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This week all design eyes turn toward North Carolina and the annual High Point Market. In advance of his leaving for the event, I caught up with Barry Goralnick for coffee in the Flatiron district in in New York, to learn about his latest collection for Circa Lighting.
While all of his designs are beautiful, there are 6 that I think are real standouts, including the Bracelet Table Lamp shown above…..
We've all heard the axiom 'there's nothing new in design, it's all just elements arranged and viewed differently.' I would say I'm inclined to agree 98% of the time.
But every now and then you come across an alchemist who squarely fits into the 2% category of designers who truly create something utterly and completely new.
When I met Steven Wine, the creative genius behind ABYU Lighting, 20 odd years ago while he was working at the Heller Gallery I knew he would become one of those characters – his completely irreverent and quintessentially zany world perspective positioned him for uniqueness. From his first recycled detergent bottle lamps to his latest plumed light fixtures his witty personality is omnipresently evident.
I visited his atelier last week with our design editor Carl Lana, and had a first hand look at 3 of his latest creations.
A few years back I was involved in a loft installation, for which I'd designed and manufactured the curtains. As the day progressed, and elevator after elevator of furnishings arrived, things began to take shape nicely. I'm going to leave out all the names, but suffice it to say this was a well-known designer at a swanky Soho address. In the end, just about everything looked great, except for the plastic wire coming from 2 tripod floor lamps (incidentally from an equally swanky, equally well-known Italian fashion designers collection of home furnishings). I may be knit-picking here, but as they say, the devil is in the details.
Bruce Tilley, owner and curator of Decor NYC, has a storied history when it comes to furniture. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, he began collecting art deco pieces in high school. His early love of home furnishings ultimately lead him to a position as President of Licensing for the home division at Alexander Julian, a job he held for 2 decades. Fast forward to last December when he fulfilled a life-long dream by opening a consignment shop which focuses its attention on high-end "gently used" furniture, lighting, accessories and art. It's been a wildly successful half-year. I'd like to share why.
The Brimfield Antique show and Flea Market is open for its mid-summer sale this week, which made me think of Thomas O'Brien – master of the flea market find. Coincidentally O'Brien's Aero Studio is having its 20th anniversary this year, so I decided to head to Soho to see what the store is offering 2 decades after he opened it.


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Q: Inequality form olympiad Let a , b , c be real numbers such that $a^2+b^2+c^2=2$

Show that $a+b+c \leq abc+2$

Please help. I'm stuck on this one. I tried a lot of things. The problem is I can't use standard inequalities because they're not necessarily positive.

A: Proof 1. Using the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have
$$[a(1-bc) +(b+c)]^2 \leqslant [a^2+(b+c)^2][(1-bc)^2+1] = 2(1+bc)[(1-bc)^2+1].$$
Thefore, we need to prove
$$(1+bc)[(1-bc)^2+1] \leqslant 2,$$
or
$$b^2c^2(bc-1) \leqslant 0.$$
Which is true because
$$bc \leqslant \frac{b^2+c^2}{2} \leqslant \frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{2}=1.$$
Done.
Proof 2. We need to prove
$$4-(a+b+c-abc)^2 \geqslant 0.$$
equivalent to
$$4-(a+b+c)^2+2abc(a+b+c)-4a^2b^2c^2 \geqslant 0.$$
Setting $A=a^2+b^2+c^2=2,$ the inequality equivalent to
$$4[4-(a+b+c)^2+2abc(a+b+c)-a^2b^2c^2] \ge 0$$
or
$$2^3-2^2 \cdot [(a+b+c)^2-2]+2 \cdot 4abc \cdot (a+b+c)-4a^2b^2c^2\geqslant 0,$$
$$A^3-A^2\cdot\left[(a+b+c)^2-A\right]+4 \cdot A \cdot abc \cdot (a+b+c)-4a^2b^2c^2 \geqslant  0,$$
or
$$(2-2ab)(2-2bc)(2-2ca)+4a^2b^2c^2 \geqslant 0.$$
Which is true because
$$2-2ab=(a^2-2ab+b^2)+c^2=(a-b)^2+c^2 \geqslant 0.$$
The proof is completed.

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Canada Postmedia, Ottawa Citizen journalists earn press freedom award for robo-calls coverage
Postmedia, Ottawa Citizen journalists earn press freedom award for robo-calls coverage
Freelance cartoonist Dale Cummings earned second place in the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom's annual editorial cartoon contest.
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JUSTIN FAUTEUX
Published May 3, 2013 Updated May 11, 2018
Canadian journalists Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher will be honoured on Friday as part of the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom's celebration of World Press Freedom Day.
Mr. McGregor of The Ottawa Citizen and Mr. Maher of Postmedia News are this year's recipients of the World Press Freedom Award, which the CCWPF has given annually for the past 15 years. Mr. McGregor and Mr. Maher won the award for their work leading Postmedia's coverage of the robo-calls scandal that emerged from the 2011 federal election campaign.
"It was an example of how, even in our own country, we have to be watchful of freedom of expression and media freedom. [Mr. McGregor and Mr. Maher] persisted despite obstacles," said Susan Korah of the Canadian Association of Journalists. Ms. Korah is part of the CCWPF committee of former and current journalists that selects the winner of the award from a field of nominees.
Mr. McGregor and Mr. Maher came under heavy fire from the government and conservative pundits for revealing the robo-calls scandal. However, Mr. McGregor said he knows things could have been much worse.
"We weren't dragged into a cell and beaten with canes or anything else, which is a risk for journalists around the world," he said from Guelph, Ont., where former Conservative staffer Michael Sona will have his first court date in connection with the robocalls issue on Friday.
"I don't want to in any way equate this with the very real threats to the liberties and safety of journalists in other parts of the world, but there was clearly a distinct campaign to discredit Steve and I, and by extension, the stories we were writing."
Margaret Munro of Postmedia News will get an honourable mention for her story on the federal government's "muzzling" of Environment Canada scientists at a 2012 polar conference. The CCWPF's editorial cartoon contest this year called for artists to use the theme "hard times and free speech." Uruguayan cartoonist Leslie Ricciardi took first place, while Dale Cummings of the Winnipeg Free Press placed second and Peter Chmela of Slovakia was third.
May 3 was designated World Press Freedom Day by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1993. Ms. Korah said it is a chance not only for journalists, but all people, to reflect on the state of the right to free expression in Canada and around the world.
"It's not just to celebrate press freedom, but to highlight abuses of the right to freedom of expression," she said. "There are many countries where [freedom of the press] is not a given. We always have to be vigilant even in our country, where we supposedly have freedom of expression."
The awards will be presented on Friday in Ottawa at the CCWPF's annual luncheon.
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After looking over dozens of colon cleansing products I decided to review dual action cleanse. What sold me on the program was the fact that it would not cause stomach cramps or uncontrollable diarrhea, as a single mother of two boys I couldn't afford to be tethered to the bathroom all day.
Most of the other body and colon cleansing teas, potions, and miracle cleansers I reviewed were laxatives in disguise or required that I purchase and mix a witch's brew of herbs and powders. Although these products might be effective, with a schedule as busy as mine, I wanted something that I could stick with long enough to see the benefits.
Dual action cleanse has a 2-part approach to detoxifying the body that was easy to incorporate into daily life. Part one is the "Colon Clear Formula," which is an herb blend of 22 ingredients that promote healthy and complete bowel movements. It thoroughly cleanses the colon while eliminating toxin build-up. This part is recommended only 30 days.
Part two is the "Total Body Purifier" is another herb blend of 33 ingredients designed to completely purifying the body. Furthermore, the Total Body Purifier includes nutrients selected because they stimulate further cleansing. Unlike, the Colon Clear Formula, this can be taken regularly.
Some of the teas, potions and other miracle pills have tried were horrible, so I was admittedly nervous about my first dual action cleanse review experience. I was afraid that the Colon Clear Formula would either fail to produce anything or turn my insides to mush. I was pleasantly surprised, not only did the product work well but I did not experience any discomfort at all. Nor was the urge to evacuate so overpowering that I could not function throughout the day.
After only three days of using the dual action cleanse program, I started to feel more energetic, and my jeans weren't so tight around my navel. I forgot to weigh myself at the beginning of the program, but I lost 6 pounds between days 4 and 11. Six pounds lost in a week? I'll take it.
My first dual action cleanse review experience was positive, and I recommend this cleanse to any person who is feeling tired and run down but still has a life to live and can't dedicate a week to the bathroom. Other than taking the tablets it was important that I drank plenty of fluids and ate fresh fruits and vegetables. I wasn't able to completely give up meat, but I did refrain from red and processed meats. After a couple of days, I didn't miss them, and the fresh fish and poultry was easy to whip into something the whole family could eat.


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Instead of leaves, most cacti have spines or scales (which are modified leaves). These spines and scales do not lose water through evaporation (unlike regular leaves, which lose a lot of water). The spines protect the cactus from predators (animals that would like to eat the cactus to obtain food and/or water).
I like the lines in this cactus plant that is behind our RV at Amarillo Ranch RV. By the way, those thorns or thistles really hurt when they penetrate human skin. OUCH!
Then there is this mystery plant with cool geometrical lines.
This Chinese Lantern caught my attention at the Amarillo Botanical Garden.
So I got a closer look.
Then I remembered to change my POV (point of view). I looked up.
I am glad I did. And finally, I leave you with this mystery duck.


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Goldman Sachs Leads Investment Banks on Environmental Commitments
A Step Forward in Investment Banking
Friends of the Earth today welcomed Goldman Sach's commitment to establish the investment banking community's most detailed environmental financing policies thus far. Goldman Sach's new policy includes a commitment to assess environmental and social issues in equity analysis, to establish a Center for Environmental Markets, and to integrate forest and indigenous peoples policies into business selection decisions. The bank has also pledged to green its own internal operations, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its own power plants, and to make up to $1 billion available to renewable energy investments. << See policy here—PDF file>>
The detailed nature of its new environmental policy puts Goldman Sachs ahead of other investment banks such as Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. For example, Morgan Stanley established a general environmental policy statement in 2002, but has not advanced in its understanding how to apply environmental analysis or standards on the transaction level.
"Over the past several years, the banking industry has made significant progress in integrating environmental issues into lending, but not underwriting," said Michelle Chan-Fishel of Friends of the Earth. "We hope that Goldman Sachs will successfully implement and build upon its policy, and break new ground in the arena of finance and sustainability."
Background: Underwriting Under Fire
Since 1995, when Friends of the Earth began pressuring institutions such as Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley on their financial links to the notorious Three Gorges dam in China, concerned citizens have challenged US investment banks on the environmental impacts of their financing activities. In particular, Goldman Sachs and other investment banks were criticized for helping Three Gorges dam lenders, such as China Development Bank and China Construction Bank, issue bonds on the international markets.
In 1999-2000, activists also waged a campaign against Goldman Sachs for underwriting the initial public offering of PetroChina, a company that intended to lay off 1 million workers and that had operational links to repressive regimes in Sudan and Tibet. The campaign drastically reduced investor appetite for the issue, and caused a 3 month delay of the IPO due to immense social controversy.
"We will increasingly see Chinese financiers and companies coming to the US capital markets, raising continued environmental and human rights issues for underwriters and investors," said Michelle Chan-Fishel. "We hope that Goldman Sachs will be able to use its new commitments and expertise on business selection and risk management to effectively address these issues."
About Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth is the U.S. voice of an influential, international network of grassroots groups in 70 countries. FOE is the founder of BankTrack, an international network of advocacy NGOs focusing on reforming the private financial sector.


Universities were founded as 'civic corporations' in the medieval sense (this sense of 'incorporated bodies' is most obviously exemplified by Guilds). This is why they have Royal Charters. This guild structure still persists in some professions such as architecture and medicine that are self-governing. Their rule is exercised over their membership (for example, both architects and doctors can be 'struck off') and over who can be a member (they control the qualification/certification process).
Its standing as a corporation in the medieval sense is justified only to the extent to which acting for the common good of its members contributes to the public good.
In each of these respects, it is entirely distinct from a 'private corporation' in the modern sense. Why does this matter? And how should this inform how we see the University now?
It matters because universities today, struggling with the demands of marketized higher education and the increasing importance of commercial dimensions of their work, have too easily plumped for frameworks, vocabularies and values drawn from the realm of private business corporations – faute de mieux. Yet the ethos and grammar of the private corporation is both alien to, and at odds with, that of the public (or even private) university. So it is worthwhile to recall and explore a historical grounded alternative – what, then, does this alternative involve?
Consider, first, self-government. We need to distinguish two aspects of self-government here – the 'legislative' and 'executive' functions. The first point that arises from this is that Executive (the University Senior Management) are subordinate to the Legislature (the University Senate) in one crucial respect: although the ends or strategic goals of a university may be proposed by the Executive for the consideration of Senate, they are set by the membership of the university as civic participations in a self-governing community (via their representatives in Senate). The primary role of the university executive is to develop ways of realizing strategic goals compatible with maintaining the university as a self-governing community through policies, targets, etc. The second point is that the executive are accountable for their performance to the community which means that they report to the community and can be sanctioned by the community (via its representatives in Senate). In institutional terms, the legitimate authority of the Executive to issue commands, set targets, etc., derives from their role as agents of Senate who are accountable to Senate.
This picture is slightly complicated by the third feature, namely, that of ensuring the pursuit of the common good of the members of the University is also productive of the public good (the importance of this is illustrated by the history of guilds in which the common good of the membership could and sometimes did lead to practices that were definitely not directed at the public good). This is essentially the role of a body involving external members representing the Public (the Council of the University) – to make sure that the University is productive of the public good (for example by not being a liability for the public purse). The University as a civic corporation, represented for these purposes by the Vice-Chancellor, is thus accountable to Council as representatives of the Public. In this respect, the autonomy of the University, its capacity for self-government in the most general sense, can be limited by Council where this is deemed necessary or advisable for the public good or, put in modern parlance, for ensuring the University fulfills its mission.
If we consider now the second element, namely, the common good of the membership, we need to address two dimensions. First, who is a member? Second, how is the common good to be worked out? The answer to the first is straightforward: every employee of the University from cleaner to professor, from first year student to communications director. It is, of course, the case that there are different kinds of membership in terms of the rights and duties that pertain to their different roles. It is also the case that their different functions have implications for the governance structures of the University, for example, one might adopt a consociational structure comprised of an Academic Senate that governs academic matters, a Professional Senate that governs professional matters and a Student Union that governs student matters encompassed within an overarching Senate in which all are represented. There can be significant debates on the best governance structures to adopt here but the really key point is that this is a civic community in which all are civic participants and should be able to conceive of, and experience themselves as, 'citizens' engaged in a cooperative venture directed at the common good and in the service of the public good.
This is, of course, just a sketch of an alternative way of conceiving of the University but it demonstrates that there is such an alternative and that it has significant implications for how we relate to one another as members of a corporate community. The problem that we currently face is that many academic and non-academic staff see themselves in this kind of way but that they are placed within management structures that act in ways drawn from the opposed conception of the modern private corporation and thus, advertently or not, exploit this fact in order to extract greater labour and thereby generate understandable cynicism and disillusionment with, and alienation from, the University. The 'connected university' needs to attend to the character of its internal connections.
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A very pertinent blog article by Professor Owen, Southampton University.


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Zastava Malavija usvojena je 6. srpnja 1964. godine. Crveno izlazeće sunce predstavlja nadu u oslobođenje čitave Afrike (u to vrijeme afričke države tek su započinjale sa stjecanjem nezavisnosti). Crna linija predstavlja lokalno stanovništvo, crvena krv prolivenu u borbi za slobodu, a zelena prirodu.

Prijašnja zastava (2010. – 2012.)

Novija inačica zastave usvojena je 29. srpnja 2010. godine nakon promjene kojom se htjelo ujednačiti raspored boja s panafričkom zastavom. Bijelo sunce u zenitu, za razliku od prijašnjeg crvenog na uzlazu, predstavlja gospodarski napredak ostvaren nakon stjecanja nezavisnosti. Iako je sam predsjednik Bingu wa Mutharika odobrio novu zastavu, stranke opozicije se suprotstavljaju promjeni na sudu.

Povratak stare zastave

Nakon što je 2012. na vlast došao predsjednik Joyce Banda, parlament je odlučio vratiti staru zastavu.

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Customers will have somewhere to stow their treasure and prized possessions when they purchase the Nautical Chest Money Box. Stylised after the iconic chests often obsessed over by men with hooked hands and wooden legs, these boxes are a piece of naval history. The Nautical Chest Money Box is covered by a fishing net which is adorned by a starfish. At the other end is a life ring and anchor completes the overall design. Inside, there's space to store precious knick-knacks. A great gift idea for any naval enthusiast, though we highly recommend that customers don't try burying it.


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Sasheer Zamata Biography, Age , Height, Relationship and Net Worth
Sasheer Zamata Moore who is commonly known as Sasheer Zamata was born on May 6, 1986 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is an American actress and comedian who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from January 18, 20 14, until May 20, 2017.
Sasheer Zamata Biography
Zamata also served as a celebrity ambassador for the ACLU. She was named by her parents after "Sasheer" a crystalline substance named in Star Trek. She is of African American ethnicity and has an American nationalit
Sasheer Zamata Age
She is 32 years old as of 2018.
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Sasheer Zamata is 1.7 m tall.
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She is the daughter to Ivory Steward and Henry Moore . The father was a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force.
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She schooled at Pike High School and later graduated from University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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She has been active in the entertainment field since 2009 and still active in it . After her graduation , Zamata started to pursue her career by performng regularly at the Upright Citizen Brigade Theatre in New York City. After appearing in the ABC News hidden camera series Primetime; Would You Fall For That? Her career began to blossom in the entertainment field appearing in different shows including "Hey Girl", "CollegeHumor", "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell" and "Inside Amy Schumer".
Her career took a great turn when she joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL) during its 39th season in 2014. She was the first black female cast member SNL since Maya Rudlph left the show during its 33rd season in 2007. After the season finale of season 42, she left the show and in 2015 she was titled celebrity ambassador to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) . She then worked with the Women's Rights Project . Due to her successful career choice, her net worth has grown significantly.
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Former SNL star Sasheer Zamata clapped back at Louis C.K.'s horrible Parkland joke in her recent standup set
In a December 16th standup set in New York City, disgraced comedian Louis C.K. made jokes at the expense of the LGBTQ community, the disabled, and yes, even the Parkland shooting survivors (all of whom are still teenagers). Specifically, he said, "They testify in front of Congress, these kids? What the f-ck? What are you doing? F-ck you, you're not interesting cause you went to a high school where kids got shot. Why does that mean I have to listen to you? How does that make you interesting? You didn't get shot, you pushed some fat kid in the way, and now I gotta listen to you talking."
He crassly concluded with what he believes their generation should be doing:"Finger-f-cking each other and doing Jell-O shots."
And former SNL star Sasheer Zamata is now taking him to task. During a January 9th standup set in Los Angeles, she decided to "rewrite" C.K.'s bit.He says that the survivors of the shootings shouldn't be spending their time talking to Congress about gun control. Instead they should be 'finger-f-cking' each other. But who's to say they're not? They can do both!" she declared per Variety. "They're teenagers—of course they're finger-f-cking each other!" she said. "They just know how to separate sex from work, which I understand is a hard concept for Louie to grasp. Which is ironic, because we all know how much Louie loves to grasp hard concepts."
"He says that the survivors of the shootings shouldn't be spending their time talking to Congress about gun control. Instead they should be 'finger-f-cking' each other. But who's to say they're not? They can do both!" she declared per Variety. "They're teenagers—of course they're finger-f-cking each other!" she said. "They just know how to separate sex from work, which I understand is a hard concept for Louie to grasp. Which is ironic, because we all know how much Louie loves to grasp hard concepts."
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Managing, Displaying, & Enjoying Your Collections!
I've read many articles about collections. There are some who "knowingly" coach us on the do's and don'ts of collections and displaying said collections. Here are a few of the "do's" of collecting and displaying that fit us in our home.
Collect what you love, but keep in mind the space and storage you have for your collection. My husband has a collection of teapots. At one point he commented that he wanted to limit his collections to teapots that were really something unique. He didn't want the teapots to overtake our space. I asked him for his definition of a "unique" teapot. He pointed to the old wood stove teapot and told me to notice the detail of the piece. It has eggs and bacon in a skillet, a teakettle, and another pot. Another example was the Notre Dame teapot. It is very interesting in the way it was executed and detailed. Our philosophy: collect the best of what you love and can afford. Although what I love, isn't always expensive.
Display your collection where you can see them and enjoy them. Over the years, many of my students and friends have given me the Willow Tree Angels as gifts. I am very touched by their thoughtfulness and each one reminds me of the gifter. On top of that, I truly like the Willow Tree Angels. Recently, I brought all of the angels home from my classroom. I decided to display the angels in pairs on the window sashes of our family room. There are five windows, so I displayed my angels with a mini-fall votive candle arrangement. (A future post will give you the "how-to" directions for these votive candle holders.) I get to view them every day and light the tea lights in the evenings. They make me smile.
It's OK to rotate collections, or pack some away for seasonal use. For example, I like dishes and I love to change out the dish display in our China hutch. Currently I have some pieces from Earthware Langs "Romance" collection, mixed with the Ambience "Romance"collection. At Christmas, I will change these out for holiday dishes. In the spring, I will display my China that has a very spring like pattern of flowers and greens, and even a ladybug! This way, I get to enjoy my dishes throughout the year.
If you find your collection is in storage for an extended length of time, or its appeal is not the same as it once was, it may be time to reevaluate your love for the collection.
Early in my teaching career, I began collecting pigs I don't remember how it exactly started. Maybe it was because I'm from Iowa and there are many hog farmers in my family. I had moved from Iowa to Pennsylvania and I was homesick. But, in a few years, my collection had gotten out of hand. I was receiving pig ornaments, pig slippers, a big red Nebraska pig and so much more. My mother suggested at one point that it was too bad I hadn't picked "something else"—like angels. The Christmas that I received a set of 12 googley-eyed pig refrigerator magnets from a very pleased student, I had my awakening. I pared the collection down to favorite "pig" things. There were two ornaments and the pig toothpick holder that my younger brother had bought me at an art fair that made the cut. Then, I tried to squelch the idea that "Miss Hanig" likes pigs.
Group like items together for a more dramatic impact. The angel collection is essentially located in the family room windows. We presently have six of Bob's teapots displayed on our family room shelves. I have more of the teapots displayed in our bedroom on oak shelves above the windows. Putting the angels altogether, or the teapots altogether gives the items a stronger presence.
Enjoy your collections! Be happy!
Here's Bob's latest teapot to add to the collection. It is Monet's Easel and was a birthday present.


A "fake" police car which sparked fears of an imposter was actually that of an off-duty officer, Staffordshire Police has admitted.
The police force had previously warned drivers in Stoke-on-Trent to be on the lookout for someone in a black car with flashing blue lights posing as a policeman, putting out multiple appeals and urging motorists to be vigilant.
However, Staffordshire Police has now said it is "confident" the sightings involved genuine unmarked cars.
The warning was issued last month after a moped rider was pulled over.


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Media Yearbook
The Geneva Press Club offers a full range of services such as:
The organization of press interviews and press conferences
Invitations to events set up by the Club (conferences, debates, seminars, training courses, etc.)
The circulation of press releases (1,500 journalists and members)
Access to a fully-equipped conference room
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Mode Records » Mosaic
Henry Cowell
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mode 72/73 Henry COWELL: Mosaic – chamber works: String Quartets Mosiac, Euphometric & Romantic, Movement for String Quartet; Polyphonica; 26 Simultaneous Mosaics.; Suite for Woodwind Quintet.; Return.; Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Violoncello, and Harp. – Musicians' Accord, Colorado String Quartet (2-CDs)
Mosaic quantity
Composer: Henry Cowell
Interpreters: Colorado String Quartet, Musicians' Accord
Genres: Aleatoric/Indeterminate, Avant-Garde, Experimental, Expressionism, Neoromantic
Instruments: Chamber Ensemble, String Quartet
Format: 2 CD
The Colorado Quartet & Musicians' Accord
Mosaic Quartet (String Quartet No. 3) (1935)
26 Simultaneous Mosaics (1963)
Suite for Woodwind Quintet (1934)
Movement for String Quartet (String Quartet No. 2) (1928)
Return (1939)
Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harp (1962)
Polyphonica (1928)
Quartet Euphometric (1916-19)
Quartet Romantic (1915-17)
String Quartet No. 1 "Pedantic" (1916)
Poised over the keyboard, with forearms pounding out thunderous clusters of sound-that is how Henry Cowell (1897-1965) has entered popular imagination. During the 1920s, he crisscrossed the United States and Europe, gaining notoriety for his physicality with the piano and the unorthodox sounds that resulted. But this composer of clusters also wrote singable tunes. The composer of clusters also produced consonance. And, this guru of American experimentalism also respected tradition, whether of the East or the West. Cowell's tremendous innovation went on to influence generations of composers afterwards, from John Cage to Frank Zappa.
These various and contradictory sides of Cowell the composer are most evident in his chamber music. The resulting "Mosiac" is revealed on this 2-CD set, with works spanning his career from his youth in California in 1916 to two years before his death in New York in 1963.
Included are the three famous early string quartets, the open-form 26 Simultaneous Mosiacs (which Cowell wrote after learning of John F. Kennedy's assassination) heard in 3 very different performances, the infamous Polyphonica for 12 instruments, the baroque-influenced Quartet of 1962, and the Asian influenced Return for percussion ensemble culminating in a human wail (its premiere in 1939 was on an all-percussion program arranged by John Cage).
Liner notes by American music scholar Carol J. Oja.
A recent release, Mosaic fleshes out Cowell's cross-cultural agenda with several pieces making their appearance on disc for the first time. In particular, 26 Simultaneous Mosiacs (1963), crams dozens of musical and ethnic sytles into a unified composition for string quartet and percussion.
— Kenneth Goldsmith, Tower PULSE!, "Banging On Cans: American
Gamelans", September 2000
Musicians Accord, Colorado Quartet, Tania Léon
Apart from Cowell's own performances, this 2-CD set is the best advocacy for his music to appear on disc, with excellent notes from Carol Oja. His chamber music can now take its place beside Ives within the challenging early 20th-century repertory, well repaying the difficulties of performance. Enterprising ensembles, such as those represented here, are becoming aware of this.the chamber music here is a revelation.
— Peter Dickinson, Gramophone
Nobody invented American experimental music. It just grew that way, and grows. But nobody ever cared for it more than Henry Cowell. Born in Menlo Park, California in 1897, Cowell began exploring new possibilities on the piano when he was still in his midteens: gigantic clusters of notes played with the forearms on the keyboard, unusual sounds created by leaning inside the instrument and brushing a hand across the strings. After his death, in 1965, his music almost disappeared, and for a long while there were very few recordings available. That situation has changed during the last decade, but still there is probably no more complete or engaging tribute to this exploratory yet gentle musical spirit than a new double album of his chamber music, played by the Colorado String Quartet and the ensemble Musicians Accord (Mode 72/73, ****). The chamber pieces tend to be more concise than the orchestral works, and these excellent performances set new standards of care and calm in Cowell performance.
The works chosen cover pretty much the whole of the composer's creative life, from his teenage quartets — in which he explored some of the techniques that would go into New Musical Resources, especially simultaneous combinations of unrelated rhythms — to some pieces from near the end of his life. There is a huge difference between going through different superimposed meters (as in the Quartet Romantic of 1915-17 for two flutes, viola and cello) and evoking the music of Ireland or Indonesia (both visited in the Quartet for flute, oboe, cello and harp of 1962). Certainly the latter produces a more euphonious effect. But, inanother sense, all Cowell's work was experimental. In each piece he set up certain conditions and waited to see what would happen.
Some experiments involved dissonant harmony, though usually against the background of the Protestant hymn. Cowell's liking for Irish folk music was similarly in his musical genes, and survived all kinds of rough handling. Other kinds of experiment had to do with learning from non-classical traditions. But whatever the case, Cowell's demeanor was accepting, and his music is ultimately about tolerance — about cultures coexisting, about instruments getting along with each other even though they cannot agree about where the beat is, about composers not imposing themselves on performers and listeners but rather putting forward possibilities of experience.
Cowell's respect for his fellows surely underlies his "mosaic" forms, in which separate segments of music can be put together in various ways. In his Twenty-Six Simultaneous Mosaics of 1963 he provided that number of mobile elements for a mixed quintet of instrument — some of the elements tonal (including a strikingly Bach-like dance for the cello), some atonal.
Three different takes of the piece are offered here, but perhaps the most fascinating pieces are those in which a little more order is sustained — not so much the emphatically dissonant pieces, which fall back on repetitive melodies and seem very tame alongside Schoenberg or Webern, as those that wander along different rhythmic paths at the same time. Notable among these are the exuberant Polyphonica and the weird Quartet Romantic, where the instruments seem to be perpetually astray, as if not hearing one another — though they still all vaguely remember Bach and hymns and folk music.
— Paul Griffiths, "Nurturer of American Experimental Music,"
Classical Pulse!, July 1999
Henry Cowell on Mode:
Dancing with Henry (mode 101)
Also with Musicians' Accord on Mode:
Luciano BERIO: The Great Works for Voice (mode 48)
Musicians' Accord: Chamber Music for Voice (mode 23)
Musicians' Accord Web Site
Wikipedia Artist : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cowell


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Q: .NET collection to support LIFO I need a .NET that supports last in first out (LIFO).
Is there one?  If there are more than one what is the best?  (I plan to put Form objects in it.)
Any suggestions?
(NOTE: The collection needs to be on the Compact Framework. I am using Visual Studio 2008 and C#).

A: There's the Stack<T> class, which is pretty much the purest LIFO you could ask for.
It is supported in the Compact Framework 2.0.


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Inside the Mirror
This is a review of the Escape Room "Inside the Mirror" offered by G-Factor Group in Athens, Greece.
The G-Factor-Group is a smaller supplier in the Kallithea district, which was recommended to us by enthusiasts for its interesting puzzle rooms. Originally we wanted to play all three escape games here. But since we did not manage to find a player who speaks Greek, and Freedom for Sale unfortunately has some puzzles that cannot easily be converted into English, it turned out to be just two missions. We were received in a very hospitable manner and felt very comfortable here.
Like "The 7 Mysteries of Pharaoh", which we played first, Inside the Mirror also works completely without locks. Instead there are excellent automations, mechanisms and also components that I have never seen in an escape game. At first glance, it is not really clear what needs to be done and the inconspicuous-looking room is reluctant to reveal its secrets at first. But once the penny has dropped, the game runs very smoothly. Very good cooperation and communication are the key to mastering the tasks together.
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Napoli's president has revealed that left winger Lorenzo Insigne has a verbally agreed €200m (£178m) release clause.
Aurelio De Laurentiis told Corriere dello Sport that the clause is not down in writing, but exists because of the shared trust between himself and the player's agent, Mino Raiola.
"He has a symbolic release clause," said De Laurentiis when asked about Insigne's situation.
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Five people were arrested on felony drug charges Wednesday when Ware County lawmen executed a search warrant at a house in the 600 block of Miller Street following an investigation into the suspicion that narcotics were in the house, said Ware Sheriff's Capt. Neil Skerratt.
Several grams of methamphetamine were found in the house along with contraband, Skerratt said. At least one of the five suspects also had marijuana in his or her possession.
Officers arrived at the house at 12:04 p.m. and were confronted by a dog on a long chain hindering their entrance to the front porch. The dog was shot and died. Skerratt said the use of force was necessary.
Several people were detained while the deputies searched the house and five of those were charged, Skerratt said. Some of the people at the house were released when deputies determined they were not involved with the drugs.
The charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana, possession of drug-related objects and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a crime, said Skerratt.
Inside the house, investigators found a sandwich bag containing several grams of methamphetamine, a spoon containing meth residue, digital scales, a pistol and various drug-related objects that included smoking devices.
Skerratt said the items seized were taken to the evidence locker at the Ware County Sheriff's Department.
Sierra Cheyenne Ferguson, 21, of the 200 block of Josephine Park, William Howell Anderson, 21, of the 600 block of Miller Street, Christian Noah Anderson, 20, of the 200 block of Miller Street, Lindsay Deanna Thomas, 21, of the 600 block of Miller Street, and Jacqulyn Hope Thomas, 24, of the 600 block of Miller Street, were taken to the Ware County jail on various charges, said Skerratt.
Detectives James Cox, Sgt. Robert Weiss, Sgt. Michael Ray, Missy Thrift, Freddie Henderson, Zabrae Williams, Brian Newman, Bill Thomas, Clay Thomas, Sgt. Michael Merritt and Deputy Bruce Burrows conducted the search of the premises and made the arrests, said Skerratt.
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Both the Falcons and Texans remained undefeated. Matt Ryan engineered another game winning drive in Washington and the Houston defense picked off Mark Sanchez (shocker) in the final minutes of their Monday night win.
Bengals wideout, A.J. Green recorded a touchdown reception in his fourth straight game in his team's 17-13 loss to the Dolphins.
Robert Griffin III suffered a concussion as he attempted to slide out of bounds during the Redskins' loss to the Falcons.
Victor Cruz did the Salsa three times, catching three Eli Manning touchdown passes as the Giants beat up on the winless Browns 41-27.
Mike Vick continued to struggle, turning the ball over two more times as the Eagles fell to interstate rival, Pittsburgh 16-14. He's now turned the ball over nine times in five games.
After four more on Sunday, the Chiefs now lead the league with 19 turnovers.
Wes Welker may be back after catching 13 balls for 104 yards and his first TD of the season on Sunday.
All four teams in the NFC West are above .500 through five weeks. According to Elias, this is the first time that all teams from the same division have been over .500 this late in the season since the AFC South in 2010.
J.J. Watt recorded another sack on Monday night to push his league-leading total to 8.5 on the season. On the down side, the Texans lost starting linebacker, Brian Cushing for the season with a torn ACL.
Finally, in breaking news, Tim Tebow still has not gotten a chance to lead the Jets.


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I end up with 'acrticles.nq', but the document isn't recognized as an .nquads type, but is still considered as an Gzip-file.
Thanks in advance!


Teeth Whitening & Dental Care News from Pearly Whites – Tagged "oral care"
Every March 20th, people across the globe celebrate World Oral Health Day. It's an awareness day that encourages everyone around the world to keep not just their teeth healthy but to maintain the health of their mouth as well.
March 20th isn't an arbitrary date to celebrate oral health. In fact, there's a lot of meaning behind the day. According to the World Oral Health Day website, the date was chosen to symbolize the fact that senior citizens are considered healthy if they have 20 of their own teeth by the end of their lives, everyone should have 20 baby teeth when they are kids, and adults should have 32 teeth and no cavities. As you can see, there are plenty of reasons that 3/20 is the perfect day to celebrate having a healthy mouth.
So you want to hold onto your teeth?
Are They Scared of Your Costume or Your Teeth?
A question we ask ourselves, usually a week after the Halloween sugar rush has subsided, is what damage have I done to my teeth? With such a huge increase in lolly consumption by kids and parents alike, coupled with the colossal spike in coffee intake as those aforementioned parents anxiously await their little ghouls and goblins' safe return, the holiday season can truly be murder on the enamel.


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Justin Kalifowitz on why Downtown bought CD Baby owner AVL Digital
New York-based Downtown Music Holdings sent shockwaves across the global music business in March when it acquired CD Baby owner AVL Digital Group.
Industry sources estimated that the deal was in the vicinity of $200 million and included AVL's entire portfolio of businesses (CD Baby, AdRev, DashGo and Soundrop).
AVL's wider client base includes over 900,000 artists, labels and other rightsholders, representing what it says is the largest independent sound recording catalog in the music industry.
The timing of the acquisition was especially significant because of the growing market share of the DIY sector – this year alone will see self-releasing artists earn over $1 billion.
In 2018 the total revenue generated by these DIY acts was $643 million, according to figures published by MIDiA Research; CD Baby, now owned by Downtown, contributed over $100m of that $600m-plus figure.
Downtown also owns Songtrust, which provides publishing admin and collection tools to over 170,000 artists across more than 1 million copyrights.
Downtown's founder and CEO Justin Kalifowitz gave a wide-ranging interview live on stage yesterday (May 9) with CMU's Chris Cooke at The Great Escape music business conference in Brighton, UK.
Kalifowitz discussed the origins Downtown and Songtrust, as well as what makes a good music publisher in the 21st century and why his company acquired AVL Digital.
You can read an abridged version of the interview below.
Tell us about where the business came from and what were the original priorities back in the early days…
We started Downtown Music Publishing back in April 2007. Back then, I was 25.
There was this incredible wave of consolidation in music publishing, between 2004 and 2007. We felt that there was a real lane to build a world-class music publisher for what we were describing as '[the] modern era'.
"There wasn't much by the way of technology addressing the challenges for music publishers, collection societies, songwriters and really it became a function of building it ourselves. Today, Songtrust has grown to be one of the largest platforms in the world, serving 170,000 songwriters as well as publishers like Downtown."
It was about nuts and bolts. It was about great creative services, it was about great thoughtful approaches to administration and cutting out the middleman everywhere we could. To do that we needed a technology backbone to what we were doing.
A few years into that we started to look at how we can grow this business a little bit more and expand internationally. We built out Downtown Music Publishing and focused on what we refer to as world class songs and songwriters, to the point where we now look after things like George Gershwin to John Lennon to hit songs like Shallow and Sucker by the Jonas Brothers, which is No.1 in the US this week, and doing that in a number of markets around the world.
Songtrust was part of that story in the sense that we started to think about, How can we build a platform that really scales? We weren't happy with the technology solutions available in the marketplace.
You had the advantage of being new to the market, so you weren't carrying your own legacy, but you've had to plug into the existing music publishing system and collective licensing system. how quickly did you realise that was going to be a challenge and how did you meet that challenge?
When you're in the music publishing business and you have lots of copyrights that you look after, you are effectively managing a ton of joint ventures. A song is effectively is an asset; it's a JV with another publisher or two or 10, and they all have different managers and they never talk. It's a really dysfunctional system.
You add a layer of collection society rules and regulations on to that and different local customs, [and it becomes a] challenge. We spent years looking at how to navigate the system and we're still perfecting it.
"We get asked this question all the time, 'are you guys the best solution?' I have no idea. I think so, but what I can tell you is that every day we have dozens and dozens of people trying to refine it."
Part of it is we didn't go to the societies with any animus, like, 'You're not doing this right,' or, 'We can tell you how to do it better' or, 'Please don't change your rules,' or, 'Please change your rules.' It was more like, 'We want to find the best way going forward, because we can now just accept how it hasn't been working.'
"I often think about the deal we did with YouTube which was publicised a number years ago. YouTube was getting a lot of flack as they should for not paying enough for the use of music on their platform. But one of things that I think people didn't realize was that there was a lot of bleeding of money going from YouTube to Collection societies."
I often think about the deal we did with YouTube which was publicised a number years ago. YouTube was getting a lot of flak, as they should, for not paying enough for the use of music on their platform. But one of things that I think people didn't realize was that there was a lot of bleeding of money going from YouTube to collection societies.
We said, 'Well you're paying us directly in the US for sync, can you pay us for performance as well?' They were like, 'We've never done that before – can we? We said, Yeah. Willing buyer, willing seller, we can make this work with ASCAP and BMI.
We cut a deal, [and now] we get paid directly and our writers are getting paid monthly from YouTube. We found that a direct data feed from YouTube to be much more accurate [than the way things were].
When you're YouTube and when you're any DSP and you get to pay the rightsholder fairly, accurately and faster, I think that's a huge benefit to them, you're [not held back] by layers and layers of misunderstanding. For the writers, that's a tremendous benefit. If you approach these situations, like 'how do you make both sides win?' and how can you be in the middle of that, that's really what we're waking up to do every day.
Beyond the data, what makes a good music publisher in the 21st century?
That question is best answered by looking at it on a writer-by-writer basis. If you are going to do a deal with a music publisher where the deal is something other than they collect your money, it should be a very tailored approach to what you are looking for and it is partially based on what you are trying to achieve.
[We] work with Hans Zimmer, which is a very different relationship to Ryan Tedder, which is a very different relationship to an emerging artist like Cautious Clay who we are working to develop.
Why at this stage of the growth of the business did acquiring something like AVL and particularly CD Baby seem like the next move for downtown to take?
[When] you look at businesses like that… you look at the people. The people that run AVL, Tracey Maddux who has been there for over 10 years, and the average tenure of the senior management team was like 12 or 14 years.
And then you look at the innovation that the business has brought; you look at the number of artists that they empower to run very successful businesses; then you look at the other segments of the business outside of CD Baby, like AdRev, which I think is the global leader in YouTube rights management, just in terms of the number of assets that they manage. You look at DashGo and what it is doing in the label services space.
"You look at these businesses and you say, If you are going to make a move like this, do you trust these people? And for me it was a very simple question. I've been trusting them for five years. We've had such an amazing relationship between Songtrust and CD Baby. We thought this would be interesting."
You look at these businesses and you say, 'If you are going to make a move like this, do you trust these people?' And for me it was a very simple question. I've been trusting them for five years.
In 2014 we started to have Songtrust offer publishing royalty collection on a white label basis through a new product that CDBaby offered called CD Baby Pro, which was the first of its kind to marry independent releases, distribution and publishing at the same time. It grew into a wildly successful partnership with incredible opt in rates and incredible results.
We've been through thick and thin on product development, product launches, marketing, promotion, dealing with collection society issues, payment issues. This wasn't like, 'Oh this business is on the market, we should buy it.' It's like, a really important business partner of ours has an investor group that is looking to exit and we can find really interesting ways to [collaborate] with them. They're an amazing business on a standalone basis and together we think we can build something really strong. And that's really it. It's not a more complicated story.
AVL will remain as a separate division within the wider Downtown group, but Presumably you will be looking for synergies?
From a technology standpoint, we have as a deep an integration as we could possibly could have between our businesses today. There are obviously some operational areas, they're pretty well covered across Latin America for example where we do not have any presence with Downtown.
That was really appealing to me, that they have such incredible market expertise and actually real significant market share in places like Brazil and Colombia and increasingly in Mexico – that's just an area that Downtown hasn't gotten to yet, so we're excited to jump on that.
Similarly we've been in Japan for a number of years, they've not had a meaningful presence there. We've been operating in a number of markets in Europe for over five years now. They are just getting their feet wet here.
Some of their businesses have never really expanded outside of the US. I think there's some amazing opportunities there. But again, time will tell. But we are really happy with the [AVL] business as it is and its growth trajectory and I'm excited to have it as our family of companies.
Although we are all guilty of reporting it as a CD Baby acquisition, those other tools, those other businesses are all adding to the suite of services to self-managed, self-releasing artists…
I think so; I mean I look at what AdRev has done. It's made an incredible name for itself just within the YouTube platform, but it's expanding. It's doing licensing deals with a number other digital services and as video grows in importance and companies who own repertoire actually need that administered in a slightly different way, as CMOs are thinking about outsourcing their work in short-form video, AdRev is well positioned to do that. There's elements in what we are doing in Downtown Music Publishing and Songtrust in particular where we can see some real crossover there.
Similarly with DashGo, which focuses on the label services component… I think that there's significant business development crossover there for us to look at and bring those segments of the business together.
Also from a licensing standpoint, you know AVL businesses have approached different DSPs in different ways and we have approached different DSPs in different ways.
It's not a secret that the majors have approached [digital services] with one basket of rights of records and publishing together and they bang out [a deal of] what it's going to be. They say they don't do that; I'll leave that.
But [with AVL within Downown] there's an opportunity to share a lot of information in a really interesting way – all in the spirit of empowering independent artists.
Will the copyright reforms that happened in the US make any difference? will it mean more money getting through to writers?
The most important thing that happened were that the word 'songwriters' and 'music publishing' were in the press like every day. Lawmakers actually understand now that songwriting is a thing that's unique from recording, which is not something I think most people understand as a basic business principal.
The work that NMPA and other groups did was tremendous from an awareness perspective.
The bill itself obviously like all legislation got watered down a little bit. Some of the teeth got pulled out of it, but ultimately as an industry we are in a much better place than [we were] before.
[The Music Modernization Act] will not solve all challenges. The fact that bundled rights are not a part of the new collective is going to be an enormous challenge for any DSP – unless they simply want to do interactive streaming. But I am not currently aware of a DSP that just wants do interactive streaming, without lyrics, without sync, and all the new ideas that are coming which people even haven't even thought of yet. There is so going to be a significant opportunity in that space and I am excited to see how it pans out.Music Business Worldwide
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Calques are words or phrases whose meanings have been literally translated from one language into another, aka 'loan translations.' Words such as flea market, skyscraper, and translation itself all came into English this way. Today's episode looks at a number of words that have been calqued into English and out of English.
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What is the 'true' meaning of the expression 'to beg the question?' Well, it depends on what you mean by true. Today, 'to beg the question' is often used as a synonym for 'to raise the question,' but historically, 'to beg the question' had a very different meaning. It involved neither 'begging' nor a 'question,' but rather, a philosophical fallacy of circular reasoning that traces back to Aristotle. Over the course of about two thousand years, a series of mistranslations and semantic corruptions have resulted in the phrase's modern 'misusage.'
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The word ostracism can be traced back to Ancient Athens. For the Ancient Athenians, ostracism was not a sociological phenomenon, but an electoral vote that sought to protect the integrity of democracy. Today's episode provides a concise overview of Ancient Athenian society and looks at the details of the ancient ostracism vote.
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The professional/amateur dichotomy portrays amateurs as inept and inexperienced, but amateurs haven't always had a bad name. In fact, 'amateur' derived from the Latin word for 'love.' Today's episode explores the negative evolution of the word as a product of capitalist values.


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SlotCatalog: An Interview with Will Mathieson
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"Building new features that the players can learn and explore" – An interview with Will Mathieson at Golden Rock Studios
Innovative features, volatility trends and Golden Rocks Studios upcoming entrance into the US market is in focus when we've talked to the legendary Will Mathieson, CPO and Co-founder at GRS.
Interview with Will Mathieson at Golden Rock Studios
"Welcome Will! We're honoured that you've taken the time to chat with us. Please introduce yourself and your history within the iGaming sector to our readers that aren't familiar with your name yet.
My name is Will Mathieson and I am one of the founders and CPO at Golden Rock Studios.
My foray into the gambling industry started with humble beginnings in 2003 taking bets over the phone for William Hill. I instantly fell in love with the industry and moved roles to become a test analyst, testing the very first online slot on their Vegas casino site. It wasn't long before I started to live and breathe online Slots! I would play them all day for my job and then go home to play for real money.
Over time my role changed from a test analyst to giving feedback on the games and eventually heading up the Slots product in Gibraltar working with 3rd party suppliers building bespoke and exclusive slots for William Hill. It was an honour to work with the biggest and best suppliers in the industry like Blueprint, NetEnt, Nextgen gaming, Inspired, IGT and many others.
Your track record as the game designer behind several blockbuster slots like Genie Jackpots and Centurion is very impressive!
What has it meant for you to go out on your own and co-found Golden Rock Studios together with James Curwen?
It was always an ultimate life goal to start a new studio and replicate the success we had at William Hill. So to be given that opportunity was a great honour and we've not looked back since!
It is great to be in control over our own destiny and I would say that is the real appeal in setting up a business. On the flip side it comes with healthy pressure and responsibility.
You guys set out on your journey in 2019. Which opportunities did you see at the time and what is the Golden Rock Studios vision?
Our vision is to create the best gambling games in the industry, built by gamblers for gamblers. To make this happen you need innovative ideas and concepts. There is an incredible amount of competition in the slots market right now, up to 20+ new games every week.
In order to stand out and appeal to customers you need to offer unique features and highly engaging and entertaining games. We felt and I still feel the industry is lacking innovations. Megaways has been a phenomenal success in the gaming sphere. We want to and expect to deliver many industry firsts with at last one new groundbreaking launch like Megaways in the next 12 months.
What has the journey been like so far?
It has been challenging but rewarding at the same time. Initially it was a steep learning curve hiring the right people whilst producing high quality content on time. We have been hit by delays, with some of our most exciting features still to come.
We've taken a lot of learnings on the delivery side with new processes in place and have already seen improvements in delivery times.
Looking at the SlotRank data for all of your releases it's clear that they've been received very well among players from different regions! What would you say are the key factors behind your success?
We've launched a wide variety of content over the last year, ranging from very simple slots like Wild Predators to more intricate and features rich games like Gold n Rocks. One fundamental feature we have built into our games is guaranteeing a winning bonus experience. Using different mechanics on each game we ensure players are guaranteed a minimum win, one example is in Volatile Slot, if you get less than 20x total bet the game will continue to retrigger free spins. It means players are more confident when playing our games.There is nothing worse spending a long time to trigger a bonus feature and getting paid nothing or a really low payout.
One fundamental feature we have built into our games is guaranteeing a winning bonus experience. There is nothing worse spending a long time to trigger a bonus feature and getting paid nothing or a really low payout.
We have also brought with each game at least one new slot mechanic not seen before online, it is important to still build new features that players can learn and explore.
Is there a specific release of yours that you are extra proud of? Please motivate!
Volatile slot was our first game launch and holds a special place in my heart. The maths is really special plus it has to be one of the best named slots launched in the year right!?
One of my personal favourite games is Gold n Rocks, a tumbling reels game, with explosions and lots of mini features it is a highly entertaining and fun game.
Are there areas where you feel you've had revelations lately and see opportunities for improvement / innovations in future games?
One of our struggles with our first batch of games was our art quality. It had been described as flat whilst others said it lacked the wow factor. We have been working hard on enhancing the visual elements in our games, and already players and operators can see that with our most recent launches.
In terms of innovations we had planned to have launched some of the most exciting ones by now. The main one being our Rollercoaster feature; a truly innovative and improved take on the buy bonus mechanic.
Speaking of future games, what does your roadmap look like?
VERY EXCITING!!! I cannot wait for 2021 to launch our latest and best innovations. We will be launching fewer games next year with a focus on higher quality and larger games.
We have entertaining themes and features like Super Money World. This will take the player to a fantasy world built around money! A gamblers dream; this game will be the first to come with our Rollercoaster feature. Plus it has 3 in-reel modifiers, a highly engaging free spin bonus round with 3 phases to unlock. The graphics are 3D and we have a money tree on display at all times, just watch out for a gust of wind to blow money your way.
We also have another first in the industry, a slot with no base game payouts called bonus only.
Another first will be our Back Blackjack game which launches January featuring a unique side bet that effectively allows the player to back the dealer.
I could go on and on about our innovations next year but need to protect the IP due out longer term. Hopefully the above gives you a taste of what will come in the short term 🙂
Are there any game features that you've found particularly interesting during the last months?
I am a big fan of tumbling reels/reaction games, so naturally one of my favourite games was Play n Go's Reactoonz, so the sequel Reactoonz 2 was of particular interest for me! I really liked it, they've done a great job. I also like Money Train 1 and 2, the buy bonus feature is very engaging.
What's your opinion on the current math models & volatility trends?
Over the last few years there has been a trend towards more volatile slots, especially since Bonanza and the subsequent Megaways releases. I think volatile slots will always be popular though I do see the next trend moving towards lower volatility again. This will be driven by operators in regulated markets as the VIP market continues to shrink.
What's the Golden Rock Studios ambition going forward?
We plan to become a top 5 gaming studio in the next 2 years. We already have some strong and innovative features planned for next year.
A big focus next year will be the US market, our content is currently unavailable but we have plans to fast track the distribution and go live towards the end of 2021.
How do you interpret the competitive landscape today compared to two years ago?
There is certainly a lot more content being released! The European market has become very competitive. Whilst the US market has grown significantly and is the hot new market everybody is looking at.
Regulated markets continue to tighten the rules; it is a challenging environment for both suppliers and operators.
And on top of that we continue to see consolidation, originally with SG buying WMS, Bally, Next Gen. We saw NetEnt spend £200M to buy Red Tiger followed by Evolution buying NetEnt. It wouldn't surprise me if we see more of these deals over the next 2 years.
Are there any specific competitors that have impressed you lately? For which qualities?
I have always been a big fan of Play n Go's content, they produce a good mix of content, from the classic titles Cat Wilde Doom of the Dead to their latest update of Reactoonz 2. Whilst Relax have been releasing some strong content especially with Money Train 1 and 2.
We're reaching the end of this interview but it would be fun to hear where you see Golden Rock Studios in a year from now?
We genuinely have some really innovative game features and mechanics coming out over the next 6 months, my expectation is for at least one of them to become a major hit and help influence the trends in the industry.
Whilst; in the next 12 months we will be launching our first batch of games outside of the Quickfire platform giving us distribution in the USA for the first time.
Thanks for the chat Will! Is there anything you would like to say to your fans, partners or possible employees before we say goodbye?
And thank you for the interview! I would like to thank the GRS team first and foremost, we are very lucky to have the talent and experience. We have a very strong commercial team which has led to some fantastic relationships with all the big operators which as cheesy as it sounds we couldn't do it without them all!
Happy Christmas and all the best for 2021."
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