I was born and raised in Hawaii. Growing up, my father was an educator and my mother was fascinated with the wonders of science. I decided to go into medicine because it is the best of both worlds. I am able to study the science of medicine while reaching out and teaching my patients what they need to know in order to maintain their health.
My older brother, Dr. Keith Ogasawara, was the first in the family to become a doctor, specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn), and I soon followed in his footsteps. To me, being an Ob/Gyn physician means caring for women throughout the many different phases of their lives. I enjoy watching them develop through their pregnancies and seeing them afterwards while watching their families grow. My philosophy of care is to treat my patients the way I want my family to be treated. I also have a passion for surgery because I embrace the challenge of working with your hands. As the clinic chief of the Koolau Clinic, I appreciate the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group's flexibility in allowing me time for education as well as training in my leadership position. I am also appreciative of the many resources we are given to improve patient care as much as possible. It is an honor to be a part of an organization so committed to its physicians and employees.
I stay fit by swimming and hiking. I have always loved the outdoors and enjoy camping under the beautiful Hawaiian sky. My hobbies include scrapbooking, baking, cake decorating and craft making. Spending time with my family keeps me grounded while my church family keeps me focused. I am also actively involved in volunteering with my children's schools as well as their scouting activities.


My husband and I replaced our old solid wood garage door and I knew the sections were at risk of heading off to the dump in my husband's truck if i didn't come up for a use for them! I wanted more outdoor seating so I decided to create a large outdoor bench using two of the better sections. I used the one section for the top and then divided the other section in thirds and used them as the "legs". I then scraped the loose paint and used a heat gun to remove some more. I wanted some of the paint to stay since it really made it look weathered. I gave it a good sanding and then added some wax to help it hold up just for this summer. I am trying to find some marine polyurethane so I can really seal it well. I added some pillows which just makes it really comfortable and we use it all the time!
Update: I sealed this with Helmsman Outdoor Polyurethane and it has held up well.
As we know that everybody needs a gun for their safety. And some of the guns are too much expensive that out there only a few people make it to buy a gun. And some of the guns are so cheap that they are not reliable and then people lose all their money. So, here in this article, we are going to tell you the best handguns under $400. Spending under four hundred dollars for a handgun these days is almost unheard of especially our very good 9-millimetre handgun so let's get started.
There are many ways in which chiropractic care in pregnancy can benefit you throughout your pregnancy and helped prepare your body for delivering your baby. Many women will experience some aches or pains throughout their pregnancy these are usually assumed to be a natural part of the process and they typically related to the way your body is changing and accommodating the growing baby.


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Google Voice Search as Siri Alternative
Siri has just found itself a good competitor and not surprisingly, this is one that comes from Google. The application is called Google Voice Search and in most cases, works better if not comparable with Siri as well. This is because when it comes to speed, Google Voice Search is much faster and can understand more accents as compared with Siri. This means that people with English as a second language can easily use Google Voice Search as compared with Siri.
Some of the queries that you can ask Google Voice Search are about weather, locations, flight status, time, events and many more. This is also available through a support document that Google has released along with the application. If you also like Siri for its humor, you can also play around using the same set of sentences on Google Voice Search. For example, you can ask the application to tell you a joke and it will give you a response similar to Siri.
Google Voice Search is one of the few solid competitors to Siri. Hopefully, Google develops it even more so that it will be made available to Android and also to make it even better than what Siri has to offer
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The odds of a staffing professional knowing one, two or multiple candidates in their professional experience who were the beneficiaries of "good karma" when it came to their employment transition are higher than one might suspect. Whether you call it luck or happenstance or chance, there are seemingly unexplained forces that often work for (and against) the individual seeking to move into or about the world of work. Also worthy of consideration is the fact that job seekers and changers may also be accident beneficiaries---like being at the right place at the right time.
A quote from entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey offers a valuable assessment of the role which these factors play in our lives, including when one's personal job acquisition and change seems to be influenced by them. Ms. Winfrey offered this: "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." Succinctly stated, an opportunity might work in one's circumstances and it might not even appear on the radar of another. If the former, it might be viewed incorrectly as being a stroke of luck or chance.
Your author once served as the chair of a committee of a national organization, a role which resulted in my being the recipient of an announcement by that organization of the acquisition of a federal grant and need for a project director. Six of the 25,000 members of the organization were alerted to the open position. Seeing the position as a positive step in my career, I applied, got the job and set in motion a four decade career of working for and with professional associations.
Was it luck or chance? I'd like to submit that I was in an intersection (committee membership) that worked to my personal career advantage. Active and passive job seekers can maximize similar exposures throughout their work experiences and especially during desired times of transition as one can never predict when those intersections are going to produce a lightning strike.
Successful search and staffing professionals should view their roles at "pathlighters," individuals who open gates and light paths consistent with the personal attributes and experiences of the candidates they are seeking to serve. Pathlighting affects candidates in different ways. The candidate possessing attributes (i.e., knowledge, skillset, experience, etc.) that can be easily conveyed to and identified by prospective employers is your dream candidate. Candidates not possessing these characteristics will require enhanced guidance and transitional coaching. Knowing what candidate needs exist and how best to meet them will make the entire transition process more productive.
As pathlighters, search and staffing professionals provide maps and GPS-like assistance to guide each candidate into new and different environments (i.e., employers and employment setting) where these may or may not find attractive career opportunities and options. Each prospective juncture takes the form of an intersection with the undeniable conclusion that an accident will not occur in the candidate is not in an intersection. Think about the countless numbers who passed through the same intersections for whom accidents didn't occur. Maybe accidents aren't as accidental was we might believe.
Career paths are seldom a slick, well lit and paved superhighway to a better place. Often they are beset with turns and hills that must be negotiated and the occasional obstacle (i.e., pothole) that requires special attention by the candidate in order for her or his goal to be achieved. Tom Freston, veteran media executive at such firms as MTV Networks and Viacom, hit the nail on the head when he offered the thought that career pathways are "almost always a clumsy balance between you attempting to make things happen and the things that are happening to you.
Search and staffing professionals must be vigilant in their support of candidates making good things happen and their being able to react positively and appropriately when things happen to them. Then if luck happens to come into play---it happens under the best of conditions.


"I was picking up my children up from a preschool program at Winnetka Community House late morning, and all of a sudden I heard sirens going off all over the place, something really tragic must have happened," Margaret Vernon.
Margaret Vernon remembers when Laurie Dann opened fire inside Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, killing a young boy and injuring two girls, in 1988.
Abby Adam's daughter, Hannah, was 8. She got a call from her husband that there had been a shooting and rushed to the school, not knowing if Hannah was hurt or dead. She wasn't injured, but saw the children who were.
"She has never gotten over it, when she hears a balloon pop, or hears fireworks," Adams said. "It comes right back to them, they are there."
Adams said she is also triggered by sirens that go blaring by.
That shooting changed Winnetka- and security procedures across the nation.
"Also I had children going to central school in Wilmette and immediately the school was locked down," Vernon said.
Vernon now lives across the street from Hubbard Woods School, where she sent three children.
"All of a sudden they couldn't come home for lunch anymore. You had to actually be walking over to pick them up," Vernon said.


The UK is facing a looming driver shortage for large goods vehicles (LGVs) that could hold back economic recovery, according to a report released by Skills for Logistics. 'A Looming ? The evidence behind the concerns', found that there are substantially more vacancies than candidates seeking vacancies in the industry, which has led to wages growing faster for drivers than other employees across the country. Fewer people are taking LGV tests and over the last four years there has been a 31% decline in the number of individuals passing their LGV test.
Furthermore, not all licence holders are becoming professional drivers as new entrants must also obtain a Driver Qualification Card (DQC) to drive professionally. Just over 12,000 individuals obtained DQCs issued for both LGV and PCV (Passenger Carrying Vehicle) – the DSA does not distinguish between the two – in 2010/11, which means just 44 per cent of those passing tests can drive professionally.
The driver shortage is made more acute by the fact that 16% of LGV drivers are aged 60 or above, while just 1% of employed drivers are under 25, partly due to the cost of insurance. Those retiring over the next five years will leave a potential replacement demand of 48,000 drivers.


Let's get to talking with Dr. Sarah Scarbrough and see what she had to say about homelessness, incarceration, addiction, her nonprofit and how she handles all of this as a working mom and wife!
Dr. Scarbrough spent ten years working in Richmond jail, the latter five as the program director and that's what Real Life Center was birthed out of.
Click here to visit the website for the REAL LIFE CENTER and also check them out on Facebook! They have a wonderful presence and inspirational posts!
I asked Sarah if she just saw a general need for what the Real Life Center would do for people getting out of prison or if it was one event that gave her the idea for it – and she told me the story of a man named Carlos.
Carlos was getting out of jail and they had managed to get him so many of the things he would need to start his new life. Everyone was so excited for him! He had a lease signed and ready to go, he had silverware, furniture donated, EVERYTHING…except toilet paper. And guess what? When you're out of jail and you don't yet have any money, you can't just go buy a roll of toilet paper at the Dollar Tree for a dollar…because you don't yet have that dollar. There is a need for a better and more realistic transition for these people.
They are honest about housing and managing expectations and the goal is to immediately develop a plan and then they begin to move through a screening process.
Want to hear something heartbreaking Dr. Scarbrough mentioned? Some of their clients are happier homeless. We talked about a woman who sleeps outside of their place every single night who feels safer being homeless because she was sexually assaulted in her homes growing up by the men in her life.
Sarah talked about the emotional challenges that come with the job and how separating work and life can be tough. She'll hear about a mother who is homeless with her kids on the streets and knowing she gets to come home and be with her kids, it can be so hard.
We started to talk about what it's like when people work through the program and succeed. One of the things I LOVE about Real Life is that they are enthusiastic about celebrating every little accomplishment and milestone for their clients. 30 days sober, finishing phase one of the program – just learning to celebrate and be proud of the little steps that add up instead of waiting to only celebrate the end goal. Real Life is the cheerleader that these people desperately need encouraging them on the sidelines.
Sarah printed out a certificate to congratulate one of their clients, brought it to the house and the client had tears in his eyes. She went over to ask if everything was okay and to her surprise, he responded "no one has ever told me that they're proud of me".
Dr. Scarbrough went on to say how these "tough" people are often not as tough as you would think. When you start peeling back the layers of the onion, you often find someone who has been through abuse, trauma and is actually scared – those are some of the people who need this kind of program the most.
You guys, Sarah is a JOY. She is hilarious, she's a perfect mix of tough and kind and what she's doing is hard work that most people could never imagine diving head first into… but her vision with the Real Life program is proving to change hundreds of lives. If you want a quick and effective look into seeing the work they are doing in Richmond, Virginia – read this report & infographic!
Thank you for reading about Sarah and all of the AMAZING WORK she is doing with the REAL LIFE Center in Richmond, Virginia!!
THANK YOU for showing up for Homeless Looks Like.
You guys, for months I would wear "Your Story Matters" shirts and have people ask – when can I get one of those!?
NOW YA CAN FRIENDS, now you can. We have a short but pumped up campaign running via Bonfire where you can order beautiful shirts with our logo for a great price and we get a generous donation from each purchase! This is our FIRST fundraising campaign and we think it's so amazing that is doubles as a way to spread our mission by having people wear our logo and start the conversation with people about what Homeless Looks Like is.
We share STORIES. We insist that everyone's story matters.
We know we can't jump to judgement or to conclusions when we see someone who is homeless.
We know they are not invisible and they are humans worthy of interaction and conversation.
I am thinking that you guys are going to really feel for Kisha. Her heart is made of gold and she's short, scrappy (sound familiar? I think we are sisters LOL!) and engaged to a man named John whom we also had the pleasure of interviewing after her.
Nicknames? They call my fiancé and I Bonnie and Clyde because we're always together.
Kisha made her way south when her sister told her to move down to Richmond, Virginia.
When I asked her about her family…she responded: "I don't deal with them, when I stayed with them they treated us like crap." She told us she really only talks to her sister.
I asked if she liked any activities or sports and she replied "I like music. Singing." And when I asked her what her fiancé thought about her singing? She said he says what my daughters (the mermaid mafia) say "No, please stop"…LOL!
Kisha then mentioned she suffers from a few mental illnesses. She said that she does have medication she is able to get with insurance but that sometimes…she doesn't have water or something to drink to take her medicine with. Can you imagine? Something some incredibly accessible for so many of us.
We then asked Kisha if she has to worry about her medication getting stolen (it would SHOCK you how many homeless people are robbed). She said she is really smart about keeping it close but that they've had to throw away so many things since becoming homeless, including sentimental items.
Then we asked how long her and her fiancé John had been engaged…she said eight years. We kept telling Kisha that there are people with all of the money in the world who will never know a love like hers. She started to cry. Our hearts started to break for her and I pulled out a tissue for her but really..I just wanted to let my tears roll down, too.
Kisha then told us how she repeatedly applies for jobs and tries so hard to find employment. One job called her back to hire her but didn't contact her for the orientation and she repeatedly called them back about it. Talk about getting your hopes up.
If they could get something for you right away what would you want? "I would want the food and the clothes, and I mean money can help and do a lot of things".
Kisha is 50 years old and she wants to be independent. She wants to live in an apartment with her fiancé, John (who guess what…is our NEXT interviewee on the blog!).
And can we go ahead and spoil ALL of this for you???
THEY ARE IN HOUSING. Shortly after our interview…blessings started to come. Left and right. They were approved for an apartment and moved in and had a WARM, cozy Christmas. Friends of ours collected food, furniture, small appliances and SO many helpful items to give Kisha and John the life they have been dreaming of for so long. We did ALL of this just by word of mouth and only accepting a couple of donations from friends. Can you imagine the impact we can have as we grow?! THANK YOU to all who helped them!
And you know what…this interview stuff gets heavy. Really heavy. So we decided we would ask some lighter questions to lift the mood at the end of each interview…so officially introducing….SHALLOW QUESTIONS! Ridiculous but exactly what we needed to laugh together after digging deep into the hard stuff.
Thank you for reading about Kisha and giving her a voice. You insist her story matters just by reading it. You are a big part of what is going to change people's lives… THANK YOU for showing up for Homeless Looks Like.
Could you ever have guessed my first interview would be my own dad? Meet George (aka Gdog to my girls).
As I sit here typing at 5 in the morning, it's still pitch black outside…I'm instantly connected to the days when I would see my dad getting up even earlier to start his days. Make sure everything and everyone was squared away…that everything was getting done, he was ready for work, we were all getting to school as we needed to, etc. Loved his jobs, good at his jobs, always on top of house things like laundry and dishes and all of the things. Always moving and on the go and working hard.
Someone who works that much, and that often, and that hard… how do they end up homeless?
I'm not asking but insisting that you break myth number one now – that the homeless just "need to get a job". There's always more to a story. You really never know until you ask.
There are different interview formats we conduct and this is for those who have transitioned OUT of homelessness. My dad has been out for a little while now and with the help of a mission (which he doesn't want me to give credit to because he didn't like them, lol, he said they were religiously extreme and in some cases I have to agree but I'm still going to mention that because it's necessary) but he works part time and is doing great living in Norfolk, Va. Finding fresh glass versus sea glass, but nonetheless, HAHA.
*Dad mentioned how important the vehicle was. We almost think of getting the job first as being the most important but how can you get to a job without a vehicle, and how you can afford a vehicle without a job? TOUGH.
What advice do you have for someone who wants to help or how to approach someone who is homeless? Do not EVER give them money. Ever. Get them the help and things that they need but it's like feeding a seagull. Do not give them any money. Point them in the direction of a shelter. But do not give them any money.
^That response is very authentically my dad, LOL. Oh George.
I'm SO proud of my Dad for transitioning out how he has but I can completely understand how he ended up where he did. I was pregnant with Ellie when all of this started and I've watched him pick the pieces back up and we are so proud of him 🙂 The girls LOVE their Gdog!!!
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GUYS! We are OVERJOYED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In a little more than ONE day, one day…ONE…we pulled off picking up over 1000 followers on our Instagram page for Homeless Looks Like on my birthday, launch day! THANK YOU! Thank you SO dearly for that! And for the Facebook likes. And the newsletter signups. And the messages and the love…THANK YOU!
I wanted to drop by here today to explain our IMMEDIATE GOALS because we are having so many people ask about donating right now but I'm SUPER by the book and I just can't accept anything until we are all the way set up and official. I'm a weenie, I know. But I KNOW the holding off until we are fully set up as an organization in all the right places is the right thing to do AND will be worth it!
RIGHT NOW: We need stories. We need FACES. I PROMISE that the biggest power in making change is to pair an IMAGE (and maybe some Instagram video) with a story. Nothing will make a bigger impact! Think about what goes viral…is it just a written story most of the time? Sometimes, perhaps, but usually an image or video is paired with the story. That combination holds the power to create CHANGE and incite COMPASSION … this is where the connections are made between two seemingly different people, this is where we find out our similarities.
We are willing to travel to the DC area, Richmond, Hampton Roads and in NC within 2 hours of the Outer Banks once a month to conduct interviews.
Our first story goes live on Monday. And guess what? Many of you may know this person. If you don't, you'll still be shocked about who it is. Trust me, you'll want to "tune in" and check out the blog on Monday, September 24.
If you're reading this, you're already a part of what is going to change lives. You showing up means SO MUCH TO US.
This idea was born less than a month ago. I had no idea how this would snowball into such a passion project…but it's gone full speed ahead since and we're taking you along for the ride. We are going to work very, very hard toward becoming a non-profit so we are able to provide so well for people who need it most… the people who are so often forgotten, the homeless. The voiceless and the invisible. What if I stepped in and shared their story and gave them the chance to have a voice and to be seen? And what's going to happen when so many people realize how much they have in common with them? We are so much more alike than different.
Here's a brief intro to let you know what our mission is and what we hope to provide.
MISSION: Our mission is to create CONNECTION and COMPASSION through story telling. We know story telling is powerful because of how we have shared about our family's story with our community and how it's affected lives positively and resonated with so many people. From my faith journey to losing a brother to addiction to Dave Ramsey and living the simple life, it all connects with people because stories do that. Story telling in incredibly powerful and we are feeling so compelled to use our story telling abilities to give those who don't get to tell their story a platform to say this is who I am, this is my story.
I read a quote recently that said "homeless people become a part of the landscape" – regarding how we just literally walk by them like they're an inanimate object. It broke my heart. I want them to be seen, the people who weren't as fortunate to have a safety net to back them up when things got rough.
GIVING BACK: We have a few ways we plan to give back from in-person immediate need donations (shoes, socks, clothing, water, food) to making monetary and food/clothing/other donations to shelters and transitional housing that host people who are currently homeless. We'll be traveling and collecting stories, giving these brave people a voice and place to share their story, and then providing something for them that they currently don't have but need or would be so grateful for. This is starting small, but we DREAM of being able to provide money toward housing solutions one day. One step at a time, we will keep building this together…Mike, me and the person reading this right now. JUST BY SHOWING UP and spreading the word, you will give someone a better life…and we are thankful for that.
AND sign up for our newsletter here! That's all we ask right now!
Thank you for being a part of this mission with us, pals!
Together we can change the conversation about what homeless looks like.


A popular tourist destination for many years, Queen Victoria described Tarbet as "a small town [with] splendid passes, richly wooded and the highest mountains rising behind". Little has changed and today's visitors can easily see what captivated those early travellers.
Tarbet, from the gaelic An Tairbeart meaning an isthmus, sits appropriately at one end of an isthmus that separates Loch Long and Loch Lomond by just two miles. In July 1263, King Hakon Hakonsson IV of Norway's Viking fleet linked up with the forces of King Magnus III of Man and King Dubhghall mac Rhuaidhri of the Hebrides to send a fleet of 60 longships up Loch Long to land at Arrochar. They dragged their longships the two miles across to Tarbet on Loch Lomond, from where they sailed south to ravage the countryside as far as Stirling.
Situated on the banks of the world famous Loch Lomond and dominated by views across to Ben Lomond, Tarbet offers the opportunity to catch a passenger ferry to explore the rest of the loch and to view the exceptional scenery from the water. An hotel and several bed and breakfast businesses cater for visitors to the area, as does the Tarbet Tea Room. Tarbet also has a Post Office and seasonal Tourist Information Centre.
The scenic West Highland Railway runs through the villages, with a station at Tarbet (Arrochar & Tarbet), from where trains carry passengers to and from destinations including London, Glasgow, Fort William, Mallaig and Oban.
Arrochar Primary School and nursery serve Arrochar, Tarbet, Succoth and the surrounding area, and are located (a little confusingly) in Tarbet, on the shores of Loch Lomond.


BACKGROUND: Total immunoglobulin A in saliva (s-IgA) is normally assayed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We have investigated methodological issues relating to the use of particle-enhanced nephelometric immunoassay (PENIA) to measure s-IgA in whole unstimulated saliva and determine its reference range. METHODS: Whole unstimulated resting saliva was collected to determine sample stability (temperature, time, effect of a protease inhibitor), limit of quantitation (LOQ), assay precision and analytical variation. The reference range for 134 healthy adults was determined. RESULTS: Linearity was excellent (4-10.3 mg L(-1), P < 0.001; R(2) = 0.997) and without significant bias (mean of -0.7%). The lowest intra- and inter-analytical coefficients of variation were 1.8% and 7.5% and LOQ was 1.4 mg L(-1). The concentration of s-IgA is stable at room temperature for up to 6 h, at 4 degrees C for 48 h, at -4 degrees C for two weeks and at -80 degrees C for up to 1.3 yr. There is no evidence that a protease inhibitor increases the stability or that repeated freeze-thawing cycles degrade sample quality. The reference ranges for s-IgA concentration, s-IgA secretion, s-IgA:albumin and s-IgA:osmolality were 15.9-414.5 mg L(-1), 7.2-234.9 microg min(-1), 0.4-19 and 0.6-8.9, respectively. CONCLUSION: Automated PENIA assay of s-IgA is precise and accurate. High stability of collected saliva samples and the ease and speed of the assay make this an ideal method for use in athletic and military training situations. The convenience of measuring albumin and IgA on the same analytical platform adds to the practicability of the test.


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Last year Moreno carried Argentina's Catalina to victory in this race and this year it was another Argentinean lady Milena Mendez who won a thrilling 100-km ride spread over four stages.
Moreno, an 11-year-old bay stallion from Al Reef Stables won the 100-km Shaikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Endurance Cup for the second year in a row at the Emirates International Endurance Village in Al Wathba, Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
Earlier in the morning 95 lady riders started in the race which was held under the directives of Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
The UAE's Mariam Jasim Al Ansaari on Horr Ibn Jahir was second with Kamila Anita Kart on Othentik Du Fausset third. Argentina's Maria Julia Sciaroni on Sugarsop De Sallaz and the UAE's Sara Mohammed Al Jaber on Highland View Dolly finished fourth and fifth and all five top riders were awarded a 4WD car each...
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/sport/horse-racing/milena-partners-moreno-to-victory


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The other side of Kevin Love's outlet passes, where Calvin Johnson comparisons make sense
By Dan FeldmanDec 22, 2013, 6:30 PM EST
Kevin Love's outlet passes are a thing of beauty to any basketball lover. I could watch the above video over and over. Actually, while embedding it into this post, I did.
Outlet passes are an overlooked skill, and Love is the best outlet passer the NBA has seen in quite some time. Players like Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are also good outlet passers and have been around seemingly forever, but they don't turn outlets into highlights as regularly as Love.
When watching Love's best outlets, though, it's easy to forget about the player on the receiving end.
In Minnesota, that's often Corey Brewer, and he has to make some impressive catches to make the plays work.
Brewer, via Steve McPherson for ESPN:
"I played receiver — it's basically the same," he said. "If I'm running a route, when I come out of my break or my cut, the ball is there. Kevin's throwing it to a spot, so you're actually running to the spot. So when I look at him and I know he's going to throw it, I just try to run. If I can get in front of the last defender, I just know it's going to drop right there. If it's just a regular point guard, go for it. It's like a smaller defensive back on Calvin Johnson."
Announcement: Pro Basketball Talk's partner FanDuel is hosting a one-day $12,000 Fantasy Basketball league for Sunday night's games. It's $25 to join and first prize is $2,500. Starts at 6pm ET on Sunday. Here's the FanDuel link.Obviously, Johnson catching passes is more important to the Detroit Lions than Brewer catching outlet passes is to the Timberwolves. That's just the nature of the sports and why Brewer doesn't hold a candle to Johnson in terms of overall value.But as far as what type of play they're making on the ball, yeah, the comparison makes sense. Both require great focus and body control, an remarkable duality in its own right.Maybe someone should make a video featuring the best outlet-pass catches. I might not watch that multiple times, but I'd at least look once.


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Q: Changing css property of elements having similar kind of id's I am having a problem while changing the css property of elements having similar kind if id's using javascript.
I am running a php loop through a series of hidden elements. So I am having there id's like this imgstat_1, imgstat_2 and so on.
The code i am using is
foreach($img as $img1){?>

       <a href="#" onclick="changeimgstat('<?php echo $counter;?>')">
         <img src="<?php echo $img1->vchEventImg?>" width="75" height="75" alt="" id="abc_<?php echo $img1->vchImgStatus?>" />

    <input type = "hidden" value="<?php echo $img1->vchImgStatus?>" id="imgstat_<?php echo $counter;?>">
    <?php $counter++;
}?>
<input type="hidden" value="" name="newimg" id="newimg">

and javascript like this
function changeimgstat(obj)
{
     var xyz = document.getElementById('newimg').value;
     alert(document.getElementById('abc_'+xyz));
     document.getElementById('abc_'+obj).style.border="3px solid red";
     var status = document.getElementById('imgstat_'+obj).value;
     document.getElementById('newimg').value = status;
}

So could someone suggest what i am doing wrong

A: The best solution is to add a css class attribute to elements. And write styles for the class.
In the onclick function you can add the class to the elements

A: As I found there is no error in your code, but have you defined $counter before foreach loop. And your img id should be abc_<?php echo $counter?> rather than abc_<?php echo $img1->vchImgStatus?> which you are using in javascript.
Try:
CSS
.img3{border:3px solid red;}
.img{border:none;}

HTML and PHP
<?php
$counter=1;
foreach($img as $img1){?>

       <a href="#" onclick="changeimgstat('<?php echo $counter;?>')">
         <img class="img" src="<?php echo $img1->vchEventImg?>" width="75" height="75" alt=""  id="abc_<?php echo $counter?>" />

    <input type="hidden" value="<?php echo $img1->vchImgStatus?>" id="imgstat_<?php echo $counter;?>">
    <?php $counter++;
}?>
<input type="hidden" value="" name="newimg" id="newimg">

SCRIPT

A: It seems you have:
<img ... id="abc_<?php echo $img1->vchImgStatus?>">

and
<input ... value="<?php echo $img1->vchImgStatus?>" id="imgstat_<?php echo $counter;?>">

Are you sure these two elements will have the id you expect?

A: try the following:
foreach($img as $img1){?>

       <a href="#" onclick="changeimgstat('<?php echo $counter;?>')">
         <img src="<?php echo $img1->vchEventImg?>" width="75" height="75" alt="" id="abc_<?php echo $counter;?>" />

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Posts tagged "SOE"
Planetfall: Layoffs At Everquest/H1Z1/Planetside Dev
A name change to the awkward-sounding'Daybreak Game Company' isn't the only consequence Sony's recent shock sale of its MMOy division SOE to management firm Columbus Nova. Barely more than a week after the acquisition, Daybreak is making lay-offs, reportedly including the long-time lead and public face of the Everquest games. "The operation of current games" won't be affected apparently, so while this is sad news…
Tagged with Daybreak Game Company, SOE, H1Z1, PlanetSide 2.
Feature: From The Archive
Planetside: The 1%
By Quintin Smith • 4 years ago • 16
Every Sunday, we reach deep into Rock, Paper, Shotgun's 142-year history to pull out one of the best moments from the archive. This week, Quintin's tale of Planetside heroism, originally published September 2008. Planetside, then. Do I have any veterans in the audience? At ease, gentlemen. It might not have dredged up the subscribers Sony were hoping for, and you personally might have found it…
Tagged with feature, From The Archive, SOE, Planetside, PlanetSide 2.
PlanetSide 2 Dev SOE Is Now Daybreak Game Company
By Philippa Warr • 4 years ago • 22
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) will now be known as Daybreak Game Company after being acquired from Sony by investment management firm, Columbus Nova. SOE is the studio responsible for games including EverQuest, PlanetSide 2, and the early access zombie survival game, H1Z1. The company notes that the acquisition will not disrupt any of its current games, but will allow them to pursue multi-platform projects.
Tagged with Columbus Nova, Daybreak Game Company, SOE, sony online entertainment, EverQuest, PlanetSide 2.
Feature: "Trench warfare with lasers"
After Action Report: PlanetSide 2's World Record Attempt
By Nick Rush-Cooper • 4 years ago • 22
I'm being flown westwards in a Galaxy dropship transport along with the 11 other players in bravo squad. A couple of dozen friendly fighter planes pass below us, heading north east, moving to support another battle elsewhere. Red tracers begin to fill my screen as we take fire from enemy flak positions supporting a battle in the north. Veering left, our pilot moves to approach…
Tagged with feature, SOE, sony online entertainment, PlanetSide 2.
Feature: Two Years Of Planetside 2
Two Year Talk: Interviewing Planetside 2's Creative Director
By Jim Rossignol • 5 years ago • 38
Planetside 2 is two years old today and still going strong. It's a Planniversary, if you will. Ahem. I've written a bunch about my time with the game, including this. Yes, I like it a lot. One person who has been at the forefront of that long campaign of making me like something for two whole years, and who was also implicated in the complex…
Tagged with feature, interview, Matt Higby, SOE, sony online entertainment, PlanetSide 2.
Feature: Zap, boom, and level up
Planetside 2: My Favourite Game Of The Past Two Years
By Jim Rossignol • 5 years ago • 104
There have been so many beautiful and clever games appear in the past two years that I find myself surprised to be saying this: Planetside 2 is my favourite game of the past two years. Sure, I've practically lived off Teleglitch at times, and actually been made to like an adventure game via KRZ, but Planetside's bright and sparkly sequel has truly colonised my PC.…
Tagged with feature, SOE, PlanetSide 2.
Join Us At 8pm UK Time For Streamed Planetside 2
By Jim Rossignol • 5 years ago • 6
Hello you. We're going to be streaming Planetside 2 at 8pm, and you'll be able to watch that in the further expanse of this post if you tune your computer to Twitch-o-vision at that time (that's two hours after the publication time of this post.) We have a special guest, Planetside 2's senior art director, the tremendous Tramell Isaac, who will be talking us through…
Tagged with SOE, The RPS Community, Tramell Isaac, PlanetSide 2.
PlanetSide 2 Update Adds Long-Awaited Swamp Continent
By Nathan Grayson • 5 years ago • 57
It's sometimes easy to forget about poor ol' PlanetSide 2 with all these Battleline Hardmen and Advanced Warfaces duking it out for our attention. And while the MMOFPS has still, even after nearly two years of being available in various forms, arguably not lived up to its full potential, there's nothing else quite like it. That's why we go there to ruthlessly bop PC Gamer's…
Tagged with free to play, SOE, PlanetSide 2.
Viral Sensation: A Sloshing Syringe Of H1Z1 Footage
A quick primer for those who've been living under a rock: 1) SOE's making a spiritual successor to Star Wars Galaxies that is also a zombie game, 2) yeah I know, and 3) zombies have transcended mere fad-dom and become immortal cultural icons for reasons I'll never be able to fully comprehend. H1Z1's impressively ambitious within a very narrow lineage, though. Think DayZ or Rust,…
Tagged with SOE, Star Wars Galaxies, H1Z1.
SOE's H1Z1 Will Be F2P, Won't Sell Weapons, Ammo, Food
So maybe you weren't expecting SOE's vaunted Star Wars Galaxies spiritual successor to be an overtly DayZ-inspired zombie MMO called H1Z1. And maybe you're not exactly shaking the sand out of your old Tatooine-scouring boots in excitement. That's fair. But as far as these things go, SOE does seem to be kind of on the right track. CEO John Smedley isn't shamefully shambling (shamebling) away…
Tagged with SOE, DayZ, H1Z1.
DayZ Of Our Lives: SOE Also Doing Zombie-Based Survival
If it wasn't already plainly obvious, survival games are all the rage these day(z), and zombies - thanks to DayZ's ever-looming influence - come part and parcel with that. The War Z/Infestation: Survivor Stories hit a little too close to home on that front, and Nether, with its possibly dubious ties to the former, also deals in apocalyptic baddie bashing, but with a slant toward the…
Tagged with Nether, SOE, The War Z, Zombies, DayZ, H1Z1, Rust.
Feature: Ore, really.
Impressions: Landmark
By Craig Pearson • 5 years ago • 35
You can now join Landmark for just £14. Sony's Minecraft-esque adjunct to EverQuest Next has lowered the barrier of entry into the closed beta so even a frugal Scottish freelancer can stroll in. I've spent the weekend wandering the worlds, admiring what's being built and testing the tools. I am currently not dead, but if I died and you were to look through my search…
Tagged with Everquest Next: Landmark, impressions, Landmark, SOE, Everquest Next.
I Know You Planned It: PlanetSide 2 Gets Mission System
PlanetSide 2 has been very good (or at least very impressive) for quite some time, but no one can deny that it continues to be a work-in-progress. It's a massive, multicolored jelly bean bowl of coordinated carnage, yes, but when you're not rolling with friends or a full-blown outfit, the whole experience can be a bit aimless. The solution? Well, SOE seems to think it's…
EverQuest Next Landmark Gets Name Change, Closed Beta
I always did think that EverQuest Next Landmark was kind of a clunky name. And, true story, I know plenty of people in the gaming industry - devs and journos alike - who don't understand that it's an entirely separate experience from EverQuest Next proper. So I suppose it only makes sense that SOE's decided to shave it down into to a more prim and…
Tagged with Everquest Next: Landmark, Landmark, SOE, Everquest Next.
Feature: History Is Streamed By The Winners
Rise & Stream: Nathan The PlanetSide 2 War Correspondent
If you haven't already heard, we're at war. Eternal war, truth be told, but of a friendly, (typically) only virtually fatal sort with the PC Gamer lot and also everyone else who's ever played PlanetSide 2. You can enlist right here for a giant community play session that's kicking off at 12:30 PM PT/7:30 PM GMT, but if you'd rather not risk life and level…
Tagged with feature, rise and stream, RPS Streams, SOE, video, PlanetSide 2.
United State Of Amerish: Planetside 2
By Adam Smith • 5 years ago • 49
The jungle territory of Hossin won't arrive in Planetside 2 until May but the Amerish region is changing right now. A major revamp was implemented just before the weekend, adding nine new outposts and redesigning those that were already in place. Most significantly, perhaps, the Lattice System is now in play on Amerish, meaning that conquest of outposts must be conducted along supply routes, as…
Tagged with amerish, free games, SOE, PlanetSide 2.
Feature: The Legend Of Sky City
The EverQuest Landmark Adventure You Might Never Have
As we recently reported, EverQuest Next Landmark's paid alpha is officially up and running, and we'll bring you streaming video and impressions of it soon. But first, I'd like to tell the story of an EQNL adventure that you probably won't be able to have, despite the MMO/space-age imagination engine's formidable voxel-powered flexibility. I have seen the very limits of Landmark's evergreen realms, tunneled to…
Tagged with Everquest Next: Landmark, feature, SOE, Everquest Next.
Good Star(t): SOE On Next Game's Star Wars Heritage
Star Wars Galaxies was a lot of things to a lot of people. A largely barren land of infinite possibility, a janky pile of half-finished bantha poodoo, a player-driven sci-fi sandbox, a nigh-directionless walk through an abandoned Star Wars theme park. Maybe it was a little of all those things when it first came out, but people (myself included) came to love its quirks. And…
Tagged with SOE, Star Wars Galaxies.
EverQuest Landmark Alpha Out Today, What To Expect
We've played EverQuest Next Landmark and spoken with SOE about their mad (yet not entirely impossible) ambitions for the game/world creation Photoshop thing as it grows and evolves, but now it's your turn. Well, maybe. If you're willing to pay and also not talk about it for a while (hip-hip-hurrNDA, etc). EQNL's roughly 60 percent complete paid alpha will launch later today, but it won't…
Tagged with Everquest Next: Landmark, SOE.
SOE's Next Game 'Dedicated' To Star Wars Galaxies Fans
Back in my day, we played the original pre-NGE Star Wars Galaxies, and we liked it. No seriously, we really did, and I think the tide of public (or at least, gamerly) opinion has started lapping at those same shores over the years. Sure, the MMO was a mess when it first tractor-beamed money out of thousands of wallets, but it tried to be legitimately different.…


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Amazon reconsidering move to New York
Afp, Washington
Amazon is rethinking its decision to create an additional headquarters in New York City amid opposition from key political leaders and protests in the community, The Washington Post reported Friday.
The Post, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, cited two sources familiar with the company who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The report comes after the appointment of an Amazon critic to an oversight board with the potential to veto the deal for one of two locations selected by Amazon for its "HQ2," along with a site near Washington.
Several local officials and newly elected Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose district borders the New York site, opposed the Amazon deal.
They voiced concerns that the promised 25,000 jobs could inflate an already overpriced housing market and strain infrastructure.
The plan announced last year was backed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the city's Mayor Bill de Blasio, but has been the object of demonstrations in the following weeks.
Critics claim the deal offers too many subsidies to one of the world's largest companies, led by the world's richest man. Some surveys meanwhile have suggested the Amazon HQ plan is supported by residents.
BB's baffling move
'We are a nation in a hurry'
Nation of noodle lovers
BB makes easier digital marketing payment
Govt moves to use surplus funds of state organisations
Md Abdul Karim elected IPDC chairman
BIDA to roll out the red carpet for foreign investors
Gamblers having a field day at bourse
UK high-speed rail project could cost $137b
Billionaires richer than 60pc of the world's population: Oxfam
Refined palm oil cargoes stuck at Indian ports after import curbs
China confident of stabilising industrial growth in 2020
Capitalism seen doing 'more harm than good' in global survey


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Inclusion in the IP profession; removing formalities requirements; UKIPO on Brexit – INTA 2020 update
Trevor Little and Tim Lince
After months of preparation in what has been an unpredictable and unprecedented year, the 2020 INTA Annual Meeting is into its closing stages. With that in mind, the WTR team is plugged into the event, and you can chat with them at the WTR exhibit on the INTA's online platform. Meanwhile, our roving reporters – Trevor Little (TL) and Tim Lince (TJL) – have been jotting down event highlights and observations. Our first update is here, and below are more takeaways from the rest of the week...
The dummy runs are done and the UKIPO is ready for full Brexit – Inevitably, as in any keynote that involves an interview with Tim Moss, CEO of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), it was not long before Brexit was raised, with 31 December (and the end of the transition period) a mere six weeks away. In terms of the treatment of trademarks, the situation is largely settled: the UKIPO preparing to clone over 2 million rights from the EUIPO register and create comparable rights in the United Kingdom. Moss expanded: "The great news for rights holders is that this will be done automatically and free of charge." It is also a significant challenge for the office, which has been "busy making sure that the legal and operational systems are in place". Positively, he noted: "Everything is on track. We have conducted dummy runs. It actually takes a day to load all of the data but we are on track and ready for the end of the year." As to what rights holders need to do, the main suggestion was for users to visit the UKIPO website and familiarise themselves with the information that it offers. Moss expanded: "It is important that users understand what is happening. The one thing to be aware of is if you have a pending application, we won't automatically create a new right – you will need to apply direct to the UKIPO for anything pending at that date, but you will have the same priority as of the date of the EUIPO application." He added: "Another factor to remember is that if you previously had a right that covered the EU, you had protection in 28 countries. You will now have two rights – one covering 27 countries and one covering the UK. So if need to change details and for renewals you will have to go to the EUIPO and UK separately." For now, though, it is all about preparing for the future. The office is in the midst of recruiting 70 new examiners and is seemingly ready to flick the switch on 31 December. (TL)
Time for brands to 'walk the talk' on racial injustice – In a capsule keynote on diversity and inclusion, Trisch Smith, chief global diversity and officer at Edelman, noted that, with 77% of people believing it is important for their employer's CEO to speak out on diversity, organisations that take a stand are more likely to gain trust than lose it, with actions taken today directly impacting trust equity in an organisation's future. She noted that this, combined with the challenges being felt across society, means that taking a stand on racial injustice is now seen as a moral obligation. It is also expected, with Edelman research conducted this summer finding that most US consumers believe brands (54%) and companies (61%) should publicly speak out against systematic racism and racial injustice. "Brands must step up," she stated, adding that many "businesses are failing horribly to act" and need to "get their houses in order". At present, then, many brands are failing in their obligations, with huge gaps between expectation and performance. Smith concluded: "There is a universal demand for systemic change and it has to be led by businesses… You have to walk the talk." (TL)
Pandemic means firms must adapt to these new times – On Wednesday's session focused on 'building an effective team and growing talent', speakers talked of how their trademark departments have coped during the ongoing covid-19 crisis. A big issue, noted Brendan J O'Rourke from Proskauer Rose, is that he and his staff have had to adjust their thought processes – and he urges other firms to do the same. "There's a tendency at law firms to 'suck it up' – while in the short term, that mindset can provide results, in the immediate and long term that can be damaging." Therefore, when the pandemic hit, some firms switched to an 'emergency mode', but had to switch back as it became clear that the crisis was not a short-term problem. For Marion Heathcote at Davies Collison Cave in Australia, it has meant recognising the mental toll that restrictions to contain the virus have had on staff – especially those that thrive in an office environment but are now forced to work from home. "In these times, we have to recognise that people come from different experiences and mentalities," she said. "So we need to know that we've given them the business tools, but we have to make sure they have the mental capacity to deal with it." One possible reason for that, O'Rourke noted, is that, due to the culture of the legal profession, "it's not as easy to ask for help" and to admit when expectations cannot be able to be met due to the current crisis. "We had a broad conversation at the firm on what could be helpful for anyone and everyone," he added. "More generally, we wanted to deal with issues of perfectionism and growth mentality. Now, whenever we do a programme or client project, we have a post-game analysis on what went well and what could do better next time. That means we can give kudos on the positives and focus on that and build on that so it becomes the muscle memory of the team. But we also look at what could be better – framing it on what we want and doing it as a team, not just upper management or supervisors, which allows everyone to know the positives and is 360-degree team review." What was made clear during the session is that covid-19 has presented significant challenges for every law firm and trademark team – but has also created opportunities to improve the profession for the foreseeable future. (TJL)
Why more needs to be done to drive inclusion in the legal profession – Continuing the discussion on diversity, one town hall session focused on the state of inclusion in brands and law firms. The clear message was that more needs to be done. Reflecting on a career spent in-house and in law firms, Facebook's Allen Lo reflected on the patchwork of progress that he has observed: "If you look at legal practices as a whole, it is nuanced – we are seeing progress in some areas and not in others. One that continues to be a challenge across all areas of diversity is whether people are reaching the highest levels in their profession. If talking about IP lawyers, you are seeing greater diversity but how many are actually reaching the top levels of their organisation?" Tywanda Harris Lord, partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, concurred, adding: "I agree we have made some progress over the past 20 years but we continue to see challenges in recruiting in terms of getting people in, as well as having issues with attrition. We need to look at why, so we can get them to the chief IP officer level in-house or equity partner level in law firms." As to the drivers of change, she noted that in the law firm environment the shift in focus and action is often driven by client demands for diversity, illustrating how brands can be an important force for change. One of the ways that this can be achieved is through multi-brand action, Stark explained: "For a while we had an annual reception held by the studios where we would ask law firms to send diverse members of their team – not necessarily the relationship person as those individuals are not necessarily diverse, but rather people staffed on cases and matters. We are trying to get that back again." Lo went on to explain how the IP team approaches diversity, alongside Facebook's wider company initiatives: "As a legal department we have six affinity groups – three based on race and three that are non-race, including our Pride and vets groups. At legal department level we also have pipeline programmes and diverse student programmes. But I want to focus today on IP team level, and the way to think of it is to break it into three pillars. We ask what can we do better to facilitate diversity on the IP team? What could we be doing to help create diversity for the larger profession? And third, thinking about rights holders, what can we do as a team to create more diversity amongst rights holders?" As Facebook is a platform that relies on an ecosystem of stakeholders, one example of how the latter manifests itself is in direct reach-out to minority-owned businesses. At corporate level, what is crucial is meaningful buy-in and action from senior management, as that will inform both overall company culture and inclusion efforts across the business, which will help to motivate and retain talent. Stark reflected: "This is first time in my career that I have had a woman of colour as my boss and general counsel. There is something about having someone who shares certain similarities with you operating at that level. It gives you a sense of empowerment." (TL)
Licensing opportunities and challenges posed by covid – On Tuesday, one session looked at how 'licensing is in crisis' by considering what brands are currently doing with existing and future licensing relationships. Offering an in-house perspective was Joseph Conklin from Coty, who said that he has been seeing "a lot of goodwill" in regard to the challenges that have arisen with licensing since the covid-19 outbreak. One of those challenges, he revealed, was that previously innocuous terms in a licence agreement now need to be clarified. "There are new commercial opportunities in masks that didn't exist before the pandemic," he said. "Therefore, something in a licence agreement covering 'masks' pre-pandemic could mean many things now that it didn't necessarily mean back then." However, opportunities during the pandemic are also potentially risky. According to Adina Avery-Grossman from Brandgenuity, brands that may be considering different sectors in response to the crisis should tread carefully. "We've seen there are some justifications for entering categories when there are immediate opportunities," she explained. "But we encourage clients to consider that this crisis isn't going to go on forever – we shouldn't take our eye off the long game, especially for brands that have been around for hundreds of years. So, while there may be an opportunity in this moment, brands must think about what's sustainable and makes sense in the longer term." Conklin confirmed that such thinking had been going on at Coty, concluding: "We look at things that could be near in scope to our categories, such as with luxury brands that still deal with health and safety. We need to be true to the DNA of the brand – going for something that could come back to bite the brand in the long term is not going to happen." (TJL)
INTA recognises stellar service – Alongside the content and network offerings, during the Annual Meeting INTA announced that Anne Gilson LaLonde of Gilson on Trademarks was the recipient of the 2020 INTA Service Award for the Advancement of Association Objectives. An attorney and active association volunteer for 15 years, LaLonde has served as chair of INTA's US Legislation and Regulation Committee (USLRC) since the beginning of 2020. In that role she has helped the USLRC to achieve its key objectives, including a review of all trademark legislation in the current 116th US Congress. Over the past year, she and the wider sub-committee have also reviewed a number of complex trademark bills, such as the Trademark Modernisation Act, the SHOP SAFE Act and the Trademark Licensing Protection Act. Her analysis regarding the latter helped INTA to advocate for strong trademark protection for all brand owners. She has also assisted INTA staff in preparing recommendations to amend the Lanham Act to include a rebuttable presumption of irreparable harm. In presenting the award, INTA President Ayala Deutsch said: "It would not be possible for INTA to effectively engage in our advocacy work in the United States without the hard work of volunteers like Gilson LaLonde. Her deep foundational knowledge of all things trademark-related and her meticulous interpretation of each piece of legislation are invaluable. She has truly helped to shape legislation that is beneficial to trademark owners across the nation." (TL)
IP offices must be data focused – Earlier this week, INTA released a report, written by a dedicated INTA think tank, on what IP offices could look like in the future (our full analysis of the report is available here). On Tuesday, a session featured two of the writers of the report sharing some of their insights on how they think agencies must evolve. Looking at the significant events of this year, David Kappos of Cravath, Swaine & Moore (and former director of the USPTO), said that lessons must be learned: "IP offices must be able to pivot, understand and address weaknesses presented by the current crisis in order to prepare for the new crisis." But a key trend will be IP offices needing to embrace "disruptive technologies", such as AI, and being able to effectively train their staff – especially examiners – to work alongside this new technology. One risk, he says, is that innovations are brought in that displace staff and negatively disrupt the local IP ecosystem. Furthermore, he added: "IP offices should be data driven, and they should have clear data in their databases." Of course, many of these aspirations will be easier for well-resourced IP offices, while under-resourced offices – some of which do not currently have e-filing or digitised trademark records – could struggle. But with assistance from INTA and other organisations, there is hope that such ambitions could be realised. (TJL)
Ridding the profession of old formalities – It is not just the topic of IP offices that has received the 'futures' analysis from INTA – with two upcoming reports (due for release at the end of this month) on the future of law firms and in-house departments. Turning to the latter, two members of the think tank were on hand to give their thoughts on how corporate trademark teams will change in the coming years. In fact, according to Jayne McClelland from Syngenta Crop Protection, the role of in-house counsel "changes every year, even if the job title doesn't" – adding that "the trademark role is blurring, and it is morphing more into a general counsel of brands". Indeed, JT International's Ronald van Tuijl claims that, in a time of such rapid change for corporate counsel, "only those that are adept can survive". To help, in-house practitioners need to be more than a one-trick pony, as van Tuijl noted: "You shouldn't be limited in your viewpoint, but apply your legal and trademark lens, as well as your consumer and human lens, to act accordingly to issues that may crop up. Also, marketing, data privacy and regulatory matters need to be part of an expanded substantive knowledge set for in-house counsel." However, the biggest issue raised during the session – and certainly the one that attracted the most response from attendees – was the prospect of the end of traditional legal formalities that often slow trademark matters to a crawl. "I could entertain you with a few beers about how I got documents notarised during the lockdown," van Tuijl lamented. "It showed one of the weakest links of our profession, and a reduction of unnecessary formality requirements should be important for all of us." There was much agreement in the session chatroom; for example, Jennifer Gruber from WarnerMedia stated: "The formalities requirements can also make for some negative PR for the practice itself as it can become perceived by other corporate colleagues as a very administrative practice." (TJL)
Now it is embedded in workflows, videoconferencing is here to stay – A thought-provoking discussion, moderated by Uber Technologies' Rafa Gutiérrez, focused on corporate communications – including among baby boomers and millennials (with many 'GenXers' jokingly lamenting in the chat bar that they are the forgotten generation). This year, of course, covid-19 has required all trademark professionals to adopt multiple communication methods, from videoconferencing to chat messaging (and, inevitably, with a lesser emphasis on one-to-one meetings). Jessica Elliott Cardon of Parlux Holdings reflected that "there can be a little bit of distrust that people are working effectively, which has led to a greater use of videoconferencing for tasks that were previously handled by email". Debevoise & Plimpton's Megan Bannigan concurred, noting: "I'm sure we have all felt videoconferencing fatigue at some point but it has become a beneficial way of life in many ways, for instance with committee meetings." She added that while "we are finding ourselves doing on videoconference what we used to do on the phone", new associates have embraced the opportunity to be visible and engage with other firm members through the technology. Clearly videoconferencing works. The key, then, is choosing the right medium for the message and the audience that you are interacting with (as Gutiérrez noted, even though phone calls can be recorded, videoconference calls are easy to record, raising questions on when to use them and the privacy issues that can arise). It appears, though, that videoconferencing is here to stay, even when things get back to 'normal'. (TL)
Stay tuned – Don't forget you can keep up to date with the latest INTA Annual Meeting news and insights on the WTR Twitter feed.
Tim Lince
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Pitch Publishing are pleased to announce the acquisition of the English rights to French World Cup winner Olivier Giroud's autobiography Always Believe, which will be published this autumn.
The deal was brokered for Editions Plon by Mathilde Pineau-Valencienne, founder of London-based Tilly-Ink Rights Agency.
Giroud, often so private, has teamed up with French journalist Dominique Rouch to offer a unique insight into his life and career, and share with fans the highs and lows of a stellar career at the very highest level of the game.
Currently with Chelsea and formerly of Arsenal, Giroud has more than 100 caps for France, and helped them win the FIFA World Cup in Russia during 2018. He tells of his pride at being the second-most prolific scorer for the French team, behind Thierry Henry.
He also lays bare how he has learned to cope with a constant stream of criticism and questions around his selection for the national team; not least when he replaced Karim Benzema, when he also learned to deal with an incredible level of animosity.
Giroud fell in love with the game as soon as he could kick a ball; he started playing at the Froges Olympique Club at the age of four; and he's made the sacrifices to fulfil his dream of becoming a professional footballer.
He's an advocate of hard work, respect and humility, and his strength of character, his family and his unwavering faith helped him overcome adversity throughout his career. And at 34, the France striker is far from done with the game, and hungry for further success.
Pitch Publishing director Jane Camillin said, "We are thrilled to be publishing Olivier's book here in the UK and allowing his many English fans this fascinating insight into his life and career, not just with Arsenal and Chelsea, but with the French national team.
"Olivier is a very private person, so this is a unique and revealing insight into his life, his career, his time with Chelsea, Arsenal, France and other teams, as well as the world of professional football here in the UK and in his home country of France."


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Appeal after group of young people assaulted at Bourley Lake Reservoir
We are appealing for witnesses or information after a group of friends were assaulted by another group of males at Bourley Lake Reservoir in Aldershot.
The incident occurred between 4pm and 4.30pm on Friday, July 31. The 16 year old victim and his friends were approached by the other group, aged around 17-18, and an argument began.
He and his friends were then punched and kicked and had bottles thrown at them. One of the suspects was said to be holding an extendable baton.
The victim sustained a black eye, bruises and lacerations. His friends have also suffered similar injuries.
Were you in the vicinity of the reservoir on Friday afternoon? Did you witness anything unusual?
If you can help, please get in touch by calling 101 and quoting reference 44200287806.


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By Scott Martelle
Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, PDF, Mobipocket
Chicago Review Press (Mar 2014)
Book Type: Trade Paper ($16.95)PDF ($11.99)EPUB ($11.99)Mobipocket ($11.99)
The birth, near demise, and current struggle for survival of the Motor City
Detroit was established as a French settlement three-quarters of a century before the founding of this nation. A remote outpost built to protect trapping interests, it grew as agriculture expanded on the new frontier. Its industry took a great leap forward with the completion of the Erie Canal, which opened up the Great Lakes to the East Coast. Surrounded by untapped natural resources, Detroit turned iron from the Mesabi Range into stoves and railcars, and eventually cars by the millions. This vibrant commercial hub attracted businessmen and labor organizers, European immigrants and African Americans from the rural South. At its mid-20th-century heyday, one in six American jobs were connected to the auto industry, its epicenter in Detroit. And then the bottom fell out. Detroit: A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America's great cities, and one of the nation's greatest urban failures. It tells how the city grew to become the heart of American industry and how its utter collapse—from 1.8 million residents in 1950 to 714,000 only six decades later—resulted from a confluence of public policies, private industry decisions, and deep, thick seams of racism. And it raises the question: when we look at modern-day Detroit, are we looking at the ghost of America's industrial past or its future?
"Scott Martelle has the rare ability to bring alive a patch of history from several hundred years ago as skillfully as he does a present-day Detroiter in his living room. This is an extraordinary riches-to-rags story that raises big questions for national policy." —Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
"The world can learn much from this bittersweet history of urban grit and strength that has now become a 21st-century symbol for industry, loss, and renewal." —M. L. Liebler, award-winning Detroit poet and editor of Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams
"Detroit has played a crucial role in American urban, industrial, and ethnic history, today it is central to any discussion of the future of the nation's cities. Scott Martelle has done a wonderful job of capturing the essence of Detroit from its early history on the Western Frontier to "Motor City" to today's urban crisis." —Dominic A. Pacyga, author of Chicago: A Biography
"[Detroit] offers an informative albeit depressing glimpse of the workings of a once-great city that is now a shell of its former self."—Publishers Weekly
"[Martelle's] unsentimental assessment is rich with cold, hard facts about those responsible for what Detroit became and what it is today." —Booklist
"A valuable biography sure to appeal to readers seeking to come to grips with important problems facing not just a city, but a country." —Kirkus
"While the book focuses on Detroit, readers everywhere will find his analysis useful in understanding what many cities are experiencing." —Solidarity
"[Detroit] offers an engaging, provocative introduction." —Los Angeles Times
Scott Martelle, the author of The Fear Within and Blood Passion, is a veteran journalist and former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit News, whose work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Sierra magazine, and other outlets.


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Q: How do I change the colour of ShareActionProvider? I am using a android.widget.ShareActionProvider to show a share icon on my menu bar. However, my menu bar background is white and I would like to make my icon black. Is there a way to do it?
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El Zahraa est un haras égyptien, spécialisé dans l'élevage du cheval de race Arabe égyptien.

Histoire

Le haras est créé en 1908, et devient rapidement incontournable. El Zahraa souffre des conséquences de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, mais reprend ensuite son essor, constituant (en 2006) le plus grand élevage de chevaux arabes au niveau mondial, avec une jumenterie d'une centaine de têtes.

Notes et références

Annexes

Haras
Monde équestre en Égypte

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Judith joined DSC in January 2017. As a Researcher, she contributes to DSC's funding guides and helps maintain the fundraising websites. Prior to joining DSC, Judith worked and volunteered in the charity and arts sector for over ten years.
Judith holds a BA (Hons) in Media and Cultural Studies from Liverpool John Moores where she first became interested in cultural policy.
She also has a MA in Sociology from the University of Manchester and her dissertation examined how cuts to funding has affected the arts sector and artist employment in Liverpool.
Our research for the latest edition of 'The Guide to Company Giving' shows that excellent progress has been made.


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Unfortunate Gestede sets remarkable Premier League record
By FourFourTwo Staff published 14 January 17
Middlesbrough's goalless stalemate with Watford set an unwanted Premier League record for debutant Rudy Gestede.
The unfortunate Rudy Gestede set an unwanted Premier League record during his Middlesbrough debut on Saturday, coming on as a second-half substitute in the 0-0 draw with Watford at Vicarage Road.
Replacing Cristhian Stuani in the 65th minute, the former Aston Villa and Cardiff City forward never threatened to make his mark on proceedings.
And although Aitor Karanka's side managed to hold on for a share of the spoils, with Watford's latest signing Tom Cleverley hitting the post late on, the draw marks a remarkable, unhappy milestone for Gestede.
The French-born Benin striker joined Villa in July 2015 in a reported £6million move from Blackburn Rovers, but Gestede managed just five league goals as his side were relegated from the Premier League.
One of those goals came in the opening-day win over Bournemouth, but that was the only time Gestede tasted a Premier League victory in a Villa shirt, even though he went on to make a further 31 top-flight appearances in 2015-16.
And as he took part in the stalemate at Vicarage Road, Gestede became the first player to have featured in 32 consecutive Premier League games without a win.
Bad luck, Rudy.
32 - Rudy Gestede has played 32 consecutive Premier League games without a win; the longest ever run in the competition. Unfortunate.January 14, 2017
Rudy Gestede


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Artists, crafts people & businesses involved in patchwork.
Patchwork is a type of needlework in which small pieces of cloth in different patterns, colours and textures are sewn together. It is a technique often used in quilting.
Patchwork and quilting have been used for practical and decorative purposes for a few centuries. There are few surviving samples from before the 18th Century, though some evidence suggests it may date back to ancient Egypt. One of the earliest known examples dates from 1718, a Silk Patchwork Coverlet which now forms part of the Quilters Guild Collection in the UK. Quilting techniques spread to Europe and other parts of the world during The Crusades and gained popularity in many different cultures.
Technological developments led to growth in the use of quilting techniques during the late 18th and early 19th Century. In 1856 the first synthetic dye was produced. Previously cotton had been the most popular fabric for patchwork and quilting, but the advent of synthetic dye meant bright silks and velvets became popular. Patchwork blankets, table coverings, cushions and tea cosies became a common sight in Victorian England.
The Wholecloth quilt had its heyday in the late 19th and early 20th Century. It became a popular traditional craft particularly in Wales and on the Scottish Border as a craft passed down the generations. Different local areas had their own distinctive style and motif, with other types of needlework such as appliqué and embroidery incorporated.
In the mid-20th Century, interest waned as other manufacturing techniques took over. But patchwork and quilting saw a revival in the 1960s and 70s, and in 1979 the Quilters Guild was formed.
Patchworking and quilting require some specialist tools, depending on how you want the finished item to look. Some crafters and upcyclers favour ragged seams and a rustic homemade look which can be made with basic everyday tools. But traditionally, there are specialist tools that are used to ensure accuracy and precision.
Clear Quilters Ruler — These can be purchased in a range of different sizes and make the measuring and cutting of squares or triangles of fabric more accurate and easy than using an ordinary ruler.
Rotary Cutter — The most accurate tool for cutting straight lines in fabric, theyre used in a similar way to a pizza cutter, sliding through fabric easily and precisely.
Cutting Mat — A good clean cutting mat can be used as an excellent surface to plan and measure on, alongside cutting pieces to size.
Fabric Scissors — Those who favour ragged seams often cut squares and shapes with just scissors, avoiding the need for rulers and rotary cutters. Great to have these handy regardless.
Seam Ripper — You may need one of these for unpicking stitches if you make any errors or if you are picking apart an item of clothing to upcycle.
Sewing Machine — It is possible to hand sew patchwork, but as straight forward repetitive work, a good sewing machine is advised.
Steam Iron — A good quality steam iron and board, are important tools for accurate patchworking. Patchwork pieces need to be flat and smooth for cutting and joining and seams must be ironed to form a nesting effect on the back of your patchwork.
Pins — You will need to use sewing pins at various stages to pin pieces together and sew accurately.
Thread — The thread you use depends on the fabric you are working with. Many varieties are available.
Fabric — Various fabrics can be used for patchworking, from traditional cotton, silk, and velvet, to more modern synthetic fabrics. Patchworking can be a handy way to recycle offcut fabrics from other sewing projects, or you can even cut up and recycle old clothes.
Muslin — Muslin is commonly used to provide a backing layer to your patchwork, to hide and protect the seams.
The basic technique for patchwork and quilting is to cut up even squares and sew these together. Accuracy and good maths are key here in ensuring sizes match and seams line up. You need to account for a seam allowance for each patch, which is usually about ¼ inch each side (so an extra 1" of fabric for each square in total). There are several YouTube tutorials available to help get you get the hang of things.
Planning — Do plenty of planning in advance. Lay your pieces out to work out a colour scheme or pattern and measure everything carefully to ensure it will fit together in the way you want it to. This will be slightly different depending on what you are making. A small blanket or throw may be the easiest to learn first as this is one continuous piece with minimal room for error.
Speed Joining — Speed joining, also known as chain piecing, is a time-saving method used when sewing or seaming lots of small pieces of fabric. The technique involves continually sewing pieces of fabric together without removing from the sewing machine in order to save having to keep setting up for each square. These pieces can then be separated with scissors as needed.
Pinning — If you are pinning bits of the fabric together before you sew, ensure the pinheads face right so you can remove them quickly and safely as you sew.
Wholecloth Quilt — If you are making a wholecloth quilt you need to consider the patchwork, the backing and also any filling you may use, such as wool.
When ironing seams ensure the seam allowance is ironed to the side in the direction of the darkest colour. This ensures dark seams wont show through behind pale fabrics.
A good quality steam iron is essential to accurate patchworking. Iron on a high heat with using the steam setting. Iron each scrap at the start and through each stage. Keep ironing as you go along building a work pattern of press-and-join-and-press-and-join for clean lines and accuracy.
Trim stray threads as you go along to ensure these arent caught in new seams.
Make sure seams are intersecting in the right places as you layer the squares of fabric together.
Once you have practised basic skills in patchworking, you can quickly start to elaborate and let your imagination go. You may want to combine other needlework into the piece including embroidery or using appliqué—a form of ornamental needlework in which small pieces of fabric are sewn to a larger one to make an image or pattern.
You may want to look to historical patchworking and quilting for inspiration. These techniques have been used in many different cultures across the world for centuries and have often been used to tell stories or record historical and political moments in time, using appliqué or embroidery to create images on the fabric. Patchworking is also very flexible to different styles and tastes, from minimal geometric block shapes to clashes of pattern and colour.
These days, patchworking is often used by upcyclers as a way to recycle old clothes or use up scraps of fabric. Some upcyclers favour a very ragged, rustic handmade look, with uneven fabric scraps patched together in random patterns without the need for careful measuring and planning.
Patchworking can be used to make all sorts of clothes, accessories and household items, such as coats, bags, furniture covers, tea cosies and baby blankets, as well as the more traditional quilts.


De luca fine art is pleased to present the outdoor exhibition Barbarians at the Gate by Harley Valentine at the historic Campbell House, at the corner of Queen W and University in downtown Toronto. Barbarians at the Gate is a play on the classical and mythological influence of the sculptures implanting themselves behind the wrought iron gates of this unique property. Given the history of architectural preservation in Toronto, we might ask which side of the gates are the barbarians really on?
Also watch for our TTC streetcar ads on the King and Queen lines throughout August. A special thanks to the show's partners: Campbell House, E.R.A. Architects, and Castlepoint Realty.


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Glasblodbi (Sphecodes hyalinatus) är en biart som beskrevs av Hagens 1882. Den ingår i släktet blodbin och familjen vägbin. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Beskrivning
Som de flesta blodbin har arten mörkt huvud och mellankropp, samt en bakkropp som är röd på den främre delen. Hanen har dessutom rödaktiga ben och fötter. Mellankroppens undersida är vithårig hos honorna. Kroppslängden är mellan 5 och 7 mm.

Ekologi
Habitatet utgörs av steniga gräsmarker som stäpper och liknande, i norra delen av utbredningsområdet gärna i solbelysta lägen. Honorna flyger mellan maj och augusti, hanarna mellan juli och augusti.

Fortplantning
Likt alla blodbin är honan boparasit; hon bygger inga egna bon, utan lägger sina ägg i bon av smalbina svartsmalbi och brunsmalbi. I samband med äggläggningen dödar honan värdägget eller -larven, så hennes avkomma ostört kan leva på det insamlade matförrådet.

Utbredning
Utbredningsområdet utgörs av större delen av Europa upp till 68ºN, men den är sällsynt i Central- och Sydeuropa. I Sverige finns den i större delen av landet utom fjällvärlden, medan den i Finland främst har observerats i södra halvan av landet.

Källor

Insekter i palearktiska regionen
Blodbin


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Hitotsubashi University established the Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) in 2014 with the aim of strengthening a worldwide research network of social sciences and serving as a hub of the research network.
We will have an opening in any field of economics for one Postdoctoral Research fellow who is expected to engage in research along this principle of the HIAS, actively interact with Hitotsubashi faculty and graduate students, and produce research output in the frontier of economics. There are no teaching obligations. Applicants should have received a Ph.D. within the last 3 years, or are expected to receive it within 6 months after the hiring. The HIAS postdoctoral fellow will be employed as a university contract faculty member under the university's employment rules and regulations. Appointment will be for two years. Applications will be reviewed beginning March 24(JST); all applications received by March 24(JST) are fully reviewed although we continue to accept applications until June 30, 2019(JST) in case the positions are not filled by the applicants of the first group. Should you have any questions, please contact us at hias-info@dm.hit-u.ac.jp.
Hitotsubashi University is an equal-opportunity employer.


There is still more sad news this Sunday morning. Dot Hamilton Reed, mother of Donnie Reed ('65) of VA, passed away in Hampton on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the age of 87.
CHARLES CITY - Dorothy Amelia "Dot" Reed, 87, passed away Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 at her home.
She was an active member of Parkview United Methodist Church for over 60 years. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 47 years, Paul B. Reed; and her parents, Albert and Lila Hamilton.
Left to cherish her memory is her son, Donnie Reed of Charles-City County; and numerous nieces and nephews. The Funeral will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 18 at Peninsula Funeral Home officiated by Tim Porter, with burial in Peninsula Memorial Park.
Published in the Daily Press on December 16, 2012.
I am so very sorry to learn of the passing of your mother. I remember her well and a nicer lady would be hard to find.
Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of your mother. I can recall in our teen years how she and your dad welcomed me into your home and graciously took me along on trips to Sunken Meadows and water skiing at Jamestown. She was a kind and generous lady.
I remember your mom and dad very fondly. They were kind and gracious people. I have many memories of your house on Madison Avenue. You have my sympathy and prayers in the loss of your mother. It is tough to lose a mom. She will be fondly remembered.
Donnie, your mother was mentioned in prayer at Parkview Baptist Church last Wednesday night. Bless you now as you prepare for your final earthly goodbye and lay her to rest. I think of you often as I am in the old neighborhood every Sunday.
I am sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. Many years have passed, but I can still remember riding my bike passed your house on the way to the Boy's Club ,as if it were yesterday, and seeing your dad or mom out in the yard. They would always wave to me. They were always helpful to me when we were in Cub Scouts together. I will keep you in prayer for God's strength, comfort, and peace during your time of loss.
We will miss Aunt Dot, but will cherish the memories. We were blessed living next door to Dot and Paul for over 13 years. What an example of love and respect they are. We will pray for comfort for Donnie, but know that Dot is where she has wanted to be for years... sitting next to Paul as he plays his guitar.
Our sincerest condolences are extended to Donnie and to all of Mrs. Reed's family and friends.


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Scottish composer fulfils promise to friend with new work
Monday 30 January 2017 /in Press Release /by Press Release
New Flute Concerto for 2017 marks 20-year friendship between composer and soloist
This week Scottish audiences will be treated to the première of a new Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, written by leading Scottish composer Martin Suckling, inspired by the obsessive characteristics of one of the UK's leading conceptual artists' work, and borne from a teenage promise to one of the UK's finest flautists.
Martin, who has been described by the national media as "..probably the most important figure in Scotland's music scene since James MacMillan.", dedicates The White Road, a title inspired by ceramicist Edmund de Waal's 2015 travelogue, to his long-time friend RSNO Principal Flute Katherine Bryan. Martin had promised a concerto to Katherine while they were musicians in the National Youth Orchestra, and Katherine will perform the piece as soloist at Edinburgh's Usher Hall on Friday 3 February and at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Saturday 4 February.
Composer Martin Suckling: "I've known Katherine since we were teenagers and we've long wanted to work together on a flute concerto. Katherine's glorious tone and Edmund de Waal's beautifully austere ceramic art were twin inspirations for this piece, in which solo flute melodies lead the orchestra in antiphonal exchange through a landscape of rich, gleaming microtones and strange dances."
Katherine Bryan, who has been described by one of the country's leading music critics as having "…intellect and comprehensive musical resource, including expressivity, in endless supply…" welcomes the challenge of performing this new work written especially for her.
RSNO Principal Flute Katherine Bryan: "Martin and I have been friends for over twenty years. He knows me very well, and it had always been a hope for both of us that he would one day write something for me. The challenge of bringing any piece to life for the first time is huge, but the fact that it is written by him makes it even more exciting for me. The piece is alluring, stirring, tender, ardent... all in a 15 minute package. I cannot wait to capture people's imaginations with it."
Paired with the new concerto is Katherine's interpretation of Ralph Vaughan-Williams' The Lark Ascending, transcribed from violin to flute by Katherine herself. It features on her most recent album The Silver Bow (Linn Records) which was Classic FM's Album of the Week following its launch last year. Furthermore, Katherine's version has received full endorsement from the Vaughan Williams Society.
RSNO Principal Flute Katherine Bryan: "Transcribing this beautiful piece was a dream I had had for some time. I'd grown up listening to it and still it melts my heart with its poignancy. I hope that my transcription brings new and interesting sounds and colours to this work which is so well known and loved."
The Lark Ascending, a Sir Alexander Gibson Memorial Concert, was due to be conducted by RSNO Music Director Peter Oundjian but has had to withdraw from the week's performances for personal reasons.
RSNO Music Director Peter Oundjian: "It is with enormous regret that I cannot be present for the upcoming concerts in Edinburgh and Glasgow. This is a wonderful programme, including an exciting premiere by one of Scotland's major composing talents and featuring one of our own exceptional soloists. It promises to be a memorable event."
Norwegian conductor Arild Remmereit returns to the RSNO in his place. The Lark Ascending concludes with Maurice Ravel's pictorial symphonic vision of ancient Greece, the ballet music Daphnis et Chloé.
For tickets or more information please visit www.rsno.org.uk.
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Q: Want to convert PDF files to XLS and then bring those XLS to a particular format Have some 1000+ PDF files. Want to convert those files to XLS and then bring those XLS files to a format which can be used to export XLS data to either existing or new MySQL tables.
Can this be automated through any scripting language?

A: Link: http://www.investintech.com/products/developer/commandlinetools/pdftoexcel/
Then use batch for scripting
Read this: Importing excel data in to mysql table using command line