require WiFi.
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Whether you want an 8-inch or a 10-inch tablet, these Android tablet PCs offer a range of multimedia features, long battery life, and lightweight design perfect for on the run—some even include parental controls.
A touchscreen tablet when you want to browse or interact, a laptop when you need a tablet with keyboard to be productive. These 2-in-1 tablet PCs let you do it all. They easily slip into a bookbag and they're light enough so you won't even notice any extra weight. And if you need to stay online or make calls without WiFi, some even feature a 4G option.


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Frozen 2 to Kill Off Elsa and Make Anna a Lesbian?
New rumors surrounding Disney's upcoming Frozen sequel indicate the studio could be making some controversial changes to Elsa and Anna.
A bizarre new series of rumors is making the rounds online concerning Disney's upcoming sequel to the smash-hit Frozen. The 2013 film is the highest-grossing animated film of all time. It is the scourge of parents across the globe, so it was inevitable that a sequel would be greenlit, but if the rumored changes taking place are true, it could leave audiences dismayed.
The original Frozen is often praised by critics and parents alike for its girl-empowering message. Unlike most traditional stories involving fairy tale princesses, Frozen shows Anna and Elsa as two strong-willed leads who don't need the love of a man to give their lives fulfillment. Yes, Anna does find romance with Kristoff, but it's not a driving part of the plot, and in the end, it's the love between two sisters that saves the kingdom of Arendelle.
The Death of Queen Elsa
Image Credit: Disney
The first of the so-called "rumors" making waves this week involves the possible death of signature character Elsa. GamenGuide gives no source for their reporting, but says that some reports indicate Elsa will die in Frozen 2 "after falling off a cliff."
This seems highly unlikely considering Elsa's status as a lead character and a role model for a generation of young girls. Disney has never shied away from killing off family members in their animated films, usually parents (Bambi's mom, Simba's father, Elsa & Anna's parents), but it would be an unprecedented move to eliminate one of the first film's most recognizable characters in such a manner.
Certainly, Disney should realize that killing Elsa is extremely traumatic to young viewers. For that reason alone, it be incredibly surprising if this story turns out to be true.
Anna Comes Out
Since Elsa had no love interest in Frozen, many online have been pressuring Disney to reveal in the sequel that Elsa is gay. It would be an amazing opportunity to give the film a more modern reflection of our current world, as well as providing support to children growing up with lesbian parents and those old enough to recognize their own sexuality.
One of the wildest new rumors though, claims that Disney is planning to expose one of the sisters as a lesbian — only, instead of Elsa, it will be Anna.
Allegedly, Anna will find herself falling in love with Elsa after discovering that she is "the illegitimate daughter of the late King and Queen of Arendelle." A jealous Anna will develop fire-based powers of her own to counter Elsa's frozen abilities and will seek to overthrow the queen and take the throne for her own.
Much like the rumors of Elsa's possible death, this is all highly unlikely. First of all, Disney would be taking on the huge risk of offending the evangelical market by bowing to pressure and revealing one of the sisters is gay. Even if they did take that bold step, making Anna the lesbian character makes little sense. Anna is already in a heterosexual relationship with Kristoff — it's Elsa who has expressed no romantic inclinations at all so far.
Furthermore, creating a storyline wherein Anna falls in love with her sister would be incredibly offensive. Even if one of them is an "illegitimate" child, that would still make them half-sisters. This is Frozen we're talking about here, not Game of Thrones.
Keep Your Salt Shakers Handy
Disney has yet to comment on any of the above rumors or the wild story that Idina Menzel (Elsa), Kristen Bell (Anna), and Josh Gad (Olaf) have left the Frozen 2 production. Until then, it's best to keep an open mind and realize that if it sounds too bizarre to be true, it probably is.
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Youth and student activists statewide are organizing the political event of the weekend this Saturday at 2pm at the MLK Center.
Student activist groups across Georgia have teamed up to organize a rally and town hall event featuring Jon Ossoff, Staci Fox, and Ian Bridgeforth.
Organizers say the agenda will include student debt relief, guaranteed health care, criminal justice reform, voting rights, legalization of marijuana, and access to safe, legal abortion.
More information is available at GeorgiaRisingRally.org.


There are various facets of an organisation which need to be managed such as network print devices, local print devices, device drivers and human resources.
The primary problem however, is reconciling the hardware (i.e. printer, copier meter readings) statistics with that of the statistics generated by human resources (who did what, when, how many etc.). All of these management requirements are met by the UniTrac™ System.
Print and copy tracking with an auhentication and client billing configurations.
Each UniTrac™ Print & Copy product package consists of various software and hardware modules installed in different configurations.
The different modules allow UniTrac™ to be installable in a diverse range of environments.
The UniTrac™ MaxMan software module which manages all network printing.
The UniTrac™ DeskMan software module which manages all local/IP printing.
The UniTrac™ Print Client software module which provides pop-up based user and/or account authentication and/or secure-print-releasing of print jobs.
The UniTrac™ UniMonitor Terminal hardware module which provides key-pad based user and/or account authentication and/or secure-print-releasing of print jobs as well as usage tracking of all makes of print & copy devices.


Okay, that's technically not a snow leopard, but I came pretty close, right? Photo (CC) Mark Kenny.
For the latest on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), be sure to check out our full round-up. It'll be regularly updated through the coming days.
We have updates from Propellerhead and Ableton. Basically, the message is what we're hearing across the board – developers have been testing their software, but you should be cautious about updating and ensure all the hardware, software, and plug-ins you want to use work. More details on the state of development from these favorites to follow… notably, including an expected update to Live 8 that will bring full, official support to 10.6.
Updated: More news coming in and added to the round-up page. Antares reports their software works — good news. But the big news is that many Tascam hardware products will need driver updates. That is suggestive of changes to the OS that could impact other audio interfaces from other vendors. I'm going to keep saying this – upgrade on launch day at your own risk. Writing and testing audio drivers is tremendously time-intensive, so if you want everything to work, you'll need to verify compatibility before you upgrade. Snow Leopard's improvements will only be cool if your audio box works, too.
It's likely that Live 7 will also be just fine with 10.6 – but we don't want to promise this right now before the tests are all finished and us being sure that we can achieve 100% compatibility.
We will come up with a little FAQ regarding those questions in our forum today or tomorrow.
Note that reader Jae sent in a thread from the Ableton forums with some testers, but I wouldn't take it as scientific evidence. It begins with a user finds a reduction in CPU usage that's actually too large – that is, it seems there's some significant variable that's not controlled.
None other than CEO Ernst Nathorst-Böös writes in with the official statement from Propellerhead. So far, so good – just, again, approach this new OS with caution.
Apple have released a new operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 also known as Snow Leopard. Our products have been tested on this new OS X version and we are happy to report that all our applications are fully functional.
ReCycle – You need to activate Rosetta to make ReCycle work. This is similar to what happened if you ran ReCycle on a Intel-based Mac under Mac OS X 10.5.
Reason and Record – The text in the device patch selector has a display bug. The characters O, o and 8 have filled rather than hollow circles.
Record – The Record installer reports an (actually non-existing) problem after installation, but Record runs fine. You can safely use Record without any problems.
Your music system does not consist of software alone. Please be aware that you may need to update the installation of your audio hardware, keyboard controller or other controller when upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6. We recommend that you consult the hardware manufacturer for more information about compatibility, before you upgrade your operating system.
While Propellerhead Software has gone to great lengths to verify the information above, please note that it is based on early versions of Mac OS X 10.6 and that the testing performed is by definition limited. This information does not constitute any warranty, express or implied.
By the way, I want to thank developers who do post frank information on the forums and who have helped us out with this series – at a time when they don't have all their testing data yet.


WASHINGTON – Jacksonville, Fla.-based Crowley Liner Services Inc. pleaded guilty and was sentenced to pay a $17 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the coastal water freight transportation industry, the Department of Justice announced today.
According to a one-count felony charge filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Crowley Liner Services engaged in a conspiracy to fix base rates for water transportation of certain freight between the continental United States and Puerto Rico from as early as January 2006 until at least April 2008.
Crowley Liner Services transports a variety of cargo shipments, such as heavy equipment, cargo that would not fit into containers, used cars and liquids capable of being transported only in tanker containers, on scheduled ocean voyages between the United States and Puerto Rico.
According to the charges, Crowley Liner Services and co-conspirators carried out the conspiracy by agreeing during meetings and discussions to fix the base rates to be charged to non-government purchasers of water transportation of certain freight between the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The department said that Crowley Liner Services and co-conspirators also engaged in meetings for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing adherence to the agreed-upon rates and sold Puerto Rico freight services at collusive and noncompetitive rates.
On Dec. 20, 2011, Sea Star Line LLC was sentenced to pay a $14.2 million criminal fine. On March 22, 2011, Horizon Lines LLC was sentenced to pay a $15 million criminal fine. Additionally, five shipping company executives—Gabriel Serra, Peter Baci, R. Kevin Gill, Gregory Glova and Alex G. Chisholm—have pleaded guilty. Frank Peake, the former president of Sea Star Line, was charged on Nov. 17, 2011, and is scheduled to stand trial on Jan. 14, 2013.
Crowley Liner Services pleaded guilty to price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act, which carries a maximum fine of $100 million for corporations. The maximum fine may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum fine.
This case arose from an ongoing federal antitrust investigation into price fixing, bid rigging and other anticompetitive conduct in the coastal water freight transportation industry, which is being conducted by the Antitrust Division's National Criminal Enforcement Section; the Baltimore Resident Agency of the Department of Defense's Office of the Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS); and the Miami Field Office of the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG). Anyone with information concerning this investigation is urged to call the Antitrust Division's National Criminal Enforcement Section at 202-307-6694, visit www.justice.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm or contact DCIS's Baltimore Resident Agency at 410-347-1620.


When Qiao Anhao heard Lu Jinnian's voice, her brows slightly creased. She came to the realization that the only reason why she hadn't felt any pain from her fall from the swing was that she was on top of someone.
And that person was... Lu Jinnian? He rushed over to save her?
From the bottom of her heart, in that instant, Qiao Anhao was bewildered.
Seeing that Qiao Anhao's eyes were still shut, Lu Jinnian didn't make a move. He couldn't help but reach out to gently pat her face. That was when he discovered the red, bloody trickle going down her forehead.
Lu Jinnian felt like something had ruthlessly clutched his heart, and his fingertips suddenly trembled. Anxiety and panic climbed through him, his mouth gaped open, but he couldn't speak.
The director who was staring at the monitor abruptly snapped out of it and hurriedly rushed over to Lu Jinnian and Qiao Anhao. His actions also woke up everyone in the area. One after the other, everyone present came flocking to the scene of the accident.
The director was the first to reach Lu Jinnian and Qiao Anhao. He lowered his head to see Qiao Anhao with both eyes tightly shut. His expression was a little flustered, and he directed his words to Lu Jinnian, "Lu..."
Lu Jinnian suddenly raised his head to reveal cold, intense anger-filled eyes. With a sharp tone, he interrupted the director, "Lu WHAT Lu! Each and every one of you... What are you doing?! Hurry up and get the car started to go to the hospital!"
Lu Jinnian screamed at the director so loudly that he instinctively took a step back and frantically nodded his head. "Yes..."
The usually cold and quiet Lu Jinnian, in that instant, had no patience at all. Even before the director could reply, he interrupted him again, a little agitated. His expression was so vicious, you could practically describe it as horrifying. If the director was too slow by a single second, he would kill someone.
Frightened, the director didn't dare reply to Lu Jinnian. He even forgot to order the other people to do it and ran out to the car park himself.
Seeing Lu Jinnian's state, one by one, people who originally stood nearby were frightened and froze in their tracks, too afraid to take a single step forward.
Qiao Anhao snapped back to reality, shocked by Lu Jinnian's two consecutive angry roars.
The hospital? Take her to the hospital? She wasn't hurt, why take her to the hospital?
Her brows twitched, and she opened her eyes. She was about to say something to stop them, but instead, her she was taken aback by what she saw.
The Lu Jinnian in front of her was one she hadn't seen for as long she had known him - pale-faced, his eyes worried and confused, as though he was terrified to lose something.
That instant, Qiao Anhao felt like something hastily smashed into her heart. She stared at Lu Jinnian, and fell into a daze.


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Library Exhibition Illuminates Life and Work of Mark Twain
"Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn," an exhibition of letters, artwork, manuscripts, books, and articles relating to the works of Mark Twain, will be on view at the Vassar College Libraries through May 23. This exhibition commemorates two anniversaries: the 125th anniversary of the publication of Twain's Huckleberry Finn and the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. Highlights include photographs of the author; Twain's written memoirs about life along the Mississippi River; materials that shed light on the writing process for both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn; documents related to the artwork for the books and the role of the artist in showcasing the stories; historical documents concerning the controversial charge of racism leveled against Twain; recent fine print editions ofHuckleberry Finn; and modern critiques of Twain's work, including Black, White, and Huckleberry Finn (2000) by Elaine and Harry Mensch.
The exhibition catalogue for "Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn" includes essays by former Vassar College president Alan Simpson, who comments on the Jean Webster McKinney papers that made Vassar a significant center of Mark Twain scholarship, and Vassar English professor H. Daniel Peck, who addresses the autobiographical nature of Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Professor Peck has written about Mark Twain on numerous occasions throughout his academic career and recently wrote the introduction to the Barnes & Noble edition of Tom Sawyer.
Art Center to Take Hiatus for Essential Roof Repairs
A Selection of March Speakers
A Weekend of Concerts
The Annual John Iyoya Children's Art Show
Baize Buzan '10 Reports on 100 Nights
First Faculty-Student Basketball Game Draws Enthusiastic Crowd
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The sexual revolution refers to a change in sexual morality and sexual behavior throughout the Western world. In general use, the term refers to a later trend of equalizing sexual behavior which is generally accepted to have started in the 1960s, although the term has been used at least since the late 1920s.
The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic, and cultural conditions that occurred in the late 18th century and early 19th century in some Western countries. It began in Britain and spread throughout the world, a process that continues as industrialisation.


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A Conversation With Kim Longinotto (ROUGH AUNTIES)
by Michael Tully
Over the course of the past thirty years, English documentarian Kim Longinotto has amassed a body of work that ranks up there with the best of them. Longinotto makes films about marginal characters in overlooked communities, finding true heroism in the actions of so many individuals who have devoted their lives to protecting and defending abused females and children throughout the world. Whether it's a home for emotionally scarred kids in England, a legal office in Cameroon, or a court room in Iran, Longinotto brings her inquisitive, understanding, and unobtrusive eye to each and every project. Her latest film, Rough Aunties, is an emotionally draining, yet ultimately inspiring, portrait of the women of Bobbi Bear, a child welfare group in Durban, South Africa, who confront an incomprehensible amount of tragedy on a daily basis. Just moments before the opening night screening of her MoMA retrospective, Kim Longinotto (May 7th-23rd, 2009), we sat down for an engaging conversation about the type of nonfiction cinema that she prefers, the inherent difficulties in filming such personal material, and her love for Mad Men and The Wire.
H2N: When did you have the epiphany that movies weren't something you watched but could actually make?
KL: I always thought I was gonna be a writer, that's what I always wanted to do. During my childhood I was alone a lot, and I used to get through it by reading. And then I went to university to study literature and then I discovered that I was really good at reading it but I wasn't really good at writing it. (both laugh) So, filmmaking's another way of telling stories without writing them. And also what I love about filmmaking is that you're with people. I think writers are extraordinary because it all comes from them and they do it all on their own in solitude. I suppose I'm just made to do films rather than to be a writer.
H2N: Was your first experience with a camera in school?
KL: I went to the National Film School for three years, 'cause I wouldn't have had the confidence to make a film without going to film school. I wasn't very confident. And the film school was brilliant for me. It was a very loose film school. You didn't have specific classes or have to do certain films. They just showed you the equipment and you got used to it and did what you wanted, so it was perfect for me.
H2N: That ties into Theatre Girls, which I just watched last night for the first time. It seems over the course of your career, from those earliest films up through Rough Aunties, while the cameras and formats have changed, your overriding purpose hasn't. In what ways have you changed as a filmmaker?
KL: I think in the last couple of years, or maybe the last year, I've gotten better at telling the stories. I've gained more confidence. And that's because the editor's (Ollie Huddleston) helped me a lot, he's kind of advised me about holding shots. I look at the scenes with him and he says, "Look, you could do it this way, that would be better." And that's been really, really good for me. So I think I'm getting better at storytelling. I've got a long way to go, but I'm getting more confident with it.
It's really interesting, 'cause Debbie (Women Make Movies' Debra Zimmerman) and I are doing a master class on Saturday. We looked at the beginning of Sisters in Law and then the beginning of Divorce Iranian Style. They're ten years apart and the beginnings are almost identical! The scenes are completely different—one's in an Iranian divorce court and the other is in Cameroon in a room with a judge—but what the scenes are doing is exactly the same. They're setting up a context, and setting up your main character. So it's fascinating to see that I'm filming in the same way. What I'm trying to do is have it very transparent, a bit like, obviously not exactly like, but I've been watching Mad Men a lot. It's my current thing! What I love about Mad Men is the subtlety of it, that you can watch a scene, and you're sort of guessing and thinking and wondering and daydreaming while you're watching the scene, and I love the ambivalence of everything. And the way you gradually get to know who the people are and what's going on. I love the fact that you don't feel bullied or forced into seeing the scene in any particular way. And I suppose that's what I'm trying to do in the space of a film. I'm trying to make them as transparent as possible, so it's almost like I'm the audience.
What makes it easy is I'm doing the camera, so if people look at me or appeal to me, the audience is actually where I am. Sometimes I get this weird feeling in the middle of a scene, like there's one moment I got it very strongly. I was in the police station in Sisters in Law, and the aunt, who'd abused this little girl, fell at her feet to demand forgiveness. And she was only doing it 'cause she was frightened the family was going to really punish her. So it was very theatrical the way she was doing it but at the same time it was real. And so I was on my knees filming her, and I was filming it but I wasn't actually seeing it. I was sort of experiencing it as a film. It's very strange when that happens.
H2N: I wanted to ask this later, but it ties into that exact type of moment, when one hears an almost supernatural voice that says, "Now I have a film." Does that happen to you? It seems similar to what you're talking about.
KL: Every single time. With Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go, I remember when I filmed that last scene, when Robert gets the CD and then the music plays, the music says everything I was trying to get the film to say. When that happened, I was so emotional when I was filming it, I was crying, and when the scene ended, which was real life, I hugged them both and said, "That's the end of the film, we've got the end of the film." It's so strange, 'cause it was real life but that was the end of the film. And Robert was so pleased, because he realized it was the end of the film! And that always was the end, there couldn't possibly be another end than that. And that happened with Sisters in Law. It also happened with Rough Aunties. I knew when we filmed it. It was the last thing we filmed.
H2N: Is that specific to all of your work, that you know you've shot the ending while you're shooting it? Do you ever limit yourself beforehand and say, "We're going to Cameroon for a year and what we get is what we get," and figure out the ending when you get home? Or do you stick it out until you're positive that you've just shot the ending?
KL: I stick it out. I have to get the ending. The ending somehow seems much easier when I come home, because I always know what the ending is. It's the beginning that's difficult. And that's why Debbie and I were looking at the beginning of Sisters in Law and the beginning of Divorce Iranian Style. We usually edit the film quite quickly. It takes about five or six weeks. And then we take weeks and weeks and weeks trying to figure out how to begin the film. How to have the right balance between information and context, how to draw the audience in, how to set up the story. And we always have a lot of trouble with it.
H2N: I think that's what is so appealing about your films to me is that they set a quietly immersive tone, they don't bludgeon you at the beginning, like, "This is what this film is going to be about."
KL: It's something that I find really painful, 'cause it happens to me all the time. Though I'm glad you say that. But you'd be surprised. Like, with Sisters in Law, one of my closest friends, she also makes films. At the end of the very first screening, her partner stood up and said, "I don't like the film, it doesn't tell you anything about Cameroon," and then my friend said something, and another friend said something. There were about seven or eight of them watching the film, and so I went up to talk to them afterwards, and I was really kind of troubled because it was our first screening. I asked, "Well, what information would you like in the film?" She said, "Well, you've told me that there are three hundred eighty female judges, and that's an amazing fact, Kim, you should have put that in the film." And then her partner said that he wanted context on the political background of Cameroon. He wanted to know about it politically. And there were seven of them and they all said something different. As for the political background, who am I to give that? But I thought particularly about her comment, because she was the person I was closest to. And I thought, if I put, for example, "There are three hundred eighty female judges," I'm inferring, by saying that, that there are three hundred eighty women like the two women in the film. But that is so not true. There was a woman judge in the court next door, and she used to walk around with her orderly with a stick, and he'd knock people out of the road so she could walk without being touched. (H2N laughs) And, you know, there were some good male judges. Things are loaded. You have to be so careful. If I said, "Three hundred eighty of these women," no, they're not ciphers, they're not symbols.
H2N: And if you're presenting this information in text especially, then it seems more statistical and black-and-white.
KL: Yeah, it isn't fair.
H2N: And maybe those people are right to want that information. But in that case, they should go watch a movie about the political background of Cameroon.
KL: Or read books.
H2N: I think what's so great about your approach to filmmaking—or at least what makes me respond to it so strongly—is that it teaches me something about these specific individuals and their community and culture on a personal level, which in turn sparks me to want to read and learn about them on a broader scale.
KL: My feeling is really that we're still a little bit old fashioned in the way that we look at documentaries that we're not with fiction. We're becoming so sophisticated with how we look at fiction. Like, The Wire is quite extraordinary.
H2N: Yes it is.
KL: That couldn't have happened even a few years ago. What they demand of the audience. And Mad Men. And The Sopranos. But if you put all these facts and figures onto fiction, say with The Sopranos, you'd say, you know, "There are so many Mafia living here and this is where they are and this is what the Mafia do and this is the history of the Mafia." Why does documentary have to be bogged down in that way? I suppose it is because there are so few films about some of these countries. But the answer is to have more films or to actually check out books. You can't expect one poor little film to do everything.
H2N: I feel like the greatest thing a documentary can do is engage with human beings on a personal level. Movies that are too loaded with facts, it's similar to hearing poetry being read aloud for me. It just doesn't work as effectively as it does on the page.
KL: Absolutely right. I suppose what it is really is that we all do things that we would like to see, so I make the films that I would like to watch. And I don't like watching films—apart from Michael Moore, and I forgive him because I just love him and he's been such a little trouper—but on the whole, I don't like watching films that tell me what to think or overload me with facts. I can't do this thing of an image and then audio that doesn't go with the image, that's telling me something factual over an image. I find it very difficult, because images are so seductive and sounds are so seductive, and then you have this information. I find it very difficult. And I don't think that's how films are meant to be watched. Personally, I think films should be an emotional experience. They should draw you in.
(conversation is interrupted by a surprisingly jovial MoMA security guard who agrees to let us chat for a few more minutes before letting ticket holders into the theater)
H2N: As video cameras have become way more pervasive, has the process of getting your subjects comfortable in front of the camera changed?
KL: I've found that people have always been really, really keen to be filmed. Not to be filmed, really, but to have a witness. And I've found that from when I very first started with my boarding school, the girls at the school were so happy I was there, and it felt so naughty and exciting to be making a film, 'cause they knew I was making a critical film of the boarding school. And it was like we were all doing it together and it felt like it was the naughtiest thing you could ever do! (both laugh) So from that first film to Rough Aunties, where we really made it as a team, they would ring me and say, "Come on, you've got to do this," you couldn't have made that film unless they'd been with me doing it, telling me what was going on.
Most of the people I film are people who feel that they're not recognized or don't have a voice, or are doing something outside the norm of what's accepted. So they're so happy to have me there, filming them.
H2N: When it comes to the actual act of meeting people that you would like to follow and then filming them, do you have a routine with that? Do you break out the camera right away?
KL: I start right away with the camera. Definitely. It would feel very weird to be there without the camera, 'cause I'm not there as a friend. Even though I am a friend hopefully. But I'm there to make a film, so why would I be there without the camera? I find that very weird. I know people do that, and I'm not saying that's weird of them to do it, but I would feel very uncomfortable doing that. And then I wouldn't know when to bring the camera out. I find that really embarrassing! (both laugh)
H2N: As far as the actual shoots themselves, do you prefer to work within a shorter time span?
KL: It's very short. People tell me that they shoot for two, three, four years. The shortest one for me would be about nine weeks, and the longest one would be about thirteen weeks.
H2N: Really? I feel like some of your films feel like you're there for a much longer time than that. Especially Rough Aunties.
KL: I couldn't have lasted any longer. It did me in. It was so emotionally overwhelming.
H2N: I walked out of that with my girlfriend, and we were both just completely drained.
KL: Which part did you walk out on?
H2N: Oh, I didn't walk out on the movie!
KL: Oh, good!
H2N: But when we left, it just seemed like we'd been totally immersed in that world for longer than thirteen weeks. Is there a high turnover rate for the Bobbi Bear women?
KL: Those aunties have been there for years. Some of them ten years. I don't know, they're just extraordinary people. But what they go through, how they live, the edge on which they live. I've just been at Sundance with Mildred and Thuli, and to them it was probably the first ever time in their lives when they haven't been working. Their lives are just constant, you know; if they're not working with the kids, they're collecting water or they're making food or they're walking to work. Their lives are really tough.
H2N: Did they get a kick out of Park City?
KL: They loved it. We had such a hoot. It was one of the best weeks of my life. I mean even just things like getting in the Jacuzzi. They'd be screaming with laughter, 'cause they've never sat in hot water. Everything was a hoot.
H2N: You're referencing things like The Wire and Mad Men. Have you ever had the itch to apply your technique to narrative?
KL: No, because how I experience it, fiction actually isn't as extraordinary as documentary. For example, in Sisters in Law, a little girl of six runs away from her aunt and goes to a church and gets help. And Cindy in Rough Aunties. I don't think I would have believed a girl of thirteen could be so generous as to ask her parents to adopt another child because that child hasn't been loved. I find Cindy extraordinary. If I'd written that as a script I don't think people would believe it. I'm constantly amazed at how amazing real people are, ordinary people.
H2N: And with the horrifically personal narrative turn that Rough Aunties takes. If you made the most accurate fictional adaptation of that film, it still wouldn't be the same. I was just wondering if you had any little nagging voices that were tempting you in that other direction.
KL: No. What I'm hoping is that the experience of watching these films—and this sounds weird, 'cause none of it's set up and I'm filming it as it's happening—but I'm hoping the experience of watching the film is close to the experience of watching a good fiction film. That you just feel you're there and you actually think, "Oh my God, what's gonna happen next?" And it really is what's gonna happen next. And that's the feeling I'm getting when I'm filming it. I'm going, "No, what's gonna happen next? Oh my God!" And it's always more extraordinary and more life changing than I imagined. That's the wonderful thing about making documentaries. The terrible thing is the first few weeks I'm normally thinking, "My God, how am I gonna make a film? Nothing's happening! Where's the story?" Maybe it would be a nice feeling to have a script then, you know! (she laughs)
H2N: How about the ethical dilemma. I don't think anyone in their even somewhat wrong mind would ever accuse you of being exploitative. That said, is there any time when, even though you know your mission is a noble one, you think, "Okay, I need to put the camera down now." Especially with regards to the shocking turn that Rough Aunties takes.
KL: A lot. When we're by the river and Sdudla's crying, the sound recordist Mary kept saying to me, "We should stop filming." And I felt really terrible. I felt like a kind of monster. It's someone you really love and they're in pain and you're filming them. It's a very strange thing to do. But at the same time I knew that's what I was there for. And what's the point of me being there? I don't want to watch it for the sake of watching it. And I'm there because we're there as a team and we're trying to do something about it. And I was so pleased that when they all came to Amsterdam to see the film, when I said, "Do you think I shouldn't have filmed it?" They all looked at me as if I was mad. Because they're gonna use that now to campaign, to get companies, not just people digging their drowned children out of rivers, but digging metals out and polluting the rivers and stuff that's going on all over Africa, where companies are exploiting people and not putting any money back in. Even though it felt a terrible thing emotionally, in my head I knew we had to film it. So it's a very difficult thing. There's no easy answer to that, really. And that's been in every film. There have been one or two scenes where I've felt it, but it's never occurred to me for a second to stop, because there's always a trust between the people I'm filming and me, and I always knew if they wanted me to stop they would ask me. But there's something where you don't feel comfortable with yourself. And I know when Ollie was watching that, when we were editing and we were looking at the rushes, he had to go out for a walk 'cause it upset him so much.
H2N: One last question. Over here everyone's worried about the industry. Here we are on the opening night of your own personal MoMA retrospective, you're very well established in your field. Even taking all that into account: have you found it harder to get a film off the ground nowadays?
KL: It's always been hard. Two years to raise the money for Divorce Iranian Style. Two years. And during those two years, I do camera for people, so it was nice that I could do that. But Ziba (Mir-Hosseini), my friend that I made it with, it was tough on her. She waited for two years and I love her for that. I wouldn't say it's particularly tough for me 'cause I know other people, they wait for two years and they don't get it. So I'm really grateful that we got the money. I think everyone finds it hard.
— Michael Tully
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IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television.
IPTV is a modern technology for TV broadcasting that uses internet protocol (IP) instead of satelite. It is the product of the recent technological revolution and the expansion of the use of different types of devices to watch TV channels, and IPTV came to the stage to enable to keep up to news feeds, their favorite TV shows and games easily and felxibly that traditional means of TV broadcasting is unable to provide.
It is no exaggeration if some say that the traditional TV satelllite is outmoded. There is some reason in this statement. With cable or satellite TV, broadcasters transmit their services in the form of signals and waves. But while viewers receive thse signals, they lack full control on what is sent and and when to watch it, unless of course they have some sort of recording device. They have only one choice that is to stick to the broadcasters' schedule.
IPTV is another story, a promising sort of story! Instead of sending content via light pulses in fiber optic cable or radio waves, IPTV transmit news broadcast, shows, movies and sports games via Internet Protocol (IP) – that is through your standard internet connection.
IPTV on the other hand, is not confined with specific broadcasting schedule which characterise cable and satellite TV broadcasting. Instead most IPTV providers make use of VOD (Video on Demand) or Time-Shifted Media – we will discuss both below when we talk about the types of IPTV broadcasting.
Although there are nowadays TVs that are equipped to run IPTV playlists and files, most TVs do not in fact have this feature. But the problem is solved by set-top box which serves as an interpretor that stands between what you receive over your internet connection and you TV- translate IPTV content into a format (language) that TV can read.
To run IPTV on computer, you almost need nothing. You can go about for it right away. You may only need to set up the free VLC media player.
The same with smartphones and tablets.
See how you can set up IPTV on android and iPhone.
Also how to set up IPTV on Smart TV.
As indicated by its name, with VOD you get your video whenever you demand it. Movie-streaming websites are typical examples of VOD (Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video). Video on Demand take you out of the limits on what you can watch!
With Video on Demand VOD, you are able to watch your movie or show at any time without having to abide by the broadcasting schedule of the service provider.
The idea is that viewers can watch shows when they missed them at the timeof their first broadcast. The Time-Shift Media is an IPTV Type where broadcast services providers display TV shows on their own specifc Apps or even simply on standard browsers, shortly after broadcasting them on satellite.
What makes Time-Shifted Media different from VOD is the time limit. While VOD type is limitless and you can request your video at any time, Time-Shifted Media is available only for a limited period.
This type allows you to watch live streaming shows on IPTV on your device. In this case, live IPTV is much like the ordinary TV satellite broadcast, unless live IPTV is transmitted via internet and is more felexible and easier for different kinds of devices.


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Q: package org.apache.hadoop does not exist I'm trying to compile a java file which is importing hadoop packages.
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;

But it fails with a message

error: package org.apache.hadoop.fs does not exist

I googled for this error and it seems that I have to edit $PATH
But I have no idea to what I have to fix the path.
How can I solve this import error?

A: You have bad import, its
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;

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The other posibility its you have bad import, can show how import the library of hadoop.


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with Vale of Pnath and Interloper
The Pit on 93X presents
Germany-based metal band Obscura launch trilogy concept on stunning new album A Valediction. The group's first (sixth overall) album for Nuclear Blast pivots on many fronts. Advanced, elegant, and yet refreshing, A Valediction sums up past endeavors...
Vale of Pnath
Vale of Pnath's second EP following two acclaimed full-lengths (2011's The Prodigal Empire and 2016's II), Accursed (2019) is fueled with Tech Death adrenaline and shrouded in black metal's iniquitous...
Now officially signed to Nuclear Blast Records, the progressive heavy metal vehicle that is INTERLOPER has arrived to present its first collective effort as a band; A REVENANT LEGACY. With a full-length album...
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Howard Phillips Speaks on Dragon Quest's Initial Performance and Nintendo Power Giveaway
by David Oxford | Mar 29, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s | 0 comments
During its run, Nintendo Power was a publication beloved by fans of Nintendo all across North America. One of the most famous tales from the magazine's run is of the time you could subscribe and receive a brand-new copy of the role playing game Dragon Warrior (which would go on to later reclaim its original Japanese title, Dragon Quest).
More recently, former Gamemaster for Nintendo of America, Nintendo Fun Club President, and Nintendo Power writer Howard Phillips appeared on Reddit to host an AMA ("Ask Me Anything") session, and the subject of the the game's failure to perform as well in the west as it did in its homeland of Japan, where it quickly became a cultural phenomenon.
Reddit user Tobaccolade posed the question, "What was one of the biggest games that Nintendo pushed, that you actually thought was a sub-par game?"
Without holding back, Phillips responded "That's an easy one – Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior – it was sub-par because it was pushed into the Western market several years too late."
For those keeping track, Dragon Quest was originally released for the Famicom in Japan on May 27th, 1986, whereas its western counterpart Dragon Warrior did not come to the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States until August of 1989, a difference of more than three years.
Another user, Dead_Toad, would ask "Nintendo Power gave away a free copy of Dragon Warrior with every new subscription. … Why was Dragon Warrior chosen for the free game, and were other games considered?"
To this, Phillips said of the late-1990 promotion: "Dragon Quest tested poorly primarily due to the relatively limited action play and the dated graphics – Mr. Arakawa badly wanted to get the benefit of releasing the whole series in the U.S. as it had been hugely successful in Japan. Unfortunately, the graphics of Dragon Quest 1 looked really dated and this helped depress expectations. After ordering manufacture of 1 million copies, Mr. A decided to give it away to promote Nintendo Power subscriptions (it was originally a free magazine!), launch the series in the U.S., and get rid of the million copies of the game."
The promotion was apparently a success, attracting some 500,000 new subscriptions to "The Source for NES Players Straight From the Pros." And as one might expect, the logistics behind such a promotion are rather impressive, with 70,000 pieces being processed per hour over seven and a half 19-hour days:
@frankcifaldi And the logistics behind that promotion as documented in the Nintendo internal newsletter: pic.twitter.com/DZFPrHDAtK
— Steve Lin (@stevenplin) August 28, 2014
While a successful promotion for Nintendo Power, video gaming historian Frank Cifaldi says the game's failure to catch on otherwise saw to it that Nintendo of America would opt out of publishing the sequels, and would only publish the first Final Fantasy as well, before throwing in the towel — and cancelling plans to release Earth Bound in North America as well.
But with Dragon Quest XI arriving for PlayStation 4 and Steam on September 4th (with a Nintendo Switch version to come sometime later), Final Fantasy having just released its fifteenth game, and EarthBound becoming a cult favorite, you'd be forgiven for never imagining that the series — and the genre in general — got off to such a rocky start in the west.
[Note: Some light editing for typos and formatting was applied to the quotes above; they remain unchanged otherwise.]
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How can I make sure that an e-mail attachment is safe to open?
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Communicate personal information only via phone or secure web sites: look for a sign that the site is secure such as a lock icon on the browser's status bar or a "https:" URL whereby the "s" stands for "secure" rather than a "http:".
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My disc space is full ("quota exceeded")! Or: How can I check my remaining disk space on the network home directory?
Open the Windows-Explorer and right click on the drive letter and select properties. The window shows how much space is left among other drive information.
When you issue the disk free command (df -h $HOME) in a command-line terminal, the output does not show the whole disk space available on the NFS-Shares but your quota. I.e. under "Size" you will see your hard quota and under "Used" you will see the amount of space you are currently using.
Please note: The usual quota command does not work together with our storage system. It will have no output when you execute it.
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Please locate the folder where the file(s) is stored.
Right click the folder and select "Properties".
Select the slider "Previous versions".
Select a version where your file was fine and open it by double-clicking.
Copy the file you want to restore and paste it to the folder where you want to store the file (you can also overwrite the faulty file, or simply drag and drop the file to your desktop).
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How do I scan multiple sheets into one document?
Note that by default our copiers are configured to wait for additional sheets of paper when scanning using the original glass as if the option "Separate Scan" is on!
If you put all your sheets into the automatic document feeder, everything will automatically be put into one output file. If you have more than 100 sheets, you have to enable the "Separate Scan" option, see the instructions at Scanning a number of originals ([Separate Scan]) (german).
Why is the print quality when printing from a web browser poor?
If you print a document within a web browser, you might not achieve optimal print quality. It can happen that the printout is blurry, that a font is replaced by another one (of a different size) and that forms look different. Because of this we recommend that you download the file first and then print it with other software.
Why does the printer ask for the correct paper size and doesn't print?
Since the only available paper size at the department is A4 and A3, please do not send print jobs requesting another paper size (if you do not intend to bring this exact paper with you)!
Thus, choose A4 (or A3) in the printer menu and do not use the option 'Choose paper source by pdf page size' in Adobe Reader, since many documents (e.g. research papers) have other dimensions.
In the meeting room on the third floor, there's a Windows computer with Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat Prof. installed (in addition to the standard installation). Please feel free to use it. You can log in with your u:account (=mailbox-account).
For more information on our Windows computers see this page.
Which software is installed on my Windows/Linux computer by default?
Linux computers: Have a look at the Desktop Computers page.
Windows computers: Have a look at the Managed Clients page.
How do I get updates for a managed Windows Notebook?
Please bring your Laptop at least every 2 months or use VPN to get software updates which are important for the security of your laptop.
To get the latest updates you have to right-click the "Matrix 42" icon (square with smaller red squares in it, located in the tray icon bar) and select "Check for new approved Software". The Software will download in the background and can take a long time depending on the size. So if you connect from the outside please make sure to have a sufficient internet connection.
If the software was downloaded correctly and you restart your computer you will see a window showing Matrix 42. Please do not log in and let the installation finish. The installation can take up to an hour depending on the software downloaded before.
How can I install other Linux software that I need for my project?
If the software is included in Ubuntu Linux (see http://packages.ubuntu.com/ or "apt-cache search MYSOFTWARE"), please contact the Helpdesk and we will permanently install the software on your PC.
If the software is not included in Ubuntu Linux, but there exists a third-party Ubuntu package repository including the software, we may be able to install it. Please send a detailed request to the Helpdesk, at least including the software's name and where we can find it.
If the software is not included in Ubuntu Linux and there is no Ubuntu package for it, we don't support a global installation to your PC. You may try to install it to your home directory yourself, so the software will survive reinstallation of your computer.
Note: One special case is Maple. It is not included on your computer by default (because of a limited number of licenses), but we will install it if you need it. Please send a request including your computer's name (enter "hostname" in a command-line terminal) to the Helpdesk.
Firefox/Thunderbird won't start in Linux because it says an instance is already running - what should I do?
It looks like Firefox/Thunderbird did not exit correctly last time you used it or an instance is still running in the background.
Please run remove-mozilla-locks.sh from a terminal window. This should fix the problem.
Firefox lost all my bookmarks!
Unfortunately, sometimes Firefox loses user bookmarks when it crashes, or when it gets upgraded to a newer release in the background while still running.
Usually you can restore an earlier (working) version of the bookmarks yourself: Please open Firefox (if it is not running already). From the menu bar, choose "Bookmarks" -> "Show All Bookmarks". Choose "Import and backup", then under "Restore" you will find a list of dates when the bookmarks were backed up by Firefox. Click on a recent date (the most recent backup will usually be the best option). A dialog will appear, asking if you want to replace the bookmarks. Click "OK" there. Now please restart Firefox and your bookmarks should be available again.
Under rare circumstances, this procedure does not suffice to restore the bookmarks. In this case, the computer group can restore an older Firefox profile for you from the storage backup. Please contact the Helpdesk (don't forget to include your username, and, if possible, your computer's name, in the request)!


As an independent insurance agent or broker, you're essentially a small business. Branding a small business can seem challenging. Big brands spend huge budgets on research and marketing. How can a small business do it? The answer is in your unique ability to create a valuable and authentic customer experience. As a local business, you can serve your target audience very well. Unconstrained by corporate rules, local insurance agencies move quickly. You know your customer personally. These real world details create a cumulative advantage, becoming the backbone of your brand.
It's more than your logo. A brand is the total experience customers have with your business. This includes the visual elements, but it also includes the sum total of your customer interactions, what you share on social media, and in your marketing. Doing these well helps you to establish credibility, and to build a strong focus within your company.
Word of mouth is one of the best lead generators for an insurance agency. Having the right products is crucial for getting people to talk about your business. The charm of a local insurance agency can only go so far without great products and services backing it up. So keep testing new offerings and services.
Just like a major brand, it is important that you get this right especially in the beginning, as it is hard to change down the road. Your logo and name should be easy to recognize. They should have a tone that resonates with your target audience. This is what helps to create an affinity with your local brand.
A trusted local brand is what you are aiming to be, and a big part of this is how strongly you are engaged with your community. The beauty of this is that it isn't expensive. In fact, when compared to traditional advertising, it's almost free. Social media and blogging allow you to connect with your community online. Offline, you can participate in local community events, like fundraisers and charity happenings. You can even host your own events.
MiniCo offers co-branded flyers to assist you in your prospecting efforts as well as a prospect list of self-storage businesses in your area. The flyer includes information about MiniCo's self-storage insurance coverages and can be customized to include your agency's logo, contact information, and a brief company description. Get them here.


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Exhibiting green credentials
Open-access content Monday 16th November 2015 — updated 4.00pm, Tuesday 26th May 2020
Birmingham NEC's facilities team, 'Team NEC' beat its own high targets in waste management and has been recognised for its commitment to new sustainability initiatives including cutting landfill, water use, energy wastage - and costs, writes Jamie Harris.
16 November 2015 | By Jamie Harris
BIFM Awards 2015
Category: Impact on Sustainability
Winner: Team NEC
Sponsor: Rexel
Each of my previous visits to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), an events venue and complex situated adjacent to Birmingham International Airport, began with a train ride from London, and was followed by a brisk walk across from the train station to one of the exhibition halls for a day's reporting, before I embarked on the return journey. From Euston Station, I never placed a foot outdoors.
So focused are the visitors on the exhibitions and events the NEC holds, ably supported by various amenities located on site, that much of the rest of the centre's operations will go unnoticed.
Last month, this behind the scenes success was brought to the fore as NEC's facilities team, 'Team NEC', walked away as winners in the Impact on Sustainability category at this year's BIFM Awards.
Judges said that the NEC's entry "provided a compelling example of best practice in waste management". They are not wrong; the NEC have hardly missed a beat, setting (and beating) high targets in a continuously evolving environment.
The NEC is home to 140 conferences and exhibitions each year, providing additional challenges for the facilities team, which must work with constantly changing third parties on site.
The facilities team, a partnership between in-house staff and service providers CBRE Norland and OCS which is branded as 'Team NEC', carry out hard and soft services, including cleaning, waste management and maintenance and compliance services. The team's size fluctuates, depending on how many events are currently running across the centre, which houses 20 inter-connecting halls. Ninety hard services staff (increasing to 106 full time staff next year) are joined by the cleaning staff team, which can vary from 50 to 2,000 people.
Steve Cartmell, integrated facilities services contract manager, cleaning and waste, began working on site 17 years ago 'with a broom in hand in hall 20'. Since then, Cartmell has worked his way up to his current position, where he is responsible for the delivery of cleaning and waste services on site, as well as working with the various events' organisers.
"I regularly walk the floor with our organisers and our customers to figure out the best process for them," he explains.
Team NEC, while having to address immediate work, such as clearing exhibition space as one event ends and another begins, sometimes overnight, as well as keeping food and retail plazas clean for more than two million visitors each year, has also been a driving force for new sustainability initiatives.
Brian Pell, group director of operations for NEC, is grateful to have the support of the board through their investment into sustainable practices.
"There is almost the temptation to say, 'let me paint all of the buildings and replace the frontage'… I'm not saying they're superficial, but we've also been able to spend substantial amounts on all of the things that the customers don't see, but will absolutely benefit from."
The contracts with OCS and CBRE Norland began just over three years ago. The tenders, says Pell, were two years in the making. "We wanted to make sure that we were partnering with the right people, who had the right credentials. It's had a knock-on effect: even the smallest suppliers must now demonstrate their green credentials."
The amount of work carried out over the last five years, and the end results of that work, are quite staggering. £1.3 million of chillers have been replaced over a five-year period; Escalators and travelators have been fitted with motion sensors and investors, which reduce the energy consumption of the equipment; and more than 800 urinals have been fitted with technology that has saved more than 100 million litres of water each year. Cleaning materials used across the site are all chemical free.
Nearly £500,000 has been invested in the installation of 850 smart meters, which has enabled the team to be able to track consumption patterns and trends.
Sean Prior, energy manager on site, oversees the use of smart metering, and has incorporated energy targets into the contract with the building management system (BMS) provider).
"The biggest thing is to use the data," says Prior. "It's all very well metering everything, but there are 2 million bits of data per month."
The meters allow the team to make smarter decisions about energy usage. When a hall is not 'in show', Prior can now drop all of the lighting down. He can also identify if a single fridge is being powered in an empty hall.
"It creates good behaviours - a lot of it is remarkably obvious stuff, but it's installing that best practice."
Creating a green culture starts from the moment an employee begins working at NEC. On induction day, they are taken on a site tour and the environmental processes are emphasised as a key facet of the day to day operations. Getting suppliers and event organisers to embrace the green culture has also been relatively straightforward.
"Everyone wants to be part of a good news story," explains Pell.
Sweeping changes
An exhibition centre of this scale produces large amounts of cardboard waste, as well as discarded brochures. To make the process more efficient a waste pre-treatment centre was opened on site in 2009 to give team NEC the ability to sort materials into its various streams, before it is baled and sent for further processing.
Cartmell thinks that the pre-treatment centre was the catalyst for the sustainability initiatives that followed.
"We came up with the idea [for an on site waste pre-treatment centre] on a post-it note over a bacon sandwich. I still have that post-it note."
Pell explains that many of the initiatives result from "blue-sky" thinking in meetings.
"We ask if we could [make an initiative work], and then we've got the expertise on all sides of the partnership. We come up with ideas, and then try to backwards-engineer them."
When the pre treatment centre opened, the site transformed from nearly 100 per cent of waste going to landfill, to zero to landfill, overnight.
"For the first few weeks, I was working in the centre," explains Cartmell. The material is separated, and each stream has a different onward journey. Spare wooden pallets are sold on or given away to local causes, while bins have been placed by loading bays purely for waste paint.
"We had a paint spillage, so from now on, we'll know where the paint is, so it can be treated correctly."
The baler has helped increase a single load of cardboard from one tonne to 22 compacted tonnes, which is then taken out to further processing plants. The waste trucks are based on site, in order to further reduce the organisation's carbon footprint by reducing the number of empty loads. The whole process has saved the NEC more than £700,000 in landfill tax so far. It has diverted more than 10,000 tonnes from landfill to date, and the number continues to rise.
Food waste is collected from kitchens, retail outlets and exhibitions and sent to a local anaerobic digestion plant, just three miles away, where the energy generated from the waste powers a sewage treatment works. The previous plant that the NEC used was in Staffordshire, but once word of a new plant in construction reached the NEC, no time was wasted in setting up a partnership. The reduction in travel from 27 miles to three further cut the carbon footprint.
"There are other areas of the site that people don't realise have to be managed," explains Cartmell. "We've got a sixteen acre lake, 75 acre woodland. We've got badger sets, deer and other wildlife."
The grounds are maintained by Mitie, which uses reusable materials, such as broken branches, which are turned into wood chipping for pathways, throughout. The 14,500 car parking spaces are cleared of leaves, and low emission shuttle buses are used to transport visitors around the site.
"The storm drains all lead down to the lake, so we have to be careful if there is an oil spill or anything similar - the team is trained to respond so that hazardous materials don't reach the drains."
The nature of the inter-connecting halls gives the NEC the opportunity to test out initiatives. LED lights were installed in one hall and the resulting energy savings were monitored. If an initiative is successful, it can then be rolled out across the entire site.
As group director of operations, Pell can also roll out changes to the NEC Group, where appropriate. The group owns other venues such as the Genting Arena (originally the NEC Arena, opened in 1980 and based on the same site), as well as the Barclaycard Arena (formerly the National Indoor Arena) and the International Convention Centre (ICC), both located in the centre of Birmingham. The contracts with service providers are group contracts, which makes things easier to mirror across the portfolio.
"The ICC now utilises the food waste process, and it is collected by the same vehicles and taken to the same digestion plant," says Cartmell. "The Genting Arena also uses the service, and it's about to be rolled out to the Barclaycard Arena."
"It doesn't always fit," says Pell, "either by footprint, or if it's in the city centre, it's very difficult. But we've got lots and lots of space here, we can do wonderful things."
Pell, Cartmell and the team are keen to point out one their overriding behavourial characteristics - that they seldom rest on their laurels. Once one initiative has been implemented, rolled out and seen to be successful in saving money and carbon, they loook elsewhere for the next project.
"We're nearly complete on the feasibility study on recycling the site's waste water," says Prior.
"The big one is biomass," says Pell. "If we can make that work, we'll become carbon neutral almost overnight."
The team has also thought about wind farms, but the NEC is close to an airport (Birmingham International Airport).
"We've considered anaerobic digestion on site, too. We've also looked at photovoltaic panels on the roof, as we have got 186,000 square metres of roof space that could house either PV cells or thin film PV.
"A biomass (2,000 megawatt) station would make us a substantial generating site with all renewable energy."
Visitors may continue to see only the slightest evidence of the waste management work going on around them, but for the team at the NEC the BIFM sustainability award is just the latest milestone in an ongoing project.


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View from a South Side beach towards downtown Chicago during a summer storm. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
Children play in the street near the former Midwest Gulf State Factory, which before it closed in 1988 was a major local employer. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
Reggie and his crew hang out on 72nd Street, in a neighborhood known as Pockettown and home to three rival gangs. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
Friends and relatives hug each other outside the house of Starkeshia Reed. Fourteen-year-old Starkeshia was shot in a drive-by killing as she was getting ready for school. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
The funeral of Willie Jones Sr., a much-loved resident of Pockettown. He was famed for clearing the whole block with his snow-blower every time it snowed. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
The South Shore neighborhood was once home to a prosperous Jewish community, but by the 1980s its residents were almost entirely African American. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
Fans of the rapper Yung Jock cheer as he passes during the Bud Billiken Parade as it moves through South Side. The parade dates back to 1929, and has become a celebration of African American culture. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
Kokomo, a stripper, performs at a South Side bachelor party. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
Uncle Al holds up his niece at Sam Binion's house on South Ellis Avenue. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
A man poses in a horror-movie mask in Bridgeport, an enclave known for its resistance to African American residents. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling. But now many are faced with displacement, as upscale redevelopment of some areas means that they can no longer afford to live there.
A man shows how he saw Jesus Christ three times while on a journey from British Guyana. He works as a night-watchman, and grows tomatoes on a one-acre plot, living in a small shack on the property. He says selling the tomatoes earns him US$10,000 a year. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling.
Until the 1960s, African Americans could not be buried in the Oakwoods Cemetery, which borders on the Pocket neighborhood. Today it is one of the most popular resting places for prominent black Chicagoans, including Jesse Owens and former mayor Harold Washington. Chicago South Side has long had a distinct identity, associated with the city's African American community. In the 1970s and 1980s, the once thriving industrial communities of the South Side hit hard economic times and unemployment, poverty, drugs, and gang violence became major issues. Despite their adversities, South Side residents preserve a strong sense of community feeling.
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Q: Number formatting (Money) in PHP I'm trying to format numbers with not decimal points or commas, I've tried number_format() and money_format() and can't seem to get the result I need.

number_format($item->amount,2)
Result: 14,995.00

money_format("%i", $item->amount)
Result: 14,995.00

I'm want to get the following numbers formatted correct.
14995 needs to be £149.95
6795 needs to be £67.95
What is the best way to get the result above?

A: Using brick/money (disclaimer: I'm the author):
use Brick\Money\Money;

// Instantiating from a decimal amount

$money = Money::of('67.95', 'GBP');
echo $money->formatTo('en_GB'); // £67.95

// Instantiating from a minor amount (cents)

$money = Money::ofMinor(6795, 'GBP');
echo $money->formatTo('en_GB'); // £67.95

A: setlocale(LC_MONETARY, 'en_GB.UTF-8'); // change if needed
echo money_format('%n', 6795 / 100);

returns
£67.95
for me, so that should work. As i mentioned in my comment, you probably can't get the code to both display 14995 as 1,499.50 (divide by 10) and 6795 as 67.95 (divide by 100), so I'd recommend refactoring the code accordingly.


The Norwegian Game Support Program under the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) has revealed the results of their latest funding round, with 12 games to receive a little over 7 million Norwegian crowns (NOK) in development support.
Of the funded games, seven have previously received funding from NFI: Degrees of Separation, Through the Woods, The Mosaic, Iconoclasts, Corroded, Manual Samuel and Fugl.
More information about this funding round and NFI's game development support program (in Norwegian) here.


A wet summer means my bee balm is infected with the fungus powdery mildew. Here's what I'm doing to control it and you can try, too.
Down on your legume luck? Identify what could be plaguing your crop and take steps right away to remedy the situation.
My Tomato's Leaves are Turning Yellow—Help!
Prevent disease-causing funguses that could be killing your tomato crop from spreading across your garden.
Learn what to do about fungal diseases before they destroy your tomato crop.


We fight for things, fight against things – pushing for change, pushing rocks up hills – often pushing on a door when all we need do is pull.
Far more doors are open than are locked, far more people are open for business than closed for the night, or closed forever.
Forever is a very long time. We are better served focusing on today. And maybe on tomorrow. We don't need bifocals, binoculars or a telescope to see that. Sometimes microscopes. Better yet, microscopic truth telling. Not everything, not to the whole world necessarily, but at least to ourselves.
Forever, word we should lose; i.e., "I've been doing that forever" or 'that will take/last forever".
Simply a matter of pulling rather than pushing, sometimes it's a soft touch rather than harsh words, sometimes simply 'not fighting the obvious'.


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