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Legacy Revelstoke Current
The annual Snowflake Ceremony helps ease the pain of our loved ones' deaths
It might have been raining lightly but that certainly didn't deter about 30 people from going to Queen Elizabeth Park on Sunday afternoon for the Hospice Society's annual Snowflake Ceremony where we remember the people we love who have left this world. Please click on the image to see a larger version of it. David F. Rooney photo
By David F. Rooney
It might have been raining lightly but that certainly didn't deter about 30 people from going to Queen Elizabeth Park on Sunday afternoon for the Hospice Society's annual Snowflake Ceremony where we remember the people we love who have left this world.
We have lost someone — a parent or sibling, an aunt or uncle or perhaps a grandparent — and at times the grief we feel can seem overwhelming. For me it was the death of my brother Brian, who was just 14 months younger than me, and my father, Lawrence, who was robbed of his mind by Alzheimer's. At some level, I am always conscious of their absence from this world and scarcely a day goes by when I feel the ache of that empty space in my heart.
Like me, the other Revelstokians who attend this simple event find a small measure of comfort in being with friends and neighbours who carry their own burdens of guilt.
"This is a special time for thinking about our family members and friends who have died," Robyn Abear said at the beginning of the ceremony.
Gill MacLachlan shared a prayer she said often comforts her:
May today there be peace within.
May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others.
May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content with yourself just the way you are.
Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.
Gary Sulz read a special prayer:
Today is a day of gratitude and as we gather here today
I thank God for the ability to give a blessing upon all who come before us,
all who we remember in our hearts and all who demonstrate love to another each and every day.
We asre grateful to those who volunteer with Hospice who while comforting us when were ill,
also allow us to heal, to give us the time to be silent, to be still and to reflect.
You are a gift too us and we are ever grateful.
Amen, Gary, amen.
If you would like to know more about the Revelstoke Hospice Society please click here to visit their website.
In the meantime, here are a few photos from the ceremony.
Bagpiper Louisa Fleming plays Amazing Grace to herald the start of the Hospice Society's annual Snowflake ceremony at Queen Elizabeth Park on Sunday afternoon. David F. Rooney photo
Ceremony participants write the names of the people who have vanished from their lives on individual snowflakes. David F. Rooney photo
Snowflakes in hand, participants in the ceremony wait their turn to hand their snowflakes, each bearing the name of someone who has gone from this world, to Jack O'Brien and Fred Olsson who teetered on ladders to hang the snowflakes. David F. Rooney photo
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Guatemala: Drop charges against trade union leaders - stop repression now r1 Please support this urgent action campaign from PSI. ... In recent months, the Morales government in Guatemala has systematically increased the persecution of community leaders, activists, journalists and trade unionists.
Most recently, Luis Alpirez Guzmán, General Secretary of the National Union of Health Workers of Guatemala (SNTSG), and Dora Regina Ruano, from the same organization, were detained for nearly ten days for negotiating and signing a collective agreement between the union and the Ministry of Health authorities back in 2013.
SNTSG and Public Services International have launched an urgent campaign to demand that the Guatemalan government immediately drop all charges against Dora Regina Ruano and Luis Alpirez Guzmán and end repression against all community leaders, activists, journalists and trade unionists.
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With the right fire or stove, the hearth really can become the centre of the home. At BMF we can provide everything from the most modern and contemporary stoves for a city centre pad, to a fire which can be seamlessly fitted into a period fireplace in your country cottage. Co-owner Ben Freeman is Gas Safe and HETAS accredited (which are the only accreditations which matters when it comes to gas and solid fuels) meaning you are in safe hands.
Whether you like the look and smell of a real fire, want to consider your environmental impact, save money on ever-rising energy bills or just fancy a change, the team can offer advice and expertise on the best product to provide the look and heat output you require.
At BMF, we can manage your entire heating project from design through to installation, including any gas, electrical or cosmetic work, such as plastering, via our qualified and highly trained team. We offer fires from top quality and industry-leading brands including Stuv, Town & Country, Harrie Leenders, Rais, Piazzetta, Mørso, Aga, Jetmaster and Stovax. Many brands of stove are exclusive to BMF in the area. We regularly provide and install fires across Yorkshire and the whole of the UK, including Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Birmingham. BMF is a trusted family business with almost 20 years experience in the industry, all of our products and workmanship are fully guaranteed.
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Curtin Writers Club
Coze Journal
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Published Writing
Coze Submissions
Coze Journal is Curtin Writers Club's annual print publication containing the works of its members and features illustrations from the Curtin Illustration Club.
Coze Journal takes submissions of all forms and genres of writing, including short fiction, creative non-fiction, essays, poetry and flash fiction. Members may submit up to three pieces per issue, amounting to no more than 5,000 words, with individual pieces of prose up to 3,000 words and poetry up to 40 lines.
Associate Members (members who are not current Curtin students) are welcome to submit, provided they have been a Curtin student within the three years prior to that issue.
Associate Members may also submit up to three pieces but only one will be selected for publication.
The deadline for submissions is 31 July.
PLEASE FOLLOW THESE DETAILS TO SUBMIT:
Submissions should be sent in Word document format in an accessible font (preferably Calibri, Helvetica or Arial), though we can also accept Google Docs. Submissions are read blind, so no personal information should be included in the document itself. Please follow these formatting guidelines:
Title: bold, 16pt
Content Warnings (if applicable): italic, 12pt
Body text: 12pt, 1.5 spacing, 1cm indent, triple asterisks (***) for section breaks, 'single quotation marks for dialogue'
Your submission email should include your name (can be a pseudonym), Student ID number and preferred email address – these details should be included with ALL submissions. If you like, you can also include any social media tags (Instagram, Twitter, and so-on), websites or Facebook pages that link to your writing or art.
Please note that you can only enter if you are a member of the Curtin Writers Club, and your work has to be original and unpublished. If you're not a member yet, worry not! You can join online. Submitting your work to the journal is free, and membership only costs $5. All funds raised from membership go directly back into providing opportunities and great events for our members.
Email your submissions to cwcsubmissions@gmail.com.
We look forward to reading your work!
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1. All works submitted must relate in some way to the designated theme, as well as being original and unpublished.
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Who would think that something going on around the world could affect your Christmas decorations? That is exactly what is happening as China diverts electricity, resources and man power to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Industries are being asked to cease manufacture in rotation throughout the country. As a result, some styles of LED Christmas Lights are coming into the country several weeks later than normal.
So kick back, watch your favorite competitors but remember you may have to wait a little before your favorite Christmas lights arrive for the Holidays.


Mid Sussex District Council is providing short-term accommodation for rough sleepers as freezing temperatures hit.
The district council said guest house accommodation is being provided for rough sleepers.
A spokesman said: "The weather forecast for the next 7-10 days is for a prolonged period of freezing temperatures so we will be triggering the Government's Severe Weather Emergency Procedure.
"This means we will be providing short-term accommodation for those who have been assessed as rough sleeping in Mid Sussex, if they wish to take this up.
"Locations depend on availability at the time and where the rough sleeper is but we use guest houses in Brighton, Hove, East Grinstead and Crawley.
"We work in partnership with the outreach service Turning Tides to support residents who are rough sleeping or at risk of rough sleeping in Mid Sussex.
Severe Weather Emergency Protocols (SWEP) recommends that shelters open when temperatures are zero degrees or below for three days or more to prevent loss of life.


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Q&A: Google Glass and the future of geo-location game Ingress
October 31, 2013 | By Christian Nutt
More: Smartphone/Tablet, Programming, Design, Business/Marketing, Exclusive, Advanced Input and Output
Google has a game studio. Ingress, the first game from Niantic Labs, is a cyberpunk-themed geo-tagged hunt, in which two factions compete for resources that just happen to be co-located with public works of art in the real world. If you approach a public statue, for example, you can tag that statue and bring its resources over to your team in-game.
Niantic Labs product manager Brandon Badger explains his team's plan to let other game developers create their own games on the back of the tech that Niantic is developing, and also how the game may utilize devices like Google Glass.
I've been following the experiments Google's made into games over the years. Nothing's really taken off. Can you talk about why Google keeps trying game stuff, and why Ingress seems to be the one that's caught on?
Brandon Badger: Games are an important application for a new technology. So if you think about something like wearable computing, devices like Google Glass, you see the new smart watches coming to market from Samsung... I think there are productivity apps, where you can get a notification when you get an email, or someone sends you any other type of calendar update or whatnot. But I think it's natural for people to want to play games with that type of technology. I think games are important for building great software experiences and to support that type of technology that Google is invested in.
You alluded to Google Glass. Have you done anything with Ingress on Google Glass?
We haven't announced anything at this point, but it's definitely something the team has been exploring. Google Glass offers that ability to explore the world in a heads-up type way, where you're able to keep your head up, use your physical eyes to go about your daily life, but use the Glass display to augment what you're seeing, and where you're seeing it. I definitely think that could fit and be a great experience with a game like Ingress.
We also have an application from our team called Field Trip. The Niantic team, we built Field Trip. It's all about serendipitous discovery where you are. It's a different way of exploring a city. Instead of buying a tour guide and exploring a city, you just take off in a certain direction and walk through the city, and then it knows where you are, and then it buzzes you when you walk near something cool.
So we actually launched a Field Trip version for Google Glass specifically. That's a great application where, you're wearing Google Glass, you walk near a historical marker, Field Trip recognizes that, knows that you're interested in history and that you haven't seen that before, and sends that notification, and then you see it as a card on your heads-up display on Google Glass.
Our team is definitely thinking about Glass, and we have some experience building applications for Glass. So I think as we continue to evolve Ingress, I think it's something we'll explore.
It seems like it brings together a lot of things Google is good at and then gamifies them. Gamification is one of those words that is overused and could potentially lose all meaning if you overuse it, but as you said, you started with Google Maps. Stuff moves in -- notifications, GPS location data, whatever. It ties it all into a game layer.
Our vision for this, from Niantic Labs, is really to build a platform and to help other game studios, other developers, build similar types of geo-games on top of this infrastructure. The idea was that Ingress would be a proof of concept. Because when we started this, it was not clear-cut that people would want to play this type of game. But we've taken this leap of faith, that this is a fun way to use this technology, we've built this game, and we have gotten this validation that there is enthusiasm behind this type of experience.
Our goal is to then continue to build out the foundational pieces but then open that up, so that when you want to build a cool zombie game or vampire game where you run around the city, that instead of having to start from scratch, you could take elements that we've built and build on top of that.
People can write apps that call Google data, but this is more than that. This would be an Ingress API?
That would be the goal. If you think about the core building blocks of a game like Ingress, one is that geo-data layer. What are all the locations of public art, and are there photographs of them? If you were building your vampire game, you might want to use the data layer of where all the blood banks are, or the hospitals, or the cemeteries. So you can imagine us as a platform making available different slices of geo-data to suit your game, and then you could use those as building blocks to mix and create your game.
Another component might be our communications channel where it's geo-based and you're sending messages and it's scoped by where you're located. That seems like a core utility you might want to use in any type of game. So maybe we might offer that as part of the platform. Another might be our system for taking user submissions of the data and processing that. Another, of course, is just the map layer -- rendering out an alternative version of Google Maps, being able to draw the roads and overlay your data.
Ingress on smartphone
We're still in the early days of building out the platform, but now that we've seen some validation from the game of Ingress, the team is actively looking at developing the pieces of the infrastructure for the development platform with the goal of hopefully, in the future, being able to offer that to game developers as a service.
So then you could say that Niantic is bigger than Ingress, but also bigger than necessarily being a studio that's just going to make games.
I don't think that we could have been successful if we had just announced a platform for this kind of game without building a proof-of-concept game and showing that it could have an enthusiastic fan base. I think it was key to build a proof of concept with Ingress, and so we're going to keep developing that and push the boundaries of this type of genre of game. But then, that can be something that people can sort of model other games off of and hopefully build interest, so that people can then use the platform.
This isn't the first geotagged game of this type that I've seen, but I understand what you're saying now -- that you could enable people to pull different slices of data and build quite different types of games from it.
My hope is that there would be hundreds of these types of games. We're playing a sci-fi secret agent game, but there could be fantasy games, superhero games, zombie games -- we could all be playing these games in the same physical space, but in different virtual worlds that are overlaid on top of the physical world.
It's sticking to Android right now, right?
Right now it's on Android, but our vision is to do an iOS version of Ingress, and a lot of that is with this vision of building this into a platform for these types of games. We feel like if we're going to offer a set a tools for other game developers, there's going to be that demand for reaching the iOS audience as well.
It seems like this is important to Google.
I think it's important to Google. I think if you think about Google investing in things like Google Glass, which Google is putting resources behind, you can think of this as the software experience for devices like that. We have our Field Trip app for Google Glass. The technology isn't compelling just on its own. You need those great user experiences to really make the most of that technology.
You can think about also exploring new ways of doing geo-located advertising as well. It's a new type of thing. At that Jamba Juice portal location, being able to get a realtime offer, I think there's something interesting there.
So it is exploratory in some ways. But it's something that Google has taken seriously to invest as much as they have.
I guess you can't really talk about what you're hoping to do with Google Glass.
Not yet. But we have launched the Field Trip app for Google Glass, so our team does have experience building real software for Google Glass -- and I think to gamers, it just seems like an obviously great idea, to play a game like Ingress using Google Glass.
I think a lot of people see a lot of potential in Google Glass. Of course the first thing the first thing people in the game industry think when they see Google Glass is: "Okay. What kind of game could you do with this?"
Yeah! I think we're just starting to see, and people are just starting to experiment with it. There's a lot of creativity out there, and I think you'll see a lot of fun games. We don't even know what they'll look like, necessarily. But over the coming years, as technology like Google Glass goes from a developer tool to something more mainstream, I think you'll see lots of interesting experiences. Who knows what they'll be like?
We're in this juncture point. The inflection point was around when iPhone launched, where suddenly everything started exploding out into different platforms. Today I had a meeting for a game for Oculus Rift, and one where we've talked about Google Glass.
The game industry can change very quickly. Sometimes there's just a new type of technology. If you think of the Nintendo Wii controller, all of the sudden there's a new type of game you can create using that technology.
As a kid you played games running around in the streets. You played capture the flag, you ran around, you made up your own games -- "I'm a cowboy, you're an Indian" -- cops and robbers. I think this is coming back to that kind of world, where you can play games while you're out moving in the real world in a different type of way.
Not that I think there's anything wrong with your approach, but it'll be interesting to see if there's a way to incorporate more creativity on the user side: thematic, or rules, or setting.
We're creating our own events and crafting some rules, but players themselves can create their own events. So they can do something like, "I bet you 20 bucks that I can control that portal by midnight." And we're seeing some of that. Or they're creating their own event -- "Let's create our own event, and battle over these five portals" or "let's see who can earn the most points in the game in the next five hours."
I definitely see this as more of some of the tools, and in a lot of ways Ingress is a freeform game. People kind of create their own games out of it. Kind of like how with basketball, you have a basketball and a hoop, and there's an official way to play basketball, but you can also just create a game of horse or create your own games, and that's the kind of thing we want to encourage.
I would imagine there was a game people organized around PAX, people flying in from all over the country.
They do their own meetups. We have our official meetups, but people are organizing their own meetups as well. They create their own Google+ communities as well, so there will be an East Bay Enlightened group, or a South Bay Resistance group. Sometimes you have to prove your identity. You have to meet up on a street corner, and show them the scanner, that you're really Resistance, and then they'll let you into the group as they trust you more. There are fun elements like that as well.
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Android News / All News / ChipSip's SiME Smart Headphones Unveiled At Computex
ChipSip's SiME Smart Headphones Unveiled At Computex
By Justin Diaz
Wearable technology has seen some interesting and innovative new devices hit the market over the past few years, but not all wearables appear as attractive as others. That of course, shouldn't degrade the attention to what they promise in terms of use. What some may lack in style, they may make up for in functionality. Some of the most controversial pieces of wearable tech have been centered around smart glasses, and with good reason given the capabilities they possess, with the most notorious in the media being Google Glass as it's drawn the most attention, both good and bad.
Glass has inspired no shortage of clones or close look-alike competitors from other companies, all looking to get a piece of the pie in an otherwise untouched area of the wearables market. One of the most recent sets of smart glasses are interestingly enough, not just smart glasses. In fact, they're not smart glasses at all, but rather smart headphones with a heads-up-display type attachment which looks like Google Glass. They're called the SiME Smart Headphones and are developed by a company called ChipSip, who showcased the device at the recent Computex conference in Taipei this week.
Short of looking like Google Glass, the heads-up-display on the SiME smart headphones also functions in much the same way, with a similar touchpad that's been integrated into the arm unit that runs along the side of the wearer's face. Using this touchpad is how users will navigate the different features of the headset/smart headphones mashup, which isn't at all unlike how you control Google Glass. The device runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and will reportedly allow users to stream videos from their Android phones as well as act as an immersive entertainment product to provide users with audio sensory stimulation that pairs up with the visuals from the heads-up display unit. Users should also be able to browse the web or stream and listen to music with the device when it becomes available to purchase, although at this time there is no word on when exactly it will be available, and there's no word yet on cost of the unit. ChipSip's other wearable device called the SiME Smart Glasses are available for developers for around $550, so with these providing extra functionality don't be surprised to see them cost a little bit more.
Justin Diaz
Justin has written for Android Headlines since 2012 and currently adopts a Editor role with a specific focus on mobile gaming and game-streaming services. Prior to the move to Android Headlines Justin spent almost eight years working directly within the wireless industry. Contact him at [email protected]


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You'll find Arthouse Hotel situated in the heart of Liverpool. Surrounding the hotel, you'll find the city's best bars and clubs, one of Liverpool's best loved streets, Bold Street and the lovely FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology).
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While Lips is arguably one of Warhol's most simplistic pieces of art, the colourful creation is certainly striking. Warhol fans have suggested that this early piece of art foreshadows the Pop Art pioneer's future work.
Much like Warhol's most famous pieces, Lips uses repetitive images to convey a common theme. While Marilyn Monroe's face was repeated in Marilyn Diptych (1962) to depict the Hollywood star's continuous media presence, Lips evokes a similar idea, presented in a more simplistic form.
Arguably, Lips represents the common features of humans. We all associate our lips with common parts of everyday life, including talking, eating and kissing. By making small alterations to each set of lips, Warhol represents human variety, united by our paralleled features.
Andy Warhol is renowned for his Pop art masterpieces, ranging from earlier works such as Lips to the iconic Menlove Ave. LP cover. Warhol's fixation with celebrity and pop culture fuelled some truly timeless pieces of work.
The term Pop art was coined by Lawrence Alloway in 1955, to describe a rising modern art form inspired by imagery related to pop culture and consumerism.
Accessible to the masses, pop iconography included images of celebrities, advertisments and consumer product packaging.
Pop art flourished throughout the 1960s. Proving a stark contrast to Abstract Expressionism, Pop art resonated with the general public, not just critics and museum regulars.
The movement aimed to break away from the personal symbolism that could be derived from abstract expressionism. Instead, pop art pioneers set out to showcase the world in a recognisable, relatable way.
The meaning behind their work tended to be easily digestable. Its simplicity and straight forward messaging almost mirrored the quick and fleeting nature of consumer culture's trends and headlines.
Warhol undoubtedly paved the way with pop art, creating art pieces that feel just as relevant today as they were then. With his unique style and thoughtfully chosen imagery, Warhol's vivid work is distinguishable worldwide.
Born in Pennsylvania, Andy Warhol moved to New York in 1949, the home to his own studio, The Factory. Warhol had enjoyed a period of working as a commercial artist for magazines and also worked designing adverts and window displays. It wasn't until the 1960s that the artist began the shift to pop art.
Warhol's journey to becoming an international artist included a variety of impressive career moves. Warhol's work involved some of America's biggest names, including Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy and Elvis Presley.
Warhol was also involved in the New Realists exhibition held in New York. This was a defining moment for pop art, as it was the first significant exhibition to showcase the art form.


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Home Cloud & Networking News Google's second innings in China: Exploring cloud partnerships with Tencent and others
Google's second innings in China: Exploring cloud partnerships with Tencent and others
Bhagyashree R
August 7, 2018 - 11:00 am
Google with the aims of re-entering the Chinese market, is in talks with the top companies in China like Tencent Holdings Ltd. (the company which owns the popular social media site, WeChat) and Inspur Group. Its aim is to expand their cloud services in the second-largest economy. According to some people who are familiar with the ongoing discussion, the talks began in early 2018 and Google was able to narrow down to three firms in late March. But because of the US – China trade war there is an uncertainty, whether this will materialize or not.
Why is Google interested in cloud partnerships with Chinese tech giants?
In many countries, Google rents computing power and storage over the internet and sells the G Suite, which includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and more tools for business. These run on their data centers. It wants to collaborate with the domestic data center and server providers in China to run internet-based services as China requires the digital information to be stored in the country. This is the reason why they need to partner with the local players.
A tie-up with large Chinese tech firms, like Tencent and Inspur will also give Google powerful allies as it attempts a second innings in China after its earlier exit from the country in 2010. A cloud partnership with China will help them compete with their rivals like Amazon and Microsoft.
With Tencent by their side, it will be able to go up against the local competitors including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
How Google has been making inroads to China in the recent past
In December, Google launched its AI China Center, the first such center in Asia, at the Google Developer Days event in Shanghai.
In January Google agreed to a patent licensing deal with Tencent Holdings Ltd. This agreement came with an understanding that the two companies would team up on developing future technologies. Google could host services on Tencent's data centers and the company could also promote its services to their customers.
Reportedly, to expand its boundaries to China, Google has agreed upon launching a search engine which will comply with the Chinese cybersecurity regulations. A project code-named Dragonfly has been underway since spring of 2017, and accelerated after the meeting between its CEO Sundar Pichai and top Chinese government official in December 2017.
It has launched a WeChat mini program and reportedly developing an news app for China.
It's building a cloud data center region in Hong Kong this year. Joining the recently launched Mumbai, Sydney, and Singapore regions, as well as Taiwan and Tokyo, this will be the sixth GCP region in Asia Pacific.
With no official announcements, we can only wait and see what happens in the future. But from the above examples, we can definitely conclude that Google is trying to expand its boundaries to China, and that too in full speed.
To know more about this recent Google's partnership with China in detail, you can refer to the full coverage on the Bloomberg's report.
Google to launch a censored search engine in China, codenamed Dragonfly
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Data Engineering Cloud Customers Recognize Trifacta as Leader with a Record Number of Awards in Eight Categories in G2 Fall 2021 Reports
Trifacta earns multiple accolades across Data Preparation, Data Quality, ETL Tools, and iPaaS
SAN FRANCISCO, September 15, 2021 — Trifacta, the Data Engineering Cloud company, today announced that G2 recognized the company with a record eight awards in the Fall 2021 reports. Trifacta earned the "Leader" recognition, which represents the highest quadrant, in grids for data preparation, data quality, ETL tools, and iPaas based on customer feedback. Trifacta came out ahead of companies including Microsoft Data Quality, SAP Data Management, Informatica Cloud Data Quality, Oracle Data Quality, IBM, and many more.
"Customer feedback is the most valuable way to assess a business, and knowing Trifacta customers have once again ranked our data engineering cloud in the top position is an honor," said Adam Wilson, CEO at Trifacta. "Businesses of all sizes working to wrangle data and navigate cloud data warehousing need a trusted teammate and technology. This recognition from G2 solidifies Trifacta as that key partner."
The G2 Grids are based on ratings for levels of customer satisfaction and of likeliness to recommend from real users on G2, the world's leading business solutions review website. Trifacta received top feedback from customers across industries, including IT, software, banking, and more. One reviewer called Trifacta an "easy to use solution with high-value returns."
"It is the authentic voice of the customer that powers our reports at G2 – ranking B2B software founded on users' experience in buying, implementing, and using it," said Tom Pringle, Vice President, Research at G2. "We are delighted to highlight the tangible achievements of software solutions ranked on our site as they showcase the voice of the user while delivering valuable, actionable insights to other potential buyers and users."
"I am in machine learning and AI as a data analyst. Trifacta is by far the most convenient software I have used by far," wrote Stacey R., a verified current user. "I am able to create flows and save them in order to use those data transformations again when we run similar reporting."
Trifacta received the following 2021 G2 awards:
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It's a way of life in the 21st century.
Anymore, it's hard to name someone who doesn't do business online in one form or another.
Online shoppers can buy cars, clothes and millions of other things with the click of a button and figurative swipe of a credit card. In fact, U.S. consumers spend $1,200-$1,300 per year online, but that number will increase by 44%, to $1,738, by 2016. In that year, e-commerce sales are expected to hit $327 billion.
Think there's room for you?
Well, if you're motivated enough to enjoy what the Dot Com lifestyle offers — like financial independence and more time to do what you want to do — then you know there's room!
The multi-billion-dollar e-commerce industry is a part of our everyday lives, but many don't realize the numbers and history behind it, so we collected 17 things you probably don't know about e-commerce.
1. By connecting a modified domestic television with a phone line, Michael Aldrich invented online shopping in 1979.
2. Although Amazon launched in 1995, the first yearly profit wasn't until 2003, and as of June 2012, the average order value was $47.31.
3. Because of forced account registration, online users abandon their shopping carts 26% of the time.
4. Netflix wasn't the first online DVD subscription service — Blockbuster announced Blockbuster.com in 2004, but it's unclear whether services such as Netflix and Redbox led to its ultimate bankruptcy.
5. In 2014, PayPal was processing 3,000,000 transactions per second.
7. Approximately 46% of online users count on social media when making a purchase decision.
9. In 2010, Groupon turned down Google's $6 billion offer and became an IPO the following year. Big mistake. There are things to be said about striking while the iron is hot.
11. India is home to the fastest growing e-commerce market, and France is home to the slowest ecommerce growth.
12. E-commerce sales are expected to surpass $200 billion in 2012.
13. Consumers spend between $1,200 and $1,300 on online shopping per year.
14. E-retail will grow to 9% in 2016, up from 7% today.
15. Online sales from social networks will grow 93% percent per year within the next four years, according to consulting firm Booz & Company.
16. From 2011 to 2016, 15% more people will shop online, taking the number to 192 million in the U.S.
17. Analysts say that an explosion in the mobile payments market is just around the corner. In a recent report from eMarketer, which looked at projections from a number of high-profile market research firms including Gartner and Juniper Research, the firm said that in 2012 the U.S. mobile payments market will be worth $640 million. And by 2016 the total transaction value of mobile payments in the U.S. will hit $62.24 billion. The user base is still relatively small, with only 7.9 million users in 2012. But usage should grow during the next few years to 48.1 million mobile payment users by 2016.


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using System;
using UnitTestDemo.Lib;

namespace UnitTestDemo
{
    static class Program
    {
        /*
         * This demo is designed to illustrate the concept of unit
         * testing. The main program demonstrates a simple calculator
         * class and some of its various use cases. The Lib directory
         * contains the code for the calculator class, and the Tests
         * directory contains the unit tests for the calculator class.
         * In an actual production scenario, you will want to make
         * the unit tests themselves a separate assembly (.dll) in
         * the solution, so they can be built and packaged separate
         * from the main application they are testing. The tests are
         * included in this assembly for simplicity's sake.
         *
         * The tests methods for addition, multiplication, and
         * exponentiation are intentionally written to fail. The
         * addition test fails due to an errorin the test itself,
         * while the multiplication and exponentiation tests fail due
         * to bugs in the calculator "production" code itself.
         *
         */
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var calculator = new Calculator();

            // Set memory
            calculator.Memory = 12;
            Console.WriteLine("Calculator memory = " + calculator.Memory);

            // Do addition
            int firstNumber = 10;
            int secondNumber = 20;
            int sum = calculator.Add(firstNumber, secondNumber);
            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Sum of {0} plus {1} = {2}", firstNumber, secondNumber, sum));

            // Do multiplication
            int product = calculator.Multiply(firstNumber, secondNumber);
            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Product of {0} times {1} = {2}", firstNumber, secondNumber, product));

            // Do division
            int numerator = 4;
            int denominator = 2;
            int quotient = calculator.Divide(numerator, denominator);
            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Quotient of {0} divided by {1} = {2}", numerator, denominator, quotient));

            // Do exponentiation
            double baseNumber = 2;
            double power = 8;
            double exponent = calculator.Power(baseNumber, power);
            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Value of {0} to the power {1} = {2}", baseNumber, power, exponent));

            // Take the logarithm
            double logarithm = calculator.Log(power, exponent);
            Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Value of LOG base {0} of {1} = {2}", exponent, power, logarithm));

            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue...");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}


friends Kit and Julian were married for 64 years. When Kit died after years of decline from Alzheimer's, their friends wondered how Julian would manage. At her memorial service I couldn't stop the tears when I embraced him, a prince of a man.
Julian took care of Kit at home until it became too much for one person to handle, and they moved into Green Hill, a multi-level senior healthcare facility. He was fit enough to have stayed in their apartment, but he wanted to be with his wife.
Julian asked their minister if he would conduct a ceremony to renew their wedding vows. It was the sort of outrageously devoted thing that Julian would find perfectly normal. The minister said it was "the most unusual wedding I've ever seen. Kit may not have been aware of exactly what was happening, but she knew very obviously and very warmly that it had something to do with her and the man she loved." Their life was not all roses, but they kept choosing each other for 64 years.
The day after Kit's memorial service I visited my aunt in another nursing home. In the lobby, I saw a man splayed out asleep in a wheelchair, his head canted sharply to one side, his mouth open. In a wheelchair parallel to him but facing in the other direction sat an ancient woman. She had her hand on his wrist and gazed at him steadily, keeping watch over the wreck of her beloved.
My most recent read, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, instructs readers to live life's every moment "with full attention as if you were discovering what you were [doing] for the first time." These two couples lived out this universal wisdom, re-committing themselves again and again every day.


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Señor, dame paciencia es una serie de televisión española de comedia, creada por Benjamín Herranz y Juan Ramón Ruiz de Somavía, y basada en la película del mismo nombre de 2017, que fue escrita y dirigida por Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo. La serie está protagonizada por Jordi Sánchez, quien repite su papel de la película original, junto a Félix Gómez, Norma Ruiz, Carol Rovira y Adam Jezierski, entre otros. Se estrenó en Atresplayer Premium el 2 de enero de 2022, antes de su llegada a Antena 3.

Sinopsis
Gregorio es un padre de familia ultraconservador, reaccionario y lleno de prejuicios; un hombre que vive agredido por un mundo en cambio que entiende cada vez menos.

Gregorio pasa sus días instalado en la permanente irritación mientras confronta su relación con sus hijos, cada cual más alejado de sus planteamientos vitales: Carlos, casado con Pablo, un aspirante a diseñador; Goyito, sometido a los cómics, los videojuegos y los snacks; Alicia, una activista perroflauta; y Sandra, vendida al ecologismo y casada con Javi, un charlatán pirado por la naturaleza.

Gregorio se siente como Job, puesto a prueba por Dios, que no para de mandarle calamidades. La última de ellas, perder su casa y su trabajo como director de sucursal de un banco, quedando en la calle y a merced de la hospitalidad de sus hijos, que no tendrán más remedio que ir turnándose para acogerle.

Para colmo de males, debe afrontar esta etapa sin la ayuda de su mujer, María, a la que echa mucho de menos. Para bien o para mal, María, que falleció en un accidente, se le sigue apareciendo desde el más allá y no cesa de censurar y corregir los exabruptos de Gregorio: lo que sea por conseguir que la maltrecha familia siga unida.

Reparto

Principales
 Jordi Sánchez como Gregorio Zaldívar.
 Norma Ruiz como Sandra Zaldívar Ramos, la hija mayor de Gregorio.
 Félix Gómez como Carlos Zaldívar Ramos, el segundo hijo de Gregorio.
 Carol Rovira como Alicia Zaldívar Ramos, la hija mediana de Gregorio.
 Adam Jezierski como Goyito Zaldívar Ramos, el hijo pequeño de Gregorio.
 Carlos Librado como Javi, marido de Sandra.
 Santi Cuquejo como Pablo, marido de Carlos.
 Jorge Suquet como Gonzo
 Darío Paso como Fructuoso
 Lucía Ramos como Lluvia
 Jairo Sánchez como Merlín
 Mafalda Carbonell como Nuria Rubiales
 Belinda Washington como Candela Morrón

Invitados
 Silvia Abril como María Ramos, la mujer fallecida de Gregorio.

Episodios

Producción
En junio de 2020 se anunció la producción de una nueva serie para Antena 3 basada en la película del mismo nombre de 2017 (Señor, dame paciencia). Además, se anunció que la serie está protagonizada por Jordi Sánchez, el mismo protagonista del film.  El reparto principal de la serie se fue anunciando en los meses de septiembre y octubre del mismo año, siendo los hijos de Jordi Sánchez (Gregorio): Carol Rovira (Alicia), Adam Jezierski (Goyito), Norma Ruiz (Sandra) y Félix Gómez (Carlos). También repite en el papel de la mujer de Gregorio Rossy de Palma, quien ya lo hizo en el filme original. La serie comenzó su rodaje en octubre de 2020.

El 27 de octubre de 2020 se anuncia que Rossy de Palma se cae del reparto por problemas de agenda; y en su lugar se incorpora Silvia Abril para interpretar a María.

Marketing y lanzamiento
El 2 de diciembre de 2021, Atresmedia Televisión sacó el póster de la serie y anunció que se estrenaría en Atresplayer Premium en enero de 2022. El 17 de diciembre de 2021, se anunció que la serie se estrenaría el 2 de enero de 2022.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Series de televisión de España iniciadas en 2022
Series de televisión en español
Series de televisión de comedia de España

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Q: Error while extracting data from Sybase using OLE DB in SSIS I am having problems extracting data from Sybase using Advantage 11 OLE DB Provider in SSIS (2017).
I can connect to the database, see the list of tables, and, when selecting a table as a data source I can see the columns.
However, when I click Preview (or run the data flow task), I get this error:

The provider cannot derive parameter information from the command.
  Use SetParameterInfo. (Advantage OLE DB Provider)

I am using no parameters, my Data Access mode is set to Table or View (see attached screenshot)

In project properties, Run64bitRuntime is set to False.
What am I missing?   Thanks!!

A: While searching on this issue, i found an old official reference that is related to advantage ole db provider release 1.0 (since 2000), they mentioned that:
Title:

"The Provider Cannot Derive Parameter Information From the Command. Use SetParameterInfo". Occurs When Using a Client Side Cursor with OLE DB

Problem Description:

"The provider cannot derive parameter information from the command. Use SetParameterInfo" occurs when setting the CursorLocation to use a client-side with the Advantage OLE DB Provider.

Solution:

This is a known issue in the 1.0 release of the Advantage OLE DB Provider, and is being looked into by the Advantage R&D team. The 1.1 release of the Advantage OLE DB Provider should have this problem fixed. Meanwhile, set the CursorLocation to use a server-side cursor as a work around. Server-side cursors work with the Advantage Database Server and the Advantage Local Server.

I searched on how to set CursorLocation to server side, maybe you have to set Advantage Server Type property in the connection string. Really i didn't worked with this type of connections but you can refer to the following articles to see some examples:

*

*Advantage OLE DB Provider connection strings

*Sybase Advantage connection strings
Also i found some official Microsoft articles concerning the CursorLocation property, but really i don't know where to change this property:

*

*The Significance of Cursor Location

*The Microsoft Cursor Service for OLE DB

*Recordset Object (ADO)

*CursorLocation Property (ADO)

Update 1 - OLE DB Services
Try working around with the OLEDB Services values in the OLEDB connection manager:

Also try to change the OLEDB Services value manually in the connectionstring referring to the following article:

*

*Connection pooling in OLE DB .NET Data Provider applications

Update 2 - Other Providers
Try using other providers to connect to Sybase such as Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Data Provider or ODBC, there are many links that describe the whole process:

*

*Import and Export from SQL Server to Sybase DB using SSIS

*SSIS with Sybase Connectors

*connecting to Sybase from Sqlserver SSIS

*Extracting data from Sybase SQL Anywhere using SSIS through ODBC

*Powerful SAP Sybase ADO.NET driver

A: So I finally solved this, but not with OLE DB.  Instead, I used Advantage .NET Data Provider Release 11.1.  Then in Visual Studio, I used ADO.NET connection manager, where I changed provider to Advantage Data Provider and that did the trick.

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My Top 10 Most Memorable Thriller Reads
Published on October 28, 2019 by Bryan
Now that I've introduced the world to my first thriller, Simon Says, I thought it'd be fun to look back at the thrillers that most inspired my love for the genre and have stuck with me over the years. Here are the top 10. All highly recommended.
1. The Brotherhood of The Rose by David Morrell—a classic espionage thriller about orphans taken in by a politically connected spymaster and raised as assassins and special agents who work all over the world taking out undesirables for their "dad" and his powerful friend. An amazing thrill ride with great twists and turns. This one is so good I like to reread it every few years. It was made into a weak TV movie and never got the same respect as the author's more famous Rambo books.
2. The Firm by John Grisham—actually Grisham's second book but the one that put him on the map. Published in 1991 2 years after his debut A Time To Kill went almost unnoticed, this one sold millions and put Grisham on the map, also inspiring a hit 1993 film starring Tom Cruise. This is the book that really established Grisham's legal thriller formula with an idealistic hero finding himself caught up in a corrupt system that winds up threatening his life and everything he believes in. A great read, one I couldn't put down, it remains a great example of great pacing, plotting, and characterization, whatever you think of the author's simpler literally style.
3. Every Dead Thing by John Connolly—One of the great first novels of a truly great series. It may be popular fiction but has all the literary style of a classic. Mixing supernatural horror with noir detectives, it tells the tale of a private detective haunted by the murders of his beloved wife and daughter who takes on the case of a missing girl at the request of his former partner and finds himself drawn into a world where the ghosts of the dead haunt the living, and thirty-year-old killings shrouded in mystery and lies haunt the survivors. Truly a stunning read with unparalleled characterization and lyrical prose. Winner of the Shamus Award for best first P.I. novel.
4. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly—another great debut, this novel introduced thriller fans to LAPD Detective Heironymous Bosch of Hollywood Division, who's haunted by the death of his mother, as he investigates the murder of a homeless vet that seems connected to a spectacular underground bank robbery and finds himself drawn to FBI agent Eleanor Wish who's assigned to the case. Winner of the Edgar Award for best first novel, it also loosely inspired season 3 of Amazon's fantastic Bosch tv series. Not to be missed.
5. Hard Fall by Ridley Pearson—If ever a novel begged to be made into a movie, it was this one. Following FBI Agent Cam Daggett as he investigates the downing of commercial flight 1023 which killed his parents and son, Daggett is on the trail of a killer with only one clue: a name, Anthony Kort. This one had edge-of-your-seat plotting, great characterization, and fun twists and turns that keep you guessing. My favorite Pearson book, one that is far too often overlooked. From 1992.
6. Naked Prey by John Sanford—Not the first in Sanford's terrific Prey series but the first I read, this book introduced me not only to Lucas Davenport of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension but also to his soon-to-be adopted daughter Lettie, whom he encounters for the first time while investigating a murder case with his partner Del Capslock. All the core elements that make the series so addictive are in place here from the strong, engaging supporting cast to the mix of humor to solid plotting and genuine suspense. A great read from start to finish. After I finished, I started reading the rest of the series in series order and have eagerly anticipated each new Prey book every year since.
7. The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh—a 1973 nonfiction book written by a sergeant for the LAPD, it chronicles the kidnapping of two plainclothes LAPD officers by a pair of criminals during a traffic stop and the subsequent murder of one of the officers. Set in March 1963, the book reads like a novel and is highly gritty and compelling, an unforgettable read. It was later made into a 1979 film that starred a young Ted Danson as one of the two murdered cops and James Woods as one of the killers. A case with real life suspense and drama that led to a change in California law as well as inspired real life efforts on victim's behalves. As good as nonfiction gets. Just as compelling as Truman Capote's In Cold Blood or my next entry.
8. Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Carl Gentry—Considered the best true crime book in history, prosecutor Bugliosi offers a first hand account of his prosecution and the investigation leading to it surround the infamous Manson murders by Charles Manson and his follows in 1969 Los Angeles. Another can't put it down read that has inspired several films and a miniseries, it remains the definitive account of a real life case that even fifty years later continues to fascinate the public and law officers alike. Reading this book at home alone in my basement room prompted me to start locking doors in our house in a quiet Kansas suburb and consequently to locking my surprise parents out one night. Later, they both read it and my mother has insisted on locked doors ever since. Truly heartpounding suspense made all the more scary by the fact it is true.
9. The Hostage by WEB Griffin—Brimming with rich characters, strong action, and cutting-edge drama, this is the second in Griffin's hit Presidential Agent novels, but the first I encountered, about homeland security agent Charley Castillo discreetly investigating an American diplomat's murder in Argentina and searching for his kidnapped wife. Touching on the UN/Iraq Food oil-f0r-food scandal, it is a page turning read that hooked me on yet another series. By a surprisingly prolific author whose style reminds of Tom Clancy without all the endless technical and research gobbledy gook that bog down his pacing and clog his already thick tomes.
10. Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy—My favorite of Clancy's books, a rare standalone effort, this reads like a giant miniseries, a war novel co-written with Larry Bond, who is uncredited on the cover and title pages, which debuted at number 1 on the New York Times bestseller list in 1986 and chronicles a third world war in the mid-1980s between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces. It is considered unique for depicting the conflict as being fought exclusively with convention weapons, despite the existence of weapons of mass destruction on both sides. One of only two Clancy novels not set in the Jack Ryan universe.
If you enjoy thrillers like these, please be sure and check out my debut thriller, a hit with readers, Simon Says, first in my John Simon Thrillers series about a tough Kansas City Detective who hates technology but must team with an android witness to solve his partner's kidnapping in 2029 K.C. Gritty, realistic, and heavily researched, it is plotted to follow how real investigations unfold rather than standard formulas. So far readers love it, and I think thriller fans like you will too. Find buy links, a 3 chapter sample, and more here.
Be sure and let me know your favorite thrillers in comments.
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A. Warrior and Archer
In the official contest this problem has a different statement, for which jury's solution was working incorrectly, and for this reason it was excluded from the contest. This mistake have been fixed and the current given problem statement and model solution corresponds to what jury wanted it to be during the contest.
Vova and Lesha are friends. They often meet at Vova's place and compete against each other in a computer game named The Ancient Papyri: Swordsink. Vova always chooses a warrior as his fighter and Leshac chooses an archer. After that they should choose initial positions for their characters and start the fight. A warrior is good at melee combat, so Vova will try to make the distance between fighters as small as possible. An archer prefers to keep the enemy at a distance, so Lesha will try to make the initial distance as large as possible.
There are n (n is always even) possible starting positions for characters marked along the Ox axis. The positions are given by their distinct coordinates x1, x2, ..., xn, two characters cannot end up at the same position.
Vova and Lesha take turns banning available positions, Vova moves first. During each turn one of the guys bans exactly one of the remaining positions. Banned positions cannot be used by both Vova and Lesha. They continue to make moves until there are only two possible positions remaining (thus, the total number of moves will be n - 2). After that Vova's character takes the position with the lesser coordinate and Lesha's character takes the position with the bigger coordinate and the guys start fighting.
Vova and Lesha are already tired by the game of choosing positions, as they need to play it before every fight, so they asked you (the developer of the The Ancient Papyri: Swordsink) to write a module that would automatically determine the distance at which the warrior and the archer will start fighting if both Vova and Lesha play optimally.
The first line on the input contains a single integer n (2 ≤ n ≤ 200 000, n is even) — the number of positions available initially. The second line contains n distinct integers x1, x2, ..., xn (0 ≤ xi ≤ 109), giving the coordinates of the corresponding positions.
Print the distance between the warrior and the archer at the beginning of the fight, provided that both Vova and Lesha play optimally.
In the first sample one of the optimum behavior of the players looks like that:
Vova bans the position at coordinate 15;
Lesha bans the position at coordinate 3;
Lesha bans the position at coordinate 1.
After these actions only positions 0 and 7 will remain, and the distance between them is equal to 7.
In the second sample there are only two possible positions, so there will be no bans.


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Mayer Brown partner David Carpenter named a "Legal Advisor of the Year" finalist by M&A Advisor;...
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Corporate & Securities partner David Carpenter (New York) has been named a finalist in the "Legal Advisor of the Year" category of the 2013 M&A Advisor Awards.
Mr. Carpenter was selected for leading a Mayer Brown team that represented Nestlé in its $11.85 billion acquisition of Pfizer's infant nutrition business. The transaction was one of the largest acquisitions announced in 2012 in the United States and expands the company's presence in the global infant formula market.
"Since the inception of the M&A Advisor Awards in 2002, we have been recognizing the leading dealmakers, firms and transactions," said David Fergusson, President of The M&A Advisor. "And each year we celebrate the creativity, perseverance and ingenuity of our industry's professionals."
In addition, Mayer Brown advised on several transactions that The M&A Advisor named finalists in various categories:
• M&A Deal of the Year (over $1 billion): Acquisition of a 40% interest in Pioneer Natural Resources Company by Sinochem Petroleum USA LLC;
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• M&A Deal of the Year (over $1 billion): Acquisition of Pfizer's infant nutrition business by Nestlé;
• Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year (over $1 billion): Acquisition of Pfizer's infant nutrition business by Nestlé;
• Cross-Border Deal of the Year (over $500 million): Acquisition of Pfizer's infant nutrition business by Nestlé;
• Sector Deal of the Year – Healthcare/Life Sciences (over $500 million): Acquisition of Pfizer's infant nutrition business by Nestlé;
• Sector Deal of the Year – Financial Services Deal of the Year (over $200 million): Section 363 bankruptcy sale of Residential Capital, LLC substantially all operating and mortgage assets;
• Sector Deal of the Year – Technology, Media, Telecom (between $10 million and $100 million): Sale of Comverse Inc.'s stake in Starhome to Fortissimo Capital;
• Sector Deal of the Year – Energy: Acquisition of a 40% interest in Pioneer Natural Resources Company by Sinochem Petroleum USA LLC; and
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We kick off with a presentation from Prof dr Gunther Antonissen from Ghent University in Belgium. Prof Antonissen currently has more than 40 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals and is a well-known speaker at international events. In his presentation for this webinar, he will update the audience on the impact of low to moderate levels of mycotoxins on intestinal health and how to deal with masked mycotoxins and the intestine. He will also touch on how dietary factors can influence mycotoxin-induced illnesses.
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UPDATED HASC SCHEDULE, APRIL 29-MAY 3
Washington, DC - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) released an update to the schedule of public events for the week of April 29-May 3.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hearing: Feres Doctrine – A Policy in Need of Reform?
(2:00 PM – 2118 – Open)
SFC Richard Stayskal, USA
Special Forces Green Beret
Ms. Alexis Witt
Widow of Staff Sergeant Dean Witt and Advocate for Feres Reform
Ms. Rebecca Lipe, J.D.
Former Air Force Judge Advocate and Associate Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Service Women's Action Network
Dr. Dwight Stirling, J.D., LL.M
Center for Law and Military Policy
Mr. Paul Figley, J.D.
Professor of Legal Rhetoric
American University Washington College of Law
Full Committee Hearing: National Security Challenges and U.S. Military Activity in North and South America
(10:00 am – Rayburn 2118 – Open)
Adm. Craig S. Faller, U.S. Navy
U.S. Southern Command
General Terrance J. O'Shaughnessy, U.S. Air Force
U.S. Northern Command
Mr. Kenneth P. Rapuano
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Hearing: Department of the Army Modernization Programs
(2:00 pm - Rayburn 2118 – Open)
The Honorable Bruce D. Jette
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
Gen. John M. Murray, USA
Commander, Army Futures Command
Lt. Gen. James F. Pasquarette, USA
Deputy Chief of Staff, Army (Programs)
Mr. Jon R. Ludwigson
Acting Director, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions
Subcommittee on Readiness Hearing: Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for Military Construction, Energy, and Environmental Programs"
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The Honorable Robert H. McMahon
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
The Honorable John W. Henderson
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy
Department Air Force
The Honorable Alex A. Beehler
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment
Mr. Todd C. Mellon
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Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Hearing: Department of the Air Force Acquisition and Modernization Programs in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization President's Budget Request
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The Honorable Will Roper
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
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Air Combat Command
Maj. Gen. David S. Nahom, U.S. Air Force
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The Honorable Robert F. Behler
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
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Director, Defense Weapon System Acquisitions
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Alice Hargrave and Barbara Diener: Unfolded and Brought to Light: Artist Talk
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Alice Hargrave and Barbara Diener: Unfolded and Brought to Light
Artist Talk: Saturday, October 22, 2022, 2:00 PM
Followed by performance by Ana Hoops
Exhibition Dates: September 18 – October 29, 2022
On View: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 1:00 – 5:00 PM
Curated by Laura Husar Garcia
Semblance: Unfolded and Brought to Light explores new ways of storytelling, combining threads from science, nature, past and present. Hargrave incorporates photographic imagery within layered site-specific installations addressing impermanence: environmental insecurity, habitat loss, and species extinctions. Diener challenges the often dual retelling of significant 20th century events, starting in Nazi-era Germany and culminating in the moon landing. Both artists make the invisible visible through their research-based work that prompts us to reflect.
-Laura Husar Garcia
Alice Hargrave, a photo based artist in Chicago, incorporates sound, video, and photographic imagery within layered site specific installations addressing impermanence: environmental insecurity, habitat loss, and species extinctions. Recently, The Canary in the Lake, exhibition and monograph, revisualizes climate related data from lakes on all seven continents in collaboration with GLEON— Global Lakes Environmental Observation Network.
Hargrave collaborated with The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, to create her project Last Calls, portraits of threatened birds using sound wave patterns of their vocalizations in the wild. Last Calls is widely exhibited, notably in Lianzhou, China and Beacon, NY, winning a 2020 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Grant as well as the finalist award in 2019. The bird call patterns are also translated into "Haute Couture" garments by Dovima Paris where profits directly benefit the birds. Paradise Wavering Hargrave's monograph (Daylight 2016) and extensive solo exhibition traveled to multiple venues across the United States.
Hargrave, is included in several permanent collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Art Institute of Chicago Artist Book Collection, the Ruttenberg Collection, Nuveen, Willis Tower, Hyatt corp. and many private collections. She has exhibited internationally, been reviewed in journals such as Huffington Post, BBC News, and Artnet, and her research led her to artist residencies in the Florida Keys, Montana, and Northern Wisconsin. Hargrave taught full time at Columbia College Chicago, currently she is doing conservation work and is a climate activist.
https://www.alicehargrave.com/
Barbara Diener (b. Germany) received her Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography from the California College of the Arts and Masters in Fine Art in Photography from Columbia College Chicago.
Her work has been exhibited at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park, IL, David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM, Invisible Dog Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Pingyao Photo Festival, China, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT and Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA among others. Diener's photographs are part of several private and institutional collections including the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
Diener has participated in several highly ambitious and competitive artist residency programs, the Fields Project in Oregon, IL, ACRE in Steuben, WI, and HATCH Projects through the Chicago Artist Coalition. She is a winner of Flash Forward 2013, the recipient of a Follett Fellowship at Columbia College Chicago and was awarded the Albert P. Weisman Award in 2012 and 2013. Additionally, Diener received an Individual Artist Grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Events in 2015, 2018, and 2020. In June 2018 Daylight Books published Diener's first book Phantom Power and she is working a book of her current project The Rocket's Red Glare.
Barbara Diener is the Collection Manager in the Department of Photography and Media at the Art Institute of Chicago and teaches photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
http://www.barbaradienerphotography.com
Laura Husar Garcia is a photographer, curator and creative director. Her work has been exhibited widely, including The Barcelona Foto Biennial, The Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography in Prague, Fotofever at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France, The Polish Museum of America in Chicago, Fotofest Biennial in Houston, Texas, Photo Independent in Los Angeles, California, The Rangefinder Gallery in Chicago and Tilt Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. She will be presenting work at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachusetts, with Shootapalooza, in September 2022 and the Fermilab Art Gallery in Batavia, Illinois in October 2022.
Garcia is a past winner of the International Julia Margaret Cameron Photography Award and a Photolucida Critical Mass top 200 finalist. Garcia won a 1st place Community Grant from the Illinois Humanities Council and was a recipient of an artist residency at Riverside Arts Center in 2021.
Her photographs have been published in several books, including "America At Home: A Close-up Look at How We Live", one of the largest collaborative photography projects in publishing history. Her work has also been published in The New York Times, National Geographic Magazine, Newsweek, Slate Magazine, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Le Monde, and more.
Garcia is also the Creative Director of Three Story Media, which she founded with her husband, Alex Garcia. She serves on the Riverside Arts Center exhibition committee and is also the Vice President of the Board of Directors, and an Advisory Board Member of Fresh Lens Chicago, a free youth photography program in Chicago.
https://www.husargarcia.com
Ana Hoops / Ana Skolnik is constantly inspired by design that is inherent to our day-to-day surroundings. She draws information from structural grids, textiles and modular relief patterns to reorder and further examine how shapes and volumes come together. Her art practice employs hula hoops as a movement tool to illustrate geometric patterns as they appear in motion and how that relationship lends itself to ways we chronicle and articulate the seemingly elusive language of continuity and flow.
Riverside Arts Center
32 East Quincy Street
Riverside, IL 60546
www.riversideartscenter.com
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