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LA leaders back parcel tax proposal aimed at stopping polluted stormwater from flowing into the ocean
A vote by the LA County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday moved a plan for a parcel tax that would pay for projects designed to lessen the amount storm water flowing into the ocean. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Elizabeth Chou | echou@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: July 17, 2018 at 11:08 am | UPDATED: November 21, 2018 at 11:39 am
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to move forward with a parcel tax plan that if approved by voters would pay for projects aimed at capturing more storm water and preventing it from flowing into and polluting the ocean.
The board voted 4-1 in favor of putting a measure on the Nov. 6 ballot calling for a special 2.5-cent parcel tax on each square foot of impermeable land that storm water cannot filter through, such as concrete patios. The roofs of homes are also considered impermeable, and part of the taxable square footage.
The proposed tax would apply to property within the Los Angeles Flood Control District, which is most of the county with the exception of Lancaster, Catalina Island and parts of Palmdale.
Property owners can get an estimate of their annual parcel tax using this calculator created by the county. Officials say the annual tax for a median property with a 7,500-square-foot lot and 2,100-square-foot house would be about $83.
If approved by voters, the tax is estimated to raise about $300 million per year for various projects that would improve water quality and keep it inland and replenishing underground basins, county officials say.
Supervisor Kathryn Barger cast the lone dissenting vote, saying the measure may not bring in enough money to meet water quality requirements.
She said that with other future tax measures the county is considering proposing, it would not be the right, "at a time when we need to be fiscally responsible," to support taking a parcel tax measure to voters that does not adequately allow cities to meet those requirements.
"I just think that we need to prioritize and look what we are ask of our voters," Barger said.
County officials estimate that it will cost a total of about $20 billion for the county's cities to take the necessary steps to clean up water in their area, with the costs for some cities sometimes dwarfing or taking up a large portion of their budgets. The city of Arcadia for example is looking at potentially needing to spend more than $400 million to comply with federal water quality standards, which are being enforced by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board.
While several cities in the county had hoped the proposed tax measure would cover more of their costs to comply with water quality standards, there are other components to the measure aimed at making the county's water supply more reliable.
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who championed the measure and spent the last two years working to gather support, said that the county is "facing twin problems that really are growing and becoming exacerbated — water quality, keeping it at the highest possible quality, and sufficient local water supplies."
"We see disagreements, we see conversations, we see votes about how we're going to have our water delivered from the north, we see assessments of the Colorado River saying it is ever more saline and metallic, wondering 'What are we going to do?'" she said.
Kuehl said that there has been growing awareness of the need to secure a reliable local water supply.
"It is a fact that in one year, more than 100 billion gallons of water flows down our gutters and into the ocean," she said. "In many places it's cleaned up before it's put into the ocean, but still. The ocean needs it, but it doesn't need all of that."
Some argued that there is not enough awareness that this plan, which the county has dubbed the Safe Clean Water Program, would affect property owners and the cost of housing.
"There's been a lot of discussion about this program and this initiative, as was sort of the situation with the steering committee group, there's been almost no discussion about what this is, and that's a tax … a brand new, permanent parcel tax," said Peter Herzog, a representative of NAIOP, an association for industrial, retail, mixed-use, commercial and office real estate developers, owners and investors.
"This will increase the cost of housing" Herzog said. "That has to be understood." Additionally, this will tremendously increase the cost on … small business owners, the ones with the small margins and can least afford this."
"So you have a situation here where there has been a lot of stuff said about the initiative, but there's not very much talk about the tax and the impact that it could have," he said. "This needs to be taken into account."
There are various ways to capture storm water, including using permeable materials, instead of concrete, to build sidewalks, which some cities throughout Los Angeles County have looked into doing.
But some common options let nature do the work. This might include restoring natural habitats around rivers, or incorporating special landscaping along streets.
One of these so-called "nature-based" options includes building street parkways in which trees, grass and shrubs are planted inside a "bioswale," which is a large dip in the ground. Storm water would fall down the sloped sides of the swale and filter through vegetation and dirt, eventually making its way into underground aquifers.
Examples of such bioswale projects have already been built throughout the county, including in Sun Valley, according to aides for Kuehl's office.
Supporters of the tax measure point to the waste from billions of gallons of water going into the ocean each year, and the pollution that storm water picks up as it travels through urban areas before going into the ocean, as reasons the funding is needed.
Kelsey Jessup, with the Nature Conservancy, which is part of the Our Water LA Coaliton that supports the parcel tax measure, said that the program "could potentially transform the L.A. region making it more livable, health and water-smart."
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said a "changing climate" makes the goals of the parcel tax measure "more urgent."
"The Safe, Clean Water program will help L.A. and cities across the county meet our obligations under the federal Clean Water Act — and put new momentum behind our efforts to conserve a precious resource, shield our communities from flooding, and protect waterways from pollution," he said.
But some leaders in the county's other municipalities are concerned that the tax measure may not be effective enough to meet steep and expensive requirements the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has set to meet federal Clean Water Act standards.
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Judy Nelson, mayor pro-tem of Glendora, said in an interview Monday that the measure would bring in some money, but perhaps not enough. She is concerned some of the funding could also be "diverted, to some degree, to projects that do not help with the storm water permit compliance that we are required to do."
"If that's the case, we're going to be in trouble as cities with trying to figure out how to comply," she said.
If the tax does pass, she is worried there may not be an "appetite for another tax," Nelson said.
Elizabeth Chou
Elizabeth Chou has reported on Los Angeles City Hall government and politics since 2013, first with City News Service, and now the Los Angeles Daily News since the end of 2016. She grew up in the Los Angeles area, and formerly a San Gabriel Valley girl. She now resides in the other Valley, and is enjoying exploring her new San Fernando environs. She previously worked at Eastern Group Publications, covering Montebello, Monterey Park, City of Commerce, and Vernon.
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Young Brits Have Most At Stake In The Brexit Referendum But Know The Least About The EU
Anand Menon 26th April 2016
Anand Menon
Never before have so many had to decide on something they knew or cared so little about.
The "London bubble" is obsessing about the EU referendum on June 23. The parts of Twitter I see are hyperventilating with excitement over designation, debates, purdah, net costs and benefits, and the like. But the majority of the country could not give a fig.
This matters. It matters because the decision is an important one. And it matters because young people in particular, who have more at stake than anyone else, have the least interest in, and least knowledge about, the EU.
On one level, this is normal. Let's face it, as Peter Foster of The Telegraph pointed out some weeks ago, even when it comes to events that political aficionados think are capturing public attention, the reality is that long periods of profound uninterest are punctuated by very short spikes of attention. Using Google searches as a proxy to capture "interest", his findings are depressing to all those who feel "the people" should be interested in politics.
Interest in the 2015 general election matched that in football for a couple of weeks before polling day but quickly dropped below searches for The X Factor – which was not even airing at the time. And even when it came to the Scottish referendum, held up by commentators as emblematic of the way popular enthusiasm can be aroused by politics, much the same occurred. Even during the week of September 14, as Foster showed, interest in football far outstripped (by a factor of two to one) that in the Scottish vote. Within a week, the Great British Bake Off and Strictly Come Dancing had reasserted themselves as the main focus of public attention.
Insofar as people care about politics at all, they only seem to do so for very short periods of time. This should give pause for thought for those of us already starting to tire of a campaign that has only just officially started.
Then there is the issue of different amounts of engagement across the generations. As James Sloan of Royal Holloway has pointed out, a striking feature of recent general elections has been the decreasing turnout among young voters.
Turnout among the young (18 to 24-years-old) fell from over 60% in the early 1990s to around 40% in the elections of 2001, 2005 and 2010. This is all the more troubling in the case of the referendum as its impact may take up to a decade to be felt, and may impact on us for a generation or more. The young, in other words, will be disproportionately affected by the outcome.
A lack of interest is matched by ignorance. Levels of knowledge about the EU in Britain are extremely low. In comparative terms, we score worse than other member states. In May 2015, around 1,000 British people were asked three basic questions about the EU: 84% could get at least one right, which sounds OK, except only the Spanish did worse. A mere 27% of British people got all three right – placing us second from last.
Not, of course, that a lack of knowledge is confined to the general public. A recent survey of MPs we commissioned also highlighted their ignorance about the EU. When asked which country held the presidency of the Council of the European Union, 61% of respondents admitted they did not know (it was Luxembourg at the time).
Watch BBC's Question Time and you will often hear the refrain, from at least one member of the audience, that "we need more information". But the media is not helping. My colleague Christoph Meyer has highlighted just how poorly the British public think of their TV and print media: 73% of survey respondents claimed "not to trust" newspapers and 46% don't trust television.
Nor is social media the answer. It is generally seen to act merely as an "echo chamber", reflecting people's pre-existing tastes and confirming their prejudices rather than providing new information that might challenge these.
Let me be clear: the British public are not to blame for their ignorance. Years of negative hyperbole about the EU – frequently from people who are now propounding the "remain" case – have not helped. Nor has the media's lack of interest. The BBC's Nick Robinson may have interviewed the great and the good for a documentary now that the EU matters for domestic politics – but the broadcasters were allergic to programmes on the EU before a referendum was called.
The referendum matters. It matters to all of us and particularly to the young. Surely, the British people should be informed before they decide?
Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London in the United Kingdom.
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MTL increases tariffs for internet, telephone services over Malawi Kwacha depreciation
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Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) is to adjust its tariffs following the depreciation of the Malawi kwacha against its major trading currencies, rising inflation rates and increasing cost of borrowing.
According to a statement which was released on Monday, March 18, 2013, the company stated that all prepaid phone services will be adjusted by 20th March 19, 2013 and that all postpaid phone services and MiNET will see the adjustment on 1st April, 2013.
"MTL would like to inform its valued customers and the general public that it will be adjusting its tariffs upwards for consumer Internet Access (MiNET) and Telephony Services," reads the statement.
"The revision has been necessitated by continued increasing costs of operations such as service provisioning, service delivery and network maintenance incurred in order to give our customers consistent availability and quality of services at all times.
MTL internet charges go up
"This has been driven by continued depreciation of the Malawi Kwacha against its major trading currencies, rising inflation rates and increasing cost of borrowing. To enable the company maintain optimum level of operation and provide its customers with excellent services," stated the release.
In its content, the release stated that the new tariffs for the Prepaid Phone Service for On Net-Local zone on peak, it will be 58t (Tambala) per second, and K35 per minute.
And during off peak hours, the charge will be 33t (Tambala) per second and K20 per minute. On
Net-National zone, the charges will be 93t per second and K56 per minute during peak hours and on off peak, the charges are 47t per second and K28 per minute.
Those on Off Ne zone and during peak hours, the charges will be 117t per second and K70 per minute while during off peak hours it will be at 70t per second and K42 per minute.
The release stated tariffs per SMS which On Net, it will be K10 and on Off Net it will charge K15 per SMS.
Those on Postpaid Phone Services, and On Net-Local zone and during peak hours, the charges are 57t per second with K34 per minute. And during Off Peak hours, the charges will be 44t per second and K27 per minute. With On Net-National zone, and during Peak hours the customers will experience 70t per second and K42 per minute and during Off Peak hours, the charges will be 57t per minute and K34 per minute.
The release also mentioned Off Net zone which is 82t per second and K49 per minute during peak hours and 57t per second with K34 per minute during off peak.
MTL indicated that on MiNET-Unlimited Phone Services based on voucher will charge K150 per 1 hour, K500 per 5 hours, K1500 per 1 day, K6, 999 per 1 week and K19, 999 per 1 month.
Recently, other mobile operators like Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM), Aitel Malawi have adjusted their tariffs that have included in SMS high rates.
The company indicated that it remains committed to continuously provide its valued customers with the best information communication technology services.
MTL offers a wide range of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) based products and services. It offers fixed wireline and fixed wireless voice and data products and services to residential and business customers.
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Salvatore Lanzetti (c.1710 – c.1780) was an Italian cellist and composer of the late Baroque and early Classical era.

Life and career
Salvatore Lanzetti was a student at the Conservatorio Santa Maria di Loreto in Naples. He was first employed in Lucca, where he worked with Francesco Maria Veracini. In 1727 he entered the service of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia at the court of Turin, where he again worked from 1760 until his death. From 1739 to 1754 Lanzetti worked in Paris and London. He gave concerts in Sicily, Paris (at the Concert Spirituel in May 1736), and Germany.

Lanzetti was a virtuoso cellist who contributed to several developments in cello technique, including difficult uses of the bow, double-stops, complex fingering, and using the thumb as a "capotasto".

Works
 12 Cello sonatas Op. 1 (1750, Paris)
 6 Cello sonatas Op. 2 (1754, London)
 6 Cello sonatas Op. 5 (undated, Paris)
 Other Sonatas in Manuscript

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18th-century births
18th-century deaths
18th-century Italian composers
18th-century Italian male musicians
Composers for cello
Italian Baroque composers
Italian male classical composers

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Certain sporting events are must see television. They're looked forward to, prognosticated about, ritualized and analyzed. What are these events? To some it may be opening day of the baseball season. Not for me, I'm not that interested in Blue Jays-Indians in what basically represents watching the first 10 steps of a marathon. Here's my list of the top five sporting events.
In compiling this list I focused on events that are the most fun to watch, but also have something extra. I eliminated anything that's regular season. With the exception of the NFL, the seasons are too long and mean too little. I mean come on; half of the NHL and NBA make the post-season. HALF! In an eighty-two game season. We need eighty-two games to eliminate half the teams? At least in the MLB only eight teams make the tournament. Pardon me, I've seemed to rant off track. Anyway, here's the list of my top five favorite sporting events.
I think I have to start with an honorable mention. The Kentucky Derby. I hemmed and hawed about whether to include this, but I think it's better left just out. But let me say, I love me some Mint Juleps, comically large floppy hats, gambling and one hundred and ten pound dudes on horses.
5. The Stanley Cup Finals: I know a lot of people hate on hockey, but no sport is better in it's final round than hockey. Can you deny the glory of the playoff beard? Hockey mullet? General toothlessness? I know I can't. And I haven't even begun to discuss the game's overall speed, agility, grace and skill which is on display in the playoffs. I know hockey gets a bad rap for it's culture of goonish behavior, but the fights and cheap shots seem to disappear when the cup is on the line. What's left is still every bit as physical, but without the distraction of fighting. Plus there may not be a better image than watching the cup be skated after a clinching game. The Stanley Cup Finals each year displays the best that hockey has to offer, a rugged, physical, fast, graceful game which is one of the best to watch.
4. The Masters: There's nothing quite like Sunday at Augusta. Maybe it's because around the time of Master's weekend the northeast is still mired in slowly melting snow and general malaise, but there's something spiritual about 'Amen Corner' in HD. It's almost emotional watching the leaders cross Hogan Bridge on Sunday, or the eventual winner tap in on eighteen in front of that crowd. Watching the Sunday back nine charges can be one of the most exciting couple of hours in sports. No. I'm not joking. A Master's Sunday with the last few groups in contention and someone coming from thunder deep in the field to make a run at the lead is indescribably fun. But hey it's still golf, which is one of the harder sports to watch on TV. I mean, not many people are tuning into the Hartford Open (sorry Dad), so it's not going to rank higher than our next event.
3. The Super Bowl: Let's be honest, the Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event in America today. Why? Because it's not a sporting event, it's a cultural event. The NFL has skillfully taken their product and made it a must see event, whether for the halftime show, commercials (though not for long if the commercials continue their downward spiral - enough with the E*Trade Baby!), or for the game itself. 111 Million viewers watched this year's Super Bowl. That many people haven't agreed on something in this country since we all rallied against Crystal Pepsi. One of my favorite parts is watching whichever member of the hall of fame walk the Lombardi Trophy up to podium past the winning team. The look on their faces is sublime. The only drawback to the Super Bowl is that the game can be woefully uninteresting. Recently the games have been fantastic, but who was really paying attention for the entire 48-21 smack down the Bucs laid on the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII? Jon Gruden even tuned out. Overall though, combining the game itself with it's cultural relevance, the Super Bowl had to make it to the list. But does the Super Bowl's reach extend beyond our borders? The next entry to our list has limited appeal in America, but is THE EVENT for the world.
2. The World Cup: Don't hate on soccer. Alright, you can hate a little bit – but disrespected as it is in America, it is a beautiful game. There's a reason that it's the most popular game in the world. Sure, that popularity has a lot to do with the fact that all you need to play it is something round and your feet, but it also is due to the game's history, grace and skill. Such a sport, played at it's highest level, over a month of non stop action is nothing less than dynamite. Who out there didn't leap out of their chair when Landon Donovan put away that goal in extra time against Algeria? Liar, you know you did. How about when Van Bronckhorst drove home that upper ninety thunderbolt, bulging the back of the old onion bag from thirty-six and a half meters and gave the Netherlands the lead against Uruguay? That was unbelievable! By the way, for those of you who aren't sure what I just said, here's a translation: 'How about when a very good soccer player shot the ball very hard from a long way away and scored a goal in the top corner of the net?' It's not important, anyway, I also love the way the World Cup evokes such a sense of pride. Not often do you see entire countries close their doors so that all of its members can watch a sporting event. But you do during the World Cup. The World Cup is the world's biggest sporting event and one of it's most exciting.
1. The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: The brackets, the upsets, the Cinderellas – there's little that compares to the 'Big Dance.' It's also the only tournament that is as good at the beginning, if not better, than it is at the end. Just look at the first weekend, how many of those games featured unbelievable finishes (way to go Butler, blowing up my bracket)? It's a feature unique to this tournament. Furthermore, for me the NCAA tournament represents the best of what sports can be. 64 teams (I refuse to acknowledge play-in – NOT FIRST ROUND – games) from different worlds, it seems, competing for the same crown. In how many sports can UNC Asheville and the other little sisters of the poor play with the blue bloods like Duke. I mean, get blown out by the blue bloods, but they're on the court together – there's always a chance. That chance is what makes the tournament so good. We all love David and Goliath stories, but in today's world when does David actually get the job done? In March that's when. In March David takes the form of Butler, George Mason (not this year) and Morehead State. David is the one who comes out of no where and has three million people tearing up their brackets and tasting the bitter nectar of broken dreams. David, the brackets, the upsets, the phenomenal games – they all come together to create the best sporting event of the year.
There's a common theme in each of my entries above. To me each of these rises above what sports is today. So many of the stories we hear about in sports is about how much money a star athlete is demanding, or what a player's recent DWI is going to do to their endorsement deals. I understand why we talk about those things, but in times like these doesn't a story about Albert Pujols wanting thirty million dollars a year instead of twenty-eight million just get old? I've got no stomach for it anymore. I yearn for a time when sport was sport and I could watch it be played at its highest level without feeling like I'm watching guys who don't care about the game. I know that that's an overstatement and maybe I'm naive for even thinking that such a time existed, but it's hard to watch and not consider the money these guys make and how all too often it's all about that money. I desperately seek for a moment of pure sporting joy, a love of the game if nothing else.
That's why I chose the five that I did. There's little more moving than watching Lord Stanley's Cup being passed from teammate to teammate. I damn near shed a tear when Ray Bourque finally had his opportunity (I absolutely shed a tear, or lots of tears). Who didn't love watching Drew Brees interact with his son after Super Bowl XLIV? Watching the World Cup Champions be given their trophy is like watching a country's worth of emotion explode in an instant. And that's because it is. The World Cup is about love of country and love of sport. Does it get clouded with drama at times? Sure, but in the end it's the raw emotion of pride and joy (just like Stevie-Ray sang). The NCAA Tournament is the best of each of these. It's the same pride and emotion, but with amateurs. Sure, some of these guys are headed to the NBA, but most are headed to a law firm or a doctor's office. Most play ball because they love the game, not a paycheck or an endorsement deal. They play for Morehead State and are thrilled to make the tournament, happy to be on television. That's why when they upset Louisville they're the happiest they've ever been. Because that's what it's about, the pure joy of playing, the uncorrupted love of sport, love of competition. Isn't that what sports should be about? Isn't that what we all want?


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Wu Tang Clan Going All In On Crypto CREAM!
Ashton Kutcher, Gwyneth Paltrow , Floyd Mayweather, and now including the infamous Ghostface Killah of Wu Tang Clan Notoriety are getting involved in the Crypto world and frankly I couldn't be happier!
Why? Because the more people that start treating Crypto's like the awesome financial vehicles they are, the more I can talk to my friends about what I do without feeling like I should be wearing a hoodie in a dark alley with some kind of codename.
This is how I feel I look when I say cryptocurrency to someone..
So yeah, the more light the more money we can make. Although to be fair the more light also brings its other problems but that's another day.
After looking to get into the tech world, Ghostface Killah of the Wu Tang Clan will assume the role of Chief Branding Officer and has partnered with Brett Westbrook, CEO of Cream Capital, and they are looking to raise $30 million initially.
In a refreshing statement (no doubt having one ear to the ground as of the ICO issues lately and trying to play nice), Brett Westbrook called for caution when it comes to these types of celebrity endorsements, stating that there should be a strong understanding of the Blockchain Technology underpinning them.
Good. There is truth to this statement.
The BIG news lately is something you and I have known for awhile but is making the rounds due to the recent SEC intervention, and that's the pump and dump. Push it up...GOIN TO THE MOON BEST CRYPTO FU***** EVER...then break its knees and watch it fall creating liquidity for the buyers on the way up to jump the coin to unrealistic prices, then sell it all before it tanks back to nothing. Big issue in any trading environment but even BIGGER in unregulated markets full of a** hats who prefer to steal than earn.
This is a MAJOR effort to bring something like this to market and I wish them success.
With Ghostface on the right track his job will be laying out a framework for which cryptocurrencies are more familiar to everyday people. Also good.
So. is it a buy? Who the actual F knows. If someone wants to weigh in on the value and actual financials of this coin please do as contribution from smarter people than I is always welcome.
If you're interested in jumping on board, the company will be holding a token sale on November 11th, 2017.
And this is something I've seen messed up already. I even got it wrong until I caught it.
It is also being linked too incorrectly by some blogs.
"Be cautious - Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah To Launch Cream ICO - under same tagline like CREAMcoin"
Recently Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah announced that will Launch Cream ICO, and will use the very same tagline like CREAMcoin "Crypto rules everything around me"
CREAMcoin was launched June 01, 2017, 10:48:56 PM, more then 4 months ago. Using the same name and tagline indicates that someone wants to make confusion, to use CREAMcoin network with ultimate goal to raise $30 million on simple Eth token.
We want to inform our followers and loyal Creamers, that we don't have any correlation or cooperation with Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah ICO.
Article published here even have links pointing to our official website www.creamcoin.com and our Whitepaper which again is not related to us.
Lately famous artists are used to promote ICO's to raise money. The truth is, the artists has been paid for the job, or maybe they don't even have a clue that their name, face and photos are used for promotion.
Be cautious with your investments. Read Creamcoin Disclaimer.
We, the CREAMteam, have no responsibility in any way for your investment.
Wu-tang Clan's Ghostface Killah appears to be affiliated with a cryptocurrency venture looking to raise $30 million in Cream tokens to fund cryptocurrency ATM empire. Ghostface Killah will assume the role of Chief Branding Officer as part of the Cream token ICO looking to raise $30 million.
Ghostface Killah is a long-time business partner of ours, I personally connected with him during a Reddit AMA on /r/hiphopheads last year when he was seeking tech-inclined people to work with in future technology focused projects. It's hard to ignore blockchain tech today even when you're a busy, touring hip-hop artist.
Cream Capital The name Cream Capital is derived from the Wu Tang Clan's 1993 song "C.R.E.A.M", standing for "Cash Rules Everything Around Me". This time, however, you can substitute the cash for cryptocurrency. The company's ICO page, information about Cream Coin and their whitepaper can be found here.
By 2020, we intend to capture more than half of the global cryptocurrency ATM market and make cryptocurrencies more accessible to the general public than ever before.
Cream Capital will begin selling "Cream Dividend" tokens next month.
What do you think? Please comment! This is how we help each other and posts like this can advance if they are helpful. Plus, as a writer I have like no friends to talk to..so..yeah..I need you..
Ha. No I'm still like stupid new to the platform. What is @circleoffriends? And yeah so am I which is why this caught my eye.
Wow shows how smart some of the hip hop industry people are!!
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Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), with the help of an epidemiologist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, recently published findings showing an association between infant soy formula feeding and menstrual pain in adulthood.
The report adds to the increasing evidence lending support to the reproductive health consequences of early-life exposure to soy formula.
"Soy protein contains phytoestrogens, or plant-based compounds that demonstrate estrogenic activity in experimental animal models," said Margaret Adgent, PhD, MSPH, research assistant professor of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt. "Infants who are fed soy formula can be exposed to substantial amounts of these compounds.
"Because an infant's reproductive system is developing well into the postnatal period, it is important to investigate whether this type of exposure is related to early reproductive development as well as long-term reproductive health.
"This study provides some evidence that an exposure occurring during infancy may increase a woman's risk of experiencing menstrual pain as an adult," she said.
The observational study was published online in the journal Human Reproduction. Scientists examined data from 1,553 African-American women who participated in a Study of Environment, Lifestyle & Fibroids (SELF) cohort.
According to data from animal studies, early-life exposure to genistein, a naturally occurring component in soy formula, can interfere with the development of the reproductive system and induce changes in reproductive tissues that persist into adulthood, some of which may be related to menstrual pain.
As a pediatric epidemiologist, Adgent's work focuses on investigating how early life environmental and nutritional exposures can influence children's health and development. With an interest in exposures to endocrine disrupting compounds, or chemicals that can alter the way hormones are produced and function in the body, Adgent was drawn to the soy formula study.
She collaborated with scientists at NIEHS, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to interpret the SELF study findings and provide input on the plausibility of the association between soy formula and menstrual pain.
Adgent hopes the recent findings, coupled with similar results from a prior study, will inspire additional research efforts in different study populations to further explore the association observed by the team.
"Not a lot is known about how soy exposure in infancy can affect health and development," she said. "I would like to see more in-depth investigations that take a closer look at the potential mechanisms or pathways to help us understand the biologic processes that link soy formula and menstrual pain.


CNET: Disk encryption may not be secure enough, new research finds. It's one thing to read about theoretical ways to get access to secure data, it's another to watch it on a slide show.
For those that don't want to read the article, the upshot is: a laptop thief who knows enough can pick the secret key used to encrypt a hard drive—using Apple's FileVault, Microsoft's BitLocker, or any other solution that uses known key-based encryption mechanisms. The particularly brilliant bit, the part that adds insult to injury, is when the research team (which includes usual suspects Ed Felten and Alex Halderman) demonstrates recovering the key after a reboot of the laptop. Yes, that's right: even after rebooting the laptop, enough of the prior state of the machine remains in memory so that the key can be recovered. And by chilling the RAM using liquid nitrogen—or canned air—the time needed to recover the key can be extended indefinitely.
So yes, the feds have additional techniques that can be used to recover data from your laptop, if they come across it. So do identity thieves.
So the trick now would seem to be to identify a way to encrypt data that is less subject to key recovery. The only problem is, every method that depends on the hardware decrypting the storage is likely to leave the key in memory. I like the article's suggestion of PGP-encrypted USB sticks, if only I didn't lose thumb drives so easily. There are also some interesting suggestions regarding limiting remote booting and unmounting encrypted volumes; the problem is that they don't get around the core issue. If the key is in memory, you can sniff it. So what to do?


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Reolink Partners with Vodafone to Bring Worry-Free Cellular Data for Reolink Go 4G LTE Camera
Reolink Vodafone Partnership
HONG KONG, May 16, 2019 — Reolink today announces the partnership with Vodafone, one of the world's largest telecommunication companies, to bring the worry-free cellular data for Reolink Go 4G LTE security camera, enabling customers to access the Go without worrying about the data consumption with the best value data plan.
This move embodies Reolink's pursue to work with the best-in-class companies to provide the easiest and most seamless & invincible smart security solution for users.
"We are really excited to work with Vodafone. Their industry-leading & extremely affordable V-Sim card enables our customers in Europe to enjoy the best value data plans for accessing the Reolink Go 4G LTE camera.", said Sophie, Reolink's product manager, "The powerful combination between Reolink and Vodafone will deliver the best security solution for customers to protect their properties even without Internet or power supply!"
One-Year Discussion Now Reaches a Strong Bond
Put the clock back to IoT Solutions World Congress 2018, Vodafone showcased Reolink Go in this event, which marked a milestone that Reolink Go debuted at the largest IoT event in the world. And, it's also a symbolic moment for Reolink and Vodafone's partnership.
Reolink and Vodafone both have been testing the compatibility between the Reolink Go and V-Sim card, to provide a seamless security solution for customers who want to monitor their rural homes, construction sites, boats, RV, farms and other areas without Internet access and power supply.
"Our goal with Vodafone's V-Sim card service is to provide users with ubiquitous access to Go 4G camera without worrying about data consumption," said Sophie, "At Reolink, we are leveraging the power of technology, and collaborating with leaders across industries, to create simpler, smarter and more affordable home security solutions for our customers worldwide!"
By paying a small monthly fee, consumers can enjoy worry-free data to access Reolink Go camera. Users can enjoy quick and responsive live streaming to have an incredibly immersive experience, and smooth video uploading to the cloud.
Update, Nov.28th: Vodafone features Reolink Go at IOTWC2019 on Oct. 29-31, 2019 and demonstrates the 1080p full HD video captured by Reolink Go camera over the 4G cellular network.
Reolink also provides the Solar Panel for charging this camera. By connecting the Go to the Solar Panel, customers don't need to charge the camera on a daily basis. The Solar Panel will provide continuous power supply for the Reolink Go.
About Reolink
Reolink, a global innovator in home & business security products, is always dedicated to delivering the easiest and most reliable security solutions for home & business. Reolink's mission is to make security a seamless experience for customers with its groundbreaking security products. Reolink products are available and sold worldwide, providing video surveillance and protection for millions of homes and families.
For more information about Reolink and its products, please visit https://reolink.com.
About Vodafone Group
Vodafone Group is one of the world's largest telecommunications companies and provides a range of services including voice, messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone Group has mobile operations in 25 countries, partners with mobile networks in 46 more, and fixed broadband operations in 18 markets. As of 30 June 2018, Vodafone Group had 534.5 million mobile customers and 19.9 million fixed broadband customers, including India and all of the customers in Vodafone's joint ventures and associates. For more information, please visit: www.vodafone.com.
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Hello Rosely, yes, Reolink Go 4G camera is supported by Maxis, U Mobile, Celcom, Digi, and Unifi in Malaysia. Please let us know if you have any questions. 🙂
How do I get someone at Vodafone in Australia who actually understands these plans for a micro sim for a Reolink camera? I fear if I buy a Reolink camera, it won't work. I need plans / cost before I buy a camera...none of that is at all clear.,
Hi Liz, Reolink Go works with Telstra, Vodafone, and Optus in Australia. Here is a detailed guide on how to choose a SIM card for Reolink Go camera, https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009756673-Choose-SIM-Card-for-Reolink-Go. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.
Sadly Vodafone have no idea of the SIM cards for these Reolink cameras
V-sim card appears to be a myth! Spent hours on the phone with non English speaking Vodafone people....no idea! This is a con! Will any micro SIM card work in the Reolink Go 4 G LTE camera? Eg. Would a Telstra micro SIM card work
Moo Vabull
Hi, would the Vodafone sim work in New Zealand?
Hi Moo, yes, Reolink Go works with Vodafone and Spark in New Zealand. Also note that Vodafone V-sim card works in the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, Ireland, and Greece only. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.


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Home / Biography & Literature / Literature & Poetry / The Master and Margarita
The acclaimed, bestselling translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterwork, an undisputed classic of Russian and world literature
ISBN: 9781419756504 Category: Literature & Poetry
An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech. Now The Overlook Press is reissuing this acclaimed translation in an all-new package.
One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing to literally go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances splendidly emerge in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's superb English translation, with an afterword and extensive commentary by Ellendea Proffer.
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Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) was born and educated in Kiev, where he graduated as a doctor in 1916. He rapidly abandoned medicine to write some of the greatest Russian literature of this century. He died impoverished and blind in 1940, shortly after completing his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita.
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t's that day of the week! I'm really enjoying sharing my collection with everyone. This week's shirt is by wootshirt (shirt.woot.com). The name is Sakura Sauce. Wootshirt is one of those one-a-day companies where they post a new shirt each day, and it is available for a very low price (and free shipping!). I adored this shirt, and couldn't pass it up for the price! Sadly, it is no longer available, but that's what makes it cool! Limited supply! Sakura (cherry blossoms) are one of my favorite flowers, and I love the contrast of the bright pink with the gray. Happy Tuesday!
You look pretty! Great shirt. I love the color combo. Hooray for t-shirt Tuesday's. I'm glad to see you've gone ahead with it.


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Brother of Stevenage doctor killed in Afghanistan takes on race challenge in her memory
PUBLISHED: 07:03 12 July 2019
Louise McEvoy
Doctor Karen Woo was killed by Taliban while delivering aid in Afghanistan
The brother of a doctor killed by Taliban while delivering aid in Afghanistan has completed the first of three half marathons in her memory.
David Woo is taking on three half marathons in memory of his sister Karen.
Karen Woo, who grew up in Stevenage and attended The Barclay School, was shot dead in August 2010 while on a trip with medical charity International Assistance Mission to reach villagers desperately in need of medical help.
She was killed along with nine others of the mostly American team, two weeks before she was due to get married.
Her brother David ran the Leamington Spa Half Marathon on Sunday in her memory, and is set to take part in the Kenilworth Half Marathon in September and the Rugby Half Marathon in October.
He is raising money for the Karen Woo Foundation - a grant-giving charity set up in his 36-year-old sister's name. The cause focuses on providing healthcare and education in Afghanistan, particularly for women and children.
David said: "Karen was killed in Afghanistan while working to improve healthcare by increasing access, particularly for women, and the charity aims to continue her work.
"Karen never shied away from a challenge and I have set myself the goal of completing these three half marathons in a total time of less than six hours.
"If you're in the area please come and cheer me on."
David completed the Leamington Spa course in one hour 49 minutes, so is on target to achieve his goal.
Over the years, the Karen Woo Foundation has given lots of grants to causes including HealthProm - to help improve maternal health and safer deliveries, and War Child UK - to help improve access to early years education for 540 vulnerable and marginalised four and five years olds.
But in October last year Karen's mum, Lynn, who lives in Stevenage, told the Comet more fundraising is needed to ensure the foundation survives.
She said: "What inspire us to go on is that we see positives arising from the various projects we have been able to support.
"This support can only go on as long as there are people willing to donate."
To support the KWF, through time or money, email contact@karenwoofoundation.org.
To support David's fundraising challenge, you can donate via justgiving.com/fundraising/David-Woo


The luxury sailing ship Star Clipper will call at 15 ports in seven countries on a rare 35-night cruise from the Caribbean to Athens in April/May next year from $8700 per person.
Passengers with limited time can buy segments of the cruise: 18 nights across the Atlantic from St Maarten to Lisbon, Portugal (from $3160); 10 nights Lisbon to Malta ($4440) and seven nights Malta to Athens ($3029). The Lisbon/Malta and Malta/Athens legs will be discounted by 35% for bookings before January 31.
Ports of call also include Ponta Delgada in the Azores, Tangier (Morocco), Motril, Palma de Mallorca and Mahon (Spain) Tunis (Tunisia) Pantelleria and Siracusa (Italy) Katakolon, Monemvasia, Mykonos, and Hydra (Greece).
Fares include all meals and entertainment on board, port charges and taxes.
Star Clipper, which carries a maximum 170 passengers in the style and ambience of a private yacht, leaves St Maarten on April 9 and arrives at Piraeus (the port for Athens) on May 14.
Sister ship Star Flyer will make a 28-night cruise across the Atlantic from St Maarten on April 2 to Monte Carlo from $7060. Ports of call include Ponta Delgada, Lisbon and Portimao (Portugal) Tangier (Morocco) Motril, Cadiz, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca (Spain) and St Tropez. Segments of 18 nights ($3160) and 10 nights ($4440) are available.
Royal Clipper, flagship of the clippers fleet, will launch its European summer eason with a seven-nights cruise Lisbon to Barcelona Cruise on April 23. Fares tarting at $3189 will be discounted by 35% for bookings a before January 31.


Many people learn SketchUp from free videos or other online resources. If you have the time to sort through all of that, and manage to pick up the right things, you might be one of them. A lot of people have learned how to use SketchUp from my digital book "Woodworker's Guide to SketchUp". When I wrote the book, I focused on the specific things I struggled with as well as the common things I saw people I taught get stuck on.
SketchUp is one of those things that almost anyone can pick up and get results. But to get really good at it, you need to practice, and most important, you need to practice the skills that will lead you to an efficient and predictable workflow. What you can't get from videos or a book is someone looking over your shoulder and saying "click this, not that", "here is the solution to your problem", or "try this instead". Here is a review from someone who took a three-day SketchUp class. This post is about a recent class.
Classes at the WIA conferences will be an hour and a half overview of SketchUp and a Question & Answer session.
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If your woodworking club, or other organization is interested in hosting a SketchUp class, click here to contact me.


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Xiaomi India head Manu Jain has Barra boots to fill as global VP
Xiaomi Inc. has elevated India head Manu Kumar Jain as global vice president at a time when the Chinese handset maker is in the middle of a purple patch in the country, emerging as the second-largest smartphone seller.
"Manu, congratulations from the entire Xiaomi family on your promotion to vice president of Xiaomi!" the company said in a Facebook post.
"Under Manu's leadership, our operations in India expanded from just a small team into India's second-largest smartphone vendor with 10.7% market share…as per IDC," the post added.
Jain will continue to oversee the company's India operations as managing director.
Jain has helmed Xiaomi's India operations ever since the company set foot in the country in 2014. Prior to this, he had co-founded popular fashion e-commerce site Jabong.com.
Jain's elevation comes on the heels of Xiaomi global VP Hugo Barra leaving the company to join Facebook to lead its virtual reality efforts.
During his three-and-a-half-year tenure, Barra spearheaded Xiaomi's global expansion plans, including in emerging markets like India. "We turned India from a dream into Xiaomi's largest international market with $1 billion in annual revenues, faster than any company in India's history," Barra had said in a Facebook post announcing his exit.
Xiaomi, whose mobile phones have been a massive hit in India over the last couple of years, started its India journey with the model Mi3 two years ago, through an exclusive partnership with Flipkart. The company has also partnered with distributors such as Redington, Innocomm, StoreKing and Just By Live to reach more than 8,500 retail stores across the country.
According to the company, till September 2016, it has managed to sell over 2.3 million units of the Redmi Note 3 and over a million units of the newly launched Redmi 3S and Redmi 3s Prime smartphones.
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First, I want to apologize for the delay. I had planned to release the sequel to Of Love & Regret early this year but a baby and some medical issues waylaid my plans. I'm still in the midst of writing it but it's going much slower than I'd like because of the medical issues (plus a baby that doesn't like to sleep!!). I don't want to commit to a date and not be able to deliver but wanted to let you know that I'm still working on it. Thanks for your patience and I promise to give you a release date once I have a better idea. Best wishes!
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Take your time. We will love it when it comes . As for non sleeping babies i had 4 of them now teenagers who dont wakw up. Lol i hope it gets better soon. You are in our prayers.
Thanks Trina! I can't imagine having 4 kids…you must have been exhausted!!
I really really liked this book when it came out, but the sequel is taking so long I'm losing interest. Romance novels aren't as good with cliff hangers as adventure stories are. Either way I liked of love and regret so much that I will read the sequel, I'm just over the suspense.
I totally understand! I apologize for the delay.
I know how you are feeling my little boy is now one and I had many sleepless nights!! Your books got me through many of them as he would on end up sleeping in my arms so thank goodness for my kindle to keep me wake whilst he slept! Each day gets easier. Look forward to you next release.
Thanks so much, Kelly! And I can totally relate to being held prisoner in one position while holding a sleeping baby! Happy to hear you're getting more sleep now.
Take as much time as you like. I have four kids too. My last two were twins. I don't how you find anytime to write at all. Looking forward to the next book when you do have time to right it.
Wow, twins! I can't even imagine, esp with already having two! Thanks so much for reading and your kind words!
Any updates yet? The suspense is killing me.
So sorry for the delay in reply and the sequel. The release date is much later than anticipated in November, but it's a drop dead date. I truly appreciate your patience!!
I can understand your frustration, but writing will always be put on the backburner to my daughter's health. I'd be happy to refund the price of your book. You can contact me at shkolee@gmail.com with your paypal information.
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Of Loss & Betrayal available for preorder!


Dive into the indoor pool with a view of nature. Relax in the sauna, sanarium or infrared cabin. Forget the stress of everyday life in the relaxation room or on the sunbathing lawn or browse a book. Pure relaxation in the hotel Schwärzler.
Attractive, natural jogging, walking and cycling routes start right outside the hotel. Lake Constance invites you to swim in the summer. Several golf courses can be reached within 20 minutes by car. And in winter Vorarlberg offers a large selection of unique winter sports areas. We would be pleased to advise you individually!
Treat yourself to a soothing massage after an eventful day.
The offer is varied and individually tailored. The reception is happy to inform you and book your appointment at the Hotel Schwärzler.


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Diet: Larvae feed on all kinds of grains, flours, and dried fruits.
Other Information: Larvae and adults are often mistaken for clothes moths; adults live only one or two weeks; larvae spin white, silken cocoons where they pupate, and sometimes leave "webbing" behind.
Appearance: Larvae are shiny, white worms about 1/2 inch long; adults have narrow fringed wings, are yellowish-brown and also about 1/2 inch long.
Diet: Wool and other fabrics, fur; other protein-based materials.
Reproduction: Adult females lay up to 200 eggs; larvae reach maturity in 35 days to 2 – 1/2 years; adults live 15 – 30 days.


The game Call of Mini Infinity - the famous drive shooter 3D. The battle between the iron cars can be even more successful if you use the Call of Mini Infinity Hack. You have the opportunity to get an unlimited amount of gaming tools to your account and raise your level many times faster. To do this, you will not need to download incomprehensible files, get root or jailbreak rights. Your account will be safe, because you just use cheat codes Call of Mini ™ Infinity for free purchases. Having an unlimited number of Crystals - game currency, you will become a real pro in this game.
Enter the Call of Mini Infinity in the game and in a few minutes you will receive the Crystals in your account. You finally can conquer this planet completely! The battles with aliens will become even more colorful and interesting. Buy the best weapons, build and strengthen your bases, because all the necessary resources for this you will already have absolutely free. The skills of your hero will grow and this will allow you to cope with enemies in a matter of minutes. Dangers will wait for you at every step. Still, the colonization of a new planet is not such an easy task. But having all the necessary resources, you will be able to cope with this. So, in front of, in the battle!


Customer Data Platforms have been generating a lot of buzz. It's understandable that you'd want to move quickly to get in on this latest technology. But as with most big decisions in life, it's important to do your research on CDPs before leaping in headfirst.
There are a number of factors to consider when implementing any major change in your organization. Introducing CDPs is no exception to this rule. Here we'll look at the five moves that can make the implementation process either a seamless integration or a total nightmare for you and your team.
Before we dive in, I'd like to set an important expectation: don't expect CDP implementation to be an overnight success. Think of it as a project to tackle over a 12 month time horizon. The first step is a small one, listening to the right data. From there, you can analyze the data you've been listening to, and then, finally, take action on those insights.
As I wrote about in Chapter 9 of A Member Is Worth a Thousand Visitors, a sure way to be disappointed in your technology decisions is to make them without a business plan in hand.
I've seen it happen before. Someone gets excited about the latest technology and spends a lot of money on purchasing and deploying the tool. Only then do they realize they don't have a plan to actually use it. In the end, this results in wasted time, money, and energy, and oftentimes the new tool sits there collecting dust.
Before you invest in a CDP, you must know why you're purchasing the platform, what you'll use it for, and how it will drive sales. If you don't have specific answers (with actual numbers to back them up) for each of these questions, then you haven't built the business case for the new tech.
Set your goals for implementing a CDP. For example, if we implement a CDP, we would aim to see a 20 percent increase in traffic, 30 percent increase in new business, and 15 percent increase in retention rates. Do the math to calculate the economic benefit of these results, and compare to the cost of deploying a CDP. If you're not happy with the ROI, either keep brainstorming to find new ways to drive revenue, or wait until you see a clearer path to ROI before making the investment. For inspiration, refer back to this other article we published that explains how companies make money with CDPs.
A Customer Data Platform can only be effective if you collect data for it to analyze. You can't create a full picture of your customer base without user information from more than one source.
The whole beauty of a CDP is that it allows you to track data from across channels. So, you'll want to begin by cataloging all of the sources you have: on site behavior, email marketing engagement, product fulfillment, etc.
Next, evaluate the quality of each data source. Remember the old saying "garbage in, garbage out"? If you have a source with poor data quality, you'll set yourself up for failure when you connect it with the CDP. This means you must decide to either clean the data or leave it on the sidelines for now.
Finally, determine how the pieces of the puzzle fit together. Think about the "so what" of adding a data source to the single view of a customer. If you know both email engagement and on site behavior of a user, you can see what types of offers are more appealing and make them consistently across channels. If you understand how the same set of users are interacting with your company on the mobile app versus desktop website, you can see which channel is more effective in driving conversions.
Any time you implement a big change in your business, you'll encounter some skepticism. Some employees may feel like the current system is working just fine, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
However, it's critical that you have your entire team on board. CDPs rely on collecting data from many channels. That means you'll need to have everyone—from your website developers and social media gurus to your customer service reps and content creators—all ready to be a part of the process.
It's important for leaders to take ownership of generating this buy-in. People will naturally be wary of change. It's your job to explain why you're implementing this new technology and how it will help grow your business and support the work your teams already do.
You also owe your team the training and education that will make the transition as seamless as possible. When you communicate change properly, it's possible to get even the most doubtful employee to give something new a try.
Implementing your CDP system will require a lot from the people in your organization. They need to learn how to use the new platform, spend time inputting data, assess and analyze the results of the information they're receiving, make recommendations to leadership on how to change the business's approach based on analytics received from the CDP, and then enact those changes.
To complicate matters, the skills needed for a successful implementation evolve over time.
At first, you're going to need a more technical person who is comfortable with data mapping. This resource will need to pull all the data sources together and "train" the CDP on the various fields. You'll also need help from your development department to place code on your sites. If your CDP customizes the user experience, it would also be useful to have your designer involved in creating the various variable components of your website.
Then, you're going to need someone who is good at deriving insights from data. This is more of a marketing strategy skill set—someone who can religiously review the results and recommend practical action steps. This person should manage the learning agenda for the company, that is, what hypotheses need to be tested, and when it is time to take action based on results from experiments.
A lucrative CDP implementation takes a lot of time, effort, and thought from your teams, and you'll need the bandwidth to take on this sizeable new task. This means getting rid of old systems and processes that are not useful and are eating up their time, hiring new faces to take on added tasks and responsibilities, and/or finding outside consultants and agencies who can do some of the heavy lifting for you.
The key here is to have these resources in place before you sign the contract with your CDP vendor. And don't forget to show appreciation for your team's hard work as they help you build a stronger future for your company.
Now that you've done your homework, it's finally time to select the technology.
The CDP landscape is growing rapidly. Gartner noted that the number of companies that identify themselves as CDP providers has doubled in the past year, and industry revenue is expected almost to double again in 2019. This means that you have a lot of provider options, and there are more popping up each day.
The first step to successful implementation is identifying the type of CDP that is most valuable to your business. What kind of data do you already collect? What kind of analytics are you hoping to generate? Do you have systems in place already to act on what you learn? Or do you need a CDP that can help you with marketing execution?
The Customer Data Platform Institute provides a number of evaluation guides that give you a thorough breakdown of the types of CDPs out there and can help you select the one that makes the most sense for your business.
It's easy to get excited about the latest technology and put the horse before the cart in the implementation process. However, taking the time to assess your options properly, engage and educate your team, and input the necessary data will ensure that your CDP serves you well for many, many years to come.


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ActionAid partners distribute D3.6 million to 1,998 households as COVID-19 relief
Action Aid International The Gambia (AAITG) in its continuous efforts to support the vulnerable including the young people and women in remote communities during this deadly corona virus pandemic, recently completed a D3.6 million cash distribution and 3,844 reusable sanitary pads to 1,998 households in the North Bank Region (Upper Nuimi District) and Central River Region ( Naimina East , West, and Dankunku) respectively.
The distribution was conducted in partnership with the European Union, Eco-zones, and Apexes.
AAITG has redoubled its support in terms of relief to the vulnerable, especially youth and women, since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country, this has visibly complemented The Gambia government's national response plan in many ways.
Foday Kanyi, Programme Lead -Resilience Livelihoods & Climate Justice, EU_ AER Project Coordinator, pointed out that the pandemic has also compounded the existing gender inequality and access to gender-responsive public services and safeguarding issues beyond the immediate health concerns, short, medium and long-term impact are expected on household incomes, livelihood options, food systems, food security and nutrition situation of people living in poverty.
"ActionAid International has conducted a participatory need assessment which reveals that COVID-19 has made access to sanitary pads more difficult for young girls in the rural Gambia", he said.
The government's plan focuses on among other things: scaling-up and strengthening all aspects of preparedness and response including coordination, surveillance, case management, communication, and social mobilization, psychosocial as well as logistics and safety measures.
However, during the needs assessment, Kanyi observed, it was recommended that food or cash can be also be given as a form of support to the most vulnerable households. And It is against this background that AAITG's support is premised on.
Meantime AAITG is aware of the effective and a well-coordinated response plan through the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) who is mandated to coordinate all disaster and emergency issues in the country.
The Organization wishes to at the end of the support, make a participatory Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) to determine the effectiveness and relevance of the response.
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Кри́пта (от  «крытый подземный ход; тайник») — в средневековой западноевропейской архитектуре одно или несколько подземных сводчатых помещений, расположенных под алтарной и хоральной частями храма и служащих для погребения и выставления для почитания мощей святых и мучеников. Другое название крипты — «нижняя церковь».

В Древнем Риме криптой называли любое сводчатое подземное или полуподземное помещение.

В качестве синонима слова крипта может использоваться латинский термин  (могила, гробница), в дохристианские времена означавший место ритуальных сожжений умерших, позднее — христианских захоронений.

Первоначальная форма крипты была унаследована от гробниц апостолов в римских базиликах времени правления Константина. Начиная с VII века в криптах, имеющих полукруглую форму, которая повторяет форму апсиды, хранились мощи святых и мучеников, в честь которых освящён храм. В X—XI веках форма крипты претерпела изменения: она стала удлинённой, располагаясь уже не только под апсидой, но и под нефами и трансептами храма, что привело к фактическому превращению крипты во вторую — подземную — церковь.

См. также

 Некрополь
 Усыпальница
 Склеп
 Крипта цивилизации

Источники

 Еврейское кладбище. Словарь — Крипта

Храмовая архитектура

Церковные помещения


How to set a default graphics card?
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From the second option "Select the preferred graphics processor for this program", select High-performance Nvidia processor from the drop down list (you can see what the automatic option is listed as global setting).
Open the control center in the same way as above. You may need to open graphics then PowerPlay and set plugged in and/or battery to maximise performance. You can also try going to graphics then 3D and move the slider to performance. Your computer may also have a switchable graphics tab where you can change the settings for individual programs.


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Q: Django Haystack - как передать динамичные данные в форму? Как передать отсортированные продукты, в наследующий класс FacetedSearchForm.
На данный момент в этом классе - заранее описанные/статичные данные - благодаря которым осуществляется сортировка, по выбранному полю в выпадающем списке
Их видно на снимке экрана (Сортировать - По Релевантности,По Рейтингу, )

Сами данные (Словарь) которые сортируются
RELEVANCY = "relevancy"
TOP_RATED = "product_class_exact:Monsters"

SORT_BY_CHOICES = [
    (RELEVANCY, _("Relevancy")),
    (TOP_RATED, _("Customer rating")),
]

И попадают в эту форму - choices=словарь
selected_facets = forms.ChoiceField(
label=_("Sort by"), choices=SORT_BY_CHOICES,
widget=forms.Select(), required=False)

В html это выглядит следующим образом
 <form method="get" class="form-horizontal">
      {% include "partials/form_field.html" with field=form.selected_facets %}
 </form>

Непонятно каким образом - но form.selected_facets, берется именно из наследующего класса FacetedSearchForm.
И я не понимаю как следует в этот класс передать данные которые возвращает

HayStack SearchHandlerhttp://pastebin.com/ZrDrj123

На снимке их видно, это Тип Товара - monsters, а так же Диапозон цен.
В оригинале в форму они передаются через html, где они имеют вид простых строчных данных, которые нельзя подставить в виде поля/Field.
Как правильно следует сделать чтобы эти данные передавались сразу в класс SearchForm(FacetedSearchForm), так чтобы их можно было записать в словарь и передать в форму choiceForm, choice=data?

A: Чтобы передать данные которые обработал Solr - в моем примере это  типы товаров, т.е Classic/Common), следует использовать класс Search/SearchHandler,и метод get_search_form()
`       def get_search_form(self, request_data, search_queryset):
        kwargs = {
            'data': request_data,
            'selected_facets': request_data.getlist("selected_facets"),
            'searchqueryset': search_queryset

        }
        return self.form_class(**kwargs)`

В него следует добавить, те самые результаты которые хранятся в словаре self.results.facet_counts(),  kwargs = { 'facet_counts':self.results.facet_counts()}
таким образом данные передаются в класс form_class/SearchForm, который можно представить следующим образом:
class SearchForm(FacetedSearchForm):

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    self.facet_counts = kwargs.pop("facet_counts",[])
    super(SearchFor, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
    request_data = [ ("product_class_exact:Classic", _("Relevancy")),
        ("product_class_exact:T-shirt", _("Customer rating")),]
    self.fields['sort_by'] = forms.ChoiceField(
    label=_("Sort by"), choices= self.facet_counts,
widget=forms.Select(), required=False)

В оригинале он выглядит так http://pastebin.com/CcGJarLz, сам класс теперь уже переписывает оригинальный метод от Haystack FacetedSearchForm, но в него теперь попадают типы товаров kwargs.pop("facet_counts",[]), которые можно добавить в форму choices= self.facet_counts.
И тем самым порядок элементов - при их выборе, будет неизменным, в отличии от оригинала http://i.imgur.com/EaDcc9V.png?2 http://i.imgur.com/ObfzssL.png?1 .
Мой вариант решения возможно не самый красивый, и он минует оригинальный обработчик - который сделали разрабы Django(oscar) - FacetMunger , но темнеменее этот метод решает проблему.

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Who's Going to Have a Breakout Season for the Washington Capitals?
Whether it is Alexander Ovechkin blasting a one-timer from his office, or Evgeny Kuznetsov pulling off a behind-the-net, behind-the-back pass to an awaiting teammate, the Washington Capitals are in a fortunate position. They have a strong mix of veterans and young guns up and down the lineup that can contribute in big ways.
Due to some strong drafting over recent years, the Capitals have had some of their younger players win battles for roster spots at a young age. The most recent example being Andre Burakovsky, the 23rd overall pick in 2013 by Washington. Just over a year after being drafted, he won a spot on the Capitals roster and got valuable experience despite not always being placed in the best role to succeed.
Evgeny Kuznetsov, after playing several seasons in Russia following his draft year, came to the NHL and struggled at times over his first full season in North America. Suddenly, he turned into one of the league's hottest young superstars, leading the Capitals with 77 points in 82 games during the 2015-16 season. This all came after a personal breakout in the 2014-15 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where he scored five goals in 14 games.
The Capitals will have several candidates for a breakout season just like Evgeny Kuznetsov saw last season. Surely, these candidates might not hit the 77 points that Kuznetsov did, but they could surpass their career highs by significant margins. Such an improvement from one or more of the following players would be huge for the Capitals, and potentially help lead them to their first title, as they are occupying important roles heading into next season.
This is a bit of an odd pick for a breakout campaign given that he is 27-years-old. However, Lars Eller is a player that has never been given a true opportunity to turn into the player he was expected to be when he was drafted 13th overall in 2007.
According to Corsica, since the 2011-12 season, he was most commonly on a line with Brandon Prust and Jiri Sekac in Montreal, a group that saw about 237 minutes of even-strength time together. His next most common linemates were Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher (235 minutes) followed by Travis Moen and Andrei Kostitsyn (194 minutes). Surely, you can guess which of those three lines performed the best.
With those appropriate linemates, he posted a Corsi For of 53.69%. With the others, he was sub-50%. Eller's career high of 30 points doesn't sound overly impressive, but it should be noted that those numbers came during the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. His most common linemate was Alex Galchenyuk that season, but for whatever reason, he was not put in a similar position to succeed moving forward.
With Marcus Johansson locked up long-term and a healthy battle likely to commence in training camp for the third-line right-wing spot, Eller will have some of his strongest options ever on the wings this season. He could be a part of a very threatening third line, and make it that much easier for Capitals Head Coach Barry Trotz to roll all of his lines on a nightly basis. Given the assumption that Washington will be one of the league's best teams again next season, a career-best season for Lars Eller is very much possible.
Andre Burakovsky continued improving last season, putting up 38 points in 79 games. Most of his production came while he was receiving second-line minutes during the second half of the season after experiencing several dry spells early on in the year. For a 21-year-old, almost reaching 40 points in his second NHL season is not something to ignore.
Burakovsky is likely to be on the second-line full-time next season as he continues to get stronger and fill out his lanky frame. He possesses a lethal shot and is a smooth skater who has been a positive possession player throughout his young career. Alongside him on that line will likely be Evgeny Kuznetsov and veteran Justin Williams, a trio that posted strong number during the regular season but struggled to score during the playoffs. As both Burakovsky and Kuznetsov continue to mature, more production will come.
With Jason Chimera gone and thus not available to take up power play time that should belong to Burakovsky, the young Swede will get many more opportunities to continue building on his point totals from the past two seasons.
One of the more interesting players on the Capitals roster is right-winger Tom Wilson. The 22-year-old just re-upped with the Capitals for two more years this summer, a deal that will bring more responsibility and thus, higher expectations. There's a good chance he will see significant time on the Caps' third line this year, giving him a chance to grow into the potential the team saw in him when he was drafted 16th overall several years ago.
He posted a career-high 23 points last season, including seven goals, all of which came at even strength. Wilson has displayed strong offensive instincts at times, though his discipline and willingness to drop his gloves at a moment's notice have suppressed most thoughts of him as an offensive threat.
Despite his young age, Wilson is about to enter his fourth full season as an NHL player. If he is ever going to realize his potential and become more than a bottom-six grinder, that movement will start this year. He is already one of the team's top penalty killers, and an increase in ice time could push Wilson towards becoming a force in this league both physically and offensively.


It's a KISSWORLD...we all just live in it.
Just curious, comment on this post if your an active user of Livejournal.
Any one here have been or going to see KISS with Motley Crue and The Treatment on the Tour?? I am going tomorrow night with my daughter in St. Paul, MN.
I've got these lying around, and I need to unload some stuff to help pay rent.
But yeah, if you think you want anything, drop me a line via private message or e-mail (heywoodhead@yahoo.com).
it got me thinking what is my collection worth?
anyone know of a data base for things like this, like the old circus dolls and such too?
Have any of you heard about Gibson's Dark Fire guitar?
It's kind of epic. It can produce any tone and switch to acoustic as well. It launches in a few days.
I wonder if any of the KISS guys will get it. They play Gibson Guitars and I imagine it would be amazing for them to have on stage , and also in the studio.
Hey, everybody. I'm getting rid of a bunch of my Kiss shirts as I dont' wear them anymore. I figured I'd see if any of you would want 'em.
They range from the Psycho Circus Tour to the Rock The Nation Tour.
They're all in great condition, and a couple have barely been worn.
They're just too big for me now.
Send me an offer through e-mail at heywoodhead@yahoo.com, or use the Private Messaging system LJ's got now.
In your offer, please include about $5 to ship a shirt(s) via priority mail.
Obviously, if you want all of 'em, the shipping will just be the flat rate priority box, and you'll get 'em all. I'm willing to let these all go for a fair price. Just include $9.80 for the Flat-Rate Priority Mail box.
PLease take these off my hands, someone.
No offense to any Tommy Thayer fans here, but this is sacrilege.
Hey, everyone. I'm moving soon, and I was going through my closet, and found some Kiss t-shirts I've not worn... probably since I moved into my current residence, and probably won't wear again.
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Toyota and Lexus seem to get the lion's share of recognition when itcomes to hybrid innovation and they harvest the most hybrid sales.
However, there are others with innovative hybrid systems worthy of alook. In fact, General Motors has more hybrid models than any otherautomaker, from the Chevy Malibu mild-hybrid to this GMC Yukon 2-Modehybrid.
The 2-Mode system was co-developed by GM, Mercedes Benz,BMW and Chrysler so look for this system in the X6, M-Class andChrysler Aspen along with many others under the GM banner.
TheGMC Yukon is huge, based on a full-sized pickup truck platform. GMdecided that rolling out its 2-Mode system on their biggest vehiclesmade sense because these vehicles are the largest consumers of fuel.Any percentage of fuel savings is welcome for full-sized SUV owners.Since there is so much real estate to cover, GMC included 9 hybridbadges and decals to let all, who care, know that this big rig is asgreen as it gets in this class.
Thefront and back windows each get a decal, two badges down each side,plus a decal that runs the length of the truck and another on the backlift gate. Another less obvious clue is the larger "chin" spoiler alongthe front of this already imposing grille.
TheYukon hybrid is expensive, starting at just over $68,000 and for that,it includes leather heated seats and navigation as part of the package.The navigation screen has a display window for monitoring the hybridsystem, letting the driver know which part of the 2-Mode system isworking. Unfortunately the mileage information and Active FuelManagement (when the engine shuts off half the cylinders) system ismonitored in a separate readout behind the steering wheel. It would bemuch easier to have this information include on one screen. What issurprising is just how cramped the third row of seats are consideringthe size of the Yukon, for families that require the third row oftenthe GMC Acadia might be a better fit.
Sowhat is a 2-Mode hybrid? When stopped, or at low speeds, the gasolineengine is off or the vehicle is able to drive under just electricpower. This is especially useful for bumper-to-bumper traffic. Atnormal driving speeds, the massive 6.0L gasoline V8 lumbers along atlow revs assisted by the electric motor. What makes the 2-Mode uniqueis the ability of the Active Fuel Management system to shut off half ofthe eight cylinders for longer periods when driving at consistentspeeds. The cumulative effect of all of these advancements is a posted25-percent improvement in fuel consumption. GM is able to scale this2-Mode down to smaller vehicles and it will be introduced in the SaturnVue compact SUV soon.
The2-Mode system is as smooth and seamless as any hybrid system I havedriven; the ride is very relaxed and luxurious. For buyers who need totow, this Yukon still has a respectable 6100-pound towing capacity. Foreven more luxury, buyers can get this 2-Mode system in a CadillacEscalade and for more utility; it is available in the GM full-sizedpickup truck lines.
The steep price tag makes an already narrowvehicle segment even smaller. I doubt a full-sized hybrid is attractiveto many, so GM would be wise to introduce this seamless system in othervehicles soon.
I can understand the reasoning behind GM'sdecision to introduce the 2-Mode in their largest vehicles but for moremass appeal, this 2-Mode would be perfect in the mid-sized crossovermarket.
The drive of the Yukon is perfect for a person whoprefers a smooth, luxurious ride with all the creature comforts to gowith it. It is also surprising that for such a massive vehicle thesecond and third rows of seats don't feel very roomy in comparison tothe Acadia crossover.
GM has suffered bad press lately but I canreport that this 2-Mode is as refined as any hybrid I have driven fromany brand. GM, just like Toyota covers their hybrid system for a full 8years or 160,000km.