Telecommunications company, Glo, has outdoored its Glo Slide n Bounce concert series, an entertainment package comprising live concerts by celebrated Nigerian and Ghanaian artistes in designated cities across the country.
According to Glo Mobile Ghana officials, the Slide n Bounce concerts are a precursor to the arrival on the Ghana market of another innovative product from the network's vast bouquet of frills and freebies.
Internationally - acclaimed musicians like P. Square, Jude Abaga (aka MI), Wande Coal and Burna Boy from Nigeria will perform alongside Ghanaian acts like Edem, Kwabena Kwabena, Asem, Efya and Paapa Yankson at the shows.
This first phase of the Slide n Bounce engagements in Ghana will take place in Kumasi, Accra and Takoradi.
Mr Akeem Kazeem, Head of Business at Glo Mobile Ghana, told journalists at a ceremony at the Accra Mall that the Slide n Bounce concerts were being introduced in Ghana as a token of appreciation for the loyalty of Glo's prepaid customers.
"We have just entered the last quarter of 2013 and as we prepare to take stock of our relationship with our customers and other stakeholders, we deem it appropriate to salute and celebrate their unflinching loyalty and the support we continue to enjoy from the general public," Mr Kazeem said.
The Glo fun train will make its first stop in Kumasi on Saturday, November 9. The train will travel to Accra on November 16 for the second concert. Takoradi will host the last leg on November 23.
All the three concerts will be open to the general public but admission shall be based strictly on a simple usage plan on the Glo network in which subscribers are required to recharge their Glo lines with a minimum of GH¢5.00 either cumulatively or at once, between today and the dates slated.
After recharge, the subscriber may then text the name of the city in which he intends to attend the concert to the special short code - 5301.
People in the Accra Metropolis wishing to attend the Accra concert on November 16 must recharge GH¢5.00 or more and text "Accra" to the short code 5301 between now and November 10.
Subscribers in Sekondi-Takoradi and other parts of the Western Region have from now till November 17 to text "Takoradi" to the short code 5301.
Officials explain that qualified subscribers will immediately receive a confirmation SMS inviting them to the concert of their choice.
Such persons or subscribers would be required to show their invitational messages at the gates to receive Slide n Bounce armbands for access to the concert grounds.
Since the Glo Slide n Bounce concerts are intended to be enjoyed by all Ghanaians, persons not on the Glo network but who do not want to be left out of this exciting experience can still join in the fun by simply porting their numbers to the Glo network," Mr Kaseem added.


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Sophia Antoniadis, auch Sophie, , auch: Ἀντωνιάδη (* 31. Juli 1895 in Piräus; † 25. Januar 1972 in Athen) war eine griechische Byzantinistin und Neogräzistin.

Leben
Antoniadis war von 1929 an als außerplanmäßige Professorin (buitengewoon hoogleraar) die Nachfolgerin von Dirk Christiaan Hesseling auf dem Lehrstuhl für altchristliche, byzantinische und neuere griechische Sprache und Literatur an der Universität Leiden. 1930 wurde sie in Paris mit einer bei Hubert Pernot angefertigten Dissertation zur Sprache des Lukasevangeliums promoviert. 1953 wurde sie zum ordentlichen Professor (gewoon hoogleraar) ernannt. Antoniadis war die erste Frau an der Universität Leiden, die überhaupt eine Professur innehatte. Nach ihrer Emeritierung 1955 war sie bis 1966 Leiterin des Istituto Ellenico di Studi Bizantini e Postbizantini in Venedig.

Nach ihrer Promotion arbeitete sie vor allem zur Bibelübersetzung Pascals und zur Liturgie in der literarischen Tradition, aber auch zur Entwicklung der neugriechischen Sprache, zu den Ptochoprodromika ("Gedichte des armen Prodromos") des byzantinischen Schriftstellers Theodoros Prodromos sowie zum Erotokritos und zur Θυσία του Αβραάμ ("Opfer des Abraham") eines unbekannten venezianisch-kretischen Dichters des 15. Jahrhunderts.

Schriften (Auswahl)
 L'Evangile de Luc, esquisse de grammaire et de style. Thèse pour le doctorat ès Lettres présentée à la faculté des lettres de l'Université de Paris, 1930.
 Pascal, traducteur de la Bible. Thèse supplémentaire pour le doctorat ès lettres présentée à la Faculté des lettres de l'Université de Paris, 1932.
 Place de la Liturgie dans la tradition des lettres grecques. A.W. Sijthoff, Leiden 1939. (Rezension von J. Gouillard, in: Études byzantines 1, 1943, S. 289–291, online).
 De l'influence de la langue du droit byzantin sur le grec d'aujourd'hui. Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, Bruxelles 1932.

Literatur
 A. G. F. van Holk et al. (Hrsg.): Antidoron aangeboden aan Professor Doctor Sophia Antoniadis ter gelegenheid van haar afscheid van Nederland door vrienden en leerlingen. S.l. (Leiden) 1956.
 Journal des Savants. Klincksieck, 1961, S. 95.
 Μνημόσυνον Σοφίας Ἀντωνιάδη. Pozza, Venedig 1974 (Βιβλιοθήκη τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ Ἰνστιτούτου Βενετίας Βυζαντινῶν καὶ Μεταβυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν, 6). — Gedenkband
 Revue des études byzantines. Band 33/34, 1975.

Weblinks
 Leidse Hoogleraaren vanaf 1575 (Katalog): Sophia Antoniadis
 Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren: Einige kurze Veröffentlichungen von Sophia Antoniadis

Neogräzist
Byzantinist
Bibelphilologe
Hochschullehrer (Universität Leiden)
Grieche
Geboren 1895
Gestorben 1972
Frau
Korrespondierendes Mitglied der Akademie von Athen

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Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC recently received a donation of nearly $160,000 from A Glimmer of Hope, a Pittsburgh-based breast cancer foundation. This amount is added to the more than $2 million A Glimmer of Hope already has donated to Magee's breast cancer services since 1999.
The donated funds were raised at numerous events benefitting A Glimmer of Hope. The 16th annual Bid for Hope gala, hosted in October 2016 by Julie and Alan Faneca and Risalyn and DeAngelo Williams, raised roughly $80,000 for the foundation. The event brings together the best of the Pittsburgh Steelers and their fans for an evening in support of breast cancer research.
The 7th annual Clays for a Cure was hosted in September 2016 at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort clay course by Crystal Hanlon, Home Depot Northern Division president, and Dave Musen, Home Depot Ohio Valley regional vice president, with support from many Home Depot associates. The friendly two-day competition raised roughly $70,000 for A Glimmer of Hope.
Rounding out the donation is a generous $10,000 grant from PNC to support breast cancer screenings for women in need. Beginning in May, transportation will be provided to bring women to their mammography screenings at Magee, and following their appointment, they will receive healthy recipe suggestions and a Giant Eagle gift card.
With more supporters than ever before, Diana Napper, founder and president of A Glimmer of Hope, is optimistic about the organization's future and the initiatives it will support.
For more information about breast cancer services, please visit the Magee website.


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LAKE FOREST — Wine Styles is the latest business to open at The Orchard at Saddleback. The wine store opened last week.
Johnny Rockets, a '50s diner specializing in hamburgers, could open this month.
Construction of the second phase is ongoing, and officials hope to have the center complete for tenants by the fall.
Leases have been signed for about 90 percent of the 279,000-square-foot shopping center, said Dennis Borowsky, director of leasing with Westrust, owner of The Orchard.
The newest businesses to sign leases are Wild Noodles and Jalapeno's Mexican restaurant, which will go in the food court, Posh Jewelers, Aaron Brothers, Staples and Ralphs grocery store. These businesses will open in the second phase.
Staples could open in November while Ralphs could open by early next year.
The Orchard at Saddleback, on El Toro Road, is a new center that replaced Saddleback Valley Plaza. The center is expected to have some 50 stores when completed.


Montana sleeps 10 adults and 5 children in six en-suite bedrooms, the sixth of which is a gorgeous children's bunk room, a brilliantly conceived wonderland of wood. Spread over four floors there is a lift to all levels, with private access to the sumptuous master suite.
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I have been asked to make a post about how many orbs are needed to build the arcade, beach, carnival and pet park and the areas inside each, if you know how many orbs of each you need to make and save up you can get each place built quicker.
Yours is my go to place for answers. Regarding the orbs, the only way to get them is to let your sims age and die right? I don't want my sims dying. I only did one to complete the Lifestyles quest chain.
Do you need simoleons to build these places or are orbs enough? I'm almost at the quest and I wanna know if I need to save money to build these places or if I can spend them now. Thanks! Btw, I love your blog! It's so helpful.
Thank you! I still haven't finished building the rooftop lounge in my restaurant and the shops in the mall so it's nice to know I can start building them now.
It says you need the pet salon to use the pet park. Does it need simoleons as well?
It costs simoleons to build the pet salon, not orbs.
I clicked on the beach and it showed which orbs to have in order to build but it also showed how many lps to use to get orbs. Can you explain how this works?
either use orbs or just complete using a lot of LPs.
OMG it takes tooo looonggggg to upgrade an orbs, is that just me or it happened to you too? And it takes looooonnngeerrrr to collect all those island 'speciment' to make the mountain exploded! For how long you could build all the building and monument on this game without spending LPs?
It takes forever, I still haven't finished building everything! Especially not the monuments!
Oh this is awesome! Thank you 🙂 unfortunately I found this a week after I'd opened the last place but before that I couldn't find this info ANYWHERE!
And also, is it just me or is it painfully slow to get pet orbs? The geek and entertainer orbs seem to be much faster!
Making for a grand total of 188 Sims that you will need to send to the afterlife to get all the orbs you will need.
And like I mentioned above, I like to work on all the bronze I'll need for each personality, then once all those are in inventory, you can use the ones you need to work on your silvers, leaving any bronze behind that will be used as a bronze.
I am still quite a ways off from having some of these done (still need 16 geek orbs, 36 entertainment orbs and 35 animal fanatic orbs), but being able to see the overall need makes it way easier to track them and helps me avoid going over on inventory with any of the orbs.
Thanks for everything you post, I love to keep things organized and your blog really helps me keep track of things.
Hi, I am just wondering why you didn't post my comment, because it's happened a few times before. Are you going to update the post with the information I put in the comment, or do you not like me posting on your blog?
Your comment is still in moderation, as I have to update the post the comment will be in moderation until I get around to it otherwise I will forget. Sorry I haven't done it yet but I have a lot going on right now.
When I posted this comment, my original comment had disappeared completely, when normally, while awaiting moderation, it is visible to me, but has that disclaimer on the bottom. It has shown back up, but it was gone for over a day. Sorry for being so hasty to assume such, but it has happened before.
So about a month later and my original comment isn't any where to be found (at least is it no longer visible to me). i know you have a lot going on with how much everyone comments on your site and the updates, but the information i provided could have still been posted as a comment until you got around to updating the post. I thought I was being helpful in letting you and everyone else know how many sims it takes and how many of each level of orb you need to accomplish all the orbs you need.
I guess I'll just keep to myself and not comment on your site anymore.
Sorry but this is actually my hobby, this is probably the first time in a month I have had a chance to sit down and try and sort everything out. I have updated it now, I'm sorry, I am trying my best but life does have to come first.
If I did post it I would have completely forgot to add it to the post.
When I first read this post I was only concerned about the orb used to build the places so I didn't notice the others. Now that I checked it again, I just realized that I still have a looooong way to go. I thought after I built the places I can finally work on getting platinum orbs and creating permanent sims. Thank you for your great blog. Have you already unlocked all the hobbies that requires orbs?
Yes it is a very long process, no I still haven't!
Thanks so much this very helpful so I don't have to spent my sims life to waste.
Your total numbers are a bit off.
not my information, I was just ordered to add it to the post.
the arcade but the place you can complete the quickest overall is the beach as it only requires silver and bronze orbs.


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Mediterranean Association of International Schools
Conferences & Activities
The MAIS Honor Choir is open to singers in grades 6-8 exclusively, from MAIS member schools. It is for students who show excellence in singing and musicianship and who consistently display a high level of personal character and discipline. This is the 27th annual MAIS Honor Choir; previous years have included performances in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Rome, Lisbon, Casablanca, Trieste, and Tunis. Each school may bring 12 students; more may come depending on availability and upon request.
In November, each group receives the music that has been carefully selected by the choir conductor. Each choir practices the songs as individual groups until spring when the activity begins. Yearly, approximately 10 choir groups from various American international schools travel and convene to form a choir group.
Music teachers must integrate, organize and train the choir group. The students attend choir practices daily; they learn about the songs and their significance. The activity takes place over 4 days, during which the choir conductor, the accompanist, music teachers and the choir, perfect signing in different languages, try out for solos and coordinate dance movements for each song.
Students not only participate by singing they also play accompanying instruments. To ensure the kids also learn and experience the culture and history of the city they are visiting, cultural excursions are included. The group performs twice, once at the host school for the benefit of the student body and the main performance which is open to the public. All proceeds from the concert are donated on behalf of the MAIS Honor Choir to a charity chosen by the host school. The diversity of the songs combined with the diverse backgrounds of the children themselves who work hard to come together as a group makes for a unique and outstanding performance.
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Navy Says Releasing UFO Videos Would 'Gravely Damage' National Security
What "TOP SECRET" video is the government hiding?
By Andrew Daniels
To the Stars Academy of Arts & Science/Christian Lambright/Paul Dean
In response to a FOIA request, a Navy spokesperson says releasing additional materials related to the Navy's 2004 encounter with a UFO, including a "TOP SECRET" video, would "cause exceptionally grave damage to the National Security of the United States."
The videos concern the infamous Nimitz encounters, where Navy fighter pilots spotted a strange, Tic Tac-shaped UFO off the coast of San Diego.
Nimitz witnesses told us they've seen longer, clearer videos of the encounter than the ones released to the public.
Last year, the U.S. Navy confirmed the validity of three grainy videos purportedly showing Navy pilots' bizarre encounter with UFOs. The service said the infamous videos, which leaked in 2017 and 2018, do in fact show "unexplained aerial phenomena," but also said the public was never meant to see the clips in the first place.
Naturally, such a statement fueled increased speculation that the Navy had much more it wasn't telling us—and a new statement from the service indeed suggests that's the case.
A quick refresher: In 2004, Navy fighter pilots with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group spotted a strange, Tic Tac-shaped UFO—"around 40 feet long and oval in shape"—about 100 miles off the coast of San Diego. The videos of the encounter, including the one below, were released for public viewing by The New York Times and To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, a UFO research group from former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge.
Last fall, Popular Mechanics interviewed several Nimitz witnesses, who said they saw a longer, better video of the encounter than the ones released to the public. One witness, for example, told us he "definitely saw video that was roughly 8 to 10 minutes long and a lot more clear."
Like This? You'll Love This Exclusive Feature
Exclusive: Navy UFO Witnesses Reveal What They Saw
Not long before we published our story, UFO researcher Christian Lambright sent a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request to the Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) for records surrounding the Nimitz encounter at the center of the videos. From Lambright's request:
This request is to include all releasable portions of records and reports related to investigation of the detection of and encounter(s) with Anomalous Aerial Vehicles (AAVs) by personnel involved with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) operations off the western coast of the United States during the period of approximately 10-16 November, 2004. The designation 'AAVs' is used here because it appeared in a summary of these events, so there may also be other terms used in the material I am requesting.
Information supportive of my request comes from a former pilot and now writer who has publicly stated he was allowed to see an exhaustive classified ONI report on these events prior to an article he published in 2015. Other supportive information comes from a contractor/analyst who has stated that an investigation had been conducted by a "GS-15" with the Office of Naval Intelligence.
Two months after submitting the request, Lambright heard back from Camille V'Estres, the ONI's FOIA/PA Coordinator.
"Our review of our records and systems reveal that ONI has no releasable records related to your request," V'Estres told Lambright on behalf of the Navy. "We have discovered certain briefing slides that are classified TOP SECRET. A review of these materials indicates that are currently and appropriate Marked and Classified TOP SECRET under Executive Order 13526, and the Original Classification Authority has determined that the release of these materials would cause exceptionally grave damage to the National Security of the United States."
The letter continues:
Specifically, under Section 1.4, the materials would trigger protections under subcategory c), the Intelligence Activities of the United States, as well as the Sources and Methods that are being used to gather information in support of the National Security of the United States. In addition, the materials would trigger protections under subcategory e), Scientific and Technological Matters related to the National Security of the United States. For this reason, the materials are exempt from release under the (b) (1) Exemption for Classified Matters of National Defense. As a result these records may not be released and are being withheld.
You can read the full note at Paul Dean's UFOs - Documenting the Evidence blog.
Motherboard's MJ Banias, a Popular Mechanics contributor, independently verified the FOIA response with the Navy.
"The Department of Defense, specifically the U.S. Navy, has the video," Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough told Motherboard. "As Navy and my office have stated previously, as the investigation of UAP sightings is ongoing, we will not publicly discuss individual sighting reports/observations. However, I can tell you that the date of the 2004 USS Nimitz video is Nov. 14, 2004. I can also tell you that the length of the video that's been circulating since 2007 is the same as the length of the source video. We do not expect to release this video."
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Later this week, we'll examine the convoluted history of the video that's become the standard-bearer of the Nimitz event—and for the first time, we'll shed light on who, exactly, is at fault for the videos not cleared for public consumption. Stay tuned.
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Q: A question regarding the given rates in a related rates question I have a question about these rates given in a related rates question. For example, when it's given that the car is moving at $60\;\text{km/h}$, a balloon is heading up at $2\;\text{m/s}$, a circle's radius is increasing by $5\;\text{cm/s}$, assuming that every property of what I've mentioned is a function of time $(t)$, (distance driven, height, radius) is a function of time, would the derivative of them be the same value for all $t$?
In other words, are these function linear? so that the slope of the curve for all $t$ is the same? Does this imply that the car would of driven $120\;\text{km/s}$ at $t = 2$, or the radius is $10\;\text{cm/s}$ at $t = 2$?

A: The speeds are all constant in this problem.  You need to define the units of $t$ that you are using.  If $t$ is measured in hours, a car moving at $60\;\text{km/h}$ will have moved $120\; \text{km}$.  It will not be moving at $120\;\text{km/h}$.  The same is true for the other cases.  You multiply the rate by time to get the position.  You need to make sure the units are consistent, so again if $t$ is in hours at $t=2$ the balloon has climbed $7200\; \text m$


The day has arrived, and the smell of fresh ink wafts upwards as I open the NEW BOOK! My latest labor of love, Four Corners USA, has been officially published. Its real and tangible. The finish line has been crossed. And now its another bright day to launch a new book. Four Corners USA is a loving tribute to the beauty, history, and cultures of the American Southwest. The photographs and text explore the special region where Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico all come together.
Four Corners USA is now officially released by Rio Nuevo Publishers (Tucson, Arizona), publishers Ross Humphreys and Susan Lowell, editor Aaron Downey, writer Jim Turner, and photography by Larry Lindahl. The cover and layouts are the work of award-winning book designer David Jenney. That's the team.
Captured between the book covers is the inspiration for an intriguing experience. If every picture is worth a thousand words, then the photographs throughout the book along with the in-depth text make this an encyclopedia about the region. The facts and figures support the deeper stories of exploration while delving into the mysterious and stunning American Southwest. The Southwest is full of beauty woven with magic into a richly colorful tapestry covering this region's geography.
Four Corners USA books are available from my Larry Lindahl web site store, a bookstore near you (support a local business), and/or Amazon.
Already people in Hollywood are talking about movie deals, television documentaries, and a show at the Getty. I'm purely fantasizing all of that. But glad to see you were still reading! Thank you Dianne Barone, formerly of the Weather Channel, and Manny Amit, ABC television network art director, for standing in for the Hollywood movie producers I was mentioning earlier.


Happy Thanksgiving, Psychos! We have quite the spread for you on this lovely holiday: Molls recaps the top twelve reality television show moments for which she is most thankful. Included gems: Jessica Simpson admitting to not brushing her teeth daily, the girl who catfished her cousin for THREE years, Lauren Conrad skipping out on Paris for love, and SO much more. Enjoy this episode and your holiday weekend, babes!
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Last month we reported on a very special service coming to a postbox near you – Cheese Posties.
The genius entrepreneurs behind the world's first grilled cheese sandwich subscription launched a Kickstarter campaign last month to get the company operational.
Subscribers are sent a different grilled sandwich each week, which could be a comfortingly traditional cheese and pickle, or a slightly more eclectic brie, toffee and banana, in a package that's delivered straight to your door.
For the small sum of £3.99 per week, you'll receive all the artisanal ingredients and a bag to toast the sandwich in – you'll just have to muster the patience to wait a few minutes whilst it toasts. The packages are also designed to fit through your letterbox, so there's no chance of your neighbour nabbing your cheese postie while you're out.
Well, the campaign closed yesterday – and Cheese Posties have almost doubled their original funding target, having amassed almost £4000, soaring past their initial goal of £2000.
We can attest to how how much a serving of grilled cheese straight to your door can brighten up your day, as editor Holly discovered when she trialled Cheese Posties.
If you're wondering when you'll be able to get your mitts on your very own Cheese Postie, the good news is is that a full website launch and shipping will commence around the end of August.
You can follow the guys on Facebook or Twitter for further updates.


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Five Things We Learned From the NFL Combine
Big takeaways from a week in Indianapolis.
By Ben Natan@TheBenNatan Mar 6, 2018, 9:00am EST
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With the 2018 NFL Combine now in the books, there is a lot of information to lay out and analyze. There were a handful of incredibly impressive performances and some disappointing things as well. Here are some major takeaways.
Saquon Barkley is the real deal: While Saquon Barkley's career at Penn State was more than indicative of his talent, he locked in the perception of his talent with an absolutely unreal combine. Barkley ran a blazing 4.4 second 40 yard dash, jumped out of the gym with a 41" vertical and did all this while measuring at at over 230 pounds. Barkley then went on to look outstanding in the receiving drills and blow everyone away in interviews. While the Browns need to draft a quarterback high, Barkley will at least make them think about taking him with their first pick and that is a massive achievement.
This linebacker class is loaded with athletes: Good news for Eagles fans! The perception of this linebacker class was already favorable heading into this weekend. After linebackers took to the field on Sunday, that perception is unlikely to change. The probably top two linebackers; Roquan Smith (UGA) and Tremaine Edmunds (VA Tech), both ran incredibly well and looked good in drills. Leighton Vander Esch, a fast riser out of Boise State, had an incredible all around combine while weighing in at 256 pounds. Another pleasant occurrence was Shaquem Griffin (UCF) lighting up the combine. The one-handed linebacker did not even get a combine invite until late but embarrassed those in charge of invitations when he put up 20 reps on the bench press and ran a mind-blowing 4.38 40 yard dash at 227 pounds. There is absolutely a place for Griffin on an NFL team and he should be a contributor sooner than not.
Courtland Sutton is the best of this wide receiver class: This draft has been tough to parse out in terms of wide receivers. Plenty of people have liked Christian Kirk (Texas A&M) as their top guy, or James Washington (OK State), or Calvin Ridley (Alabama) but in a tightly graded group; Courtland Sutton asserted himself as the top guy this weekend. Sutton measured in at 6'3", 218 with long arms and big hands. Then he proceeded destroy the combine with incredible agility scores, a good broad jump and a respectable 40 yard dash. While the rest of the top receivers had average or below average days, Sutton confirmed a lot of the dominance that he put on tape the last few years. While it is to be seen if the NFL reacts that way, Sutton has definitely made me readjust how I see the top guys.
There is a wealth of offensive linemen this year: Offensive line day was pretty eye opening. Not just because of athletic tests but also because of the drills and buzz around these players. First of all, the interior line class is incredibly impressive. While Quenton Nelson is a deserving headliner; Will Hernandez and Isaiah Wynn round out the top of an outstanding guard class. Then you have center prospects like Frank Ragnow (Arkansas), James Daniel (Iowa), Billy Price (Ohio State) and Mason Cole (Michigan) who are all very impressive. Among the tackles, guys like Connor Williams (Texas) and Mike McGlinchey (Notre Dame) are obvious choices at the top of the class, but an incredible combine performance from Pitt's Brian O'Neil should catapult the former tight end into top 50 consideration. Then guys like Kolton Miller (UCLA) put on a show. While Orlando Brown lost himself a lot of money at the combine, a lot of guys put in performances that will fill in the gap.
The Eagles should dip into this defensive line class: The Eagles are reported to be considering moving on from Vinny Curry and Chris Long could possibly retire after this season. After watching the defensive line workouts, I think the Eagles could stand to add some highly selected talent to their already deep offensive line. Brandon Graham is awesome, of course, and Derek Barnett is a set for a breakout season, but you can never have too many good pass rushers. Guys like Harold Landry and Josh Sweat will be available later in the first round or maybe even early in day two for the Eagles to target. Lorenzo Carter is a project player with a lot of talent that I am sure the Eagles would be interested. Also, and here is a little nugget, sources say the Eagles are enamored by Tulane's Ade Aruna. The senior prospect had an outstanding combine and apparently impressed Eagles coaches in drills and interviews. Something to keep an eye on going forward.


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Silke Heinz The Düsseldorf Court of Appeal quashes the Federal Cartel Office decision and finds a most favoured nation clause on a hotel booking platform to be compatible with antitrust law (Booking.com)
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Andrzej Kmiecik The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf overturns Federal Cartel Office's prohibition of narrow best price clauses (Booking.com)
On 4 June 2019, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (the "Court") ruled that narrow best price clauses are not anticompetitive and overturned the decision of the Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") prohibiting Booking.com from using such clauses in contracts with hotel operators. 'Narrow' best price (...)
OECD The OECD holds a roundtable on the standard of review by courts in competition cases
Review by the courts of the enforcement of competition law ensures that the enforcement process and decisions are lawful, the parties' rights are observed and competition authorities' discretion is defined. Parties should have access to impartial review of decisions by an independent adjudicator. (...)
Florian Wagner-von Papp Commitment decisions: An overview of EU and national case law
There has always been a practice of competition authorities to accept, on a discretionary basis, commitments by undertakings who promised to mend their ways in return for closing an investigation (vulgo: to "settle a case"). After all, the main goal of competition law enforcement should be to restore competitive conduct in the marketplace, and if this can be achieved at an early stage and without investing many of the competition authority's resources, then all the better. For a long time, "settling cases" was handled informally by the European Commission and National Competition Authorities (NCAs), on the basis of their discretion to (de)prioritise cases for enforcement. [1] This informality under the old regime had the disadvantage that it was not entirely clear what the consequences would be if undertakings deviated from their commitments, if they had submitted incomplete, incorrect or misleading information, or if there was a material change of circumstances.
Absolute territorial protection • Abuse of dominant position • Abuse of economic dependence • Access to essential facility • Access to information • Access to the file • Agency agreement • Agent • Agreement (notion) • Amicus curiae • Ancillary restraints • Annulment • Anticompetitive objet or effect • Anticompetitive practices • Applicable law • Arbitration
Barriers to entry • Bid rigging • Block exemption (Regulation) • Boycott • Brand competition • Burden of proof • Business secrets • Buyer power
Cartel • Clearance phase I (merger) • Clearance phase II (merger) • Collecting society • Collective dominance • Collective redress (class action) • Competence • Competition policy • Competition policy • Complaint • Compliance programme • Compulsory license • Concerted practices • Concession • Concurrent jurisdiction • Consumers protection • Consumers' associations • Control (change) • Control (notion) • Cooperation Agreement • Cooperation between competition authorities • Coordinated effects • Copyright • Corporate group • Corruption • Criminal sanctions • Cross subsidisation
Damages • Dawn raids • De minimis notice • Direct effect • Discriminatory practices • Distribution agreement • Dominance (notion)
ECHR • Economic analysis • Economic efficiency • Effect on trade between Member States • Effective judicial protection • Environmental protection • Essential facility • European Competition Network (ECN) • Excess prices • Exchanges of information • Exclusive distribution • Exclusive purchasing agreement • Exclusive right (Art. 106 TFEU) • Exclusivity clause • Exhaustion • Extra-territoriality
Failing firm defence • Fine • Fine mitigating • Foreign direct investment (FDI) • Franchising • FRAND
Geographic market • Group purchasing organization • Gun jumping
Hard core restrictions • Horizontal agreement
Independence and impartiality • Individual exemption • Institutions • Intellectual property right • Interim measures • International competition network (ICN) • Investigations / inquiries • Investigations/ inquiries
Joint control • Joint venture • Judicial review
Legal privilege • Leniency • Licensing • Limitation period • Low prices
Mandatary (distribution) • Margin squeeze • Market economy investor • Market power • Market share • Media pluralism • Merger (notion) • Merger (prohibition) • Merger (withdrawal) • Minority shareholdings • Misinformation
Ne bis in idem • Non-competition clause • Notification • Nullity
Parallel imports (parallel trade) • Passing-on • Pay-for-delay • Periodic penalty payment • Politique de concurrence • Predatory pricing • Preliminary ruling (Art. 267 TFUE) • Price discrimination • Price-fixing agreement • Prices • Principle of effectiveness • Principle of equal treatment • Principle of equivalence • Principle of proportionnality • Privacy • Private enforcement • Privatization • Procedural autonomy • Professional association • Public procurement • Public undertaking
Referral (merger) • Refusal to deal • Regulated prices • Relevant market • Remedies (antitrust) • Request for information • Resale price maintenance (RPM) • Resale-below-cost • Right against self-incrimination • Rights of defence • Rule of reason
Sector inquiry • Selective distribution • Services of general economic interest • Single branding • Sole control • Spill-over effects • Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) • State action defense • State aid (compatibility) • State aid (existing aid) • State aid (notification) • State aid (notion) • State aid (recovery) • State aid (tax exemption) • State aid (tax ruling) • State aid (unlawful aid) • State measure • Sudden break of established business relationships
Test SIEC (merger) • Test SLC (merger) • Transfer of technology • Transfer pricing • Trustee (mergers) • Turnover threshold (merger) • Tying or tied selling
Undertaking (notion) • Unfair competition • Universal service
Vertical agreement • Vertical restraints (or restrictions)


Yesterday I attended a photography workshop to learn basic photography techniques from setting the camera correctly in manual mode to photo editing using Photoshop. The class will run for four (4) Saturdays and started yesterday with a discussion on the appropriate f-stop, aperture and shutter speed settings to use in various light conditions. The session included walks around the historic and picturesque Sailboat Bend neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where we got to play with our cameras in both sunny and shady environments. The activity allowed us to switch on both settings while working on our individual photography styles. Our instructor took us to this wooded area beside the river and instructed us to photograph whatever caught our attention. As my classmates went about with their photography business, I noticed a squirrel quietly nibbling on a tree trunk just a few feet in front of me. None of my classmates noticed the squirrel and I didn't want to call everyone's attention then scare it away so I quietly adjusted my camera settings and started clicking on my cute litle subject. The squirrel eventually noticed my presence and it went leaping from one branch to another fleeing farther away from me. Before it eventually made its final dash, it hid behind a branch before looking straight back at me with just one eye and only half of it's face exposed. I didn't know if it was telling me to go away or it was just posing peek-a-boo for me one last time. Overall it was a productive day spent with fellow photography enthusiasts and a very knowledgeable instructor. However, the best part of the entire exercise was the opportunity I got to make a camera shy squirrel to pose for me and my camera.
Great photos! I love nature photography because nature is so diverse and beautiful, always something new to capture!
You are right about nature photography aside from it being a very relaxing experience. Thank you for dropping by and hope you visit again.
Who knew boring headlights could be so intriguing?
Hahaha! I struggled composing that photograph…who knew photographing a motorcycle would be that difficult? Really glad that photo turned out good…it's one of my favorites.
What an interesting set of photos, almost missed the lizard. You had a very productive time.
Thank you…and for the price I paid…it was so worth it.
Thank you! I guess that's what differentiates a photographer from the rest of us…knowing how to identify the moment and capturing it at the same time…I'm working on it and hope to further enhance my basic skills. Thanks again for dropping by and hope you visit again in the future.
It is always good to return to the basics once in a while. Nice shots.
Thank you. As a beginner, the basics will help me capture better photos faster instead of my current trial and error method.
You did the right thing and having the squirrel for yourself.
Hahaha! Better to have it all to myself than lose it altogether. By the way, thanks for dropping by.
Thank you for the compliment and for visiting my page.


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A final fling for legend Backley
Athletics legend Steve Backley is to launch his final season in the sport by taking on old rival Jan Zelezny in Gateshead.
The four-times European champion will take on the Czech at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix on June 27.
Backley will call time on his glittering career after this summer's Olympic Games in Athens, where he hopes to claim the Olympic gold medal that has so far eluded him.
The main reason for that gap in the trophy cabinet is Zelezny, and Backley admits he is relishing one last year of competition against his great adversary.
He said: "I never get tired of competing against Zelezny, despite his habit of depriving me of World and Olympic titles.
"We're both coming to the end of our careers now, but there's a new generation coming through, headed by Sergey Makarov, who we'll also be seeing in Gateshead."
Backley has been a regular fixture at meetings in the North East during his career, notably playing a leading role in Britain's European Cup win at the Gateshead International Stadium in 1989.
He added: "I've got happy memories of Gateshead - my European Cup win springs readily to mind.
"It will be sad to think that this will be my last time out here, but hopefully I can go out with a bang."
Tickets for the British Grand Prix in Gateshead are available by phoning (0870) 402 8000 or online at www.ukathletics.net


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Q: Visibility of custom Flowgear Nodes If I develop a custom node, does it need to be published for other developers on the site to see it and use it in workflows they build?

A: If other developers need access to a Node that you published, and they either need Node Publisher permission on the account that you published the Node under, or you need to request Flowgear to review the Node and make it public.