Do you like fantasy movies?
If you don't, it's about time to start watching them, because what we have seen in sci-fi and fantasy films in the last decade is getting real with every new technology advancement.
Everyday things around us are becoming smarter, sometimes even smarter than ourselves. And when you think about it in perspective it is actually more disturbing than fun. However, I am always for the tech progress rather than against it and internet of things (IoT) is no exception. IoT is the next big thing and it's already here.
Although IoT is booming today, it is not new and tech companies have been working on interconnected smart gadgets for quite a while now. That is why we've been offered a variety of innovational products at each tech exhibition this year. As we can see from its rapid development, IoT is going to grow even more in coming years and eventually all of us will have access to it.
Therefore, as UX people we need to go through some of the challenges it brings in terms of UX/usability and see if we can embrace them for the good of our users.
First of all, let's acknowledge the fact that Internet of Things, as its name suggests, is nothing without a network connection, because that is how data is transferred between devices without human intervention. It doesn't really matter whether the connection is wireless or not, although most of the IoT devices available today work via WiFi.
Now, for a second let's go back to our smartphones and computers. I am sure all of us experience occasional connectivity problems, say poor connection during a video call, slow loading websites, mobile apps crushes, etc. But however annoying it is, we are used to such glitches. Whereas it is not something we would expect from our toasters, room lighting and garage doors. The user experience of everyday things is in fact quite different from that of the web stuff. When we turn off the lights, we expect an immediate response. But what if the connection is poor at the moment and it takes a couple of minutes for the lights to go out? What if you can't open the fridge because the system is down? I am not sure if the user is ready for this, because there certainly will be such problems, especially with the first generation of IoT.
Connectivity issues are going to have a significant impact on the overall IoT experience and since it is a technical problem, there is little we can do about it.
While the idea of IoT has been around for quite long it is just starting to enter the consumer market and there are still lots of questions and obstacles. One of the main problems is that there are plenty of connected devices out there and individually they are smart and useful, but they don't work as a "team". That is to say you cannot control the whole collection of your IoT devices from a single place and make them sync the data. So for instance if you have a smart car, a fitness tracker and a smart thermostat, you are going to have three different mobile apps for each of those. You won't be able to set up a rule to adjust the temperature in the room according to your fitness tracker data and start your car as soon as the front door is locked. This breaks the overall user experience of IoT products. This kind of fragmented UX might in fact make our lives more complicated. Whereas the purpose of smart devices initially was to make the user's life easier.
There is some progress in this area though. A few major companies, like AllSeen Alliance and the Open Interconnect Consortium, are working to create an open standard which will allow interoperability between most IoT devices.
In theory IoT is going to enhance our lives dramatically. Not only will it fulfill Steve Krug's commandment ("Don't make me think"), but will go even further and think for us. We will spend less time on monotonous, boring tasks and will have more time to do things that cannot yet be computerized, like love and friendship.
All this sounds pretty good, but in reality Internet of things is still very young and just like the earliest websites, it might lack usability at first. Most probably users will have to learn and memorize new gestures, icons, interfaces. In terms of simple usability, present day IoT might not be usable at all. Take for example the lights regulator. It takes just a single action to turn off the lights in a traditional context, while with a "smart lighting", you perform 2-3 extra steps(swipe to unlock the phone, open the app, tap the right icon) to turn off the lights. On the other hand, if you are lying half asleep on the sofa, getting up to turn the lights off is definitely not an option.
Anyway, if we conduct a quick heuristic evaluation of today's IoT devices, we won't like the results. But our traditional knowledge and practice in usability is not really applicable to IoT. So it is our job, as UX designers, to research the experience of end users with these new devices and optimize accordingly.
The best possible way to embrace all of the challenges of IoT is to put yourself in user's shoes and experience IoT the way a typical user would. This way you will discover the main usability pain points that need to be fixed, as well as discover how exactly the UX can be improved. But be careful and watch your devices closely, or your toaster and smart car may rebel against their master.


Thanks for checking out what is going on in another day of my life. I hope you are having a great week so far.
It was another early start to my day. I had to be up early so I could run some errands before going to my dentist appointment. First, I had to run to Mailbox Etc. to mail some of our Dab the AIDS Bears to donors. Then I was off to BCCC to see the dentist for a cleaning. Unfortunately, the dental hygienist had called in sick today but they had not called me to cancel the appointment. So needless to say, I was not happy about wasting a trip and time.
Then I had to stop by Catholic Charities to meet with Connie and Janet. It is always great seeing the two of them. They are such special women who are constantly going the extra mile to help others. No wonder they have both been past Dab's Angels. Unfortunately, I only had about thirty minutes to spend with them before it was time to head out.
But on to today's topic of my blog. How you been keeping track with President and First Lady Obama's first trip abroad? Well so far it has won winning reviews from most people.
Then I read about the first lady of France and First Lady Obama taking a stand on HIV and AIDS. I will not say I was shocked but definitely delightfully surprised.
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama met with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for the first time on April 3 and agreed to work together to draw attention to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, Agence France-Presse reports. The two met for a one-on-one lunch while their husbands, U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, had talks before the NATO alliance's 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg, France.
According to the article, the women will talk via telephone in the coming weeks to develop a joint plan to address HIV and other health concerns.
Bruni-Sarkozy, a former model and singer-songwriter, was spurred into advocacy after losing a brother to AIDS. Last December, she was named a goodwill ambassador for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; in February, she made her first trip on behalf of the organization to Burkina Faso, West Africa.
All this just gives me more hope we finally have a President who will address the urgency of HIV and AIDS in our own country. Time will tell.


As the summer winds down into fall, I wanted to share with you the best part of our families summer – a trip to Colorado! We knew we wanted to drive from Texas to Colorado, and we needed a vehicle that could haul all the hiking/fishing equipment we planned to bring. We also needed a vehicle that could handle the ever changing weather and environments in Colorado, and the National Park System there. The Chevy Tahoe was beyond perfect. Comfortable, great looking sculpted body panels, plenty of room, lot's of entertainment options, and most importantly a great ride!
Also, the Chevy Tahoe cannot take a bad picture. Exhibit A below.
Ability to Haul luggage – We loved having lots of different configurations for storing luggage. Put the 2nd and 3rd row of seats down for a huge expanse of space! Or, just put down the 3rd row – that configuration handily stored 10 plus pieces of luggage for us!
Tahoe's Wi-Fi capability – What can be better than built in 4G LTE Wi-fi? As we traveled to our destination I was able to check email and work, because the Chevy Tahoe was our own hot spot!
Maps on Apple CarPlay – We relied on this feature heavily during the trip. I especially loved when it would let us know about construction or delays ahead – and suggest a new route for faster arrival!
We took the Chevy Tahoe up on the world famous Trail Ridge Road, in Rocky Mountain National Park. And in Arctic tundra consitions we were always comfortable and warm inside the cabin with the seat warmers going. When we went back to sea level and the summer heat kicked in? Seat COOLERS!
I loved how safe we felt in the Chevy Tahoe as well. The Chevy Tahoe was equipped with OnStar, and automatic crash response, 24/7 crisis assist, turn by turn navigation, roadside assistance and more!
And the worst part of a road trip is car boredom, right? Not in this fully equipped Chevy Tahoe! There are outlets everywhere, and the wifi meant we could all use any device we wanted from home. The entertainment system in the car came with fold down tv monitors and a remote. Music, movies, and devices – oh my! We were set!
The Apple CarPlay connected to my smart phone using the Chevy MyLink as soon as I got into the vehicle! Super convenient!
We could not get over how well the Chevy Tahoe performed on our road trip. It's truly our families dream vehicle!
Want an inside view? Check out this short video, showing some of our trip to Colorado, and the ways that the Chevy Tahoe made it easier!
Many thanks to the kind people at Chevy who let us try out the Chevy Tahoe.


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Jacksonville man was bodyguard to Rosa Parks, 'mother of the civil rights movement'
In 1994, Jacksonville native Mark Kerrin volunteered to install a security system in Parks' home in Detroit after she was attacked there by a young man demanding money.
Author: Matt Soergel, The Florida Times-Union
Published: 11:03 AM EST February 4, 2019
Monday marks the 106th anniversary of the birth of Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused a Montgomery, Ala., bus driver's order to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat in the whites-only section. Parks was arrested, which sparked a boycott of the Montgomery bus system and made her a powerful symbol of the struggle for equality.
On one of Mark Kerrin's first mornings as bodyguard to Rosa Parks, she brought him some orange juice. A simple gesture, perhaps. But it struck him, that day in 1994: "This was so historic to me — the mother of the civil rights movement, bringing a glass of orange juice for me," he said.
That wasn't the end of it though. She knew he was a Southerner, so she had made him a breakfast of eggs, grits and sausages, just as a Southerner would like.
What he didn't know yet about her was that she was a vegetarian. That's something he discovered with his first bite of meatless sausage. He managed to choke it down. Barely.
She just kind of smiled, he said — a smile that soon became familiar to him.
Kerrin, who is 65, graduated from New Stanton High School in Jacksonville and became a police officer in Atlanta and Jacksonville. He later taught college courses in criminal justice and information technology, was an electronic surveillance expert and owned a security consulting business.
In 1994 he volunteered to install a security system in Parks' home in Detroit after she was attacked there by a young man demanding money.
That eventually led to him becoming a bodyguard for Parks for the next few years, during which he made frequent trips from his home in Jacksonville to wherever she was traveling next, from Florida to Alaska.
He wore a bulletproof vest and was heavily armed in this duties, for which he volunteered. "I told them, I can't charge Rosa Parks," he said. Eventually, the Rosa and Raymond Parks Foundation ended up paying his expenses for travel.
They became friends, and often sneaked away from official events; she liked to walk and go to parks. He even took her fishing. He documented much her life — and the memorial services after her death — with a camera he carried everywhere.
Kerrin always called her Mrs. Parks, out of respect, and would correct President Bill Clinton when he called her Rosa. He did that so often it became a running joke between the president and the bodyguard.
Parks had moved to Detroit following her arrest after she and her husband lost their jobs and faced death threats in Alabama.
She lived simply there, in a modest apartment. "A bank account full of nickles and a basement full of plaques," Kerrin said.
She sometimes spoke to him of that day in Montgomery in 1955, describing it as a breaking point. "She said she was just tired of the humiliation and the injustice that had happened," he said, "so she refused."
She died at 92 in 2005, after which she became the first women to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. Ceremonies also marked her passing in Detroit — where a young politician named Barack Obama was among those who spoke — and in Montgomery.
Kerrin was there for each event, guarding her coffin: His work, he says, was not yet done.
As a former police officer, he stresses how revered Parks was by police officers, of all races, across the country.
That's reflected in the photos he took of her life and her funeral services, which often feature law enforcement officers. He's donated them to the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington and has also given photos to the Library of Congress.
Working with Parks and doing security work for the Atlanta police department gave him the chance to interact often with the mighty and the rich.
"I have never been impressed by any celebrity, any president," he said. "Only her. She would speak to you the same way she would speak with presidents."
Matt Soergel: (904) 359-4082
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Defendant freed in error by jury is killed hours later
June 12, 2014 | 2:25pm
Judge W. Kent Hamlin couldn't believe that career criminal Bobby Lee Pearson was set free from jail. Unfortunately for Pearson, he was stabbed to death hours after his release. AP
FRESNO, Calif. — A defendant in a Central California burglary case walked out of a courtroom a free man after a jury mistakenly signed a not-guilty verdict form — only to be killed hours later.
The flabbergasted judge said Wednesday that he had no choice but to order defendant Bobby Lee Pearson to be released from jail because the not-guilty verdict had been put on the record, The Fresno Bee reported.
After it was too late, jurors told the judge they were hung on the charges against Pearson. Prosecutors might have had an opportunity to retry Pearson in the case of a hung jury.
"I can't believe it," Superior Court Judge W. Kent Hamlin said after he ordered Pearson to be set free.
Hours later, Pearson was stabbed to death after going to a home to get some clothing and belongings, Fresno police Sgt. James Rios said. He apparently got into a fight early Thursday with his sister's boyfriend, who Rios says then stabbed him.
The two apparently had a long history of problems. The boyfriend's name has not been released.
Hamlin said Wednesday that he couldn't change the verdict form because double jeopardy was already attached.
"This has never happened to me in more than 100 jury trials that I have done," he said.
Pearson and two co-defendants were accused of burglarizing an apartment last year and stealing a video system and a gun. The homeowner allegedly caught the intruders and wrestled with one of them.
Jurors returned a guilty verdict against Pearson's co-defendant, Terrel Minniweather, and the mistaken not guilty verdict against Pearson before lunch Wednesday.
Hamlin asked the jury whether that was in fact its verdict against Pearson, and all 12 nodded yes, the Bee reported.
The jurors were then asked to return after lunch for a potential second phase of the trial. The confusion over the verdict against Pearson came to light during lunch, when one juror told court staff that he had voted to find Pearson guilty, said Linden Lindahl, an attorney for Minniweather.
Jurors said they were confused by the forms, one of which was for a guilty verdict and the other for a not guilty verdict.
One juror said there was no form they could sign that indicated the jury was deadlocked.
Lindahl said he was surprised by the jury's confusion, since the judge "did everything by the book."
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Registration for March 2019 parent-teacher conferences opens on February 11 at 8:00 AM and closes on February 26 at 3:30 PM. Conference days are Monday, March 4 from 12:00-8:00 PM and Tuesday, March 5 from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
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LUNA SEA - New Live DVD Announced | VKH Press – J-Rock & Visual Kei Coverage Worldwide!
LUNA SEA has announced a new Live DVD release to commemorate their 25 years together! Entitled Live on A WILL, it will be release on June 24th and will be available in three types: Limited Edition, Statrd Edition and Blu0ray. The Limited Edition will have the DVD and an addition CD featuring the live audio tracks from the footage. An addition bonus track will be included on the CD entitled "Lost World." The Standard edition and Blu-ray will only feature the DVD in their respected formats, however the Blu-ray edition of Live on A WILL will not be available until July 22nd.


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Tax the rich: De Blasio wants millionaires to get MTA on track
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio turned to a tried and true method for improving the Metropolitan Transit Authority: Have the rich pay their fair share.
Monday, the mayor announced a proposal that would allegedly rake in close to $800 million per year via an income tax increase on individuals who earn more than $500,000 and married couple who earn more than $1 million. De Blasio said the money would be used to fund MTA projects, including a Fair Fares program providing half-priced MetroCards to New Yorkers living at poverty levels and subway and bus repairs. Legislation for the proposal was introduced by New York State Senator Michael Gianaris and New York State Assembly Member Daniel O'Donnell.
"Rather than sending the bill to working families and subway and bus riders already feeling the pressure of rising fares and bad service, we are asking the wealthiest in our city to chip in a little extra to help move or transit system into the 21st century," said de Blasio in a statement. "Instead of searching for a quick-fix that doesn't exist, or simply forking over more and more of our tax dollars every year, we have come up with a fair way to finance immediate and long-term transit improvement and to better hold the state accountable for the system's performance."
According to the city, de Blasio's proposal would increase the highest income tax rate from 3.876 percent to 4.41 percent. The increase would affect an estimated 32,000 New Yorkers who file taxes. The city already sets aside $1.6 billion in operational support for subways and buses. De Blasio's proposal would need the approval of state lawmakers and faces an uphill battle in a Republican-dominated State Senate.
MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota welcomed De Blasio owning his part of the MTA issue but said money's needed now to fund problem fixes.
"The good news is that Mayor de Blasio has acknowledged New York City's significant ownership of the New York City Transit Authority and the fact that new funding is needed to modernize the subway system," said Lhota in a statement. "The bad news is that the mayor has not acknowledged that the MTA needs funding today. You can't delay an emergency plan to stop delays. The challenges the subways are facing today need immediate resources and solutions right now, not years from now."
But de Blasio's found allies for his plan in U.S. Congressman Adriano Espaillat, Working Families Party New York State Director Bill Lipton and New York City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez.
"A millionaire's tax, or the 'fair fix plan,' is a powerful statement that highlights how serious the city is about fixing the system we rely upon so heavily," said Rodriguez in a statement. "Whether we move forward with this plan or the many others I have discussed in recent weeks, our top priority must be implementing a revenue stream we can rely on for years to come, because this is the only way we can overcome the decay our transit system has sustained over the past few decades."
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Clemson University Commit Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Welcomed to 2021 All-American Bowl with Virtual Jersey Presentation
Linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/ St. Joseph's Preparatory School), the Clemson University commit, was officially honored yesterday as a 2021 All-American during a virtual jersey presentation as part of the fifteenth episode of the Road to the Dome digital series.
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Welcome ⭐⭐⭐⭐ LB Jeremiah Trotter Jr. (@TrotterJr54) to the 2021 All-American Bowl @NBCSports #AAB21 🇺🇸#ALLIN #AllAmericanBowl 🏈 @adidasFballUS https://t.co/BsLNl7vkjC pic.twitter.com/lOvyQYzcGm
The episode was released last night at 8 p.m. ET on the NBC Sports YouTube channel. Additional All-Americans featured in tonight's episode include Deonte Anderson, Jardin Gilbert, Marvin Harrison Jr., Chris Hilton, Wynden Ho'ohuli, Elijah Jeudy, Aden Kelley, and Kyle McCord.
Having been selected as an All-American in the twenty-first edition of the All-American Bowl, Trotter Jr. will be celebrated as part of a special two-hour "All-American Bowl: Declaration Day" honoring each of this year's 100 All-Americans on Saturday January 2, on NBC.
Trotter Jr. was selected by the All-American Bowl Selection Committee, consisting of the All-American Bowl and 247Sports.


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In my opinion, doing your french tips with white glitter rather than white nail polish looks much more up to date. I used to wear a french manicure all the time, but I got really bored of it and haven't worn it for years, as it is so, um, predictable? I just bought a big pack of white glitter from Paperchase for £1.50 and the pink base coat was Secret Affair nail polish by Essie which I love. All you have to do is wait for the pink colour to dry, then apply your top coat just over the tip of your nail, as you would normally apply the white colour for a french manicure. Then dip the tip of your nail that you just painted in the glitter, brush off the excess glitter and wait for it to dry then apply your top coat. Simple!
Oh my gawwwsh, this is gorgeous Jess!
I need to try it !!
Aww, they look really cute I'll definately have to give it a go when I have some time free!
P.S : You have great nails!
did you see BubzBeauty's recent nail tutorial on this? She makes it look so simple!
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› General › President condemns abhorrent act of desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden
President condemns abhorrent act of desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden
President Dr Arif Alvi has strongly condemned the abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.
In a statement on Monday, he termed the act as senseless, provocative and Islamophobic which has hurt the religious sensitivities of Muslims around the world.
The President said that this immoral incident was an act of needless incitement and a serious provocation to the feelings of Muslims in the world.
He said it was against the internationally accepted norms and principles of legitimate expression of the right to freedom of expression or opinion, which obliged everyone to not resort to hate speech and incite people to violence.
Dr Arif Alvi said that Islam preached respect and reverence for all religions of the world whereas this heinous act has hurt Muslims by insulting their sacred values, and reflects the alarming levels of Islamophobia.
The President urged the international community to show a common resolve against Islamophobia.
He underlined the need for international efforts to consolidate the values of tolerance and coexistence and criminalize all acts that promote the ideology of hatred.
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Is there a local osteopath that readers would recommend? They're pretty common in other countries but am having a hard time finding one locally.
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Thankfully they are rare locally. They should be non-existent. You should look for a scientifically based care giver.
Rude and wrong.
"Osteopathic medical students complete four years of medical school, plus three to nine years of additional medical training through internships and residencies in their chosen specialties. After earning their degree, D.O.s also must pass state licensing exams and national boards."
"Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine graduates attend the same graduate medical education programs as their MD counterparts."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Osteopathic_Medicine
"One notable difference between DO and MD training is that DOs spend an additional 300–500 hours to study a set of hands-on manipulation of the human musculoskeletal system along with learning conventional Western medicine and surgery like their MD peers."
Here's what the National Health Service of UK says about this sort of practice: There's some evidence to suggest that osteopathy may be effective for some types of neck, shoulder or lower-limb pain, some types of headache, and recovery after hip or knee operations.
There's only limited or no scientific evidence that it's an effective treatment for conditions unrelated to the bones and muscles.... https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/osteopathy/
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The U.K. is not the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Osteopathic_Medicine
"Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO or D.O.) is a medical degree offered by medical schools ***in the United States***. A DO graduate may become licensed as a physician. DOs have full practice rights in all 50 ***US*** states. As of 2021, there were more than 168,000 osteopathic physicians and osteopathic medical students ***in the United States***.[1]
DO degrees are offered ***in the United States*** at 37 medical schools .[2][3][4] As of 2021, more than 26% of ***US*** medical students were DO students.[5][6] The curricula at osteopathic medical schools are equivalent to those at MD-granting medical schools, which focus the first two years on the biomedical and clinical sciences, then two years on core clinical training in the clinical specialties.[7]
==>Only US-granted DO and MD programs are listed as medical schools in the World Directory of Medical Schools. <== Upon completing medical school, a DO graduate may enter an internship or residency training program, which may be followed by fellowship training.[7] DO graduates attend the same graduate medical education programs as their MD counterparts.[8]"
@9/30 - 9:34AM - I think perhaps you are thinking about homeopathic medicine?
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For those that are unaware: Osteopathic medicine is a "whole person" approach to medicine—treating the entire person rather than just the symptoms. With a focus on preventive health care, Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) help patients develop attitudes and lifestyles that don't just fight illness, but help prevent it, too.
"Ahh, no, I want you to focus on the pain in my lower back."
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My sister, the smart one in the family, got a DO degree in Des Moines, IA -- there was no MD program in town. She did her residency at the Mayo Clinic, a reputable place that recognizes the quality of DO training. She's been in practice as a neurologist for over 30 years now. DOs are not some quack medical group.
Parsing language that attempts to ignore that DO "medical" schools are the same as MD "medical" schools is the problem. What people learn at schools that respect investigation, science and the total body is different than what DO schools proudly brag is their superiority. So if a DO grad goes to a real medical school afterwards, great. One hopes that she or he enters into the tradition of successful western scientific human care. But if she or he simply uses the DO to claim the right to diagnose and treat the whole gambit of medical issues the patient is being shortchanged. Go to a chiropractor or masseuse, its cheaper and you can use the savings to go to an MD for proper care.
3:45 PM here. The first sentence should say that the DO schools are NOT the same as the MD schools.
The cited material shows that none of these claims are true in the U.S.
Hmmm, not a single recommendation.
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Sawyer Haig, DO is a wonderful Internal Medicine Practitioner. I was his patient at Sansum Clinic until some months back. He joined another practice on Pueblo between Bath and De La Vena streets. There are a handful of DOs employed by Sansum
I wonder what the typical DO's position is regarding vaccines.
The typical DO would recommend approved vaccines like any other responsible doctor.
From what I read, the original osteopathic teachings were anti-vax but now osteopath organizations' stance is pro-vaccination.
My brother graduated from a DO program. He then completed an Internal Medicine residency (that MD's were also competing for) at a reputable hospital system in the LA area. He then got into a fellowship (again competing against MD's ) for endocrinology. Along the way I know he had to take the same board exams as someone who went to an MD program. As far as I know, the DO degree covered all the same material as an MD program.
Not sure why someone gave me a downvote for a statement of fact.
Ah, you're new here.
My wife and I both are patients of Dr. Justin Hwang, OD of Sansum in Goleta. He is excellent and you should meet him.
DO, you mean. An OD is an optometrist.
Saw this in some news blurb; she's a newer hire. Accepting patients:
https://www.sansumclinic.org/find-a-doctor/doctor/profile/allison-e-akers
also https://www.sansumclinic.org/find-a-doctor/doctor/profile/olivia-m-bajor
who may be my new dr., as mine just retired.
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Discussions about osteopaths need to be differentiated from discussions about Osteopathic Physicians. THERE ARE TWO BRANCHES OF MEDICINE THAT FULLY LICENSE PHYSICIANS IN THE UNITED STATES: M.D. and D.O.
Currently, the term "osteopath" (in the US) is used as a colloquial/historical reference to the other branch (non-MD) of fully licensed physicians who 'specialize in osteopathic manipulation'. More generally and to most "citizens of the world', it refers to the growing number of osteopathically foreign-trained "Doctors of Osteopathy", who use the noun osteopath to define the scope of their practice. This license is found in abundance in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and most of Europe. Their license is limited to physical treatment, not surgical or pharmaceutical management associated with patient care. The American Osteopathic Association recognizes a specialty branch and board certification associated with physicians trained in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. Although that certification is not exclusive as a replacement to the term 'osteopath', it has a very similar colloquial association in America. The exception being, a Neuromusculoskeletal physician is fully licensed in their scope of practice, unlike the 'osteopath' whose license is limited, as is their medical training. I refer to myself as an Osteopathic Physician with a board certification in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine…., but my friends and former patients know that I am an Osteopath. It suggests that I have 'roots' in the traditional practice of "hands-on" medicine, misleading until it is understood.
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An Environmental Engineering senior design team has recently showcased their novel sensing device during the national conference of the Geological Society of America in Minneapolis, MN. Jenabay Hupman, Bryan Toohey and Sean Buckley, along with their advisor, Dr. John Lane, found an exciting forum to display their new temperature measuring device. They developed the device to improve the ease and accuracy of temperature measurements in studies involving groundwater and surface water interaction. Such studies can provide valuable data regarding the health of ecosystems, detailing how a change in groundwater or surface water can affect the other.
In these studies, temperature change can be used to track the flow of water between the ground and surface. Learning how the temperature in one of the water sources responds to a change in temperature in the other can help to determine the direction of the flow between the surface and groundwater. This information about flow can inform researchers about the effect of a change in one of the water sources, such as the addition of a certain contaminant, on the other water source. Information about temperature is also important because it can substantially affect the health of certain species living in the surface water. Most organisms have a specific temperature range that helps them to survive and fully thrive. Data on temperature can help improve conservation efforts and provide insights into the ecosystems of bodies of water, like lakes and wetlands.
To get the temperature data, the current standard procedure is to insert a string of probes into the ground. The two main problems with this technique are that it can be inaccurate and the entire setup has to be replaced whenever the probes need to be taken out or changed. To remedy this problem, the design team developed a probe they call RAMSES (Rapidly Adaptive Multi-Sensor System). The device is essentially a tube with sensors placed in it at different positions. One part of the tube is designed to measure the surface temperature, while the other is for the groundwater. The materials used to make the tube keep the different sections insulated, producing more accurate measurements. Furthermore, the design of the device makes it easy to change the sensors. Once the outer casing of the device is in the ground, it can stay there. All one needs to do is take the sensors out, leaving the tube in place in the ground. This allows all the sensors to be replaced or changed quickly and easily. Damaged sensors can be replaced and different measurements, such as electrical resistance, can be taken.
Dr. Lane explained the central benefit to using this system: "RAMSES is intended to be easily expandable, depending on the mission requirements. The notion is that once the casing is driven into the stream bed, one would like to maximize its potential benefit." The hope is that a device like RAMSES will make groundwater-surface water interaction studies more efficient and effective, more quickly and accurately generating results that help to explain important ecosystems and patterns in water flow.
For all of the students involved, this project provided a great opportunity and experience. "It was a great learning experience to design and build a phase one prototype instrument that improves upon the best technology currently available within the hydrological community for measuring streambed temperature," Buckley said. The success and recognition of their project is certainly reflective of the perseverance and potential of all these students.
Following UConn, Hupman is planning to attend graduate school for Chemical Engineering, Buckley is planning to attend graduate school for Environmental Engineering, specifically for hydrology, and Toohey has already entered the private sector working as an environmental engineer.


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Over their last five games they have managed to win 3. This shows that they are in excellent form and this combined with their total win percentage of 85.71% means that they are well placed to finish the season with a strong run.
Sharjah's home record this season: 7-3-0.
Welliton Morais is Sharjah's top scorer with 16 goals. Marcus Berg has scored 10 times for AL Ain FC.
Igor Coronado has assisted the most goals for Sharjah with 8. Caio is AL Ain FC's biggest assister (7).
A year ago, Sharjah were number 6 in the table with 26 points. Now they are number 1 with 50 points.
The most common result of matches between Sharjah and AL Ain FC is 1-1. 5 matches have ended with this result.
Sharjah wins 1st half in 35% of their matches, AL Ain FC in 40% of their matches.
Sharjah wins 35% of halftimes, AL Ain FC wins 40%.
Sharjah's performance of the last 5 matches is better than AL Ain FC's.
In Arabian Gulf League, Sharjah has better performance than AL Ain FC.
In the last 5 meetings Sharjah won 2, AL Ain FC won 2, 1 draws.
The winner of their last meeting was Sharjah.
On their last meeting Sharjah won by 1 goals.
Sharjah scores 2.2 goals in a match against AL Ain FC and AL Ain FC scores 2.6 goals against Sharjah (on average).
Sharjah scores 2.12 goals when playing at home and AL Ain FC scores 2.29 goals when playing away (on average).
Average number of goals in meetings between Sharjah and AL Ain FC is 4.8.
When Sharjah leads 1-0 at home, they win in 72% of their matches.
When AL Ain FC leads 0-1 away, they win in 92% of their matches.
When Sharjah is down 0-1 home, they win 25% of their matches.
When AL Ain FC is down 1-0 away, they win 0% of their matches.
Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Sharjah and AL Ain FC is 1.8.
AL Ain FC have conceded a goal in each of their last 9 matches.
During the last 10 meetings with Sharjah playing at home, Sharjah have won 3 times, there have been 2 draws while AL Ain FC have won 5 times. The goal difference is 23-16 in favour of AL Ain FC.
Last season's matches: 3-1 (Sharjah at home) and 3-3 (AL Ain FC at home).
Sharjah haven't scored in 0 of their 10 home matches in Arabian Gulf League this season.
AL Ain FC haven't scored in 2 of their 9 away matches in Arabian Gulf League this season.
During the last 22 meetings, Sharjah have won 4 times, there have been 7 draws while AL Ain FC have won 11 times. The goal difference is 49-30 in favour of AL Ain FC.
Did you know that AL Ain FC scores 29% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?
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In Arabian Gulf League, Sharjah have 4 successive home wins.
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Iowa Supreme Court Rules Civil Forfeiture Laws Violate Fifth Amendment, Upholds Pleading The Fifth
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The Iowa Supreme Court struck a blow on Friday against the state's civil forfeiture laws, which allow the government to permanently confiscate property without ever filing criminal charges. In a unanimous, 33-page ruling, the court strengthened the constitutional protection against self-incrimination for owners fighting civil forfeiture, revived a motion to suppress evidence, and rejected a tactic commonly used by prosecutors to prevent owners from being awarded thousands of dollars in attorney's fees.
Iowa has been a surprising hot spot for civil forfeiture, ensnaring motorists, professional poker players, and an entrepreneur who ran a Mexican restaurant for almost four decades. The state even rewards the aggressive pursuit of forfeiture cases: Police and prosecutors can keep up to 100 percent of the proceeds from forfeited property. Little wonder then that forfeiture has become quite profitable for law enforcement. An investigation by the Des Moines Register revealed that Iowa law enforcement agencies had taken over $55 million in cash and more than 4,200 vehicles since 1985.
Spurred by these abuses, last year, Iowa legislators strengthened due process protections for innocent owners, and required a criminal conviction to forfeit property valued at under $5,000. Although Iowa's conviction threshold is the lowest of the 15 states with a conviction requirement, in 2015, data analysis by the Institute for Justice found that only 14 percent of Iowa's cash forfeitures topped $5,000. Friday's ruling should further curtail civil forfeiture.
The case began when Jean Carlos Herrera was driving from New York City to Los Angeles in September 2015. While Herrera was passing through Pottawattamie County, Iowa on Interstate 80, he was pulled over by Sergeant Kevin Killpack for going four miles over the speed limit. During the stop, a drug dog alerted to the car. Without Herrera's consent, Killpack searched the Expedition, but only found some tools, a cell phone, a hollowed-out ice cream machine, and a Pelican case that "contained drug paraphernalia and remnants of marijuana." No other drugs were found.
Killpack cited Herrera for speeding but never charged him with a crime. Yet that didn't stop the sergeant from seizing the car, a 1999 Ford Expedition registered to Herrera's friend, Fernando Rodriguez, and all the equipment inside.
Less than a week after the Expedition was seized, Rodriguez hired an attorney, who promptly emailed Pottawattamie County that Rodriguez was fighting back as an "innocent owner." Rodriguez's attorney also noted that under Iowa law, the government must pay attorney's fees to property owners who win their civil forfeiture cases. He also noted that "the fees are going to be greater than the vehicle value, so this might be one to let go."
Soon after, Sergeant Killpack applied for a warrant to search possible hidden compartments within the vehicle, based on the fact that Rodriguez had hired an attorney. According to Killpack, "it does not make financial sense to spend a significant amount of money, in attorney fees, in an attempt to reclaim a vehicle worth $2,132," which in his mind meant that "there is something much more valuable still inside the vehicle that has not been found by law enforcement in the initial search."
A district court granted the warrant, though, as the Iowa Supreme Court noted on Friday, Killpack's warrant application "failed to mention that Rodriguez had argued he was entitled to attorney fees from the State as an innocent owner." On his second search, Killpack found and seized almost $45,000 in cash hidden inside a false compartment.
In October, prosecutors filed a complaint to forfeit the cash, the car, and the rest of the property taken during the traffic stop, claiming that the property was "drug proceeds" or "used in the transport of drugs."
The two men (who were now represented by the same lawyer) filed an answer together that stated they had an interest in the seized properties and demanded their return. Herrera also invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to completely comply with the state's disclosure requirements.
Under state law, property owners who want to reclaim their seized property must fully disclose "the nature and extent" of their interest in the property, as well as "the date, the identity of the transferor, the circumstances of the claimant's acquisition." Refusing to comply can result in the property forfeited to the state. Yet those forced disclosures may reveal information that could incriminate the owner or trigger a perjury trap, which would violate the Fifth Amendment.
Writing for the majority, Justice Thomas Waterman noted that Iowa's forfeiture laws burden owners with a "difficult choice between asserting [their] privilege against self-incrimination or foregoing [their] claim for return of the contested property."
As Waterman recounted, Herrera omitting that information was "fatal to his claim:" The district court ruled that Herrera's reply was not a proper answer and so he was not entitled to a forfeiture hearing.
But on appeal, the Iowa Supreme Court overturned that ruling, and held that "assertion of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination excuses compliance" from Iowa's disclosure requirements for civil forfeiture claims. "The court may not enforce the specific disclosure requirements…over the claimant's Fifth Amendment objection," Waterman ruled.
Friday's ruling also revived Herrera's motion to suppress evidence, which the district court had dismissed as well. Both the Iowa Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court have ruled that the "exclusionary rule," which prohibits the government from using evidence that was not lawfully obtained, applies to criminal prosecutions and civil forfeiture proceedings.
In this case, Herrera claimed that the stop, search, and seizure of the car violated the Fourth Amendment and should be suppressed accordingly. Justice Waterman ruled that "the district court must first rule on motions to suppress evidence before resolving forfeiture claims," since that ruling "determines what evidence the state can rely on during the forfeiture proceeding."
The court's ruling should strengthen safeguards for property owners facing civil forfeiture. According to Dean Stowers, who represented Herrera and Rodriguez, "this decision will require the state to establish the legality of the seizure" before the state can attempt "to forfeit property or to compel persons to answer questions about their property."
A representative from the Iowa Attorney General's Office said they were "still looking at the possible impact of the ruling" and declined to comment further.
"It appears that we followed the forfeiture rules as they existed at the time, and we argued that the claimants did not follow the rules," said Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber. "The District Court and Court of Appeals agreed with our position. The Iowa Supreme Court has now ordered that they are changing the rules, so we'll all follow the new rules."
As for Rodriguez, five months after the state filed its forfeiture complaint, prosecutors decided Rodriguez could get back his Ford Expedition. His attorney then filed to recover nearly $9,000 in attorney's fees and expenses, which, under Iowa law, are owed to prevailing parties. But because the state dropped its forfeiture case just before a court hearing, the district court ruled that Rodriguez didn't actually prevail because he didn't technically win on the merits in court.
Justice Waterman rejected this argument wholesale:
"Rodriguez sought to prevent the State from taking permanent possession of his vehicle. He fulfilled his primary objective of getting his vehicle back after months of contested litigation against the State. On this record, we hold that Rodriguez is a prevailing party even though the district court did not expressly find that he was an 'innocent owner.'"
Moreover, Waterman noted that fee awards "help level the playing field for persons contesting government seizures," as they "incentivize attorneys to represent citizens seeking return of their property from the government."
The Iowa Supreme Court's ruling contrasts starkly with the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Iowa. In 2016, the Eighth Circuit considered the case of Carole Hinders, who ran Mrs. Lady's, a cash-only Mexican restaurant in Arnolds Park, Iowa. Based simply on the way she deposited her cash, in spring 2013, the IRS raided Carole's entire business checking account—almost $33,000. The IRS accused Carole of "structuring" her deposits, or deliberately keeping her deposits under $10,000 to circumvent a reporting requirement. She was never indicted.
Carole Hinders.
With help from the Institute for Justice, Carole fought back. In October 2014, The New York Times ran a front-page story on her case. That prompted the IRS to announce it would "no longer pursue the seizure and forfeiture of funds associated solely with 'legal source' structuring cases." Less than two months after the Times article was published, federal prosecutors dropped the case against Carole's cash.
Under the federal Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, property owners who "substantially prevail" in their civil forfeiture cases are entitled to interest as well as attorney's fees and costs. Considering that she recovered her cash and even sparked a policy shift at the IRS, Carole believed she had "substantially prevailed." Unfortunately, in 2016, the Eighth Circuit ruled that she did not, and instead held that "a voluntary change on the part of a defendant, even if it resulted in the outcome sought by the plaintiff, 'lack[ed] the necessary judicial imprimatur' to authorize a fee award." With this ruling, the Eighth Circuit upheld a loophole for the government to skip out on paying hefty attorney's fees to innocent property owners.
But with the Iowa Supreme Court's decision, owners fighting forfeiture in state court now have an easier time to be made whole than if their exact same case were in federal court. One Des Moines-based forfeiture attorney told the Des Moines Register that the new decision should deter the government from seizing property, since prosecutors "risk not only the return of the property but a significant attorney fee as well."
"The Iowa Supreme Court's ruling is another potent reminder that the best way to prevent abusive seizures is to end civil forfeiture once and for all," said Institute for Justice Senior Legislative Counsel Lee McGrath. "Iowa legislators should follow the lead of counterparts in North Carolina, New Mexico and Nebraska and replace it with criminal forfeiture."
This post has been updated to include comment from the Pottawattamie County Attorney.
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Yes, It's like the only one I ever get.
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The Healer Girls series is usually desired in every team dependent on the element that you plan to form your team around.
If you pulled her from the REM, then she's terrible.
idk skill is ok. u do u if u use her go a head idc.
Got this in REM. Very disappointed :( I always seem to get the same thing.
I'm guessing because you have five of them already and you're sick and tired of the heals?
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A "dismal outlook" is projected for state higher education funding in most states over the next decade due largely to a "crowding out" of discretionary funding by Medicaid, a new analysis shows.
The analysis — performed by Moody's Analytics and titled "Crowded Out: The Outlook for State Higher Education Spending" — found that, nationwide, state Medicaid spending will increase as a share of overall state spending to 17.9 percent by fiscal 2024, up from 15.6 percent in fiscal 2013.
"In dollar terms, that equates to as much as $60 billion spent on Medicaid over the next decade that previously would have been available for discretionary items such as higher education," the analysis states. "The bulk of these costs is incurred beyond 2020, when federal assistance falls to its lowest point."


I'm working on a flexible socket framework and trying to polish it so it's actually something usable in further development. Would really appreciate any critique, also I'm really interested whether I'm using cancellation tokens correctly on client (will use them on server later as well). This is an improved version of the previous implementation.
This basically represents the API exposed by the libraries.
await client.ConnectAsync(endpoint.Address, endpoint.Port);//why no cancellation?
That's about it for the core implementation. Essentially, it's a cleaner and simplified version of my previous client/server implementation that takes all the advices into account. This is still work in progress. As stated before - any critique is welcome and the main questions are whether I'm doing the CancellationTokens stuff right and whether there are some critical implementation flaws.
Where TEventArgs would be a type derived from EventArgs that carries your parameters.
This has the advantage that if you later decide to extend it, you won't have to change each and every usage.
because a as a parameter name is never cleaner and abbreviating message to msg is also not a good style. In fact in C# we rarely use abbreviations.
When I see this interface I expect to find a method like Process that takes some parameters and processes them to yield a result. In this case however the interface should rather be called either IConvertable or because you name every parameter of that type msg so why not call it IMessage?
Although here it's a Command. This is very confusing and inconsistant. Either it's a command, or a message or something else. Currently it seems to be a god-type for every purpose.
I also don't understand what an ICommandWrapper is but I guess it just adds a Guid to IProcessiable. A better design would be to create an interface like IIdentifiable that types that support an Id would additionaly implement.
Your API isn't consitent. Some methods that return a Task have the suffix Async whereas others don't. See Does the use of the "Async" suffix in a method name depend on whether the 'async' modifier is used? for more info.
Why can I set an id but cannot read it? If I'm setting it for the current IAsyncClient then it should rather be a property although I doubt an id should be settable at all. If this is however for something else then the method name does not clearly communicate this.
This interface has the same issues an the one above. Additionaly the purpose of the IsConnected method isn't clear. At the first glance I thought it returns a value indicating whether the server is connected but I guess it's about a client, right? If so then it should be called IsClientConnected.
The last method has the arguments in the wrong order. For the sake of consistency the excluded ids should come last because this kind of extends what SendToAll does and adds a new parameter. They are very similar and should stay that way.
I'm wondering why this interface exposes the TcpClient. Isn't your framework built on top of it? I thought it encapsulates it and provide an alternative API. I think a direct acces to it is not a good idea. Especially that the property is called just Socket which doesn't say anthing.
You have this code in the StateObject where you can Allocate something but this does not really make sence as I can still do ResultBuffer.Clear() on the list or add items by myself and the allocation would be corrupted. You should either return an IEnumerable<byte> or give the user the full control over the property. Having both is confusing because I can modify the list in anyway but set a new one. To replace it I need to call Allocate and then the unexpected happens. The property returns a new list. You need to rethink this.
Later there is another method that modifies this list. This is another operation that I could do myself.
You should not let the user modify your internal data. Provide such an API that they are not able to destroy the ResultBuffer or to modify uncontrolled any other state and make it invalid.
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Gli Hooverphonic sono un gruppo musicale belga formatosi a Sint-Niklaas nel 1995.

Storia

L'esordio: A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

Nel 1991 il polistrumentista e compositore belga Alex Callier fonda gli Hoover, con la collaborazione del chitarrista Raymond Geerts, del tastierista Frank Duchêne e della cantante Esther Lybeert. Pochi anni dopo Lybeert decide di lasciare il gruppo e viene sostituita da Liesje Sadonius nel 1995, anno in cui il gruppo firma il suo primo contratto discografico con la Sony Music.

Nel 1997 il gruppo pubblica il primo album, A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular, preceduto dall'uscita del singolo 2 Wicky che ottiene un buon successo e viene incluso nelle colonne sonore dei film Io ballo da sola di Bernardo Bertolucci e So cosa hai fatto di Jim Gillespie. L'album di esordio è caratterizzato da un sound elettronico con riferimenti al genere trip hop.

Nello stesso anno il gruppo sceglie di cambiare nome a causa dell'omonimia con l'azienda statunitense di elettrodomestici, ribattezzandosi Hooverphonic, e si separa amichevolmente da Sadonius rimpiazzandola provvisoriamente con Kyoko Bartsoen, già vocalist dei Lunascape, per i concerti programmati nel corso dell'anno. Infatti il gruppo partecipa a diverse date in Europa, tra cui quelle dei Massive Attack e dei Morcheeba, e negli Stati Uniti, seguendo l'intero tour della cantautrice Fiona Apple.

L'arrivo di Geike Arnaert: Blue Wonder Power Milk e The Magnificent Tree
Il gruppo decide comunque di cercare la sostituta definitiva di Sadonius, optando per la giovane diciottenne fiamminga Geike Arnaert, con la quale incidono il secondo album in studio, Blue Wonder Power Milk, anticipato dall'EP Battersea e dai singoli This Strange Effect e Club Montepulciano, che riscuote un discreto successo in Nord Europa e Stati Uniti.

La formazione degli Hooverphonic subisce un ulteriore cambiamento dopo l'abbandono del tastierista Frank Duchêne, andando così a definire il trio che raggiungerà la cima delle classifiche europee con il singolo Mad About You, primo estratto dal terzo album pubblicato nel 2000, The Magnificent Tree.

Nello stesso anno, alla band viene proposto di scrivere una canzone per il  organizzato congiuntamente da Belgio e Paesi Bassi, e la cui apertura è in programma a Bruxelles: nasce Visions, un brano di 11 minuti, con cui la band si esibisce alla cerimonia di apertura dell'evento sportivo seguita da più di un miliardo di persone.

Nel 2001 vengono invitati a partecipare al Rock Werchter al fianco di artisti quali Coldplay, Goldfrapp, Sigur Rós e PJ Harvey, di fronte a una folla di 500.000 persone, e si esibiscono in festival estivi come il Cornetto Music Festival, l'Heineken Jammin' Festival, il Roskilde Festival, il Pistoia Blues Festival, l'Hultsfred Festival e il Festivalbar.

Jackie Cane e Sit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic
Nel 2002 viene pubblicato il quarto album in studio, Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane, che narra la tragica storia di Jackie Cane, una celebrità fittizia che compariva anche nell'omonimo singolo presente nel precedente The Magnificent Tree. L'anno successivo la band decide d'incidere una raccolta contenente una selezione dei brani più significativi, pubblicando Sit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic, album live in semiacustico contenente una cover di Lee Hazlewood e un paio di inediti.

No More Sweet Music e Best Of

In seguito al tour, la band ritorna a comporre e nella prima metà del 2005 incide il suo quinto disco in studio, No More Sweet Music, un doppio album contenente nuovi brani in versione originale e gli stessi remixati da Callier. Lalbum ottiene il secondo disco d'oro.

Segue un tour tra il 2005 e il 2006 che toccherà per lo più il Nord Europa e la penisola balcanica, e vi è la seconda partecipazione al Rock Werchter per la sua 30ª edizione.

Nel novembre 2006 la band pubblica la sua prima raccolta, Singles 96-06, contenente tutti i singoli in ordine più o meno cronologico; per la promozione di questo disco si ricorre a un quarto singolo, We All Float, estratto dall'album precedente. Questo progetto segna l'epilogo della decennale collaborazione tra la Columbia e la band.

Dalla nuova etichetta all'abbandono di Arnaert
Nella primavera del 2007 la band alterna le registrazioni in studio del nuovo album alle varie performance live del club tour celebrativo dei dieci anni di carriera, nel quale ritornano alle origini riproponendo tutti i brani del primo album A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular in chiave elettronica originale. La lavorazione del disco vede la conclusione a metà estate ma la band non ha ancora un contratto discografico per poter affrontare una release.

Ai primi di settembre la casa discografica PIAS annuncia l'inizio della collaborazione con gli Hooverphonic, inaugurata dall'imminente album The President of the LSD Golf Club. Frattanto nel maggio di quell'anno era partito il tour europeo che aveva toccato buona parte dell'est e del centro del continente, per poi fermarsi e riprendere dopo l'estate, in vista di nuovi concerti nella penisola iberica e nei continenti sopracitati.

Nell'ottobre 2008 gli Hooverphonic ufficializzano i pettegolezzi che volevano la fuoriuscita di Arnaert dalla formazione. Nell'occasione Callier annuncia che si sarebbero tenute diverse audizioni per selezionare una nuova voce atta a rinfrescare l'immagine del gruppo, segnando di fatto l'inizio di una nuova era per il gruppo belga.

Gli anni di Noémie Wolfs: The Night Before, Anger Never Dies e Reflection

Il 4 novembre 2010 gli Hooverphonic presentano la loro nuova cantante, Noémie Wolfs, a pochi giorni dall'annuncio dell'uscita del singolo The Night Before. Il 6 aprile 2011 il gruppo ottiene il disco di platino per le  copie vendute di The Night Before, un risultato mai raggiunto prima da un singolo della band.

Con Wolfs scrivono un altro successo, Anger Never Dies, un brano che ha avuto molto successo non solo in Belgio, ma che raggiunge le prime posizioni anche nelle classifiche italiane.

Nel 2013 pubblicano il loro ottavo album, Reflection, accompagnato dal singolo Amalfi. Il 26 marzo 2015 gli Hooverphonic annunciano il prossimo addio di Wolfs alla band.

L'interregno di Luka Cruysberghs, il ritorno di Arnaert
Nell'aprile 2018 gli Hooverphonic presentano come nuova cantante la diciassettenne belga Luka Cruysberghs, vincitrice di The Voice of Flanders 2017 (versione belga-fiamminga di The Voice) e di cui Callier era stato coach durante il programma.

Il 1º ottobre 2019 l'emittente radiotelevisiva fiamminga VRT ha confermato di aver selezionato internamente il gruppo come rappresentante del Belgio all'Eurovision Song Contest 2020 di Rotterdam: il loro brano, intitolato Release Me, è stato pubblicato il 17 febbraio 2020. Nonostante l'annullamento dell'evento due mesi prima a causa della sopraggiunta pandemia di COVID-19, il gruppo viene riconfermato per rappresentare la propria nazione  all'edizione 2021.

Il 9 novembre 2020 la band ufficializza a sorpresa il ritorno della storica vocalist Geike Arnaert, pubblicando nell'occasione una nuova versione di Mad About You nel ventennale della canzone; nello stesso giorno Cruysberghs annuncia il proprio ritiro dalla band. L'abbandono di Cruysberghs non lascia indifferenti i fan che scatenano diverse polemiche, tra cui anche il padre della cantante che riserva parole molto pesanti, in particolare a Callier, per l'accaduto.

L'Eurovision Song Contest 2021 e Hidden Stories
Il 4 marzo 2021 gli Hooverphonic presentano The Wrong Place, il loro nuovo brano eurovisivo; per l'occasione al casinò di Sint-Niklaas, città d'origine della band, viene allestita una mostra in loro onore, intitolata "Mad About Hooverphonic".

Poco tempo dopo, il 13 aprile, viene preannunciato il loro undicesimo album, Hidden Stories, uscito il successivo 7 maggio. All'Eurovision Song Contest, dopo essersi qualificati dalla prima semifinale, gli Hooverphonic si sono esibiti nella finale eurovisiva a Rotterdam, dove si sono piazzati al 19º posto su 26 partecipanti con 74 punti totalizzati.

Formazione

Formazione attuale
 Alex Callier - basso, tastiera (1995-presente)
 Raymond Geerts - chitarra (1995-presente)
 Geike Arnaert - voce (1997-2008, 2020-presente)

Ex componenti
 Esther Lybeert - voce (1995-1996)
 Frank Duchêne - tastiera (1995-1998)
 Liesje Sadonius - voce (1996-1997)
 Kyoko Baertsoen - voce (1997)
 Noémie Wolfs - voce (2010-2015)
 Luka Cruysberghs - voce (2018-2020)

Discografia

Album in studio
 1996 - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
 1998 - Blue Wonder Power Milk
 2000 - The Magnificent Tree
 2002 - Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane
 2005 - No More Sweet Music/More Sweet Music
 2007 - The President of the LSD Golf Club
 2010 - The Night Before
 2013 - Reflection
 2016 - In Wonderland
 2018 - Looking for Stars
 2021 - Hidden Stories

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Gruppi musicali di musica elettronica
Partecipanti all'Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Partecipanti all'Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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ASOS visual search: Is it any good?
By Nikki Gilliland	 August 21st 2017 12:26
Mobile is a key area of focus for ASOS.
It's not hard to see why – 80% of traffic to its website and 70% of orders in the UK come from mobile devices, and users reportedly spend an average of 80 minutes in the app each month.
With a fast and intuitive user experience, ASOS is already known for having one of the best retail apps out there. However, the brand has just added a new feature with the aim of further improving its customer experience – a new visual search tool.
So, what does it do exactly? And will customers actually use it? Here are my thoughts on the newly updated app and more on why visual search is becoming a big priority for brands.
Both eBay and Pinterest have already launched visual search tools of their own, with the latter doing so in order to boost its status as a shopping platform rather than a discovery site.
For ASOS, the decision is part of the brand's general focus on digital innovation. Speaking last year, ASOS's CEO Nick Beighton suggested that technology will be key to meeting changing customer expectations, and more specifically, that "visual search, voice search and AI will help customers navigate the offer in a better and more convenient way."
With 5,000 products added to its site each week, ASOS's huge inventory can make navigation a struggle. It can simply feel far too overwhelming to browse through endless products, with this potentially leaving users bored or frustrated rather than inspired.
On the flip side, it is also part of ASOS's USP – the brand is known and loved for the very reason that it offers such a dazzling array of choice.
This is where visual search comes in, with the tool helping to narrow down the customer focus and prompt discovery. So, when a customer sees something they like – let's say on a friend or in a magazine for example, they can use it to search for similar products via the app.
So, as the tool is now up and running, let's look at how it works.
Searching for inspiration
The visual search tool can be accessed by clicking the new camera icon in the app's search bar. You can then use it to take a photo or access the photos in your smartphone library.
First, I decided to search using a photo taken in real-time. The results were super-fast, returning a good selection of comparable items. The search also returned men's clothing, which some might see as a minor bug-bear, but I assume the app learns details like gender preferences over time. (I've never used it before now).
Next, I searched for an item that I knew was already on the ASOS website, using a screenshot from an Instagram post. However, this time, it failed to return the exact item and only gave me similar styles.
This could be a big negative, as visual search is meant to improve on the often frustrating experience of using keywords. If you're certain something is in stock (which I was), this would prove even more frustrating.
Interestingly, when I searched for another item I knew was on the website, but this time based on a photo from my own camera library – it worked. It seems ASOS's algorithms are still learning, as is to be expected.
Lastly, I searched for a pair of shoes from a photo of a print magazine. I'm pretty impressed with these results.
Generally, it seems like the technology is still working out some minor bugs – mainly when it comes to not returning exact items. Overall, however, I was impressed with how fast and easy it is to use and how effective it is at bringing up similar items.
Will consumers use it?
Personally, I am someone who struggles with online shopping, simply because I get bored of aimlessly browsing. I would definitely use the visual search tool in this scenario because it speeds up the whole process, helping you to find clothes based on ones you already know you like.
I also think it could be very useful if you are shopping for a specific event or occasion, such as a wedding, where you might be able find a similar version of an expensive or designer item you've seen elsewhere.
Social shopping is also another bonus, with customers often using channels like Instagram and YouTube for fashion inspiration. Ironically, visual search is also a return to ASOS's original premise. Its brand name stands for 'As Seen On Screen', but now instead of television, the tool enables customers to instantly and easily pin-point items like those they've seen on social media.
One problem is that users might not know the tool is there, as the camera icon is quite hard to miss, and neither is it promoted elsewhere on the app. However, as the technology becomes more commonplace, it certainly has the potential to catch on.
Will other retailers follow suit?
With such a mobile-savvy audience, it's unsurprising that ASOS is the first big UK retailer to invest in this kind of technology. By making the mobile experience easier, better and more interesting – it's sure to further customer satisfaction.
What is unknown is whether or not it will increase sales.
However, research by BloomReach suggests that the technology can have a direct impact. In a three month period, it found that visual search was associated with more product views, more return visits, and an increase in average spend. Out of the 30.3m visits to the ecommerce sites analysed, users of the visual search tool were found to view 48% more products, were 75% more likely to make a return visit, and placed orders worth 9% more than those who did not.
This kind of data is bound to have spurred on ASOS's decision to invest in the technology, especially considering that it has also recently invested $40 million in the US market. With increasing competition in the fashion retail space from Amazon – visual search could be a key differentiator.
For other retailers with less money to play with, visual search is unlikely to be a priority for the time being. But just like previous innovations within ecommerce, ASOS could set the benchmark.
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Фридрих фон Щубенберг (; † 29 ноември 1371) е граф и господар на Щубенберг в Щирия, Австрия. Фамилията фон Щубенберг е роднина с род Хабсбург.

Той е син на граф Вулфинг фон Щубенберг († 29 ноември 1371) и съпругата му Офмай фон Майсау, дъщеря на Стефан фон Майсау. Внук е на граф Улрих III фон Щубенберг († сл. 1295) и Елизабет фон Пфанберг. Правнук е на граф Вулфинг фон Щубенберг († сл. 1278) и Елизабет фон Ортенберг от Каринтия († 1288), родителите и на Вулфинг фон Щубенберг (1259 – 1318), княжески епископ на Бамберг (1304 – 1318).

Брат е на Ото 'Стари' фон Щубенберг († 10 март 1403) и граф Улрих IV фон Щубенберг-Вурмберг († 1363).

Фамилия
Фридрих фон Щубенберг се жени между 1 май и 11 ноември 1333 г. за Елизабет фон Лихтенщайн-Фрауенберг († пр. 24 декември 1364), дъщеря на Рудолф фон Лихтенщайн-Фрауенберг († сл. 1343) и Елизабет фон Валзе († сл. 1326). Те имат седем деца:
 Ханс фон Щубенберг († 1377)
 Улрих фон Щубенберг († ок. 1381), женен за Елизабет фон Ауфенщайн
 Ото фон Щубенберг († 4 септември 1425)
 Якоб фон Щубенберг-Капфенберг (* 1374; † между 2 май 1434 и 28 март 1435), женен I. на 21 юли 1394 г. за Анна фон Лихтенщайн-Мурау († пр. 11 август 1418), II. ок. 1419 г. за Барбара фон Еберсторф († сл. 1419)
 Вюлфинг фон Щубенберг († 1443), женен за Доротея фон Кранихберг
 Анна фон Щубенберг († ок. 1388), омъжена за Хайнрих фон Потендорф († ок. 1402]
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Фридрих фон Щубенберг се жени втори път за Карара. Бракът е бездетен.

Фридрих фон Щубенберг се жени трети път пр. 25 март 1370 г. за Анна фон Петау († пр. 1381), дъщеря на Хартнид/Хартолд V фон Петау цу Фридау, маршал на Щирия († 1385) и Вилибирг фон Рауенщайн († ок. 1404). Бракът е бездетен.

Вдовицата му Анна фон Петау се омъжва втори път пр. 1375 г. за Албрехт фон Потендорф († 1394).

Литература
 Constantin von Wurzbach: Stubenberg, die Herren und Grafen, Genealogie. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 40. Theil. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1880.
 Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.). 16:20
 Siebmachers Grosses Wappenbuch. 26:288
 Detlev Schwennicke, Europaische Stammtafeln, New Series, Vol. XVI, Tafel 34.

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To add a little zen into an unstable world, pick Animal Crossing. Its pastel world feels so believable, with the villagers continuing their lives when you aren't playing, no matter how long it takes you to get back to the game. Collectible items also hook you in, making it impossible to get to 100% completion without playing year-round. You can also play along with friends, a social aspect which is a big pull at the moment. The latest game, New Horizons, is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch, however, so if you don't already have one, get ready to drop a cool £250 in order to play.
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