If you're into shredding on guitar, who isn't fascinated by Tom Quayle? I am — I'm not remotely into jazz/fusion but his legato style seems so effortless, just note pouring out like water from a waterfall. And his tone is smooth yet fast and articulate. So when Wampler came out with his signature pedal, I was positively salivating. No, I did know that getting a Tom Quayle pedal won't make me play like him (I wish) but I am into smooth-yet-articulate tone. I also had high hopes after very much enjoying Wampler Cranked AC.
So this pedal is basically a stackable, tweaked pairing of Euphoria and Paisley Drive. Calling the former "Vintage" and the latter "Modern" were curious choices of words for labeling channels, though — I have no idea how those words are supposed to associate with the voicings of each channel. Each channel has the familiar Gain, Volume & Tone controls, with one two-way switch per-side, both of which change the EQ structure. The Vintage side can be Smooth or Fat, while the Modern side can be Normal or Throaty.
And one other key feature is the upper middle switch that lets you select routing — either channel 1 into 2, the other way, or separate. And you get two sets of ins and outs to go with that. So if you have it configured 1->2 then you plug into channel 1 input and channel 2 output. Get it? So this pedal's stacking ability is its key feature.
Instead of Vintage vs. Modern, the channels should be called Bright & Dark, or Light & Shade, as they seem to be voiced to clearly contrast each other.
First, the Vintage side — I'd describe it as bright, fast, responsive, dynamic, amp-like. By "fast" I mean its response — this is what I really appreciate about Wampler pedals — it just gives you the sense that this pedal produces the note you just played earlier, sooner than other dirt pedals. And I'm not necessarily talking about sag, or lack thereof. A lot of so-called "dynamic" or "responsive" pedals do so because they over-emphasize the attack, but in the process end up becoming harsh and strident. And this pedal is so completely opposite of that — this feat of being so clear, so bright, so articulate without at all seeming artificial or forced is quite amazing. This level of responsiveness, I've only seen in Fuzz-Face type pedals, but then those are fuzz and when you set it at such a low-gain point, you typically don't get any sustain either.
If you turn up the Tone in the normal setting the Vintage channel can sound thin, but then you can flip the switch to Fat to remedy that. Fat gives a huge boost to the lower half of the frequency spectrum, without losing the high-end clarity or sounding muddy. You do have to adjust the Gain and Volume, though, to compensate. This side is low- to mid-gain affair so it's great for the verge-of-breakup sounds. It depends on your pickups' output but with my Strat you can adjust the clean-to-breakup ratio with your picking strength until about 12 o'clock on the Gain knob. Speaking of Gain, you can turn it all the way down — and you get a clean boost. At the Gain completely rolled off, I couldn't tell the difference between the bypassed and the pedal sound.
Now, the Modern side is quite a contrast. It's dark, woolly, compressed, with lots of thick, mid-range hair. It has more gain and while it gets almost clean when you roll off the Gain, even at zero it still displays a hint of its mid-range hair. I hate to keep repeating the same word, but it's like a hairier version of Tube Screamer. It definitely adds thickness to your single-note playing, but low-range chords will have a hard time keeping note definition. The Tone knob works the same way as the Vintage side, powerfully affecting the treble. As this side is significantly darker, you have to crank the Tone to about 9 o'clock to get bright tone, but with it comes — hair.
Flipping the toggle to Throaty gives another drastic change to its frequency map — this time to the upper-mids. The mid spike in Throaty mode is so drastic that it almost sounds like you have a cocked wah mixed in. The volume and gain boost is big, too.
Notice in the band arrangements, Mike often has the Modern side set to Throaty (switch up) and the resulting tone has a great sense of focus, it cuts right through.
So, the typical/default application here is that you set Vintage side up for clear, open and articulate chordal/rhythm work, and when you need fat single-note leads that cut through you stack the Modern side after the Vintage. Note that whenever you're stacking overdrives, the one that's later in the signal chain dictates the volume — so you'll want to set up the Modern side to be louder than the Vintage side. I tried the opposite at first, but while I could get good sounds by stacking Modern into Vintage, in a live situation it may not be practical if you still use your Vintage side as the rhythm sound, as kicking in a boost in front increases the gain/saturation but not the overall volume, and typically more saturated tone results in compression, which sinks down in the mix.
Despite two channels and stacking options, this pedal came across to me like a no-nonsense workhorse pedal for professionals, rather than bedroom tinkerers. While the Tone knobs have a good range, they are there just to find a sweet spot for your guitar/amp combo and you're not likely to fiddle with it to get a variety of sounds. Similarly, the stacking order struck me as something you play with until you get the order that works for you and you have it set. For me personally, the Modern side really doesn't have a lot of application on its own as its bass is too loose and its thickness works against complex chords — so I get a great rhythm sound out of the Vintage side, and singing lead tone by stacking the two. That's it. Once you dial it in, that's what you'll do with it. The controls are there to dial it in for you, but not to offer you a huge range of different sounds.
Which may speak for the intended audience/purpose of the pedal — Tom Quayle, whatever guitars or settings he may be playing in/with, always seems to have generally the same sound. That's not knocking him at all, as I like his smooth-yet-articulate tone, plus it's very hard to develop your own signature sound. And while the Vintage side is a fantastic rhythm overdrive, this pedal will not do hard rock or metal or Marshall or Vox sound, even though it can go from low to high gain. It just does its own thing. The pedal does have enough controls to help you dial it in with your setup. But be sure you aren't looking for a flexible pedal that'll morph to mimic/fit those other genres/tones. All the demos out there do a great job of showcasing this pedal, and that's what this pedal does. if that works for you, fabulous!
For me personally, I did miss a low-end control with this pedal, as I kept wanting to tighten up the Modern side for lower notes. Throaty setting gives you a tighter impression thanks to its mid-range emphasis, but the Throaty setting did strike me as devoid of subtlety, even though I understand how useful it is in the right context. I did fall head over heels for the lovely Vintage side, how fast, articulate its attacks are — perhaps the best I felt in an overdrive. I'll certainly be on the lookout for Euphoria now.
Read through most of this article. I've been a gigging guitarist/vocalist for 20 years. Played my first gig at age 8 years old. I've gone through different stages of learning blues, classical, jazz, metal, rock guitar. Teachers, self taught, jamming with my favorite records, band leaders. All of them are good. All of those things compliment the other add to a huge array of pro skills.
But I have more a beef with the bedroom guitarist label of musicians who are playing guitar, learning the guitar, and picking up good skills as well as expressing themselves musicallly.
It's not a cool thing to label musicians as bedroom or other. Today's bedroom guitarist can easily tommarow became a lead guitarist in a rock group that needs a lead guitarist.
I feel that although I have never been a noodler as you put it, as a pro guitarist, gigging, recording what have you, its still not too late to realize that many times, pigeonholing other musicians is fruitless and will get you nowhere.
Reach out to the very musicians you are labelling as bedroom.
Its the people, usually journalist, and people in the acting indudstry who pretend to know anything about music. What a laugh. I just a read an article in guitar magazine and the contributor was in theatre.
How does being an stage actor make you a pro musician. I'm first stunned by that. Secondly you talking to a pro's pro's guitarist.
Jazz, blues, hard rock, metal, country, I've done it all, live,on stage and pro. But I resent actors and theatre people pretending to know anything about rock music, or the rock music industry a joke.
It's rare when an artist likes to show off, and I usually just talk about my new albums, or my gear. Maybe.
But how about some positive vibes for the other musicians. How about reaching out to them and working with them and keeping the music industry fun and enjoyable.
Bedroom guitarist that can shred. Sounds like B.S.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I re-read my writing to see if my use of the word "bedroom" came across as derogatory, and it doesn't come across that way to me. I intended to use the word to describe hobbyists who play privately for fun. There is nothing wrong with being a hobbyist or beginner.
I am a former professional guitarist…G.I.T trained as well… I am now a hobbyist and a bedroom guitarist. I know many more hobbyist/bedroom players that are great players than I do pros who are great. And I am a far better guitarist than I was when I was a professional. Years ago I had a great teacher and he said… "the best players he'd ever seen were basement players…. not the pros you see playing for a living". I have experienced the same thing. To say "There is nothing wrong with being a hobbyist or a beginner" is condescending …. I am extremely advanced as a guitarist and I am now a hobbyist… and when I go to see live music performed by pros it's usually a disappointment.
I appreciate your comment, but I fail to see how the statement "there is nothing wrong with being a hobbyist or a beginner" is condescending. I am a bedroom guitarist, I am a hobbyist too, in a sense that I don't (currently at least) make income from my guitar playing. I can, however, see that some hobbyists and bedroom guitarists may be more proficient players than some pros, though I bet that's probably rare.
So — unless hordes of other readers chime in here and say that my statements do come across condescending (which is not my intention, obviously), for now I am going to leave things the way they are.
I may be a year late to this thread but I do feel that a point is being missed here. Whatever objections one may have to the terminology used, I found the "bedroom" and "pro" labels helpful as I need to understand how the equipment functions in two contrasting environments. I've made my living from music for 30 years now so I do consider myself a pro. However, I know that what works at home by myself wouldn't necessarily work at volume in a band mix – and vice versa, and the bedroom/pro monikers are simply a shorthand for that concept. Let's please all just be nice to each other! It was a very good review. Thank you.
Thanks for a great and accurate review. I'm not a professional guitarist, but I really like this Wampler pedal. I purchased one after reading this review. When I play with other musicians I find this pedal gives me a range of tones suitable for most rock and blues tunes. I also follow it with an MXR FET driver. Between the the Dual Fusion and the FET driver I can always "kick things into gear" for the right lead tone I seek. Btw I have a used V1 Dual Fusion pedal that I use.


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Are Deaths Coming from South of the Border?
On July 9, 2020 July 10, 2020 By Alex50In Arizona, California, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Florida, Immigration, Texas
Even though cases are rising drastically in four states – Arizona, Texas, California and Florida – most of the uptick in cases is benign, unaccompanied by a concurrent increase in mortality. (I explained my theory of the rise in cases here.)
There's a reason for the daily mortality count in these four states: In border states like Texas, Arizona and California there has been a large jump in the number of illegal immigrants from Mexico crossing the border with COVID-19.
In the Politics of Duh world, we say this makes sense. It fits with the statistics that are now being reported. Mexico is currently experiencing one of the biggest COVID-19 outbreaks in the world. Even though immigration is supposedly blocked from Mexico due to the virus, there is an important exception: If illegal immigrants come to this country in need of medical care, we do not turn them away. This is defined as an "essential crossing" and the Mexico-U.S. land border, while closed, is still open to "essential crossings." According to a legal document published as a Notice on the U.S. Federal Register, one component that satisfies an "essential crossing" is if "individuals [are] traveling for medical purposes, (e.g. to receive medical treatment in the United States)."
Interesting, very interesting.
In June, The New York Times published an article detailing how hospitals in California are being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients who are coming across the border. If this happened in mid-June in California when cases were not as high as they are now then it's logical to expect it's happening in Texas and Arizona, also border states. In June, this article reported that hundreds of border agents were infected with COVID-19, which also fits into this narrative. Mexico is a Third World country with an infamously terrible healthcare system. Of course people would be incentivized to cross the border for better medical care in U.S. hospitals, especially if they know they won't be forced back to Mexico due to the essential crossing exception.
Total mortalities by country, as reported on worldometers.info for July 9, 2020
And what about Florida? Well, let's talk about Brazil. Like Mexico, Brazil is also in the midst of one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the world. So it would also be sensible to assume Brazilians are traveling to the United States (and specifically, to Miami) for its superior medical treatment. Most of the increase in deaths in Florida are in the Miami-Dade area, which is the primary destination for travelers from Brazil.
President Trump banned travel from Brazil to the U.S. on May 24, 2020. However, there were many exceptions and loopholes to the immigration law, which you can view here.
This rise in cases in the border states is being used by some politicians to justify keeping states closed down or even reverse re-opening guidelines. Dr. Fauci, who has been wrong about almost everything all pandemic long, told The Wall Street Journal today, "I think any state that is having a serious problem, that state should seriously look at shutting down."
Despite what politicians and authorities say, the facts should help us understand that the rise in mortality is not due to the progression of the virus in the United States and instead is being caused by outside factors. How else can you explain the fact that the rises are only occurring in certain pockets? Why don't we see a similar rise in Georgia, which famously opened the earliest of all the U.S. states?
There's absolutely no breakdown of mortality in those four states by nationality, (it would probably be illegal to disclose that information or even frowned upon to even investigate it); we're left with using our deductive reasoning skills to figure out why, at the exact time Mexico and Brazil are surging, we're seeing subsequent case numbers rise in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California. I don't believe this is a coincidence, I believe it's symptomatic of America's status as a beacon of hope and the great, strong country we all know it to be.
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I live in Southwest Texas and know of no one who has caught Covid or died. I think you may be onto something. I think, in a case such as this, we should be told if this possibility is fact or not. I am just not seeing people get it, and yes, Texas does a whole lot of testing whether tests are accurate or not. I am 72 and have no fear of this flu.
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I agree, the rise in cases in Las Vegas would also account for Illegals. Someone needs to track the citizenship of deaths so that this could be examined.
KaweahKid
Illegals coming in with Covid, and lockdowns at least demanded in the press if not reimposed by their fellow travelers in government…data points of a feather seem to flock together!
—And never forget that it's all about getting Trump out of the White House.
Rick Lagtag
Americans need to wake up in a hurry, everything the fake media states is about Trump not the truth. If the democrats have there way millions of mexicans will be crossing that border and this virus will explode 10xs worse than it is now. There is no treatment over there.
MommaK
It's winter in the southern hemisphere so makes sense viruses would surge in Brazil.
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There's been plenty of evidence that China Virus is coming in from Mexico but it's all anecdotal because we have no systematic collection for that information. Part of the problem is with the sanctuary policy of towns, cities and states and likely hospitals themselves all of whom will not collect and report that kind of information. Another aspect in this reporting is that Mexico's surge only began in Mid May to it's peak at the end of June where the numbers continue to be high and because we were mostly finished with our surge little attention is being paid to Mexico.
Concerning hospitalizations many who are coming over for treatment are ex pats, duel citizens and migrant workers who have a card to cross the border. All of these would of course be okay to treat here to include the migrant workers who may of well have contracted the virus here. Either way we can and are handling the numbers. Meanwhile its likely there is a Soros aspect to this where others are also coming here for treatment that shouldn't be but we don't know because we aren't demanding answers to whose coming into our hospitals.
You can also look at the crying about about hospital morgue space filling up. The only way that happens is if family's are not picking up their dead for burial. That again sounds like a Mexico thing.
Of the ones entering hospitals here many are said to be discharged rather quickly as their symptoms are not very serious. However a percentage of them have the comorbidities that require a longer stay and as time wears those numbers grow.
The other obvious indicator that we are being peppered by people from Mexico is that this is happening primarily in Southern States where it has been safer to travel too. Many who could and have the means likely flew in for treatment at first. Now the cases are increasing right along the border. California experienced the first spike in hospitalizations coming directly from the border because the virus was mostly active on the west side of Mexico. Now its spreading to other locations as well and those that can because they have the right documents to travel and who need treatment are showing up.
Meanwhile not identifying the problem serves progressives in that they can say COVID is being mismanaged. Meanwhile it serves the administration in that the economy stays open, while bringing attention that a percentage of the problem in the spike of numbers is coming from Mexico will drive a call to close the border which personally I would not argue for as the Virus while real is not a reason for panic and it does appear to be weakening if you look at death counts which are actually decreasing along with the way leftists have to cheat to get the numbers of infected up. That and the economic damage of shutting down for the most part is more damaging than the virus itself.
While this story is one, you can do a search for US Mexico Border & COVID 19 for other stories.
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North Caroline is a pure contributory negligence state.
Pure contributory negligence refers to the legal doctrine in some states where an injured party decided to be even 1% at fault for the accident is not eligible to receive compensation for their damages.
For example, someone injured in a trucking accident may have a claim against the truck driver and trucking company, but if the trucking company's insurance and legal teams can prove that the injured person is even partially at fault for the accident, then the company will not be required to pay any of the injured party's damages.
There are many issues with this practice, but one primary issue is that it isn't difficult to prove that the injured party also shares fault. Anything the injured party says at the scene of the accident, over the phone, or to anyone involved in the incident can be twisted around to use against them in court, freeing the truck driver and company from liability.
It is vital to refrain from discussing your case with anyone, including insurance companies.
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Something as simple as a blanket apology or acknowledgment that there was something you could have done differently at the scene could be taken as an admission of fault in pure contributory negligence states, and it could disqualify you from receiving the compensation you deserve for your damages. The best way to protect yourself in this situation is to allow an attorney to communicate with any insurance companies or interested parties on your behalf. All you have to do is take down the contact information of the adjuster you're speaking with and let them know that your attorney will be in touch.
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One of the craziest pieces of media I've read lately was posted only a couple of days ago, in the very political and left-leaning website Politico. Titled Biden's Twitter doc army turns on him, it goes on to describe the influence and potential conflict between the Biden administration and various members of the epi-Twitterati. What exactly this conflict is is hard to determine. Every single one of them is essentially a ZeroCOVID advocate. Most are full-on nutters. And some, like Peter Hotez and Leana Wen, are openly pathological.
The piece attempts to paint the administration voices as more reasonable, and the epi-Twitter voices as more strident, and that is likely the case. The list of actors are people who have, one way or another, called for censorship of voices not repeating the ZeroCOVID message, as well as either "soft-glove" laundry listing endless NPIs and vaccine/booster campaigns (Ashish Jha, Dean of Brown University medical school) or calling directly for banishment/punishment/containment of people not following their advice (Leana Wen, CNN commentator.) Every single one of them is anti-democratic and mandate oriented. Not a single one of them has even posed a meaningful off-ramp for ending the pandemic, nor will they in the near future, until they sense their vampiric influence is on the wane.
At the same time I was reading this article, I was also listening to selected episodes of Paul M.M. Cooper's Fall of Civilizations podcast. In his series, he marches down through history, across the globe, and through the ages of civilizational collapse. I've been interested in the Inca and Aztecs, so I listened to those episodes first. They are striking in their similarities about what causes societies to disintegrate. The Incas were fraught with fratricidal conflict for control, that spun out of failed inheritances and gave the pathological a leg up in achieving short-term consolidation, but long-term collapse when external forcing (in this case, the Spanish conquistadors) showed up with their better weapons and their own monomaniacal drives.
But once again, the Aztec story rang most true, at least from a pandemic perspective. The Aztec elite, headed by Moctezuma, had relied on their priest caste to inform them of the nature of the external threat, as well as what future actions should be taken. Cooper dispels many of the old myths of the Conquista regarding the Aztecs assuming that Cortes was held as some kind of deity. In fact, Cooper encyclopedicly documents that this was not the case — that Moctezuma had spies and runners observing Cortes, who would paint pictures of the Spanish ships and bring them back to Tenochtitlan. His priests simply could not make sense of any of it, because, of course, they had filled their own heads with distorted battle aims. The Aztecs so dominated the regional tribal battle space that they had moved away from killing neighboring tribes, and merely capturing them so they could be sacrificed on their pyramids. And I wrote in this last piece, they induced mass trauma in their own citizenry, keeping them in a state of both limbic fear and ecstasy, through daily human sacrifice on the pyramids to their Hummingbird War God, Huitzilopochtli.
The differences between Biden's epi-Twitterati, and the Aztec high priests are vanishingly few. Both cadres sit in denial of obvious physical reality — the Aztecs, that the sun would rise whether they would kill anyone or not. They had an elaborate belief structure behind all of this — that a piece of everyone's heart came from the sun god, and by returning that piece, lodged in the heart, back into the ether, the sun would continue to rise. Biden's own chosen high priests sit with fragmented evidence of their non-pharmaceutical interventions in much the same way. Abundant evidence in the physical universe exists that masks don't work, that models are obviously wrong, and that social distancing matters not a whit — look at the endless numbers of packed football games played that demonstrate no difference in pandemic behavior. Yet this group of frauds still chant the same songs, still hold up the same incantations and models, and insist that the crowds, and their leader, self-flagellate in their honor.
It all works, just like it worked for the Aztec priests, until the scaffolding all this nonsense is built on comes undone. For Moctezuma and his cadre, it was the arrival of Cortes. For us, it is the erosion of robustness of modern systems that keep the grocery stores full of food, and water and electricity arrive at the houses, or at least at the houses of the elites. And just like the Aztec priests could count on the hundreds of thousands of peasants and slaves to provide their every need, today's priests, wearing their very non-ceremonial pajamas, can count on magical Visa cards, Amazon delivery, and Door Dash to bring to their door the literal riches of the modern world.
Such environments and the calls for censorship, inherently create a memetic narrowing of information flow. If you are locked in your house with your computer and your models, and the drivers of the vehicles bringing you your food present themselves masked, and with neatly wrapped packages, it's easy to rationalize that you are championing the greater good. These magical spells, uh, computer models are really what is needed to keep the empire together, no? And if you are preserving the old in your society, in denial of death, and even go to the extreme of insinuating that people never should die, then you indeed are a holy man, or woman.
And how could you not convince yourself you are on a holy mission? If you are a high priest, you get to scream your beliefs from the pinnacle of the Pyramid of CNN, or next to St. Joy Ann Reid or Ellen — as exalted a position as exists in our modern society. The bullshit forms a self-reinforcing, narcissistic loop, which in turn creates in the high priests their own version of delirium. You don't see the family restaurant down in the strip mall shut down, nor note the extra, older private vehicles now being used to deliver packages to you. That would be, shall we say, inconvenient.
You're fundamentally ungrounded. I've talked about how ungrounded systems, which turn into what we call in system parlance, "floating ground", suffer reality drift in this piece. It's five years old, but still correct. If your distance from reality is too far, your civilization collapses. And as I mentioned above, there are a ton of examples of exactly that in the podcast referenced above.
Whole nations can become ungrounded — much to their citizens' detriment. China was the one that foisted this lockdown garbage on all of us, through a dedicated gaslighting propaganda campaign, that featured video clips of people collapsing in the street from COVID, foggers in Tyvek suits, and apocryphal physician victims like Li Wenliang. It's highly likely that Li Wenliang never even existed — his death was announced by a Beijing youth group known for fanatical devotion to the CCP, in the context of a group of pneumonia deaths in the Wuhan area — 29 in a population of 6 million. Yet he lives on with his own Wikipedia page. He is very likely not real. But he certainly is, in the minds of millions.
But by engaging in the campaign to foist shutdown of Western economies through extreme COVID countermeasures, including welding people into their apartments, the same memetic narrowing of information foisted on Western democracies has now infected the Chinese mainland.
Of course, ZeroCOVID is simply impossible in China, even with their rigid authoritarianism. And the end result is China, in order to save mianzi (面子), is now committed in their own country to a series of continuing lockdowns, as a promise to their citizenry, for containing an RNA virus that simply morphs into other forms as the calendar rolls along.
The idea that such measures might work in China (and ostensibly did work in Wuhan), while not working in modified form anywhere else, is farcical. My own father-in-law, who is Taiwanese and works in China, was trapped in quarantine in an apartment complex of 100K individuals for 2 weeks because of potential exposure during a visit to Guangzhou for a minor eye surgery. For those unfamiliar with Chinese geography, Guangzhou is a long way from Wuhan. Shanghai Disneyland shut all its visitors inside its gate and literally tested everyone when a COVID case was found.
And it just gets more socially disruptive. To even get into the country requires a quarantine of 2-3 weeks (it seems to change, and I'm not going to keep track of it). That is a powerful disincentive for many of the U.S. high tech firms, already tired of dealing with Chinese IP theft, for re-shoring their facilities, if not in the US, around other countries in the Pacific Rim, like Malaysia and Singapore. Chinese people have the expectation that the propaganda is true — that getting COVID is lethal, and that it is the government's job to protect you against it. Most people misunderstand authoritarian societies, thinking somehow that it means the government ends up with no obligation to its citizenry. So, like it or not, because the CCP gaslit the world, they've now made their bed in a policy that denies physical possibility.
The idea that now, the Chinese government, because they are authoritarian, can do what they want is simply not true. Authoritarian societies, both explicitly, and inherently destroy agency in their populations. When you infantilize people, even to the point of expecting them to be slaves, their expectations may shrink. But they also harden in their victimhood. And it's not pretty when the propaganda turns out to be wrong. Memetic narrowing also drives stepping backward in social evolution. And people go tribal very quickly, with the same incumbent lack of fear of violence or loss of life.
The result of this nonsense is countries like China (and likely Taiwan, and NZ and Australia) are locked in endless cycles of social disruption. China, through its actions, may have buried its culpability in the likely bioweapon lab leak that led to the pandemic. But memetic narrowing, and the simplistic narrative creation that is driven by constricting information supply, will come back to bite you — especially when entire societies, with literally billions of people are in play.
What has saved us now, and will save us if we manage to contain the authoritarian forces bellowing for censorship, is social media. All these alternate, and in the end, validated truths originated and were broadcast with social media. Are there problems with social media? Of course. But the example of China above is that once memetic narrowing takes hold, and even worse, whole societies accept what is a collapse of the truth, the fact that the sun demands human sacrifice in order to come up in the morning becomes the least of your problems. You devolve your population to the meta-structure of information in your broadcast bullshit. Differing views, even if they're wrong, demand your society's brain to work to reconcile them. And that's almost always a good thing. Censorship immediately imposes a loss of information on a society that required those differing views to run itself, with a given population and sophistication. Killing that doesn't work.
So here we are. From COVID origination, to lockdown, mask and vaccine efficiency, the only reason we have any hope of knowing the truth is social media. Remember that the next time someone demands social media be shut down. It's not exposure to information that's the problem. It's the exact opposite.
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So far you've been programming within the limits of Visual Basic. You've designed with point-and-click operations and used Visual Basic statements to program the controls on the Forms. You've seen how far you can go with Visual Basic, and there's a lot you can do with straight Visual Basic code. Sometimes, however, you must get into the core of the operating system and access of its many functions. To do advanced programming, such as detecting mouse movements outside a Form, you need some additional functions. These functions are provided by the Win32 Application Programming Interface (APT).
The Win32 API is a set of functions developed primarily for C programmers, but there's no reason why you can't use it from within your Visual Basic applications. Many Visual Basic programmers resort to the Win32 API functions to accomplish what is simply impossible (or too complicated) from within Visual Basic. As you'll see in Chapter 12, Optimizing VB Applications, API calls can also significantly speed up certain operations that are inherently slow with Visual Basic (especially graphics operations).
The API functions aren't complicated and they're not as exotic as Visual Basic programmers might think. The problem is that the ;\PI is documented for C programmers, so you may find it difficult to map the function and data type declarationg from C jargon to Visual Basic.
Ail Win32 API functions are available from within the Visual Basic environment. In fact, the graphics methods of Visual Basic are masqueraded API functions. In Chapter 7, Manipulating Color and Pixels with Visual Basic, we looked at the PaintPicture method, which copies bitmaps from one control to another. The PaintPicture method was introduced with Visual Basic 4. Before that, Visual Basic programmers had to use an API function to achieve similar functionality. The Bit- Blt() function can copy pixels to and from Visual Basic controls from anywhere on the Desktop. To copy part of the Desktop to a Picture Box control (for instance, to implement a custom screen capture utility) you have to use the BitBlt() function, not the PaintPicture method.
Many Windows applications use the API to some extent. Fortunately, Visual Basic hides a lot of the' complexities of Windows programming from you while providing access to the API. This chapter will not even attempt to explain all API functions (there are more than 1,000 of them), but only a few that I think you'll find useful.
The goal of this chapter is to introduce the basics of calling- the API functions and to explain how to use the API viewer to add API function declarations to your code. Instead of quickly presenting many API functions, I will present a few useful ones and build small applications that use them. These applications will demonstrate not only how to call the corresponding functions, but how to use them in the context of a Visual Basic application as well. The functions I've chosen to discuss and demonstrate with examples are not among the simpler ones. Many of the API functions are quite easy to understand and use, and although they would make for simple examples, these functions have Visual Basic counterparts, so there's no need to learn them.


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by Morten Jessen | Sep 3, 2022 | A Little Bit of Everything, Books, Eastern Front, Pilots, Publications, Research, Ta 152 | 0 comments
The Air War Publications team has known of Swedish researcher and author Christer Bergström since the early 2000s because of his Black Cross/Red Star books, a series for which he is highly respected and well-known. Our first contact with him was in 2004 and he has been very helpful to us ever since. Christer lives in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna, west of Stockholm, and Morten once worked for a year-and-a-half in Stockholm (2006/7), which prompted them to meet often. After work, Morten simply jumped on the train to Eskilstuna, and spent many evenings engaged in Luftwaffe discussions with Christer. Andrew also had the chance to meet Christer in 2012 at the Luftwaffe Gathering held in Copenhagen (see blog post). Over the years, this partnership has resulted in a mutual exchange of material in support of each others projects, for which we are very grateful. We hope you enjoy getting to know Christer just as much as Morten did interviewing him.
1. When and how did you become interested in researching the air war during the Second World War?
That is very easy to answer, because both of my parents worked for the Swedish Air Force, and my childhood home was filled with aviation books and talks about military aviation.
2. What was the first military aviation subject you really looked into?
The Battle of Britain. I started when I was about thirteen.
3. How did you become interested in the Eastern Front?
When I started reading I grabbed everything I could get hold of. I noticed that there was a huge amount of literature covering the air war between the Germans and the Western Allies. But when it came to the Eastern Front, there was only German accounts available in the languages I read and spoke. I wanted to know more about the Russian side, to get a more balanced view. In 1974 I was sixteen and I glued a paper on the front of a folder to collect information, and wrote 'Black Cross/Red Star' on the cover.
4. What was the hook, or the moment that made you realize you wanted to carry on down the path of research?
Very early in my life, when I was playing war games with my friends. At the age of ten or so. All of my friends were supporting the Allies. Also, in the comic books and magazines they were also supporting the Allies and I wanted to oppose that. Very naively as a child I started supporting the German side, but then there was also always someone playing the German when we played with the toy soldiers. I was annoyed by the strong bias towards the Allied side. Shortly after I got a friend who joined me. He was an ice hockey fan, so he sympathized with the Russians (who have a strong ice hockey tradition). So I started to question some of the accounts in the books that where portraying the Germans as always losing and stupid. So already when I was ten or eleven I started to question this strong bias. So, this is how the seed of my source criticism was planted. So when I started to research, I knew from the beginning that it is important to study both sides, in order to get a more complete picture. And just for the record, nowadays I do not support or sympathize with the German side of the war.
Christer on top of a Bf 110 G night fighter in a private museum in Denmark.
5. How did you manage to contact so many pilots who flew on the Eastern Front?
That was very, very easy. I got in contact with Adolf Galland in 1972 when I was fourteen, and then I met him for the first time in 1974. He opened all the doors for me. He phoned the veteran pilots and said he knew this Swedish boy, and asked if they would like to get in touch. They all said "Yes, Galland, you can give him my address". But that was not focused on the Eastern Front, that was across all fronts. Soon after, I was invited to these Fliegertreffen and reunions and that also opened A LOT of doors. I have been in contact with German pilots since I was fourteen. I learned German, I spent summers in Germany with German friends only to learn to communicate in German, so I could talk with the pilots. I was young and I knew what I wanted.
6. What was the first book you wrote, and when was it published?
When I was about fifteen I started to write a book called Die Luftwaffe in Swedish. The aim was for it to be the complete history of the Luftwaffe. I managed to complete three volumes between 1939 to 1941, but that was refused by the publishers. My first book which was published was Luftstrid over Kanalen (Air Battle over the Channel) about the Battle of Britain, and it was published in 1983 when I was 25 years old.
7. What is your most memorable moment meeting a Second World War veteran?
That is easy – the first time I met Adolf Galland. Everything about the meeting was memorable. I clearly remember going up to the door of his office together with my father and pressing the doorbell and seeing the name 'Galland'. Then a short-statured man came through the door and it was Galland. He asked us to step in and I was like "wow, this is really happening". We spent some time with him in his office and I think he wanted to test me or check me out. So he took out a big, fat photo album and said: "I think you would be interested in seeing some photos?" That was his wartime photos and he started to browse them and when I saw some of the people I said: "Oh, that is Walter Oesau, that is Müncheberg, that is Mölders …". He stood beside me and looked very amazed and said to my father: "Oh, der Junge weisst bescheid" (the young one is well informed). Later he told me that he had a strange feeling when he saw a sixteen-year-old sitting there and pointing out all of his old friends, just as if I had been there and known them. Galland said that it was a strange feeling that I was so familiar with all of them. Then we parted and he said: "Let us meet again tomorrow morning and I will take you to my home." I spent the whole day there and we became good friends – in such a way that he took the initiative sometimes to write letters and ask if I would come visit.
8. What made you write Black Cross/Red Star books?
It was primarily because there was nothing available on the topic in a language I could read, and because of the strong bias that I saw in the literature of the 1960s and 1970s.
9. What is your current primary research focus?
My current focus right now is proofreading the updated and expanded second volume of my Black Cross/Red Star book, covering December 1941 to May 1942.
10. How has research changed over the years, do you think?
The people who really do in-depth research and are interested in their topic can become much more knowledgeable today compared to 40 or 50 years ago. There is much more material available, so the demand/expectation on the serious writers has grown.
11. If you have any advice for people getting into this field, what would it be?
To always compare what both sides say and write. Never fall into the trap of thinking that one side is more reliable than the other. When you start thinking like that, you put blindfolds on your eyes and yourself.
12. What's been the biggest frustration in research that you've faced?
That so many of the German documents have been destroyed.
13. What's one 'wow' moment that you've had in researching the air war of the Second World War?
When I went through all the British RAF loss records from the Battle of Britain and found out that they lost many more aircraft than had ever been published. It is impossible to get an exact number because there are some contradictions in some reports about losses. For example, an aircraft that was categorized as 'Damaged Category 1' and then you see that the fate of the pilot was 'Parachuted'! I found about 200 additional aircraft missing compared to what was the accepted truth at the time.
14. What makes a good military aviation book for you?
New and previously unpublished information, based on primary sources, and is well written and readable.
15. As a final question, do you have a favourite Second War World aircraft, and if so, what is it?
Yes, the Ta 152 H – the one with the large wingspan. I think it was top-notch, the best among the piston-engined fighters at the time … and a beautiful aircraft! I talked with Willi Reschke about it (Ofw. Willi Reschke of Stab of JG 301). He said that to fly the Ta 152 was a life insurance. When he at one point attacked a group of Tempests, he could have bounced them and shot one down, but instead, he took the speed off and positioned himself behind a [Hawker] Tempest, just to see how long time it would take him to out-turn it. Then you are really sure that you are in a good aircraft!
Christer Bergström has, among others, authored the following books (some with co-authors):
Luftstrid over Kanalen (revised edition), Leandoer & Co Forlag, Hägersten, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-9197589468
Luftwaffe Fighter Aircraft in Profile, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, 1997, ISBN-13: 978-0764302916
Black Cross/Red Star – Volume 1, Pacifica Military History, Pacifica, 2000, ISBN-13:  978-0935553482
Black Cross/Red Star – Volume 2, Pacifica Military History, Pacifica, 2001, ISBN-13: –
More Luftwaffe Aircraft in Profile, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, 2002, ISBN-13: 978-0764315596
Graf and Grislawski – A Pair of Aces, Eagle Editions, Hamilton, 2003, ISBN-13: 978-0972106047
Jagdwaffe: Barbarossa – the Invasion of Russia, Chevron Publishing, Hersham, 2003, ISBN-13: 978-1903223215
Jagdwaffe: The War in Russia January-October 1942, Chevron Publishing, Hersham, 2003, ISBN-13: 978-1903223239
Jagdwaffe: The War in Russia November 1942–December 1943, Chevron Publishing, Hersham, 2004, ISBN-13: 978-1903223369
Jagdwaffe: War in the East 1944–1945, Chevron Publishing, Hersham, 2005, ISBN-13: 978-1903223468
Black Cross/Red Star – Volume 3, Eagle Editions, Hamilton, 2006, ISBN-13: 978-0976103448
Barbarossa – The Air Battle: July-December 1941, Midland, Hersham, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-1857802702
Kursk – The Air Battle: July 1943, Midland, Hersham, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-1903223888
Bagration to Berlin – The Final Air Battles in the East: 1944-1945, Midland, Hersham, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-1903223918
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann, Chevron Publishing, Crowborough, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-0955597725
Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Chevron Publishing, Crowborough, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-0955597718
The Battle of Britain (also published in Swedish), Vaktel Förlag, Eskilstuna, 2015, ISBN-13: 9781612003474
Black Cross/Red Star – Volume 4, Vaktel Förlag, Eskilstuna, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-9188441218
Black Cross/Red Star – Volume 1 (revised edition), Vaktel Förlag, Eskilstuna, 2021, ISBN-13: 978-9188441683
Min vän Adolf Galland, Vaktel Förlag, Eskilstuna, 2022, ISBN-13: 978-9188441942
… and several more on titles in both English and Swedish covering other Second World War topics
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So many great sf novels and stories in translation were published in 2016, involving zombies, cyborg turtles, hostile aliens, and much more. But what if you're really into stories about serious intergalactic travel? Here, I put together a list for you. Some of these stories happen to include space travel, while others revolve around it.


To support research-based planning this article aims to identify the similarities and differences between the Japanese tourist boom of the late-1980s and the current Chinese tourist boom, in the context of Australia. By investigating the past issues this analysis will assist the Australian tourism industry in providing an informed response to current issues and the predicted levels of Chinese visitation. This will provide the basis for positive host-visitor relations and assist sustainable inbound tourism development within Australia. © 2008 Taylor & Francis.


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Holger Godtfred Kyster (født 7. juni 1872 i Kolding, død 12. maj 1944) var en dansk guld- og sølvsmed og museumsmand, bror til Anker Kyster.

Han var søn af skomager Andreas Elias Kyster (tog efter 2. Slesvigske Krig navneforandring fra Küster, 1835-1917, gift 2. gang 1876 med Margrethe Jensen, 1841-1907) og Bodil Marie Hirth (1838-1874).

Holger Kyster blev uddannet guld- og sølvsmed hos Rasmus Jensen i Horsens – provinsens største værksted – og A. Dragsted i København og var udlært 1891. Efter et længere udlandsophold, som gik til Tyskland og Schweiz, aftjente han sin værnepligt i 1896 og rejste atter ud, denne gang til i efteråret 1896 til Kristiania, hvor han var om vinteren, om sommeren til Bergen og igen i vinteren i Kristiania. 1898 etablerede han sit eget værksted i Adelgade 8 i fødebyen Kolding. Ligesom broderen etablerede Kyster bånd til nogle af samtidens førende skønvirkekunstnere og designere, ikke mindst multikunstneren Thorvald Bindesbøll (fra 1904, kontakten formidlet via broderen), malerne Svend Hammershøi (fra 1906) og Joakim Skovgaard samt billedhuggeren Kai Nielsen. Kyster modtog guldmedalje på den Verdensudstillingen i Paris 1925.

Han kom til at spille en stor rolle for sin fødeby som formand for Museet på Koldinghus (oprettet 1890) i årene 1929 til sin død og som daglig leder af museet fra 1934. Derudover testamenterede sin store samling af kunst og sølvtøj til museet, hvor den i dag udgør den centrale del af museets samlinger af sølv og kunst fra første fjerdedel af 1900-tallet.

Holger Kyster blev 1907 gift med Emma Katrine Lindemann (1878-1940). Parret fik ingen børn, men havde til gengæld tid til mangfoldige interesser: Han sølvsmedekunst, keramik, malerkunst og græske og romerske antikviteter; hun håndarbejde, især kniplinger. Emma Kysters omfattende samling af gamle kniplinger blev også doneret til Museet på Koldinghus.

Der findes en buste af Kyster fra 1943 udført af Henning Seidelin.

Holger Kyster døde i 1944, og værkstedet overgik til Jørgen Krogh, der havde været først lærling og derefter svend hos Kyster siden 1918. Efter Kroghs død 1960 lukkede værkstedet, mens selve butikken førtes videre af enken Erna Krogh helt til 1973.

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 Om Kyster på Museet på Koldinghus
 Opslag i Kolding Leksikon

Guldsmede fra Danmark
Sølvsmede fra Danmark
Personer i Kraks Blå Bog (afdøde)
Personer fra Kolding
Museumsfolk fra Danmark
Filantroper fra Danmark
Kunstsamlere fra Danmark


John Mayer and Shawn Mendes have blessed us with a "Mercy" and "In Your Atmosphere" mash-up.
Mendes made a surprise guest appearance on Mayer's The Search for Everything World Tour stop at Toronto's Air Canada Centre April 3.
The 18-year-old has looked up to Mayer since the beginning of his career and we can only imagine how great of a moment this was for him.
What do you think of this pairing?


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Dimitrov overcomes gutsy Goffin to win ATP Finals
Jack Davies
Grigor Dimitrov produced a second victory of the week against David Goffin to win the season-ending ATP Finals for the first time in his career on Sunday.
MORE: Goffin stuns favourite Federer to reach London final
Dimitrov, who cruised to a 6-0 6-2 win against Goffin in the group stage, was made to work harder on this occasion and triumphed 7-5 4-6 6-3 to claim his biggest title to date.
This year's Finals have lacked the star power of previous editions, with the likes of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray taking time away from the sport and Rafael Nadal having to pull out injured.
Roger Federer, meanwhile, was knocked out in the semi-finals by Goffin, but the seventh seed could not repeat that performance in the decider at the O2 Arena in London.
The moment @GrigorDimitrov became the 2017 #NittoATPFinals champion… pic.twitter.com/cLDw1i2E4o
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) November 19, 2017
World number six Dimitrov's second serve troubled him early on, losing all four of such points in an opening game that went Goffin's way.
Although Dimitrov - making his first appearance at this event in 2017 - broke straight back, Goffin raced into a 40-0 lead on his way to restoring his advantage by winning the next.
Dimitrov had to wait until the eighth game to break back for a second time and a tight set then ended with a fiercely fought battle, the Bulgarian converting his fifth set point on the Goffin serve to prevent a tie-break.
After an hour-long opening set, the two players matched each other in the second until the Belgian broke for 4-3 having survived a break point in the previous game.
That break ultimately gave Goffin the chance to serve for the set – an opportunity he grasped without conceding a point.
Dimitrov had the lion's share of support in the arena and his fans sensed the end was close when Goffin sent a backhand wide to put their man 4-2 in front in the deciding set.
Goffin was left serving for survival at 5-2 down and clawed his way back from 40-0 down to stay alive in an enthralling encounter, but a tired backhand volley into the net gifted Dimitrov the title in the next game.
STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN
Dimitrov [6] bt Goffin [7] 7-5 4-6 6-3
WINNERS/UNFORCED ERRORS
Dimitrov – 20/27
Goffin – 36/38
ACES/DOUBLE FAULTS
Dimitrov– 5/6
Goffin – 10/5
BREAK POINTS WON
Dimitrov - 4/15
Goffin –3/10
FIRST SERVE PERCENTAGE
Dimitrov – 65
Goffin – 50
PERCENTAGE OF POINTS WON ON FIRST/SECOND SERVE
Dimitrov - 108
Goffin– 102


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24MEDIA wins two awards at IAB MiXX Awards 2019
24MEDIA won two awards at IAB MiXX Awards 2019. The IAB MiXX 2019 Award Ceremony was held successfully on Friday, May 19, at the open air cinema Mpomponiera, where more than 300 executives of the Greek digital market gathered to award the best of the year in the Greek digital environment.
24MEDIA was among the winners of the night as it won two great awards: Silver award in the category Best Original Content Series for the Podcasts of brands Sport24.gr, Oneman.gr & Contra.gr and the membership award committee in the category Branded Content & Native Advertising for the project of Nivea "This is your Mundial by Nivea Men".
Philippos Talantis joins 24MEDIA
24MEDIA Group investing in the further development of its two radio stations, NEWS 24/7 at 88.6 and SPORT24 Radio 103.3 announces the beginning of its collaboration with Philippos Talantis.
As of June 3rd, Philippos Talantis undertakes the role Radio Business Advisor of 24MEDIA. Mr. Talantis a talented executive with many years of experience in the field of Media, and has worked in important positions of responsibility at Skai 100.3, Lampsi 92.3, Rythmos 94.9, Red 96.3, Angel 88.9, City 99.5 etc. Recently, he held the management of Music 89.2 radio station.
Contra.gr: New design and philosophy
After 18 successful years in the Greek market, the historical sports site of 24MEDIA, Contra.gr, redesigned and acquired a new outline, a new logo and a completely new philosophy and content strategy. This movement deepens the change of identity and direction that has already begun in order to offer to Greek public the opportunity to read sports news differently.
Contra.gr readers will have the opportunity to enjoy premium content, analysis of sport news, interviews and stories of the sports headliners, but also new columns.
New Contra.gr centre of gravity is every contemporary man who loves sports, has international references and sports culture. Topics such as fitness, fashion, grooming, pop culture and the pioneering for Greece podcasts, are added to the variety of articles of the new Contra.gr.
Contra.gr aspires to become a modern sports site with a lifestyle character, with more well written articles, giving emphasis on image and rich media. One site even more appealing to readers and with an absolutely premium audience and environment for advertisers, using the most advanced ways of promoting and advertising and with leading parts, branded content and native advertising.
Visit the new Contra.gr and discover the sports news differently.
The prime minister Alexis Tsipras at 24MEDIA
The prime minister and president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras, on Monday May 20 visited the headquarters of 24MEDIA for his radio interview at News 24/7 88.6 fm with Vasilis Skouris, the director of the station.
He was received by Mr. Dimitris Maris, Chairman of 24MEDIA, Mr. Nikolas Pefanis, CEO 24MEDIA, Mr. Manos Horianopoulos, News Editorial Director along with the director of News 24/7 88.6 fm, Mr. Vasilis Skouris.
Mr. Tsipras was accompanied by the Minister of State and Government Spokesperson Dimitris Tzanakopoulos and the prime minister's partner Nikos Andriopoulos.
In the studio of the news radio station of 24MEDIA, Mr. Tsipras was called to answer to a number of issues before the crucial European and municipal elections.
The live radio interview was also broadcasted online via News247.gr.
Listen to the entire interview in the following link:
https://bit.ly/2VDdPW3
The President of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis at 24MEDIA
The president of the main opposition party New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Thursday May 16 visited the headquarters of 24MEDIA for his radio interview at Sport24 Radio 103,3 with Pantelis Diamantopoulos, the director of the station.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the founder and the executives of 24MEDIA.
He was received by Mr. Dimitris Maris, Chairman of 24MEDIA, Mr. Nikolas Pefanis, CEO 24MEDIA, Mr. Manos Horianopoulos, News Editorial Director along with the director of Sport24 Radio, Mr. Pantelis Diamantopoulos.
In the studio of the biggest sports station in Greece, Mr. Mitsotakis discussed about sports, violence, his favorite sport, basketball and football as well as political affairs just a few days before the European elections.
The live radio interview was also broadcasted online via Sport24.gr and News247.gr.
https://bit.ly/2HG80SD
Mina Birakou Lifestyle Editorial Director of 24MEDIA
24MEDIA Group announces the beginning of its collaboration with Mina Birakou, in the context of developing and further investing in the lifestyle content.
As of April 1st, Mina Birakou undertakes the role Lifestyle Editorial Director, in order to develop the already established brands Ladylike.gr and Oneman.gr, as well as to develop lifestyle content and products throughout the group.
Mina Birakou is one of the most experienced executives in the media market, with more than 20 years of experience. She has taken over executive positions at Imako, has been a successful radio producer, a TV consultant, while the last 13 years she hold the position of the Editorial Director of InStyle magazine.
24MEDIA invests in HuffPost Greece
Dimitris Maris media group is the main shareholder of Farosnet
24MEDIA as part of its strategy for further growth and investment in the media industry, announces the acquisition of the majority shareholding of Farosnet, the company that operates HuffPost Greece in partnership with Verizon Media.
HuffPost Greece, with more than 2 million unique visitors, is a news site with 100% primary content and totally different perspective, targeting readers who want to form an integrated opinion about current affairs. Editor in Chief of Huffpost Greece is Antonis Fourlis.
The owner and chairman of 24MEDIA, Mr. Dimitris Maris, stated: "We are very proud and happy that five years after the arrival of HuffPost in Greece with 24MEDIA being the official media partner since then, we invest further in this business project, acquiring the majority stake in Farosnet. HuffPost is one of the most important and most powerful digital media brands worldwide, a case study that has changed many of the rules of the digital publishing industry. Our decision to move towards this investment is totally in line with the Group's growth strategy over the coming years."
SPORT24 at the NBA All-Star Weekend
Sport24.gr travelled to the city of Charlotte, North Carolina and covered closely the All-Star Weekend 2019, with the support of COSMOTE TV that broadcasts exclusively the NBA games. The correspondent of the leading sport's site in Greece, Harris Stavrou was on the side of Giannis Antetokounmpo who was for the first time captain, playing for the third time in the All-Star Game and for the fifth in the All-Star Weekend.
Readers of SPORT24 lived intensively the three-day event (15-17/02) in Charlotte and felt the "magic" of NBA through articles, reviews, interviews and exclusive reportage of Harris Stavrou.
Informing the sports community was not only done through the site of Sport24.gr, but also from the social media accounts of SPORT24 (facebook , Instagram , viber ). There hundreds of thousands followers, experienced the world of NBA and All Star Weekend through the exclusive photos and videos of Harris Stavrou.
COSMOTE TV was the grand sponsor of the trip of Sport24.gr and of NBA All-Star Weekend 2019 column.
2019 New Year Party for 24MEDIA family
In a night full of good temper, awards, gifts and of course, the pie cutting, 24MEDIA officially celebrated New Year at the Grand Hyatt Athens hotel, on Monday 18th of February. The Parthenon Hall was decorated with the lights of the largest digital publisher and 24MEDIA employees exchanged wishes before continuing its dynamic journey the upcoming year.
Mr. Dimitris Maris, Owner and President of 24MEDIA and Mr. Nikolas Pefanis, CEO, attended the event as well as other members of the management team, close associates and the staff of the group.
Mr. Dimitris Maris welcomed with a polite greeting and stated that "2019 will be a creative year full of new challenges and opportunities. We continue stronger than ever, always faithful to our own growth and development plan."
Mr. Nikolas Pefanis, CEO of 24MEDIA, made a brief statement of the past activities of 2018, stating that although last year was quite demanding it was also productive and welcomed the new year with optimism.
During the event, the award ceremony took place by awarding the favorite journalistic article and radio show of NEWS 24/7, SPORT24, CONTRA, ONEMAN, LADYLIKE, HUFFPOST GREECE, Sport24 Radio 103.3fm and News 24/7 Radio 88.6fm. Following, 30 lucky winners were selected through prize draw and won unique gifts.
The event was supported by Beverage World, Vibes Professional, while it could not have been so beautiful without the exceptional hospitality of the Grand Hyatt Athens hotel.
24MEDIA announcement
24MEDIA and Stavros Drakoularakos jointly announce the completion of their cooperation after a long and successful journey.
Dimitris Maris, Founder and Chairman of 24MEDIA, noted: "Stavros' contribution in the development and current success of 24MEDIA is conclusive. For 15 years we have shared the vision for the largest digital media group in Greece and the gratification of living it in practice. I greet him, with joy for his next steps".
Stavros Drakoularakos, outgoing Managing Director of 24MEDIA Group, noted: "Both for my career path and the pleasure of becoming a member of the 24MEDIA family, this cooperation was honor and privilege. Thank you deeply from my heart."
The next step of Stavros Drakoularakos will be announced within the next few days.
Voluntary blood donation from 24MEDIA and "Evangelismos" Hospital
24MEDIA in collaboration with "Evangelismos" General Hospital, organised for the 3rd consecutive year, voluntary blood donation, with the purpose of collecting as many blood units as possible in order to aid the difficult incidents the hospital faces daily.
The collection of blood units took place at 24MEDIA offices by the specialized team of "Evangelismos" General Hospital and after the necessary measures for the blood donation process were secured. 24MEDIA employees responsiveness was extremely high, showing their social awareness.
Additionally, "ORAMA ELPIDAS" Association informed 24MEDIA employees about bone marrow donation, while those who were interested in becoming donors, gave DNA samples in order to get registered in the global volunteer bank.
Panos Velachoutakos, HR Manager of 24MEDIA stated: "The voluntary blood donation and the information about bone marrow donation follow the company's CSR actions. The staff's high responsiveness and their social awareness make us particularly happy and motivates to continue with even more similar actions".
SPORT24: No1 sports site for the 5th consecutive year
For the 5th consecutive year, SPORT24 was the No. 1 sports site on reader's choice, with an average of 4.939.919* unique visitors. Within 2018, SPORT24 was ranked on the top sports site in the country with 350.112.319* total visits and 1.061.976.679* total pageviews.
Rich news reports, live broadcasts, interviews, reviews, and articles kept the audience's interest unabated. For the new year, SPORT24 promises even more sports information opportunities, remaining devoted to its philosophy of exclusive sports journalism content.
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hello! was wondering if anybody could help me ---- at a local store, i ran into a lady that wanted me to be one of her jam partners - i kindly agreed, having never been part of a jam before. Well - i didn't think that i don't really have regular people that i swap with to ask them to be the 3rd participant!
so i was wondering - would anyone like to be the 3rd participant? Just a bit of background - she sent me 3 ATCS with an element already on the cards, i'll then add my part and then i'll send on to you for you to add the finishing touch --- you will then keep 1 finished card and then send 1 finished card back to me and 1 finished card back to my friend.
just pm me or post here if interested - i would really appreciate it!
thanks Carole - wasn't sure where to post it!
madkow ~ I'd be happy to work on your jams!
Just send me a PM if you need my address.
thanks to all that have replied and thanks linda for the rep point ---- just thought it the right thing to do to ask first!! i've found the 3rd partner needed, but thanks again for the replies ---- i don't have any more to send off at the moment, but if anyone would be intersted in playing in a new one, just let me know!!


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Q: Systematic sampling and informed consent: Does the requirement for informed consent introduce sampling bias into randomly selected samples Probability sampling methods help reduce sampling bias. In clinical research, simple random sampling methods works well for randomised control trials, and systematic sampling methods are easy to implement in cross-sectional observational studies in the clinic setting.
However, to the best of my knowledge, systematic sampling methods assume every nth person selected will elect to take part in the study. In reality, every person sampled still has to provide informed consent, and thus the informed consent process adds a point at which selection bias can be introduced in much the same way as it is introduced through convenience sampling. That is, even if the process of selecting which patients to approach is random, the requirement for informed consent means that the final sample is a self-selected subgroup of those originally sampled (e.g., people with pain are probably more likely to volunteer for a study on chronic pain prevalence than those without pain).
I have tried to find information on this issue, but can only find standalone information on sampling methods or informed consent, and not how the two may interact in some cases. Apologies if my logic on this issue is faulty, but if it is, where is it faulty?

A: Your logic doesn't seem faulty to me.
As soon as you give people the option not to participate you're making your sample a little more "convenient-like" than you might have intended. Even if nobody withdraws then you're still only sampling people who want to participate. Whatever results you obtain need not necessarily hold for those who might not have participated.
To some extent you may be able to reduce the reasons people might have not to participate, e.g., if participation is particularly demanding in time or energy then you may look to reduce that, but ultimately you're always going to have people who will refuse. All you can really do is to try to consider why people might withdraw consent, with reference to relevant prior literature where possible, and acknowledge this when you come to interpret your findings and draw conclusions from them.
To give an extreme example, if I'm interested in studying the attitude of students to participating in research, I would have to acknowledge that those students most opposed to participating are unlikely to appear in my sample. As a result, my findings probably don't reflect their views. it's not ideal, but as long as I acknowledge that limitation when I come to disseminate my findings then it's just a fact of life we live with.

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A home effortless in that intangible 'casual cool' feel, 10 Commercial Rd is clearly uncomplicated living.
3 lovely bedrooms stretch along one side of the cottage flanking the kitchen & living, which run the length of the opposite. Light filled and beautifully presented, quality fixtures and fittings throughout are enhanced by easy access super-storage & generous heating ensuring the home is warm, calm and quite simply gorgeous.
Set well back from the road and behind lofty fencing, privacy and security are assured. After work dinner & drinks from the expansive west facing deck and Teepee Tea Parties on the level lawn beneath the shady trees creates a haven located just minutes from the intensity of Ponsonby Road and Kingsland.
Likely the most simple decision you will have to make all year.


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- Gossip Girl -
How Sexy Is The New 'Gossip Girl' Gonna Be?
ByOlivia Truffaut-Wong Dec. 16, 2020
In the words of Gossip Girl's infamous Season 1 marketing, "OMFG." This is the only appropriate reaction to Evan Mock's Instagram Story, shared on Wednesday, Dec. 16, which featured nothing but an assortment of cock socks and strapless thongs. Mock, of course, will star in the new HBO Max reboot of the teen drama, begging the question, just how sexy is this new Gossip Girl going to be?
For those who don't know, cock socks are basically flesh colored, pantyhose-like pouches meant to cover up the family jewels on set while filming a nude scene. Whatever Mock was shooting on this "typical Wednesday," you can bet he had to strip down to do it. And while it's possible that Mock was on another job, based on the cast's recent Instagrams from set, and the fact that GG is currently filming in NYC, it seems like a safe bet that this special wardrobe was for the reboot. Which leads me back to my original question: just how sexy is this new Gossip Girl?
Image: Evan Mock/Instagram
When Gossip Girl premiered in 2007, just the fact that it showed teens having casual sex on network television was a big deal. Remember those Season 2 ads that used critiques like "Every Parent's Nightmare" and "Mind-Blowingly Inappropriate"? People were scandalized watching Serena and Nate hook up on a hotel bar in the pilot, and the outrage only grew from there. And based on Mock's Instagram, and some paparazzi photos from set featuring a nearly naked Thomas Doherty, it looks like the new Gossip Girl reboot is hoping to be even more outrageous and even, dare we say, R-rated?
Sure, the O.G. Gossip Girl had sex scenes, but it did not have flat out nudity. It was all "of course girls leave their bras on to have sex and go to sleep," fancy editing tricks, and fade outs to the tune of an up and coming indie pop band. Assuming Mock was on the set of the new Gossip Girl when he sent this Instagram Story, it seems things on the Upper East Side are about to get a lot more graphic.
Showrunner Joshua Safran teased this shift on Twitter after reporter asked about whether or not the show would take advantage of its new home on HBO Max. "GG is a classy woman," Safran tweeted on Nov. 19, "She will be TV-MA, I imagine, but she will never just show something just because she can." (TV-MA means that the new Gossip Girl will be rated for "Mature Audiences Only," meaning ages 17 and up. For comparison, the original Gossip Girl was rated TV-14.)
GG is a classy woman. She will be TV-MA, I imagine, but she will never just show something just because she can.
— chisme chica (@Anthologist) November 20, 2020
So, yeah, it looks like the Gossip Girl reboot isn't just going to be sexy, it's going to be outright scandalous, cock socks and all! Dan Humphrey would never.


Shopping online is popular for many reasons. For one, it is very convenient. Other people just love to shop online to save money and because it's easier to compare different items while sitting comfortably at home. Follow the tips presented here to save time and make the most of your shopping dollar online.
Read a store's policies before you make a purchase for the first time. You want to find out how they protect your information, what details they will require and what terms you are agreeing to if you make a purchase from them. If you do not agree with something in these policies, you should contact the merchant before buying anything. Do not buy anything from that store if you disagree with their policies.
If you are a repeat online shopper, your spyware software must be kept up-to-date. Hackers target the big shopping sites to get personal data and hack into accounts. Heed warnings from security software about some sites and reports of suspicious activity from a site's webmaster.
Always read product information completely before you make a purchase. Online pictures are often deceiving. It may make something look smaller or larger than it really is. Check out the full description so that you are aware if the purchase will suit your needs.
Prior to entering any personal information on an online store's website, check out the site's URL. If you find that it says "https" before the web address, then you can be sure the information is going to be encrypted. If you do not see those letters, you are exposing yourself to potential fraud if you continue entering your information.
Try finding the best deals by using a site that searches online retailers. Google and Bing are great search engines, but they deliver offline results as well as online, which gets overwhelming. A search site such as ShopStyle.com will give you the online only results that you seek.
Online shopping is a great way to have fun and save a lot of money. There are so many goodies that are only a click away. You will be able to save money and time with online shopping when you learn how to find the best deals quickly.


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Q: Prevent Double tap in React native How to prevent a user from tapping a button twice in React native?
i.e. A user must not be able tap twice quickly on a touchable highlight

A: Agree with Accepted answer but very simple way , we can use following way
import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';

    componentDidMount() {

       this.onPressMethod= debounce(this.onPressMethod.bind(this), 500);
  }

onPressMethod=()=> {
    //what you actually want on button press
}

 render() {
    return (
        <Button
            onPress={() => this.onPressMethod()}
            title="Your Button Name"
          />
    );
  }

A: I use it by refer the answer above. 'disabled' doesn't have to be a state.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { TouchableHighlight } from 'react-native';

class PreventDoubleTap extends Component {
    disabled = false;
    onPress = (...args) => {
        if(this.disabled) return;
        this.disabled = true;
        setTimeout(()=>{
            this.disabled = false;
        }, 500);
        this.props.onPress && this.props.onPress(...args);
    }
}

export class ButtonHighLight extends PreventDoubleTap {
    render() {
        return (
            <TouchableHighlight
                {...this.props}
                onPress={this.onPress}
                underlayColor="#f7f7f7"
            />
        );
    }
}

It can be other touchable component like TouchableOpacity.

A: If you are using react navigation then use this format to navigate to another page.
 this.props.navigation.navigate({key:"any",routeName:"YourRoute",params:{param1:value,param2:value}})
The StackNavigator would prevent routes having same keys to be pushed in the stack again.
You could write anything unique as the key and the params prop is optional if you want to pass parameters to another screen.

A: https://snack.expo.io/@patwoz/withpreventdoubleclick
Use this HOC to extend the touchable components like TouchableHighlight, Button ...
import debounce from 'lodash.debounce'; // 4.0.8

const withPreventDoubleClick = (WrappedComponent) => {

  class PreventDoubleClick extends React.PureComponent {

    debouncedOnPress = () => {
      this.props.onPress && this.props.onPress();
    }

    onPress = debounce(this.debouncedOnPress, 300, { leading: true, trailing: false });

    render() {
      return <WrappedComponent {...this.props} onPress={this.onPress} />;
    }
  }

  PreventDoubleClick.displayName = `withPreventDoubleClick(${WrappedComponent.displayName ||WrappedComponent.name})`
  return PreventDoubleClick;
}

Usage
import { Button } from 'react-native';
import withPreventDoubleClick from './withPreventDoubleClick';

const ButtonEx = withPreventDoubleClick(Button);

<ButtonEx onPress={this.onButtonClick} title="Click here" />

A: The accepted solution works great, but it makes it mandatory to wrap your whole component and to import lodash to achieve the desired behavior.
I wrote a custom React hook that makes it possible to only wrap your callback:
useTimeBlockedCallback.js
import { useRef } from 'react'

export default (callback, timeBlocked = 1000) => {
  const isBlockedRef = useRef(false)
  const unblockTimeout = useRef(false)

  return (...callbackArgs) => {
    if (!isBlockedRef.current) {
      callback(...callbackArgs)
    }
    clearTimeout(unblockTimeout.current)
    unblockTimeout.current = setTimeout(() => isBlockedRef.current = false, timeBlocked)
    isBlockedRef.current = true
  }
}

Usage:
yourComponent.js
import React from 'react'
import { View, Text } from 'react-native'
import useTimeBlockedCallback from '../hooks/useTimeBlockedCallback'

export default () => {
  const callbackWithNoArgs = useTimeBlockedCallback(() => {
    console.log('Do stuff here, like opening a new scene for instance.')
  })
  const callbackWithArgs = useTimeBlockedCallback((text) => {
    console.log(text + ' will be logged once every 1000ms tops')
  })

  return (
    <View>
      <Text onPress={callbackWithNoArgs}>Touch me without double tap</Text>
      <Text onPress={() => callbackWithArgs('Hello world')}>Log hello world</Text>
    </View>
  )
}

The callback is blocked for 1000ms after being called by default, but you can change that with the hook's second parameter.

A: Use property Button.disabled

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { AppRegistry, StyleSheet, View, Button } from 'react-native';

export default class App extends Component {

  state={
    disabled:false,
  }

  pressButton() {
    this.setState({
      disabled: true,
    });

    // enable after 5 second
    setTimeout(()=>{
       this.setState({
        disabled: false,
      });
    }, 5000)
  }

  render() {
    return (
        <Button
            onPress={() => this.pressButton()}
            title="Learn More"
            color="#841584"
            disabled={this.state.disabled}
            accessibilityLabel="Learn more about this purple button"
          />
    );
  }
}

// skip this line if using Create React Native App
AppRegistry.registerComponent('AwesomeProject', () => App);

A: Here is my simple hook.

import { useRef } from 'react';

const BOUNCE_RATE = 2000;

export const useDebounce = () => {
  const busy = useRef(false);

  const debounce = async (callback: Function) => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      busy.current = false;
    }, BOUNCE_RATE);

    if (!busy.current) {
      busy.current = true;
      callback();
    }
  };

  return { debounce };
};

This can be used anywhere you like. Even if it's not for buttons.
const { debounce } = useDebounce();

<Button onPress={() => debounce(onPressReload)}>
  Tap Me again and adain!
</Button>

A: I have a very simple solution using runAfterInteractions:
   _GoCategoria(_categoria,_tipo){

            if (loading === false){
                loading = true;
                this.props.navigation.navigate("Categoria", {categoria: _categoria, tipo: _tipo});
            }
             InteractionManager.runAfterInteractions(() => {
                loading = false;
             });

    };

A: Did not use disable feature, setTimeout, or installed extra stuff.
This way code is executed without delays. I did not avoid double taps but I assured code to run just once.
I used the returned object from TouchableOpacity described in the docs https://reactnative.dev/docs/pressevent and a state variable to manage timestamps. lastTime is a state variable initialized at 0.
const [lastTime, setLastTime] = useState(0);

...

<TouchableOpacity onPress={async (obj) =>{
    try{
        console.log('Last time: ', obj.nativeEvent.timestamp);
        if ((obj.nativeEvent.timestamp-lastTime)>1500){
            console.log('First time: ',obj.nativeEvent.timestamp);
            setLastTime(obj.nativeEvent.timestamp);

            //your code
            SplashScreen.show();
            await dispatch(getDetails(item.device));
            await dispatch(getTravels(item.device));
            navigation.navigate("Tab");
            //end of code
        }
        else{
            return;
        }
    }catch(e){
        console.log(e);
    }
}}>

I am using an async function to handle dispatches that are actually fetching data, in the end I'm basically navigating to other screen.
Im printing out first and last time between touches. I choose there to exist at least 1500 ms of difference between them, and avoid any parasite double tap.

A: You can also show a loading gif whilst you await some async operation. Just make sure to tag your onPress with async () => {} so it can be await'd.
import React from 'react';
import {View, Button, ActivityIndicator} from 'react-native';

class Btn extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);

        this.state = {
            isLoading: false
        }
    }

    async setIsLoading(isLoading) {
        const p = new Promise((resolve) => {
            this.setState({isLoading}, resolve);
        });
        return p;
    }

    render() {
        const {onPress, ...p} = this.props;

        if (this.state.isLoading) {
            return <View style={{marginTop: 2, marginBottom: 2}}>
                <ActivityIndicator
                    size="large"
                />
            </View>;
        }

        return <Button
            {...p}
            onPress={async () => {
                await this.setIsLoading(true);
                await onPress();
                await this.setIsLoading(false);
            }}
        />
    }

}

export default Btn;

A: My implementation of wrapper component.
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import { TouchableHighlight } from 'react-native';

export default ButtonOneTap = ({ onPress, disabled, children, ...props }) => {
    const [isDisabled, toggleDisable] = useState(disabled);
    const [timerId, setTimerId] = useState(null);

    useEffect(() => {
        toggleDisable(disabled);
    },[disabled]);

    useEffect(() => {
        return () => {
            toggleDisable(disabled);
            clearTimeout(timerId);
        }
    })

    const handleOnPress = () => {
        toggleDisable(true);
        onPress();
        setTimerId(setTimeout(() => {
            toggleDisable(false)
        }, 1000))
    }
    return (
        <TouchableHighlight onPress={handleOnPress} {...props} disabled={isDisabled} >
            {children}
        </TouchableHighlight>
    )
}


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using namespace csapex;

FulcrumHandle::FulcrumHandle(const QPointF& pos, QGraphicsItem* parent) : QGraphicsEllipseItem(parent)
{
    QPointF half_size_(5, 5);

    setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemIsMovable);

    setPos(pos);
    setRect(QRectF(-half_size_, half_size_));
    setBrush(Qt::black);
}

bool FulcrumHandle::sceneEvent(QEvent* event)
{
    bool r = QGraphicsEllipseItem::sceneEvent(event);

    switch (event->type()) {
        case QEvent::GraphicsSceneMouseMove:
            Q_EMIT moved(false);
            break;

        case QEvent::GraphicsSceneMouseRelease:
            Q_EMIT moved(true);
            break;

        default:
            break;
    }

    return r;
}
/// MOC
#include "../../../include/csapex/view/designer/moc_fulcrum_handle.cpp"

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There's a bunch to see at the aftermarket area of the 2019 Manila International Auto Show (MIAS). At the Pioneer Adhesives booth, there is a unique product that us being showcased. According to the press release, Pioneer RC1 Lubricating Spray is a multipurpose formula that can be used on any moving parts to provide long-lasting lubrication and protection from rust and corrosion. Its key features are that it guards against rust and loosens rusted parts on frozen bolts, zippers, valves, locks, hinges, wheels, bicycle chains, and gears. It also protects against salt-water corrosion.
Other uses are for freeing sticky mechanisms, driving out moisture from distributors, spark plugs, relays, wiring cables and wet engines. It also cleans electrical contacts and stops squeaks on hinges, sliding doors, wheels, bicycles, machinery, equipment, cars, and all moving parts.
Why is SLEX included in MMDA's new speed-limit regulation?


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PAUL DARK
Paul is Chair of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Manchester where he leads a programme of applied research in rapid diagnostic technologies aimed at improved antimicrobial safety and effectiveness in the setting of life-threatening infections (sepsis). He is Manchester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre sub-theme lead in Infection and co-investigator at NIHR's new AMR Clinical Research Centre at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. He provides advice for NICE in sepsis diagnostic guidance.
Planning research translation with LMICs, he has recently been appointed Research Professor at the Institute of Humanitarian and Conflict Response (HCRI) – an academic partnership with the NGO humanitarian aid sector, UK's emergency humanitarian medical teams (UK-Med) and UK-AID.
Based at King's College London as Visiting Professor, Paul is National Research Specialty Lead in Critical Care for the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), responsible for oversight and delivery of an internationally-leading portfolio of first-in-man to late-phase clinical and cost effectiveness trials in critical care.
Paul is also a practising NHS Consultant critical care physician at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group.