Mr. Li Ning is the Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Viva China Holdings Limited. Mr. Li is a member of the executive committee of the Company since June 2010. Mr. Li was also appointed as the chairman of the nomination committee of the Company with effect from March 15, 2012. Mr. Li is the founder of the LI-NING brand and currently the chairman and an executive director of Li Ning Company Limited (Stock Code: 2331). He is primarily responsible for formulating the overall corporate strategies and planning of Li Ning Company Limited. In the 6th World Cup Gymnastics Competition in 1982, Mr. Li unprecedentedly won six gold medals in men's artistic gymnastics events and was named the "Prince of Gymnastics" in the PRC. In the 23rd Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, Mr. Li won three gold, two silver and one bronze medals, making him the athlete winning the most medals of that Olympic Games. In 1987, Mr. Li became the only Asian member of Athlete's Commission of the International Olympic Committee. He is currently an honorary member of the Federation Internationale De Gymnastique. After retiring in 1989 from his athlete career, Mr. Li initiated the idea of LI-NING brand with the goal of creating the first national sports goods brand in the PRC. He has dedicated the past 22 years to the development of the business of Li Ning Group, achieving great contribution to the development of the PRC's sports goods industry. Mr. Li holds a bachelor's degree in law from School of Law of Peking University, an executive M.B.A. degree from Guanghua School of Management of Peking University, an honorary doctorate in technology from Loughborough University in the United Kingdom and an honorary degree of doctor of humanities from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In June 2010, Mr. Li was also conferred honorary fellowship from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Mr. Cheung Chi serves as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary of the Company. Mr. Cheung has over 25 years of experience in financial management, corporate finance and administrative management. Mr. Cheung had been an executive director and the chief financial officer of Win Hanverky Holdings Limited (stock code: 3322), an integrated sportswear manufacturer, distributor and retailer for international sports and fashion brands, the shares of which are listed on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"). He had been the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Aspire Holdings Limited, which is a member of China Mobile Limited. Mr. Cheung had also been the chief financial officer of eBIS Company Ltd. and NIT Education Group, the financial controller of Liuzhou ZF Machinery Co. Ltd. and a senior consultant of Arthur Andersen (Shanghai) Business Consulting Co. Ltd. Mr. Cheung holds a Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accountancy from the City University of Hong Kong and a Degree of Master of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Mr. Chan Ling is Chief Operating Officer, Compliance Officer and Executive Director of Viva China Holdings Limited. He is a member of the executive committee and remuneration committee of the Company. Mr. Chan has been a member and the chairman of the nomination committee of the Company since June 2, 2010 and June 22, 2010 respectively, and ceased to hold any office of this committee on March 15, 2012. Mr. Chan joined the Group in June 2010 and is a director of Viva China Sports Holding Limited, Viva China Community Development Holdings Limited and various subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Chan was the chief executive officer of "The Chinese Athletes Educational Foundation". He has over 10 years of working experience in the media industry and in the sports agency industry.
Mr. Li Chunyang is the Executive Director of Viva China Holdings Limited., since June 2, 2010. Mr. Li is a member of the executive committee of the Company. Mr. Li joined the Group in June 2010 and is a director of, Viva China Community Development Holdings Limited and various subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Li graduated from Peking University in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in Economics. He was one of the founders of "The Chinese Athletes Educational Foundation". In 1989 and 1991, he won the World Gymnastics Championships.
Mr. Li Qilin is an Executive Director of Viva China Holdings Limited. He has been a director of Lead Ahead Limited ('Lead Ahead) since June 15, 2010. Mr. Li Qilin has experience in financial services industry and has been an analyst of Persistent Asset Management Limited since January 2010.
Mr. James Chan is the Non-Executive Director of Viva China Holdings lIMITED. He is an executive director, the project director and a member of the executive committee of Pacific Century Premium Development Limited (PCPD, Stock Exchange stock code: 0432), the shares of which are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. PCPD is mainly engaged in developing and managing premium property and infrastructure projects, as well as investing in premium-grade buildings, in the Asia-Pacific region and is majority-owned by PCCW Limited (PCCW, Stock Exchange stock code: 0008), the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange. He has been an independent non-executive director of Beijing Properties (Holdings) Limited (Stock Exchange stock code: 0925) since June 2011, the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange. He is also a member of the board of governors of The Independent Schools Foundation. Mr. Chan holds a bachelor of arts in architectural studies degree from the University of Hong Kong, a bachelor of architecture degree from University of Dundee in Scotland and an executive master of business administration degree from Tsinghua University. He is qualified as the Authorized Person (List I) and Registered Architect in Hong Kong, and is a member of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects, The Royal Institute of British Architects and The Australian Institute of Architects.
Mr. Ma Wing Man is the Non-Executive Director of Viva China Holdings Limited, since June 2, 2010. He is a member of the audit committee of the Company. Mr. Ma joined the Group in June 2010. Mr. Ma has been a member of the nomination committee of the Company during the period from 2 June 2010 to 15 March 2012. Mr. Ma has over 20 years of experience in finance and administration. Mr. Ma has been employed by "Li Ning Foundation" as the financial controller since 2005. From 1992 to 2005, Mr. Ma had been employed first as accountant and later as financial and accounting manager of Jianlibao Holdings (H.K.) Company Limited. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Ma was employed as assistant accountant by Wong's Circuits (PTH) Limited, which was a subsidiary of Wong's International (Holdings) Limited* (formerly known as Wong's Industrial (Holdings) Limited) (Stock Code: 0099). Mr. Ma graduated from Hong Kong Shue Yan College (predecessor of Hong Kong Shue Yan University) in 1989 with a diploma in business administration. In 1993, he obtained a diploma in accounting from School of Professional and Continuing Education, University of Hong Kong. In 1998, he obtained a professional diploma for financial controllers & finance directors of foreign investment & foreign enterprise in China, which was jointly awarded by School of Management Zhongshan University, China and The Hong Kong Management Association. In 2003, he obtained a bachelor of business administration degree with honours in accounting from the Open University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Lien (Vincent) Jown Jing is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Viva China Holdings Ltd since June 6, 2013. He is a member of the Company's remuneration committee and the audit committee. He has served as independent non-executive directors of Up Energy Development Group Limited (Stock Exchange stock code: 0307) and Focus Media Network Limited (Stock Exchange stock code: 8112), the shares of both companies are listed on the Stock Exchange, since April 1, 2011 and June 9, 2011 respectively. On April 13, 2013, he has also been appointed as a non-executive director of Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange trading symbol: PEH), the shares of which are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada. Mr. Lien was the non-executive chairman of eSun Holdings Limited (Stock Exchange stock code: 0571), a company listed on the Stock Exchange, from 2007 until May 2010. Mr. Lien is currently a director of Wah Hin & Company, a Singapore incorporated private investment holding company and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. He has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry, specializing in corporate finance and capital management in Hong Kong, the PRC, Singapore and South-east Asia. Mr. Lien held various senior positions at several multinational banking institutions including Swiss Bank Corporation and Bankers Trust & Company. He was the managing director in the financial institutions & public sector division of ABN AMRO Bank. Mr. Lien obtained a bachelor degree in business administration from the University of New Brunswick in 1986.
Mr. Pak Wai Keung is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. He has accumulated over 25 years of experience in finance, accounting and corporate governance affairs. Mr. Pak graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the Murdoch University, Australia in 1991 and a Master of Corporate Governance from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2009. Mr. Pak is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, an associate member of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in the United Kingdom and The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries Mr. Pak has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Nan Nan Resources Enterprise Limited (stock code: 1229), Convoy Global Holdings Limited (stock code:1019) and Dragon Mining Limited (stock code: 1712) with effect from 19 September 2017, 8 December 2017 and 5 November 2018 respectively. Mr. Pak was an independent non-executive director of Ta Yang Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 1991) during the period from 27 April 2016 to 28 October 2018. The shares of these companies are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. From January 2017 to August 2018, Mr. Pak has been an independent non-executive director of Trony Solar Holdings Company Limited, trading of its shares on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange has been suspended since 21 June 2012 and was delisted on 23 August 2018.
Mr. Wang Yan has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company with effect from 1 July 2017. He is currently a director of Sina Corporation ("SINA", ticker: SINA), the shares of which are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Marketin the U.S.In April 1996, Mr. Wang founded the SRSnet.com division of Beijing Stone Rich Sight Limited (currently known as Beijing SINA Information Technology Co., Ltd.), one of the subsidiaries of SINA and served as the head of SRS Internet Group from April 1996 to April 1999. From April 1999 to August 1999, Mr. Wang served as the executive deputy general manager for production and business development in China of SINA. From September 1999 to May 2001, Mr. Wang served as the general manager of China operations of SINA. From June 2001 to May 2003, Mr. Wang served as the president of SINA. From May 2003 to May 2006, Mr. Wang served as the chief executive officer of SINA. Since May 2003, Mr. Wang has served as a director of the board of SINA. From May 2006 to September 2012, Mr. Wang served as the vice chairman, deputy chairman and chairman of the board of SINA. Mr. Wang holds a B.A.in Law from the University of Paris.


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A Bit Of Fiction To Brighten Your Wednesday: The Aesthete and The Ascetic
By Lexx Saint Leonard for Brain Arts Org
There was once a precocious teenage prince who strayed off of the trodden path. He chased a beautiful pheasant with his hunting hound, but to no avail. In the heat of the chase, he lost track of his surroundings and found himself completely lost. He followed his hound for a few hours, but never recovered the path. You see, it was still a very young hound who hadn't yet grown out of his puppy fur. Underneath a towering pine tree, young Prince Simon wept. His hound looked puzzled into his eyes and licked the tears from his cheeks. Then, he stood erect and smelled the air, beckoning the young prince to follow.
After climbing through brambles and thorns Prince Simon and his pup found themselves at the gaping maw of a great cave. A thin trail of smoke smoldered from within. The hound barked into the mouth of the cave, and a young man emerged, grizzled and unkempt.
"Who are you?" The man asked in a voice unaccustomed to speech. His sunken cheeks were dirty, but his eyes were pale blue as a smoldering ember. His beard reached far below his chest, and his fingernails were black with mud and ash. He wore a simple robe with a hood and the soles of his feet were black and leathery as the soles of shoes.
"I am Prince Simon III, the prince of this kingdom, and my father owns this land!" responded the prince. He quaked in his embroidered hunting jacket. The rubies on the collar of his overcoat, on each glove, and on his belt glistened with trepidation.
"I do not serve any earthly king, but a king who sits in his throne on high. But please, let me be of some service to you. Come in." welcomed the hermit.
"I am in perpetual contemplation. Divine light is my only sustenance."
Prince Simon entered the cave with his nervous pup. Once inside, he was surprised to learn that somebody was living there. There was no "bed" but a platform of wooden boards. There was a small fire pit and a meagre store of nuts and berries in a bucket. No blanket, no pillow, no extra amenities of any kind. This was completely foreign to the prince. The hermit gave the dog a turkey bone and he instantly relaxed. Then, he offered Prince Simon some berries and nuts. The prince was intensely curious about his lifestyle and asked him many questions. In response the hermit did not have much to say.
"I spend all day praying in hopes of gaining an empirical understanding of truth. I am in perpetual contemplation. Divine light is my only sustenance." he explained. He showed the prince back to the castle just before dark set in, and for that the boy was grateful.
Prince Simon spent a few days reflecting on the encounter. He was fascinated by this strange man who helped him in his hour of need. He had never met someone who was unafraid of his father's influence. This captivated his adolescent rebelliousness. What's more, meeting someone so alien to his value system provided the young prince with a new perspective.
On the third day he ventured back deep into the woods with a squadron of courtiers and invited the hermit back to his castle on the king's behalf. The hermit was hesitant, but the young prince didn't take no for an answer. Together they traipsed through the dense wood back to the palace for a marvelous feast. The hermit was barefoot, dirty, and smelled very much like he had been living outside. The prince had him bathed in fine oils and given the most sensible, highest quality shoes to wear to the banquet.
"He ate like an animal, and made many social faux pas which mortified the court."
The hall was draped in the most exquisite Flemish tapestries, upon which the little fingers of the fates had woven immersive landscapes embroidered with drama from days of old. There was a gilded lily on each plate. In the center of the table there were many meats and vegetables that the hermit had never seen before. These delicacies produced smells which seduced his taste buds such that his tongue chafed at the reigns.
In the opulent hall of the king he felt completely out of place. The hermit considered himself too humble to have a name. But after some probing from the king, he introduced himself to the court as "Hilarion." He ate like an animal, and made many social faux pas which mortified the court. But the teenage prince admired him all the more for his incongruousness.
It wasn't until 20 minutes after dinner while they were enjoying a musical performance that Hilarion began to feel ill. His stomach doubled over in pain and he broke into a cold sweat. When he collapsed he was taken to the infirmary at once. For three days his body was a knotted ball of snakes. The king's own apothecary was sent to him every morning to test his urine for unbalanced humors. Prince Simon sat by his bedside every day. Even after the sickness had passed, the prince insisted that he stay until he was well enough to thrive. He ended up lingering for about 3 weeks before returning to his cave. It was during that time that he learned about the royal library.
"There are books in our library that have gone untouched for hundreds of years. Nobody here can even read Greek!" explained the prince.
This was the thought that haunted the hermit's imagination. In the night, he could not meditate with the moon because the letters were swimming behind his eyes. In the day, when he wanted to praise the sun, he thought only of those lonely books.
"Where the prince was pugnacious, the hermit issued caution. Where the prince was hesitant, the hermit coaxed him into progress."
"A book is meant to be read!" he thought with indignation. He no longer thought only of god's divine light. When he realized he could not be sustained by self-reflection alone he put on the shoes that were given to him and made his way back to the castle.
Meanwhile Prince Simon was thinking, "How could I tempt him back without using the full force of the kingdom? Do I merely want to keep him as a pet, or do I want a genuine friend? What is the friendship of a prince except the promise of wealth and power? And what is wealth and power to a hermit?!" but the prince forgot about the draw of knowledge. He did not realize that letters written in a foreign tongue had enthralled Hilarion.
The face of the man that left that cave would never be seen again because when Hilarion installed himself into the palace's garden cottage he became a new person. He spent many moons reading, and many sunrises contemplating what he had read. His response to the court was to hold his tongue. He avoided dialogue with all except one, the prince. Their personalities perfectly complemented each other. Where the prince was pugnacious, the hermit issued caution. Where the prince was hesitant, the hermit coaxed him into progress. He taught him to read Latin first by reading the inscriptions on the tapestries in the great hall, and glimpses of Greek philosophy from his studies. This began to spark a deep thirst for knowledge in the prince.
The hermit had his work cut out for him. Upon inventory of the library he learned that there was a book written in a rare tongue that he had never seen before. Now Hilarion had transcended his thirst for knowledge, and reached a level of flow. It was at this time that he learned that his destiny was to translate the text. This would be a pursuit that hounded him for the rest of his days. It turned his chestnut hair to silver and charcoal as the prince matured into a man. Prince Simon benefited greatly from his course of study with this learned man, and began to advocate for the benefit of the people to his father.
Hilarion sat in the garden under a great blossoming almond tree musing on the manuscript. He had learned so much from his exploits translating Greek to Latin, and was obsessed again with this cryptic book full of pictures of plants and maps of the stars. The sweet smell of the almond blossoms made his mind drift to the lingering memories of pleasures from his past. Just then, the prince approached for his lesson.
As the prince became a king, he still looked to his friend and teacher for wisdom. He continued to study, and could now read and write in Greek. As a king, Simon ruled with a righteous hand. He was beloved by his subjects for sponsoring public arts and social programs. He spent much of his time pardoning prisoners and giving alms to widows. The kingdom flourished in the hands of this learned king.
All the while, the hermit in the garden became more dignified in his position. He made great progress in his translations and began to feel like he was cracking the code. Once he cracked it, however, a great irony befell him. He went blind, and his eyes became white as two full moons. It was then that King Simon, now with his own rogue streaks of silver hair, began to spend much more time reading to the old wizened Hilarion and neglecting his imperial duties. He became the only other hand in the kingdom which was equipped to decipher the letters of that mysterious manuscript.
When Hilarion died in his old age, King Simon could no longer perform any of his royal responsibilities. It was then that he stopped holding court entirely, and spent all of his waking hours in the library with the text. He realized that it was his responsibility to finish his teacher's work. Each of his advisers pleaded with him to come back from his studies and play his role as king.
"This kingdom is an earthly kingdom, but in translating this text I glorify a greater lord than I! You see, it is more important to humanity to have this text translated than to let the knowledge die with me." His old eyes shone with reckless abandon. He said, "Give the kingdom's treasures to the people, and make diplomats of all the peasant folk in the guest bedrooms of the palace."
He was taken with a need to fulfill his destiny. He locked himself away in the hermit's garden cottage. When the villagers came with hate in their eyes to assassinate him, he fled to the cave where this story began, bringing only the manuscript.
The night was illuminated with the ripe full moon of spring. His eyes beheld the letters of the book from the mouth of the cave of his fondest memory. He wept as he saw and finally understood.
Images and story by Lexx Saint Leonard.
For more work, follow them on IG @whinylilwormy
Lexx Saint
Brain Arts Org

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Now that we're almost in the middle of September, it's time for regular-season television shows to come back into our lives. So let's take a look at what's coming up and begin preparing our DVRs for all the hard work they'll soon be doing.
Get out of the house! There's no TV on Saturdays. Except Saturday Night Live, which beings its season on 9/15. But otherwise, turn the TV off and go see your friends.


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package my.home.lehome.asynctask;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.support.v4.graphics.BitmapCompat;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;

import my.home.common.util.FileUtil;
import my.home.common.util.ImageUtil;
import my.home.common.util.PrefUtil;

/**
 * Created by legendmohe on 15/9/22.
 */
public class LoadProfileHeaderBgAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<Uri, String, Bitmap> {
    public static final String TAG = "LoadProfileHeader";

    public static final String THUMBNAIL_SAVE_DIR = "LEHome" + File.separator + "thumb" + File.separator;
    public static final String PREF_KEY_PROFILE_IMAGE = "PREF_KEY_PROFILE_IMAGE";
    private final WeakReference<Context> mContext;
    WeakReference<ImageView> mImageView;
    WeakReference<ProgressBar> mProgressBar;
    private Uri mUri;
    private int mWidth;
    private int mHeight;
    private ImageView.ScaleType mScaleType;

    public LoadProfileHeaderBgAsyncTask(Context context, ImageView imageView, ProgressBar progressBar) {
        this.mContext = new WeakReference<>(context);
        this.mImageView = new WeakReference<>(imageView);
        this.mProgressBar = new WeakReference<>(progressBar);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPreExecute() {
        ImageView imageView = mImageView.get();
        if (imageView != null) {
            imageView.setImageURI(null);
            this.mWidth = imageView.getWidth();
            this.mHeight = imageView.getHeight();
            this.mScaleType = imageView.getScaleType();
        }
        ProgressBar progressBar = mProgressBar.get();
        if (progressBar != null) {
            progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected Bitmap doInBackground(Uri... uris) {
        if (uris == null || mImageView.get() == null || this.mContext.get() == null)
            return null;
        this.mUri = uris[0];
        Bitmap resultBitmap = null;
        String saveURL = FileUtil.getPathFromUri(this.mContext.get(), mUri);

        if (!saveURL.endsWith("nav_thumb.png")) {
            Log.d(TAG, "need to create thumbnail: " + saveURL);
            Bitmap bitmap;
            BitmapFactory.Options decodeOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            InputStream imageStream = null;
            try {
                imageStream = this.mContext.get().getContentResolver().openInputStream(this.mUri);
                bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(imageStream, null, decodeOptions);
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return null;
            } finally {
                if (imageStream != null) {
                    try {
                        imageStream.close();
                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        Log.e(TAG, "could not close imageStream ", e);
                    }
                }
            }

            String path = FileUtil.getPathFromUri(mContext.get(), this.mUri);
            resultBitmap = ImageUtil.scaleAndRotateImageFile(
                bitmap,
                path,
                this.mWidth,
                this.mHeight,
                this.mScaleType
            );
            Log.d(TAG, "scaled bitmap from "
                    + BitmapCompat.getAllocationByteCount(bitmap) + "byte to "
                    + BitmapCompat.getAllocationByteCount(resultBitmap) + "byte");
            bitmap.recycle();

            try {
                if (FileUtil.isExternalStorageWritable()) {
                    File dstDir = FileUtil.getPictureStorageDir(THUMBNAIL_SAVE_DIR);
                    saveURL = dstDir.getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "nav_thumb.png";
                    ImageUtil.saveBitmapToFile(resultBitmap, saveURL, Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100);
                } else {
                    Log.w(TAG, "isExternalStorageWritable false");
                }
            } catch (FileNotFoundException | IllegalStateException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            PrefUtil.setStringValue(mContext.get(), PREF_KEY_PROFILE_IMAGE, saveURL);
        } else {
            Log.d(TAG, "use thumbnail: " + saveURL);
            resultBitmap = ImageUtil.loadBitmapFromFile(saveURL);
        }
        return resultBitmap;
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(Bitmap resultBitmap) {
        ProgressBar progressBar = mProgressBar.get();
        if (progressBar != null) {
            progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
        ImageView imageView = mImageView.get();
        if (imageView != null) {
            // recycle previous bitmap
            Drawable drawable = imageView.getDrawable();
            if (drawable != null && drawable instanceof BitmapDrawable) {
                BitmapDrawable bitmapDrawable = (BitmapDrawable) drawable;
                Bitmap bitmap = bitmapDrawable.getBitmap();
                if (bitmap != null)
                    bitmap.recycle();
                imageView.setImageBitmap(null);
            }
            imageView.setImageBitmap(resultBitmap);
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Club for racing Mods on Multiplayer?
Discussion in 'Assetto Corsa' started by Crashhard Banger, Jan 3, 2016.
Hello All, Is there a group that race with mod content online? Cars + tracks. There are some awesome mods for Assetto Corsa and it would be great to use them for online racing. I've been playing with the RallyLegends mods, but the AI is lousy. My friend set up a server so a few of us could race together and that was great fun. I'd like to do more racing with mods don't they seem to be popular online. Thx.
We use a couple of mod tracks in the club races at RD, as long as it's up to a certain quality standard and is available in our DL section.
You mean like the Shelby Cobra? That would be pretty great. Not tried the trucks yet!
Thanks. I'll look into joining. I haven't raced in a proper league for a while.
If anyone is interested - there are a couple of servers with the RallyLegends mods. They're called 'AGC RallyLegends' and 'TMAC Rally', both are unlocked ATM.
Next time post these kind of things in the AC forum, the racing club and leagues section is reserved for races and leagues posted by the staff.
That's one thing which makes me wonder: Assetto Corsa is great for modding and there are many many many good mods available (cars & tracks)....yet no one uses them online. Why is that? It's a reason why I don't go online that often anymore: it's boring to see the same (official) cars and tracks, there's no variety.
When we use mods, people tend to get away from the races, as it becomes more than just click and race.
Also, problems appear online with mods and specially with tracks. I would say that 5 tracks have the same standards of usability than Kunos'.
And about cars, a lot of them are very hard to drive and sometimes have bugs with collision boxes or sounds who crashes other people games. And considering the amount of variety we have in official content we tend to stick with it.
Occasionally we run mods with no problem. It is just the fact that it isn't as popular as it looks like.
Not to mention Id say all mods you mentioned in this thread are rips, if you want to race trucks, buy reiza's very good and far better (realistic) formula trucks, far better than that far too easy "mod".
For example the trucks effects on tyres (heat\camber\suspension\wear) is about 5x more pronounced with these 5 ton turbo charged beasts, you can ruin tyres in just 1 bad corner taken, you will get none of that in AC's questionable model, let alone a terrible ripped mod.
Though there are tons of shameless rips and extreme bad quality mods. Reiza is a really good game, but this is not the point in the thread.
Completely missed The Rally Legend mod tbh, just reading about it now, good excuse to boot AC up,DL now, but yeah couldn't care less if rips or not,ripped models can help get mods going to fill gaps where needed, but when there's a far better official version(trucks),youd be better off there, hence my response, also if those muscle cars are the same ones I tried, they are again terrible, and would be much better served with historx (rf1) or even that latest GTR2 one.
My thoughts exactly. I did a lot of online over Xmas and GT2/GT3 races @spa are very popular and great fun, I love them, don't get me wrong. But after that there's not much variety.
Ok, I can see why some might cause problems, or not be suitable for your official races and leagues.
Yes, some awesome work out there. The Polo and Citroen are great cars on their own, I took them for a spin around Brands. The effort the creators are putting in is amazing and needs to be commended.
What exactly do you mean with usability? Personally, I'd love to see tracks like Bridgehampton, Donington, Lucca Ring, Mills Metro Park, Paul Ricard, Grobnik, Poznan, Aosta used more often. These alone are eight tracks, which are good enough to be used online qualitywise, yet you barely see them. I won't start speaking about mod-cars, the situation is also bad online.
For me, there is not much variety regarding official tracks. I'm happy when I sometimes see a server running Donington and 2-3 people race there.
I get your point, there are some bad rips and they're used without permission. Some are pretty poor and never get beyond WIP status or get abandoned. You use trucks as an example, but there are many superb mods that had hours of effort put into them. Not saying they are as good as official content or anything. AC supports mods, it was built for it so I wondered why not much interest online.


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The State of the Science on Stevia – Understanding its Role in the Fight Against Obesity and Diabetes
Dr. Keith Ayoob, Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, spoke to delegates at the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 15-20, 2017. In his presentation, he discussed two of today's most common health epidemics – obesity and Type 2 diabetes – and reviewed the science confirming the role low and no calorie sweeteners (LNCS) such as stevia can play in reducing added sugar intake. Dr. Ayoob's presentation "Health and Wellness of Stevia as a Sweetener" drew from in-vitro, animal and human studies, and discussed stevia's potential role in helping manage diabetes, blood pressure, weight, and appetite.
BY: Dr. Keith Ayoob
Key Objectives:
Explore the extent of the global health epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Discuss specifics of global health recommendations to reduce intake of added sugars and the role played by zero-calorie sweeteners in achieving these recommendations
Explore the unique role plant-based stevia may have in helping persons with diabetes manage blood glucose levels.
Learn and apply information related to the benefits of natural-origin stevia and the opportunities and challenges in developing reduced-calorie-reduced-sugar foods with sweeteners/stevia
Global Obesity Epidemic
The issue of global obesity is worsening. The International Diabetes Foundation predicts that 641 million people will have diabetes by 2040, up from 415 million in 2015. In North America, the prediction numbers 60.5 million by 2040, compared with 44.3 million in 2015. Obesity is a gateway disease for diabetes, which in turn is a gateway disease for chronic conditions such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, cardiovascular risk, retinopathy, and more.
Worldwide authorities have made a call for healthier lifestyles including reductions in the consumption of total calories and especially added sugar. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a decrease in added sugars to less than 10% of total calories, with the organization ultimately aiming for less than 5% of total calories sourced from added sugars. Without changes, such as replacing sugar with LNCS, this level of reduction will be extremely difficult for most people to achieve in the present environment.
In reducing calories from sugar, and in looking at low calorie sweetener options, let's look at the scientific evidence and efficacy of stevia as an option in sugar reduction.
Scientific Evidence of Stevia
from Evidence Based Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)[1] reviewed studies on steviol glycosides (a sweet component from stevia leaf extract):
In-vitro studies showed a stimulation in insulin secretion from islet cells, up-regulation of key genes controlling insulin secretion and a positive impact on insulin signaling and release.
Animal studies indicated an improved insulin sensitivity and plasma glucose levels in normal, type 2 diabetic or obese rats as well as a decrease in blood glucose levels, possibly by enhancing insulin secretion and regulating gluconeogenesis.
Human studies in persons with and without type 2 diabetes, up to 1000 mg preparation, showed no negative effect on glucose homeostasis, with some studies showing reduced postprandial glucose in persons with diabetes. In addition, there was no effect on blood pressure in either those with or without type 2 diabetes.
In the Onakpoya and Heneghan, et el[2] meta-analysis of nine human randomized controlled trials (RCT) studies of various pharmacologic doses, stevioside showed no dose-response relationship between stevia and cardiovascular factors, and in particular showed a small reduction in blood pressure.
In the Maki KC, et el[3] 16-week study , 122 diabetic adults were given 1000mg of Reb A stevia per day. The study found there to be no negative effects on glycemic load, HbA1C, fasting glucose, or serum insulin, noting that the results held even at a pharmacologic dose.
The Mohd-Radzman, et el[4] review on the potential role of stevia in managing insulin resistance and diabetes in animal studies indicated a decrease in lipid peroxidation when pre-fed with stevia and an increase in insulin secretion, suggesting slower or reduced progression of diabetic co-morbid complications. In human studies, there was a decrease in postprandial glucose levels when fed meals supplemented with stevioside, compared with both sucrose and aspartame. Researchers further noted that stevia seems to have a target-specific effect, by reducing hyperglycemia in human subjects (1gm dose), while having no effect in normoglycemic conditions, suggesting no danger of hypoglycemia. (Evidence Based Com Alt Med)
Efficacy of Stevia
A human study conducted by Anton SD, et al[5] showed less postprandial glucose spiking with stevia in a reduced-calorie meal, compared with a sucrose-laden meal, and with no differences in hunger or satiety from the sucrose group.
In a human study conducted by Li, et al[6] with individuals 8-13 years of age, children actually preferred the stevia-sweetened chocolate milk, and that "label-conscious" parents preferred seeing stevia on the label rather than sugar, whereas the "traditional" parents preferred the label indicating the sugar-sweetened milk.
An Expert Consensus Statement from Gibson, et al[7] showed agreement that low- and no- calorie sweeteners can be useful tools for replacing high-calorie ingredients, enhancing weight loss efforts, managing postprandial glucose and insulin levels in both persons with and without diabetes without changes in appetite or satiety, and providing dental health benefits.
The Miller, et al[8] meta-analysis of 15 RCTs and 9 prospective cohort studies showed significant body weight reductions from the use of LNCS, versus sugar sweetened beverages and even water, with the analysis concluding that the LNCS were useful tools for improving compliance with weight loss and weight maintenance efforts.
The Rogers PJ et al[9] meta-analysis also noted that low calorie sweeteners do not increase energy intake or body weight, whether compared with caloric or non-caloric conditions.
Take-Aways
Foods containing stevia may help with a long-term modest effect on body weight, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.
Foods containing stevia help lower total calorie intake, without over-consumption later in the day.
Stevia has been confirmed as safe and appropriate for persons with diabetes. As a sugar replacer, stevia may benefit blood glucose & insulin levels, with no negative effect on glucose homeostasis.
Long-term, the use of stevioside may have a small lowering effect on blood pressure, though most studies used consumption levels higher than the acceptable daily intake (ADI).
When substituted for sugar, stevia can help with weight management by reducing added sugar and calories. Stevia can be used by anyone, including normal-weight persons, who simply want to reduce overall sugar intake and improve dietary quality. All major regulatory bodies found stevia to be safe and suitable for the entire family.
One Caveat: Stevia, like all LNCS, is a tool for managing weight and dietary quality, but should not be the only tool. Placing the burden of solving the obesity crisis on a single factor would be inappropriate. This requires a gradual change in eating style, lifestyle, with stevia and LNCS as part of that plan.
For more information about stevia, contact the International Stevia Council or the Calorie Control Council.
About Dr. Keith Ayoob
Keith Ayoob, EdD, RDN, FADN is an Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. As a pediatric nutritionist and registered dietitian, Dr. Ayoob is also a past national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Dr. Ayoob is a consultant with the Calorie Control Council Advisory Board and the Global Stevia Institute (GSI), GSI is supported by PureCircle Ltd, a global leader in purified stevia leaf extract production.
1 EFSA. 2010a. Scientific opinion on the safety of steviol glycosides for the proposed uses as food additive. EFSA J 8(4):1537 [85 pp.]; doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1537. Available from: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ efsajournal/doc/1537.pdf.
2 Onakpoya IJ, Heneghan CJ. Effect of the natural sweetener, steviol glycoside, on cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and metaanalysis of randomised clinical trials. Eur J Prev Card. 2015;22:1575–87
3 Maki, K., Curry, L., Reeves, M., Toth, P., Mckenney, J., Farmer, M., et al. (2008). Chronic consumption of rebaudioside A, a steviol glycoside, in men and women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 46, 47–53.
4 N. H. Mohd-Radzman, W. I. W. Ismail, Z. Adam, S. S. Jaapar, and A. Adam, "Potential roles of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni in abrogating insulin resistance and diabetes: A Review," Evidence based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2013, Article ID 718049, 10 pages, 2013.
5 Anton, S., Martin, C., Han, H., Coulon, S., Cefalu, W., Geiselman, P., et al. (2010). Effects of Stevia, aspartame, and sucrose on food intake, satiety and postprandial glucose and insulin levels. Appetite, 55, 37–43.
6 Li XE, Lopetcharat K, Drake MA. Parents' and children's acceptance of skim chocolate milks sweetened by monk fruit and stevia leaf extracts. J Food Sci. 2015;80:S1083-92.
7 Gibson S, Drewnowski A, Hill J et al. Consensus statement on benefits of low-calorie sweeteners. Nutrition Bulletin 2014; 39(4): 386–9.
8 Miller PE, Perez V. Low-calorie sweeteners and body weight and composition: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies. Am J Clin Nutr 2014; 100: 765-777.
9 Rogers PJ, Hogenkamp PS, de Graaf C, Higgs S, Lluch A, Ness AR et al. Does low-energy sweetener consumption affect energy intake and body weight? A systematic review, including meta-analyses, of the evidence from human and animal studies. Int J Obes 2016; 40: 381-394
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He studied first at Brasenose College, Oxford, and then in 1884 at the Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst).
He passed out of Sandhurst in under a year, joining the 7th (Queens Own) Hussars. He served there as a cavalry officer for the following nine years, chiefly in India.
Haig took part in the Omdurman campaign of 1897-1898, and in the Second Boer War of 1899-1902, where he served under Sir John French.
In 1906 Haig became Director of Military Training at the war office. Part of Haig's responsibility during this time included the construction of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) for deployment in the eventuality of war with Germany.
In 1909 Haig was made Chief of Staff of the Indian army.
By August 1914 - the start of the First World War - Haig commanded 1st Army Corps within the BEF as Lieutenant General. At this time the BEF was under the control of Sir John French. Haig's 1st Army Corps served with distinction at Mons and at First Ypres.
By the close of 1915 it was clear that French was ill-suited to the nature of the campaign, often depressed and pessimistic about the chances for success. Consequently Haig was appointed the new Commander in Chief of the BEF on 10 December 1915, a position he took up nine days later, French returning to Britain as Commander of the British Home Forces.
Much of the nature of the fighting taking place in the First World War was alien to Haig, a cavalry man through and through. He did not rate very highly the war's new weaponry. "The machine gun is a much over rated weapon," he said in 1915; he made similar remarks over the use of the tank.
The Somme offensive with which Haig's name is most often associated (along with Third Ypres, also known as Passchendaele), began on 1 July 1916. Haig was pressured to bring forward the original attack date from August so as to relieve the heavy casualties experienced by the French at Verdun, which the Germans had been bombarding since early in the year.
It was thought that by committing significant British forces on the Somme, the Germans would necessarily divert troops from Verdun, thereby taking the sting out of the offensive.
The first day of the Battle of the Somme saw the British Army suffer the highest number of casualties in its history: 60,000. Whether the attack was a success or not remains an area of controversy: however most historians agree that the cost in human terms was too high for relatively little gain. In any event the offensive was called off by Haig on 18 November 1916, technically a British victory.
1917 saw the campaign at Third Ypres from July to November - Passchendaele - which ultimately ground down German resistance, although at heavy cost in British manpower.
In 1918 Haig oversaw the successful British advances on the Western Front which led to victory for the Allies in November.
Haig has been criticised by many over the years for his tactics, which it is argued were deeply flawed. The wartime Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, was one such critic. He wrote that he sometimes wondered whether he should have resigned on more than one occasion rather than permit Haig to continue with his strategy. On the other hand, it is suggested that Haig's hand was largely forced by the pressure placed by the French for constant relief on the Western Front, on the Somme in 1916 and at Passchendaele in 1917.
After the armistice Haig served as Commander in Chief of the British Home Forces until 1921, the year of his retirement. His recent predecessor in this role was Sir John French. Haig was also awarded a grant of £100,000 by the government. He was made an earl in 1919 and then Baron Haig of Bemersyde in 1921.
Sir Douglas Haig died on 28 January 1928.
Click here to read Sir Douglas Haig's wartime despatches.


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The aim of Your Series is to create a Cooperative Web Series . It should be the expression of an active interaction between Audience and Authors.
Your Series is a project promoted by the cultural association "Parallel Vision Production". It's purpose is to create a cooperative web series aimed to find a matchpoint between audience and authors.
Viewers will have the opportunity to participate concretely to the project by choosing trought a web survey the theme and length of the series episodes.
There will be a different director for each episode that must stick to the result of the survey. The plot and crew, both artistic and technical, will change at every episode. The leitmotiv of the series will be the theme chosen by viewers.
Starting from the end of the survey, directors and their crews will have three months time to script, shoot and edit their episode.
"Your Series" is above all an experiment aimed to promote cooperation. The goal is to give life to a confrontation without competitiveness between the artists increasing their effort in satisfying audience interest.
Those were the theme options: Coincidence, Reality distortion, Fraud, Kahrma, Taboo, Metalanguage-quoting, Paranoia, Interconnection, Big City, Misunderstanding.
The theme options were chosen by Parallel Vision Production. We felt we wanted to give space to topics and subjects that are hardly expressed on Web series. We want to underline the fact that by doing that we don't want to refer to any specific genre. On the contrary, each author shall develop the survey result into any genre he or she likes. Create different points of view is a main ambition in our project. The result of the survey has been communicated to authors that are now busy in the pre production of their episodes.
Before we publish the episodes online we want to guarantee an accurate visibility of the authors work. In fact, once production time is over, we will organize weekly previews at some cultural centre in Rome starting from June 2014..
Online publication will occur the day after the preview.
Once completed, shown and published, the series will be available on Your Series YouTube channel. Parallel Vision Production will provide a title for the first season, trying to combine each episodes particularity.
Every episode will be by all means a short movies belonging to its author. They may send their work to Festivals or Genre Contest on any kind.
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Crowfounding will help giving a contribution to authors for the production of their episode and for the publication and show of the series.
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The creation of a new channel of short movies. Your series episodes will be published on a specific YouTube channel, where also future seasons will appear giving others authors, who may wish to participate to the project in the future, a good opportunity of visibility.
Valerio D. de Cinque, was born in Rome in 1987. At the age of 12, he unexpectedly realize he is passionate about Cinema. During high school he starts writing short movies screenplays that will never be produced. During college years at the Dams Roma Tre university course he shoot his debut short movie without any budjet. In the meantime, he follows a screenplay master, completed in 2013, and a movie language analysis course sited in an art gallery. Then he produces a short movie titled Le Piume di Icaro (Icaro's Feathers) that has not yet been sent on short movies Festivals.
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Elita Montini, was born in the autumn of 1988 in New York from. His Father is Italian and her mother from Ukraine. She lives in Rome and she is involved into various video-making projects. She works as a screenplay writer, editor and event organizer. She wrote the screenplay for the music video Poveri Diavoli (Poor Devils) that won best screenplay at the announcement of the Apulia Film Commission. During a film direction workshop by Cineresidenze she also wrote the screenplay for Il piano directed by Daniele Ciprì. Elita was Francesca Archibugi assistant scriptwriter for the documentary E' stata lei. And last but not list, she is the co-founder of the Reverse Project web contest.
Your series is a project born from an idea of the cultural association Parallel Vision Prod. Audiovisual is our field of action: we are by all means Filmakers! We felt we wanted to create something significant from the "base". Young people and elders who want to challenge themselves with the world of Cinema and Showbusiness, trough today new medias. By doing that we choose cooperation and teamwork.


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