Provence Quince can be used as a rootstock for European Pear, Quince, as well as Loquat! Provence is valued for being precocious, high yielding and resistant to crown gall, pear decline and nematodes.
Provence Quince can be used as a rootstock for European Pear, Quince, as well as Loquat! Provence is valued for being precocious, high yielding and resistant to crown gall, pear decline and nematodes. Trees grafted onto Provence grow to 55% of standard height.
Choosing the correct rootstock can be the difference between a tree thriving or dying on your site. Rootstocks not only determine the overall size, vigor, and precociousness of a tree but also what soil types it can grow in, its drought tolerance and how well anchored your tree will be.
Now you can propagate your own fruit trees for very low costs or preserve rare and heirloom varieties by grafting them onto to resilient rootstocks. Be sure to check compatibility of your desired scion with your choice of rootstock.


Huawei to bring world's fastest SuperCharge technology to India with the HUAWEI Mate 20 series. Check out the press release for more details on SuperCharge technology!
Huawei Consumer Business Group announces the company's upcoming Mate 20 flagships would feature several industry-first specifications, both on its design and hardware that would set it apart from its predecessor.
The HUAWEI Mate 20 Series is designed to enable consumers to enjoy a rich, more fulfilled life with higher intelligence, unparalleled battery lives and powerful camera performance. Besides its superior performance, the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series also features ground-breaking improvement on battery life.
The HUAWEI Mate 20 series houses a large, high-density battery, and supports 40W HUAWEI SuperCharge 2.0, which gives the device 70 per cent charge in 30 minutes.
The SuperCharge technology is TÜV Safety Certified, with TÜV Rheinland's safety standards being some of the world's stringiest. The fast and safe charging technology charges the device while maintaining a low device temperature, so users can have peace of mind while their devices are plugged in. In a fast charging scenario, the activity may cause the lithium dendrites to form on the surface of the anode, which is a leading cause of battery safety issues.
To ensure that batteries created are safer and deliver a longer battery life, Huawei has introduced the ultra-fast battery charging technology. Huawei's ultra-fast charging battery is the result of battery material innovation. It is fully compatible with the existing battery solutions and contains silicon and nitrogen-doped carbon materials.
Unlike traditional fast-charging solutions, ultra-fast charge employs a relatively low-voltage and high-current formula that aims to maximize the amount of current delivered into the device, while minimizing efficiency losses and throttling.
This innovation is based on electrochemical kinetics advancements, which enable ultra-fast charging batteries to support greater power efficiency and current input. Leveraging the nitrogen-doped carbon frame, Huawei improved the stability intercalation and deintercalation of lithium.
Share your views on the latest charging technology in the comments section below!


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Q: Output files returned after training a alexnet model...? Code is written in Python 3.5.X
Please try to make the answer simple for a 3rd year Computer Science Student
The output files from train_model.py seems to be a model.meta file but the test_model.py is asking for a .model file. The tutorial user has a .model file as well I can't seem to understand why i am getting a file with .model.meta
I am trying to play GTA San Andreas through Python or more precisely the car in GTA is driven by the model.
It takes screen frames as Input and recorded the key i Input during training. This training data is used to train the model.
Code for training the model
import numpy as np
from alexnet import alexnet

WIDTH = 80
HEIGHT = 60
LR = 1e-3
EPOCHS = 8
MODEL_NAME = 'pygta_sa-car-{}-{}-{}-epochs.model'.format(LR, 'alextnetv2', EPOCHS)

model = alexnet(WIDTH, HEIGHT, LR)

train_data = np.load('training_data_v2.npy')

train = train_data[:-500]
test = train_data[-500:]

X = np.array([i[0] for i in train]).reshape(-1,WIDTH,HEIGHT,1)
Y = [i[1] for i in train]

test_x = np.array([i[0] for i in test]).reshape(-1,WIDTH,HEIGHT,1)
test_y = [i[1] for i in test]

model.fit({'input': X}, {'targets': Y}, n_epoch=EPOCHS, validation_set=({'input': test_x}, {'targets': test_y}),
    snapshot_step=500, show_metric=True, run_id=MODEL_NAME)

# tensorboard --logdir=foo:F:\play_gta_sa\log

model.save(MODEL_NAME)

training completes successfully and returns files

Files returned on the video of the Tutorial i am using to do this project
sent_dex files returned
Content of Checkpoint file
model_checkpoint_path: "F:\play_gta_sa\pygta_sa-car-0.001-alextnetv2-8-epochs.model"
all_model_checkpoint_paths: "F:\play_gta_sa\pygta_sa-car-0.001-alextnetv2-8-epochs.model"
Code for testing the model on the game
import numpy as np
import cv2
import time
from grabscreen import grab_screen
from getkeys import key_check
from directkeys import PressKey, ReleaseKey, W, A, S, D
from alexnet import alexnet

WIDTH = 80
HEIGHT = 60
LR = 1e-3
EPOCHS = 8
MODEL_NAME = 'pygta_sa-car-{}-{}-{}-epochs.model'.format(LR, 'alexnetv2',EPOCHS)

def straight():
    PressKey(W)
    ReleaseKey(A)
    ReleaseKey(D)

def left():
    PressKey(W)
    PressKey(A)
    ReleaseKey(D)

def right():
    PressKey(W)
    PressKey(D)
    ReleaseKey(A)

model = alexnet(WIDTH, HEIGHT, LR)
model.load(MODEL_NAME)

def main():

    for i in list(range(10))[::-1]:
        print(i+1)
        time.sleep(1)

    last_time = time.time()

    paused = False

    while True:
        if not paused:

            screen = grab_screen(region=(0,40,800,640))
            screen = cv2.cvtColor(screen,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
            screen = cv2.resize(screen,(80,60))
            print('Frame took {} seconds'.format(time.time()-last_time))
            last_time = time.time()

            moves = list(np.around(model.predict([screen.reshape(80,60,1)])[0]))
            print(moves, prediction)

            if moves == [1,0,0]:
                left()
            elif moves == [0,1,0]:
                straight()
            elif moves == [0,0,1]:
                right()

        keys = key_check()

    # p pauses game and can get annoying.
        if 'T' in keys:
            if paused:
                paused = False
                time.sleep(1)
            else:
                paused = True
                ReleaseKey(A)
                ReleaseKey(W)
                ReleaseKey(D)
                time.sleep(1)

main()

the error message on running test model
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\client\session.py", line 1039, in _do_call
    return fn(*args)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\client\session.py", line 1021, in _run_fn
    status, run_metadata)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\contextlib.py", line 66, in __exit__
    next(self.gen)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\framework\errors_impl.py", line 466, in raise_exception_on_not_ok_status
    pywrap_tensorflow.TF_GetCode(status))
tensorflow.python.framework.errors_impl.NotFoundError: Unsuccessful TensorSliceReader constructor: Failed to find any matching files for F:\play_gta_sa\pygta_sa-car-0.001-alexnetv2-8-epochs.model
     [[Node: save_1/RestoreV2 = RestoreV2[dtypes=[DT_FLOAT], _device="/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/cpu:0"](_recv_save_1/Const_0, save_1/RestoreV2/tensor_names, save_1/RestoreV2/shape_and_slices)]]

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "F:\play_gta_sa\test_model.py", line 33, in <module>
    model.load(MODEL_NAME)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tflearn\models\dnn.py", line 282, in load
    self.trainer.restore(model_file, weights_only, **optargs)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tflearn\helpers\trainer.py", line 452, in restore
    self.restorer.restore(self.session, model_file)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\training\saver.py", line 1457, in restore
    {self.saver_def.filename_tensor_name: save_path})
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\client\session.py", line 778, in run
    run_metadata_ptr)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\client\session.py", line 982, in _run
    feed_dict_string, options, run_metadata)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\client\session.py", line 1032, in _do_run
    target_list, options, run_metadata)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\client\session.py", line 1052, in _do_call
    raise type(e)(node_def, op, message)
tensorflow.python.framework.errors_impl.NotFoundError: Unsuccessful TensorSliceReader constructor: Failed to find any matching files for F:\play_gta_sa\pygta_sa-car-0.001-alexnetv2-8-epochs.model
     [[Node: save_1/RestoreV2 = RestoreV2[dtypes=[DT_FLOAT], _device="/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/cpu:0"](_recv_save_1/Const_0, save_1/RestoreV2/tensor_names, save_1/RestoreV2/shape_and_slices)]]

Caused by op 'save_1/RestoreV2', defined at:
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 124, in main
    ret = method(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\idlelib\run.py", line 351, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "F:\play_gta_sa\test_model.py", line 32, in <module>
    model = alexnet(WIDTH, HEIGHT, LR)
  File "F:\play_gta_sa\alexnet.py", line 40, in alexnet
    max_checkpoints=1, tensorboard_verbose=0, tensorboard_dir='log')
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tflearn\models\dnn.py", line 64, in __init__
    best_val_accuracy=best_val_accuracy)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tflearn\helpers\trainer.py", line 147, in __init__
    allow_empty=True)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\training\saver.py", line 1056, in __init__
    self.build()
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\training\saver.py", line 1086, in build
    restore_sequentially=self._restore_sequentially)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\training\saver.py", line 691, in build
    restore_sequentially, reshape)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\training\saver.py", line 407, in _AddRestoreOps
    tensors = self.restore_op(filename_tensor, saveable, preferred_shard)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\training\saver.py", line 247, in restore_op
    [spec.tensor.dtype])[0])
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\ops\gen_io_ops.py", line 669, in restore_v2
    dtypes=dtypes, name=name)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\framework\op_def_library.py", line 768, in apply_op
    op_def=op_def)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\framework\ops.py", line 2336, in create_op
    original_op=self._default_original_op, op_def=op_def)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python35\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\framework\ops.py", line 1228, in __init__
    self._traceback = _extract_stack()

NotFoundError (see above for traceback): Unsuccessful TensorSliceReader constructor: Failed to find any matching files for F:\play_gta_sa\pygta_sa-car-0.001-alexnetv2-8-epochs.model
     [[Node: save_1/RestoreV2 = RestoreV2[dtypes=[DT_FLOAT], _device="/job:localhost/replica:0/task:0/cpu:0"](_recv_save_1/Const_0, save_1/RestoreV2/tensor_names, save_1/RestoreV2/shape_and_slices)]]

A: Thanks for the update.
Edit:
Try add this line before tf.reset_default_graph() loading model. That is
import tensorflow as tf
tf.reset_default_graph()
model = alexnet(WIDTH, HEIGHT, LR)
model.load(MODEL_NAME)

A: The crux of this error is:
Unsuccessful TensorSliceReader constructor: Failed to find any matching files for F:\play_gta_sa\pygta_sa-car-0.001-alexnetv2-8-epochs.model

Okay, so a typical "file not found." Are we confident that we have this file? Maybe, but, if it was there, it would have been found. Our first guess should be we've typoed or otherwise made a mistake. Let's look at your model files:
For training the model, you have:
MODEL_NAME = 'pygta_sa-car-{}-{}-{}-epochs.model'.format(LR, 'alextnetv2', EPOCHS)

For testing the model, you have:
MODEL_NAME = 'pygta_sa-car-{}-{}-{}-epochs.model'.format(LR, 'alexnetv2',EPOCHS)

Do you see difference yet? There's a typo. alextnetv2 vs alexnetv2
Fix that, and the file will at least be found.

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text:
Q: Accessing struct array using double pointers in c typedef enum
{
    ONE = 1,
    TWO = 2,
    THREE = 3
}Count_t;

typedef enum
{
    RED = 0,
    BLUE = 1,
    GREEN = 2
}Color_t;

typedef struct
{
    Count_t Count_en;
    Color_t Color_en;
}Grp_t;

Grp_t const Grp_ena[]=
{
        { ONE,    RED },
        { TWO,    BLUE },
        { THREE,  GREEN}
};

typedef struct
{
    unsigned int   num;
    Grp_t        * Grp_stp;
}Try_t;

Try_t const Try_sta[] =
{
        { 7,      &Grp_ena[0] },
        { 8,      &Grp_ena[1] },
        { 9,      &Grp_ena[2] },
};

int main()
{
       Try_t   **p = Try_sta;
}

Using double pointer **p , I want to access the elements of LUT Try_sta. With single dimensional pointer I am able to access the struct array elements. But with 2d pointer I failed to access. Is there any proper way to do it?


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Clarence Seward Darrow (18 de abril de 1857 - 13 de março de 1938) foi um advogado norte-americano que se tornou famoso no início do século XX por seu envolvimento no julgamento de assassinato de Leopold e Loeb e no julgamento do "Macaco" Scopes. Ele foi um dos principais membros da União Americana pelas Liberdades Civis e um proeminente defensor da reforma econômica georgista.

Chamado de "advogado do interior sofisticado", a sagacidade e a eloquência de Darrow fizeram dele um dos advogados e libertários civis mais proeminentes do país. Ele defendeu clientes de alto nível em muitos julgamentos famosos do início do século XX, incluindo os assassinos adolescentes Leopold e Loeb pelo assassinato de Robert "Bobby" Franks, de 14 anos (1924); o professor John T. Scopes no Julgamento do "Macaco" Scopes (1925), no qual se opôs ao estadista e orador William Jennings Bryan; e Ossian Sweet em um caso de autodefesa racialmente carregado (1926).

Livros de Darrow
Um volume das reminiscências da infância de Darrow, intitulado Farmington, foi publicado em Chicago em 1903 pela McClurg and Company.

Darrow dividiu escritórios com Edgar Lee Masters , que alcançou mais fama por sua poesia, em particular, a Spoon River Anthology, do que por sua defesa.

Os papéis de Clarence Darrow estão localizados na Biblioteca do Congresso e nas Bibliotecas da Universidade de Minnesota . O Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Minnesota tem a maior coleção de material de Clarence Darrow, incluindo cartas pessoais de e para Darrow.

Lista de livros

 An Eye for an Eye
 Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
 Persian Pearl
 The Story of My Life
 Farmington
 Resist Not Evil
 Marx vs Tolstoy
 Closing Arguments on Religion, Law and Society
 The Myth of the Soul

Ligações externas

 An excerpt on the McNamara case from "Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned."
 Ossian Haven Sweet American National Biography.

 Darrow Family scrapbooks - the Newberry Library
 Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow Papers - the Newberry Library
 John T. Jacobs-Clarence Darrow Papers - the Newberry Library
 Trial of the Century Closing Argument
 Guide to the Clarence Darrow Papers 1913-1944 - University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center

Darrow, Clarence
Ativistas contra a pena de morte
Naturais de Ohio
Agnósticos dos Estados Unidos

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text:
'use strict'

import { bind, stubArray } from 'lodash'
import chai, { expect } from 'chai'
import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised'
import nock from 'nock'
import updateURL from './update'
import { req, res } from './fixtures.json'
import { generateTestBindings, requestProperties } from '../utils'

const PATH = '/urls'

chai.use(chaiAsPromised)

describe('updateURL()', () => {
  const bindings = generateTestBindings()
  const { token, version } = bindings
  const bound = bind(updateURL, bindings)

  const { urlObject: { protocol, host, path } } = requestProperties(
    token, version, [PATH, res.id].join('/')
  )

  it('should exist', () => {
    expect(updateURL).to.exist
  })

  it('should export method', () => {
    expect(updateURL).to.be.a('function')
  })

  it('should export under correct name', () => {
    expect(updateURL.name).to.equal('updateURL')
  })

  it('should require id and data arguments as string and object respectively', () => {
    expect(() => bound()).to.throw
    expect(() => bound(stubArray)).to.throw
    expect(() => bound(res.id)).to.throw
    expect(() => bound(stubArray, stubArray)).to.throw
    expect(() => bound(res.id, stubArray)).to.throw
    expect(() => bound(res.id, req)).not.to.throw
  })

  it('should return a promise', () => {
    expect(bound(res.id, req)).to.be.a('promise')
  })

  it('should resolve data from endpoint', () => {
    nock(`${protocol}//${host}`)
      .put(path)
      .reply(201, res)

    return expect(bound(res.id, req)).to.become(res)
  })

  it('should fail gracefully on request error', () => {
    nock(`${protocol}//${host}`)
      .put(path)
      .reply(500, {})

    return expect(bound(res.id, req)).to.eventually.be.rejected
  })

})

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Chance helps a man on death row.
Do you Hate a TV show that other people love?
Chance Harper: People say I'm... lucky. It all began in a plane crash thirty years ago. One hundred and six lives ending in a single heartbeat. No one survived... except me.
I've only found two times in my life where a show that I really liked was canned and no more info of ever seeing it again and that was "Key West" and "strange luck". I am a bit bi est with "Key West" because I went to high school there, and I was living in Boise when that came out. I would tell my friends the strange true stories about some of the places that they were seeing on TV. But with a bit of my own strange luck, I ended up back in Key West. Now, it is true... there is not much more to do in Key West other than drinking and fishing.... and I always got sea-sick so what did that leave for me?! However, every Friday night, my friend Sean and I would meet up to watch Strange Luck and X-Files before going to party at the place we worked. We were always serious about partying, but we had to see Strange Luck first, and that is saying something to the importance of priorities of a Conch! But why should I ever get mad at Fox for the death of a show like this?! Hey "reality shows" are very important to people like me who grew up in a place were reality dose not exist!? If I wanted that kind of crap it seems more logical to never watch TV, just go live it right? That way I could be a star. I'd by this show on DVD in a second, yet guess what else.... they wont even offer it to sell??!! What's up with that? I wonder if it violates the Patiot Act or something.


This month had been extremely busy, both our birthdays and one of the children not as well as being involved in mission and community events we have been like passing ships. I really have missed my hubby and looking forward to our family holiday next week, our first time in over a month we can just relax and do nothing. It sounds bliss.
This months photos are from my birthday. We had gone to a restaurant and were treated really poorly so we went of to trusted ASK. I had a voucher so all was well. We had a great time together reminiscing about time before all the kids and my husband being embarrassing as always. It was alot of fun, excuse the poor quality photo, my phone broke and I have not got round to fixing the screen! doh!
The other photos some man photo bombed it was very fuuny.


I've never seen or heard of your movie but maybe 2006 Gag?
I'm pretty sure it's House IV that he's talking about. One of the shady mafia types in that movie was attached to tubes,and I recall some gooey stuff coming out of him at one point.
House 4 is on Youtube so I'm gonna watch it and try to find the scene!
I think Lottie has this one.
Finally watched (most of) this last night! Around 56 minutes in, a guy extracts some goo via tube from his neck and then his henchmen force another guy to drink it.
If you've never seen HOUSE 4 the video above is the best way in the states where it has only been available on VHS. Not a good movie but semi- worth it for the 'pizza man" scene.
I immediately thought of Dr. Giggles, but that's probably not it.


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Mötley Crüe First Las Vegas Concert Screen Print by Andrew Alekseev x Collectionzz
Collectionzz has teamed up with artist Andrew Alekseev for the next poster in their Iconic by Collectionzz screen print series commemorating another legendary moment in music history! Check out this fantastic Mötley Crüe screen print gig poster, which celebrates the band's first Las Vegas concert on April 1, 1983.
Mötley Crüe's short-lived tour opening for KISS in early 1983 was the band's first real opportunity to play on big stages on the West Coast. KISS was undoubtedly a tough act to open for, as they had already reached the heights as one of the world's biggest bands and arguably the most spectacular concert attraction to date in rock history.
The Aladdin Theater in Las Vegas opened on April 1, 1983 (April Fool's Day), and the very first concert there was KISS with Mötley Crüe. It also marked the very first time Mötley Crüe performed in Las Vegas! To complete the circle, the band would be asked back to Aladdin Theater to close the venue on November 25, 1997. Collectionzz explained, "what better way to kick off our first limited edition screenprint for the legendary Mötley Crüe than with this classic show, featuring a Vegas-inspired design by Andrew Alekseev."
Mötley Crüe "First Las Vegas Concert" by Andrew Alekseev is an 18"x24" hand numbered screen print. The Main Edition is limited to 125 pieces, while the Mirror Foil Variant is limited to just 25 pieces. Both Editions will go on sale at noon EDT today, Wednesday, July 29th, at iconic.collectionzz.com.
Labels: Andrew Alekseev, Art, Collectionzz, Motley Crue, Music, Prints
Andrew Alekseev|Art|Collectionzz|Motley Crue|Music|Prints|

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Welcome to the Food for a Day initiative in support of Our Place Society. Serving over 1,200 meals per day, $6.17 is approximately the cost to feed one person, three meals. Jesse Roper has recorded and released an acoustic album for download at $6.17 with all proceeds going towards sponsoring a full day of meals at Our Place Society.
Our latest releases in our Food for A Day series is "Christmas with Millstream Elementary". Jesse spent a week writing songs with each class and performed them with the student at the their Christmas concert. Jesse had so much fun with kids that he decided to record them for all to hear! The proceeds from the album sale will benefit Our Place Society, $6.17 is the cost for a full day of meals.
Wow, so excited about this album- after hearing about the project, 6 of my talented musician friends jumped on board and very generously recorded and donated an acoustic track each!! Check it out, with music from Sam Weber, Leeroy Stagger, Carmanah, Band of Rascals, Luca Fogale and Towers and Trees (and one of my own!) there's some awesome songs and all for an amazing cause. Once again, at $6.17 (the cost for Our Place to feed one person three meals in one day), all proceeds go towards sponsoring a full day of meals at Our Place Society!
Jesse's 1st full day of meals!
This morning I woke up and served breakfast at Our Place Society! What an eye-opener for me, but you know, it was really fun and I was overwhelmed with everyone's gratitude. So far we've payed for a full day of meals at Our Place through my Food for A Day project, but let's provide more meals - let's see how far we can take it! The staff were fantastic there and it was amazing to learn about the support and services they offer Victoria's less fortunate.
The acoustic album is up and ready to download! We've got a week until sponsoring a day of meals October 6th at Our Place Society. Hope you enjoy the album, please share , let me know what you think... Thank you for your support!


EcoLiving necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
EcoLiving Hale: Sustainable. Beautiful. Attainable.
This is a custom home design and construction project that will be a demonstration of cutting edge sustainable design. This project is a registered Living Building Challenge and LEED project. The goal of the project is to be off-the-grid within the grid in an urban context. The project site is 7 minutes away from city center and will be self-sufficient relative to energy, water, and sewer, i.e. it will not rely or need these services from the public utility in the area, although these services are available at the site. The project will be used to educate landowners, developers and homeowners about sustainable living within the city.
This is a project of Green Sand Inc (http://greensandinc.com).
Below you will see the requirements for the website. The homepage will have the logo in the upper left (pdf attached below), primary header & footer nav, the main section will be a jquery slider with 5 rotating panels (see http://hawaiicleanpower.com for example). The homepage will also mention that this is a project of Green Sand Inc with their logo and link to their site. Below the header slider may contain an area for add'l information about the 4 key areas of interest.
Anyone who wants to design and build a sustainable project. It can be new construction or renovation. Green, sustainable, eco-oriented people.


text:
Review: Hitman Absolution
2012-11-19 11:30:00by Conrad Zimmerman
Welcome back, 47
Six years seems like a long time to have to wait for a new Hitman installment, but I/O Interactive certainly kept themselves busy during that time. With a powerful engine under the hood (in the form of Glacier2), the baldest assassin of all-time is stepping out with a taut, exciting adventure that doesn't skimp on its depth of exploration.
Is Absolution the best Hitman yet? Maybe not, but it's definitely a contender.
Hitman Absolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360 [reviewed])
Developer: I/O Interactive
Publisher: Square-Enix
MSRP: $49.99 (PC) / $59.99 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Agent 47's former handler at the International Contract Agency, Diana Burnwood, has gone rogue. Exposing the Agency and cutting its lines of communication as a distraction, she has gone into hiding with a valuable Agency asset, a young girl named Victoria. In the prologue of Hitman: Absolution, the Agency is closing in on Burnwood and has dispatched 47 to eliminate her and recover the asset.
The acquisition of Victoria by 47 and his continued protection of her in defiance of the Agency makes up the basis of Absolution's plot, which winds up being a surprisingly straightforward affair. No grand scheme is played out, no conspiracies are unearthed nor mysteries revealed; just a bunch of disgusting people without respect for human life being murdered one after another by another largely amoral (but not necessarily evil) guy in a nice suit. The fact that the story doesn't attempt to be epic in scope is actually a mark in its favor, as it makes for a more grounded and enjoyable tale.
The repugnance of the Hitman world and the characters who reside in it is almost overwhelming at times. The main antagonist of Absolution, a weapons manufacturer named Blake Dexter, is a sadistic, slobbering pig and his underlings are all in pretty close competition to be his runner-up in terms of sleaziness. There are only around four likable characters and 47 shoots one of them in the tutorial mission. That's just the kind of setting we're dealing with and it works wonderfully for making the player feel like they've actually done the world a service by violently removing these people from it.
And the presentation of that setting is quite exceptional, to boot. Visually, Absolution is gorgeous and I/O's new Glacier2 engine impresses with its lighting effects, animations and ability to render more than a hundred NPCs in some of the more crowded environments, such as the strip club and Chinatown. It's a real treat for the ears as well, featuring a dark, moody score that hits the right notes for tension and its all-star cast of voice actors provide top-notch performances that will make you cringe at how gleefully rotten most of them are.
But it's the in-game conversations between totally irrelevant people which often steal the show. Everywhere you turn, it seems that somebody is talking to someone else. These exchanges are usually humorous in nature, though they'll occasionally also provide a nugget of information about one of 47's targets or a place where a murder could be made to look like an accidental death. They add a lot to the general atmosphere as well as providing a needed break to the tension of creeping around corners.
Each chapter of Absolution challenges the player with moving Agent 47 through different environments to complete his objectives. Sometimes the objective is as simple as moving from one end of a stage to another, while others require the player to acquire items before being able to move on. And, of course, there are plenty of stages where your goal is to eliminate one or more individuals.
Most of these locations are places where Agent 47 wouldn't exactly be considered welcome, which generally means he should be staying out of sight or remaining inconspicuous through the use of disguise. The clothes really do make the man in the Hitman franchise, as 47 can dress in the outfits of various types of people in order to fool people into thinking he has permission to access areas normally unavailable. Disguises are only effective on people other than the type 47 is disguised as, however, and people who share the player's fashion sense will see through the subterfuge pretty quickly and expose them.
The best stages are those which require you to kill and feature a large area in which to do so. These environments are huge, with lots of side areas to explore, multiple access points and plenty of opportunities, subtle and otherwise, to eliminate targets. They're also filled with weapons, firearms and melee alike, tucked away into the corners and crevices. These larger stages best demonstrate the fun in the Hitman formula because there is so much to take in and they contain greatest diversity of approaches.
Adding to the list of things to try, each level features a list of challenges which offer all kinds of goals, from collecting disguises to suggesting unique opportunities to kill. It's not possible to accomplish all of them in a single run and they offer a fun incentive to return to levels and try for more. Even without them, the stage design is so dense with possibility that coming back to attempt a new approach to a level is enticing enough.
Absolution uses a mechanic called "Instinct" to represent the innate abilities and training of the master assassin. Activated with a button press, using Instinct slows the game down a bit and highlights interactive objects, shows the locations of enemies (and their travel path, if in motion), and provide hints on how objects can be used to achieve objectives. It can also be used to deflect attention from 47 when wearing a disguise and to engage a combat technique called "point shooting" which allows the player to freeze time and aim multiple shots to take down groups of enemies quickly. These active Instinct abilities are limited by a meter, which is replenished through a variety of actions.
Longtime fans of the Hitman series may be disheartened by the Instinct system, which does have a pretty strong impact on the game's difficulty and can suck some of the fun out of exploration by drawing explicit attention to kill opportunities and how they are used. But this need not be the case, as Instinct is one of many factors affected by the game's five difficulty settings. Easy and Normal modes exist to accommodate less skilled players of stealth games and newcomers who may be unfamiliar with the subtleties of Hitman. Returning players would probably do well to just start on Veteran, which limits the functions of Instinct (adding a considerable cost to those abilities which remain) and presents a challenge level more in line with prior entries.
While the game purports a "play-how-you-want" design style, there are two core elements which run counter to that assertion. Players will quickly learn that combat is not a very practical first option. 47 is a pretty capable fighter, for what it's worth, with a melee combat system consisting of quick-time events that allow him to dispatch enemies in close quarters easily and in little time. He's no slouch with a gun either; the shooting mechanics are competent and cover works adequately. The problem is that engaging in open combat -- even melee -- invariably announces the player's presence to other enemies in the vicinity, who will then move to converge and overwhelm.
More on the nose, however, is the scoring system which rewards players for achieving objectives and taking advantage of special kill opportunities while punishing them for being seen somewhere they aren't supposed to be or eliminating characters unnecessarily. The score is visible in the upper-left corner of the screen at all times, adding and subtracting, the tick of its numbers a constant judgment of the player's performance. By its very presence, the scoring system implies that there is, in fact, a right way to play Hitman Absolution, which is to complete objectives without being seen and utilizing a minimum of force. This is still a stealth game at its heart, regardless of any stated intent.
For the first time in the history of the series, Absolution features an online multiplayer component, "Contracts." In this asynchronous game mode, players create challenges by replaying stages from the single player campaign but with the freedom to choose their targets. While moving through the environment, the player can designate any NPC as a target and then eliminate them. Up to three targets can be chosen and killed in this manner before the player chooses to leave the level and share their newly completed Contract with the game's community. The game records the weapon used and what disguise was worn for each target and creates these as objectives for future players.
The Contracts system is brilliant because the player is creating content through play and experimentation, not through a clunky or complex editing system. There's no such thing as an impossible Contract (as the originating player has to have accomplished the goals set forth in them) and the range of possible combinations of victims, weapons and disguises is mind-boggling. Players can compete for scores on Contracts by challenging their friends directly and a rating system is in place to help separate the wheat from the chaff.
Hitman Absolution offers refinement of a beloved series in many ways, boasting more visual pizzazz than most anything releasing this year and a well-paced story which features a good share of weirdness without attempting a scope beyond its means. While some simplifications could irk fans who may complain that the game has been watered down, the range of difficulty options should provide ample satisfaction for players who seek a classic Hitman experience without totally alienating those trying its unique blend of stealth and exploration for the first time.
Hitman Absolution reviewed by Conrad Zimmerman
Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.
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Why tell your dentist about headaches?
If you have headaches on a regular basis, it is a good idea to tell your dentist about them. But why should you tell your dentist?
Depending upon the type of headache, their frequency, and their severity, there are a variety of medical reasons that this can be important information for your dentist.
But most importantly, your headaches may be caused by an abnormal bite, and if so, your dentist can treat them more effectively than anyone else.
A headache is just one symptom that may be attributable to poor occlusion(or a bad bite). Other symptoms such as pain or noise in the jaw joint, facial pain, sensitive teeth, difficulty chewing, and neck pain may also be related to your occlusion, and should be discussed with your dentist.
Headaches are generally classified into several basic types: Sinus, Cluster, Tension and Migraine. You can determine which type you have by discussing it with your physician or dentist. While headaches are typically treated by your physician, improper occlusion (your bite) may play a significant role in certain types of headaches as well as other head and neck pain.
One type of headache, tension headaches are by far the most common – estimated by some to be the cause of as much as 90% of all headaches. Further, they are headaches that often originate in, or pain is referred to, the muscles of your forehead.
If you only experience this type of headaches occasionally, they are often controlled with over-the-counter pain medication. However, if they occur with some regularity or have persisted for a long period of time, it is wise to discuss them with your dentist.
The muscles of the temple are of the forehead are muscles that play an important part in the posturing and closing of the jaw. If your occlusion (bite) is not right, it can lead to abnormal tensions in these muscles – one of the several possible causes of tension type headaches.
If the bite is not corrected, the muscles may remain tense for long periods of time. The contracted muscles does not get a chance to rest and soon suffers from poor circulation – thus a lack of needed oxygen and the accumulation of waste products of metabolism. The result can be pain (headaches).
New technology now allows your dentist to objectively evaluate the state of these muscles and various other factors that my be affecting your bite. Based on this and other information obtained from physical examination, your dentist can rule in or rule out your bite as possible cause of headaches pain with a high degree of confidence.
If the indications are that your bite is a major factor, your dentist may recommend provisional or interim treatment. This involves fabrication of a custom made orthotic. An orthotic is a plastic appliance that is worn over or fixed on your teeth to adjust your bite to a correct relationship.
At this point, nothing permanent is done to alter your teeth or your bite. You would wear this appliance for a period of time to make sure the new bite position is correct before any consideration would be given to permanently altering your bite.
After having worn the provisional appliance for some time, both you and your dentist will know for sure if the new bite position has resolved the headache problem. If it has, you will have several options open to you for long-term treatment.
Some of these options may include dental treatment to permanently alter your bite to the new position, fabrication of a more permanent type of orthotic, or using a TENS device to relax the muscles at those time that headaches are most bothersome.


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Wait times up at Winnipeg's Grace Hospital despite new ER
Despite an effort to slash wait times by opening a new emergency department at Grace Hospital, patients are lingering longer in the waiting areas than before the expansion.
Average patient wait in July at new emergency room was 18 per cent higher than in July 2017
Ian Froese · CBC News · Posted: Aug 21, 2018 9:18 PM CT | Last Updated: August 22, 2018
The new emergency room at Grace Hospital is five times bigger than the old one, but it hasn't resulted in a reduction in patient wait times. (CBC)
Despite an effort to slash wait times by opening a new emergency department at Winnipeg's Grace Hospital, patients are lingering in the waiting areas longer than they did before the expansion.
A recent wait time report from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says the median wait time in July was 1.93 hours, which is an 18 per cent jump from the same month a year earlier.
That number is also up from June of this year — the first full month the new emergency room was open — when patients waited an average of 1.73 hours before they were admitted, once again longer than the median July 2017 wait of 1.63 hours.
New Grace Hospital emergency room five times bigger than old one
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Though the $43.8-million build was supposed to reduce wait times at an emergency room five times larger than its predecessor, a WRHA official said she isn't startled by the trend in the opposite direction.
"We did anticipate with the opening of the new emergency department that there would be increase in volume, so an increase in the number of patients," said Krista Williams, the health authority's chief health operations officer.
Staffing challenges
In turn, the hospital re-evaluated workflow and tried to increase staffing, but its efficiency was hampered by unfilled vacancies.
The hospital will need to make continuous adjustments to reduce wait times, Williams said.
"We're not going to lessen our efforts right now," she said. "We need to do everything aggressively to do what we can, because we know how important wait times are to the public."
She's optimistic the hospital will not only slash the average wait, but help the province reach the national wait time average of 1.1 hours.
WRHA wants a further 15% reduction in ER wait times
Winnipeg ER wait times have dropped by 16% overall since last year, but rose in recent months
Other emergency departments in Winnipeg also experienced higher wait times in July than during the same month last year.
Concordia's average wait of 2.1 hours in July was a 24 per cent increase from 2017, while Seven Oaks' 1.48 hour wait was an increase of 38 per cent from the same month last year.
The average wait at Health Sciences Centre's adult ER, though, was down three per cent in July from the median wait a year earlier, the data shows.
Overall, the median wait time at Winnipeg hospitals was 1.6 hours in July 2018, 11 per cent higher than in July 2017.
The findings come as the regional health authority undergoes a significant overhaul to slay wait times and find efficiencies. By summer 2019, half of the city's six emergency rooms will have been closed or converted to a different purpose.
Concordia, Seven Oaks emergency rooms to be closed by end of next summer
"The changes in consolidation are looking at all the changes we can make in the entire system to support quality and safety, but also improving the wait times for patients," Williams said.
In April, the WRHA said wait times had dropped by an average of 16 per cent overall from the previous year.
Darlene Jackson, president of the Manitoba Nurses Union, doesn't believe the health-care overhaul is working because wait times are rising at a hospital that recently underwent an expansion. (Radio-Canada)
The median wait, however, increased steadily over the winter months after the first phase of the health-care overhaul was introduced last October. Health officials blamed the flu for the month-by-month uptick.
Darlene Jackson, president of the Manitoba Nurses Union, said she can't see how the overhaul is working when Grace patients are waiting longer.
"It has not, in any way, improved efficiency," she said.
Jackson wouldn't decry the new building expansion as a waste of money, but she says the province should invite nurses to devise a solution that improves wait times.
"We very much want to meet at the table."
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The Art Institute of Tampa Hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rookie Cook-Off
By: Deb Belluomini
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers held their 2nd annual rookie training camp cook-off at The Art Institute of Tampa, a branch campus of Miami International University of Art & Design. The rookies hit the kitchen on Friday, June 3, to learn how to prepare some appetizing dishes and earn bragging rights.
Culinary students, faculty and staff hosted the rookie cooking competition. Chef Clyde Tanner and Chef Mariela Genco also presented cooking tips at the Bucs training facility. Twenty-four players and several other Bucs administrative staff members participated in the cook-off. The players were divided into six teams, led by student "chef coaches," but only one team walked away with the win.
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St. Mary's freshman Kaylin Kline uses golf success to cope with heartache
St. Mary's freshman Kaylin Kline earned a starting spot on the Lancers' boys golf team. Kline played varsity soccer and basketball for Pioneer as a seventh-grader before she was diagnosed with a heart condition that forced her to give up those sports. (Jonah Bronstein/Buffalo News)
By Jonah Bronstein|Published Fri, Sep 14, 2018 |Updated Mon, Sep 17, 2018
Kaylin Kline is trying to mend her broken heart.
"I still cry a lot," the St. Mary's freshman said. "I don't think I'll ever get over it. It was the worst. I felt like my life was basically over."
Starting a new chapter in her athletic life, Kline has found glimmers of hope and happiness on the golf course, developing an appreciation for a sport that until recently she thought "was for nerds who couldn't make other teams."
A year ago, Kline entered eighth grade coming off prodigious seasons playing for the Pioneer varsity soccer and basketball teams. She was the first seventh-grader to start on the soccer team in three decades and was a contributor off the bench during basketball season, highlighted by a 21-point performance in the sectional playoffs.
At the time, Kline had no idea it would be her final basketball game.
A devastating diagnosis
Having struggled with fatigue and shortness of breath during the spring AAU basketball season, Kline's condition worsened while playing for the WNY Flash premier soccer club last summer.
During a game in late August in which she couldn't run halfway up field without feeling lightheaded and tightness in her chest, Kline came to the sideline with tears in her eyes and said, "Dad, something's wrong."
Doctors at Children's Hospital discovered an abnormality in Kline's heart and referred her to the Cleveland Clinic. She was diagnosed with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, a genetic disease in which the heart muscle thickens and has difficulty pumping blood.
The Klines know they were fortunate. Studies have found HOCM to be one of the leading causes of death from sudden cardiac arrest in athletes under 35. Many athletes don't know they have the condition until it's too late. Autopsies found that both Loyola Marymount University star Hank Gathers and Boston Celtics standout Reggie Lewis had HOCM after they collapsed and died while playing basketball.
"When we went to the Cleveland Clinic, Kaylin was in congestive heart failure, less than 50 percent of her heart was functioning, and she was at a high risk for sudden cardiac arrest," Jason Kline said.
There is no cure for HOCM. Patients are treated with medication and, in some cases, surgery while being instructed not to engage in physical activity that raises the heart rate above a range of 120-130 beats per minute.
That was devastating news for 13-year-old Kaylin, who "since first grade has had her goals set on being a college athlete in basketball or soccer," her father said.
'A really, really tough year'
The Klines are a sporting clan.
Jason Kline was an All-American pitcher at Canisius College who played two seasons in the minor leagues and has been inducted into the Western New York Baseball Hall of Fame. He has been a physical education teacher for more than 20 years, coached boys basketball teams at West Seneca East and Holland before taking time off to coach his daughters' travel teams, and now coaches the girls team at St. Mary's.
Kaylin's mother, Michelle, was a synchronized swimmer at Canisius. Older sister Myla is on the Lancers' varsity soccer and basketball teams, 12-year-old Kierra is a junior varsity athlete and 11-year-old Clayton is active in travel leagues.
"We're bred to be athletes, so to speak," Jason Kline said. "Our family revolves around sports and to have one child at the heart of her development, at 13 years old, told she'll never play again, it has been a struggle, emotionally. You're at home at the dinner table and you want to praise the success of other the other kids in sports, and your daughter is crying because she can't be a part of it."
A 15-second jog is enough to raise the heart rate above 120 beats per minute. Not only could Kaylin not play her favorite sports, she couldn't participate in physical education classes or outdoor recess. Anxiety over the situation compelled Kaylin to transfer to the Holland Central School District for the second half of her eighth-grade year. She missed 45 school days while traveling to the Cleveland Clinic every other week.
"It was a really, really tough year," Jason said.
The Klines haven't given up on Kaylin one day being able to again play the sports she loves. She is taking part in an experimental Yale University study that allows her to lightly exercise under her father's supervision if there is an automatic external defibrillator on site.
"People say, 'Oh, well, that's great,' but it's not great when you are standing on the sidelines watching your daughter exercise and wondering if she is going to go into cardiac arrest," Jason said. "We'll go to soccer practice, doing some drills, kicking the ball around, and she's fighting back tears the whole time. It makes it really difficult. She's really fragile right now, emotionally."
'This kid is something special'
Golf was one of the few sports deemed safe for Kaylin. She had never swung a club before last November when she began taking lessons at the Brighton Golf Dome with Marlene Davis, a St. Mary's graduate who has competed in two U.S. Women's Opens and an LPGA Championship, and has been a teaching professional since 1989.
After a few lessons, Davis called Jason and told him, "This isn't your typical girl here. This kid is something special."
Marlene Davis has been teaching professional golf since 1989. After a few lessons with Kaylin Kline, Davis said "This isn't your typical girl here. This kid is something special."
Kaylin continued to miss playing basketball and soccer too much to enjoy learning a new game, however. When the winter weather broke, the Klines took a trip to North Carolina and toured the famed Pinehurst Golf Resort. Jason took Kaylin out for her first round, but after five holes, she had enough.
She stuck with the lessons, though, and at Davis' urging, Kaylin entered a tournament at Mill Creek in Churchville in June. The goal was to break 130 in her first 18-hole round, Jason said. She wound up shooting a 49 on the front and 52 on the back.
"She's very new at golf, but I would say she's a superstar athlete, which makes her very easy to teach," Davis said. "She has great physical skills, strength, coordination, balance. When people have those qualities and you are teaching a skill like a golf swing, it really makes a huge difference."
As fate would have it, Jason Kline had purchased the Rolling Hills par-3 golf course in Chaffee last summer, a few weeks before Kaylin's heart condition was discovered. A quarter-mile from the family home, Kaylin is able to drive a golf cart to the course to practice her iron shots and short game as often as she likes.
"I believe in God, I always have, and we have a strong faith connection. That's part of the reason we are at St. Mary's," Jason said. "You can take that however you want, but I think there is something to that."
'Let's fall in love with this'
With no girls golf team at St. Mary's, Kaylin set out to play with the boys. She not only made the 12-player varsity roster, but earned a spot in the top six for Thursday's opening Monsignor Martin match against St. Joe's.
Playing in the Erie County Junior Golf Series at Grover Cleveland last weekend, she shot a 39 on the front nine. Six pars in nine holes during her fourth round on a real golf course, 10 months after taking up the sport. "That's unheard of," St. Mary's coach Mark DiPirro said.
"I foresee great things for her future," DiPirro said. "She's constantly practicing, texting me for suggestions on how she can improve her game. She's a sponge. Everything you teach her, everything you tell her to do, she immediately does it and corrects her game.
"The other thing that is most beneficial is she is learning from, I think, the best teaching pro in Western New York," DiPirro added. "Marlene has one of the most beautiful swings you'll ever see, and she is emulating Marlene."
Kaylin has been inspired by Davis' lessons and the success her coach had as a player, which includes qualifying for last month's inaugural Senior Women's U.S. Open and the Senior LPGA Championship in October.
"Marlene is amazing," she said. "She made something out of my life when basketball was over. I look up to her a lot. She's probably my biggest role model at this point."
Kaylin has high hopes for her freshman season. She wants to qualify for both the girls and boys All-Catholic tournaments and be the medalist in at least one St. Mary's match.
Yet, the larger goal is for golf to replace the void left when Kaylin was forced to give up her old passions.
"Let's fall in love with this," Jason said. "She knows that they can't take golf away."
All it takes is the bouncing of a basketball or squeak of a sneaker for tears to form in Kaylin's eyes. A good round on the golf course helps her cope.
"I'm trying to adapt to the new sport, but I definitely still miss basketball," Kaylin said. "Doing well in golf makes my day happier and definitely takes my mind off things. It's another day that's a good day instead of a bad day. Just trying to take away as many of the bad days as I can."
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Mark Strong Gets Into Action As Dr. Sivana In Shazam! Set Video
Mark Strong from Shazam! Comics
The production of DC Films' upcoming superhero movie Shazam! is going on in full swing in Toronto. A number of leaked pictures and videos have already hit the internet offering fans a glimpse of Zachary Levi donning the Shazam superhero costume. Finally, now, we have one new video that shows Mark Strong as villainous Doctor Sivana coming face to face with the superhero.
The video clip was shared on Twitter by a user who goes by the name jeremy r! hudson. In the clip, Sivana can be seen tossing aside the armed policemen with a mere gesture. He has also attacked Shazam who is seen lying on top of the crushed cop car, before rolling off to the side and standing up again. You can check out the video below.
The sequence likely takes place after Shazam! rescues civilians from what appears to be a speeding bus, which was captured in another set video.
Touted as a humorous and lighthearted movie, Shazam! will focus on the story of a teenage boy, Billy Batson, played by Asher Angel, who transforms himself into a superhero by uttering the word Shazam. Notably, in director David F. Sandberg's film, Doctor Sivana is a notorious mastermind who wants to harness Shazam's magical powers to fulfill his wicked purposes.
It is speculated that the film has some connection with Batman's Gotham City. This has left fans wondering if they will get to see their favorite superhero Batman doing a cameo in the upcoming film.
Reports are that Warner Bros. might officially unveil Zachary Levi's Shazam superhero costume at the WonderCon 2018 event scheduled to take place at the end of this month. It is expected that the makers would start marketing Shazam! from the stage itself.
Shazam! will get rolled out in theaters on April 5, 2019.
Would you like to see Batman doing a cameo in Shazam!? Let us know in comments below.
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Ante Trstenjak, slovenski slikar in grafik, * 29. december 1894, Slamnjak, † 4. december 1970, Maribor.

Življenje in delo

Po šoli za umetno obrt v Gradcu in na Dunaju je študij slikarstva začel v Zagrebu, diplomiral pa leta 1923 v Pragi (prof. V. Hynais, F. Thiele).  Strokovno se je izpopolnjeval v Italiji in Parizu, kjer je tudi samostojno razstavljal. Leta 1928 je prvič obiskal Lužice v Nemčiji in začel ustvarjati dela z lužiškosrbsko folklorno tematiko. V letih 1932 do 1950 je živeč v Pragi, kjer se je 1933 tudi poročil. Med drugo svetovno vojno je delal v ilegali in bil v internaciji. Leta 1950 se je preselil v Maribor, kjer je ostal do smrti.

Slikal je v postimpresionističnem, tonsko uglašenem načinu krajine (Slovenske gorice, Pariz, Dalmacija, Lužice, Praga, Istra), lužiške folklorne motive in tihožitja. Trstenjak sodi med najboljše slovenske akvareliste v času med obema vojnama, še zlasti so doživeti motivi iz Slovenskih goric; iz pariškega obdobja pa velja omeniti sliki Portret BP in Montmartre (obe 1925), od poznejših del pa dve verziji Cvetlic (1938, 1954). Večjo zbirko njegovih slik hrani Umetnostna galerija Maribor.

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In "Two of Hearts", a mother lovingly embroiders her beautiful daughter's dress. The story of the mother becomes the story of the daughter, which is illustrated in symbols encircling them both. The red thread and tailors scissors are borrowed from Lorca's powerful symbol system in "Blood Weddings", where the red thread represents life. This delightful and warm image is undercut by the presence of those scissors, but it does appear however, that both women seem to have both feet planted firmly on the ground.


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Bob Swan, CEO of Intel, to step down on February 15 – Latest News, Breaking News, Top News Headlines
As we previewed in December, Bob Swan will step down from Intel's CEO on February 15th and will be replaced by Pat gelsinger, current CEO of VMWare.
Intel is going through a difficult situation that Swan has not been able to lift, but whose main problem already existed before taking office in January 2019 after serving as interim CEO for seven months.
Different groups of investors such as the hedge fund Third Point had urged the Intel Board of Directors to "explore strategic alternatives" and "get rid of failed acquisitions" but not before criticizing the company for what they considered the "loss of leadership in chip manufacturing«.
Critics have pointed to the fact that Intel's CEO did not have a technical profile, having previously served as CFO. Pat Gelsinger is the oppositeAs the current CEO of VMWare previously worked at Intel and was in fact its first CTO.
The retirement of Bob Swan – a full-blown forced resignation – has done Intel good. The company rose 10% on the stock market while VMware shares fell by half, 5%. In a separate announcement, Intel has stated that it expects fourth-quarter 2020 revenue and profit to exceed 2019 records and has "made great progress" in developing next-generation 7-nanometer chips.
Goodbye Bob Swan: Pat Gelsinger has a job ahead of him
Intel lost the world's top semiconductor revenue spot to Samsung in 2018. It was the first time it had happened in decades and a serious warning of what was to come and that it predated Swan's appointment: serious problems in the transition to 10-nanometer manufacturing processes.
The result has been repeated delays in the supply of CPUs for PCs that led Intel to contract, also for the first time in its history, the manufacture of processors for PCs by external suppliers such as Samsung itself. Historically, Intel's Client Computing Group (CCG) had always relied on the company's in-house manufacturing. As resources in those factories became limited, CCG began looking to other resources such as the TSMC foundry to manufacture the chipsets used in Intel-based motherboards and also to Samsung for CPUs.
Loss of market share
Beware AMD. While Bob Swan had no answers to those problems (although we repeat they came from further back) Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, was pushing various strategies to get closer to Intel. Long in the shadow of Intel's dominance, AMD today has become a serious challenge for the chip giant since the launch of Zen architecture.
AMD processors (especially those for desktop computers) have gained a foothold in both the retail segment and the complicated OEM channel that Intel has been dominating completely for the past three decades. We have been seeing it with data from retail sales where AMD was gaining share month by month in all regions until the last quarter when the bombshell hit: The share of AMD processors for desktops outperformed Intel for the first time in 15 years.
This week at CES, AMD unveiled the new Ryzen 5000 Mobile and Ryzen 5000HX based on Zen 3 we are seeing many teams with AMDmore than ever in an OEM notebook segment typically dominated by Intel. Another example of the good shape of AMD and the increase in sales of its CPUs.
And in the middle of Apple … The Cupertino giant announced a real bombshell in November: Apple silicon. A program that will be developed over the next two years and with which the most influential firm in the world's technology will replace Intel's x86 architecture with ARM's in its Mac computers.
This strategic move, not expected is less important and in fact may have a great significance in the technology industry and serious consequences for Intel, in addition to the chips themselves that it stops selling to Apple because it is believed that other manufacturers will follow in their footsteps in betting on ARM.
As for Intel, the bet on Pat Gelsinger is positive knowing the background of the former chief technology officer. The company hopes to definitively solve production problems with Fab 42. Considered one of the most advanced semiconductor factories on the planet, is located in Chandler, Arizona, and will create more than 10,000 jobs in an investment that exceeds 7,000 million dollars. The giant hopes with it to advance to 7 nanometer technological manufacturing processes and definitively solve its production problems. We'll see if it's not late.
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Не́йтан Мо́рган Смит (; , Кловис, Калифорния, США) — американский футболист, правый защитник клуба «Сентрал Валли Фуэго».

Клубная карьера
В 2013—2015 годах Смит обучался в Калифорнийском университете в Лос-Анджелесе и выступал за команду вуза в Национальной ассоциации студенческого спорта. Также в 2014 и 2015 годах выступал за любительский клуб «», с которым играл на ранних стадиях Открытого кубка США.

Смит оставил университет, не доучившись последний курс, и 23 марта 2016 года подписал контракт с фарм-клубом «Лос-Анджелес Гэлакси», выступающим в USL. Его профессиональный дебют состоялся 26 марта в матче против «Аризоны Юнайтед».

2 марта 2017 года Смит был подписан основной командой «Лос-Анджелес Гэлакси» в качестве . В MLS дебютировал 12 марта в матче против «Портленд Тимберс». По завершении сезона 2017 Смит оказался в числе игроков, чьи контракты не были продлены.

2 марта 2018 года Смит присоединился к клубу USL «Портленд Тимберс 2», фарм-команде клуба MLS «Портленд Тимберс». За Т2 дебютировал 16 марта в матче первого тура сезона 2018 против «Сиэтл Саундерс 2». 16 июня 2019 года в матче против «Фресно» забил свой первый гол за Т2.

25 февраля 2020 года Смит подписал контракт с клубом Чемпионшипа ЮСЛ «Ориндж Каунти». Дебютировал за «Ориндж Каунти» 6 марта в матче стартового тура сезона против «Эль-Пасо Локомотив».

5 января 2022 года Смит подписал контракт с новообразованным клубом Лиги один ЮСЛ «Сентрал Валли Фуэго». 2 апреля сыграл в матче стартового тура сезона 2022 против «Гринвилл Трайамф», ставшем для «Фуэго» дебютом в лиге. 5 апреля в матче второго раунда Открытого кубка США 2022 против «Эль-Пасо Локомотив» забил свой первый гол за «Фуэго», а также отдал голевую передачу. 13 августа в матче против «Норт Каролины» забил свой первый гол в Лиге один ЮСЛ.

Международная карьера
Смит представлял Соединённые Штаты на уровне юношеских сборных до 15 и до 17 лет. Он стал автором первого из трёх безответных голов в ворота сборной Канады в финале юношеского чемпионата КОНКАКАФ 2011. Также он был в составе «звёздно-полосатой» сборной на юношеском чемпионате мира 2011, где принял участие в двух матчах.

Достижения

  «Ориндж Каунти»
 Чемпион Чемпионшипа ЮСЛ: 2021

Статистика выступлений

Примечания

Ссылки

Футболисты США
Игроки ФК «Лос-Анджелес Гэлакси II»
Игроки ФК «Лос-Анджелес Гэлакси»
Игроки ФК «Портленд Тимберс 2»
Игроки ФК «Ориндж Каунти»
Игроки ФК «Сентрал Валли Фуэго»


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GROHE - Creativity at the heart of the company
The GROHE Design Studio
Apart from quality and technology, GROHE attaches top priority to design in the development of new faucets, showers and WC flushing systems. This is why crucial contributions to product development come from the team at the GROHE Design Studio under the direction of Paul Flowers, Senior Vice President Design of Grohe AG. Product design is key in appealing to potential buyers and persuading them that this product would blend in well with their lifestyle and home decor. This is why the company takes no chances when it comes to creating the designs for its high-quality products - all aspects determining their look and feel are created exclusively in the in-house GROHE Design Studio in Düsseldorf.
The GROHE Design Studio reports directly to the CEO of Grohe AG, reflecting the studio's special position within the company. The creative staff comprised of 17 professionals consequently enjoys considerable scope for innovations and new ideas. Their work for different markets around the globe benefits from their diverse cultural backgrounds and the good gender balance within the team.
Unique identity
Led by Paul Flowers, Senior Vice President Design of Grohe AG, the design team aspires to reach out to consumers on an emotional level. This approach recognises that good design should transcend form and function, pleasing and surprising its human users throughout the life cycle of a product and providing them with fresh inspiration on a daily basis. The GROHE Design DNA ensures that each item can instinctively be recognised as a GROHE product. This DNA is expressed through three elements, namely the ring, the lozenge and the 7-degree angle. Consistently included in all new and newly designed products, these features encapsulate the GROHE identity. The design team continues to implement the unmistakable look of the GROHE brand across all areas from the actual products to the packaging and the website.
Their work has been recognised by the jurors of renowned design awards around the globe. GROHE has won multiple red dot: best of the best awards, the iF product design award, the Good Design Award and a host of other important awards. It comes as no surprise to see the GROHE Design Studio included in the "Leading Designers of the World" directory. Moreover, Paul Flowers has been named as one of the best European designers under forty in the "Europe 40 under 40" programme of the European Centre of Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. All told, the GROHE Design Studio has attracted 110 awards since 2003.
GROHE design team named "red dot: design team of the year"
Chief Designer Paul Flowers and his team win most important red dot accolade
The "red dot: design team of the year" title is a unique accolade and one of the most coveted awards in the global design community. Designers and companies cannot submit entries for this award but have to attract the jurors' attention through consistently excellent product design and far-sighted company policies. This is the only way to stand a chance of being singled out for this once-in-a-lifetime honour. This year, the GROHE design team headed by Paul Flowers has been named "red dot: design team of the year 2011", thereby joining an elite circle of such renowned award winners as Bose, BMW, adidas, Apple, Sony and Audi.
"In times of ongoing globalisation, companies find themselves in phases where they are challenged by external conditions to prove their worth," explains Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, the initiator and CEO of the red dot design award. "Then there are phases when companies prove their worth by coming up with innovative solutions which nobody - not even industry insiders - expected. In its eventful company history, GROHE has experienced both types of phases, but the company's design efforts in the past five years have put it in a completely new position of strength vis-à-vis its competitors. Design is a value driver and a top management issue at GROHE."
Strength in design is conducive to brand strength
Apart from quality, technology and sustainability, design is a fundamental pillar of product philosophy at GROHE, Europe's largest manufacturer of sanitary fittings and a global leader in this industry. Says CEO David J. Haines: "Recent years, in particular, have seen our company build on its design excellence, leading to a sustained increase in the value of the GROHE brand." GROHE today offers a collection of highly aesthetic products and pioneering innovations which continue to point the way forward for the bathroom and sanitary industry.
The "red dot institute for advanced design studies" has closely followed the progress achieved by the company in its evolution from a mere technology leader to a design leader. This success is measured not least in the numerous international design awards garnered by GROHE. The most notable successes include a series of four "red dot: best of the best" awards, the latest of which has been bestowed on the company for its Digital Collection this year. Paul Flowers, Senior Vice President Design at Grohe AG, will receive the award on behalf of the Grohe design team along with the "Radius" trophy on the occasion of the red dot gala in Essen on July 4.
Says Paul Flowers: "My team and I believe that being named 'red dot: design team of the year' is the design industry's equivalent of winning an Oscar. Winning this award means that we have successfully implemented our new company vision. We set out to create experiences which go beyond the product as such. Quality, technology and sustainability are fundamental pillars, which are genuinely acknowledged by consumers. However, our ambition was to take this relationship to a higher level by converting their acknowledgement into a feeling of love for our products. Through our designs we have been able to achieve this."
From the Design Studio to the Boardroom
The in-house GROHE Design Studio is part of the company's Corporate Center in Düsseldorf and reports directly to David J. Haines, the CEO of Grohe AG. This position in the corporate hierarchy affords the creative team considerable freedom to innovate and experiment with new ideas. Apart from designing products to be marketed globally, the 17 team members also draw on their diverse cultural backgrounds when creating designs targeting specific geographic markets. Wherever a product is marketed around the globe, it will always project the distinctive GROHE identity, given that all products are based on the elements of the GROHE Design DNA - the lozenge, the ring and the 7-degree angle. As a result, the products, the packaging and even the look and feel of the website unmistakeably say: GROHE.


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WCCS recognizes support from Steele
By Brannon Cahela
Published 9:19 am Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Wallace Community College – Selma (WCCS) Educational Talent Search Coordinator Corey Bowie paid a visit to Domino's Pizza Tuesday afternoon to present General Manager James Steele with a plaque recognizing his continuous support of the program.
Talent Search is designed to assist students in grades six-12 and out of school students in the completion of their secondary or post-secondary education.
Bowie commended Steele for his continuous support of the program, hailing him as an asset for both the Educational Talent Search Program and the community.
"It's always important to get the community involved in educating our kids and Mr. Steele has done just that," said Bowie. "He is active in our community and a real asset."
Steele was elated to be the recipient of the award and said his support of WCCS comes from everyone at the community college, including Bowie, who supported him during his tenure there.
"They took me in and made me feel at home," said Steele. "They encouraged me to want more and to reach for all I can reach for. I'm still reaching, but my time at Wallace was a good foundation."
Steele attributed his time at Wallace for his success and called in an important part of the Queen City.
"I love Selma and Wallace is a great part of Selma," he said. "I'm ecstatic to be a part of helping Selma grow."
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved andexanet alfa (AndexXa, Portola Pharmaceuticals) as the first and only antidote for patients treated with rivaroxaban and apixaban when the reversal of anticoagulation is needed due to life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding.
Previously, the Portola product had received both Orphan Drug and Breakthrough Therapy designations from the FDA, and it was granted approval under the agency's Accelerated Approval pathway founded on the change in anti-Factor Xa activity in healthy volunteers from baseline measurements.
The FDA made its decision on andexanet based on data from the 2 phase 3 studies, ANNEXA-R and ANNEXA-A, which evaluated the antidote's safety and efficacy in healthy volunteers, with the median decrease in anti-Factor Xa activity from baseline reported as 97% for those on rivaroxaban and 92% for those on apixaban.
The ongoing ANNEXA-4 single-arm, open-label study of andexanet in patients with major bleeding was also included for the FDA's decision. The data included 185 patients and revealed that Andexxa significantly reversed anti-Factor Xa activity when administered as a bolus, and that the reversal was sustained following a 2-hour infusion. The median decrease from baseline was 90% for rivaroxaban and 93% for apixaban.
Portola is expected to launch andexanet under an Early Supply Program with Generation 1 product in early June, according to the company. The broader commercial launch is projected in early 2019, after the FDA approves the Generation 2 manufacturing process.


5 Feb 2019 - PWC Skills for Australia releases Recommendations Report regarding the AUR and AUM Training Packages on behalf of the five Automotive Industry Reference Committees.
Mackay is currently experiencing an apprenticeship boom!
25 Jan 2019 - 2019 has begun with a wealth of opportunities on offer for people from the region of Mackay wanting to enter into an apprenticeship.
20 Dec 2018 - Jack Goodrich who recently completed his Light Vehicle Mechanical Technology Apprenticeship with MTA Institute was also recently announced as the MTA Institute Apprentice of the Year.
27 Nov 2018 - On Friday the 16th of November, a group of around 40 attended the second Women in Collision seminar and awards at the IAG Melbourne headquarters.
22 Oct 2018 - Lister, the British prestige car company, has begun to take orders for its LFP SUV.
06 Sep 2018 - Ford has celebrated the production of its 10 millionth Mustang – America's best-selling sports car of the last 50 years and the world's best-selling sports car three years straight.
05 Sep 2018 - Hyundai Motor Company Australia (HMCA) has today announced pricing and specifications for the new 2019 Tucson range.
30 Aug 18 - Holden will add 150 engineers to its Australian operations to work on future technology for autonomous vehicles and electric powertrains.
30 Aug 2018 - CSIRO's Data61 has recently released a detailed report into the future of Queensland jobs market identifying technology, emerging global markets, demographics and other significant factors that will reshape the Queensland job market in the next 20 years.


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