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Post by Finger Painter » 02 Sep 2014 12:19
I don't see 'Good Vibrations' mentioned. The story of Terri Hooley. Record shop owner and influential on the rise of the Belfast punk scene.
Enjoyable....to me
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Post by sparkeee » 08 Mar 2015 22:58
American Graffiti ,in 1972 did get my 8 year old brain wired for cool cars and early Rock & Roll.
American Hot Wax.
Hail Hail Rock n Roll. Are 2 more good ones.
Post by kenny123 » 13 Mar 2015 05:43
its a documentary,but what about the last waltz!
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Post by Mark E Smith's Dentist » 13 Mar 2015 13:05
Nobody has mentioned Telstar - the story of Joe Meek. Some people slated it for deviating from the truth somewhat but it's a useful introduction to an underrated genius. There is an allegedly definitive Joe Meek documentary which has had an extremely limited theatrical release and will come out on DVD next year. I'm really looking forward to that one.
Another film not yet mentioned is Nico: Icon. It's a documentary about Nico made in 1995 when many of the people she knew were still alive. It's quite hard to track down and I guess you have to be interested in Nico but if you are it's worth finding.
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Post by Veggie Boy » 14 Mar 2015 05:08
Vinyl ~ Alan Zweig INTRO
I stumbled upon this movie on the Independent Film Channel while channel surfing one day probably ten years ago. The idea of a film titled "Vinyl" about record collecting certainly caught my attention but other than that I had no pre-conceived notions about this movie.
As I proceeded through I learned it was less about the physical aspects and more about the psyche of record collectors and what causes them to obsess about the hobby. There was the infamous "K-Tel Guy" who allegedly owns "millions" of records and also claims to know the track listings of every K-Tel record ever made. Or the government bureaucrat guy that, beyond his job, was pretty much a shut-in and had issues of esteem.
It was eye opening if not a little sad and scary.
Festival Express TRAILER
Travelling show in 1970 with Janice Joplin, Grateful Dead, The Band, Buddy Guy jamming and partying on a train across Canada playing concerts in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary.
What makes this movie really cool for me is that the Winnipeg Stadium where they played is only a couple blocks from where I grew up. While I was a little young to be at the concert at ten years old, I was certainly in earshot.
Foo Fighters ~ Sonic Highways TRAILER
This is an HBO series profiling the recording of each song on their new album in eight different cities. Each episode presents a history of influential artists that recorded in the same studio the Foo Fighters would record their new track. Favorites are New York; Seattle; and Nashville.
Searching for Sugerman
This is a movie I discovered while surfing Netflix one evening. The story just blew me away! True story of American folk/rock artist Sixto Rodrigues of the late sixties rumoured to have committed suicide while on stage.
Unlike the other films I listed where a trailer was provided, I didn't this time for the benefit to the uninitiated, because the trailer itself contains certain spoilers that are best left discovered during viewing.
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Post by fscl » 23 Mar 2015 02:22
For Hendrix fans:
JIMI All Is By My Side
Andre inhabits the role.... :shock:
Post by vinyl master » 23 Mar 2015 08:05
I will say that Alan Zweig's "Vinyl" is a must-see for everyone on this forum...Some of those guys literally scare me! It's very easy for some of us to get to the place that many of those collectors were at in the film. I have to be careful not to go there, so I don't go absolutely nuts...The world's first audiophile "horror" movie, if you will...
Second, that Jimi biopic looks promising...I will definitely have to check that out...They did "The Doors"...They just need a really good one for Janis Joplin, which I've heard talked about for a while...Amy Adams was supposed to star, but apparently, the production has had legal issues, which I hope they can resolve eventually...
I hear there is a Freddie Mercury biopic in the works, too, that was to have Sacha Baron Cohen in the starring role, but will now star Ben Whishaw, who played a younger Q in the James Bond film, "Skyfall"...That could be interesting, but there's been a lot of talk about that for years...
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Post by Kurkku » 23 Mar 2015 17:33
This might be a little crude and controversial for many people, but I personally loved it: Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Some beautiful music imo (Midnight Radio is one of my favourite songs ever). Also, not really "about" music, and not that much of a critical success, but since my first love is Queen, Highlander!
Post by fscl » 15 Apr 2015 18:43
B.B. King The Life Of Riley, thumbs up =D> =D>
Post by Veggie Boy » 29 May 2015 22:28
NY77 - Coolest Year In Hell
This documentary in typical VH1 fashion is pretty cool. Sure, a lot of the street scene footage was ripped off from 80 Blocks from Tiffany's which in itself is a very cool documentary about a couple gangs in the Bronx, but NY77 covers a much wider range of what was taking place in NYC at about the same time. The birth of Punk and Hip-Hop, the flash and demise of Disco, social attitudes and local politics are all covered. Overall I found the movie to be quite a ride really. Kinda makes me nostalgic for the era.
Post by fscl » 04 Jun 2015 15:04
Wondering how accurate the portrayal is, caught "Gene Krupa Story" on Get.TV..... =D>
If true, Gene was truly "Drum Crazy" (alt title) <---- Sal really "crazy eyed" well. Loved Susan Kohner as "Eth" who went on to star in "Imitation of Life" =D> =D>
Post by vinyl master » 09 Jun 2015 07:50
OK, guys...If you're a Beach Boys fan, you're gonna want to catch this one...
http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_282 ... source=rss#
John Cusack is in it...What's NOT to love, since he was in this little movie called "High Fidelity" that I'm sure many of you guys remember...
Also, Paul Dano plays the troubled Brian Wilson...Remember him from "Little Miss Sunshine"? Paul Giamatti is also in it, so it looks to be a good flick...
An incredible story told through some great music...... =D>
Fred and 2 drummer movies in a row.... :shock:
Post by kenny123 » 27 Jun 2015 05:36
What about Grand Theft Parsons,the story about Gram Parsons,not sure how much of its true,but entertaining.


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Where can one obtain information on cellular base stations?
The Ministry of Environmental Protection is responsible for issuing permits for the installation and operation of sources of radiation, including cellular base stations (by virtue of the Non-Ionizing Radiation Law (Hebrew). The Ministry updates the list of active antennas within cellular base stations monthly, and constantly monitors the emission densities of each antenna.
On the Ministry's website one can find an interactive map (Hebrew), from which one can obtain information on the date of installation, date of operation, and date of last measurement for each station (the address of the base station must be entered within the form).
In addition, the construction of a station requires obtaining a permit from the Committee for Planning and Construction of the Local Municipality (excluding cases where a building permit is not required). Building permits may be verified at the local authority within whose jurisdiction the station is located.
Are there recommendations regarding living near a cellular base station?
Cellular base stations installed in residential areas are controlled by permits for installation and operation, issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. These permits are issued in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health regarding exposure to radiation from cellular antennas. The recommendations in Israel are more stringent than the international recommendations, and stipulate that the exposure to radiation from base stations, in areas where the public may be chronically exposed, must not exceed 1/10th of the recommended level determined by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). In areas where the public may spend a shorter amount of time the exposure permitted is 30% of the ICNIRP recommendations.
Surveys to assess the energy level in proximity to locations of cellular base stations in typical urban areas showed that at a distance of 50 m from the cellular base station, radiation usually drops to a few microwatts per cm2. Adverse health effects of exposure to such low levels have not been established to date.
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In any case, one can verify that exposure to non-ionizing radiation does not exceed the values set in the table in the Ministry of Environmental Protection's document (Hebrew), which summarizes the maximal exposure levels allowed for radiofrequency radiation.
How can one measure radiation from a cellular Antenna independently?
Anyone wishing to perform private measurements of radiation may do so, by summoning a professional radiation surveyor. The Ministry of Environmental Protection publishes a list of persons authorized to perform radiation measurements, as well as a list of suppliers of measuring instruments.
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What is the minimal distance allowed between a cellular base station antenna and a residential area?
The minimal distance between a cellular base station antenna and a residential area depends on various factors, and is determined according to intensity of emission, direction, height of the base station antenna, and other technical considerations. Safety ranges change according to communications coverage in an area, which depends on the density of users in the given area. This distance is authorized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in accordance with the Non-Ionizing Radiation Law.
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For each station there is a minimal distance stipulated in the permit, at the front of the antenna in the direction of emission (horizontal minimal distance), as well as a vertical distance. This means that the public is prohibited from entering the area within a distance shorter than the minimum allowed by the permit.
Are there special guidelines regarding the use of radiation-emitting devices by children?
In general, the guidelines of the TNUDA center and the Ministry of Health regarding radiation-emitting devices are based on the precautionary principle, which aims to strike a balance between the developing technological needs of modern society and the degree of caution required to safeguard health. The principal recommendation for reducing the level of radiation to the user is to place the source of radiation away from the body (for instance, by using earphones when talking on a mobile phone).
For children, it is recommended to follow strictly the general recommendations regarding the use of mobile phones, because children are more sensitive to developing illness following exposure to harmful agents. This sensitivity is due to a number of factors:
Body tissues of children are developing, hence they are more sensitive to environmental hazards.
Children's life expectancy is long, so that they may accumulate significant amounts of exposure.This long life expectancy makes them vulnerable to developing diseases that manifest themselves several years after exposure (such as cancer, which may develop some 10-40 years or more after exposure to the harmful agent).
Exposure of children to radiation touches on ethical issues related to decision-making on behalf of minors.
In general, it is known that the degree of sensitivity of children to carcinogenic agents is inversely related to age: in other words, the younger the child, the greater the risk.
It should be mentioned that many parents allow their children, even babies, to use non-ionizing radiation-emitting devices, such as Tablets. Even if the amount of radiation emitted by such devices is low, the use of non-ionizing radiation-emitting devices by children should be given due consideration in view of the above points.
What is WHO's attitude to the risks of the fifth cellular generation?
Below is a summary of the World Health Organization's recently published position, which is cited.
"To date, and after much research performed, no adverse health effect has been causally linked with exposure to wireless technologies. Health-related conclusions are drawn from studies performed across the entire radio spectrum but, so far, only a few studies have been carried out at the frequencies to be used by 5G.
Tissue heating is the main mechanism of interaction between radiofrequency fields and the human body. Radiofrequency exposure levels from current technologies result in negligible temperature rise in the human body.
As the frequency increases, there is less penetration into the body tissues and absorption of the energy becomes more confined to the surface of the body (skin and eye). Provided that the overall exposure remains below international guidelines, no consequences for public health are anticipated".
Will the high frequencies used in the fifth generation be more dangerous to human health?
The fifth cellular generation will also use higher frequencies, some in the millimeter wave (waves that are several millimeters long), to enable the required performance of the cellular network.
These frequencies are part of the electromagnetic non-ionizing radiation spectrum. They are used for various civil and military needs, and especially for short-range communications.
At present, there is no established information that indicates a unique risk of these frequencies compared to other frequencies in the non-ionizing radiation spectrum, including those used in current cellular generations. It should be noted that the radiation at these frequencies has a relatively small depth of penetration to the human body (the penetration is mainly to the skin tissues).
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified the non-ionizing radiation in all radio frequencies up to 300 GHz (including frequencies used in the existing cellular technologies and frequencies used in the fifth cellular generation) in category 2B - "possible carcinogen". Therefore, a basic principle that is recommended to protect against the health risks of non-ionizing radiation is the "precautionary principle".
In addition, this technology is not yet widely used, and there is not much public exposure to radiation at these frequencies. Therefore, there are a few studies on the effects of exposure to millimeter waves on human health, and further studies in the field are required (in laboratory conditions and population studies).
Is there any association between the fifth cellular generation and the Corona virus?
The fifth generation of cellular communications has no causal association with the Corona virus, COVID-19.
Connecting the outbreak of the virus to the 5th cellular generation is an artificial attempt to link two unrelated things, based solely on timeliness (running several 5th generation networks in China and the outbreak of the virus in China).
Why are things unrelated?
First, cellular sites are used for wireless transmission and receipt of cellular signals through radio frequency radiation. They cannot distribute material in any form, and certainly not bacteria and viruses. Therefore, claiming their share in spreading the virus has no grounds.
The fifth generation of cellular communications uses two types of frequencies: below GHz 6 in the range of frequencies currently used for cellular communications, and above GHz 24 in frequencies intended for future uses of the fifth generation. Frequencies currently used in China for cellular communications for the general population are the frequencies of previous generations (below 6 GHZ). Non-ionizing radiation, including the high frequency radiation intended for the fifth cellular generation, cannot cause a change in the structure of the atoms within the body cells (unlike the ionizing radiation). Therefore, to the best of our current knowledge, non-ionizing radiation cannot cause direct damage to the hereditary material (DNA) inside the cell, using the mechanism of ionization of the atoms in cells, as well as changes in virus structure and creation of new viruses on the base of existing viruses.
Another argument raised in this regard is that the fifth generation technology can suppress the immune system (which helps the human body fight infectious diseases, such as those caused by invasion of viruses), making the public more susceptible to the virus.
Studies examining the association between radio frequency exposure and the immune system have shown that high-intensity radio frequency exposure, which is significantly higher than the international exposure limits, raises body core temperature and can temporarily affect the immune system.
However, many other studies that have investigated whether exposure to low-frequency radiation, similar to that generated near fifth-generation cellular sites, can affect the immune system, have not presented, to date, established evidence that this exposure can affect the immune system.
What is a "cellular generation"? What is the fifth cellular generation (5G)? Why it is needed?
The term "cellular generation" refers to the technology of cellular communication. Switching from one "cellular generation" to the next one occurs once a decade or so.
The fifth cellular generation (5G) is intended to replace the major generations currently used (the third and the fourth). The move to the fifth generation is designed to improve the ability to support the operation of smartphones and to enable the use of advanced capabilities and applications which require high volume and fast data transfer. In addition, the fifth generation is designed to support the Internet of Things (IoT), the "Internet of Things", expressed in smart home, smart cities, smart transport, smart shopping and more.
A cellular network is needed to handle efficiently larger information traffic. This requires technological solutions similar to transport solutions, needed to ease the burden of road vehicles. The fifth generation will be able to transmit more data, at a faster rate and at a lower latency. It can also connect more "consumers" to support "Internet of Things" systems.
Do the international radiation protection standards and guidelines address the health risks of the fifth cellular generation and the millimeter waves?
Yes. The leading international standards and guidelines for the protection of non-ionizing radiation (by the International Radiation Protection Association, ICNIRP and the IEEE Organization) relate to the non-ionizing radiation spectrum, up to 300 GHz, including the millimeter wave range and the existing and future cellular frequencies, including the fifth cellular generation mobile. Furthermore, the international standards and guidelines have recently been updated (2020) and are now reflecting scientific updates in exposure limits, especially in the high frequencies and the fifth generation technologies. The limitations are based on scientific updates and up-to-date physical models that provide a more accurate estimate of environmental exposure on the human body. In particular, they address the systems closest to the human body and short-pulse transmission (including thermal effects), especially for modern technologies that will use pulse transmission (such as the fifth cellular generation).
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Gustav Kall has been engaged in the gaming / esports industry since the late 90s. What began as a passion through competing later evolved into a professional gaming career, co-founding the most renowned team in the history of World of Warcraft - Nihilum. After the professional career came to end - Gustav has been an serial entrepreneur working to expand esports in Europe and across the world. Today Gustav is Global Head of Partnerships Gaming at Universal Music Group and leads the Worlds largest music company in the efforts to forge and create partnerships with one of the fastest growing industries in the world.
Kåre Berenthz-Nicholaisen is a relentless digital marketer with a solid brand background. Kåre does not only work with digital execution but also has a strong focus on digital as an embedded growth driver in the organization. Kåre has been central player in the digital transformation with Danish retailer Salling Group and today in Arla – where the aim is to become the #1 digital FMCG.
Kasper Hove started up his digital career as Lead Account Strategist at Google in 2010 and has since been responsible for digital marketing at momondo and been involved in the sale of momondo to both Great Hill Partners in 2014 and Kayak Group in 2017. Kasper has been responsible for training and employing more than 80 digital marketing managers at momondo, and hence for building the biggest digital marketing team in the Nordics, and maybe even one of the most talented and engaged digital marketing teams in the world. Today Kasper works for Nustay as CMO and works hard in particular on getting the product ready for marketing together with a development team of 40 situated in Kiev.
Kjartan Dannatt is responsible for all e-commerce at Norway's most ionic chain of bookshops- They have all the Norwegian books and in addition to nearly 400,000 English books. Kjartan launched Ark Bokhandel's Norwegian and English collection of e-books last summer, in both Apple and Android apps. Kjartan will share his top tips about what customers expect on Day 1 afternoon.
As Vice President of Conrad International's consumer business, Daniel is leading the groups transformation into the new digital era of retail. He is passionate about challenging the traditional business models and sees the current dynamics in the business as a new opportunity for the entire industry and believes that the threats of market consolidation will only eat those, who are not able find and protect their niche and develop a unique value proposition. According to Daniel, only those who act proactively, swiftly and are able to reorganize structures and processes faster and more effectively will survive.
Charlotte Katz is head of Digital and Unified Retail at KappAhl, one of the biggest Fashion Retailers in Sweden. Since Charlotte´s arrival in early 2016 KappAhl´s difgital journey has been brought to focus with a huge increase in E-Commerce revenues, projects launchs eg Click & Collect, Shop online instore for endless shelves, Klarna seamless payments instore, internal Customer Service and profound increase in digital awareness across functions.
Nasser Sahlool is VP-Client Strategy at DAC. Leveraging his expertise in digital marketing, local and mobile conversion, performance optimization and benchmarking, he leads a team of strategists and researchers whose job is to design and implement high-performing programs that connect buyers and sellers. Nasser is a frequent speaker, having presented at such digital forums as Cannes Lions, Ad Age Brand Summit, Google Engage, SMX and eMetrics.
Thomas lives in Helsinki and works internationally as a strategic mentor and interim Head of UX for e-commerce leaders. He has created a framework named B O L D to help ambitious companies build up their in-house A-teams and combine dynamic business progress with brand experience and holistic happiness.
Anders is energetic and has an expressive sharpness in his views and comments. His exciting background counts both human and digital experiences, which have been the focal point for many of the projects Anders has worked with through the years. From experiences in theme parks and attractions to media productions for the European market, development of digital loyalty concepts and brand activations for some of the biggest brands in Denmark. Anders is passionated about developing businesses regardless of level. He has been an entrepreneur, co-founder and has had executive positions on both sides of the table within advertising agencies and larger Danish companies. Beside his work as a business developer, he is currently involved in the making of the podcast "Beyond Digital", a podcast that focusses on the relation between humans and technology. He has a natural curiosity and interest in business in general, the society we find ourselves in - and not least the impact that technology has on how we live our lives.
Jesse Jyläs is the Co-Founder & CEO of SPOT-A-SHOP, the leading fashion discovery platform for discounted clothing and sportswear. The pure discount concept has successfully helped over 15M consumers to easily find the best fashion bargains online and is currently operating in multiple European countries. By aligning the customer needs and retailer's offerings, SPOT-A-SHOP has significantly boosted the retailer partners' sales, improved inventory turnover and increased overall margins in these competitive markets.
Bo Damgaard is Managing Director at OMD Denmark, a best-in-class marketing performance agency. With many years of experience within client service management and as a strategic marketing advisor, Bo has picked up in-depth knowledge and competencies within digital business transformation, gaining a strong accomplishment record within strategic planning in regards to brand and business consulting to senior client management.
Carl has an extensive experience in marketing and media fields. In his previous jobs he was the CMO for McDonald's Sweden, and Northern Europe. Besides, he was the CEO and Founder of OMD media agency/Omnicom Media Group Sweden and DDB Stockholm. At the moment he is in charge of Google Sweden focusing on helping retailers to measure and understand better their customer's journey. At the event he will explain how to identify and implement an attribution model that gives unique insight into your customer.
Malthe Cederborg is CMO at Miinto, one of the largest fashion platforms in Europe - right now showcasing roughly 400,000 products, several thousands of brands and more than 1,600 partner boutiques in Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Denmark combined. With a high focus on e-commerce, inhousing of core competencies and scaling of digital effort, he has shown Miinto's capability to create impressive sustainable growth in a highly competitive market.
Javier Artal is a CRM Project Manager at Boozt.com, a fast growing player in the e-retail Nordic region. With a proven ability to analyse new opportunities within the field, Javier has developed important projects related to personalisation, customer loyalty, customer reactivation and deliverability, helping Boozt's growth in the market by his ability to read customer needs and expectations through data.
You will find me either building something new or making big changes happen in some existing business. Whatever I'm working on includes elements from sales, marketing, software development and digitalization in general. I started off as an entrepreneur and founded two companies before becoming a business executive. Currently this means taking care of Bisnode's Marketing service offering. So I'm working with sourcing, crunching and analyzing massive amounts of data, packing it all into easy-to-use products and scaling those products into multiple markets.
As Head of Partner Management at commercetools, Dirk Weckerlei is responsible for looking after existing partners as well as expanding indirect sales. He is also responsible for Business Development with partners. Before moving to commercetools in 2016, as Senior Partner Sales Manager and Partner Business Development Manager for Intershop Communications AG, he was in charge of the development and expansion of the global partner network and establishment of the global partner program. All in all, Dirk Weckerlei has more than eight years' experience in eCommerce and digital business, during which he held various partner sales and management positions.
Emmi Jouslehto is the CEO and co-founder of the Nordics leading Augmented Reality company Arilyn. Arilyn offers AR tools for creatives and has a special focus on brand storytelling. Arilyn has rapidly grown to be one of the key influencers in the AR market and is used by customers like Arla, Unilever, Cloetta, Huawei and Avery Dennison.
Since 2002, Dr. Roman Zenner works as an author, consultant, and speaker in e-commerce. He has written several books on web shop software and regularly publishes articles in professional magazines and blogs. Dr. Zenner runs shoptechblog.de as well as the podcast ShopTechTalks. Furthermore, he speaks at conferences, teaches university classes and moderates expert panels. In his work, Roman focuses on next generation commerce technologies and explores what retail will look like in a post-web world. Since 2015, he is a full-time employee of commercetools GmbH (REWE Group), working as an Industry Analyst & Content Writer.
Mette Willert, is a creative producer and visual storyteller. She has more than five years' experience working in the social media industry as creative producer, community manager, editor and creative lead. Mette was Danish Railway's first hire on their Instagram account, and has worked in the social media team for the last five years. Besides running her own consultancy, Mette has established a strong Instagram profile known as @Littlemycph with a fanbase of 42K followers and with a strong focus on architecture and urban landscape.
Jenny Gejke is responsible for the development of SJ's digital sales & self-service channels as well as SJs roadmap för the digital customer experience. Jenny has previously helped establish SJ's presence in social media and during the last five years successfully launched several new digital services for traffic information, seating, customer service, payments etc to SJs customers. Jenny has a true customer centric approach to development of new and improved services in all digital touch points during the whole customer journey and over 20 years of experience of working with the development of digital services as both a client and as a consultant.
Oskar Kerola is Head of Online Marketing at NLY Scandinavia AB, running two of the biggest online fashion destinations in the Nordics – NELLY.com and NLYMAN.com. Oskar has been at Nelly since 2011 in various department from finance to purchasing, and since he became Head of Online Marketing in late 2016 the company has reclaimed its customer acquisition growth to historical high levels, up by 20% year on year, and made its most profitable year ever in 2017.
Will is an experienced leader in ecommerce and omnichannel retail, with a track record of growth in the sector, particularly SME's and private equity funded businesses. He leads the global ecommerce function at Georg Jensen, a leading Scandinavian design brand with a rich heritage and global footprint, trading in 100+ retail stores across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Previously he worked with global brands such as Adidas, Diageo, Porsche and Jaguar-Landrover, leading customer first and business change programmes. Will regularly talks at industry events, is a certified Agile practitioner, and sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Digital & Social Media Marketing.
Over the years, Luke has worked closely with household retail brands such as ASOS, Footlocker, Boohoo & Net-a-Porter, where online payment and checkout optimisation is a key driver for success. Luke has a unique understanding of how the global payments landscape is evolving, as consumer behaviour and payment preference changes over time, regulatory amendments allow for new cost-effective and technologically advanced payment solutions to grow, and why traditional payment methods are losing market share to these new and innovative solutions that help drive cart conversion.
At Bazaarvoice, our Solution Consultants are experts regarding the Bazaarvoice platform and services offering. Using both their business consulting and technical expertise, they "connect the dots" and provide recommendations around how clients can leverage the BV platform to maximize the positive impacts of Consumer Generated Content for their business. Working for over 8 years in ecommerce, across email automation, site merchandising and consumer generated content, Alex lives in London advising clients in the UK and Nordics.
Over 5 years of experience delivering custom IT and SaaS projects in marketing automation and revenue optimization for healthcare, fashion, travel and CPG industries across Europe and LATAM. Graduated in economics with a Masters in international management.
Director of Industry Strategy & Insights at Salesforce and has worked in the retail industry for 20 years. Prior to Salesforce, he held a number of management roles for brands including american golf, kitbag, Brora and many more.
Erica Eliasson is Nordic Marketing Manager at Philips, a global leading health technology company focused on improving people's health through innovative technology and integrated solutions. At Philips Nordics, Erica is responsible for OneBlade, an electrical razor that was successfully launched in Nordics 2017. Erica has a background of digital strategy, Virtual Reality gaming and influencer marketing.
Achim Himmelreich is the Vice President of the German Association of the Digital Economy (BVDW e.V.). For the last five years he chaired the association's Digital Transformation and IoT Initiative. In his role as Head of the Digital Retail Center of Excellence at Capgemini he furthermore introduced the topic of Conversational Commerce to the German market, based on fundamental research that has been conducted with Intel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As a Solutions Consultant at Selligent Marketing Cloud, Tim works with leading B2C brands to help them engage with consumers across all critical marketing channels and, to put the consumer at the core of every action. With a background in technical project management, Tim is extremely adept at helping clients turn their marketing challenges into success. Tim has accumulated an extensive knowledge of the digital landscape and has built a reputation on enabling brands to build winning marketing strategies.Tim holds a degree in Applied Computer Science from Hogeschool PXL.
Dr. Douglas Hollinger joined LiveArea in 2015. As SVP of Strategy & Consulting, he has global responsibilities for client services as well as the company's consulting and strategy offerings. With more than 12 years of executive experience and more than 17 years working in digital-focused consulting, Douglas specializes in helping B2B and B2C companies achieve measurable success by identifying and capitalizing on emerging digital opportunities.
Michael joined Klarna as Chief Commercial Officer in June 2015. Klarna is a leading payments company founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2005. As Chief Commercial Officer, Michael has direct responsibility for driving Revenue Growth across the portfolio of 18 markets Klarna operates within, distribution through direct & indirect channels to the 70k merchants that use their products as well as leading the Corporate Development Function to accelerate growth through M&A activity as well as new market openings.
Francois Laxalt is a Senior Director at Tinyclues, focusing on product marketing. Prior to Tinyclues, Francois led product marketing and product innovation for Neolane, followed by Adobe, for 10 years. Before Adobe, Francois was Director of Customer Marketing at HSBC France for five years where he created the customer marketing team and successfully developed CRM, campaign management, business intelligence, and data science strategies. Previously, Laxalt spent seven years working for various software companies, including SAS and Datadistilleries as a marketing manager and campaign management expert. Laxalt holds a Master of Science in marketing and data-mining.
Marc Palmefjord is the CEO of Bangerhead, one of the leading online beauty retailers in the Nordics. Marc has a wealth of experience in e-commerce, having previously founded Hemfoder.se and ZooZoo.com, both online pet stores.
Liraz Margalit, PhD, is a Web Psychologist, a Keynote Speaker and Head of Behavioral Research at Clicktale. She integrates Cognitive Psychology and Behavioral Economic perspectives to analyzes online consumer behavior and deliver actionable insights for business stakeholders. She is a lecturer at the department of media and communication at the IDC. Her consumer behavior research was awarded with the OBE, Online Business Excellence for 2016 as well as the Best of Neuromarketing 2016. Her research papers and studies can be found in top business magazines such as Entrepreneur, TechCrunch and Forbes. She also writes an ongoing blog for Psychology Today named "Behind Online Behavior".
Mauro started developing digital channels in Italy at the end of the 90s with customers like SONY Italia, Chrysler Group, UniEuro (Dixon Group). In 2008 I moved to Sweden where I had the opportunity to work with Dixon Group again (Elkjøp, Elgiganten), Stadium, Alko, Martin & Servera, Åhlens, Pierce, BMW Nordics and many others.My role and passion was also to take business goals and requirements and translate them in a viable plan and a performant and reliable technical solution, involving all systems from backend to frontend. Currently I am one of the end 2 end architects for the global online platform of H&M.
Joakim Lundberg is the Director of New Sales at Klarna. With a background in banking Joakim joined Klarna in 2008. He has, since then, held several sales positions and together with the nordic sales team greatly developed the Nordic Market. As the Director of New Sales Joakim is responsible for driving revenue growth in the New Sales portfolio across the Nordic Market. Klarna is a leading payments company founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2005. It is today one of the largest banks in Europe, offering payment solutions to 60 million consumers and 90 000 merchants in 14 countries.
Madelene Kraemer is Senior Commercial Manager of Merchant Development Retail at Klarna. With a background in payments, cash management, card payment and internet banking Madélene joined Klarna 2 years ago to drive revenue growth in the Merchant Development portfolio across the Nordic Market.
Klarna is a leading payments company founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 2005. It is today one of the largest banks in Europe, offering payment solutions to 60 million consumers and 90 000 merchants in 14 countries.
Over 25 years of Sales leadership and Business Development taking in the early days of EDI and industry marketplaces and leading Commerce tech vendors IBM and Hybris.
Moshe Demri leads Optimove's London-based revenue team and is focused on helping clients optimize their customer retention plans and their use of the Optimove software. Moshe has vast experience consulting clients as a data scientist, analysing their customer data and revealing actionable, data-driven marketing insights. Moshe holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management, specializing in Information Systems.
With over eight years of experience in the localization industry, Nathalie has helped many of the Nordics' leading eTailers to outline their multilingual content strategies. Today she heads up TransPerfect's Nordic retail division and works alongside the global team to capture industry trends and creating scalable solutions that can be applied to global content.


Telaga Waja river begin in the foothill of the secret mount Agung (the highest mount in Bali), the river has clear white water, nature life and green plantation surrounding. Besides as the source of water for daily life and irrigation, Telaga Waja river as blessing become a popular white water rafting runner for travelers of all over the world. Telaga waja river has class 3 rapids, length of rafting trip is approximately 12 Km and takes about 2 hours.


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Q: jQuery select if no predecessor matches class In my Sharepoint portal I am trying to fix a problem where the lists are wider than the page borders (custom master page) and look funny when they display on the far right.  So I am writing a jQuery function that will reset the width.
My function works fine, so fine that it works in Sharepoint dialogues, too - but I don't want it to work in dialogues!
Here is my method of selecting the elements, which works.
var elements = $(".s4-wpcell-plain > div > *, #pagebody.s4-ca > div > *");

However, I want to exclude matching if the page is run in a dialogue.  Now, there is a .ms-dlgContent style, but it is way above (like, parent of parent of parent, etc...) any of the elements I'm using in my selector match.
How can I match my element if there is no predecessor that matches that class?
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Well, thank you, faithful jQuery gurus for such quick responses.  But I tried all of your techniques and it doesn't quite do the trick, so let me explain a bit more (sorry I didn't think of this before).
Here is the css path to the #pagebody div in the dialogue.  You can see the class specifying the dialog at the start.

html.ms-dialog body form#aspnetForm div#s4-workspace.s4-nosetwidth
  div#s4-bodyContainer div#ctl00_MSO_ContentDiv div#pagebody.s4-ca

This is the css path of the #pagebody element for the regular page.

html body form#aspnetForm div#s4-workspace.s4-nosetwidth
  div#s4-bodyContainer div#ctl00_MSO_ContentDiv div#pagebody.s4-ca

So, I need to affect the #pagebody for just the main page and not the dialogue.  Keep in mind that I want to avoid selecting anything based on the Sharepoint-generated GUIDs.
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Uh, sorry, after looking at those paths, now I realize I have to use ms-dialog instead ot ms-dlgContent.  I'll mark the answer now.

A: Try this:
var elements = $(".s4-wpcell-plain > div > *, #pagebody.s4-ca > div > *");

var elementsNotInDialoge = elements.filter(function() {
    return !$(this).parents('.ms-dlgContent').length;
});

A: You could use filter
var elements = $(".s4-wpcell-plain > div > *, #pagebody.s4-ca > div > *")
    .filter(function() {
        return $(this).closest('.ms-dlgContent').length == 0;
    }

A: Try this (I assume that your .ms-dlgContentis a div):
var elements = $("div:not(.ms-dlgContent) .s4-wpcell-plain > div > *, #pagebody.s4-ca > div > *");

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Antibiotic-resistant typhoid reaches epidemic level
By Dennis Thompson
May 11, 2015 / 2:33 PM / HealthDay
An antibiotic-resistant strain of the bacteria that causes typhoid fever has spread to many countries and reached epidemic levels in Africa, a new study warns.
The strain, H58, emerged in South Asia between 25 and 30 years ago and has slowly grown to become one of the predominant forms of the bacteria Salmonella Typhi, said study author Vanessa Wong, a microbiologist at the University of Cambridge in England.
"This multidrug-resistant strain, H58, is resistant to a number of first-line antibiotics used to treat the disease and is continuing to evolve and acquire new mutations to newer drugs," Wong said.
Typhoid presents no direct threat to people living in the United States, where clean water supplies and good sanitation prevent exposure to the bacteria, said Dr. Henry Chambers, chief of infectious diseases at San Francisco General Hospital and a professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
But travelers headed to typhoid-ridden parts of Africa and Asia should make sure they receive a vaccination before heading there, Chambers added.
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Dr. Wanda Filer, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, agreed.
"We recommend that people who are traveling to parts of the world where [typhoid] is endemic get the typhoid vaccine," Filer said, adding that the vaccine is 50 percent to 80 percent effective against all strains of typhoid, even those that have become antibiotic-resistant.
Typhoid fever affects between 20 million and 30 million people around the globe each year, the researchers said.
Symptoms include a high, sustained fever, weakness, stomach pains, headache and loss of appetite. As many as 20 percent of patients may die from complications associated with typhoid infection, which can last for weeks or months without proper treatment, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
People contract typhoid when they eat food or drink beverages that have been contaminated with the bacteria, according to the CDC. Someone infected with S. Typhi can pass it on by handling food or drinks. Or, water used for drinking or washing food might become contaminated with sewage containing the bacteria.
In this study, a multinational team of researchers used genetic sequencing to track the spread of antibiotic-resistant typhoid.
Spread of drug-resistant malaria an "enormous threat"
The research team found that the H58 strain has displaced other typhoid fever strains that have endured for decades or even centuries. H58 was identified in nearly half of more than 1,800 bacteria samples collected from 63 countries between 1992 and 2013.
After the H58 strain emerged in South Asia more than two decades ago, it spread to Southeast Asia, Western Asia, East and South Africa and Fiji, the researchers reported.
They also found evidence of a recent and unreported wave of H58 transmission in multiple countries in Africa, which may represent an ongoing epidemic.
Tactics used to fight typhoid in these countries appear to have led to increased antibiotic resistance, Wong said.
"Vaccinations are not currently in widespread use in typhoid-endemic countries," she said. "Instead, antibiotics are commonly used as a preventive measure. As a consequence, there is a rise in antibiotic resistance to many pathogens and in particular a resurgence of multidrug-resistant typhoid has been observed in some areas, including parts of Africa."
Their findings were published online May 11 in the journal Nature Genetics.
Americans who travel to a country that has typhoid should get vaccinated and then monitor their temperature in the weeks following their return home, he said. If they do develop a fever, they should tell their doctor about their travels.
"It would be important to tell your doctor that you've been to one of those areas, because then certain antibiotics you would normally use would not be effective," he said. "There already are guidelines to use antibiotics that work against the more drug-resistant strains."
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At the dawn of the 21st century, the information age is taking shape gradually. Between data corruption, intentional or unintentional deletion, equipment containing data being misplaced, lost or stolen, ransomware attacks and retention policies, making sure our data is always available and recoverable has become not only important but imperative.
No matter the industry you find yourself in, you generate large amounts of data every day, from your mobile devices, to your computers, from your removable drives to your cloud stored information. How much of that data are you willing to lose to ransomware or deletion? Probably none or maybe a little bit. This is the reason your organization needs to have a solid backup strategy that is in line with your requirements and policies.
A backup is a preserved point in time copy of your data stored in an alternative location. Before deciding to invest in any backup equipment or software you need to answer the following question.
What is the data that is important to you?
The response should contain things like file servers, operating systems, applications, software configurations etc. This will allow you to filter out things that are not important for the organization such as staff personal information that may be saved on their devices.
Do you want to backup entire systems or just data contained?
You will need to think through what you want to do when it is actually time to restore. You may prefer to restore an entire system or server to a previous state or you would rather redeploy the service and just restore the data and configuration settings. This question is important because it influences the size of the data and the solution you may go for.
How often must you take a backup?
The term typically used to summarize this question is RPO (Recovery Point Objective). You need to understand that you will definitely lose some data when a disaster occurs. The point here is to minimize the impact to the minimum possible. If you take a backup every 24h it means you can go back in time 23 hours 59 minutes. You need to keep in mind that the frequency at which you take backup may affect live or production systems performance and create bottlenecks.
How much data would that be in an uncompressed format?
You will also need to know the total amount of data in Terabyte that you will be backing up. The quantity of data will allow you to have a realistic view of how long it will take to restore that data; this is called RTO (Recovery Time Objective).
How long do you need to keep the backup?
Last but not least, you need to define a realistic retention period i.e. how long the backup data needs to be kept. Here is something to think of: if your backup takes 1TB per month and you keep it for 5 years, it will require about 60TB to be retained. Did you realize this simple calculation does not factor in unexpected growth?
Backing up your data does not guarantee you will be able to recover it. We recommend using the 3-2-1 rule when it comes to taking backup. The rule specifies you need to keep three copies of your data on two different types of media with one of them offsite. Applying this rule increases your chances to perform a successful restore when it is needed.
Now that you know what you are backing up and for how long you need to keep it, it is time to look at how you will be backing it up. Some of the best software we recommend are Veritas and Veeam backup software coupled with hardware dedupe appliances such as Dell EMC Data Domain or HPE StoreOnce. You may also want to look at cloud storage, Tape Drives or Tape Libraries for your long-term/offsite retention. Tape provides you with the best $/TB ratio and it is air-gapped, so hackers cannot access them; whereas cloud provides you with permanent availability.
When your data is backed up, you will have to test it at specific intervals to verify recoverability. Do not wait till it is time to perform a recovery to realize that the backup is invalid.
Creating a simple, comprehensive and global backup strategy can be a hurdle. Keep it as simple as possible and try as much as possible to use a single solution for all your workloads. Keep only critical data and have a plan to regenerate lost data in the case of a disaster. Be mindful of ransomware; try as much as possible to keep some your backed-up data offline.
We provide free backup strategy discussions and budgeting. Our pre-sales engineers are always ready to help you prepare your backup strategy and help you meet your business needs. To discuss this or other data availability needs, call us on +233.54.431.5710 or write to sales@apotica.net.


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Eleanor 'Ellie' E (Trier) Fasteson, 82, a long-time resident of Foster, passed away March 4th at home surrounded by family after a long illness. Born in Providence and raised on Cherry Hill in Johnston with a German upbringing, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Betty Trier. She attended Mount Pleasant High School and later worked as a ticket agent for American Airlines in Providence and as a bookkeeper for Droll Yankees Birdfeeders in Foster. An avid gardener and traveler, Ellie could often be found in her flower gardens or enjoying county-western music and dancing. She attended St Paul's Lutheran Church in Providence and was an active member of the Cranston and Knightsville Seniors' Clubs. She is survived by her partner, James Butler of Foster, a daughter Debra Fasteson Harris, her husband Charles and grandchildren Miranda and Andrew Harris of North Carolina. Visitation will be Monday March 29th from 12:00 – 2 :00 p.m. in the Winfield & Sons Funeral Home, 571 West Greenville Road, North Scituate, followed by a graveside burial service at 3:00 p.m. at Phillips Memorial Cemetery, North Road, Foster. (Masks must be worn and social distancing will be observed) In lieu of flowers, donations to the Foster Ambulance Corps, P.O. Box 62, Foster, RI 02825 would be appreciated.
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Iowa College Scholarships
Do you seek money for college in Iowa?
Iowa has nearly 70 accredited colleges and universities. Most are not-for-profit private schools, 19 are public colleges and universities, and some are for-profit private institutions. Options range from large state-funded research universities to a "Hidden Ivy," many small liberal arts schools, several Christian colleges, more than a dozen community colleges, two accredited law schools, and other special focus colleges.
Iowa's public and private colleges and universities have impressive statistics. Overall they cost less than their counterparts in other states, and Iowa's public colleges boast the second-highest graduation rate among all 50 states!
Nationwide surveys often rank Iowa as a top place to attend college and raise a family. Here are some interesting and fun facts about Iowa colleges and the state in general.
The cost of living is relatively low in Iowa. According to 2012 data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, housing in Iowa cost about 10% less than the national average. Health care, groceries and utilities were also cheaper.
In 2011 Iowa was ranked as the 6th safest place to live in the CQ Press, a division of the academic publisher SAGE.
Approximately 61% of students at Iowa's public colleges and universities are female.
Aspiring engineers, take note! The University of Iowa College of Engineering notifies each applicant of their admission decision within 48 hours of receiving the application.
Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa is the only school in the US to have its entire campus included on the National Register of Historic Places.
Iowa State University is America's oldest land grant college. (Land grant colleges are established on federal lands in accordance with laws set in 1862 and 1890.) It was founded in 1864 and was originally named the State Agricultural College.
Top industries in Iowa are agriculture, food production and insurance. Related Iowa facts: 1) There are more pigs in Iowa than people (about 12 million versus three million). 2) Iowa-based Quaker Oats is the largest cereal producer in the world. 3) Iowa has the 13th-largest insurance industry among the 50 states.
Iowa ranks third in the nation for motorcycles per capita. It ranks #1 in golf courses per capita.
The average commute time to work in Iowa is below the national average. It's about 19 minutes while the US average is about 25 minutes.
Iowa is the only state with its eastern and western borders formed entirely by water. The Missouri River is to the west and the Mississippi is to the east.
A very green state, Iowa is #9 in the nation for number of state parks and other recreational natural areas. It's also home to the famed bridges of Madison County.
CNN Money recently named Ames, Iowa among America's top 10 places to live.
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The AAS Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) is headed to Provo, Utah, 15-20 October for the 49th DPS meeting. Join us for what is sure to be an exciting week of sharing science, connecting with colleagues, and learning the latest from the full breadth of the planetary science field.
Registration for the meeting is now open! The early deadline is 31 July, so register by that date to avoid higher fees. Find all of the rates and details on the Registration page. Don't forget to take a look at the workshops and events happening during the meeting, too — some require advance registration.
Submit your oral or poster abstract by 9:00 pm ET on 26 July to be added to the meeting program. If you miss that deadline, poster abstracts will be accepted until the 31 August late deadline. Everything you need to know to submit your abstract is available on the Abstract Information page. If you're submitting a poster abstract, consider presenting an iPoster instead of a traditional poster to include high-res images, videos, narration, and more.
The AAS has a block of rooms at the Provo Marriott Hotel & Convention Center available for meeting attendees. Hotel reservations must be made by 20 September to ensure the group rate. Check out the Travel & Lodging page for more information.
A limited number of Hartmann Student Travel Grants are available to assist students planning to attend the DPS meeting. Applications are due Wednesday, 19 July.
The DPS Susan Niebur Professional Development Fund provides financial assistance to qualifying members in order to facilitate their meeting attendance by offsetting costs for dependent care at the meeting location or at home during the DPS meeting. Dependent Care Grant applications are due 15 September.
If you're interested in hosting a workshop during the DPS meeting, be sure to submit your proposal by 28 August.
Thank you to the current sponsors of the 49th DPS meeting: The Planetary Science Institute, Southwest Research Institute, The University of Arizona Press, USRA, Elsevier, and Thirty Meter Telescope. If you are interested in becoming sponsor, please email Debbie Kovalsky or call 202-328-2010 x110.


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Annual Alpaca show is back at the Laramie County Fair
Patrick Brewer Follow on Twitter July 30, 2020
Located in the SE corner of Wyoming, Laramie County is at the crossroads of two major interstate highways. The residents enjoy a high standard of living and an excellent education system.
Like all other counties, it hosts many events throughout the year, but the Laramie County Fair is the most important one. There are horse races and exhibits that showcase handicrafts made by the ranch wives. The County Fair is very popular as the different professionals, and the ranch wives get a platform to showcase new ideas and products to the general public.
The biggest attraction of the Laramie County Fair is the Alpaca Show that is held every year. For those who do not know, Alpacas are a domesticated species of animals that belong to the South American Camelid group. They are adorable and weigh typically between 120 to 150 lbs. Many people are proud owners of Alpacas, and they all look forward to this event every year. The teen and adult owners are invited to this show, and their animals are put to the test like clearing obstacles and wearing different costumes without a hitch. It is a fun show, and people enjoy it, and the Alpacas look very cute with their fluffy coat.
Alpaca owner, Cierra Dicamillo said,
Caring for Alpacas is not tricky; owners say the animals should have a constant water supply and grains. Taking care of an alpaca isn't difficult, but since they are herd animals, they need to be around other alpacas so that they are happy. The sore point of this year's show was the pretty low turnout that was expected with the rising number of Coronavirus cases. However, the show was held in good spirits, and everyone was happy that a fair could be organized amid such gloomy news that pours in every day.
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Three Maryland residents were accused of being involved in a robbery on Sept. 5 that occurred at a residence located in Lexington Park. According to the report, it was believed that the woman allegedly in connection with the incident had just been terminated from a caretaker position at this particular residence.
Police stated that the three individuals were found in a hotel located in Charles County following the robbery. Officials claimed that when they searched the room, they recovered a number of items that were believed to be stolen from the residence. As a result, the three individuals, identified as a 24-year-old woman, a 27-year-old man and a 60-year-old man, were charged with a number of offenses that include first-degree burglary, unlawful detention and armed robbery. The charges also indicated that a firearm was used during the alleged robbery. At the time the report was released, all three individuals remained at the St. Mary's County Detention Center.
Being accused of theft in Maryland can result in serious punishments if the person is convicted. Depending upon how much was allegedly stolen and whether or not the accused person has a criminal history, the consequences could potentially include a jail sentence and probation in addition to a fine and other consequences.
A criminal defense attorney may be able to intervene in a case before their client's rights are potentially violated. If the prosecution's evidence is weak or there was a problem with the investigation or procedures, there is a chance that the charges could be reduced or dropped altogether.


The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra's 2018-19 passport to musical adventure is returning stateside with new and classic musical fashions.
"American composers continue to add bold flavor and architecture to symphonic music via technology and vivid soundscapes, while offering new forms and fireworks for both soloists and the orchestra," said KSO Music Director James Cassidy.
Mason Bates, composer and DJ, was recently named the most-performed composer of his generation and the 2018 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bates' orchestral works are best known for their integration of electronic sounds.
The KSO opens its program with Bates' "Mothership," a 10' piece in which soloists temporarily dock into the orchestra and feed into the energy of modern techno dance rhythms, which are driven by a laptop computer and monitors on stage.
In 2011, the Youtube Symphony Orchestra from Sydney, Australia, premiered "Mothership" before a global internet audience of 2 million viewers. It will make its Tristate premiere with the KSO.
Ferde Grofé's depiction of Grand Canyon was inspired by his jeep trip to the canyon in 1916. Years later, after scoring Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for full orchestra, Grofé returned to his musical sketches and recollections from his Grand Canyon trip and finished his five-movement work in 1931.
This American warhorse sonically envisions the canyons – "Sunrise," "Painted Dessert," burros "On the Trail," "Sunset" and a "Cloudburst." With curator Stephen Lias' projected images and video, the KSO will celebrate the Grand Canyon's National Park's 100th anniversary with a performance of Grofe's celebrated work.
Violinist Sandy Cameron joins the KSO after intermission for Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, with its two beautiful lyrical movements and quick athletic finale. Barber wrote the concerto in 1939 and revised it in 1948.
Cameron has toured throughout the world and is best known for her work with former Oingo Boingo front man and award-winning film score composer Danny Elfman, beginningnejtj Cirque du Soleil show "IRIS" and the 2017 world premiere of his violin concerto "Eleven Eleven." Cameron has also appeared as a featured soloist of Elfman's PBS broadcasts from New York to Vienna.
Sandy will perform the extended czardas and cadenza from Elfman's Suite from the film Edward Scissorhands, and the KSO and NKU Women's Choirs will close out the All-American evening.
Join Music Director James Cassidy, violinist Sandy Cameron and The Kentucky Symphony Orchestra for a free-range, American music montage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Greaves Concert Hall on NKU's campus. Reserved seating tickets are $35, $27, $19 (children ages 6-18 are 50 percent off) and are available online at kyso.org, by phone at (859) 431-6216 or at the door.
For 26 years, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra has aimed to present live, thematic concerts that enrich, educate and entertain Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati residents. The KSO performs three series of concerts annually throughout Northern Kentucky.


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PlayStation Losses Nearing $5 Billion
According to figures on Sony's investor relations page, the Japanese giant is now totaling losses of over $4.5 billion, although the figures do appear to be reducing year on year. The figures for 2007-2009 are pure losses on the gaming division, whereas the current half year figures include Sony's Vaio business too, as the department previously called "game" is now "Networked Products and Services".
FY 2007: -$1,970,923,859
FY 2009: -$577,207,240
FY 10Q1: -$413,541,667
Consoles normally release at some kind of a loss, and recent talk of the new slimline PS3 actually losing Sony more money is an interesting one. Naturally, the company strives to claw back some of the research and development and manufacturing costs with every game sold, so if you want to try to reverse this current flow of cash pouring away, get out there and buy five copies of LittleBigPlanet.
There's more here, if you're that way inclined.
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Sony giving prizes to trophy hunters on PS4 and PS5
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Sony announce PlayStation and Discord partnership – integrations coming in early 2022


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Q: MariaDB not release heap memory I am using MariaDB database for my application, but i am facing a problem with it.
It shows me a unique behaviour, when I select COUNT(*) from table with 4,00,00,000 rows.
then it increase the size of heap until it fetches the result of COUNT(*), and after finishing the query it does not release the occupied heap memory.
It does not increase again if I execute the same query, but heap memory increases again if I choose different table with 4,00,00,000 rows.
I am not able to understand what is the problem behind that?

A: Problem Found:
There is a tokudb macro 'tokudb_cache_size' which takes approx 50% of memory DEFAULT. 50% is the preferable cache size. so i think its not a problem. :)


MS is a progressive neurodegenerative autoimmune disorder that results from an attack on the central nervous system by the body's own immune system, causing inflammation and damage to the myelin layer that covers and protects nerve fibers. Myelin loss leads to impairment in signal transmission along the nerve fibers, affecting motor function (like coordination, balance, speech and vision), causing irreversible neurological disability and paralysis. It is estimated that more than 2.3 million people in the world suffer from the disease.
Immune T cells were found to be involved in the attack to the myelin layer around nerve cells in MS patients. These same T cells are also present in healthy individuals with comparable frequencies, suggesting that there must be something different in the context of the disease.
In this study, researchers examined the T cell population of 23 MS patients and 22 healthy controls for reactivity against myelin. The team found that myelin-reactive T cells from MS patients had an increased production of proinflammatory cytokines (molecules important in cell signaling that promote inflammation), including interferon-gamma, interleukin-17 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), in comparison to healthy controls. Based on these findings, the team suggested that these differences in the inflammatory profile of T cells between MS patients and healthy individuals are a key factor for disease development.
The research team concluded that the auto-reactive T cells in MS patients generate different types of inflammatory cytokines in comparison to the cytokines that they produce in healthy individuals. "In most people, these T cells are acting to repair tissue, but in MS patients, they do damage to the nervous system," explained the study's senior author Dr. David Hafler in a news release.
The team proposes that drugs against these inflammatory cytokines could potentially be considered a promising therapy for MS. The team also suggests that a similar effect may occur in other autoimmune diseases, like type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.


Is featheredge rails a correct synonym for closeboard fencing?
Again, I've seen it in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce, British writer.
Many thanks for your opinion.
Ca you give us the original context, Maryam?
He gazed beyond the kitchen window at the clipped lawn, which was spiked in the middle by Maureen's telescopic washing line, and trapped on all three sides by the neighbor's closeboard fencing.
Closeboard fencing simply means a fence constructed with vertical boards set right next to one another, so there is no see-through space between them; if you Google that term, you'll see some photos at the top of the page depicting that kind of fence. Some of the links mention the term "feather edge fencing" as a synonym, but others use it a little differently, and the precise meaning of that term isn't clear to me.
Thank you so much, Parla. Yes, I couldn't find a precise meaning. I just found the photos.


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Population Genetics/Genomics
Lopez, Alexander Joseph [1], Shrestha, Anil [2], Sosnoskie, Lynn [3], Waselkov, Katherine [4].
Origins of Amaranthus tuberculatus (Waterhemp) in Central Valley Agroecosystems: A Population Genetics Approach Using Genotyping-By-Sequencing.
Native to wetland environments of the Mississippi valley, Amaranthus tuberculatus (waterhemp) began invading agricultural cropping systems in the 1950's and has since become a widespread troublesome weed throughout the Midwestern United States. This species of Amaranthus was not historically a common weed in the agriculturally intensive Central Valley of California; however, in the last decade waterhemp has been increasingly observed invading agroecosystems within Merced County. The aim of this study is to (1) document and map the distribution of these recent waterhemp infestations in the Central Valley, (2) genetically characterize and determine the geographic origin of the source(s) of this invasion, and (3) evaluate likely evolutionary route(s) that may have facilitated this invasion. Between 2019-2020, we conducted multiple surveys to identify the extent of the distribution of waterhemp within the Central Valley; 7 populations of waterhemp were identified invading various agricultural fields (almond, corn, hay, rice) in Merced County between Highways 140 & 152. At each location, we collected leaf samples (20 individuals/population) and subsequently isolated high molecular weight DNA from each individual for genetic characterization. 100-bp DNA libraries for these samples were prepared using the robust method of genotyping-by-sequencing with the restriction enzyme ApeKI and subsequently sequenced to 10x coverage on the massively parallel Illumina HiSeq 4000 next-generation sequencing platform. We also sequenced 4-10 individuals from 16 wild and invasive populations from across the species' native range in the Midwestern U.S. and Canada for genetic comparison. Raw single end reads from the Illumina platform in FastQ format were de-multiplexed, filtered, and genotyped for SNP discovery using the STACKS 1.44 pipeline, resulting in 15,316 variant sites. To determine the origin of these infestations, we will assess and compare allelic variation within Merced infestations to Midwestern populations using both the model-based genetic clustering method STRUCTURE 2.3.4, and the non-model-based clustering method of PCA. Evolutionary history and routes of this invasion will be evaluated through demographic modeling using the method of approximate Bayesian computation with DIY ABC 1.0 software. Many Midwestern waterhemp populations have previously been genetically characterized; therefore, by determining the source and evolutionary routes of this invasion, we can infer the potential invasiveness and incidence of herbicide resistances in these recent introductions. Furthermore, we hope to shed some light on the relative importance of preadaptation and evolutionary change in overcoming selection pressures in agroecosystem invasions, as well as the role and importance of multiple introductions.
1 - California State University Fresno, Biology, 5241 N Maple Ave, Fresno, CA, 93740, USA
2 - California State University Fresno, Plant Science, 2415 E. San Ramon Ave, M/S AS72, Fresno, CA, 93740, USA
3 - Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, 635 W North St., 221 Hedrick Hall, Geneva, NY, 14456, USA
4 - California State University, Fresno, Biology Department, M/S SB73, 2555 E. San Ramon Ave., Science 1, Fresno, CA, 93740, United States
Waterhemp
Population Genetics.
Session: PGG3, Population Genetics and Genomics III
Number: PGG3003
Candidate for Awards:Margaret Menzel Award


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Export Shipping Rates Soar; Livestock for Ag Beginners
**The U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council, a D.C.-based organization made up of commodity trade associations, farmer cooperatives and regional trade groups that export a variety of U.S. ag products around the world, recently elected Greg Hanes as its chairman.
Hanes, U.S. Meat Export Federation assistant vice president, for international marketing and programs, will be serving a two-year term.
The timing places Hanes in the chairman's role at a crucial time for U.S. agricultural exports, while the new Farm Bill is being crafted.
**The cost of moving pretty much every dry-bulk commodity has surged since July, lifting the London-based Baltic Exchange's main freight gauge to its highest in almost four years.
According to Agweb.com, the rally has been fired by China's never-ending demand for coal and iron ore, more than tripling shipping rates.
Ag traders are finding it harder to handle the rising freight bill because prices for crops are being undermined by oversupply. World grain stockpiles for this season are forecast to rise for a fifth straight year.
https://www.agweb.com/article/shipping-costs-are-surging-globally-squeezing-grain-traders-blmg/
**Looking for the best way to kick off your career in agriculture? Take a look at livestock.
That's the advice of Iowa Farm Bureau vice president Joe Heinrich who tells Brownfield it allows a farmer to generate more income by increase head count without increasing land base.
Heinrich also encourages the next generation to promote agriculture and share their stories in hopes of educating the public about modern practices.
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/livestock-great-entry-point-new-farmers/
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