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Think of this as the smartphone that's ready to take on any adventure. The Kyocera Hydro VIEW is completely waterproof and impact resistant. While we're not recommending you take calls in the ocean, with a starting retail of $59.99, this phone is a great deal for the more accident-prone among us.


The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi has announced the death of Rev Fr. Angus Fraser, believed to be the longest serving teacher and missionary in Nigeria.
Fraser, who was aged 87, was born on April 8 1931 and hailed from a Caribbean Island country called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Announcing the death in a statement on Monday in Makurdi, Fr Jude Ortese, chancellor of the diocese, said Fraser was the founding principal of Mount Saint Gabriel's college, Makurdi in 1971 and also founded the Via Christi society.
Ortese said Fraser died on the night of October 7, after a brief illness at Princess Royal Hospital, Farnborough, near Orpington, United Kingdom, where he was receiving treatment.
Otese, however, said burial arrangements would be communicated later.
The News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) reports that the late priest was appointed principal of MSG on July 9, 1971,while the school was founded in January, 1964.
In 2003, Fraser was given a National Award of Member, Federal Republic of Nigeria MFR ,under the then President Obasanjo's regime and was honoured with the "Lifetime Achievement Awards" by the Former US President,Mr Bill Clinton, as the "Best Teacher in Nigeria.
Fraser also bagged the THISDAY prestigious award of the "Longest serving Principal in Nigeria" in Abeokuta ,Ogun in 2013.
NAN also reports that the priest taught highly placed Nigerians including; one time Senate President, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, late Sen. Emmanuel Okpede, former Rep. Terngu Tsegba, Herman Hembe and ex Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Michael Aondoakaa (SAN).
Others are two incumbent priests, their Lordships Most Rev. Dr. William Avenya and Most Rev. Dr. Peter Adoboh, bishops of Makurdi and Katsina-ala dioceses respectively.
Amongst those he taught are politicians, Politicians, technocrats, dons, musicians and captains of industry.


ScreenACT Project Pod has 24 places available for the first phase in helping Canberra based digital content developers, with entries closing 10.00am 29th March 2010. The project is designed along similar lines to the InnovationACT annual event run by the ANU. There is a nine page "Project Pod: Application Form and Guidelines" avialable, as well as Key Dates and FAQs about the project.
ScreenACT offers support with the general aim of helping to develop the local screen industry, thereby enhancing the ACT production industry's capabilities and employment opportunities.
Project Pod is a professional and project development opportunity that aims to build capability in screen project development, increase networks, and support a group of targeted projects through to a market-‐ready stage.
The program has four main phases, which start with broad learning goals, then narrow down, focussing on key teams to help them refine their projects to the point that they are ready to take to market. As part of this, several top projects will receive extra funding.
the film, video production, TV and digital media industries.
projects that are intended to result in commercial or business focused outcomes.
applicants who have started their careers and can demonstrate professional experience.
participants who show a commitment to the six-‐month process.
projects intended for production and post production in the ACT and Capital Region.
applications that are professional in their presentation, thought and execution.
Phase Four – ScreenACT Grants allocated to as many as four selected projects Selection for the Project Pod is competitive.
Phase One will include up to 24 participants. Phases Two through Four will have up to ten participants.
Project Pod will be led by a number of different providers, and tailored to the needs of the individual participants based on their project's format and genre.
Phase Four delivered by ScreenACT.
All participants for all phases to be selected by an industry panel, with ScreenACT acting as secretariat, and with the sign-‐off of the CEO of Canberra Business Council on final participants and funding.
Phase One costs participants $600 for the two workshops. The first workshop is over four days, and the second over two. Phases Two through Four have no participation cost.
The program covers narrative and story, introduction to development practice, pitching and presentation skills, introduction to producing, networking with industry professionals and Screen Australia representatives, and one-‐on-‐one professional development assistance on a project basis.
Feature films, television drama series, mini-‐series, telemovies, broadcast length documentary, television documentary series, reality TV series and digital media projects.
Applicants must have started their careers and be able to demonstrate some degree of professional experience.
Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia, and be 18 years old or older.
Applicants can be individuals or up to a team of two. The team leader must attend all sessions. The second team member is expected to attend all sessions, however there is some flexibility on this issue.
Greetings from the Screen Australia road show. A government review of support for the screen production industry, including the Producer Offset, is due out today. But at the same time Screen Australia is seeking input on the future of the film industry. CEO Ruth Harley is speaking at a road show around Australia and today is Canberra's turn. The meeting is at the CSIRO Discovery Theatre, with about 60 people present.
What strikes me is that Screen Australia talks about the feature film and TV industry. However, these are now dwarfed by the computer games industry. The Apple iPod has changed the music industry and the iPad may be about to do the same to the TV industry. However, the way Screen Australia works does not seem to have changed since cameras were hand cranked. They seem to be trying to help set up an obsolete analogue last century industry for Australia, rather than a digital one for the future.
Mid range features ($M10-30 ) lack domestic funding. This is an effect of the government offset, which helps both small and large features, but not mid-range.
Longer documentary series are doing well, but the Screen Australia process is complex for one off documentaries.
Liquidation of SPV has complex legislative issues. Providing a grant has tax issues.
SAC test is currently holistic and has no detailed points score type process which leaves producers uncertain as to what might rate well. Details of previous applications are secret due to tax law. "Reality" TV is uncertain as to if it qualifies as "documentary".
Low budget features may not be helped by lowering the limits on the current tax offsets as this requires a "theatrical release". Low budget films might use other distribution, such as online digital, which does not qualify as "theatrical".
At question time I asked if Screen Australia were addressing digital media. They responded they have initiatives in this area. However, I suggested they need to change their mindset and terminology. Digital distribution is seen as "alternative" by Screen Australia, and theatre distribution normal. I suggest this needed to be reversed. Young consumers see the iPhone as normal and going to a "cinema" as unusual.
Another attendee asked about support for the gaming industry and Screen Australia replied this was a matter of government policy and that representations should be made direct to the government. I got the impression that Screen Australia did not want to address the gaming industry without additional resources.
In my view, as the gaming industry is now larger than the film industry, at least half Screen Australia's resources and the government funding, should be devoted to it and digital media. Screen Australia appears to be stuck in last century technology and unable, or unwilling to change. The government should therefore abolish Screen Australia and set up a new digital entertainment body, which addresses digital media as a priority and also the legacy film industry as a secondary priority.
The NSW Writers' Centre was the venue for the filmmakers of Sydney to assemble for Christmas drinks last Friday night. Somehow I received an invitation as one of the Twiteraity. The centre is located in the grounds of the former Rozelle Hospital, is a sandstone building. There are beautiful grounds with flowering trees, a veranda perfect for drinks on a warm summer's night and book lined rooms. Part of the site is occupied by the Sydney College of the Arts.
It was easy to tell who were the budding actors: the younger more stylishly dressed with business cards ready at hand (one I met was a part time property speculator, who having finished their NIDA course had one a scholarship to the NY Actors School at LA). It was more difficult to tell the editors from directors and writers. People would come up with a mindful of ham and a glass or Rose and say "are you a director or editor"? It was too difficult to explain I was a computer programmer, so I settled for saying "Writer: my latest book was released last week at an event with the Prime Minister", which stuck the right tone.
After confessing to doing web design I was asked for advice by a media PR person. I confused them by recommending they get a blog, as their target audience are journalists who have no interest in pretty layout,: they just want text. I had to explain that I did useful web sites, designed to communicate information, unlike those used in the creative industries (as an example the style over substance web site of the Australian Directors Guild with markup errors, accessibility problems and incrorrectly sized images). Only later did I realise ADG was one of the hosts of the party (it would be very difficult to work this out from their web site, or discover anything at all from their web site). As well as ADG, also hosting were Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), Australian Screen Editors Guild (ASE), Australian Screen Sound Guild (ASSG) and Women in Film and Television NSW (WIFT) and the all have much better web sites than ADG.
Recently a friend in the mass media asked for advice on preparing documents for presentation to executive management. They asked if they should use Powerpoint or Microsoft word. But perhaps something like the Celtx free screenwriting software is needed. This might also be useful for conference presentations and e-learning.
Celtx is designed for writing plays for stage, screenplays for movies and TV, AV scripts and radio plays. It allows setting out who says what and what is seen and heard. It also allows the creation of an animated storyboard, which is used to give an idea of that the final production will be like. This is conceptually similar to an animated Powerpoint presentation: the software steps through still visuals with text and audio explaining what is happening.
Celtx has versioning and collaboration features using a central server, conceptually similar to the Integrated Content Environment (ICE) courseware tool. A seminar or lecture partly involves giving a performance, and so it might be interesting to consider how the techniques used for live performances might be applied to academia and education.
E-learning can include audio, animation or video. But much of the audiovisual material produced for education has low production values and looks clumsy when compared to professional multimedia the students will have seen. This is partly due to the limited funds and time available for producing education content. But it may also be because educators are not provided with tools or training needed for audio-visual production (I did a course at TAFE to make education videos). Perhaps tools like Celtx could be used and integrated into other e-learning tools.
After reviewing the e-learning system in the seat of a long Malaysian Airlines flight I decided to watch a movie. Outsourced is a romantic comedy about an American call center manager who is sent to India to train staff in the outsourced call center. He tells the staff to claim to be from "Chic-a-go". In the end he comes to terms with India after some lessons in life and the world beyond the USA.
This is not a documentary and you would learn as much about call center operations from this as you would about e-mail from watching "You've Got Mail". The Indian streets shown looked too clean and almost deserted. The female romantic lead was just a bit too clever and willing to explain the world outside the USA to the American. But it was good fun and might be useful education for those who have not been outside North America.
is grimier than previous depictions, with the Bennett sisters having to trudge through muddy fields to reach stately homes. I had the strange feeling I was actually seeing what a screen adaption of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings should have looked like.
Darcy and Elizabeth walk around the ground of the fictional Pemberley. This is actually the Gardens of Stourhead with its Temple of Apollo and Palladian Bridge.
Stourhead is at Warminster, about 100 km from Oxford, where Tolkien worked. Stourhead and Blenheim Palace , just outsiode Oxford, have grounds by English Landscape architect, Capability Brown. If middle earth was set in a real place, it may well look like Brown's landscape.
Taking a break from designing a flexible learning center, I decided to watch a TV sci-fi film. I was amused to find the curved desks I was looking at for the learning center were considered sufficiently hi-tech to be used in the film on a space station.
If you look at the space station commander's office at about one hour into Zenon: the Zequel (Disney 2001), you will see it is very similar to the "Jelly Bean" desks used at RMIT Library in Melbourne. Also the coffee table in Zenon's family room on the space station seems to be from the same furniture range.
The film was made in New Zealand, and if someone could ask set decorator Kirsty Griffin, Props Buyer Christine Mangen or Art Department Coordinator Anna Graves where they got the desks, that would be useful.


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Spike In Number of Indian Students Enrolled in Chinese Schools
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The number of Indian students enrolling in Chinese vernacular schools has shown an upward trend in the last 10 years.
Free Malaysia Today (FMT) quoted Education Minister Radzi Jidin telling Parliament in a written reply that 2.75% Indian students enrolled in Chinese vernacular schools in 2020, compared to 1.67% in 2010.
According to the report further, the enrolment of Malay students in Chinese schools has also increased from 9.15% in 2010 to 15.33% in 2020.
The percentage of Chinese students' enrolment in Chinese vernacular schools meanwhile, showed a decrease from 88.16% in 2010 to 80.25% in 2020.
Radzi also revealed that the Chinese made up the majority in private schools, with 65.88%, followed by Malays and Bumiputeras in Sabah and Sarawak with 26.9%, as well as Indians and other races with 4% and 3.17% respectively.
The number of Chinese and Indian students getting enrolled in national schools has also dropped from 1.17% and 3.15% to 0.73% and 2.63%, respectively, in the last 10 years.
As for Tamil schools, the majority (99%) comprised of Indian students, while other races made up the remaining one precent.
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Umno's Nazri Aziz Tests Positive For COVID-19
Umno's Padang Rengas MP Mohamed Nazri Aziz has tested positive for COVID-19, a week after he held a press conference renouncing the country's leadership.
Floored By COVID-19 Pandemic, Businessman Starts Selling RM3 Chicken Briyani!
The COVID-19 pandemic ruined M Karthigeyan's cleaning business. However, instead of giving up, the 36-year-old now runs a stall selling chicken briyani for just RM3 each!
Vizhuthugal- Samugathin Kural Moderators Talk About Their Experience & Hopes For The Show
Here's a chat with the moderators of Vizhuthugal- Samugathin Kural on their experience, and hopes for the talk show.
Kerala Govt Honors Malaysia's Rubber Industry Pioneer BC Sekhar
The Kerala state government has honored the late Malaysian rubber scientist B. C Sekhar by naming one of its soon-to-be established science and technology school within a university in the state, after him.
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Academic Decathlon is a rigorous program where students master ten subjects and then compete in a team competition against 64 other LAUSD schools. We meet during Advisory and our topic this year is the Age of Empire: A Focus on Imperialism.
If you are interested, please see Ms. Coffey.
must be responsible and also a hard, dedicated worker.
Learn about various academic topics that will help you in all of your classes, even in College!!
Add Academic Decathlon onto your college application. Many Aca Deca graduates have gone on to awesome colleges, such as Yale, UC Berkeley, and UCLA.
Be part of a cooperative learning team!
Getting to practice speeches, interviews, and essays that will prepare you for future encounters.


This week's update sees a few small improvements while we've been working on the Schedule beta.
⭐ We now only show the account switcher if you belong to more than one account, or end up on an unknown URL.
⭐ Improved the signup form – if you enter an invalid URL for your account it will show the error immediately, rather than only rejecting it after clicking the Sign Up button.
🔌 Improved the memory efficiency of some of our API services – letting us serve more requests, faster.
🐞 Some icons in the app weren't being preloaded correctly, meaning you'd see them flash up inconsistently. This has been fixed.
Our team has been hard at work adding features to the schedule beta. We're close to releasing the drag to resize, and drag and drop features. Here's a sneak preview of the resize in action!


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Q: Local Docker connection to Kubernetes Cluster I want to connect a docker container running locally to a service running on a Kubernetes cluster. To do so I have exposed a service through reserving some static IP addresses.
I have also saved those IP addresses in local DNS, in the /etc/hosts/ file:
123.123.123.12 host1
456.456.456.45 host2

I want to link my container to that such that all the traffic is routed to those addresses so that it can be processed by the cluster. I am using the link feature in the docker container but it isn't working.
I want to connect directly using IP? How should I do this?

A: There's no difference doing this if the client is or isn't in Docker.  However you have the service exposed from Kubernetes, you'd make the same connection to it from a process running on an external host or from a process running in a Docker container on that host.
Say, as in the example in the Kubernetes documentation, you're running a NodePort service that's accessible on port 31496 on every node in the cluster, and you're trying to connect to it from outside the cluster.  Maybe as in the question 123.123.123.12 is some node in the cluster.  A typical setup would be to get the location of the service from an environment variable (JavaScript process.env.THE_SERVICE_URL; Ruby ENV['THE_SERVICE_URL']; Python os.environ['THE_SERVICE_URL']; ...).
When you're developing, you could set that variable in your local shell:
export THE_SERVICE_URL=http://123.123.123.12:31496
cd here && ./kubernetes_client_script.py

When you go to deploy your application, you can set the same environment variable:
docker run -e THE_SERVICE_URL=http://123.123.123.12:31496 me:k8s-client

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I do love limited Depth of Field – and on a recent visit to Wisley, had some fun with this.
That always works well with flowers, Sue. Nice Wisley shots!
Glad you liked them, Pete!
A fine collection of flowers with a shallow depth of field, Sue!
What a lovely gallery of flowers.
So which lens are you using for these then Sue?
I thought it might be that one. I like it too, but have kept the zoom on for a while. Might be time for a change.
I think my next one will be either the 17mm or 25mm both f1.8 and that's probably more than enough!
I use very few lenses, the two I mentioned and occasionally the 40-150mm zoom. Not to save money, but to save stressing over which lens to use. It would slow this already slow person down too much….as my manual dexterity has reduced, I find ways of managing!
I find myself struggling more and more with the heavy load of my photo gear + tripod + filters. It slows me down terribly. I have been to two photographic workshops recently moving around a lot for half a day. The next day I felt battered and bruised. For the next workshop, I'll only bring two lenses!
Well, I had to give up my Nikon gear, as I just could not manage the weight any more….moved from a heavy D300 to a couple of little Oly mirrorless – best thing I did!
Poppy still wins, but the yellow flowers next to it are a close second. I prefer the ones where blur becomes negative space.
Oh, I do agree, but thought I would play with other styles!
These are lovely. I too love this type of photography – particularly for shots of flowers.
Many thanks, Suzanne…more to come!
I'd love to visit Wisley one day. This is a beautiful arrangement, Sue. Do you go for aperture or m-mode?
Love this sort of collage, well done!
Many thanks, Dina! It seems a while since we have 'spoken', great to chat on the blog today! As to your question, I always shoot on manual, because that's how I learnt in film days….only ever had a Canon FT and then a Nikon FM2, both solid, heavy manual SLRs! And you?
Today I mostly use the Nikon D800 and the three lenses 14-24mm f2.8, 24-70mm f2.8, 70-200mm f2.8 + a converter.
70-200f2.8 – that was the one I had!


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Q: Jquery get raw html of this node The initial table full html is extracted from other website.
I need to do further processing for it.
When wording match, I want to fetch the html block of the whole table only, to overwrite the content inside the current  tag.
Problem now is fail to print out the html block of the whole table.
'Header Title' is dynamic value. From time to time I will add in more comparison criteria. if matching, then I will retrieve table html only, starting from
 to
 , all other htmls inside body tag but outside of the table tag need to wipe out.

        Header Title

        Date : 01/01/2011

        ...

$("*").each(function() {
  if($(this).children().length==0){
    if($(this).text()=="Header Title"){
      alert('match');
      alert($(this).closest('table').html()); //not working...
    }
  }

A: UPDATE 2: tested, working: http://jsfiddle.net/inti/t9ysV/1/
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Acually your javascript (tho missing }); from the end) does just that:
$("*").each(function() {
    if ($(this).children().size() == 0) {
        if ($(this).text() == "Header Title") {
            alert('match');
            $("
").appendTo("body");
            $(this).closest('table').appendTo("#temp");
            data = $("#temp").html();
            $("#temp").remove();
            alert(data);
        }
    }
});

The trick is to put the table in a temporary element, and read the html content of that element. (Then remove it ofc.)

A: This will search the page for tables in a div and look for the first row's contents.  If it's a match, it will return the full table.  It will do this for however many tables in the page.
$(function(){
    var t = $("div table");
    $(t).each(function(){
        if($(this).find("tr:first-child").text().trim() == "Header Title Match") {
            console.debug($(this).parent("div").html());
        }
    })
})

Obviously, you'll need to remove the console stuff.


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Q: Capturing an image in CasperJS I'm currently using CasperJS (on top of the headless browser PhantomJS) for site scraping and I would like to download images from a website.
There are two approaches for this, both of which are well documented, but neither of them suits my purposes.
I could use casper.capture() to take a screenshot of a portion of the site, but the image is obscured by HTML elements displayed in front of it, so that's not an option - I need the original source of the image.
Of course, there is always casper.download(), which actually does work, but this only works when I run casperjs with --web-security=no, which presents a security risk, considering I'm scraping a site that isn't my own.
It also appears that casper.on("resource.received", fuction(resource){}) doesn't suit my needs, considering that only gives me the image metadata, rather than the image itself.
I have tried to use the cache system as explained here, but that didn't work for me. Whenever I try to access cache.cachedResources[index].getContents(), my casperjs crashes due to an unknown reason. Using a proxy is not a viable solution either.
If anyone knows of a way to download the original image without disabling web security, that would be most appreciated. Keep in mind that I don't necessarily need it saved to a file, if I can access the byte content in CasperJS, then that's also fine.
Thank you!


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Ocala woman says she lost $300K to online dating scammer
Hail hits Central Florida
Updated: Mar 27, 2016 - 4:00 PM
11 p.m. Update -
Hail storms were making one final push in western Marion County, Near Dunnellon, late Saturday evening before tapering off during the overnight hours. Easter morning may bring an isolated shower or two, but will be much quieter than the stormy afternoon that will follow. Once again, strong storms with lightning, hail & damaging winds will be our threats again Sunday.
10:00 p.m. Update -
Hail and damaging winds swept across Central Florida between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. this Saturday.
Although many communities might have seen hail and experienced strong winds gusts; infinite reports came in from viewers in Poinciana, Kissimmee, Mount Dora and Tavares.
Viewers sent in images of what looks like a layer of snow over patios, roads and sidewalks.
Meteorologist George Waldenberger shows us where the storms are headed and some pictures from viewers.
7 p.m. Update -
After reaching an official high temperature at Orlando International Airport of 87 degrees Fahrenheit, the thunderstorms started to flare up and move to Central Florida from the West.
WATCH: Live Doppler 9 HD Radar
The thunderstorms continued to grow and unite as they moved towards Osceola and Orange counties. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 5:42 p.m. in effect for northwestern Osceola County, warning for damaging winds of up to 60 MPH and quarter size hail (up to one inch in diameter). The warnings continued to be issued as the storms progressed to the northeast at around 25 MPH.
These storms left several reports of hail. Check out the video shared by one of our viewers in Poinciana:
@WFTV Poinciana #hail #crazyweather pic.twitter.com/KsSASY78vm
— Lester Roseman (@g0ing_supernova) March 26, 2016
Central and Eastern Lake County also experienced a severe thunderstorms which will be approaching Volusia County. Residents near Apopka, Seminole Springs, Deltona, Pines Lakes and surrounding areas experienced downpours, lightning and possible hail too.
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2:00 p.m. Update -
Busy weather during this Easter weekend is expected. Storms will threaten this Saturday mainly after 4 p.m. going into the evening.
After a Saturday morning with a few passing showers the weather remained dry around noon into the early afternoon. Temperatures by 2 p.m. were in the mid-80s across much of Central Florida. The heat plus an already unstable atmosphere, will mix to make the right recipe to have strong to severe thunderstorms during the late hours Saturday afternoon.
MORE: Hour-by-hour forecast in your city
The severe weather's main threat will be dangerous lightning, damaging wind gusts, and small hail. There is also a slight risk for development of a tornado.
Many people are enjoying this holiday weekend with loved ones, perhaps even doing outdoor activities.
WFTV Severe Weather Center 9 has you covered on all platforms. You can stay up to the minute informed by accessing wftv.com/weather. Also WFTV Weather App will notify you as soon as a watch or warning is issued at your current location, download it here.
Our team of meteorologists at WFTV Severe Weather Center 9 is closely monitoring the storms, and will continue to update via WFTV.com and on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Meteorologist George Waldenberger will have the latest and he will break in to programming as necessary when the appropriate warning is issued.


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We're teamin' up with Euphonic Conceptions and Cervantes once again, for a special Saturday edition of Re:Creation. This time we've got Phutureprimitive & Kaminda on the bill, who bring it hard every single time they come to CO. This show will be no exception.


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A Who's Who of Resort 2017's Fashionable Front Row at Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and More
Here's a fashion week tip: All the action isn't on the runway. It's in the front row, among the VIPs — they're the ones who show you how to really take a designer's work from the runway to the street. Of course, some do it better than others — Kiernan Shipka at Dior, Bel Powley at Gucci, and Alicia Vikander at Louis Vuitton have all nailed it this season, and they're not the only ones. Here, see the best of the Resort 2017 season's front row, from A$AP Rocky to Rila Fukushima and Martha Hunt.
by Katherine Cusumano
Alicia Vikander at Louis Vuitton Cruise 2017 in Niteroi, Brazil, May 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Sofia Coppola at Sonia Rykiel Spring 2017 in New York, New York, June 2016. Photo by BFA.
Bel Powley at Gucci Cruise 2017 in London, England, June 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
A$AP Rocky at Gucci Cruise 2017 in London, England, June 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Elizabeth Olsen at Christian Dior Cruise 2017 in Woodstock, England, May 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Martha Hunt at Public School Spring 2017 in New York, New York, June 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Rila Fukushima at Gucci Cruise 2017 in London, England, June 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Jaden Smith at Louis Vuitton Cruise 2017 in Niteroi, Brazil, May 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Kiernan Shipka at the pre-party for Christian Dior Cruise 2017 in London, England, May 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Riley Keough at Christian Dior Cruise 2017 in Woodstock, England, May 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
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This hotel reminded me of a resort from the 50's. There were lots of games in the common areas and the pool was fantastic! We enjoyed reading all the sayings on the walls and looking at the art work.
It is clean and I liked the breakfast. Good customer service.
I liked the fact that this was a renovated hotel in downtown Tucson. Bed was very comfortable and staff was awesome. The only think missing was a desk in the room so that I could get some computer work done as needed. I would definitely stay again.
Was ok for the price I expected a better bathroom with a fan in it and a bigger toilet but other than that it was ok.
The motel was conveniently located just off the Interstate and within an easy drive of the shops and restaurants of old town and downtown. It was reasonably priced, particularly for its location. The room was clean and well maintained. the beds were comfortable. The water was comfortably hot.
The design of the room and the lobby and building.
El Tiradito Wishing Shrine is located in a welcoming area of Tucson known for its magnificent mountain views and sporting events. The neighborhood is home to 25 hotels and other accommodations, so you can find something that works for your stay.
Ramada Tucson: This 2.5-star hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and free WiFi. It's a favorite with Expedia travelers for its breakfast and pool.
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House Museum, and Jewish History Museum feature captivating exhibits. St. Augustine Cathedral, Pioneer Memorial, and Fox Theatre are some of the local landmarks to explore. You can watch performances at Borderlands Theater, Rialto Theatre, and Rogue Theatre if you're interested in local theater.
University of Arizona and Tucson Mall are some sights worth a visit in the area. Spend some time checking out Reid Park Zoo, which is 3.3 mi (5.3 km) from El Tiradito Wishing Shrine, or make a stop by Kino Sports Complex, located 3.7 mi (5.9 km) away.
With so many choices for transportation, seeing all of the area near El Tiradito Wishing Shrine is easy. Make your way to Ronstadt Transit Center to catch metro transit. To see more of the larger area, hop aboard a train at Tucson Station.


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Biography of General Solon Dexter Hungerford
General Hungerford, whose history is so intimately connected with that of Jefferson County, and especially of the town of Adams, belongs to a family whose genealogy can be traced for at least two centuries. Thomas Hungerford came from the parish of Shetford, England, thirty or forty miles from London, and went to Hartford, Connecticut, before the year 1639. Mention is made of a descendant of the same name in the Hartford State Records, and in looking over the American Archives we find that one John P. Hungerford was an officer in the Revolution, and member of Congress from 1813 to 1817, and died at Turford, Virginia, at the age of seventy-four.
At the head of the fifth generation we have Dexter Hungerford who married Marietta Burr, to whom were born five children. The history of the Burr branch of the family is a remarkable one, including the famous Aaron Burr, and other men of genius.
The third of this family, the subject of our sketch, was born March 12, 1808. His earliest home was on a farm in Watertown. He entered the dry goods store of Mr. Adriel Ely at the age of fifteen, which proved a business discipline of great service in shaping his successful financial career.
After remaining in this position for four years, he decided to prepare for a collegiate course, but, upon the ad-vice of his kinsman, Hon. Orville Hungerford, he took the position of book-keeper in the Jefferson County bank for a year. At the expiration of that time he was promoted to the position of teller, which office he held for eight years, when he was elected cashier of Lewis County bank, at Martinsburg. At the end of two years he was urged by his friend, Mr. Ely, and his uncle, Hon. Orville Hungerford, to go into banking on his own account, under the general banking law of 1838.
Through the influence and at the urgent invitation of his friend, Robert B. Doxtater, and other leading citizens, he was induced to found an institution at Adams, Jefferson County, called Hungerford's bank, with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, October 25, 1845, which he successfully conducted as an individual bank till September, 1853, when the capital was increased to one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, with the same name, and under a board of directors of which General Hungerford was president. The Bankers' Magazine, after a notice warmly commending the management of the Hungerford National bank, as it became under the national banking law, mentions a "remarkable fact connected with the history of Hungerford's bank. It has never suspended specie payments during its existence of upwards of twenty years, having honored every and all demands in coin, till the advent of greenbacks, in 1861."
Mr. Hungerford is probably the oldest banker in the State, although scarcely beyond middle age, and has no superior in the successful management of this complicated business. For clearness of judgment, pleasing address, and, beyond all, honest and reliable financial management, he is equally remarkable.
His love for agriculture has always been intense, both from the real pleasure it afforded and the beneficial influence upon his health, while it was intimately connected with his business operations.
He has for many years been closely identified with the Jefferson County and New York State Agricultural societies. For sixteen years he was on the executive board of the State society, and finally took the chair of president. His "Valley Park Farm" is one of the most beautiful in the State. On this he keeps one of the best herds of thoroughbred Ayrshire cattle in the United States, and has been largely engaged in importing and breeding these favorites; also " short-horns," Leicester sheep, and York-shire swine; and is now devoting much attention to rearing horses, having a just appreciation of this prince among animals. The Boston Cultivator, May, 1863, mentions a particularly fine group of cattle on the Hungerford estate.
Railroad interests claimed a share of Mr. Hungerford's time and attention. His generous enterprise found scope in this direction during the first attempts to connect the northern part of the State with the great thoroughfares and commercial centers.
Both money, time, and influence were always at command. In 1855 he was elected a director of the Rome and Watertown railroad, at the earnest desire of such men as Philip Dater, of New York; and later of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburgh railroad. He was complimented by the capitalists interested, for his substantial improvements in the management of the road. The sound judgment and integrity seen here, as in all other financial concerns, received a significant testimonial in an incident, one among many, gleaned from a private letter addressed to a personal friend by one for years previous bitterly prejudiced against Mr. Hungerford.
In this the writer alludes to certain differences of opinion existing between Mr. Hungerford and himself, and states as his motive for voting for the former's re-election, his "fearless" discharge of duty in a position where so much "knavery and dishonesty" exists.
But a higher object than business enterprise and success was at Mr. Hungerford's heart.
Hungerford Collegiate Institute Photograph
Since 1836, when engaged in banking, "the idea of establishing a first-class educational institution in my native country has been very much on my mind," says Mr. Hungerford in reply to the question as to just when his attention was drawn to the greatest achievement of his life, the founding of Hungerford Collegiate Institute; whose splendid position among the literary establishments of the land is a joy to his own heart and an honor to his native State. An attempt was made about the year 1855 to erect the proper buildings and put the plan into operation, but owing to disagreement as to the site of the prospective edifice, the whole thing fell through for the time being. But in 1864 a large building, erected for hotel purposes, fell into Mr. Hungerford's hands; this he offered to donate to a board of trustees selected from the several neighboring churches, consisting of twenty-four, provided the citizens would raise an endowment fund of ten thousand dollars, the interest to be devoted to the payment of insurance, repairs, etc. The offer was accepted, a charter secured, and the institute put in successful operation for three years, when the building was burned down.
Another site being obtained with the insurance money, avails of the old lot, and contributions to the amount of over eighty thousand dollars, the present structure was erected.
At the opening of the first institute referred to, the exercises were of an unusually interesting character. Special trains were run to the village from neighboring places. General "Joe" Hooker being among the guests. These were welcomed by Rev. Mr. Hobart, in behalf of the trustees, and escorted by the Watertown Cornet Band to Jackson Hall.
After music and congratulatory addresses, Dr. Fisher, President of Hamilton College, delivered the inaugural address.
The school opened with one hundred and sixty students; and the promise given by its dawn was fulfilled in the years that followed, when it shed the light cf an enlightening and refining influence over the surrounding country.
A most interesting account of the dedication of the new and elegant buildings erected subsequent to the fire is given by the press. We quote a few extracts:
"On Wednesday, August 24, was consummated in Adams the great public enterprise of the village and town. Its beginning and progress have been signalized by great liberality, clear foresight, excellent taste and judgment, and untiring energy.
"The old institute building having been burnt some time ago, it was resolved to build a new one, and part of the means was at hand for the purpose. A commanding site was selected, a plan drafted with careful deliberation, and the structure commenced. The design was purposely for something superior and costly, — something not easy to excel as an educational institute. It was rightly believed that a way would be found to complete it when the money in possession should be exhausted. The work at length had to be stopped. Estimates called for two thousand five hundred dollars more, and how should it be raised ?"
Finally, after efforts in other directions, General Hungerford offered to double whatever sum might be raised. Pledges were soon gained for fifteen thousand dollars, which, with the founder's generous offer, made thirty thousand dollars; this, combined with the amount in the treasury, gave funds for a one hundred thousand dollar building. The elegant stone and brick building of to-day, with its admirable conveniences and great beauty, is the result.
It is heated with steam and lighted by gas. Hot and cold water can be drawn in each story, and there are bath-rooms for both the gentleman's and ladies' divisions. In the library and main hall, etc., is beautiful inlaid flooring of white and dark wood alternating.
At the dedication Rev. S. S. U. Greeley was the speaker of the day; he was followed by citizens and invited guests. General Hungerford, owing to previous illness, took no part in the exercises, but, after loud and renewed applause, came out of the ante-room in response to a call from the audience. He simply bowed and retired.
Mr. Hungerford's military career dates back to the year 1835; when quite a young man he was commissioned aide-de-camp to the brigadier-general of the Fifty-fifth brigade of infantry. He was subsequently inspector of the Twelfth division of infantry. In 1853 he became captain of infantry in the Thirty-sixth regiment, and brigadier-general of the Eighteenth brigade of the Fourth division of New York State militia in 1859. In 1861, when the Rebellion broke out. General Hungerford, commanding the Sixteenth brigade, and also commissioned to inspect volunteer companies, was loyal to his trust and untiring in his efforts to co-operate with the government. He won the grateful recognition of the State and of his fellow-citizens at home. Mr. Hungerford's political career was made by himself, — a brief one, beyond his influence in connection with business and social relations, and his prompt action when it was needed as a citizen. He was by nature and education of the conservative clarity, was the cause of his nomination to Congress by the Coalitionists of the Twentieth district in 1866, when an effort was made to defeat the ruling party by a combination of all those dissatisfied with its measures. Mr. Hungerford declined the nomination in a letter which was consistent with his principles, dignified and loyal, an honor to his head and heart.
But in no position has he been more honored and useful, although attracting less popular interest, than when president of the Jefferson County Bible Society, an office he held for several years.
In his domestic relations Mr. Hungerford has been most happy. He married Miss Ann Huntington, of Watertown, who is still the light of a home blessed with a son who gives promise of worthily bearing the ancestral name.
Mr. Hungerford has always liberally and wisely, we believe, sustained the cause of religion in the community, and freely aided the church and parish of which he is a member.
Neither he nor his friends claim for him exemption from human frailties and mistakes; but his fellow-citizens of the town and county in which his life has been so far spent will give him a place among the greatest benefactors of both.
Left Side of the Hungerford Farm
Right Side of the Hungerford Farm


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Pedal-steel star Robert Randolph opens downtown's Beacon Park
Jeff Milo
Robert Randolph and the Family Band bring their invigorating blend of funk, blues and gospel-rock to Detroit on Thursday for the grand opening of the city's newest downtown public space, Beacon Park.
Randolph is a virtuoso pedal steel guitarist who is known for being barely able to contain himself in the heat of a high energy performance. And with the Family Band, every show is high energy.
That passion Randolph brings to the stage goes back to his youthful training as sacred steel player in the House of God Church. After he was discovered, he gained positive attention in the blues and roots-rock music scenes for merging the rejuvenating reverence of gospel to the caution-to-the-wind riffs and wails of rock 'n' roll.
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Since his major label debut (2003's "Unclassified"), Randolph and his close-knit ensemble have toured the world and shared stages with countless icons of blues and funk.
But after fusing genres across six albums, the group's latest, "Got Soul," brought the focus back to just that: the soul! For as intense as the live shows can be, the message of the music is always ultimately calming. Randolph spoke with the Free Press about making music that restores the soul and, above all, feels good!
QUESTION: The Family Band is renowned for the energy and infectious enthusiasm of the live performances. What's the most important thing to you when you take the stage?
ANSWER: It's really about bringing that sort of gospel, church feeling that can inspire a real feeling of togetherness. Everyone's engaging with the songs and the performance, and it's all about making people feel good. Ya know, people are down right now, and we're trying to bring joy and happiness; that's why I compare it to gospel music, or to being at a church service, but at the same time we're also rocking out and having a good time. But (that energy) has always been part of my upbringing. People really get into it and the crowd just starts going, they start singing your songs and people start dancing and everything about the music just takes over. It's that electric feeling you get from an audience, and that's what we really try to bring to folks.
Q: What stands about latest album "Got Soul" in terms of the music, lyrics and recording experience?
A: Well, in this time of people feeling this depression, and where everyone has politics on their mind, and there's all this division, we wanted to really bring something to inspire people's hearts, minds, and souls, and collectively come up with songs that could be a cohesive string of songs that kept people thinking, but also could just make them feel good again, make them smile.
Everyone's been worried about the end of the world and who got elected and who didn't, but at the end of the day, music is there to stick to us, music helps lift us up and keeps us all going, and that's really always been the greatest thing to me. But, I had fun recording ("Love Do What It Do") with Darius Rucker, that's an original song we wrote and we really wanted to get someone that had a great country/soulful voice. The song "Be the Change," which is sort of political without actually being political, 'cause it's more about everyone just taking a look at themselves and realizing that we are the change, and to get everybody to look at taking the good in you and spreading that around, rather than all of the negativity.
Q: Pop music always dominates the mainstream, and that usually leaves gospel and blues and funk to a more niche audience. What are those pop fans missing?
A: I would say that (gospel/blues/funk) just makes you feel good, as good if not better as any mainstream pop or rock show.
Y'know, we've been touring around the world for 13-14 years, now, and I've been around guys like Buddy Guy and Eric Clapton and even B.B. King, and so many of these guys, they're 70 or even 80, and you see that music is really a long road when you love it as much as they do, as much as I do. It's not about trying to do what's popular and trying to fit in to a formula; those guys never did that—they were originals who made their music, the best music, the best songs, the best guitar playing that they could possibly do. And that's what lives on, instead of anyone who's just trying to do what's trendy.
I feel bad that some artist get signed to a record label and their sound winds up getting pushed into a certain direction. But I think there's a movement, lately, with a lot of these music festivals we've played, where you see a lot more people gravitating towards just good ol' organic homegrown music.
Q: With its iconic roster of artists, many of whom had roots in blues and gospel music, how much of an influence was Detroit's Motown, for you?
A: When you talk about Motown, and all of that music, and all of those artists, I could go on about it forever! It was like the first real crossover of taking those church guys and church girls and making some really great original music. Motown is, I don't even know what to say, it's really the beginning of what took music to a whole other level. It took all the artists like Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, I could keep naming names on and on, and started creating this new sound, but they were all (singers) that came from the church, each using their musicianship to create it.
And that Motown sound has been so influential for me, and for so many from (the 1960s) on through today. There's so many artists and songs that I listen to from those old Motown days that I try to pick certain elements and pieces from for inspiration. You can't ever say enough about Motown.
Q: The signature sliding style of pedal steel guitar exemplifies how the Family Band bends different genres together. What sustains your love for that instrument, and for performing music?
A: The thing about pedal steel is that it has a wide range of sounds and characters and voicings. And what I do with it really comes out of Detroit, because of a guy there named Ted Beard; we learned from in my church, but he lives in Oak Park, and then another guy named Calvin Cooke who moved to Atlanta, but he was born and raised in Detroit. From when I was 12 years old, I was learning so much (about pedal steel) from those two, since were in the same church organization (House of God Church). And (for "Got Soul") it really all came back around to the beginning of my career, to this thing of: You just do what you do! This is who we are, this is what we do, this is how I came, and this is how I'll leave out of here. Ya know? Just being the inspirational rock 'n' roll, blues and gospel guy that always bring a sense of joy to people. And just happiness.
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
with Thornetta Davis
8 p.m. Thu.
Beacon Park
1903 Grand River Ave., Detroit
Beacon Park opening weekend festival
DTE Energy and the Downtown Detroit Partnership will cut the ribbon for Beacon Park's grand opening at 11 a.m. Thu., with public access beginning at noon Thu. The space is located at the corner of Grand River and Cass downtown. Here are some highlights from the opening weekend's nearly 50 events and activities:
4-8 p.m. Thu.: Unwind after you clock out with an After Work Party, including lawn games, happy hour beverages and live music from DJ Invisible.
Noon-2 p.m. Fri.: Liven up your lunch break by strolling to Beacon Park for live music from R&B vocalist Angela Davis and an ensemble of jazz and neo-soul musicians.
Noon- 6 p.m. Sat.: It's Family Day, with the Matrix Theatre hosting make-and-take crafts and a stage performance, a concert from the Mosaic Youth Theatre and a presentation by the Detroit Windsor Dance Academy.
7 p.m.-midnight Sat.: It's a Night Market, with a focus on specialty tacos, salsa and tequila, and live music from DJ Isaac.
9-11 a.m. Sun.: It's fitness time. Get up early and stretch with Yoga Lab Detroit, or get some cardio with Pulse Fitness. DJ Fingers will soundtrack the workout.
Throughout the weekend: "Impulse: An Interactive Art Exhibit" is comprised of giant illuminated seesaws that light up when ridden by visitors.


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and Scandinavian blue eyes, she could be Gretel.
she is discomfited, though she says she's all right.
she knows that I am reading her like an open book.
and then we switch—he looks at her and she looks at me.
The tree bark is just as smooth as the skin of a frog.
Leonard Kress has published poetry and fiction in Massachusetts Review, Iowa Review, Crab Orchard Review, American Poetry Review, Atticus Review, Harvard Review, etc. His recent collections are The Orpheus Complex, Living in the Candy Store, and Braids & Other Sestinas. He teaches philosophy, religion, and creative writing at Owens College in Ohio and serves as fiction editor for Artful Dodge.
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I struggle with anxiety everyday of my life. Agoraphobia and panic jail me and keep me as their prisoner many days. It is no surprise that these days leave me frustrated to the core and questioning how I'll ever live a relatively "normal" life.
I shouldn't be like this…What's wrong with me? Is this all I have to look forward to the rest of my life? I'm a man…men aren't suppose to be afraid or at least show their fear so what does that make me?
My internal conversations affirm everything that I feel and the madness that has become my life. The heat is sweltering here in my desert. The world has disappeared. I'm entirely alone. Know one understands me. How could they? I don't even understand myself the majority of the time- the panic, the unpleasant sensations, the thoughts that never end. I know they're not real, but tell that to my mind. Knowing that your reactions don't make sense and not being able to change them destroys your soul, as some unknown force creeps inside the essence of your being, the part that makes you "you", and tears it apart day by day. I long for the cool taste of water and shade from mental anguish. I don't remember how I ever got here. All I know is that I want to go back. But I can't. The past has been lost, and the only remains of it are fragments of memories filled with a me that I no longer know.
And in the midst of negative thinking I forget that in the distance lies the Promised Land. No one said it was going to be easy, but it's there if I want it. The first part of getting out of this desert is accepting that I can't go backwards. I want to simply slide back into my past when life seemed easy, and I wasn't afraid of anything. I want to curse up to the heavens and cry, "Why me..what have you done to me?", but I know self-pity, like quicksand, will swallow me whole. It's when I sit and grumble about my situation that I feel the most anxious.
One of my traps is comparing this mess of emotion bubbling inside me to the looks and appearances of the rest of the human race, as if I'm the only one out here stranded, and everyone else has already reached their destination and are partying it up. I think people that are faced with difficult hardships are more aware that they are broken, but almost everyone is lost, even if they don't know it. It may not be until their wife or husband finally leaves them, their great career goes downhill, or their health deteriorates, but they'll still realize it at some point. Just because someone is not outwardly showing it doesn't mean they're not miserable inside.
As hard as it can be to realize, in many ways trials and troubles are the only way we can grow as human beings. Generally, during the most difficult parts of our lives, we grow the most. I refuse to believe that I'm wandering in the desert for no reason. There is something that I am meant to learn about myself or grow in a way that I otherwise couldn't have. The desert is not the destination, and sometimes I forget that. I sulk and complain rather than continue on my journey out of my situation. God has a plan for each and every one of us and just because we can't see it in the moment, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. All too often we finally understand the detours and sidetracks after we finally get out of the situation. In the heat of trials, we can only rely on trust and faith, neither of which we are especially good at. We would have no trouble trusting an expert tour guide to get us out of the desert, so why is it so hard for us to trust God to lead us out of life's problems?
This isn't the life I would have designed for myself, but it's made me who I am. The sooner I realize that I can't magically change reality, the sooner I can start moving forward. It's easy for me during bad days to think I've got a horrible life. But I think of all the people literally starving throughout the world, not knowing how they are going to get their next meal or a place to sleep, and it gives me some perspective. They would look at my life and tell me how lucky I am. And maybe that's part of the problem- that I don't realize it. I forget gratitude and am so focused on how I'm feeling, that I don't see the people who are in far greater need than me.
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The Trenton Computer Festival is 27 this year. No personal computer show in the country has had such a long run. Not much older than the show, Ari Kaplan, who first saw a computer in the basement of Allen Katz, a founder of the festival, is well on his way to making a fortune in the computer field. Kaplan is founder and CEO of Expand Beyond, a Chicago-based start-up that develops wireless software that allows database professionals to fix their systems from anywhere in the world.
Kaplan delivers the keynote at the festival on Saturday, May 4, at 3:35 p.m. at the New Jersey Convention Center in Edison. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5. A flea market opens an hour earlier on both days. Cost: $15 each day; children under 12 free. Call 609-730-0746 or visit www.tcf-nj.org.
Founded by Katz, of the College of New Jersey, and by Sol Libes, of the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey, the festival is sponsored by a number of groups, including IEEE Princeton/Central Jersey Section, ACM/IEEE Princeton Chapter, Central Jersey Computer Club, the College of New Jersey Engineering Department Scholarship Fund, and the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey. Speakers include Josephine Giamo of New Cognitive Systems on How Usable Is this Website; Carl Galletti of PC Marketing on Secrets of Internet Marketing; Douglas Ferguson of Intel on Extreme Media: Different Ideas for the Telephony Service Provider; Eva Kaplan of the Pennington Computer School on Best Websites, Software, and Games for K-8 Grades; and Rebecca Mercuri of Bryn Mawr College on Why Computers Shouldn't Count Votes.
Publicity for the event is being handled by Eva Kaplan, who is Kaplan's mother. A pioneer in computer education, she opened a computer school for children some 20 years ago. Kaplan's father, Gerry Kaplan, now with General Electric, was an engineer at RCA's satellite division when he was growing up. The Kaplans were friendly with Katz, and that is how Kaplan came to spend time hanging out in Katz's basement working with computers.
Before he turned 10 Kaplan was using Katz's computers to program. "At nine years old, I was writing video games and speech recognition software," he recalls. At about that time, his family got their first computer, a TRS-80. It was a Model T compared with the fast computers that came later, but it was powerful enough so that Kaplan could create adventure games.
As a teenager, Kaplan, a Mets fan and founder of a David Cone fan club, developed player development and scouting software for Major League Baseball. "The metrics used to evaluate players, trade players, and set salaries were based on statistics that were not mathematically sound," he says. An example, he says, is that a relief pitcher's main job is striking out -- or otherwise erasing -- "inherited runners," the players the starting pitcher leaves on base. "Yet," he says, "there were no statistics that said how well he does at keeping these players from scoring."
Likewise, there were no statistics that assigned blame to a starting pitcher for letting those players get to base. Kaplan's statistics, developed while he was a freshman at Cal Tech (Class of 1992), provide a way of factoring the fate of those base runners into evaluations of both starting pitchers and relief pitchers.
Kaplan went on to computerize the whole process of scouting potential ball players. Scouts, he says, have always looked at a large number of factors -- "how aggressive players are, how they handle emotions, whether they're married, how fast they get to first base." Instead of taking notes on paper, scouts, using Kaplan's software, can type their observations into a laptop, where it goes into a database their bosses can access to get look at a player's attributes. "Now," he says, "they can find the best hitting third baseman in a second. It used to take weeks."
Kaplan says one third of all major league teams use his software and data bases, and he continues to work on them, but only in his free time. His main business interests are elsewhere.
After graduating from Cal Tech, Kaplan went to work for Oracle as a database administrator, developing databases for a number of large organizations, including Hallmark, Merck. He then became an independent contractor, working on projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and U.S. Robotics, the maker of Palm Pilots, which was subsequently acquired by 3Com.
Whether he was an employee or a contractor, Kaplan encountered the same frustration on every single assignment -- a frustration he says all database administrators, and most IT professionals, share. He would no sooner leave the office, armed with a pager and a cell phone, than he would get a call. The system was down, or running slowly, or in some kind of trouble. "I would have to scramble back to the office," he says. "When DBAs (database administrators) and other IT people leave," he says, "companies are helpless."
The need to be onsite to fix problems means that IT professionals spend a lot of time making U-turns on freeways, jumping up from dinner tables, and flying home early from vacations. And during the time it takes for these harried information experts to get back to home base, their employers are losing money, often lots of money. "Every minute delay costs companies efficiency and money," says Kaplan. Unplanned downtime can cost a company $6,000 to $8,000 a minute, and in some cases more than 10 times that amount.
Thinking about this, Kaplan came up with the idea of developing wireless software that would give database administrators the ability to look inside their databases from a beach or movie theater lobby or kitchen far, far away from the office. And not just look inside the systems, but also fix them, and get them back online. In late 1999 he founded Expand Beyond (www.xb.com) to develop such software. The company began to market its first product, PocketDBA in March, 2001, and attracted $11.2 million in first round funding from Menlo Ventures and angel investors in September, 2001.
Expand Beyond now has 40 employees, including Rachel Greene, the company's vice president of marketing, and now Kaplan's wife. Before he brought her on board, Greene was in charge of the milk mustache marketing campaign. Says Kaplan proudly: "She did it through the first 60 celebrities."
Expand Beyond is marketing its software to all kinds of companies -- any company with a database is a potential client. Clients include Best Buy, the U.S. Patent Office, the Department of Defense, and fast food chain Steak & Shake.
The company licenses the software for $600 per database, per year. A small company would have one to 10 databases, says Kaplan, a middle-size company 10 to 30 databases, and a large company, 30 databases and up. These databases keep track of everything from inventory to customer information, payroll to manufacturing records.
PocketDBA installs on wireless devices, including cell phones, Palm Pilots and Pocket PCs. The company makes just one version of the software. As it is installing, the software determines what type of device it is going into and makes the necessary adjustments. This means that it does not matter if some of a company's database administrators use Palm Pilots and some use Pocket PCs. The two kinds of devices have different operating systems, and PocketDBA works with each of them.
With PocketDBA installed, database administrators can fix problems from anywhere. Kaplan says competing software allows IT employees to look into a database from a remote location, but that his product is the only one that lets them get the systems back up and running. He fully expects that other software will soon include this capability, but meanwhile, he says, Expand Beyond has the first-to-market advantage.
Expand Beyond is not yet profitable, says Kaplan. The company is spending its time -- and money -- on placing PocketDBA in companies around the globe. It has a new product, PocketAdmin, and other products will follow, taking many IT tasks wireless. Kaplan's exit strategy is an IPO. "We plan to feed the marketplace, get everyone using the software, and add additional products." Then, he says, the time will be right for an IPO, if, that is, stock market conditions have strengthened.
In any case, Kaplan has come a long way from Katz's basement. For one thing, he now owns no fewer than seven computers of his own, five of them wireless hand helds, which were still a couple of decades short of market when Katz helped to organize the first Trenton Computer Festival 27 years ago.
ny case, Kaplan has come a long way from Katz's basement. For one thing, he now owns no fewer than seven computers of his own, five of them wireless hand helds, which were still a couple of decades short of market when Katz helped to organize the first Trenton Computer Festival 27 years ago.


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Private equity firm Gresham remains hungry for deals in the north west as it seeks bolt-on acquisitions for its existing portfolio while also targeting new sectors such as IT security and wealth management, the head of its Manchester office said today.
Andy Marsh, who leads a five-strong team based in King Street, vowed there would be no let-up for Gresham despite a flurry of activity in recent weeks, during which it invested £23m to back a management buyout of Warrington's Integrated Engineering Stores Associates and sold Deeside manufacturing business Olaer to Parker Hannifin.
Its Manchester team is eyeing acquisitions to bolt on to existing investments such as Aberdeen's ICR Integrity, which carries out repairs for the oil and gas industry, management and professional services business James Grant Group, claims management firm LAS and pneumatic and hydraulic products manufacturer Flowtech.
Gresham, whose north west portfolio includes shoe manufacturer Hotter, based in Skelmersdale, typically invests in businesses valued at between £10m and £60m whose owner-managers are ready to hand over the reins to their management teams.
Mr Marsh said Gresham has the resources and expertise to help grow businesses, with a particular focus on overseas expansion opportunities.
"International expansion is a driver for growth for many of our portfolio companies," he said.
He added: "We've invested in a large number of support services businesses over many years, and companies which provide technology products and services to high-growth industries, such as IT security, are of real interest to us.
In the oil and gas sector, Gresham is keen to pursue a buy-and-build strategy, while it is looking to replicate its success as an investor in insurance broker Giles by securing a buyout of Cheshire insurance business Bollington Group from French owner Groupama.


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She burned all her diaries; she says she wants to "go home" -- I worry about her but I also need distance!
I have a friend I've known and loved for more than 20 years. She's smart, pretty, verbal, sensitive, spiritual and deep. She's been there for me, mostly from afar (we live in different cities), through all kinds of ups and downs. I like to think I've been there for her too. (I'm not sure she'd agree, which is kind of why I'm writing.) Nevertheless, we've listened to each other cry. We've laughed together. We've discussed, delighted and commiserated.
When we were in our 20s, she burned all her journals. I really thought I'd lose her then, but she says she is not capable of suicide. She says she feels at odds on this planet, and wishes she could "go home."
Over the past several years, her personal situation has taken a nose dive. I wouldn't feel right going into the details, but pick an area, any area (finances, love, hope, purpose) and it's been affected.
I've tried to listen. I've tried to be there for her. But the torrent (that's how I experience it, as a torrent) of negativity feels unendurable to me. I feel like a total failure as a friend. I feel deeply that a good friend, a "real" friend, would be able to sit with someone she loved and do nothing, simply listen, simply bear witness. To anything. No matter how sustained the misery. No matter how impossible the hope.
But I can't seem to do it! My friend keeps saying she wants to "go home," and I hear, "I want to die." Even though she's also said she will not kill herself, I can't stop myself from saying, "Please get help." And then she feels unheard, unloved, misunderstood and alone. She won't (or can't) "get help." Not from doctors, not from medication, not from groups, not from anywhere. There are probably certain kinds of "help" she'd accept (energy work, for instance), but she says she can't afford it. She is so stuck and so miserable, and there's not a damn thing she's willing or able to do about it.
A few months ago, I finally stopped lending her my ear. Since then, we've traded a few "likes" on Facebook. I emailed to wish her a happy birthday. But, by some sort of unspoken mutual agreement, we've ceased most communication. I imagine she feels like she's released me with love.
It bothers me. Not every second of every day. But certainly it bothers me every time I think about her. My AA sponsor tells me that it's OK to protect myself. But I feel like a weakling and a loser not to be able to give my good friend the one thing she says will help: an ear.
While I sit around wondering, I'm estranged from a person I've loved and who has loved me since I was a teenager. It seems like a terrible waste. Every time I think about it, I second-guess myself and my motives. I also wonder what I'm supposed to be learning from this. Am I supposed to learn to protect myself? And if so, why does protecting myself feel sometimes like I'm trying to justify a fearful, half-assed, selfish response?
Since you mention being codependent, I suspect you may feel you have only two choices: either listen to her all the time or cut her off completely. Why not instead start to practice love with boundaries: Be her friend but also set limits. Listen to her when you have the time and energy but end the conversation when you have to go.
You can do this. It may feel awkward and unkind at first but you can learn with practice. Here are some concrete methods. Meet with her 45 minutes before you have to be at an AA meeting; that will ensure that you meet, but the meeting is short. If you are always the listener and she is the talker, say, "Please, now it's my turn. I want you to listen to me. I want you to hear what I am going through."
This might save the relationship. It might also show her that her friends may have boundaries but they are not going to desert her.
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Accepting the world is not selfishness or lack of caring. It is realism.
It is painful to lose friends. But your sponsor is right. You are protecting yourself. Moreover, you are responding in a realistic way. You care about your friend. You can see her and set limits. But you cannot rescue her, or know what the future holds for her, or know what secret plans she may be hiding from everyone.


Note: With the Warmind expansion and Season 3 releasing May 8, Destiny 2 posts and summary images may be posted later than usual or not made until I get everything updated. I appreciate your patience during this time!
Xûr is located at the Tower and Trials of the Nine is Countdown on Midtown. See info below for more details. Reminder, this is the final week of Season Two!
Jerpie: While we continue to evaluate the feedback and data from the last Iron Banner Control with 6v6, we've heard two messages very clearly. Having more opportunities to play 6v6 is highly desired and Control remains the most popular mode for 6v6. As such, you can expect Iron Banner to feature 6v6 Control exclusively moving into Season 3.
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China fumes as British warship sails near South China Sea islands
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BEIJING: China expressed anger on Thursday after a British Royal Navy warship sailed close to islands claimed by China in the South China Sea late last month, saying Britain was engaged in "provocation" and that it had lodged a strong complaint.
The HMS Albion, a 22,000 ton amphibious warship carrying a contingent of Royal Marines, passed by the Paracel Islands in recent days, two sources, who were familiar with the matter but who asked not to be identified, told Reuters.
The Albion was on its way to Ho Chi Minh City, where it docked on Monday following a deployment in and around Japan.
One of the sources said Beijing dispatched a frigate and two helicopters to challenge the British vessel, but both sides remained calm during the encounter.
The other source the Albion did not enter the territorial seas around any features in the hotly disputed region but demonstrated that Britain does not recognise excessive maritime claims around the Paracel Islands. Twelve nautical miles is an internationally recognised territorial limit.
The Paracels are occupied entirely by China but also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan.
China`s Foreign Ministry, in a faxed statement sent to Reuters, said the ship had entered Chinese territorial waters around the Paracel Islands on Aug. 31 without permission, and the Chinese navy had warned them to leave.
"The relevant actions by the British ship violated Chinese law and relevant international law, and infringed on China`s sovereignty. China strongly opposes this and has lodged stern representations with the British side to express strong dissatisfaction," the ministry added.
"China strongly urges the British side to immediately stop such provocative actions, to avoid harming the broader picture of bilateral relations and regional peace and stability," it said.
"China will continue to take all necessary measures to defend its sovereignty and security."
The encounter comes at a delicate time in London-Beijing relations.
Britain has been courting China for a post-Brexit free trade deal, and both countries like to describe how they have a "golden era" in ties.
A spokesman for the Royal Navy said: "HMS Albion exercised her rights for freedom of navigation in full compliance with international law and norms."
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The 13-mile pedestrian trail will link Baldwin Hills with the beach.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved the construction of a new pedestrian bridge over La Cienega Boulevard, the final link in a planned 13-mile hiking trail that will link Baldwin Hills to the Pacific Ocean.
According to a press release from the office of Second District Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, the new bridge will link the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook and Stoneview Nature Center with the nearby Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area. The full Park to Playa project, which is set for completion in 2020, also includes the construction of new trails, landscaping, security fencing, and wayfinding signage.
The project builds upon an existing network of trails and open spaces, beginning at Stocker Street to the west of Crenshaw Boulevard, then proceeding west through Baldwin Hills to Ballona Creek and the Ballona Wetlands. From there it connects with the Marvin Braude bicycle path, which terminates at the beach in Playa del Rey.
The project travels through multiple jurisdictions, including Culver City, Los Angeles, and State Parks property.


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September 4, 2019 By guillaume
Kokoroko is a young London-based collective of musicians strongly influenced by Ebo Taylor's Ghanaian Highlife music style, by Tony Allen or Fela Kuti's Afrobeat while also incorporating contemporary West African and European jazz sounds.
While some of the band members met at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, the collective emerged in 2014 out of the vibrant London live scene and has been lighting up stages at countless venues and festivals ever since. Released on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings on 8 March 2019 last, Kokoroko is the group's long awaited self-titled début EP.
Kokoroko EP – 2019
Meaning "be strong" in Urhobo – one of the many ethnic groups and languages spoken in Nigeria – Kokoroko is comprised of eight members, seven of which hail from the wider African diaspora. Led by trumpet player and visual artist Sheila Maurice-Grey, the instrumental band is fronted by an all-female horn and vocal section (Cassie Kinoshi on saxophone and Richie Seivwright on trombone). Oscar Jerome (guitar), Yohan Kebede (keys), Mutale Chashi (bass), Ayo Salawu (drums) and Onome Edgeworth (percussion) complete the line-up.
Kokoroko Afrobeat Collective covering Fela Kuti's "Colonial Mentality" in 2016
Testament to the ebullient dynamism of the London scene, composer and alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi is also the leader of the emerging ten-piece Seed Ensemble alongside Sheila Maurice-Grey while both musicians are also part of the Nérija collective.
Back in February 2018, in an effort to showcase the diversity and vibrancy of the London jazz and roots live scene, Brownswood Recordings released the remarkable We Out Here compilation featuring established names like saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (who worked as a musical director) alongside new emerging acts. The closing track on the record featured Kokoroko's Abusey Junction, a superbly lyrical and meditative theme. To date, the song has clocked an impressive 32M views on YouTube, a rare feat for an independent jazz release.
The track was penned by guitarist Oscar Jerome while touring in Gambia. Quoting George Benson as a major influence and steeped in the South London jazz scene, Jerome is already a distinguished vocalist and guitarist with his own solo career.
"This is not idle music!" notes Sheila Maurice-Grey. Motivated by the desire to preserve the spirit of the Highlife and Afrobeat vibes on the London scene, the musician also hints at the underlying social commentary in the band's music. The collective's unbridled energy and infectious grooves reflect both the struggles of second or third generation immigrant communities born in England and the wider contemporary identity crisis brought about by Brexit.
Anchored by an impeccable rhythm section, trumpet, saxophone, trombone and guitar trade solos on every track. "Adwa" draws on the syncopated rhythms of Ethio-Jazz while "Ti-De" borrows from old West African folk melodies.
A marvellous début at the intersection of Jazz, Afrobeat and Afro-Caribbean dance music.
https://kokoroko.bandcamp.com/
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